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Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians, at Comerica Park, July 18, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, July 18, 2014

Start Time:

7:08et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Comerica Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

84° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

On This Date:

49-57

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

56-56

Season Series
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 CLE  3 @DET  2     
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 DET  7  CLE  5     
Mon, May 19, 2014 CLE  5  DET  4 (10)
Tue, May 20, 2014 CLE  6  DET  2     
Wed, May 21, 2014 CLE 11  DET 10 (13)
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 DET  6 @CLE  4     
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 DET  5 @CLE  4 (10)
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 DET 10 @CLE  4     

Fri, Jul 18, 2014 CLE    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 CLE    @DET  1:08pm
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 CLE    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 CLE    @DET  1:08pm
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 DET    @CLE  4:05pm
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 DET    @CLE  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 DET    @CLE  7:05pm
Thu, Sep 04, 2014 DET    @CLE  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 CLE    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 CLE    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 14, 2014 CLE    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET

Cleveland Indians

47-47, / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-19   Road:   18-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  34-31   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest:  8-11 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sun, Jul 13   CHW  W   3-2       47-47  3rd  7.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 12   CHW  L   2-6       46-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 11   CHW  W   7-4       46-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 91 Thu, Jul 10   NYY  W   9-3       45-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul  9   NYY  L   4-5 (14)  44-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  8   NYY  W   5-3       44-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 88 Mon, Jul  7   NYY  L   3-5       43-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul  6   KCR  W   4-1       43-44  3rd  6.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  5   KCR  W   7-3       42-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  4   KCR  L   1-7       41-44  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Detroit Tigers

53-38, / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-22   Road:   28-16   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  33-28   vsLHP:  20-10   1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sun, Jul 13  @KCR  L   2-5       53-38  1st  6.5 up
 90 Sat, Jul 12  @KCR  W   5-1       53-37  1st  7.5 up
 89 Fri, Jul 11  @KCR  W   2-1       52-37  1st  6.5 up
 88 Thu, Jul 10  @KCR  W  16-4       51-37  1st  5.5 up
 87 Wed, Jul  9   LAD  W   4-1       50-37  1st  4.5 up
 86 Tue, Jul  8   LAD  W  14-5       49-37  1st  4.5 up
 85 Sun, Jul  6   TBR  L   3-7       48-37  1st  4.0 up
 84 Sat, Jul  5   TBR  L   2-7       48-36  1st  4.0 up
 83 Fri, Jul  4   TBR  L   3-6       48-35  1st  4.0 up
 82 Thu, Jul  3   TBR  W   8-1       48-34  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 DET 10 @CLE  4        W:Max Scherzer (9-3), L: Josh Tomlin (4-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 DET  5 @CLE  4 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (4-2), L: Cody Allen (3-2), S: Phil Coke (1)
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 DET  6 @CLE  4        W:Rick Porcello (9-4), L: Corey Kluber (6-5), S: Joe Nathan (15)
Wed, May 21, 2014 CLE 11  DET 10 (13)   W:Josh Tomlin (3-1), L: Phil Coke (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2014 CLE  6  DET  2        W:Trevor Bauer (1-1), L: Justin Verlander (5-3), S: none
Mon, May 19, 2014 CLE  5  DET  4 (10)   W:Scott Atchison (1-0), L: Al Alburquerque (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 DET  7  CLE  5        W:Justin Verlander (2-1), L: Danny Salazar (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Zach McAllister (2-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (0-1), S: John Axford (5)

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 CLE  4 @DET  0        W:Joe Smith (6-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (4-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 DET 10  CLE  5        W:Anibal Sanchez (12-7), L: Scott Kazmir (7-7), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 4-4; 2013 - DET won 15-4; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1090-1046

SP: Trevor Bauer (23, RHP, 3-4, 3.84)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-4)			72.2	76	33	31	27	70	9	3.84
2013 (1-2)			17.0	15	11	10	16	11	3	5.29
2012 (1-2)			16.1	14	13	11	13	17	2	6.06

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.0	50	19	18	16	35	4	3.68	50
2014-07-13	CHW	ND	6.2	8	0	0	3	10	0	117	65
2014-07-08	NYY	W	7.0	4	3	2	2	6	0	112	63
2014-07-02	@LAD	ND	5.2	6	3	3	2	2	0	102	45
2014-06-27	@SEA	L	6.1	9	3	3	2	5	1	111	46
2014-06-21	DET	ND	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	3	102	44
2014-06-16	LAA	W	6.2	8	3	3	4	6	0	119	48
2014-06-11	@KCR	L	5.1	7	3	3	1	1	0	93	42

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	12.1	15	6	6	5	10	5	4.38	48
2014-06-21	DET	ND	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	3	102	44
2014-05-20	DET	W	6.0	7	2	2	3	5	2	95	52

SP: Anibal Sanchez (30, RHP, 6-3, 3.04)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-3)			94.2	73	37	32	25	70	3	3.04
2013 (14-8)			182.0	156	56	52	54	202	9	2.57
2012 (9-13)			195.2	200	95	84	48	167	20	3.86

Last 7 GS		4-1	44.1	43	21	20	10	24	3	4.06	51
2014-07-11	@KCR	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	90	60
2014-07-05	TBR	L	5.2	6	7	7	4	1	1	108	26
2014-06-30	OAK	ND	7.0	8	3	2	0	2	0	110	53
2014-06-25	@TEX	W	5.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	108	44
2014-06-19	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	107	62
2014-06-14	MIN	W	6.1	4	3	3	2	6	0	114	57
2014-06-08	BOS	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	112	57

Last 5 v.CLE		3-1	31.0	18	11	10	8	35	1	2.90	62
2014-04-16	CLE	L	5.0	2	3	2	4	8	0	104	57
2013-08-31	CLE	W	6.2	6	3	3	1	5	1	106	54
2013-08-05	@CLE	ND	7.2	4	2	2	2	11	0	114	72
2013-07-06	@CLE	W	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	73	60
2012-09-15	@CLE	W	6.2	3	2	2	0	7	0	95	67

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Indians Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 46.Krol*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 55.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 3/2.500 10/.500 4/.666 ··· 2/2.000 7/.858 ··· 214/129 .270/.288/.360/.648 .689/.622 .583 23/.783 8/3 3/3

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 19/.631 6/2.400 1/.000 15/.650 1/.000 4/1.833 5/.800 1/3.000 390/263 .322/.382/.519/.901 .812/.941 .824 92/.860 10/0 15/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 22/.718 11/.899 7/.286 17/1.171 1/.000 4/1.750 7/.715 1/2.000 388/265 .251/.312/.393/.705 .697/.708 .646 91/.619 7/2 8/14

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 4/1.000 8/1.500 ··· 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 298/237 .328/.392/.515/.908 .817/.931 1.013 81/.651 2/0 9/13

38.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/19 .471/.500/.529/1.029 /1.029 19/1.029 0/0 0/0

10.Gomes G/S/vP 8/1.643 3/.333 3/1.334 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 310/215 .261/.306/.436/.742 .868/.686 .662 68/.841 0/0 12/11

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 21/.401 4/.250 2/.500 14/.643 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 295/200 .255/.332/.350/.682 .585/.729 .682 93/.649 13/1 3/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.000 11/1.295 10/.486 ··· 2/.000 14/.972 1/.000 326/254 .243/.305/.366/.671 .673/.670 .637 62/.475 2/2 6/1

55.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .667/.750/1.667/2.417 /2.417 4/2.417 0/0 1/0

9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/.000 ··· 165/61 .199/.248/.265/.513 .542/.467 .591 20/.428 0/0 2/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP 19/.652 7/.453 2/.500 15/.922 1/.000 4/1.250 6/.733 ··· 364/245 .207/.349/.388/.737 .805/.702 .833 85/.769 2/1 14/6

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 15/.424 7/.619 6/.167 7/2.047 ··· 1/.000 14/.786 1/.000 317/219 .208/.288/.348/.636 .512/.689 .561 69/.721 0/0 8/9

IP 94.2 34.0 37.2 33.1 12.2 26.1 33.2 10.2 TOTAL .255/.323/.397/.720 .671/.741 .695 .711 54/13 90/76

ERA-K/9

3.04/6.7

2.91/10.1

2.63/9.5

4.59/6.2

2.13/9.2

4.44/7.2

5.61/9.3

4.22/7.6

3.97/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (41-22-5)
Perez (0-0-0)
Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.210 143/.240 151/.226 149/.301 51/.182 121/.303 152/.274 43/.293 .259 Brantley
Raburn
Murphy
Aviles
Dickerson 71/23/0/10
12/0/16/3
0/0/86/2
15/1/0/1
5/0/0/1

OPS .588 .650 .590 .805 .553 .914 .757 .716 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.531 72/.675 76/.682 66/.642 22/.393 61/.711 84/.854 19/.842 .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.671 71/.624 75/.499 83/.941 29/.671 60/1.120 68/.638 24/.610 .780

Home 245/.579 80/.707 83/.753 65/.814 26/.406 54/.999 79/.628 18/.631

Last 28d days 110/.753 30/.713 24/.482 31/.591 39/.613 8/.929 31/.756 43/.716

HR/SB/CS 3/9/2 4/4/0 1/2/1 3/2/1 1/0/0 6/0/0 5/7/0 0/0/0 77/63/29

Usage ······X· ····oo·· ·····oo· ····X··o ·······X ····o··· ······X· ·······o

Tigers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Bauer
G/S/vB 49.Adams
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 44.Axford
G/S/vB 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/1.867 ··· 6/.333 3/.000 1/3.000 8/1.071 2/.000 3/.333 5/.400 3/1.167 266/195 .230/.343/.385/.728 .609/.774 .626 68/.828 0/3 7/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 9/.762 5/1.000 2/.000 14/.974 ··· 1/.000 5/1.267 7/.619 387/278 .306/.364/.534/.898 .836/.922 .942 90/.833 0/1 14/4

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 329/223 .262/.307/.394/.701 .820/.647 .771 86/.707 2/1 6/7

20.Davis G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 8/.750 3/.000 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 279/179 .296/.338/.432/.770 .981/.651 .747 65/.933 24/8 6/2

50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 87/38 .278/.326/.316/.642 .489/.844 .598 17/.466 1/1 0/4

48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 8/.125 6/.000 1/.000 13/1.788 ··· ··· 7/.143 6/.000 317/223 .272/.293/.450/.744 .742/.745 .723 76/.782 3/2 12/4

14.Jackson G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 9/.500 4/.000 2/2.000 11/.829 ··· 2/.000 6/.583 8/.946 357/258 .256/.317/.373/.691 .828/.639 .809 87/.697 8/4 3/4

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 5/.000 108/93 .258/.333/.309/.643 .667/.639 .745 13/.878 4/1 0/1

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 6/1.300 5/.200 3/1.334 10/.956 1/.000 2/1.000 6/2.334 2/.000 405/293 .303/.337/.470/.806 .725/.838 .833 92/.938 10/3 11/2

28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 205/138 .346/.380/.654/1.035 .759/1.168 .984 93/1.122 2/2 13/1

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 7/.762 3/.000 2/.500 10/.600 1/.000 4/.750 8/.900 9/.472 340/252 .328/.391/.599/.991 1.196/.916 .924 45/1.066 2/2 21/4

27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 157/128 .217/.277/.259/.536 .750/.487 .643 21/.522 5/1 1/7

30.Suarez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 114/65 .265/.345/.429/.774 .805/.752 .755 67/.655 0/1 3/4

IP 72.2 0.1 41.2 40.0 37.0 55.1 13.1 4.1 33.2 43.1 TOTAL .280/.333/.445/.778 .795/.771 .795 .838 61/31 97/57

ERA-K/9

3.84/8.7

81.00/0.0

2.16/11.9

2.93/6.3

3.41/10.7

3.74/8.8

2.03/4.7

4.15/10.5

3.48/8.0

2.70/7.7

3.98/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (44-24-2)
Holaday (16-4-1)
Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.271 4/.750 165/.194 154/.211 168/.221 225/.227 55/.271 19/.313 144/.256 181/.230 .258 Davis
Jackson
Hunter
Kelly
Martinez 66/5/0/6
0/86/0/2
0/0/69/1
4/3/9/0
25/0/21/0

OPS .750 2.000 .589 .573 .689 .621 .727 .951 .676 .611 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.709 1/3.000 79/.334 56/.690 85/.615 110/.645 34/.531 13/1.117 78/.452 68/.901 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.785 3/1.667 86/.830 98/.509 83/.767 115/.597 21/1.064 6/.667 66/.964 113/.442 .728

Road 123/.836 / 77/.656 76/.552 86/.629 94/.626 24/.935 8/1.792 81/.781 89/.626

Last 28d days 139/.743 4/2.000 39/.498 30/.519 33/.466 35/.290 27/.771 6/.400 30/.713 41/.639

HR/SB/CS 9/14/3 0/0/0 3/1/1 3/1/2 4/4/0 4/2/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 2/6/1 88/56/27

Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ····o·o· ·····o·X ······o· ·······o ·····o·o ·····o·o ····oo·· ····X·o·

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below
Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.
PA - Plate Appearances (`AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI`) BF - Batters Faced BA - Batting Average OBP - On-Base Percentage SLG - Slugging Percentage Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days. SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP Total - Team totals for those categories. Usage - See the note below the grid.	OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so) RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game. PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed. G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2014 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games. OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 5.09

KCR 4.07

SDP 2.94

RA/G

SEA 3.38

CHC 4.21

COL 5.29

T. Tulowitzki .345

D. Fowler .270

C. Davis .199

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .435

B. Posey .331

N. Schierholtz .250

SLG

J. Abreu .630

J. Reyes .411

E. Cabrera .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.048

J. Ellsbury .746

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

T. Milone 3.55

R. Nolasco 5.90

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.78

C. Morton 7.54

K. Correia 4.12

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.