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Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers, at Target Field, August 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
129
On This Date:
57-51
Twins
Manager:
Ron Gardenhire
Game #:
129
On This Date:
56-53
Season Series
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 DET 10 @MIN  6     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 MIN  5  DET  3     
Fri, May 09, 2014 MIN  2 @DET  1     
Sat, May 10, 2014 DET  9  MIN  3     
Sun, May 11, 2014 MIN  4 @DET  3     
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 MIN  2 @DET  0     
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 DET 12  MIN  9     
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 DET  4  MIN  3     
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 MIN 20  DET  6     

Sat, Aug 23, 2014 DET    @MIN  1:10pm
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 DET    @MIN  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 27, 2014 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 28, 2014 MIN    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET
Detroit Tigers
68-58, 2nd, 2½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-29   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  43-39   vsLHP:  25-19   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:24-22   vsWest: 18-16 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Fri, Aug 22  @MIN  L   6-20      68-58  2nd  2.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 21  @TBR  L   0-1       68-57  2nd  1.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 20  @TBR  W   6-0       68-56  2nd  1.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 19  @TBR  W   8-6 (11)  67-56  2nd  2.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 17   SEA  L   1-8       66-56  2nd  1.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 16   SEA  W   4-2       66-55  2nd  0.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 15   SEA  L   2-7       65-55  2nd  1.5 gb
119 Thu, Aug 14   PIT  W   5-2       65-54  2nd  0.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 13   PIT  W   8-4       64-54  2nd  0.5 gb
117 Tue, Aug 12  @PIT  L   2-4       63-54  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins
57-70, 5th, 14 GB, 18 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-35   Road:   29-35   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  38-46   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:26-26   vsWest: 11-19 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Fri, Aug 22   DET  W  20-6       57-70  5th 14.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 21   CLE  W   4-1       56-70  5th 14.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 20   CLE  L   0-5       55-70  5th 14.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 19   CLE  L   5-7       55-69  5th 14.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 18   KCR  L   4-6       55-68  5th 13.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 17   KCR  L   6-12      55-67  5th 12.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 16   KCR  W   4-1       55-66  5th 11.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 15   KCR  L   5-6       54-66  5th 12.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13  @HOU  W   3-1       54-65  5th 11.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12  @HOU  L   4-10      53-65  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 MIN 20  DET  6        W:Ryan Pressly (2-0), L: Robbie Ray (1-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 DET  4  MIN  3        W:Joe Nathan (3-2), L: Casey Fien (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 DET 12  MIN  9        W:Anibal Sanchez (3-2), L: Sam Deduno (2-5), S: Ian Krol (1)
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 MIN  2 @DET  0        W:Kyle Gibson (6-5), L: Drew Smyly (3-5), S: Glen Perkins (17)
Sun, May 11, 2014 MIN  4 @DET  3        W:Jared Burton (1-1), L: Joba Chamberlain (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (10)
Sat, May 10, 2014 DET  9  MIN  3        W:Max Scherzer (5-1), L: Kyle Gibson (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2014 MIN  2 @DET  1        W:Phil Hughes (4-1), L: Justin Verlander (4-2), S: Glen Perkins (9)
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 MIN  5  DET  3        W:Phil Hughes (2-1), L: Jose Ortega (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (6)
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 DET 10 @MIN  6        W:Rick Porcello (3-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 DET  1 @MIN  0        W:Max Scherzer (21-3), L: Kevin Correia (9-13), S: Joaquin Benoit (24)
Season Series: 2014 - MIN over 5-4; 2013 - DET won 11-8; 2012 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1080-992

SP: Justin Verlander (31, RHP, 10-11, 4.76)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-11) 158.2 171 93 84 55 118 16 4.76
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
Last 7 GS 3-4 42.0 40 24 23 12 29 5 4.93 50
2014-08-11 @PIT L 1.0 4 5 4 2 3 0 40 28
2014-08-06 @NYY L 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 2 114 63
2014-08-01 COL W 8.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 101 63
2014-07-26 @LAA L 7.0 6 3 3 3 4 1 103 54
2014-07-21 @ARI W 6.2 6 3 3 3 5 1 116 52
2014-07-13 @KCR L 6.1 6 4 4 1 3 0 97 47
2014-07-08 LAD W 6.0 5 5 5 2 4 1 100 44
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 32.0 32 9 9 12 38 1 2.53 59
2014-05-09 MIN L 7.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 114 58
2013-09-23 @MIN ND 6.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 107 69
2013-08-22 MIN ND 7.0 10 6 6 3 6 1 121 36
2013-04-30 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 114 69
2013-04-01 @MIN W 5.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 91 64

SP: Trevor May (24, RHP, 0-2, 9.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 9.0 13 10 9 13 3 0 9.00
Last 7 GS 0-2 6.2 10 7 7 11 1 0 9.45 31
2014-08-18 KCR L 4.2 7 3 3 4 1 0 85 35
2014-08-09 @OAK L 2.0 3 4 4 7 0 0 63 27
Has never faced DET as starter.

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

Tigers Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.May
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 16/.396 24/.511 1/.000 14/.690 2/.500 16/.884 2/.000 369/267 .218/.326/.373/.700 .552/.759 .741 72/.753 0/3 10/4
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 13/.749 17/.639 36/.877 10/1.278 26/.899 4/.250 21/1.118 2/.000 540/380 .311/.378/.507/.885 .898/.880 .827 110/.800 1/1 17/5
61.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 8/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.500 1/2.000 35/25 .212/.257/.333/.590 .875/.480 .802 35/.590 2/1 0/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 4/.000 ··· 436/296 .259/.305/.410/.715 .746/.701 .620 84/.717 2/2 10/11
20.Davis G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 2/.000 11/.955 2/1.000 4/2.083 1/.000 9/1.112 1/.000 387/247 .283/.321/.407/.728 .913/.622 .701 91/.582 31/8 6/5
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 126/55 .239/.280/.274/.554 .430/.717 .545 32/.373 1/1 0/5
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 6/.400 5/1.200 9/.958 7/.715 13/.658 2/.000 15/.467 2/.000 441/307 .269/.306/.441/.747 .772/.736 .724 92/.691 4/3 15/5
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/1.111 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 143/119 .250/.324/.289/.613 .626/.610 .586 25/.519 5/1 0/1
3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 11/1.233 10/.644 4/2.000 15/.343 2/1.500 16/1.126 1/2.000 563/405 .282/.314/.424/.739 .733/.741 .731 114/.632 13/3 12/5
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 329/222 .299/.340/.553/.893 .929/.876 .836 96/.752 5/2 17/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 11/.818 13/1.338 7/.429 17/1.100 3/1.334 14/.368 5/1.200 490/352 .324/.392/.549/.940 1.041/.899 .965 109/.911 3/2 24/6
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 211/165 .215/.268/.272/.540 .734/.484 .458 46/.602 7/2 2/8
30.Suarez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/4.000 209/127 .245/.317/.370/.687 .682/.689 .726 65/.558 2/2 4/8
IP 9.0 50.1 86.2 46.0 53.1 54.1 14.2 64.1 41.2 TOTAL .272/.327/.424/.751 .781/.738 .717 .692 85/36 121/82
ERA-K/9 9.00/3.0 4.11/6.6 4.47/7.1 2.74/5.7 2.70/7.4 2.48/10.6 2.45/4.9 4.06/5.2 3.46/6.3 4.40/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (58-31-3)
 Holaday (20-10-3)
 Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 49/.361 212/.241 383/.263 188/.254 211/.234 224/.236 62/.236 271/.264 173/.276 .277  Davis
 Hunter
 Martinez
 Carrera
 Kelly
87/20/0/6
0/0/96/3
49/0/31/1
0/17/0/0
7/3/10/0
OPS .975 .694 .744 .694 .624 .620 .743 .699 .731 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.777 91/.633 205/.773 86/.599 103/.698 63/.713 25/.570 132/.653 94/.773 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/1.197 121/.735 178/.710 102/.776 108/.554 161/.584 37/.840 139/.744 79/.681 .755
Home 23/.899 122/.765 192/.702 99/.841 100/.591 126/.726 38/.888 154/.562 96/.734
Last 28d days 49/.975 35/.655 43/.862 28/.931 39/.686 46/.582 44/.928 51/.885 35/.913
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 6/9/0 8/10/1 4/1/2 5/1/0 2/2/1 2/3/0 4/2/0 3/5/1 107/80/15
Usage ····X··· X··o·o·X ··X··X·· o··o·o·o ·X·o··o· ·o·X··X· o···XX·o X·o·X··· X·o··X·o
Twins Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 49.Johnson
G/S/vB		 63.McCoy*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 293/195 .234/.307/.457/.764 .577/.859 .897 79/.925 1/2 14/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/.749 5/.200 6/1.000 5/.800 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 4/.000 566/407 .232/.335/.409/.744 .717/.755 .760 104/.718 20/6 20/9
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 8/.500 3/.666 2/2.500 2/1.500 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 377/268 .282/.324/.413/.737 .797/.711 .765 76/.853 1/1 4/7
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/38 .218/.271/.309/.580 .488/.632 .419 31/.771 1/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 74/1.054 5/.650 7/1.964 22/.844 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.334 386/254 .278/.355/.377/.732 .602/.801 .721 47/1.011 3/0 4/1
9.Nunez G/S/vP 9/.833 5/.200 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 159/90 .250/.278/.362/.640 .493/.760 .759 33/.563 8/3 3/5
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 17/.853 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 224/160 .246/.299/.372/.671 .843/.602 .580 64/.615 0/3 6/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 28/.322 7/.453 6/.666 4/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 7/1.071 465/329 .245/.312/.407/.719 .724/.717 .757 98/.692 1/1 10/10
39.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 292/203 .319/.355/.473/.828 .768/.854 .715 117/.871 12/3 6/4
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 146/114 .205/.302/.262/.564 .467/.588 .573 62/.706 22/3 0/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 31/.623 3/.666 12/.334 5/.400 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 7/.429 408/291 .295/.356/.386/.742 .790/.721 .802 69/.659 0/1 3/4
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/53 .321/.364/.531/.895 .589/1.103 1.039 88/.895 0/0 4/1
IP 158.2 46.0 50.2 46.2 29.1 42.2 8.0 46.0 TOTAL .249/.322/.384/.706 .683/.716 .717 .777 77/27 104/72
ERA-K/9 4.76/6.7 2.74/10.6 3.55/8.9 4.24/6.6 1.84/7.7 7.59/6.3 4.50/4.5 5.28/9.4 4.00/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (15-1-0)
 Suzuki (49-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.273 192/.228 214/.261 207/.279 122/.239 217/.354 42/.333 210/.269 .259  Arcia
 Parmelee
 Santana
 Nunez
 Escobar
 Schafer
0/0/70/8
17/3/29/3
0/48/0/3
13/0/2/2
2/1/0/2
27/14/6/1
OPS .761 .671 .678 .778 .589 .930 .931 .742 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 396/.680 95/.803 113/.657 89/.678 52/.551 114/1.023 16/.598 117/.823 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.866 97/.537 101/.702 118/.855 70/.617 103/.832 26/1.156 93/.641 .758
Road 375/.732 95/.554 109/.621 115/.720 70/.677 127/.792 31/.753 105/.829
Last 28d days 69/.699 36/.508 48/1.028 43/.664 49/.551 17/1.199 20/1.121 41/.720
HR/SB/CS 16/9/4 7/6/3 2/5/2 5/2/1 1/0/0 5/8/0 0/0/0 5/9/0 108/81/42
Usage ········ X··X·o·· X··X···· X····X·· X··o·X·· X··X·X·· ········ ···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

OAK  4.83

HOU  4.02

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.18

CHC  4.19

COL  5.27

 BA

J. Altuve  .334

E. Andrus  .271

C. Davis  .192

 OBP

G. Stanton  .405

H. Pence  .333

G. Beckham  .263

 SLG

J. Abreu  .600

G. Jones  .413

Z. Cozart  .295

 OPS

G. Stanton  .970

Y. Cespedes  .754

Z. Cozart  .566

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.82

A. Harang  3.50

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

M. Estrada  7.45

K. Correia  4.62

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.