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Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Comerica Park, May 22, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Start Time:

1:10et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

71° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Kevin Cash

Game #:

On This Date:

9-7

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

50-45

Season Series
Fri, May 20, 2016 TBR  7 @DET  5     
Sat, May 21, 2016 DET  5  TBR  4     

Sun, May 22, 2016 TBR    @DET  1:10pm
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 DET    @TBR  7:10pm
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 DET    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Jul 02, 2016 DET    @TBR  4:10pm
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 DET    @TBR  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

20-20, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   10-11   Road:   10-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sat, May 21  @DET  L   4-5       20-20  3rd  5.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 20  @DET  W   7-5       20-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 38 Wed, May 18  @TOR  W   6-3       19-19  3rd  5.0 gb
 37 Tue, May 17  @TOR  W  12-2       18-19  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Mon, May 16  @TOR  W  13-2       17-19  3rd  6.0 gb
 35 Sun, May 15   OAK  L   6-7       16-19  4th  6.5 gb
 34 Sat, May 14   OAK  W   6-0       16-18  4th  6.5 gb
 33 Fri, May 13   OAK  L   3-6       15-18  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 11  @SEA  L   5-6 (11)  15-17  4th  5.0 gb
 31 Tue, May 10  @SEA  L   4-6       15-16  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Detroit Tigers

20-22, 4th, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-10   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  18-16   vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  3-5    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 21   TBR  W   5-4       20-22  4th  4.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20   TBR  L   5-7       19-22  4th  5.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 18   MIN  W   6-3       19-21  4th  5.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 17   MIN  W   7-2       18-21  4th  6.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 16   MIN  W  10-8       17-21  4th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 15  @BAL  W   6-5       16-21  4th  7.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 14  @BAL  L   3-9       15-21  4th  8.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 13  @BAL  L   0-1       15-20  4th  8.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 12  @BAL  L   5-7       15-19  4th  7.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 11  @WSN  L   2-3       15-18  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 21, 2016 DET  5  TBR  4        W:Michael Fulmer (3-1), L: Drew Smyly (2-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Fri, May 20, 2016 TBR  7 @DET  5        W:Matt Andriese (3-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (3-5), S: Alex Colome (11)

Wed, Sep 09, 2015 TBR  8 @DET  0        W:Jake Odorizzi (7-8), L: Kyle Lobstein (3-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 DET  8  TBR  7 (13)   W:Kyle Ryan (2-3), L: Andrew Bellatti (2-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 DET  5  TBR  4        W:Al Alburquerque (4-1), L: Brandon Gomes (2-5), S: Bruce Rondon (4)
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 DET  2 @TBR  1        W:Justin Verlander (1-3), L: Chris Archer (9-8), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 TBR 10  DET  2        W:Jake Odorizzi (6-6), L: David Price (9-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 27, 2015 TBR  5  DET  2        W:Nate Karns (6-5), L: Anibal Sanchez (10-8), S: Brad Boxberger (25)
Thu, Aug 21, 2014 TBR  1  DET  0        W:Alex Cobb (9-6), L: David Price (12-9), S: Jake McGee (14)
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 DET  6 @TBR  0        W:Rick Porcello (14-8), L: Jake Odorizzi (9-10), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - DET leads 67-64

SP: Chris Archer (27, RHP, 3-4, 4.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-4)			49.1	50	26	24	25	61	9	4.38
2015 (12-13)			212.0	175	85	76	66	252	19	3.23
2014 (10-9)			194.2	177	85	72	72	173	12	3.33

Last 7 GS		3-2	39.1	35	17	16	20	44	5	3.66	54
2016-05-17	@TOR	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	7	1	105	59
2016-05-11	@SEA	ND	5.0	5	4	4	4	5	1	91	42
2016-05-06	@LAA	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	99	66
2016-04-30	TOR	ND	6.0	1	2	2	4	4	1	100	62
2016-04-25	BAL	W	6.2	5	0	0	0	10	0	93	74
2016-04-20	@BOS	L	4.1	8	6	6	3	6	1	84	26
2016-04-14	CLE	L	5.1	7	3	2	3	6	1	105	47

Last 5 v.DET		1-1	26.0	19	11	6	12	24	3	2.08	59
2015-07-29	DET	L	7.0	3	2	0	0	11	0	101	78
2014-08-19	DET	ND	5.2	5	4	1	5	6	0	107	50
2014-07-05	@DET	W	8.1	6	2	2	4	4	2	106	63
2013-06-29	DET	ND	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	94	45

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (30, RHP, 6-2, 2.45)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-2)			55.0	53	18	15	11	37	5	2.45
2015 (13-10)			201.2	204	89	82	39	164	24	3.66
2014 (14-5)			199.2	185	67	59	29	182	13	2.66

Last 7 GS		5-2	48.0	51	18	15	8	34	5	2.81	56
2016-05-16	MIN	W	7.0	11	8	7	0	9	2	109	34
2016-05-11	@WSN	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	106	51
2016-05-06	TEX	L	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	108	57
2016-04-30	@MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	1	103	68
2016-04-25	OAK	W	6.2	7	3	1	1	1	0	102	52
2016-04-20	@KCR	W	6.1	7	0	0	1	8	0	105	66
2016-04-14	@PIT	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	107	62

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	12.0	12	4	4	3	14	3	3.00	58
2015-06-17	TBR	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	8	2	105	56
2009-06-13	@TBR	ND	5.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	92	59

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

Rays Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 53.Saupold
G/S/vB 54.VerHagen
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/16 .174/.224/.304/.529 .606/.375 .656 30/.579 1/0 1/1

19.Casali G/S/vP 3/3.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 91/56 .181/.244/.410/.654 .723/.610 .666 53/.834 0/0 5/2

24.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/51 .157/.204/.157/.361 .333/.359 .264 31/.331 0/0 0/1

10.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 131/104 .182/.238/.455/.693 .113/.850 .948 69/.506 0/0 8/0

5.Guyer G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 5/.400 107/57 .308/.402/.516/.918 .997/.851 .788 74/.903 1/1 4/1

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/2.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 114/74 .186/.263/.304/.567 .441/.638 .638 51/.479 2/0 3/0

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 6/.334 137/101 .236/.307/.447/.754 .747/.754 .801 82/.720 6/2 5/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 5/.400 12/1.045 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 175/128 .258/.303/.485/.788 .819/.776 .758 96/.824 0/1 8/2

13.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 133/106 .221/.286/.434/.720 .759/.709 .813 77/.949 2/2 5/4

7.Morrison* G/S/vP 19/.767 ··· 7/.286 2/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.666 113/101 .172/.274/.222/.497 .606/.483 .655 60/.747 2/0 1/2

38.Motter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .200/.273/.500/.773 1.167/.625 .773 11/.773 0/0 1/0

28.Pearce G/S/vP 11/1.833 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 105/65 .303/.400/.573/.973 1.364/.712 1.202 66/1.143 0/1 7/2

20.Souza G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 150/110 .268/.327/.514/.841 .982/.788 .896 91/.777 2/2 9/1

IP 55.0 14.1 15.2 18.1 3.1 18.0 14.1 17.0 TOTAL .233/.305/.432/.737 .803/.711 .808 .777 19/11 61/21

ERA-K/9

2.45/6.1

7.53/7.6

3.45/7.5

2.95/3.9

0.00/10.9

6.50/4.5

4.40/7.6

4.76/11.6

4.52/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (9-5-0)
Conger (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.248 62/.255 64/.228 72/.299 15/.231 83/.333 59/.241 72/.279 .269 Jennings
Souza
Dickerson
Kiermaier
Guyer
Motter 29/1/0/2
0/1/34/2
7/0/2/0
0/38/0/0
9/4/6/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .644 .966 .753 .766 .564 .906 .621 .722 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.582 25/.709 26/.801 34/.963 4/.250 34/1.096 25/.457 31/.742 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.705 37/1.145 38/.720 38/.595 11/.664 49/.768 34/.743 41/.705 .785

Home 117/.657 25/1.027 24/.469 47/.806 / 35/.931 23/.733 41/.779

Last 28d days 148/.717 35/1.208 35/.501 33/.881 15/.564 36/.790 45/.708 45/.865

HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 4/0/1 2/1/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 48/27/15

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

Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 51.Eveland*
G/S/vB 54.Geltz
G/S/vB 30.Ramirez
G/S/vB 45.Romero*
G/S/vB 58.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Aviles G/S/vP 7/1.071 2/2.500 8/.250 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 37/26 .121/.194/.121/.316 .100/.397 .450 23/.360 0/0 0/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.650 ··· 5/2.800 7/.629 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· 5/1.800 179/140 .302/.374/.509/.884 .609/.953 1.110 108/1.072 0/0 8/2

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 159/122 .338/.365/.574/.939 .698/1.010 .830 98/1.011 1/0 8/3

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 137/104 .220/.272/.268/.540 .506/.550 .431 78/.425 3/0 1/0

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 16/.258 ··· 2/.000 8/1.125 3/.333 10/.633 ··· 3/.000 189/149 .316/.365/.540/.905 1.109/.849 1.016 110/.918 4/2 10/2

28.Martinez G/S/vP 13/.693 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 181/146 .256/.331/.481/.813 .874/.798 .956 108/.796 0/1 9/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.500 159/123 .326/.384/.507/.891 .728/.934 .666 101/.943 0/0 5/0

4.Maybin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 7/1.071 1/.000 2/1.000 20/12 .647/.684/.824/1.508 1.625/1.394 1.508 20/1.508 4/1 1/0

34.McCann G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 62/43 .155/.210/.207/.417 .544/.359 .556 47/.467 0/0 1/0

33.Moya* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 19/18 .368/.368/.579/.947 2.000/.889 .500 19/.947 0/0 0/0

17.Romine# G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 20/19 .063/.250/.063/.313 .000/.330 .286 7/.143 1/0 0/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 95/73 .212/.295/.529/.824 .468/.938 .479 47/.536 0/0 7/3

8.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 11/1.364 177/132 .223/.266/.319/.585 .459/.628 .587 104/.602 1/0 2/1

IP 49.1 10.1 18.1 11.0 15.1 35.0 16.1 12.0 TOTAL .263/.321/.430/.751 .665/.776 .753 .786 14/5 54/22

ERA-K/9

4.38/11.1

3.48/11.4

1.47/12.8

8.18/8.2

5.28/7.1

2.06/6.7

2.76/6.6

3.75/3.8

3.70/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (7-9-1)
Saltalamacchia (19-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 219/.258 45/.189 69/.185 53/.289 64/.211 129/.205 61/.111 50/.362 .230 Upton
Martinez
Maybin
Aviles
Moya
Romine 38/4/0/1
0/0/41/1
0/5/0/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
0/5/0/0

OPS .781 .593 .478 .885 .823 .628 .380 .911 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.691 24/.620 22/.604 22/1.111 28/.484 55/.848 30/.313 15/1.072 .671

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.844 21/.563 47/.419 31/.730 36/1.103 74/.464 31/.435 35/.843 .692

Road 121/.936 21/.775 29/.207 21/.914 31/.878 61/.765 40/.204 19/.895

Last 28d days 121/.589 21/.536 41/.502 27/.936 43/.878 70/.663 36/.536 31/.902

HR/SB/CS 9/5/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/6/0 6/2/1 5/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/1 55/22/8

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

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 2016 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

BOS 5.84

LAD 4.20

PHI 3.19

RA/G

CHC 2.95

STL 4.33

CIN 6.00

D. Murphy .390

C. Hernandez .261

R. Howard .161

OBP

B. Harper .453

B. Crawford .333

E. Aybar .216

SLG

Y. Cespedes .659

B. Posey .438

E. Aybar .204

OPS

Y. Cespedes 1.038

A. Gonzalez .771

E. Aybar .421

ERA

J. Arrieta 1.29

E. Volquez 3.79

W. Peralta 6.99

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.07

D. Straily 7.80

M. Latos 4.40

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.