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Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Comerica Park, July 20, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Start Time:
1:10et (local)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
95
On This Date:
60-49
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
96
On This Date:
59-52
Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 DET  9 @MIN  2     
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 DET  4 @MIN  1     
Sun, May 01, 2016 DET  6 @MIN  5     
Mon, May 16, 2016 DET 10  MIN  8     
Tue, May 17, 2016 DET  7  MIN  2     
Wed, May 18, 2016 DET  6  MIN  3     
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 DET  1  MIN  0     
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 MIN  6 @DET  2     

Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 24, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 DET    @MIN  1:10pm
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
34-59, 5th, 21 GB, 19 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-29   Road:   14-30   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  24-44   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   9-17
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl: 8-24   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 19  @DET  W   6-2       34-59  5th 21.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18  @DET  L   0-1       33-59  5th 21.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 17   CLE  L   1-6       33-58  5th 21.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 16   CLE  W   5-4 (11)  33-57  5th 20.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 15   CLE  L   2-5       32-57  5th 21.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 10  @TEX  W  15-5       32-56  5th 20.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  9  @TEX  W   8-6       31-56  5th 21.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  8  @TEX  L   5-6       30-56  5th 22.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  7  @TEX  W  10-1       30-55  5th 21.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-0       29-55  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Detroit Tigers
49-45, 2nd, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-18   Road:   23-27   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  37-32   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:16-20   vsWest: 10-10 IL:10-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Tue, Jul 19   MIN  L   2-6       49-45  2nd  6.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 18   MIN  W   1-0       49-44  2nd  5.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 17   KCR  W   4-2       48-44  2nd  6.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 16   KCR  L   4-8       47-44  2nd  6.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 15   KCR  W   4-2       47-43  2nd  6.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 10  @TOR  L   1-6       46-43  2nd  6.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9  @TOR  W   3-2       46-42  2nd  6.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8  @TOR  L   0-6       45-42  2nd  7.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @TOR  L   4-5       45-41  2nd  6.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6  @CLE  W  12-2       45-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 MIN  6 @DET  2        W:Tommy Milone (3-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (5-11), S: none
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 DET  1  MIN  0        W:Matt Boyd (1-2), L: Ricky Nolasco (4-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (26)
Wed, May 18, 2016 DET  6  MIN  3        W:Justin Verlander (3-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11)
Tue, May 17, 2016 DET  7  MIN  2        W:Kyle Ryan (1-1), L: Michael Tonkin (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 16, 2016 DET 10  MIN  8        W:Jordan Zimmermann (6-2), L: Pat Dean (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (10)
Sun, May 01, 2016 DET  6 @MIN  5        W:Mark Lowe (1-0), L: Ryan Pressly (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (7)
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 DET  4 @MIN  1        W:Jordan Zimmermann (5-0), L: Tyler Duffey (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (6)
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 DET  9 @MIN  2        W:Michael Fulmer (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (1-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 MIN  7 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (7-4), L: Randy Wolf (0-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 MIN  6 @DET  2        W:Tyler Duffey (5-1), L: Alfredo Simon (13-11), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - DET over 7-1; 2015 - DET won 11-8; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 1103-1006

SP: Ervin Santana (33, RHP, 3-8, 4.12)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-8) 98.1 100 50 45 28 73 11 4.12
2015 (7-5) 108.0 104 50 48 36 82 12 4.00
2014 (14-10) 196.0 193 90 86 63 179 16 3.95
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.1 42 20 18 7 28 3 3.65 53
2016-07-15 CLE L 5.1 6 4 3 2 5 0 99 45
2016-07-06 OAK W 9.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 100 91
2016-07-01 TEX ND 6.1 3 2 2 3 5 0 117 61
2016-06-25 @NYY ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 102 51
2016-06-19 NYY W 7.1 6 3 2 0 4 1 104 60
2016-06-14 @LAA L 5.0 10 5 5 0 1 2 72 28
2016-06-09 MIA L 6.1 9 5 5 0 3 0 103 38
Last 5 v.DET 3-0 32.0 25 9 9 11 26 3 2.53 59
2015-09-27 @DET W 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 104 64
2015-09-16 DET ND 7.0 4 2 2 4 5 0 109 62
2015-07-10 DET ND 4.0 8 6 6 3 5 3 81 24
2013-09-14 @DET W 6.2 5 0 0 1 5 0 83 68
2013-07-19 DET W 7.1 2 0 0 1 6 0 106 79

SP: Justin Verlander (33, RHP, 9-6, 3.91)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-6) 124.1 104 56 54 35 130 16 3.91
2015 (5-8) 133.1 113 56 50 32 113 13 3.38
2014 (15-12) 206.0 223 114 104 65 159 18 4.54
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.0 42 21 19 12 45 6 3.80 55
2016-07-15 KCR W 7.0 4 2 1 2 10 0 110 71
2016-07-07 @TOR ND 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 103 50
2016-07-02 @TBR W 7.0 4 2 1 1 8 0 106 70
2016-06-26 CLE L 4.2 9 8 8 2 5 4 87 17
2016-06-21 SEA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 105 61
2016-06-16 @KCR W 7.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 104 51
2016-06-11 @NYY W 6.2 5 1 1 1 5 0 106 64
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 33.2 32 10 10 12 39 0 2.67 60
2016-05-18 MIN W 7.1 6 3 3 3 10 0 112 61
2015-07-10 @MIN ND 7.2 5 1 1 1 6 0 116 70
2014-08-23 @MIN W 5.2 8 4 4 3 6 0 105 40
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

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

Twins Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 61.Greene
G/S/vB		 21.Lowe
G/S/vB		 50.Molleken
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 179/122 .202/.250/.344/.594 .532/.621 .589 54/.650 7/0 1/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 91/68 .233/.275/.360/.635 .445/.700 .808 30/.756 0/0 2/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 23/.611 9/.365 3/.333 ··· 6/.666 5/1.400 4/.250 8/.500 3/.000 381/294 .247/.332/.461/.792 1.051/.718 .894 95/.948 7/0 16/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 11/.473 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/2.067 6/.334 1/2.000 202/152 .259/.284/.368/.651 .831/.593 .482 37/.432 1/2 3/8
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 210/135 .282/.419/.453/.872 1.031/.777 .817 80/.723 1/2 6/3
26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 185/120 .227/.304/.472/.777 .734/.800 .685 94/.815 2/0 9/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 84/.975 9/.708 5/.900 ··· 12/.258 5/1.400 6/.833 5/.400 3/.666 381/288 .268/.370/.372/.742 .576/.799 .706 82/.615 2/0 7/2
9.Nunez G/S/vP 13/.968 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 359/270 .312/.336/.469/.805 .903/.773 .888 96/.774 23/6 12/9
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.400 165/126 .242/.258/.382/.640 .411/.706 .667 44/.935 3/1 4/2
22.Sano G/S/vP 7/.453 3/1.666 3/.333 ··· 4/1.167 4/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 275/224 .243/.345/.464/.809 1.030/.763 .863 64/.842 1/0 14/10
39.Santana# G/S/vP 12/.705 9/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 183/142 .246/.286/.351/.637 .437/.693 .537 43/.713 11/8 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 40/.735 4/.000 11/.273 ··· 9/.250 1/.000 6/.000 2/no AB 3/.500 227/153 .289/.327/.431/.759 .842/.717 .835 60/.875 0/0 5/3
19.Vargas# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 39/30 .344/.462/.813/1.274 2.095/1.040 1.862 39/1.274 0/0 3/0
IP 124.1 33.0 30.2 7.0 33.2 11.1 33.0 38.2 35.1 TOTAL .250/.317/.413/.730 .764/.718 .723 .784 62/19 108/66
ERA-K/9 3.91/9.4 4.64/9.0 9.39/7.6 3.86/9.0 2.67/8.8 5.56/9.6 3.55/5.7 3.49/6.7 3.31/11.0 4.51/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (8-1-2)
 Suzuki (31-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.227 133/.220 143/.333 34/.310 132/.202 43/.205 141/.305 162/.274 141/.233 .270  Kepler
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Santana
 Rosario
 Sano
 Escobar
0/4/47/4
43/1/0/3
0/52/0/2
5/38/2/2
36/9/0/2
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .685 .572 1.044 .796 .601 .775 .763 .732 .580 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.647 58/.650 58/.906 14/.702 58/.622 21/.452 61/.843 65/.738 54/.599 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.718 75/.509 85/1.140 20/.862 74/.585 22/1.048 80/.702 97/.727 87/.567 .774
Home 269/.700 47/.539 59/.834 12/.817 61/.407 26/.758 90/.676 75/.712 75/.559
Last 28d days 106/.762 34/.649 39/.862 34/.796 23/.269 34/.948 43/.813 36/.523 27/.490
HR/SB/CS 16/3/4 0/1/1 10/0/2 0/0/0 2/2/1 4/1/1 1/1/2 2/0/0 1/1/1 96/39/24
Usage ····X··· ·o·o···· o··o···· ···X···· ·Xo·o··· X··o···· o··X···· o··o···· ·o··o···
Tigers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Aviles G/S/vP 13/.154 2/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 137/87 .208/.261/.264/.525 .407/.592 .609 47/.554 2/2 1/5
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 27/.816 ··· ··· 10/.700 7/.619 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.350 400/296 .287/.365/.494/.859 .614/.941 1.025 88/.603 0/0 18/3
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 9/.222 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 7/.858 373/271 .299/.338/.530/.868 .722/.923 .842 88/.885 1/1 17/6
18.Collins* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 31/24 .161/.161/.290/.452 .286/.500 .409 11/.818 0/0 1/0
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 323/231 .255/.311/.333/.645 .681/.631 .627 75/.631 5/2 3/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 72/.852 1/no AB 2/1.000 12/1.167 8/.625 ··· 2/2.500 4/.250 411/298 .290/.345/.497/.843 .943/.804 .830 93/.793 9/3 18/5
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 33/.880 2/.000 1/.000 11/1.545 6/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 356/260 .295/.343/.492/.835 .843/.832 .727 87/.655 0/0 17/0
4.Maybin G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 219/143 .337/.399/.403/.802 .942/.730 .969 85/.813 10/4 2/2
34.McCann G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 202/125 .200/.249/.308/.557 .797/.410 .647 60/.518 0/0 5/2
17.Romine# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 72/62 .222/.310/.270/.580 .311/.624 .497 19/.721 5/0 0/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 21/.606 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 173/140 .203/.329/.441/.770 .512/.835 .664 37/.971 0/0 9/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/1.666 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 367/261 .237/.292/.388/.679 .711/.666 .699 81/.688 6/1 10/2
IP 98.1 29.2 27.2 30.2 48.1 24.0 31.1 44.1 TOTAL .265/.326/.434/.759 .743/.765 .786 .706 39/16 120/47
ERA-K/9 4.12/6.7 2.73/8.2 2.28/6.2 5.28/13.2 3.91/8.2 6.00/9.0 2.59/9.5 3.86/11.0 4.88/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (14-16-2)
 Saltalamacchia (24-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/.266 120/.217 108/.229 139/.254 207/.251 107/.256 132/.270 186/.247 .281  Upton
 Aviles
 Collins
 Romine
 Maybin
82/6/0/4
8/0/23/2
5/5/1/1
0/13/1/0
0/52/0/0
OPS .726 .592 .660 .784 .709 .967 .716 .755 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.654 46/.451 39/.548 46/.558 83/.755 52/1.192 45/.495 62/1.005 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.799 74/.682 69/.723 93/.891 124/.674 55/.766 87/.832 124/.634 .818
Road 150/.841 52/.619 34/.382 73/.808 109/.742 60/.836 50/.838 72/.795
Last 28d days 99/.449 24/.743 30/.467 16/.388 44/.849 44/1.076 45/.517 32/.750
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 2/2/0 4/0/0 5/3/0 6/1/0 8/3/3 4/0/1 6/9/1 124/43/12
Usage ····X··· ···o···· X··o···· ···oX··· ···XX··· ··X····· ·X·Xo··· ···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  5.55

ARI  4.45

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

WSN  3.49

PHI  4.55

CIN  5.85

 BA

J. Altuve  .354

A. Eaton  .273

C. Gomez  .208

 OBP

M. Trout  .425

C. Beltran  .341

F. Galvis  .258

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .670

T. Shaw  .457

N. Ahmed  .302

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.091

M. Semien  .785

N. Ahmed  .566

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

H. Iwakuma  4.01

D. Smyly  5.64

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.30

M. Moore  7.58

M. Pelfrey  4.14

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.