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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 87-74, 87-74 1st, 3 up

SP: Luis Marte (25, RHP, 0-0, 3.32)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit
2012 (0-0)	19.0	17	7	7	7	17	4	3.32
2011 (1-0)	3.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	2.45

Last 7 GS

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   50-31   Road:   37-43   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  61-49   vsLHP:  26-25   1-Run:  20-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:42-29   vsWest: 13-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Oct  2  @KCR  L   2-4       87-74  1st  3.0 up
160 Mon, Oct  1  @KCR  W   6-3       87-73  1st  3.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 30  @MIN  W   2-1       86-73  1st  3.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 29  @MIN  W   6-4       85-73  1st  2.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 28  @MIN  L   2-4       84-73  1st  1.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 27   KCR  W   5-4       84-72  1st  2.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26   KCR  W   5-4       83-72  1st  1.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25   KCR  W   2-0       82-72  1st    Tied
153 Mon, Sep 24   KCR  W   6-2       81-72  2nd  1.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   1-2 (10)  80-72  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Royals, 72-89, 72-89 3rd, 15 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (28, RHP, 8-9, 4.36)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-9)			159.0	170	83	77	56	98	15	4.36
2011 (2-0)			14.2	11	3	2	5	7	0	1.23
2010 (0-1)			4.0	10	10	10	3	1	4	22.50

Last 7 GS		1-1	38.2	46	22	20	11	25	6	4.66	46
2012-09-27	@DET	ND	7.0	7	4	2	1	6	0	86	56
2012-09-21	CLE	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	90	49
2012-09-13	@MIN	ND	6.0	2	1	1	2	6	1	96	68
2012-09-07	@CHW	ND	5.1	10	5	5	1	3	3	93	30
2012-09-02	MIN	ND	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	84	48
2012-08-28	DET	ND	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	1	82	32
2012-08-22	@TBR	L	4.1	5	2	2	4	0	0	81	41

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	20.2	25	17	11	6	14	1	4.79	45
2012-09-27	@DET	ND	7.0	7	4	2	1	6	0	86	56
2012-08-28	DET	ND	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	1	82	32
2011-09-20	DET	W	7.0	6	2	1	3	3	0	102	59
2008-04-23	@DET	ND	1.2	5	5	2	1	1	0	57	31

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

 Home:   37-43   Road:   35-46   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  48-61   vsLHP:  24-28   1-Run:  27-25
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:34-37   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Oct  2   DET  W   4-2       72-89  3rd 15.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1   DET  L   3-6       71-89  3rd 16.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30  @CLE  L   3-15      71-88  3rd 15.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29  @CLE  W   7-6 (14)  71-87  3rd 14.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28  @CLE  L   5-8       70-87  3rd 14.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27  @DET  L   4-5       70-86  3rd 14.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @DET  L   4-5       70-85  3rd 13.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @DET  L   0-2       70-84  3rd 12.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @DET  L   2-6       70-83  3rd 12.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   CLE  L   4-15      70-82  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 KCR  4  DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (8-12), L: Doug Fister (10-10), S: Greg Holland (16)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 DET  6 @KCR  3        W:Rick Porcello (10-12), L: Bruce Chen (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (35)
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (5-3), L: Tim Collins (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (4-3), L: Kelvin Herrera (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 DET  2  KCR  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (9-13), L: Bruce Chen (11-13), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 DET  6  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (16-8), L: Luke Hochevar (8-15), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 KCR  2  DET  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-12), L: Rick Porcello (9-10), S: Kelvin Herrera (1)
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 KCR  1  DET  0        W:Bruce Chen (10-10), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-11), S: Greg Holland (9)
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 KCR  9  DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-4), S: Greg Holland (8)
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 DET  7  KCR  1        W:Max Scherzer (8-5), L: Everett Teaford (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 12-5; 2011 - DET won 11-7; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - KCR leads 295-292

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 2012 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 TEX 4.99 MIN 4.35 HOU 3.60	RA/G TBR 3.58 LAA 4.27 COL 5.52	BA M. Cabrera .346 B. Zobrist .272 C. Pena .198	OBP J. Mauer .415 A. Rios .334 D. Stubbs .278	SLG M. Cabrera .608 N. Aoki .435 J. Weeks .304	OPS M. Cabrera 1.002 A. Rodriguez .775 J. Weeks .609	ERA D. Price 2.56 J. Samardzija 3.81 R. Romero 5.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.17 M. Minor 7.28 H. Alvarez 3.80

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 4.99

MIN 4.35

HOU 3.60

RA/G

TBR 3.58

LAA 4.27

COL 5.52

M. Cabrera .346

B. Zobrist .272

C. Pena .198

OBP

J. Mauer .415

A. Rios .334

D. Stubbs .278

SLG

M. Cabrera .608

N. Aoki .435

J. Weeks .304

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.002

A. Rodriguez .775

J. Weeks .609

ERA

D. Price 2.56

J. Samardzija 3.81

R. Romero 5.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.17

M. Minor 7.28

H. Alvarez 3.80

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

Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB 47.Adcock
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 49.Odorizzi
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 8/.833 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 6/.167 3/1.667 5/.400 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 431/328 .241/.350/.384/.733 .539/.792 .694 55/.802 2/0 9/6

52.Berry* G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 326/266 .260/.331/.358/.689 .581/.713 .687 47/.579 21/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 1/.000 8/.929 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 503/366 .240/.286/.372/.659 .625/.671 .666 37/.535 6/3 12/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.053 7/1.096 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 5/.000 5/1.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 5/2.800 ··· ··· 4/.750 695/500 .331/.394/.608/1.002 .913/1.031 .918 106/1.064 4/1 44/13

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 9/.889 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 340/257 .323/.371/.490/.861 .751/.895 .820 85/.843 1/1 8/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/2.100 1/no AB 2/.500 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 688/440 .312/.410/.528/.937 .808/1.014 .865 104/.966 1/0 30/11

34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/16 .326/.380/.326/.706 .745/.625 .377 41/.631 0/2 0/0

50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/8 .273/.273/.364/.636 1.250/.286 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

4.Infante G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 584/414 .273/.299/.416/.715 .872/.650 .734 87/.652 15/3 12/18

14.Jackson G/S/vP 12/1.445 6/1.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 6/1.500 6/.334 8/.542 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 614/429 .298/.376/.476/.852 .856/.850 .852 103/.719 12/9 16/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/2.667 3/1.666 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 124/110 .189/.274/.252/.526 .298/.555 .494 5/.800 2/0 1/3

9.Laird G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 39/.702 0/0 2/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.250 5/.400 ··· 8/.833 6/1.167 6/1.867 5/.000 7/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/4.000 582/407 .241/.306/.386/.693 .692/.693 .654 94/.505 1/2 13/7

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.833 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 3/2.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 257/193 .207/.285/.273/.558 .482/.583 .506 9/.222 1/0 2/6

29.Worth G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 89/43 .219/.333/.260/.594 .697/.484 .657 6/.900 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.771 7/1.086 ··· 5/.000 4/.250 7/.000 3/.666 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 606/417 .267/.297/.413/.710 .833/.652 .665 100/.524 0/2 18/2

IP 159.0 34.2 17.1 50.1 69.1 63.2 84.1 67.0 9.1 13.1 44.0 7.1 89.2 61.1 TOTAL .268/.335/.423/.758 .723/.773 .723 .725 57/23 163/99

ERA-K/9

4.36/5.5

2.34/5.7

1.56/3.6

3.75/11.3

3.38/12.1

3.53/9.2

2.35/8.2

2.96/12.2

2.89/5.8

6.75/8.8

5.73/5.3

4.91/4.9

5.32/5.9

4.99/5.1

4.32/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (78-34-10)
Holaday (3-1-0)
Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 681/.280 148/.282 69/.246 215/.222 293/.216 257/.229 344/.250 289/.234 42/.306 73/.317 198/.318 34/.267 396/.313 263/.285 .270 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Berry
Garcia
Young
Dirks 0/0/121/5
0/136/0/5
18/8/35/3
63/22/5/2
2/1/18/1
31/0/0/1
59/1/23/1

OPS .764 .774 .568 .769 .690 .600 .643 .653 .988 .838 .795 .820 .853 .815 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.801 69/.687 40/.616 76/.827 134/.764 94/.540 138/.742 125/.577 24/.675 33/.594 88/.908 29/.899 113/.897 99/.808 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.722 79/.846 29/.501 139/.735 159/.626 163/.635 206/.580 164/.712 18/1.382 40/1.029 110/.714 5/.400 283/.835 164/.819 .762

Home 333/.756 60/.815 45/.522 121/.608 151/.922 145/.588 175/.643 155/.611 13/.968 42/.787 81/.875 23/.804 185/.872 128/.634

Last 28d days 102/.831 18/.465 26/.589 35/.791 32/.868 39/.569 56/.634 49/.748 14/.845 31/.974 30/.680 34/.820 96/.899 28/1.060

HR/SB/CS 15/5/7 4/3/3 0/0/0 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 4/12/4 2/2/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 3/12/2 1/2/0 12/8/3 11/2/2 163/111/51

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· o··o···· ·Xo····X ···o·o·· ·o·X·o·· o··X·oX· X··Xo··· ·o·X···· ··X····· ·o·XX··· ···X···· ····X··· ··X·X···

Royals Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Marte
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 74/45 .257/.284/.357/.641 .448/.772 .672 34/.439 0/0 1/1

30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 64/12 .267/.313/.333/.646 .681/.500 .490 28/.399 5/4 0/3

16.Butler G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 13/.985 6/2.167 11/.727 1/.000 ··· 6/1.833 8/.661 4/1.500 675/488 .313/.372/.511/.882 1.036/.827 .872 106/.864 2/1 29/3

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 35/1.156 10/0 7/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 328/254 .262/.330/.324/.654 .510/.695 .643 27/.470 30/5 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 8/.875 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 9/.333 3/.000 643/454 .292/.331/.390/.721 .669/.742 .783 94/.723 34/5 5/19

19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 87/60 .349/.365/.446/.810 .808/.812 .952 31/.886 0/2 0/3

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 8/.750 8/1.482 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 17/.301 3/1.666 599/420 .237/.289/.381/.669 .695/.659 .688 94/.803 4/7 16/4

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 185/111 .232/.265/.299/.564 .547/.576 .507 58/.603 3/0 1/6

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 6/.334 10/.200 7/.762 1/no AB ··· 6/.334 8/.542 3/.666 717/464 .293/.364/.454/.818 .665/.903 .839 104/.840 10/5 14/2

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 9/.873 1/.000 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .679 72/.510 16/1 14/10

7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/57 .237/.281/.305/.586 .452/.601 .564 45/.552 1/0 0/1

50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/3 .286/.375/.857/1.232 2.100/.000 1.833 8/1.232 0/0 1/1

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 6/.500 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 8/.268 1/.000 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .794 93/.512 5/2 20/15

27.Pena# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 9/1.334 2/.000 222/150 .240/.267/.327/.594 .645/.569 .705 27/.493 0/1 2/4

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .743 90/.711 0/0 11/4

28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 19.0 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 20.2 15.0 98.2 69.0 54.2 TOTAL .265/.316/.401/.717 .704/.723 .746 .698 131/38 131/113

ERA-K/9

3.32/8.1

0.68/12.2

3.68/10.6

4.00/8.5

3.57/9.6

3.48/8.7

4.20/5.4

4.01/8.6

3.78/6.3

2.63/10.9

3.79/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moore (2-0-0)
Pena (52-16-5)
Perez (25-18-3)
Pina (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 80/.236 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 86/.237 68/.317 412/.246 294/.229 226/.201 .257 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Bourgeois
Cain
Hosmer
Lough 0/3/144/19
159/0/0/17
0/87/0/8
2/22/0/3
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
1/12/5/0

OPS .757 .420 .720 .854 .617 .655 .805 .727 .649 .595 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.934 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 38/.408 36/.900 126/.666 167/.754 88/.678 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 46/.633 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 48/.859 32/.696 286/.755 127/.515 138/.547 .695

Road 44/.695 24/.604 121/.833 127/.902 119/.709 23/.524 42/.769 219/.695 142/.630 101/.708

Last 28d days 6/.500 49/.456 50/.913 24/.879 37/.874 23/.835 18/.611 48/.465 49/.645 35/.876

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 1/3/1 0/1/1 12/8/6 3/12/1 3/11/2 151/130/45

Usage ······X· ·X·X··X· ·X·X·oX· ··o·oo·· ·oo·o··· X······· X······· ····X··· ·ooX··o· o···X···

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.