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Detroit Tigers, 44-29, 1st, 1 up

SP: Andrew Miller (22, LHP, 2-1, 3.63)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-1)             17.1  16   8   7   9  13  3    3.63      
 2006 (0-1)             10.1   8   9   7  10   6  0    6.10      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  17.1  16   8   7   9  13  3    3.63   51 
 2007-06-16    PHI   L   6     7   4   3   3   6  2     108   47 
 2007-06-10    NYM   W   5.1   5   4   4   3   5  1     100   44 
 2007-05-18    STL   W   6     4   0   0   3   2  0      94   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL    Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-14   Road:   26-15   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  29-23   vsLHP:  15-6    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest:  7-4  IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Sat, Jun 23  @ATL  W   2-1       44-29  1st  1.0 up
 72 Fri, Jun 22  @ATL  W   5-0       43-29  1st  1.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 20  @WSN  W   8-4       42-29  1st    Tied
 70 Tue, Jun 19  @WSN  W  15-1       41-29  1st    Tied
 69 Mon, Jun 18  @WSN  W   9-8       40-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 17  @PHI  W   7-4       39-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 16  @PHI  L   3-6       38-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 15  @PHI  W  12-8       38-28  2nd  1.0 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 14   MIL  L   5-6       37-28  2nd  2.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 13   MIL  L   2-3       37-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Atlanta Braves, 38-37, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Chuck James (25, LHP, 6-6, 4.11)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-6)             81    90  38  37  35  60 14    4.11      
 2006 (11-4)           119   101  54  50  47  91 20    3.78      
 2005 (0-0)              5.2   4   1   1   3   5  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  38.2  46  19  18  18  28  8    4.19   47 
 2007-06-18    BOS   W   5.1   5   2   2   4   4  2      96   50 
 2007-06-13    MIN   L   4.1   9   6   6   0   1  3      73   22 
 2007-06-07    CHC   L   7     6   2   2   3   4  0     105   58 
 2007-06-02    CHC  ND   6     6   2   2   4   4  1     102   52 
 2007-05-28    MIL   W   6     5   1   1   2   8  1      93   64 
 2007-05-23    NYM   L   4.2   7   3   2   3   2  1      84   39 
 2007-05-17    WSN  ND   5.1   8   3   3   2   5  0      96   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-20   Road:   19-17   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  24-18   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 4-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sat, Jun 23   DET  L   1-2       38-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 22   DET  L   0-5       38-36  3rd  2.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 20   BOS  L   0-11      38-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 19   BOS  L   0-4       38-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 18   BOS  W   9-4       38-33  2nd  1.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 17  @CLE  L   2-5       37-33  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 16  @CLE  W   6-2       37-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 15  @CLE  W   5-4       36-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 14  @MIN  L   2-3       35-32  3rd  2.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 13  @MIN  L   0-6       35-31  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 DET  2 @ATL  1    W:Justin Verlander (9-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-7), S: Todd Jones (18)
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0    W:Kenny Rogers (1-0), L: John Smoltz (8-4), S: none

Thu, Jun 10, 2004 DET  7  ATL  4    W:Mike Maroth (5-3), L: Antonio Alfonseca (5-2), S: Ugueth Urbina (9)
Wed, Jun 09, 2004 DET  4  ATL  2    W:Craig Dingman (1-0), L: John Thomson (5-3), S: Ugueth Urbina (8)
Tue, Jun 08, 2004 ATL  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Chris Reitsma (2-1), L: Danny Patterson (0-3), S: John Smoltz (9)
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 ATL  3  DET  2    W:Kerry Ligtenberg (1-3), L: Juan Acevedo (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 ATL  4  DET  1    W:Kevin Millwood (4-5), L: Mike Maroth (1-1), S: John Smoltz (22)
Tue, Jun 18, 2002 DET  6 @ATL  0    W:Jeff Weaver (5-8), L: Jason Marquis (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 1997 DET 12 @ATL  4    W:Willie Blair (15-6), L: John Smoltz (13-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 1997 ATL  5  DET  0    W:Denny Neagle (19-3), L: Greg Keagle (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - DET leads 2-0; 2006 -  0-0; 2005 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 7-4

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 2007 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

DET  6.11

NYM  4.57

WSN  3.89

RA/G

SDP  3.38

CLE  4.68

TBD  6.08

BA

M. Ordonez  .381

J. Hardy  .285

D. Navarro  .172

OBP

B. Bonds  .494

J. Morneau  .354

D. Navarro  .242

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .707

B. Hall  .454

A. Kennedy  .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.139

C. Beltran  .812

D. Navarro  .501

ERA

D. Haren  1.78

J. Washburn  4.09

K. Wells  6.75

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.89

B. Sheets  6.09

A. Cook  2.86

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Detroit Tigers Batters (6.11 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.James*
G/S/vB
49.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
28.Wickman
G/S/vB
33.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 246/206 .286/.346/.375/.721 .866/.693 .741 82/.863 1/0 1/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 312/252 .291/.343/.554/.897 .458/1.002 .949 110/.883 8/0 9/3
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.334 ··· 266/206 .322/.387/.577/.964 1.179/.922 .951 71/.973 5/4 12/12
20.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 99/56 .316/.343/.368/.711 .764/.672 .623 58/.731 3/0 0/1
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.334 1/no AB 266/205 .252/.350/.442/.792 .990/.735 .743 82/1.003 3/1 11/7
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 255/191 .238/.286/.426/.712 1.009/.611 .779 84/.706 0/2 9/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 5/2.400 ··· 7/.453 3/.666 1/.000 13/1.077 ··· 311/237 .381/.457/.653/1.110 1.200/1.082 1.076 108/1.065 2/0 13/1
8.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 7/.286 ··· 67/45 .183/.234/.283/.517 .736/.409 .574 37/.451 0/0 1/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.000 9/.777 ··· 305/229 .337/.378/.422/.800 .713/.830 .716 102/.818 2/1 1/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/61 .277/.324/.369/.693 .844/.668 .748 26/.917 0/0 0/1
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 25/.612 ··· 257/182 .286/.300/.452/.752 .800/.732 .716 88/.871 0/2 7/3
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 7/.953 ··· 320/249 .293/.400/.538/.938 1.026/.914 .918 110/1.190 8/4 17/0
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 110/60 .243/.291/.466/.757 .923/.614 .757 44/.783 1/1 6/1
IP 81.0 36.2 38.2 26.2 32.2 37.0 24.0 32.1 TOTAL .293/.354/.479/.833 .890/.815 .822 33/15 87/42
ERA-K/9 4.11/6.7 4.66/6.6 2.33/5.8 5.06/3.4 3.03/7.7 3.65/8.3 3.38/6.8 3.34/9.5 4.30/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (6-4-3)
 Rodriguez (27-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 360/.284 169/.271 150/.191 118/.317 122/.158 159/.244 110/.250 135/.190 .262  Granderson
 Ordonez
 Monroe
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Infante
0/71/0/6
0/0/67/3
66/0/0/3
6/0/6/1
8/0/7/0
0/11/5/0
OPS .831 .804 .596 .804 .529 .694 .683 .579 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.807 58/.867 61/.608 52/.955 65/.598 69/.807 56/.646 52/.908 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.840 111/.768 89/.585 66/.692 57/.452 90/.611 54/.719 83/.375 .744
Home 143/.824 79/.806 79/.714 76/.718 56/.547 82/.558 44/.433 76/.624 .737
Last 28d days 128/.862 55/.681 68/.640 56/.564 43/.791 54/.550 41/.703 37/.590
HR/SB/CS 14/5/3 4/4/3 4/6/0 1/3/1 4/2/0 2/1/0 1/3/0 2/2/0 74/46/16
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··X ·o·o·o·o ·o··oXX· X··X···o ···XX··· o····o·· o····X·o
Atlanta Braves Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Miller*
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
36.De La Cruz
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 164/60 .342/.362/.465/.827 .879/.740 .862 57/.746 2/0 4/0
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/38 .275/.315/.377/.692 .647/.733 .762 73/.692 0/1 1/4
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 316/204 .276/.323/.420/.743 .767/.730 .640 107/.582 1/1 8/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 138/120 .379/.438/.500/.938 .698/.969 .993 68/.957 10/3 1/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 315/194 .274/.375/.456/.831 .793/.854 .720 106/.729 5/4 8/6
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.542 10/.971 ··· ··· ··· 311/200 .198/.299/.381/.680 .773/.630 .703 104/.575 3/0 11/1
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.929 9/1.056 ··· 1/.000 ··· 223/136 .321/.408/.611/1.019 .969/1.052 .918 37/1.031 1/0 13/4
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 242/154 .250/.303/.395/.698 .594/.759 .606 81/.551 0/0 5/8
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/48 .192/.222/.212/.434 .167/.463 .269 25/.448 0/0 0/1
11.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 11/.546 ··· 4/.500 ··· 306/190 .329/.390/.509/.899 .966/.860 .815 99/.884 5/1 10/6
18.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/41 .310/.355/.451/.806 .857/.751 .909 45/.822 0/0 2/2
20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 222/163 .232/.262/.422/.684 .470/.762 .581 89/.647 1/1 9/3
5.Woodward G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 94/36 .207/.231/.287/.518 .511/.528 .555 30/.620 1/0 1/3
IP 17.1 18.2 2.2 34.1 29.2 15.0 28.1 19.2 TOTAL .263/.327/.417/.744 .723/.756 .701 29/12 76/50
ERA-K/9 3.63/6.8 3.38/11.1 0.00/6.7 5.50/6.6 5.46/4.8 3.60/10.2 5.40/8.0 4.12/5.9 4.45/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (28-7-4)
 Saltalamacchia (14-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 82/.242 83/.246 9/.111 155/.304 136/.289 75/.237 132/.259 81/.227 .270  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Harris
 Jones
0/0/75/8
43/0/0/3
34/3/0/2
0/73/0/1
OPS .763 .743 .222 .821 .746 .705 .807 .645 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.287 29/.667 5/.400 47/.892 79/.857 30/.460 55/.843 41/.351 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.878 54/.783 4/.000 108/.789 57/.589 45/.879 77/.783 40/.956 .784
Road 31/1.023 51/.736 9/.222 77/.538 79/.793 33/.613 56/.684 45/.701 .759
Last 28d days 56/.859 49/.855 9/.222 52/.692 48/1.039 33/.614 38/1.002 21/.449
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 5/5/1 1/1/0 79/33/13
Usage ·······X o··X···· ·o··oo·· ·X·X·X·· X··o·Xo· ····oXo· o··X··X· ·o···oo·

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.

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