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Detroit Tigers, 80-67, 2nd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (29, LHP, 7-11, 5.04)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-11)           150   177  88  84  53 101 19    5.04      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
 2005 (7-16)           196.2 202 113  98  65 122 28    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  43    45  25  24  15  35  6    5.02   48 
 2007-09-08    SEA  ND   4.2   7   5   4   3   3  2      83   32 
 2007-09-02    OAK  ND   6     4   2   2   1   5  0      90   60 
 2007-08-28    KCR   L   4.1   6   6   6   4   2  1      92   25 
 2007-08-23    CLE  ND   8.2   4   0   0   0   3  0      91   79 
 2007-08-17    NYY   L   6    10   5   5   2   7  1     109   37 
 2007-08-12    OAK   W   5.2   5   4   4   5   6  1     105   44 
 2007-08-07    TBD  ND   7.2   9   3   3   0   9  1      96   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  34    30  13  12   9  19  3    3.18   56 
 2007-07-17    MIN   W   7     3   0   0   2   5  0     102   74 
 2007-04-27    MIN  ND   7     5   3   3   2   3  1      95   56 
 2006-09-09    MIN   L   7     6   2   1   1   5  0     101   63 
 2006-08-08    MIN   L   7     7   3   3   3   2  0     116   50 
 2006-07-29    MIN   W   6     9   5   5   1   4  2      92   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-34   Road:   39-33   ExtrInn: 8-9 
 vsRHP:  55-53   vsLHP:  25-14   1-Run:  25-17
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:28-29   vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Wed, Sep 12   TEX  W   5-1       80-67  2nd  5.5 gb
146 Tue, Sep 11   TEX  W   4-1       79-67  2nd  6.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 11   TEX  L   6-13      78-67  2nd  6.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 10   TOR  W   5-4       78-66  2nd  6.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  9   SEA  L   7-14      77-66  2nd  6.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  8   SEA  W  12-6       77-65  2nd  5.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  7   SEA  W   6-1       76-65  2nd  5.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  6   CHW  W   3-2       75-65  2nd  6.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  5   CHW  W   2-1 (11)  74-65  2nd  7.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  4   CHW  L   1-3       73-65  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Minnesota Twins, 72-74, 3rd, 13 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (23, RHP, 3-5, 3.71)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-5)             60.2  73  33  25  23  52  7    3.71      
 2006 (3-6)             50    62  33  32  23  38  6    5.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  34.1  51  27  21  13  28  6    5.50   41 
 2007-09-08    CHW  ND   4     9   5   3   3   5  2      88   30 
 2007-08-31    KCR   L   5.1   9   8   4   2   6  0      91   30 
 2007-08-25    BAL   W   5     5   1   1   4   2  0      91   51 
 2007-08-20    SEA   L   2.1   9   7   7   0   2  4      47   13 
 2007-08-14    SEA   W   7     9   3   3   2   2  0     100   47 
 2007-08-09    KCR   L   6.2   4   1   1   0   6  0     103   68 
 2007-08-04    CLE  ND   4     6   2   2   2   5  0      93   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1  11.1   8   5   4   5   9  0    3.18   55 
 2007-07-17    DET   L   7     3   1   0   1   3  0      97   71 
 2006-09-08    DET  ND   4.1   5   4   4   4   6  0      91   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-35   Road:   35-39   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  51-52   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:26-37   vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Wed, Sep 12  @KCR  L   3-6       72-74  3rd 13.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep 11  @KCR  W   6-3       72-73  3rd 13.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep 10  @KCR  W   4-2       71-73  3rd 13.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  9  @CHW  W   5-2       70-73  3rd 13.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  8  @CHW  L   7-8       69-73  3rd 13.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  7  @CHW  L  10-11(13)  69-72  3rd 12.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  5   CLE  L   2-6       69-71  3rd 12.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  4   CLE  L   5-7 (11)  69-70  3rd 11.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  3   CLE  L   0-5       69-69  3rd 10.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  2   KCR  L   1-8       69-68  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Zach Miner (1-1), L: Joe Nathan (3-2), S: Todd Jones (26)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 DET  3 @MIN  2    W:Andrew Miller (5-3), L: Johan Santana (11-7), S: Todd Jones (25)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 DET  1 @MIN  0    W:Nate Robertson (6-6), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: Todd Jones (24)
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 DET  1  MIN  0    W:Jeremy Bonderman (9-1), L: Scott Baker (2-3), S: Todd Jones (20)
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 MIN  8 @DET  5    W:Kevin Slowey (3-0), L: Andrew Miller (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (16)
Fri, Jun 29, 2007 MIN 11 @DET  1    W:Johan Santana (9-6), L: Justin Verlander (9-3), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 MIN 16  DET  4    W:Boof Bonser (1-1), L: Virgil Vasquez (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 DET  8 @MIN  2    W:Chad Durbin (3-1), L: Sidney Ponson (2-5), S: Aquilino Lopez (1)
Fri, May 11, 2007 DET  7 @MIN  3    W:Mike Maroth (3-0), L: Johan Santana (4-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 DET  4  MIN  3    W:Todd Jones (1-1), L: Jesse Crain (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - DET leads 7-5; 2006 - DET won 11-8; 2005 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1013-934

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

NYY  5.91

BAL  4.63

WSN  4.00

RA/G

BOS  4.03

WSN  4.76

TBD  5.89

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

N. Markakis  .293

J. LaRue  .146

OBP

B. Bonds  .482

T. Glaus  .366

J. LaRue  .239

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .667

T. Buck  .474

N. Punto  .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.091

A. Beltre  .830

J. LaRue  .511

ERA

J. Peavy  2.44

D. McGowan  4.01

A. Eaton  6.31

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.42

S. Trachsel  2.91

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.52 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Garza
G/S/vB
53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
51.DePaula
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
60.Perkins*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 10/.400 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 466/400 .288/.348/.382/.730 .857/.709 .714 71/.672 2/2 3/2
27.Clevlen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 12/1.167 8/.625 4/.833 2/.000 5/1.200 624/497 .301/.359/.554/.913 .481/1.022 .982 117/.970 22/1 21/5
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 11/.673 5/.400 2/1.500 12/1.000 567/447 .296/.356/.501/.857 .921/.847 .827 114/.792 11/7 19/24
24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/26 .220/.283/.439/.722 .461/.944 .558 13/1.077 0/0 3/0
20.Infante G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.572 8/.000 3/.666 ··· 9/.000 173/103 .270/.302/.350/.652 .786/.564 .703 7/.286 4/1 2/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 14/.381 12/.450 5/.000 3/.333 16/.343 525/404 .244/.324/.392/.716 .922/.655 .657 93/.759 8/2 14/17
4.Maybin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/35 .167/.239/.310/.549 .000/.734 .454 46/.549 3/0 1/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 10/.633 7/.000 2/.500 18/1.007 624/487 .358/.430/.594/1.025 1.251/.963 .948 116/1.009 4/1 27/1
19.Perez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 64/58 .407/.453/.576/1.029 1.333/.995 1.071 56/1.117 1/1 0/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.625 7/.629 3/.000 1/.000 5/.800 578/437 .344/.394/.464/.858 .835/.865 .819 104/.873 7/3 8/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 170/145 .253/.297/.338/.635 .695/.624 .797 37/.485 0/0 0/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/75 .302/.344/.483/.827 .778/.858 .889 50/.661 3/0 3/1
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 11/.818 8/1.214 5/1.000 ··· 19/.485 469/346 .284/.297/.430/.727 .740/.723 .715 77/.794 1/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.467 48/41 .233/.283/.349/.631 1.571/.494 1.059 48/.631 1/0 0/0
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 17/1.126 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 543/419 .272/.383/.485/.868 .887/.862 .800 52/.596 21/4 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 5/.400 5/.800 ··· 4/.500 258/178 .245/.279/.482/.761 .908/.694 .705 64/.605 2/1 15/3
IP 60.2 6.2 20.2 13.1 80.2 64.1 68.2 24.2 53.2 TOTAL .286/.345/.459/.804 .837/.794 .790 90/28 164/91
ERA-K/9 3.71/7.7 2.70/5.4 4.79/6.1 10.13/2.7 2.34/6.0 1.96/9.1 2.75/9.7 3.65/6.6 5.53/7.4 4.18/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (25-10-3)
 Rodriguez (45-18-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 272/.303 26/.292 100/.268 67/.364 316/.213 249/.211 270/.179 101/.247 248/.280 .269  Granderson
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Clevlen
 Infante
 Perez
 Maybin
 Hessman
2/144/0/10
0/0/130/3
7/10/13/1
7/0/7/1
30/0/9/1
2/0/2/0
1/12/6/0
12/0/4/0
10/4/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .809 .638 .802 1.091 .592 .557 .574 .715 .828 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.882 17/.996 53/.744 35/1.049 133/.657 121/.594 110/.574 34/.757 120/.978 .801
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.740 9/.000 47/.868 32/1.138 183/.545 128/.523 160/.573 67/.691 128/.687 .715
Home 117/.876 15/.481 47/.594 29/.893 170/.634 147/.548 147/.527 56/.782 121/.799 .716
Last 28d days 91/1.101 26/.638 59/.757 49/.866 64/.828 41/.464 51/.931 4/.750 57/.648
HR/SB/CS 7/0/3 0/0/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 7/6/2 3/4/0 7/1/2 2/1/1 9/2/1 169/52/41
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·o···oo· ·o····o· ··oo·oX· ··ooo·X· ··o··XX· ·X······ ··X·X·X·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
40.Bazardo
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
41.Capellan
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 19/.158 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.286 4/.833 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 515/376 .273/.344/.372/.716 .857/.663 .696 88/.862 21/3 5/25
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/49 .294/.357/.412/.769 .762/.769 .598 32/.958 0/0 2/4
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/104 .247/.280/.289/.569 .728/.454 .515 76/.557 11/1 0/8
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 48/.679 ··· 1/3.000 4/.250 5/1.800 6/1.000 6/.500 ··· 10/.300 3/1.334 8/.375 559/392 .274/.352/.425/.777 .872/.737 .860 112/.733 3/0 13/4
20.Ford G/S/vP 28/.893 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 6/1.166 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/5.000 2/.000 123/78 .232/.301/.366/.667 .758/.615 .673 / 3/0 3/1
41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/36 .227/.277/.227/.504 .308/.582 .269 22/.461 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 37/.736 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/1.071 13/.462 5/.400 ··· 5/.650 3/.666 7/.143 586/423 .291/.336/.525/.861 .905/.844 .874 117/.773 15/7 28/2
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/47 .170/.228/.226/.454 .300/.488 .595 29/.385 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 411/339 .268/.329/.439/.768 .718/.778 .749 74/1.036 4/0 11/2
23.LeCroy G/S/vP 26/1.832 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 2/1.000 0/0 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 22/.409 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.900 7/1.000 ··· 6/1.166 5/.650 4/.500 435/289 .293/.386/.419/.805 .654/.882 .672 49/.599 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 24/.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/2.500 5/.933 5/.000 5/1.600 ··· 8/2.339 5/1.200 7/1.964 605/400 .281/.347/.511/.858 .702/.940 .843 113/.776 1/1 29/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 18/.745 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.300 4/.000 7/.715 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 5/.400 491/330 .198/.286/.254/.540 .460/.584 .490 82/.429 15/6 1/11
55.Redmond G/S/vP 20/.585 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.547 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 297/197 .295/.347/.354/.701 .853/.626 .719 49/.798 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 148/117 .216/.272/.291/.563 .437/.597 .669 28/.632 1/0 2/4
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 12/.781 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 309/243 .294/.339/.360/.699 .616/.720 .684 75/.759 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 16/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 101/62 .152/.218/.283/.500 .620/.424 .184 42/.539 0/0 3/0
IP 150.0 12.0 37.1 25.0 74.2 57.1 48.1 1.1 45.0 41.2 28.0 TOTAL .267/.332/.393/.725 .719/.727 .707 101/27 106/84
ERA-K/9 5.04/6.1 3.00/6.0 3.62/10.6 5.76/7.2 4.94/6.7 4.40/4.9 2.98/5.8 20.25/13.8 4.40/9.2 2.59/6.9 4.18/7.1 4.68/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (10-1-1)
 Mauer (19-24-3)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.295 49/.196 171/.245 112/.277 331/.266 247/.268 206/.270 9/.429 197/.241 172/.232 120/.196 .270  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 Ford
 Jones
 White
0/0/124/18
0/139/0/5
41/14/18/3
77/0/0/2
33/11/3/1
3/0/1/0
13/0/0/0
OPS .814 .638 .743 .884 .728 .701 .692 1.984 .713 .633 .597 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.755 20/1.100 68/.772 36/1.159 113/.705 139/.688 80/.544 6/1.500 90/.717 91/.562 42/.986 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 497/.835 29/.292 103/.723 76/.760 218/.738 108/.718 126/.787 3/2.667 107/.710 81/.715 78/.393 .777
Road 267/.845 14/1.049 88/.717 33/.641 151/.528 126/.771 106/.715 / 81/.682 82/.807 44/.800 .764
Last 28d days 127/.756 19/.599 35/.567 19/1.640 62/.389 34/.786 73/.583 8/2.292 49/.612 27/.314 43/.487
HR/SB/CS 19/6/4 2/0/0 3/2/1 7/3/1 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/3/4 2/0/0 5/6/1 1/1/1 2/3/0 159/70/28
Usage ·····X·· ··Xo·X·· ··X····· ··X·X··· ··X·X··X ·oo····· ···o·X·· ··X·o··· ··o··o·X ·······o ·o·X··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.

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