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Game Preview: DET @ LAA, 10:05pm, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Detroit Tigers, 21-31, 4th, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             41.1  28  21  17  19  29  4    3.70      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41.1  28  21  17  19  29  4    3.70   54 
 2008-05-23    MIN   L   6     7   5   5   5   5  1      96   38 
 2008-05-17   @ARI   W   6     1   2   2   5   3  0     111   60 
 2008-05-07    BOS  ND   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  2      88   39 
 2008-05-02   @MIN   L   6     6   4   2   2   2  0      87   48 
 2008-04-26    LAA  ND   6     3   3   1   2   3  0      82   59 
 2008-04-21   @TOR   W   5.1   3   0   0   4   4  0      85   62 
 2008-04-16   @CLE   W   6.2   1   2   2   0   6  1      81   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      0-0  10.2   7   8   6   6   7  1    5.06   48 
 2008-04-26    LAA  ND   6     3   3   1   2   3  0      82   59 
 2007-09-24    LAA  ND   4.2   4   5   5   4   4  1      87   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:    9-17   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  15-28   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 5-17   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Tue, May 27  @LAA  L   2-3       21-31  4th  7.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @LAA  L   0-1 (12)  21-30  4th  7.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   MIN  L   1-6       21-29  4th  6.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   MIN  W  19-3       21-28  4th  5.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   MIN  L   4-9       20-28  5th  6.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   SEA  W   9-2       20-27  5th  6.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   SEA  W   9-4       19-27  5th  6.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   SEA  W  12-8       18-27  5th  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @ARI  L   0-4       17-27  5th  6.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @ARI  W   3-2       17-26  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 32-22, 1st, 2 up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 8-1, 2.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-1)             70    55  18  18  19  29  5    2.31      
 2007 (8-5)            107.1 129  56  53  34  69 11    4.44      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-1  48.2  41  15  15  13  19  4    2.77   57 
 2008-05-23   @CHW   W   8.1   3   1   1   3   4  0      99   74 
 2008-05-16    LAD   W   7.1   5   2   2   2   1  1      90   59 
 2008-05-10   @TBR   L   6     4   1   1   4   3  0     101   59 
 2008-05-04    BAL   W   5    12   4   4   0   1  1      85   28 
 2008-04-29    OAK   W   8     4   0   0   1   5  0     102   78 
 2008-04-24   @BOS   W   6     7   3   3   3   3  0     101   46 
 2008-04-18    SEA   W   8     6   4   4   0   2  2     100   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-0  12.2  13   4   4   1   9  1    2.84   56 
 2007-07-28    DET  ND   5.1   8   3   3   1   4  1     101   43 
 2006-09-02   @DET  ND   7.1   5   1   1   0   5  0      95   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-11   Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  23-20   vsLHP:   9-2    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:16-8    vsWest:  8-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Tue, May 27   DET  W   3-2       32-22  1st  2.0 up
 53 Mon, May 26   DET  W   1-0 (12)  31-22  1st  2.0 up
 52 Sun, May 25  @CHW  L   2-3       30-22  1st  1.5 up
 51 Sat, May 24  @CHW  W   2-0       30-21  1st  2.5 up
 50 Fri, May 23  @CHW  W   3-1       29-21  1st  2.5 up
 49 Thu, May 22  @TOR  L   3-4       28-21  1st  2.5 up
 48 Wed, May 21  @TOR  W   4-3       28-20  1st  3.0 up
 47 Tue, May 20  @TOR  W   3-1       27-20  1st  3.0 up
 46 Sun, May 18   LAD  W  10-2       26-20  1st  1.5 up
 45 Sat, May 17   LAD  L   3-6       25-20  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 27, 2008 LAA  3  DET  2        W:Ervin Santana (7-2), L: Aquilino Lopez (2-1), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 LAA  1  DET  0 (12)   W:Jose Arredondo (1-0), L: Freddy Dolsi (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 LAA  6 @DET  2        W:Jered Weaver (2-3), L: Justin Verlander (1-4), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 DET  6  LAA  4        W:Aquilino Lopez (2-0), L: Darren O'Day (0-1), S: Todd Jones (4)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 LAA  4 @DET  3        W:Ervin Santana (4-0), L: Nate Robertson (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (10)

Sun, Jul 29, 2007 LAA 13  DET  4        W:Chris Bootcheck (3-2), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 LAA 10  DET  3        W:Scot Shields (3-3), L: Jason Grilli (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 LAA 11  DET  6        W:Jered Weaver (7-5), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: none
Thu, May 24, 2007 DET 12  LAA  0        W:Jeremy Bonderman (3-0), L: Ervin Santana (3-6), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2007 DET  8  LAA  7        W:Chad Durbin (4-1), L: Bartolo Colon (5-1), S: Todd Jones (15)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 4-1; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; 2006 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 295-273

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 2008 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

CHC  5.65

OAK  4.52

SDP  3.51

RA/G

OAK  3.56

NYY  4.60

TEX  5.52

BA

C. Jones  .418

M. Teixeira  .267

R. Weeks  .202

OBP

C. Jones  .491

J. Crede  .333

K. Greene  .267

SLG

L. Berkman  .753

B. Roberts  .417

J. Bartlett  .284

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

A. Huff  .758

M. Bourn  .575

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

I. Snell  6.32

J. Garland  2.38

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 217/185 .275/.355/.471/.826 .877/.816 .876 104/.809 1/0 8/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/1.500 5/2.000 7/.453 4/.500 2/5.000 128/122 .241/.305/.457/.762 .333/.784 .769 98/.589 2/2 6/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 5/3.267 16/.388 7/.286 22/.697 5/.000 195/159 .294/.371/.465/.836 .910/.827 .668 99/.731 3/1 5/
15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 6/.834 4/.666 9/.333 8/1.375 6/.600 132/107 .223/.315/.402/.717 .481/.773 .513 43/.479 1/1 4/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/57 .212/.276/.519/.795 .000/.810 .764 58/.795 0/0 5/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/.000 3/1.667 12/.733 5/1.850 16/.864 9/.583 217/184 .323/.387/.538/.926 .883/.932 .700 102/.950 0/1 9/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 11/.664 5/1.300 4/.500 6/.167 193/158 .289/.356/.393/.749 .929/.710 .841 105/.864 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 47/33 .214/.298/.381/.679 .714/.660 .608 23/.490 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.000 1/2.000 6/.533 13/.648 194/162 .272/.311/.378/.689 1.147/.602 .712 82/.555 1/0 4/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.400 9/.222 13/.408 10/.844 178/143 .261/.301/.382/.683 .755/.664 .562 76/.627 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 44/39 .353/.476/.618/1.094 1.350/1.059 1.099 19/1.113 0/0 1/
33.Thames G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.933 2/.500 71/45 .246/.310/.415/.725 1.042/.551 .615 34/.915 0/0 3/
IP 70.0 6.0 12.1 21.1 23.0 21.0 18.0 TOTAL .264/.336/.423/.758 .830/.744 .680 .727 18/6 53/36
ERA-K/9 2.31/3.7 1.50/7.5 8.76/7.3 2.53/4.2 2.35/8.2 3.43/8.1 5.00/6.5 3.93/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (4-1-2)
 Rodriguez (18-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.222 20/.200 68/.383 86/.267 96/.198 82/.274 85/.264 .263  Inge
 Granderson
 Ordonez
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
2/11/0/2
0/30/0/1
0/0/49/1
14/0/6/0
12/4/4/0
14/0/2/0
OPS .584 .550 .956 .721 .582 .739 .920 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.540 7/.714 29/1.021 38/.824 42/.704 34/.604 37/1.361 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.597 13/.462 39/.906 48/.645 54/.491 48/.830 48/.571 .675
Home 138/.626 16/.438 56/1.033 38/.571 49/.776 41/.810 35/.791 .711
Last 28d days 105/.648 20/.550 53/.792 40/.514 46/.508 33/.787 36/1.167
HR/SB/CS 5/6/5 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/2/0 2/1/1 5/1/1 45/36/17
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ········ ·····X·· ·X·oX·oX ·X····Xo ·····X··
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
41.Cruceta
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB 12/.705 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 207/161 .283/.314/.429/.743 .623/.778 .804 94/.916 2/1 5/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 149/125 .306/.423/.355/.778 .845/.764 .825 21/.743 11/4 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/no AB 2/1.000 9/1.681 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 215/168 .258/.321/.443/.764 .775/.761 .667 99/.727 1/1 7/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 4/.250 1/no AB 2/2.000 14/.572 2/.000 6/.533 4/.500 209/161 .280/.349/.466/.815 .725/.844 .972 100/.748 5/2 6/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 137/115 .205/.279/.246/.525 .318/.567 .562 57/.541 6/0 0/
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.500 199/155 .310/.362/.473/.835 1.042/.776 .684 97/.710 1/0 6/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 87/63 .208/.262/.364/.626 .679/.606 .309 38/.272 1/0 3/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 2/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 5/.400 2/no AB 227/181 .217/.308/.354/.662 .811/.623 .604 102/.626 3/1 6/
44.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 121/99 .233/.322/.534/.856 .449/.938 .843 61/.861 3/1 10/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 64/40 .224/.297/.276/.573 .432/.658 .764 48/.587 0/0 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/22 .167/.222/.214/.437 .391/.483 .639 21/.602 0/0 0/
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 68/48 .167/.265/.183/.448 .476/.436 .631 64/.444 1/0 0/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .296/.387/.370/.757 .500/.799 .859 31/.674 0/0 0/
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/31 .116/.156/.186/.342 .220/.395 .229 42/.297 0/0 1/
IP 41.1 11.1 9.2 17.1 31.1 28.0 15.2 TOTAL .256/.320/.390/.710 .693/.715 .696 .647 41/14 46/22
ERA-K/9 3.70/6.3 4.76/8.8 1.86/5.6 4.67/3.1 2.59/6.6 6.11/6.1 2.87/6.3 4.86/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (14-10-1)
 Napoli (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 174/.187 53/.262 43/.216 78/.250 128/.261 125/.252 71/.290 .266  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Hunter
 Anderson
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
20/8/11/3
0/0/42/3
0/45/0/3
31/0/0/2
4/1/3/0
2/3/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .620 .832 .650 .758 .650 .725 .721 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.721 26/.980 14/.845 38/.984 46/.771 54/.554 41/.755 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.522 27/.697 29/.556 40/.553 82/.579 71/.858 30/.674 .742
Road 96/.468 25/.610 18/.656 32/.651 50/.755 66/.969 29/.580 .736
Last 28d days 104/.755 53/.832 43/.650 32/.993 59/.798 54/.523 34/.845
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/1 44/22/13
Usage ····X··· X·X···Xo ·X···X·· ··X····o X··Xo··X ·Xo···X· ·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.

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