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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, April 13, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Detroit Tigers, 2-9, 5th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 0-2, 3.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             10.2  13   5   4   4   7  0    3.38      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  41    44  19  16  17  26  3    3.51   50 
 2008-04-08    BOS   L   4.2   8   3   2   3   3  0     107   38 
 2008-04-02    KCR   L   6     5   2   2   1   4  0      87   57 
 2007-09-28    CHW   L   6     7   4   4   6   1  1     107   37 
 2007-09-22    KCR   L   6     8   5   3   2   6  0      90   44 
 2007-09-17    CLE  ND   7     5   2   2   3   4  1      99   60 
 2007-09-10    TOR  ND   6.1   9   2   2   0   2  0      98   49 
 2007-09-05    CHW  ND   5     2   1   1   2   6  1      83   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      2-1  28    24  12  12  16  13  6    3.86   50 
 2007-09-28    CHW   L   6     7   4   4   6   1  1     107   37 
 2007-09-05    CHW  ND   5     2   1   1   2   6  1      83   63 
 2007-07-25    CHW  ND   4     7   7   7   3   2  4      94   19 
 2006-09-18    CHW   W   6     4   0   0   4   2  0     101   62 
 2006-08-22    CHW   W   7     4   0   0   1   2  0      96   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-6    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-8    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 1-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @CHW  L   0-7        2-9   5th  3.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @CHW  W   5-2        2-8   5th  3.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @BOS  L   6-12       1-8   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9  @BOS  W   7-2        1-7   5th  3.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8  @BOS  L   0-5        0-7   5th  3.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   CHW  L   2-13       0-6   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   CHW  L   3-5        0-5   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   CHW  L   5-8        0-4   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3   KCR  L   1-4        0-3   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2   KCR  L   0-4        0-2   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 2-9    Last 30: 2-9 
Chicago White Sox, 6-4, 1st, Tied

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 1-1, 5.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             12    12   7   7   5  14  0    5.25      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  47    46  19  18  10  64  2    3.45   59 
 2008-04-07    MIN   W   7     7   3   3   1   8  0      98   58 
 2008-04-02    CLE   L   5     5   4   4   4   6  0     103   43 
 2007-09-28    DET   W   7.2   7   2   2   1   9  0     109   65 
 2007-09-22    MIN   W   7     5   2   2   2  11  1     119   68 
 2007-09-17    KCR   W   8     5   2   2   0  13  1     109   77 
 2007-09-12    CLE   W   6.1   6   2   1   1   9  0     114   63 
 2007-09-07    MIN  ND   6    11   4   4   1   8  0     106   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      3-2  35    34  18  17   6  33  4    4.37   54 
 2007-09-28    DET   W   7.2   7   2   2   1   9  0     109   65 
 2007-08-04    DET   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  1     114   57 
 2007-07-24    DET   W   8     4   3   3   1   8  2     109   69 
 2006-07-19    DET   L   6     7   5   5   1   5  1      95   42 
 2005-06-25    DET   L   6.1  10   5   4   1   5  0     100   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-2    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sat, Apr 12   DET  W   7-0        6-4   1st    Tied
  9 Fri, Apr 11   DET  L   2-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Wed, Apr  9   MIN  L   5-12       5-3   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7   MIN  W   7-4        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @DET  W  13-2        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @DET  W   5-3        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @DET  W   8-5        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CLE  W   2-1        1-2   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CLE  L   2-7        0-2   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CLE  L   8-10       0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-4    Last 30: 6-4 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 CHW  7  DET  0        W:Gavin Floyd (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 DET  5 @CHW  2        W:Aquilino Lopez (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: Todd Jones (1)
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CHW 13 @DET  2        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 CHW  5 @DET  3        W:Gavin Floyd (1-0), L: Zach Miner (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 CHW  8 @DET  5        W:Boone Logan (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 DET 13 @CHW  3        W:Nate Robertson , L: Jose Contreras , S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 CHW  3  DET  2        W:Ehren Wassermann , L: Fernando Rodney , S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CHW  5  DET  2        W:Javier Vazquez , L: Kenny Rogers , S: Bobby Jenks 
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 DET  3  CHW  2        W:Bobby Seay , L: Bobby Jenks , S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 DET  2  CHW  1 (11)   W:Bobby Seay , L: Heath Phillips , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 4-1; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 985-971

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.625 4/.500 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 .905 / 2/1 34/23
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 21/.588 1/no AB 7/.286 3/3.500 7/.572 9/.708 1/.000 9/.472 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .855 / 13/8 21/25
15.Inge G/S/vP 24/.685 ··· 14/.607 2/.500 3/.666 13/.077 3/1.500 4/1.250 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .631 / 9/2 14/18
19.Jones* G/S/vP 16/.588 3/.666 2/2.500 8/.536 1/.000 5/1.800 2/.000 5/1.000 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .763 / 6/3 5/4
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 19/.474 8/.875 8/.875 3/.000 3/.333 15/.557 1/.000 3/.000 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 .937 / 4/1 28/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 45/.843 11/.311 9/.777 7/1.286 8/.500 5/.933 2/.500 3/1.000 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .820 / 7/3 9/0
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .868 / 3/0 4/1
8.Renteria G/S/vP 19/.977 23/.231 3/.333 8/.536 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/3.000 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .864 / 11/2 12/11
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 26/1.077 6/.500 8/.250 5/1.000 3/1.667 8/.250 2/.500 2/2.500 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .687 / 2/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .921 / 3/0 0/2
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 48/.703 16/1.308 5/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/2.750 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .783 / 22/5 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 7/.929 1/.000 2/.000 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .709 / 2/1 18/4
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 216.2 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .240/.332/.346/.678 .760/.660 .682 .678 8/0 7/7
ERA-K/9 3.74/8.8 4.11/12.0 2.77/7.8 3.71/6.4 4.97/6.2 6.80/8.3 7.09/4.8 4.79/8.8 4.81/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.242 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .267  Jones
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Raburn
2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1
OPS .700 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 409/.707 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .923
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 473/.695 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .618
Home 447/.680 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 102/.814 95/.906 131/.867 .714
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 29/6/4 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 4/7/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ o····o·o o····X·o ·o·····o ·X·o··X· ···X···· ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.90 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (6.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
62.Beltran
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 9/.888 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/.495 3/.000 1/.000 13/.685 10/.400 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 5/.000 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11
24.Crede G/S/vP 21/.859 9/.597 2/2.000 6/.833 6/1.000 6/.834 5/1.650 ··· 3/1.666 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4
23.Dye G/S/vP 49/.662 2/1.000 2/3.500 13/.539 17/.647 6/.334 8/1.089 ··· 3/.333 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3
44.Hall G/S/vP 23/.724 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.000 6/.334 6/.334 ··· ··· 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 49/.824 14/.607 2/.000 15/1.677 12/.705 6/.167 8/1.167 ··· 4/.000 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.333 2/.000 2/.000 11/.873 16/.542 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 18/.722 4/2.250 2/.000 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 58/.626 4/.250 1/.000 5/1.000 17/2.047 3/.000 6/.333 ··· 6/.750 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 30/.667 9/.619 3/.666 12/.100 3/.333 4/.000 10/.583 ··· 5/.750 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17
IP 63.0 8.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 2.2 46.1 TOTAL .251/.347/.451/.798 .890/.776 .683 .798 1/0 15/5
ERA-K/9 4.43/5.1 12.46/8.3 /0.0 4.74/7.0 4.26/4.8 5.19/3.6 3.02/5.7 10.13/13.3 2.33/7.4 5.42/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (26-3-5)
 Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.264 48/.429 / 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 13/.273 189/.228 .270  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Anderson
 Ozuna
0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .770 .989 .714 .702 .751 .727 1.294 .619 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.606 28/1.096 / 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 9/.905 101/.545 .909
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.831 20/.833 / 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 4/2.000 88/.707 .719
Road 122/.852 27/.732 / 168/.499 140/.771 41/.747 126/.740 1/.000 90/.766 .759
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 8/0/0 0/1/0 // 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 2/0/0 1/1/1 8/4/3
Usage ····X··· ·o·X···o o·Xo···X ·X··X··· ·o·X···· ·X··X·X· ··X····o ···X··o·

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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