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Game Preview: LAD @ DET, 3:55pm, Saturday, June 14, 2008 @Comerica Park

Los Angeles Dodgers, 31-36, 2nd, 5½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Brad Penny (30, RHP, 5-8, 5.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-8)             82    94  51  49  34  47  7    5.38      
 2007 (16-4)           208   199  75  70  73 135  9    3.03      
 2006 (16-9)           189   206  94  91  54 148 19    4.33      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-6  39.2  52  35  34  20  27  5    7.71   37 
 2008-06-08    CHC   L   6     6   3   3   3   5  1     110   50 
 2008-06-03    COL   L   6     6   2   2   4   5  0     116   53 
 2008-05-29   @NYM   L   4     8   6   5   3   2  2      91   23 
 2008-05-24    STL   L   7     4   4   4   2   5  0      98   56 
 2008-05-19    CIN  ND   6     9   5   5   4   2  1     100   32 
 2008-05-13   @MIL   L   6     9   5   5   1   6  1     110   39 
 2008-05-07    NYM   L   4.2  10  10  10   3   2  0     112    3 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1   7     6   4   2   2  10  0    2.57   61 
 2004-06-12   @DET   L   7     6   4   2   2  10  0      98   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-15   Road:   13-21   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  21-29   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:11-13   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 13  @DET  L   0-5       31-36  2nd  5.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 12  @SDP  L   0-9       31-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11  @SDP  L   1-4       31-34  2nd  3.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10  @SDP  W   7-2       31-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8   CHC  L   1-3       30-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7   CHC  W   7-3       30-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6   CHC  W   3-0       29-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5   CHC  L   4-5       28-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   COL  L   1-2       28-31  2nd  3.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3   COL  L   0-3       28-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Detroit Tigers, 30-37, 4th, 8 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: (, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD    Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-16   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  20-32   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:10-19   vsWest: 10-8  IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 13   LAD  W   5-0       30-37  4th  8.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 12   CHW  W   2-1       29-37  4th  8.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11   CHW  W   5-1       28-37  4th  9.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10   CHW  W   6-4       27-37  4th 10.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun  9   CLE  L   2-8       26-37  4th 11.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  8   CLE  W   5-2       26-36  4th 10.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  7   CLE  W   8-4       25-36  4th 10.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  6   CLE  L   2-4       24-36  4th 10.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @OAK  L   2-10      24-35  4th  8.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @OAK  L   4-5 (11)  24-34  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 DET  5  LAD  0        W:Armando Galarraga (6-2), L: Derek Lowe (4-6), S: Freddy Dolsi (2)

Wed, Jun 08, 2005 LAD  3  DET  1        W:Jeff Weaver (6-5), L: Jason Johnson (4-5), S: Eric Gagne (7)
Tue, Jun 07, 2005 DET  8 @LAD  4        W:Chris Spurling (2-0), L: Duaner Sanchez (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2005 LAD  5  DET  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-5), L: Jeremy Bonderman (6-4), S: Eric Gagne (6)
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 LAD  3 @DET  2        W:Kazuhisa Ishii (6-2), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-9), S: Eric Gagne (24)
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 LAD  3 @DET  1        W:Kevin Brown (9-1), L: Adam Bernero (1-8), S: Eric Gagne (23)
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 LAD  3 @DET  1 (12)   W:Paul Shuey (3-1), L: Steve Sparks (0-3), S: Eric Gagne (22)
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 1-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - LAD leads 5-2

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

TEX  5.57

HOU  4.51

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.68

NYY  4.57

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .414

J. Rollins  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .500

L. Gonzalez  .348

R. Cano  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .711

F. Thomas  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.165

S. Drew  .800

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

J. Moyer  4.12

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Bautista
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .200/.273/.200/.473 2.000/.311 .000 11/.473 0/0 0/
13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.444 7/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 16/11 .133/.188/.133/.321 .650/.182 .397 16/.321 0/0 0/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/154 .281/.352/.417/.769 .944/.705 .695 97/.625 1/0 5/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 239/187 .282/.349/.421/.770 .541/.832 .761 95/.679 2/1 5/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 248/176 .294/.340/.439/.779 .965/.700 .775 97/.745 11/4 5/
12.Kent G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 15/1.390 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 216/155 .240/.278/.402/.680 .726/.661 .647 80/.691 0/0 8/
28.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .200/.429/.800/1.229 2.667/.250 1.229 7/1.229 0/0 1/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 271/193 .290/.347/.433/.780 .741/.795 .662 99/.731 2/3 5/
55.Martin G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/201 .314/.416/.425/.841 .652/.903 .906 98/.826 6/4 5/
57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/39 .239/.286/.304/.590 .384/.641 .491 43/.562 0/0 1/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.750 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 236/178 .282/.343/.319/.663 .935/.574 .681 114/.638 26/6 0/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/51 .118/.207/.157/.364 .429/.352 .300 25/.250 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/41 .268/.328/.375/.703 .721/.693 .618 36/.721 0/0 0/
IP 17.0 16.1 2.0 24.1 33.2 33.1 13.0 19.2 TOTAL .260/.327/.376/.703 .782/.674 .675 .620 58/20 44/42
ERA-K/9 3.71/5.3 2.20/5.5 22.50/4.5 4.07/3.3 2.67/6.4 5.40/5.1 3.46/6.9 2.75/6.4 4.61/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (0-1-0)
 Martin (37-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 75/.241 71/.238 11/.455 104/.239 142/.267 152/.258 53/.213 86/.267 .259  Kemp
 Ethier
 Pierre
 Sweeney
 Young
0/32/30/7
22/0/41/3
51/4/0/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/5/0
OPS .719 .657 1.000 .718 .692 .731 .523 .675 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.576 21/.902 7/1.286 48/.957 52/.905 67/.619 25/.553 49/.780 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.778 50/.553 4/.500 56/.523 90/.563 85/.825 28/.494 37/.540 .713
Home 41/.714 40/.574 5/.000 61/.739 78/.584 70/.554 27/.576 49/.763 .739
Last 28d days 14/.631 50/.567 11/1.000 36/.618 47/.891 53/.535 16/.606 27/.748
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 57/28/15
Usage ····X··X X··X·o·· ·····X·· ·o·X·ooX ········ ·····XX· ····X··· ····X···
Detroit Tigers Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 281/231 .278/.352/.461/.814 .691/.841 .802 105/.825 1/0 9/
27.Clevlen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 21/10 .176/.300/.176/.476 .489/.444 .476 21/.476 0/0 0/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 186/167 .240/.296/.433/.728 .544/.750 .719 94/.672 3/2 8/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 18/.528 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 255/204 .305/.387/.473/.860 1.023/.827 1.010 97/.969 6/2 6/
46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.667 ··· ··· 162/129 .221/.321/.412/.733 .435/.810 .903 50/.763 1/1 5/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 35/35 .121/.171/.212/.384 /.384 .557 35/.384 0/0 1/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/5.000 281/228 .311/.381/.494/.875 .839/.881 1.029 104/.853 0/1 10/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 23/1.005 13/.802 ··· ··· 17/.393 1/5.000 ··· ··· 253/196 .303/.359/.394/.753 .977/.687 .729 101/.832 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/44 .230/.309/.377/.686 .625/.719 .833 41/.533 1/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 26/.800 17/.713 2/1.000 ··· 32/.624 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 247/196 .266/.309/.362/.671 .965/.598 .674 89/.712 1/1 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 215/170 .253/.296/.359/.654 .784/.620 .796 71/.526 4/0 1/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/67 .240/.307/.510/.817 .929/.743 .867 55/1.021 0/0 8/
IP 82.0 19.1 26.1 40.1 41.1 28.1 26.2 20.2 TOTAL .262/.333/.414/.747 .798/.735 .821 .750 24/8 66/44
ERA-K/9 5.38/5.2 1.40/6.5 4.44/12.0 2.01/10.5 1.96/5.0 5.72/9.9 2.03/11.8 2.18/4.8 3.89/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (6-1-2)
 Rodriguez (22-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.297 85/.276 112/.232 163/.211 170/.238 130/.250 110/.212 84/.237 .256  Ordonez
 Inge
 Granderson
 Clevlen
 Raburn
 Thames
 Guillen
0/0/60/3
2/11/0/2
0/45/0/2
6/2/1/1
14/4/7/0
23/0/6/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .785 .642 .670 .588 .671 .824 .585 .674 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.859 43/.595 44/1.095 50/.703 75/.863 48/.920 53/.649 36/.698 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.717 42/.690 68/.425 113/.532 95/.526 82/.766 57/.523 48/.655 .641
Road 124/.885 34/.643 50/.880 108/.650 102/.815 68/1.006 33/.495 45/.797 .785
Last 28d days 132/.880 28/.789 39/.596 53/.400 67/.585 38/.813 44/.559 40/.687
HR/SB/CS 7/7/3 0/4/2 2/3/1 2/2/0 4/3/0 6/1/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 53/39/11
Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ···X··X· ·Xo····· ·X···X·· ·X·o···· ·····XX· 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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