COL @ DET, Saturday, June 28, 2008 Game Preview

Colorado Rockies, 32-48, 4th, 8 GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Jeff Francis (27, LHP, 3-7, 5.65) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-7) 94 104 60 59 38 65 16 5.65 2007 (17-9) 215.1 234 103 101 63 165 25 4.22 2006 (13-11) 199 187 101 92 69 117 18 4.16 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 40 25 24 17 27 6 5.36 47 2008-06-23 @KCR L 4.1 7 7 7 3 3 2 88 21 2008-06-18 CLE W 6 5 2 1 0 2 0 90 58 2008-06-13 @CHW ND 6 4 4 4 3 0 2 96 45 2008-06-08 MIL L 6 7 3 3 4 4 0 112 46 2008-06-03 @LAD W 7 4 0 0 2 5 0 113 72 2008-05-29 @CHC ND 5 6 3 3 2 5 1 85 46 2008-05-24 NYM L 6 7 6 6 3 8 1 114 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-19 Road: 12-29 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 22-40 vsLHP: 10-8 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 8-11 vsWest: 11-22 IL: 7-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 80 Fri, Jun 27 @DET L 1-7 32-48 4th 8.0 gb 79 Wed, Jun 25 @KCR L 2-4 32-47 4th 8.0 gb 78 Tue, Jun 24 @KCR L 3-7 32-46 4th 8.0 gb 77 Mon, Jun 23 @KCR L 4-8 32-45 4th 8.0 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 NYM L 1-3 32-44 3rd 7.0 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 NYM W 7-1 32-43 3rd 7.0 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 NYM L 2-7 31-43 5th 8.0 gb 73 Thu, Jun 19 CLE W 6-3 31-42 3rd 8.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 CLE W 4-2 30-42 5th 8.0 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 CLE W 10-2 29-42 5th 8.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:12-18
Detroit Tigers, 39-40, 3rd, 5 GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 4-9, 4.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-9) 102.1 93 57 51 41 72 10 4.49 2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66 2006 (17-9) 186 187 78 75 60 124 21 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 47.1 36 15 14 17 39 3 2.66 60 2008-06-22 @SDP W 5.1 5 2 2 5 10 1 115 55 2008-06-16 @SFG ND 6 5 3 2 1 7 1 98 58 2008-06-11 CHW W 9 4 1 1 0 3 0 101 78 2008-06-06 CLE L 7 5 3 3 4 8 0 115 59 2008-05-31 @SEA L 7 8 4 4 2 1 0 112 44 2008-05-25 MIN ND 7 5 1 1 4 3 0 120 62 2008-05-20 SEA W 6 4 1 1 1 7 1 104 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.COL Has never faced COL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-17 Road: 16-23 ExtrInn: 1-3 vsRHP: 25-35 vsLHP: 14-5 1-Run: 8-10 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:10-19 vsWest: 10-8 IL:11-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 79 Fri, Jun 27 COL W 7-1 39-40 3rd 5.0 gb 78 Thu, Jun 26 STL W 3-2 (10) 38-40 3rd 5.0 gb 77 Wed, Jun 25 STL W 8-7 37-40 3rd 5.0 gb 76 Tue, Jun 24 STL L 4-8 36-40 3rd 6.0 gb 75 Sun, Jun 22 @SDP W 5-3 36-39 3rd 5.0 gb 74 Sat, Jun 21 @SDP W 7-5 35-39 3rd 6.0 gb 73 Fri, Jun 20 @SDP L 2-6 34-39 3rd 7.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 @SFG W 7-2 34-38 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 @SFG W 5-1 33-38 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Mon, Jun 16 @SFG L 6-8 32-38 4th 6.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 27, 2008 DET 7 COL 1 W:Eddie Bonine (2-0), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-8), S: none Sun, Jun 12, 2005 COL 7 DET 3 W:Byung-Hyun Kim (1-5), L: Nate Robertson (2-4), S: none Sat, Jun 11, 2005 DET 6 @COL 4 W:Jeremy Bonderman (7-4), L: Jason Jennings (3-7), S: Troy Percival (4) Fri, Jun 10, 2005 COL 2 DET 0 W:Jamey Wright (4-5), L: Mike Maroth (4-7), S: Brian Fuentes (6) Sun, Jul 04, 2004 COL 10 DET 8 W:Adam Bernero (1-0), L: Gary Knotts (4-3), S: Shawn Chacon (17) Sat, Jul 03, 2004 COL 11 DET 6 W:Jason Jennings (7-7), L: Mike Maroth (5-6), S: none Fri, Jul 02, 2004 COL 9 DET 8 (10) W:Shawn Chacon (1-5), L: Jamie Walker (1-3), S: none Sun, Jun 22, 2003 COL 5 DET 3 W:Denny Neagle (1-1), L: Adam Bernero (1-10), S: Jose Jimenez (17) Sat, Jun 21, 2003 COL 9 DET 6 W:Jason Jennings (7-5), L: Steve Sparks (0-4), S: none Fri, Jun 20, 2003 DET 7 @COL 5 W:Mike Maroth (2-11), L: Scott Elarton (3-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - COL leads 9-4

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 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 5.49

OAK 4.51

WSN 3.65

RA/G

OAK 3.62

BAL 4.59

TEX 5.65

C. Jones .394

C. Crawford .284

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

L. Gonzalez .353

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .698

R. Howard .454

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.146

K. Johnson .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 2.08

D. Lowe 4.05

B. Arroyo 6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.97

V. Padilla 6.20

L. Hernandez 2.96

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Colorado Rockies Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 327/266 .306/.336/.466/.802 1.281/.693 .689 99/.738 0/1 10/

10.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 145/103 .280/.317/.500/.817 .886/.794 .651 64/1.053 1/0 5/

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/127 .324/.359/.541/.900 .842/.914 .782 15/.343 3/2 5/

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 247/200 .263/.377/.474/.850 .699/.888 .801 78/1.163 0/0 10/

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.644 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 338/259 .267/.391/.391/.782 .683/.812 .737 95/.708 0/0 7/

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 285/228 .328/.411/.544/.955 1.127/.912 .861 71/.962 8/1 10/

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/132 .271/.372/.511/.883 1.425/.789 .926 60/.858 0/0 7/

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 20/.684 ··· 10/1.943 4/.500 8/.929 11/.425 6/.750 3/.667 116/105 .225/.310/.304/.614 .000/.684 .669 32/.495 8/1 1/

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/116 .272/.296/.390/.685 .702/.681 .514 71/.740 0/0 1/

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/136 .303/.408/.467/.875 .950/.848 .864 58/.747 6/2 4/

3.Taveras G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 283/220 .242/.293/.297/.590 .626/.580 .574 95/.561 36/2 1/

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/132 .245/.287/.384/.670 .741/.646 .618 42/.918 0/4 3/

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/118 .148/.210/.234/.445 .581/.418 .403 23/.348 1/2 1/

IP 102.1 21.0 4.2 30.1 41.1 3.0 23.2 3.2 TOTAL .259/.329/.403/.732 .775/.721 .672 .757 66/16 69/43

ERA-K/9

4.49/6.3

3.86/4.3

15.43/7.7

3.86/3.6

4.57/4.6

15.00/3.0

3.42/7.2

4.91/7.3

4.53/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (19-4-3)
Torrealba (38-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.239 94/.274 25/.435 130/.265 182/.242 15/.250 104/.264 20/.333 .263 Hawpe
Taveras
Podsednik
Holliday
Baker
Spilborghs 0/0/59/4
0/64/0/3
7/23/0/1
63/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
16/9/14/0

OPS .684 .696 1.045 .723 .693 1.067 .691 .967 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.756 32/.820 13/.962 61/.842 81/.665 7/1.429 59/.747 9/.730 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.621 62/.632 12/1.136 69/.620 101/.716 8/.708 45/.619 11/1.170 .725

Home 243/.649 47/.662 15/.624 74/.744 86/.554 8/.000 61/.821 11/.830 .748

Last 28d days 143/.587 46/.748 25/1.045 47/.748 54/.656 15/1.067 33/.626 20/.967

HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 1/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 69/32/16

Usage ·····X·· ···X··o· ···X···o ·Xo··oo· ··X··oX· ·o·o···o ·oo··ooo X·X··X·X

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB 35.Buchholz
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 34.Herges
G/S/vB 23.Speier
G/S/vB 51.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 2/.000 5/.933 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 4/1.500 333/270 .276/.348/.457/.806 .703/.830 .844 106/.768 1/0 11/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 236/205 .294/.343/.500/.843 .690/.867 .890 98/.921 5/4 9/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 7/.286 310/245 .301/.380/.465/.845 1.011/.808 .993 110/.868 6/2 7/

46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 17/16 .188/.176/.375/.551 .000/.588 .731 17/.551 0/0 0/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 334/268 .304/.374/.488/.863 .813/.874 .992 107/.732 0/2 12/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 7/.829 303/234 .319/.369/.420/.789 1.043/.715 .762 100/.858 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/52 .205/.275/.370/.645 .690/.612 .724 30/.683 1/0 2/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 6/1.267 4/1.666 ··· 8/1.250 3/.333 13/.308 1/.000 8/.946 289/224 .265/.316/.348/.664 .928/.592 .693 87/.574 2/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.334 2/2.000 2/.000 8/2.036 252/198 .274/.321/.400/.721 .740/.716 .816 70/.836 6/0 3/

57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.000 6/.167 180/149 .230/.350/.382/.732 .499/.784 .851 17/1.224 3/0 5/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 149/89 .259/.329/.615/.944 .929/.952 .970 70/1.085 0/1 14/

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 88/79 .325/.395/.442/.837 1.607/.759 1.019 20/1.267 2/0 0/

IP 94.0 38.2 38.0 31.1 36.0 38.1 28.1 9.0 TOTAL .271/.341/.433/.773 .803/.766 .857 .801 29/13 85/55

ERA-K/9

5.65/6.2

1.40/6.7

5.92/5.0

2.01/8.1

3.00/9.0

3.52/6.3

3.49/6.0

8.00/5.0

4.68/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (25-15-3)
Sardinha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.278 144/.152 169/.297 128/.226 152/.228 166/.264 121/.284 46/.351 .270 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Thomas
Raburn
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/72/4
0/57/0/2
32/0/6/1
13/16/0/1
16/4/9/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .840 .392 .840 .618 .653 .713 .737 1.186 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.821 61/.338 84/.706 25/.414 60/.706 82/.566 53/.735 22/1.591 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 334/.844 83/.432 85/.965 103/.670 92/.620 84/.860 68/.738 24/.807 .777

Road 200/.818 70/.345 71/.803 63/.575 80/.640 86/.617 72/.664 21/1.583 .790

Last 28d days 125/.769 28/.220 42/.677 37/.500 29/.328 38/.659 52/.784 34/1.061

HR/SB/CS 16/7/1 0/5/1 5/1/0 1/2/1 1/3/2 2/0/2 2/3/2 2/0/0 76/57/16

Usage ····X··· ···o···· ··o··o·· ··o····· ···X·o·· ··o·X··o X··Xo··X 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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Game Preview: COL @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 28, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Jeff Francis (27, LHP, 3-7, 5.65)

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 4-9, 4.49)

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