MIN @ DET, Sunday, July 13, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 53-41, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.72) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-4) 111.1 127 53 46 16 60 11 3.72 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 39.2 41 19 19 5 22 7 4.31 50 2008-07-08 @BOS ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 2 0 85 56 2008-07-02 DET W 7 3 0 0 1 4 0 104 74 2008-06-27 MIL ND 4.2 9 6 6 0 5 4 90 27 2008-06-21 ARI W 7 3 1 1 0 3 0 89 70 2008-06-11 @CLE W 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 94 54 2008-06-06 @CHW L 4 8 7 7 0 0 1 56 18 2008-06-01 NYY ND 4.1 5 1 1 3 3 1 71 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-0 12.2 11 4 4 1 4 0 2.84 56 2008-07-02 DET W 7 3 0 0 1 4 0 104 74 2008-04-14 @DET ND 5.2 8 4 4 0 0 0 89 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-18 Road: 21-23 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 40-27 vsLHP: 13-14 1-Run: 20-15 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:27-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 94 Sat, Jul 12 @DET W 6-5 53-41 2nd 1.5 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 @DET W 3-2 52-41 2nd 1.5 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 @DET W 7-6 (11) 51-41 2nd 2.5 gb 91 Wed, Jul 9 @BOS L 5-18 50-41 2nd 3.5 gb 90 Tue, Jul 8 @BOS L 5-6 50-40 2nd 2.5 gb 89 Mon, Jul 7 @BOS L 0-1 50-39 2nd 1.5 gb 88 Sun, Jul 6 CLE W 4-3 50-38 2nd 1.0 gb 87 Sat, Jul 5 CLE W 9-6 49-38 2nd 1.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 CLE W 12-3 48-38 2nd 1.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 DET W 7-0 47-38 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:22-8
Detroit Tigers, 46-47, 3rd, 8 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 6-9, 4.24) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-9) 121 108 63 57 49 88 11 4.24 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 4-1 46 34 15 14 18 44 3 2.74 60 2008-07-08 CLE W 7 2 2 2 1 7 1 99 71 2008-07-03 @SEA W 6 8 2 2 3 3 0 109 48 2008-06-28 COL ND 5.2 5 2 2 4 6 0 118 53 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-3 29 32 17 15 14 18 4 4.66 47 2008-05-25 MIN ND 7 5 1 1 4 3 0 120 62 2008-05-03 @MIN L 7 7 4 4 2 5 1 117 50 2007-06-29 MIN L 5 4 6 6 5 5 1 99 35 2007-04-28 MIN L 3 8 5 3 1 0 1 79 26 2006-09-07 @MIN W 7 8 1 1 2 5 1 107 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-20 Road: 19-27 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 28-40 vsLHP: 18-7 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:13-24 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 93 Sat, Jul 12 MIN L 5-6 46-47 3rd 8.0 gb 92 Fri, Jul 11 MIN L 2-3 46-46 3rd 7.0 gb 91 Thu, Jul 10 MIN L 6-7 (11) 46-45 3rd 7.0 gb 90 Wed, Jul 9 CLE W 8-6 46-44 3rd 7.0 gb 89 Tue, Jul 8 CLE W 9-2 45-44 3rd 7.0 gb 88 Sun, Jul 6 @SEA W 2-1 (15) 44-44 3rd 7.0 gb 87 Sat, Jul 5 @SEA L 2-3 43-44 3rd 7.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 @SEA L 1-4 43-43 3rd 6.0 gb 85 Thu, Jul 3 @SEA W 8-4 43-42 3rd 6.0 gb 84 Wed, Jul 2 @MIN L 0-7 42-42 3rd 7.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 12, 2008 MIN 6 @DET 5 W:Scott Baker (6-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: Joe Nathan (27) Fri, Jul 11, 2008 MIN 3 @DET 2 W:Glen Perkins (6-2), L: Armando Galarraga (7-3), S: Joe Nathan (26) Thu, Jul 10, 2008 MIN 7 @DET 6 (11) W:Matt Guerrier (5-4), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-3), S: none Wed, Jul 02, 2008 MIN 7 DET 0 W:Nick Blackburn (7-4), L: Eddie Bonine (2-1), S: none Tue, Jul 01, 2008 MIN 6 DET 4 W:Scott Baker (5-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-7), S: Joe Nathan (23) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 DET 5 @MIN 4 W:Casey Fossum (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (4-3), S: Joel Zumaya (1) Sun, May 25, 2008 MIN 6 @DET 1 W:Glen Perkins (2-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-2), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 DET 19 MIN 3 W:Nate Robertson (2-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-6), S: none Fri, May 23, 2008 MIN 9 @DET 4 W:Kevin Slowey (1-4), L: Armando Galarraga (3-2), S: none Sun, May 04, 2008 MIN 7 DET 6 W:Matt Guerrier (2-1), L: Zach Miner (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (11) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 10-4; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-945

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 5.54

CLE 4.53

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.63

MIL 4.52

TEX 5.77

C. Jones .378

R. Winn .285

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .473

J. Hardy .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .656

J. Crede .466

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.098

L. Scott .815

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Sanchez 3.97

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.63

M. Garza 6.07

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.75 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 45.Lopez
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

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 85/68 .316/.341/.418/.759 .235/.897 .870 70/.738 0/1 1/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 6/.400 2/1.000 3/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 2/1.500 224/158 .316/.359/.444/.803 .699/.851 .755 104/.750 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 395/285 .256/.290/.355/.645 .668/.635 .603 108/.505 21/9 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/1.650 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 329/232 .262/.316/.378/.693 .640/.717 .713 81/.962 1/1 5/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 6/.666 6/.533 3/.666 4/.500 5/1.100 3/.333 301/240 .265/.332/.466/.799 .514/.867 .758 75/.974 0/1 13/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 10/1.100 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 225/197 .225/.262/.299/.561 .292/.601 .704 13/.462 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 24/1.150 1/no AB 10/.650 8/1.000 3/2.000 8/1.089 11/.788 8/.250 356/254 .324/.417/.458/.875 .935/.848 .749 94/.970 0/1 5/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 164/81 .203/.280/.419/.699 .433/.967 .573 38/.800 0/0 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 23/1.267 1/5.000 10/.400 7/.143 3/1.667 13/2.192 11/1.323 9/1.667 408/275 .323/.390/.511/.901 .805/.949 .973 112/1.006 0/1 14/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.718 1/no AB 6/.833 7/.572 3/.333 6/.650 4/.500 5/.400 117/71 .320/.379/.466/.845 .792/.883 .895 49/1.010 4/2 1/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/1.547 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 73/33 .279/.315/.338/.653 .624/.688 .585 24/.467 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 83/59 .338/.444/.441/.886 1.259/.740 .898 49/1.127 5/3 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.611 2/.000 2/3.000 3/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 6/.367 2/1.000 364/268 .286/.330/.386/.716 .680/.729 .738 90/.785 10/4 3/

IP 121.0 28.0 13.2 35.1 38.0 9.1 28.2 10.1 TOTAL .279/.337/.410/.746 .695/.768 .730 .833 55/28 65/60

ERA-K/9

4.24/6.5

3.21/4.2

7.24/7.2

5.09/3.1

2.84/6.6

7.71/4.8

2.83/7.2

1.74/8.7

4.43/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (35-17-1)
Redmond (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 519/.235 122/.250 63/.339 159/.303 160/.252 44/.237 122/.260 51/.293 .268 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 87/0/0/8
0/87/0/6
10/0/20/2
0/3/21/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .673 .669 .856 .801 .662 .841 .688 .797 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.720 43/.878 29/.667 73/.878 57/.932 22/1.159 66/.791 22/.703 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.633 79/.559 34/1.022 86/.736 103/.504 22/.495 56/.571 29/.865 .721

Home 292/.627 66/.638 31/.647 94/.832 92/.579 21/.348 70/.778 22/.830 .751

Last 28d days 130/.664 51/.686 48/.786 55/.955 18/.417 44/.841 32/.755 51/.797

HR/SB/CS 11/6/5 2/5/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 78/39/20

Usage ····X··· ··X···X· ···X···· ··Xo··o· Xo··X·X· ·XX····X ·Xo····· X··X··X·

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 60.Bass
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 8/.875 2/.000 3/1.666 6/.167 4/.250 1/.000 386/303 .288/.352/.494/.847 .849/.846 .901 100/.887 1/0 16/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.334 13/1.154 2/.000 14/.819 16/1.199 12/.750 7/.000 302/246 .295/.352/.487/.839 .725/.865 .857 111/.996 6/4 10/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 7/.715 4/.500 11/.364 2/.000 17/.643 13/.826 15/.817 10/.733 368/285 .284/.366/.434/.800 .858/.788 .919 108/.702 8/2 8/

15.Inge G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 16/1.053 16/.331 14/.468 5/.000 175/140 .224/.322/.422/.743 .408/.829 .944 13/.879 1/1 6/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 99/91 .267/.323/.633/.957 1.167/.939 1.128 40/1.211 0/0 8/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 51/50 .234/.294/.340/.635 2.000/.606 .813 11/1.145 0/0 1/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 8/.500 5/1.000 8/1.071 1/.000 14/1.154 13/.455 9/.476 11/.910 360/267 .306/.352/.394/.746 .930/.682 .725 102/.726 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 99/55 .236/.306/.461/.767 .913/.637 .880 31/.943 1/0 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 6/.666 6/.000 10/.700 333/252 .254/.301/.326/.627 .809/.570 .707 81/.462 3/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 10/.700 2/.500 5/.500 16/.875 12/.788 6/1.500 294/222 .288/.330/.410/.739 .784/.725 .829 74/.942 6/1 4/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 62/52 .348/.483/.565/1.048 .873/1.080 1.008 15/.862 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 7/.572 5/1.800 6/.333 1/.000 10/1.489 8/.679 19/.993 4/1.750 229/184 .217/.323/.338/.662 .413/.726 .712 66/.628 3/0 5/

33.Thames G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.500 6/.334 1/2.000 7/.715 9/.111 5/.400 1/.000 200/122 .269/.330/.588/.918 .957/.894 .999 83/1.007 0/3 17/

36.Thomas* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 129/107 .277/.362/.366/.728 .902/.693 .904 57/.726 2/0 0/

IP 111.1 56.2 81.2 20.2 38.2 51.0 39.2 26.0 TOTAL .272/.339/.432/.771 .799/.763 .856 .814 33/16 102/69

ERA-K/9

3.72/4.9

5.24/4.0

6.50/6.7

2.18/8.7

2.79/6.7

3.35/6.7

1.13/10.4

2.77/5.2

4.34/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (8-1-2)
Rodriguez (29-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.291 256/.308 372/.292 86/.211 165/.264 217/.241 151/.191 103/.247 .282 Thomas
Granderson
Inge
Thames
Sheffield
Joyce
Guillen
Raburn 24/16/3/4
0/71/0/3
2/11/0/2
41/0/6/1
6/0/0/0
15/0/14/0
2/0/0/0
17/4/13/0

OPS .758 .880 .775 .565 .745 .689 .522 .690 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.694 91/.756 174/.810 35/.619 60/.686 79/.709 83/.544 57/.515 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.805 165/.948 198/.745 51/.523 105/.777 138/.677 68/.496 46/.913 .777

Road 228/.763 126/.967 114/.877 36/.536 78/.832 99/.875 57/.636 49/.765 .824

Last 28d days 98/.631 57/.806 40/.834 22/.485 40/.711 50/.580 44/.284 18/.748

HR/SB/CS 11/0/1 10/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/6/1 3/5/0 2/3/2 103/45/19

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

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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SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.72)

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 6-9, 4.24)

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