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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Detroit Tigers, 42-40, 3rd, 5 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-6, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-6)             96.1 118  57  56  28  66 12    5.23      
 2007 (9-13)           177.2 199  98  94  63 119 22    4.76      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  43    49  21  20  13  28  6    4.19   49 
 2008-06-26    STL  ND   6.1  11   1   0   2   5  0      92   52 
 2008-06-21   @SDP   W   6     7   5   5   2   5  1      97   41 
 2008-06-15    LAD   W   6     4   0   0   0   3  0      66   67 
 2008-06-10    CHW   W   6.1   8   3   3   2   4  1      86   47 
 2008-06-04   @OAK   L   6.1   8   5   5   3   5  1     109   39 
 2008-05-30   @SEA   W   5.2   4   4   4   2   2  2     107   45 
 2008-05-24    MIN   W   6.1   7   3   3   2   4  1      99   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-1  33.2  24  10  10  12  25  3    2.67   60 
 2008-05-24    MIN   W   6.1   7   3   3   2   4  1      99   49 
 2008-04-15    MIN  ND   6.1   6   4   4   1   5  1      94   49 
 2007-09-24    MIN   L   7     3   1   1   4   6  0     111   69 
 2007-09-14   @MIN   W   7     5   2   2   3   5  1     106   61 
 2007-07-17   @MIN   W   7     3   0   0   2   5  0     102   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-17   Road:   17-23   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  26-35   vsLHP:  16-5    1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest: 10-8  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @MIN  W   5-4       42-40  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   COL  W   4-3       41-40  3rd  5.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   COL  W   7-6       40-40  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9 
Minnesota Twins, 45-38, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 4-2, 3.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             63    64  25  25  12  52 10    3.57      
 2007 (9-9)            143.2 162  70  68  29 102 15    4.26      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  37.1  42  15  15   8  32  4    3.62   52 
 2008-06-26   @SDP   W   6     6   3   3   2   3  1     101   49 
 2008-06-20    ARI   W   6     7   1   1   1   7  1     112   60 
 2008-06-15   @MIL   L   6     7   3   3   2   9  1     101   53 
 2008-06-10   @CLE   L   7     8   1   1   1   1  0      95   57 
 2008-06-05    BAL  ND   5     5   2   2   1   3  1      99   51 
 2008-05-03    DET  ND   3     1   0   0   0   2  0      43   59 
 2008-04-26   @TEX  ND   4.1   8   5   5   1   7  0      79   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-2  31.1  27  11  10   4  14  5    2.87   56 
 2008-05-03    DET  ND   3     1   0   0   0   2  0      43   59 
 2008-04-15   @DET  ND   7     5   3   3   2   3  3      91   56 
 2007-09-16    DET   L   7     8   4   3   0   3  1      94   50 
 2007-07-19    DET  ND   6.1  10   3   3   1   3  0     104   43 
 2007-07-01   @DET   L   8     3   1   1   1   3  1      79   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-18   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  37-25   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-16   vsWest:  5-9  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jun 30   DET  L   4-5       45-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   MIL  W   5-0       45-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   MIL  L   1-5       44-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   MIL  W   7-6       44-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @SDP  W   4-3       43-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @SDP  W   9-3       42-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @SDP  W   3-1       41-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   ARI  W   5-3       40-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   ARI  W   6-1       39-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   ARI  W   7-2       38-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, May 03, 2008 MIN  4  DET  1        W:Brian Bass (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Fri, May 02, 2008 MIN 11  DET  1        W:Livan Hernandez (4-1), L: Armando Galarraga (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 DET  6  MIN  5        W:Clay Rapada (1-0), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: Todd Jones (3)
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 DET 11  MIN  9        W:Francis Beltran (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (0-1), S: Todd Jones (2)

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 DET  9  MIN  4  (6)   W:Tim Byrdak (3-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 5-4; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-940

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  5.45

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.63

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.55

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .394

R. Barajas  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

K. Johnson  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .699

M. Tejada  .456

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

O. Hudson  .805

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

J. Suppan  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

T. Wakefield  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 8/.875 1/.000 1/5.000 5/.200 3/.000 ··· 343/275 .281/.350/.459/.809 .727/.829 .763 104/.781 1/0 11/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 25/1.000 2/2.000 13/1.154 1/.000 13/.885 15/1.300 10/.900 6/.000 248/211 .301/.351/.498/.849 .724/.871 .818 97/.962 6/4 9/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 16/1.042 3/.000 11/.364 2/.000 14/.702 12/.900 14/.774 10/.733 324/249 .292/.373/.448/.821 .933/.794 .685 111/.807 6/2 7/
46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/19 .222/.250/.444/.694 .000/.734 .000 20/.694 0/0 0/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 60/58 .222/.283/.556/.839 .000/.870 .857 1/4.000 0/0 5/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 18/.500 4/1.250 8/1.071 1/.000 11/1.101 12/.500 9/.476 10/1.000 313/236 .322/.370/.420/.789 1.010/.717 .821 97/.912 2/0 3/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 88/52 .215/.287/.405/.692 .792/.612 .554 37/.790 1/0 3/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 6/.666 5/.000 10/.700 303/231 .271/.321/.350/.671 .920/.597 .624 90/.648 2/2 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 17/.181 1/2.000 10/.700 1/.000 4/.666 16/.875 9/1.069 6/1.500 260/200 .277/.323/.403/.726 .785/.709 .629 68/.935 6/0 3/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .125/.125/.375/.500 /.500 8/.500 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 14/.785 4/1.500 5/.400 1/.000 10/1.489 7/.786 18/1.056 4/1.750 192/155 .226/.339/.366/.704 .472/.764 .590 29/.846 3/0 5/
33.Thames G/S/vP 9/1.333 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 5/1.000 8/.125 5/.400 1/.000 162/96 .277/.340/.622/.961 .954/.966 .927 79/1.154 0/1 15/
36.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 96/83 .329/.394/.447/.841 1.311/.771 .682 25/1.227 2/0 0/
IP 63.0 52.0 78.0 19.0 33.1 44.0 33.2 23.2 TOTAL .274/.342/.435/.777 .809/.768 .691 .841 30/13 87/60
ERA-K/9 3.57/7.4 4.50/4.2 6.23/6.6 1.42/8.5 2.97/7.0 3.27/5.9 1.34/9.9 2.28/4.6 4.26/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (26-16-3)
 Sardinha (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.260 229/.288 354/.287 76/.188 142/.262 191/.249 128/.213 94/.250 .284  Granderson
 Thames
 Thomas
 Raburn
 Guillen
 Sheffield
 Joyce
0/60/0/3
35/0/6/1
16/16/1/1
16/4/11/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
15/0/4/0
OPS .723 .830 .763 .510 .751 .704 .553 .668 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.734 83/.756 166/.780 30/.588 52/.668 70/.730 71/.602 55/.477 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.712 146/.871 188/.749 46/.456 90/.796 121/.689 57/.496 39/.946 .785
Home 108/.612 118/.803 250/.736 50/.587 77/.621 109/.582 84/.475 53/.641 .732
Last 28d days 128/.766 64/.647 58/.913 31/.265 45/.542 49/.745 32/.382 20/.583
HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/5/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 92/42/18
Usage ····X··· o··X·X·· ··X··X·· o···oo·· o···o·X· X··oo·X· ···XX·o· o···o·o·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 63/51 .345/.365/.431/.796 .333/.912 .658 54/.810 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· 4/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 175/135 .316/.361/.447/.808 .750/.827 .854 106/.762 4/1 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 349/265 .265/.297/.373/.670 .742/.647 .666 121/.585 21/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 12/1.053 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.750 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 298/222 .249/.308/.351/.659 .479/.724 .687 92/.669 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 4/1.000 5/.200 6/.833 3/.666 4/1.000 2/.000 275/218 .263/.324/.466/.789 .508/.860 .844 89/1.058 0/1 12/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 217/190 .224/.263/.301/.564 .303/.602 .423 34/.216 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.581 ··· 8/.542 7/1.071 7/1.000 6/1.166 10/.875 7/.286 316/229 .323/.410/.446/.856 .872/.848 .975 100/.956 0/1 3/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/77 .208/.264/.423/.687 .330/.977 .738 31/.472 0/0 7/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 36/.778 ··· 8/.500 7/.143 6/1.333 11/2.136 9/1.222 8/1.625 357/251 .308/.370/.483/.853 .748/.898 .837 113/.809 0/1 12/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.724 ··· 4/.750 6/.334 8/.875 6/.650 2/.000 5/.400 75/48 .258/.324/.348/.673 .719/.640 .680 14/.774 4/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 20/.585 ··· ··· 7/1.547 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 61/31 .286/.328/.357/.685 .704/.667 .717 23/.800 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 38/36 .286/.342/.314/.656 .000/.694 .445 4/1.250 3/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.250 ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 314/241 .281/.328/.377/.705 .650/.721 .655 80/.759 9/4 2/
IP 96.1 23.1 6.0 32.0 42.2 4.0 23.2 5.1 TOTAL .273/.328/.399/.727 .654/.753 .740 .759 52/23 56/56
ERA-K/9 5.23/6.2 3.47/5.0 12.00/7.5 4.78/3.4 4.43/4.8 11.25/4.5 3.42/7.2 3.38/5.1 4.51/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (32-17-1)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 421/.303 102/.253 29/.407 141/.283 189/.252 19/.200 104/.264 27/.364 .265  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
76/0/0/8
0/77/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/11/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .831 .652 .967 .764 .707 .902 .691 .936 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.837 33/.794 16/.775 64/.851 83/.673 7/1.429 59/.747 13/.657 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.829 69/.583 13/1.205 77/.694 106/.734 12/.556 45/.619 14/1.208 .729
Road 209/.848 47/.729 14/1.335 56/.693 96/.817 7/2.857 43/.502 16/1.000 .754
Last 28d days 133/.811 52/.644 29/.967 52/.772 56/.697 19/.902 30/.646 27/.936
HR/SB/CS 12/6/4 1/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 70/33/18
Usage ····X··· ·Xo···X· X·····X· ·oX·Xo·· ··X··X·· ··o·o·o· ····oo·· X··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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