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Game Preview: DET @ SEA, 3:55pm, Saturday, May 31, 2008 @Safeco Field

Detroit Tigers, 23-31, 4th, 7 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 2-7, 5.16)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-7)             68    66  44  39  29  43  8    5.16      
 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         2-4  43.2  44  20  20  17  29  4    4.12   51 
 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 
 2008-05-14   @KCR   L   6     6   2   2   3   3  0     101   52 
 2008-05-08    BOS   L   6     9   5   5   1   5  1     107   38 
 2008-05-03   @MIN   L   7     7   4   4   2   5  1     117   50 
 2008-04-27    LAA   L   5.2   7   6   6   4   3  0     100   30 
 2008-04-22    TEX   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  1     110   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      5-0  33.1  32   9   9   5  24  1    2.43   59 
 2008-05-20    SEA   W   6     4   1   1   1   7  1     104   66 
 2007-09-07    SEA   W   8     7   1   1   0   3  0      92   67 
 2007-07-15   @SEA   W   7     8   4   4   1   6  0     108   50 
 2007-05-10    SEA   W   5.1   9   2   2   1   5  0      98   46 
 2006-04-23   @SEA   W   7     4   1   1   2   3  0      93   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  16-28   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 5-17   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, May 30  @SEA  W   7-4       23-31  4th  7.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @LAA  W   6-2       22-31  4th  7.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @LAA  L   2-3       21-31  4th  7.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @LAA  L   0-1 (12)  21-30  4th  7.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   MIN  L   1-6       21-29  4th  6.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   MIN  W  19-3       21-28  4th  5.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   MIN  L   4-9       20-28  5th  6.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   SEA  W   9-2       20-27  5th  6.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   SEA  W   9-4       19-27  5th  6.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   SEA  W  12-8       18-27  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Seattle Mariners, 20-35, 4th, 11½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (22, RHP, 2-5, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             75    77  33  30  33  62  7    3.60      
 2007 (14-7)           190.1 209  88  83  53 165 20    3.92      
 2006 (12-14)          191   195 105  96  60 176 23    4.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  44.1  50  26  25  24  38  5    5.08   46 
 2008-05-26    BOS   L   7.2   7   5   5   5   5  1     112   45 
 2008-05-18    SDP  ND   6     7   2   2   1   5  1      91   54 
 2008-05-13   @TEX   L   6     6   3   2   5   3  0     112   48 
 2008-05-08    TEX   L   5     6   4   4   3   5  1     112   41 
 2008-05-03   @NYY   L   5.2  12   6   6   3   3  1     105   21 
 2008-04-27    OAK   L   7     6   4   4   4  10  0     115   55 
 2008-04-22    BAL  ND   7     6   2   2   3   7  1     110   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-2  23.1  29  14  10   8  23  1    3.86   48 
 2007-09-09   @DET   W   5    10   7   6   3   4  1     110   22 
 2007-07-12    DET   W   6.1  10   2   2   2   6  0     102   49 
 2006-04-23    DET   L   7     6   3   1   1   9  0      98   65 
 2005-08-04   @DET   L   5     3   2   1   2   4  0      81   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-15   Road:    7-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-24   vsLHP:   4-11   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  5-14   vsCntrl: 3-9    vsWest: 10-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, May 30   DET  L   4-7       20-35  4th 11.5 gb
 54 Wed, May 28   BOS  W   1-0       20-34  4th 11.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 27   BOS  W   4-3       19-34  4th 12.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 26   BOS  L   3-5       18-34  4th 12.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 25  @NYY  L   5-6       18-33  4th 11.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24  @NYY  L   6-12      18-32  4th 11.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23  @NYY  L   2-13      18-31  4th 10.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 22  @DET  L   2-9       18-30  4th  9.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @DET  L   4-9       18-29  4th  9.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @DET  L   8-12      18-28  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 30, 2008 DET  7 @SEA  4        W:Nate Robertson (3-5), L: Carlos Silva (3-5), S: Todd Jones (8)
Thu, May 22, 2008 DET  9  SEA  2        W:Jeremy Bonderman (3-4), L: Miguel Batista (3-6), S: Freddy Dolsi (1)
Wed, May 21, 2008 DET  9  SEA  4        W:Kenny Rogers (4-4), L: Jarrod Washburn (2-6), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 DET 12  SEA  8        W:Justin Verlander (2-7), L: Carlos Silva (3-3), S: Todd Jones (7)

Sun, Sep 09, 2007 SEA 14 @DET  7        W:Felix Hernandez (12-7), L: Jeremy Bonderman (11-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 DET 12  SEA  6        W:Zach Miner (3-3), L: Jeff Weaver (6-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 DET  6  SEA  1        W:Justin Verlander (16-5), L: Miguel Batista (13-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 DET 11 @SEA  7        W:Justin Verlander (11-3), L: Jeff Weaver (2-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 SEA  6  DET  4        W:Miguel Batista (9-7), L: Kenny Rogers (3-1), S: J.J. Putz (26)
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 DET  6 @SEA  3        W:Jeremy Bonderman (10-1), L: Jarrod Washburn (8-7), S: Todd Jones (23)
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 4-0; 2007 - DET won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 182-149

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

CHC  5.71

CIN  4.51

KCR  3.58

RA/G

TOR  3.56

KCR  4.67

COL  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .409

B. Roberts  .268

R. Weeks  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

D. Murphy  .331

K. Greene  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .757

J. Thome  .422

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Cantu  .756

M. Bourn  .571

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

S. Chacon  3.95

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.38

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB
41.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
35.Morrow
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 227/191 .279/.357/.467/.824 .818/.825 .868 101/.751 1/0 8/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 12/1.667 4/.750 6/1.667 3/1.167 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 138/129 .262/.319/.468/.787 .444/.813 .820 97/.665 2/2 6/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 12/.875 10/.775 5/.000 2/2.500 3/.333 7/.900 ··· 1/.000 200/164 .293/.372/.460/.832 .910/.822 .668 91/.709 3/1 5/
15.Inge G/S/vP 8/.500 10/.700 4/.833 2/1.500 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/.333 140/113 .217/.304/.400/.704 .442/.768 .514 42/.524 1/1 4/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 11/.546 12/1.017 8/1.375 1/.000 3/.333 8/1.000 4/1.833 1/.000 227/190 .325/.392/.532/.924 .897/.929 .714 99/.874 0/1 9/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 10/1.056 6/.533 7/.453 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 2/.000 203/164 .291/.358/.396/.754 .910/.717 .841 101/.799 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 51/35 .196/.275/.348/.622 .625/.619 .531 26/.432 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.667 1/.000 202/168 .282/.318/.383/.701 1.137/.617 .734 82/.616 1/0 4/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/1.000 6/.900 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.167 31/.970 1/.000 182/144 .260/.300/.379/.679 .748/.659 .559 72/.663 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/39 .353/.476/.618/1.094 1.350/1.059 1.099 15/.862 0/0 1/
33.Thames G/S/vP 4/.500 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 79/50 .260/.316/.507/.823 1.302/.557 .802 40/.982 0/0 5/
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/60 .290/.333/.387/.720 1.571/.615 .648 1/.000 2/0 0/
IP 75.0 16.2 27.1 21.0 13.0 16.0 9.2 25.1 TOTAL .266/.336/.424/.761 .834/.746 .691 .717 18/6 55/37
ERA-K/9 3.60/7.4 3.78/3.2 3.95/7.3 3.43/8.6 1.38/12.5 3.94/10.7 5.59/10.2 2.49/6.8 4.85/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (5-1-2)
 Rodriguez (18-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 324/.270 71/.262 126/.262 100/.265 58/.216 76/.258 46/.297 101/.236 .279  Inge
 Granderson
 Thomas
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Thames
2/11/0/2
0/32/0/1
5/15/0/1
0/0/50/1
12/4/5/0
16/0/6/0
OPS .748 .709 .693 .741 .663 .736 .774 .615 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.799 36/.699 59/.757 45/.778 21/.984 38/.828 27/.804 50/.755 .818
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.671 35/.718 67/.635 55/.707 37/.486 38/.650 19/.734 51/.479 .766
Home 201/.767 26/.569 80/.516 47/.602 32/.615 51/.745 22/1.009 37/.781 .751
Last 28d days 143/.889 41/.695 56/.739 56/.737 40/.668 47/.576 24/.959 61/.468
HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 51/28/11
Usage ····X··· X······X o····X·X X······X ··oo··X· ··Xo·X·· ·····oo· ···oo·X·
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
41.Cruceta
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Balentien G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 98/76 .213/.286/.393/.679 .854/.630 .760 87/.683 0/0 4/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 15/.600 1/.000 2/.000 10/1.300 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 228/179 .245/.325/.466/.790 1.104/.708 .692 105/.686 5/1 12/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 12/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 195/153 .287/.299/.420/.719 .795/.699 .830 90/.724 1/1 3/
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 46/29 .162/.326/.162/.488 .652/.395 .515 16/.466 4/2 0/
15.Burke G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/23 .200/.282/.314/.596 .875/.366 .284 18/.646 0/0 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 9/.583 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 52/43 .196/.255/.239/.494 .476/.495 .619 46/.535 1/1 0/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 17/.502 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 2/2.500 5/3.800 3/.000 232/174 .260/.323/.438/.761 .676/.789 .797 101/.678 1/1 7/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 167/132 .222/.257/.304/.561 .466/.587 .712 80/.672 1/0 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 14/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 ··· 236/181 .292/.303/.394/.697 .773/.673 .764 102/.696 2/1 2/
8.Reed* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/16 .200/.250/.200/.450 /.450 .000 16/.450 0/0 0/
44.Sexson G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 11/1.728 1/3.000 5/.000 ··· 173/137 .200/.277/.413/.690 1.025/.601 .485 54/.531 0/0 9/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 16/.795 1/no AB ··· 6/.666 4/1.417 7/.143 5/1.500 250/191 .289/.349/.386/.735 .721/.739 .834 112/.778 24/2 3/
3.Vidro# G/S/vP 13/1.230 1/2.000 ··· 8/.393 3/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 163/124 .227/.278/.340/.618 .734/.586 .596 54/.721 1/0 3/
IP 68.0 11.1 11.0 19.0 31.1 29.0 15.2 TOTAL .248/.306/.381/.687 .780/.660 .697 .670 41/11 46/37
ERA-K/9 5.16/5.7 4.76/8.8 1.64/4.9 4.26/3.3 2.59/6.6 5.90/5.9 2.87/6.3 4.79/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (5-3-1)
 Johjima (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.255 53/.262 48/.214 83/.233 128/.261 128/.245 71/.290 .263  Suzuki
 Ibanez
 Balentien
 Bloomquist
 Reed
 Cairo
0/55/0/4
53/0/0/4
0/0/26/3
3/1/10/0
3/1/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .732 .832 .646 .709 .650 .706 .721 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.809 26/.980 14/.845 40/.929 46/.771 56/.533 41/.755 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.664 27/.697 34/.565 43/.512 82/.579 72/.845 30/.674 .736
Road 115/.748 25/.610 23/.648 37/.555 50/.755 69/.922 29/.580 .725
Last 28d days 132/.687 48/.899 48/.646 37/.847 52/.555 47/.488 33/.808
HR/SB/CS 8/3/4 2/1/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/1 47/23/13
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·· o···X··· o·o··X·· ···X··Xo o···Xo·· ····o··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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