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Game Preview: DET @ SEA, 4:10pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Safeco Field

Detroit Tigers, 43-44, 3rd, 7 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-7, 5.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-7)            100.1 129  63  62  30  69 13    5.56      
 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         4-2  40.2  53  24  23  13  27  6    5.09   44 
 2008-07-01   @MIN   L   4    11   6   6   2   3  1      73   17 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      2-2  30    38  19  18   8  14  6    5.40   42 
 2008-05-30   @SEA   W   5.2   4   4   4   2   2  2     107   45 
 2007-09-08    SEA  ND   4.2   7   5   4   3   3  2      83   32 
 2007-05-09    SEA   L   4.2  10   6   6   0   0  1      76   20 
 2006-09-04    SEA   W   7     8   1   1   2   4  0     101   59 
 2006-07-09   @SEA   L   8     9   3   3   1   5  1     101   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-17   Road:   18-27   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  27-38   vsLHP:  16-6    1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-21   vsWest: 11-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @MIN  L   4-6       42-41  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Seattle Mariners, 35-52, 4th, 17 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (25, LHP, 2-1, 3.05)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             44.1  34  17  15  18  34  3    3.05      
 2007 (1-0)             38.2  39  19  17  15  42  4    3.96      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   3.2   4   3   3   1   1  0    7.36   41 
 2008-07-01    TOR  ND   3.2   4   3   3   1   1  0      62   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-26   Road:   16-26   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  26-39   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sat, Jul  5   DET  W   3-2       35-52  4th 17.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   DET  W   4-1       34-52  4th 18.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  3   DET  L   4-8       33-52  4th 18.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2   TOR  W   4-2       33-51  4th 17.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1   TOR  W   7-6       32-51  4th 17.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30   TOR  L   0-2       31-51  4th 17.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29  @SDP  W   9-2       31-50  4th 17.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @SDP  W   4-2       30-50  4th 17.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @SDP  W   5-2       29-50  4th 18.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @NYM  L   2-8       28-50  4th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 SEA  3  DET  2        W:Miguel Batista (4-10), L: Fernando Rodney (0-2), S: Brandon Morrow (7)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 SEA  4  DET  1        W:Erik Bedard (6-4), L: Kenny Rogers (6-6), S: Brandon Morrow (6)
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 DET  8 @SEA  4        W:Justin Verlander (5-9), L: Carlos Silva (4-10), S: Fernando Rodney (1)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 DET  7 @SEA  5        W:Zach Miner (2-3), L: J.J. Putz (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 SEA  5  DET  0        W:Felix Hernandez (3-5), L: Justin Verlander (2-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 6-3; 2007 - DET won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 184-152

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  5.42

COL  4.51

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.69

BA

C. Jones  .385

M. Kemp  .284

T. Pena  .162

OBP

C. Jones  .477

N. McLouth  .358

T. Pena  .184

SLG

L. Berkman  .669

A. Ramirez  .463

T. Pena  .214

OPS

L. Berkman  1.106

F. Thomas  .816

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

J. Contreras  4.02

T. Gorzelanny  6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

D. Eveland  6.05

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
35.Morrow
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/.000 9/1.667 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 357/285 .284/.350/.473/.823 .759/.840 .796 100/.887 1/0 13/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/.500 14/1.203 1/.000 8/1.425 ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· 270/230 .298/.352/.496/.848 .746/.866 .821 105/1.036 6/4 9/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 1/.000 19/.974 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 3/2.334 4/.250 ··· 342/267 .292/.371/.450/.820 .933/.795 .699 111/.748 7/2 8/
46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 25/24 .261/.280/.565/.845 .000/.883 .778 25/.845 0/0 1/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 77/75 .225/.273/.507/.780 .000/.802 .751 18/.778 0/0 5/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/.000 30/.764 1/.000 9/.347 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 334/254 .317/.364/.408/.773 .997/.702 .784 103/.932 2/0 3/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/53 .220/.289/.415/.704 .750/.663 .581 29/.914 1/0 3/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 1/.000 34/.770 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.667 318/243 .260/.309/.336/.645 .880/.575 .577 91/.528 2/2 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 22/.559 1/2.000 5/.900 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 31/.970 274/212 .282/.325/.401/.726 .792/.706 .637 70/.982 6/0 3/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/14 .143/.143/.286/.429 /.429 .333 14/.429 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 2/.000 41/1.161 1/2.000 8/1.333 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 3/.333 213/174 .225/.338/.357/.695 .479/.747 .594 50/.755 3/0 5/
33.Thames G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 177/109 .269/.339/.606/.945 .948/.943 .905 80/1.072 0/2 16/
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 113/98 .310/.378/.410/.788 1.393/.704 .635 41/.896 2/0 0/
IP 44.1 73.2 22.0 47.0 2.2 39.1 27.2 15.2 TOTAL .273/.340/.431/.771 .808/.761 .689 .828 31/14 92/64
ERA-K/9 3.05/6.9 6.35/5.7 4.09/4.9 3.06/8.4 0.00/10.0 4.35/8.2 0.65/12.0 3.45/10.3 4.42/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (27-16-3)
 Sardinha (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.215 366/.302 100/.274 204/.240 9/.111 183/.278 105/.134 68/.276 .270  Granderson
 Thomas
 Thames
 Raburn
 Guillen
 Sheffield
 Joyce
0/65/0/3
20/16/2/3
37/0/6/1
17/4/11/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
15/0/8/0
OPS .611 .902 .683 .653 .222 .768 .406 .674 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.740 190/.875 41/.647 92/.766 4/.000 85/.856 42/.551 36/.643 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.522 176/.931 59/.709 112/.557 5/.400 98/.682 63/.311 32/.709 .732
Home 85/.708 180/.880 50/.875 123/.497 9/.222 101/.643 62/.364 32/.868 .735
Last 28d days 73/.578 47/1.092 57/.816 62/.710 9/.222 68/.765 37/.082 21/.500
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 10/11/2 0/1/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 3/4/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 76/45/17
Usage ····X··· X······· ··X·X·o· ·X·oo·X· ···oX··· ··X··XX· oX·oX··o ···oX··o
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.06 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
45.Lopez
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
29.Beltre G/S/vP 21/1.481 3/.000 27/1.220 12/1.250 2/.000 5/.800 1/.000 5/.400 356/278 .250/.320/.444/.764 1.046/.688 .702 98/.796 7/1 16/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 14/1.494 1/.000 5/.900 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 309/240 .271/.280/.385/.665 .655/.667 .778 87/.507 1/2 3/
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP 12/.583 1/.000 6/.750 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 106/68 .256/.362/.256/.617 .853/.494 .677 59/.723 8/2 0/
15.Burke G/S/vP 9/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 57/34 .231/.298/.327/.625 .913/.403 .576 15/.690 0/0 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 12/.417 2/1.500 5/.400 10/.522 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 86/72 .222/.305/.278/.583 .629/.570 .667 23/.734 3/1 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 107/92 .185/.290/.370/.659 .667/.655 .536 51/.794 0/0 4/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 29/.625 1/.000 10/.786 10/1.178 2/2.500 6/.167 4/.750 3/1.167 374/278 .281/.348/.448/.795 .817/.788 .826 112/.826 1/3 10/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 13/.308 2/.000 6/1.100 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 240/189 .223/.264/.308/.572 .568/.573 .619 50/.641 2/0 3/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 23/.577 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 3/.666 375/286 .303/.322/.418/.739 .864/.701 .813 107/.706 3/1 5/
8.Reed* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 102/99 .293/.353/.402/.755 .667/.758 .718 64/.861 0/1 2/
44.Sexson G/S/vP 18/1.194 1/.000 11/.273 12/1.773 1/3.000 7/.629 ··· 5/1.400 279/215 .221/.319/.375/.694 1.056/.586 .547 88/.707 1/0 10/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 31/.646 ··· 17/.706 6/.666 5/1.467 5/.400 5/1.500 5/1.200 400/307 .304/.362/.376/.737 .673/.756 .804 118/.731 34/2 3/
3.Vidro# G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 6/.500 10/.522 3/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 260/202 .217/.264/.317/.580 .590/.580 .529 68/.571 1/1 5/
IP 100.1 23.2 10.1 32.2 33.2 7.1 26.2 6.1 TOTAL .258/.315/.379/.694 .793/.666 .707 .710 62/16 67/53
ERA-K/9 5.56/6.2 3.42/4.9 8.71/4.4 5.23/3.3 2.67/6.4 8.59/3.7 3.04/6.7 2.84/5.7 4.51/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (7-7-2)
 Clement (5-2-1)
 Johjima (33-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 443/.315 103/.250 47/.378 147/.295 142/.267 35/.233 113/.273 32/.370 .269  Ibanez
 Suzuki
 Bloomquist
 Reed
 Cairo
85/0/0/7
0/69/18/4
4/11/12/0
3/12/13/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .859 .645 .915 .792 .692 .876 .706 .913 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.858 33/.794 26/.668 66/.872 52/.905 17/1.103 61/.788 15/.564 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.859 70/.574 21/1.224 81/.727 90/.563 18/.619 52/.612 17/1.231 .738
Road 231/.899 48/.713 32/1.049 62/.767 64/.827 23/1.320 52/.567 21/.950 .771
Last 28d days 125/.904 47/.571 41/.777 53/.883 / 35/.876 34/.722 32/.913
HR/SB/CS 13/6/4 1/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 74/36/18
Usage ····X··· ·o····Xo ···X·X·· ··X···oX ········ X·oX···o ··o·o··· ··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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