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Game Preview: DET @ LAA, 10:05pm, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Tigers, 7-6, 1st, Tied

SP: Justin Verlander (26, RHP, 0-2, 7.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 16.0 18 17 14 7 20 2 7.88
2008 (11-17) 201.0 195 119 108 87 163 18 4.84
2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66
Last 7 GS 1-4 38.1 45 31 28 20 38 3 6.57 42
2009-04-17 @SEA L 7.1 8 6 5 1 8 0 108 47
2009-04-11 TEX ND 5.0 2 3 1 4 8 1 97 59
2009-04-06 @TOR L 3.2 8 8 8 2 4 1 80 15
2008-09-26 TBR W 5.0 5 2 2 3 8 0 113 54
2008-09-20 @CLE L 4.0 5 4 4 4 4 0 97 36
2008-09-14 @CHW L 7.2 9 4 4 2 2 1 103 45
2008-09-06 @MIN ND 5.2 8 4 4 4 4 0 114 37
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-1    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-4        7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @SEA  W   8-2        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @SEA  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @SEA  L   3-6        5-5   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CHW  W   9-0        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13   CHW  L   6-10       4-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr 12   TEX  W   6-4        4-3   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr 11   TEX  W   4-3        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Fri, Apr 10   TEX  W  15-2        2-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  9  @TOR  L   2-6        1-3   4th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-6    Last 30: 7-6 
Angels, 5-8, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (28, LHP, 2-1, 2.18)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 20.2 13 5 5 6 7 2 2.18
2008 (17-7) 198.0 187 82 75 53 103 21 3.41
2007 (8-5) 107.1 129 56 53 34 69 11 4.44
Last 7 GS 5-1 48.0 33 10 10 11 29 4 1.88 63
2009-04-16 @SEA W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 0 91 69
2009-04-11 BOS L 7.0 7 4 4 3 2 2 91 46
2009-04-06 OAK W 6.2 3 0 0 2 2 0 93 68
2008-09-28 TEX W 6.0 2 0 0 0 9 0 93 77
2008-09-18 @OAK W 7.0 6 0 0 3 4 0 87 66
2008-09-12 SEA ND 7.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 100 53
2008-09-07 @CHW W 7.1 4 2 2 1 4 2 91 65
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 24.0 28 12 12 3 16 3 4.50 49
2008-09-02 @DET ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 2 0 97 46
2008-05-28 DET L 5.0 7 5 5 1 5 2 93 37
2007-07-28 DET ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 4 1 101 43
2006-09-02 @DET ND 7.1 5 1 1 0 5 0 95 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 21   DET  W   4-3        5-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @MIN  L   1-3        4-8   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @MIN  L   2-9        4-7   3rd  3.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @MIN  L   9-11       4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @SEA  W   5-1        4-5   2nd  2.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @SEA  L   3-11       3-5   4th  3.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 14  @SEA  L   2-3 (10)   3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   BOS  W   5-4        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   BOS  L   4-5        2-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   BOS  W   6-3        2-2   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-8    Last 30: 5-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 LAA  4  DET  3        W:Jose Arredondo (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (1-2), S: Brian Fuentes (3)

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 LAA  7 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (15-5), L: Kenny Rogers (9-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 DET  9  LAA  6        W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-2), L: Jose Arredondo (7-2), S: Fernando Rodney (8)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 LAA  5 @DET  4        W:Scot Shields (6-4), L: Fernando Rodney (0-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (54)
Wed, May 28, 2008 DET  6 @LAA  2        W:Armando Galarraga (4-2), L: Joe Saunders (8-2), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 LAA  3  DET  2        W:Ervin Santana (7-2), L: Aquilino Lopez (2-1), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 LAA  1  DET  0 (12)   W:Jose Arredondo (1-0), L: Freddy Dolsi (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 LAA  6 @DET  2        W:Jered Weaver (2-3), L: Justin Verlander (1-4), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 DET  6  LAA  4        W:Aquilino Lopez (2-0), L: Darren O'Day (0-1), S: Todd Jones (4)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 LAA  4 @DET  3        W:Ervin Santana (4-0), L: Nate Robertson (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (10)
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 1-0; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 297-276

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 2009 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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (5.54 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
57.Davidson*
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
68.Loux
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
59.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/99 .294/.338/.426/.764 .456/.915 .853 20/.979 10/1 3/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.417 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/1.000 3/.333 ··· 684/514 .292/.349/.537/.887 .939/.869 .884 56/1.225 1/0 37/14
4.Everett G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.667 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 150/113 .213/.278/.323/.601 .773/.549 .627 26/.593 0/0 2/7
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/.819 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2.000 ··· 4/.500 4/2.417 1/.000 629/470 .280/.365/.494/.858 .739/.900 .863 62/.743 12/4 22/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 16/.388 ··· 22/.697 5/.000 ··· 489/388 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.810 .748 56/.637 9/3 10/16
15.Inge G/S/vP 9/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.666 ··· 8/1.375 8/.429 1/.000 407/315 .205/.303/.369/.672 .720/.657 .564 55/1.018 4/3 11/1
8.Laird G/S/vP 16/.846 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 12/.606 3/.000 3/.333 381/276 .276/.329/.398/.727 .719/.731 .759 41/.815 2/4 6/8
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/107 .260/.306/.375/.681 .500/.688 .739 13/.538 2/2 2/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 12/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.840 ··· 18/.833 10/.650 ··· 623/468 .317/.376/.494/.869 .866/.870 .771 58/.705 1/5 21/5
14.Polanco G/S/vP 9/.708 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 12/.606 ··· 6/.334 7/.453 1/.000 629/451 .307/.350/.417/.768 .836/.741 .816 57/.725 7/1 8/8
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/no AB ··· 156/126 .282/.411/.460/.870 1.014/.834 .742 33/.736 1/0 4/5
33.Thames G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.750 4/.250 ··· 342/207 .241/.292/.516/.808 .877/.764 .819 20/.639 0/3 25/5
20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/166 .238/.306/.301/.607 .525/.641 .624 12/.083 1/0 2/8
IP 198.0 61.0 16.0 62.2 16.0 72.0 63.1 68.0 2.0 TOTAL .279/.359/.432/.792 .855/.765 .727 .792 7/4 14/7
ERA-K/9 3.41/4.7 1.62/8.1 7.31/11.2 /0.0 2.73/11.8 2.81/2.2 2.88/6.0 /0.0 2.70/9.1 5.03/7.4 22.50/4.5 4.54/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (26-11-11)
 Laird (53-21-6)
 Treanor (44-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 807/.253 244/.190 73/.242 / 256/.205 66/.262 291/.254 / 270/.236 305/.261 12/.400 .286  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Inge
 Anderson
 Guillen
0/0/135/8
0/140/0/5
73/0/7/3
2/13/0/2
6/30/1/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .691 .533 .856 .569 .685 .682 .669 .839 1.100 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.633 124/.418 38/.747 / 53/.471 33/1.058 120/.653 / 130/.578 138/1.001 6/1.100 .845
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 621/.708 120/.655 35/.984 / 203/.596 33/.338 171/.702 / 140/.755 167/.707 6/1.100 .702
Home 408/.736 117/.520 38/.663 / 141/.671 49/.677 150/.549 / 132/.668 144/.844 9/1.524
Last 28d days 78/.569 24/.564 17/1.328 4/.250 26/.825 51/.686 32/.667 19/1.099 25/.691 13/.487 8/.661
HR/SB/CS 21/18/7 3/3/2 3/1/0 // 3/4/1 1/0/0 5/5/2 // 6/8/1 15/7/1 0/1/0 12/10/7
Usage ·····X·· o···Xo·· ···oo·X· ··o····· X····X·· ··X····X ···X···X ···XX·o· ····o··o ····X·o· ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
37.Lyon
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
48.Porcello
G/S/vB
59.Rincon
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 8/1.357 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 684/484 .296/.371/.471/.843 .865/.833 .910 57/.833 22/11 20/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 375/261 .277/.314/.384/.699 .686/.704 .626 39/.604 7/2 3/18
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.425 2/.000 ··· ··· 11/.473 3/no AB 2/1.000 520/383 .276/.367/.318/.685 .640/.701 .693 59/.705 34/13 1/6
48.Hunter G/S/vP 20/.650 7/1.229 ··· ··· 1/no AB 11/.489 4/.500 608/444 .278/.344/.466/.810 .865/.790 .850 50/1.142 19/5 21/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.453 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 321/256 .269/.329/.362/.691 .652/.701 .702 25/.400 11/2 3/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 361/255 .306/.333/.421/.754 .743/.758 .736 55/.521 11/4 3/4
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 328/236 .194/.275/.318/.593 .747/.536 .592 19/.572 2/2 9/13
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/1.867 1/3.000 ··· ··· 10/.900 2/.000 2/no AB 477/332 .242/.319/.357/.675 .774/.632 .659 24/.542 8/3 8/8
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 66/50 .213/.273/.393/.666 .813/.622 .601 51/.613 0/1 3/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 8/.821 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 274/210 .273/.374/.586/.960 .978/.954 .898 34/.853 7/3 20/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 181/96 .262/.326/.311/.637 .650/.625 .698 6/.000 4/2 1/4
20.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 280/185 .246/.282/.438/.720 .730/.714 .771 39/.650 1/1 12/3
IP 201.0 59.1 55.1 40.1 56.1 TOTAL .255/.321/.367/.688 .616/.711 .772 .688 17/3 9/10
ERA-K/9 4.84/7.3 4.70/6.7 /0.0 /0.0 5.86/6.3 4.91/10.9 4.47/9.3 4.07/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (57-20-3)
 Napoli (52-11-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 880/.254 265/.301 / / 254/.298 188/.224 246/.278 .245  Abreu
 Matthews
 Rivera
 Hunter
 Morales
 Quinlan
0/0/150/10
37/31/43/6
41/1/19/4
0/137/0/4
0/0/12/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .715 .792 .831 .733 .741 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 419/.722 122/.688 / / 111/.925 97/.720 125/.770 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.708 143/.882 / / 143/.759 91/.748 121/.711 .775
Road 425/.735 121/.652 / / 105/1.007 100/.895 113/.673
Last 28d days 76/.847 31/.816 16/.466 48/.802 31/.778 16/.063 11/.182
HR/SB/CS 18/8/9 7/1/1 // // 8/6/1 3/4/0 4/2/1 17/5/4
Usage ····X··· X·X·o··· ··X···X· ··X····· ········ ···X··o· ··oo··o·

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.