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Game Preview: DET @ LAA, 3:35pm, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Tigers, 67-58, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Edwin Jackson (25, RHP, 10-5, 2.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-5) 163.2 142 59 52 52 128 19 2.86
2008 (14-11) 183.1 199 91 90 77 108 23 4.42
2007 (5-15) 161.0 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.0 48 19 18 17 31 9 3.86 50
2009-08-21 @OAK W 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 104 56
2009-08-15 KCR W 6.0 9 3 3 2 3 2 92 43
2009-08-10 @BOS ND 4.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 104 29
2009-08-05 BAL W 8.0 3 2 2 2 8 1 117 74
2009-07-31 @CLE ND 4.0 8 3 2 1 5 1 115 40
2009-07-25 CHW ND 7.0 8 3 3 4 3 1 112 48
2009-07-19 @NYY L 7.0 5 2 2 5 4 2 118 58
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-20   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  45-44   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:27-20   vsWest: 22-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 25  @LAA  W   5-3       67-58  1st  4.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 24  @LAA  W  10-7       66-58  1st  3.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 23  @OAK  L   4-9       65-58  1st  2.5 up
122 Sat, Aug 22  @OAK  L   2-3       65-57  1st  2.5 up
121 Fri, Aug 21  @OAK  W   3-2       65-56  1st  3.5 up
120 Thu, Aug 20   SEA  W   7-6       64-56  1st  2.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 19   SEA  L   1-3       63-56  1st  2.0 up
118 Tue, Aug 18   SEA  W   5-3       63-55  1st  3.0 up
117 Sun, Aug 16   KCR  L   2-3 (10)  62-55  1st  2.5 up
116 Sat, Aug 15   KCR  W  10-3       62-54  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Angels, 74-50, 1st, 4 up

SP: Joe Saunders (28, LHP, 9-7, 5.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-7) 136.2 154 85 81 51 72 24 5.33
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 1-2 34.2 55 35 33 17 13 6 8.57 31
2009-08-07 TEX L 1.2 5 5 5 1 0 2 48 24
2009-08-01 @MIN W 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 0 103 39
2009-07-27 CLE ND 5.0 10 4 4 2 2 0 79 31
2009-07-22 @KCR ND 5.2 9 6 6 2 2 0 109 27
2009-07-17 @OAK L 6.0 6 5 4 6 2 1 95 38
2009-07-10 NYY ND 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 1 106 30
2009-07-05 BAL ND 5.1 7 6 5 3 2 2 111 31
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 27.2 37 20 20 10 17 4 6.51 40
2009-06-07 @DET ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 5 0 112 42
2009-04-22 DET ND 5.0 7 5 5 2 1 1 84 32
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-24   Road:   38-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  47-36   vsLHP:  27-14   1-Run:  22-11
 vsEast: 24-12   vsCntrl:21-15   vsWest: 15-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Tue, Aug 25   DET  L   3-5       74-50  1st  4.0 up
123 Mon, Aug 24   DET  L   7-10      74-49  1st  5.0 up
122 Sun, Aug 23  @TOR  L   3-8       74-48  1st  5.5 up
121 Sat, Aug 22  @TOR  W   7-3       74-47  1st  6.5 up
120 Fri, Aug 21  @TOR  L   4-5       73-47  1st  5.5 up
119 Thu, Aug 20  @CLE  L   3-11      73-46  1st  5.5 up
118 Wed, Aug 19  @CLE  W   3-0       73-45  1st  6.5 up
117 Tue, Aug 18  @CLE  W   5-4       72-45  1st  5.5 up
116 Mon, Aug 17  @BAL  W   8-5       71-45  1st  4.5 up
115 Sun, Aug 16  @BAL  W  17-8 (13)  70-45  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 DET 10 @LAA  7        W:Justin Verlander (14-7), L: Jered Weaver (13-5), S: Fernando Rodney (27)
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 DET  9  LAA  6        W:Joel Zumaya (2-0), L: Jose Arredondo (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 DET  2  LAA  1        W:Edwin Jackson (6-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 LAA  2 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (1-2), L: Fernando Rodney (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (15)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 LAA 10  DET  5        W:Matt Palmer (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 DET 12 @LAA 10        W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Scot Shields (0-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 5-3; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 302-278

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA  5.74

BAL  4.59

SDP  3.80

RA/G

SFG  3.76

NYM  4.69

WSN  5.43

BA

J. Mauer  .374

A. Pagan  .292

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .445

A. Cabrera  .364

R. Cedeno  .234

SLG

A. Pujols  .665

B. Butler  .482

A. Casilla  .259

OPS

A. Pujols  1.106

B. Roberts  .841

A. Casilla  .541

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

M. Buehrle  3.92

F. Liriano  5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.49

M. Cain  6.82

J. Lannan  3.75

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Tigers Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
70.Bell
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
65.Jepsen
G/S/vB
41.Lackey
G/S/vB
68.Loux
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
32.Palmer
G/S/vB
59.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
54.Santana
G/S/vB
36.Weaver
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/29 .333/.412/.767/1.178 2.100/1.033 .574 34/1.178 0/0 3/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.083 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 6/1.417 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 12/1.053 9/1.319 513/384 .342/.407/.571/.979 1.012/.967 .836 108/1.150 3/2 27/7
4.Everett G/S/vP 7/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.200 3/.333 ··· 8/.143 3/.000 301/201 .235/.282/.313/.595 .685/.550 .548 54/.492 5/2 2/12
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 16/.938 3/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 7/1.714 4/1.417 ··· 26/.830 16/1.786 543/395 .256/.341/.464/.805 .524/.910 .905 103/.812 20/6 25/3
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 9/.888 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 27/.539 ··· 16/.388 3/.666 ··· 10/.967 14/1.357 215/176 .242/.321/.379/.700 .465/.746 .638 94/.872 1/2 6/1
19.Huff* G/S/vP 18/.888 6/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 2/.500 33/.219 5/.733 7/.286 4/.500 ··· 18/1.091 12/.349 502/315 .247/.315/.391/.706 .661/.733 .589 97/.676 0/6 13/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 14/.462 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 23/.785 ··· 5/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 22/.372 10/.400 480/362 .238/.326/.440/.766 .996/.694 .766 92/.523 2/4 24/14
8.Laird G/S/vP 21/.881 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/no AB ··· 32/.256 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 20/.872 18/.178 362/282 .223/.302/.331/.633 .734/.606 .578 64/.496 3/0 4/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 19/.947 5/.200 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 12/1.326 ··· 14/.774 3/.000 ··· 21/.905 14/1.292 394/278 .275/.348/.391/.739 .847/.693 .680 71/.971 3/0 7/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 16/.804 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 14/.676 ··· 13/.606 4/.250 ··· 23/.681 15/1.181 509/372 .272/.320/.383/.703 .755/.683 .636 109/.701 4/1 7/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 12/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 209/109 .272/.332/.492/.824 .883/.774 .770 48/.992 5/3 10/9
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 217/189 .258/.311/.416/.727 .556/.754 .584 50/.775 0/2 7/6
33.Thames G/S/vP 12/1.166 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.150 ··· 231/149 .246/.312/.483/.795 .844/.769 .824 57/.669 0/2 13/0
34.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 253/206 .241/.325/.393/.718 .674/.729 .670 82/.585 2/0 7/4
IP 136.2 34.2 12.1 55.0 41.2 35.2 129.2 58.1 54.2 102.2 24.2 91.0 167.1 TOTAL .258/.327/.418/.744 .759/.739 .698 .765 61/28 145/94
ERA-K/9 5.33/4.7 5.97/10.1 9.49/5.9 3.60/8.8 4.10/8.4 5.30/7.6 4.16/7.5 5.86/2.9 2.80/6.7 4.38/5.3 6.57/3.3 6.13/7.1 4.03/7.8 4.92/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 608/.284 156/.287 65/.414 217/.204 177/.250 156/.315 532/.257 271/.343 212/.249 439/.255 119/.373 405/.297 704/.243 .278
OPS .827 .793 1.046 .693 .698 .750 .706 .889 .694 .742 .985 .875 .721 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.695 71/.651 34/1.263 104/.804 59/.493 85/.885 298/.765 148/1.026 89/.742 236/.857 56/1.196 207/.986 385/.831 .849
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 445/.875 85/.913 31/.812 113/.594 118/.806 71/.588 234/.626 123/.721 123/.655 203/.612 63/.796 198/.759 319/.590 .745
Home 309/.832 70/.984 25/1.067 118/.733 87/.871 72/.632 242/.702 86/1.030 91/.697 247/.641 71/.969 162/1.024 387/.636
Last 28d days 40/1.130 46/.945 65/1.046 31/.554 24/.659 50/.620 148/.659 69/.969 33/.630 71/.882 16/.813 136/.761 136/.810
HR/SB/CS 24/15/6 4/2/1 2/1/0 7/1/0 5/1/1 2/2/0 12/9/0 4/7/3 5/4/3 11/10/2 4/1/0 15/9/4 22/14/5 150/97/27
Usage ·X··X··· ··X····X o·o····o ·······o ···X···X X····X·· ··X··X·· Xo·X···· ·X··XX·· ·oX····· ···X···· ·X····X·
Angels Batters (5.72 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB
58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
37.Lyon
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
59.Ni*
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
48.Porcello
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
35.Verlander
G/S/vB
53.Washburn*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 32/.531 3/1.334 5/1.400 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.393 18/1.171 25/.368 516/361 .309/.401/.448/.849 .777/.880 .821 107/.813 26/6 12/6
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 11/1.011 18/.708 420/280 .313/.355/.429/.784 .787/.784 .781 101/.768 12/5 5/8
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 13/1.307 9/.236 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 4/.667 4/1.000 20/.388 33/.308 563/388 .303/.397/.402/.800 .617/.881 .755 112/.772 37/13 3/12
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 16/.876 3/1.333 2/3.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/1.714 2/1.000 16/.813 33/1.144 268/207 .308/.343/.490/.833 .710/.870 .797 83/1.060 2/1 11/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 13/1.302 10/.644 10/1.025 9/.347 ··· ··· ··· 13/.762 4/.500 29/.862 53/.695 354/268 .311/.381/.548/.929 .954/.922 .974 30/.844 15/3 17/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 19/.701 12/1.144 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 13/.962 14/.671 341/290 .301/.360/.434/.794 .978/.774 .802 77/.864 10/4 7/3
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 14/.220 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 9/.583 26/.615 318/207 .270/.316/.405/.722 .732/.715 .797 55/.855 9/3 8/4
5.Mathis G/S/vP 9/.730 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 16/.635 211/148 .212/.304/.330/.634 .722/.595 .750 42/.757 2/2 5/4
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 13/1.315 10/.443 2/1.500 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/no AB 9/1.431 36/.639 302/220 .245/.321/.342/.663 .572/.697 .700 69/.767 4/1 3/3
19.Morales# G/S/vP 7/.762 5/.650 5/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.334 ··· 9/1.333 5/.400 477/372 .303/.350/.573/.923 .730/.979 .994 100/.987 1/4 27/6
44.Napoli G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.286 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 1/.000 14/.812 13/.585 358/266 .293/.372/.522/.894 1.098/.825 .898 61/.992 2/3 17/5
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/.775 99/33 .253/.283/.358/.641 .632/.658 .708 14/.571 1/1 2/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/4.000 7/1.428 ··· 11/.091 28/1.229 435/326 .305/.340/.509/.849 1.041/.786 .813 103/.750 0/1 20/1
IP 163.2 135.1 60.0 71.1 22.2 44.0 123.0 56.1 41.0 181.0 164.1 TOTAL .290/.354/.451/.805 .774/.817 .819 .842 125/47 139/69
ERA-K/9 2.86/7.0 5.05/5.9 3.15/6.5 4.79/6.3 2.78/6.7 3.89/9.0 4.39/4.8 3.36/8.5 3.29/6.8 3.38/10.5 3.23/5.2 4.25/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.232 595/.281 244/.219 312/.287 88/.190 194/.248 522/.273 232/.224 168/.211 746/.239 635/.229 .260
OPS .683 .829 .670 .812 .628 .749 .768 .648 .603 .664 .655 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 385/.671 323/.916 108/.644 132/.678 50/.566 87/.921 287/.801 135/.660 103/.601 418/.713 177/.514 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.699 272/.730 136/.686 180/.911 38/.706 107/.610 235/.728 97/.632 65/.606 328/.600 458/.710 .738
Road 363/.713 288/.877 144/.741 172/.736 57/.744 97/.884 268/.744 98/.714 84/.573 405/.733 245/.684
Last 28d days 127/.857 105/.874 57/.620 67/.870 45/.453 53/.804 102/.601 57/.624 39/.746 175/.679 104/.893
HR/SB/CS 19/18/7 21/2/5 6/2/2 8/3/1 3/1/0 6/6/2 20/7/2 5/1/0 2/0/0 15/7/9 19/3/4 143/61/33
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·X··X·X· X··o·X·· ··X····· ··XX···X ··X····X XX··o··X oo··oo·X ·X····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.