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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 2:05pm, Monday, June 8, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 30-25, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Armando Galarraga (27, RHP, 3-6, 5.31)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			61.0	65	37	36	27	41	12	5.31
2008 (13-7)			178.2	152	83	74	61	126	28	3.73
2007 (0-0)			8.2	8	6	6	7	6	2	6.23

Last 7 GS		0-6	36.2	46	32	31	16	17	11	7.61	38
2009-06-03	BOS	L	7.0	6	4	3	2	2	1	98	51
2009-05-28	@BAL	L	7.0	10	3	3	1	4	2	100	48
2009-05-23	COL	L	5.1	6	4	4	1	2	2	79	41
2009-05-17	OAK	ND	0.2	4	5	5	3	0	1	41	21
2009-05-12	@MIN	L	5.2	6	5	5	4	4	2	99	37
2009-05-07	@CHW	L	6.0	6	6	6	2	3	2	85	37
2009-05-01	CLE	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	2	1	94	30

Last 5 v.CHW		1-1	12.1	10	6	6	4	8	2	4.38	53
2009-05-07	@CHW	L	6.0	6	6	6	2	3	2	85	37
2009-04-15	CHW	W	6.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	110	68

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   17-11   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:  11-5    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 14-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Sun, Jun  7   LAA  W   9-6       30-25  1st  3.5 up
 54 Sat, Jun  6   LAA  W   2-1       29-25  1st  2.5 up
 53 Fri, Jun  5   LAA  L   1-2       28-25  1st  1.5 up
 52 Thu, Jun  4   BOS  L   3-6       28-24  1st  2.5 up
 51 Wed, Jun  3   BOS  L   5-10      28-23  1st  3.5 up
 50 Tue, Jun  2   BOS  L   1-5       28-22  1st  3.5 up
 49 Sun, May 31  @BAL  W   3-0       28-21  1st  4.0 up
 48 Sat, May 30  @BAL  W   6-3       27-21  1st  4.0 up
 47 Fri, May 29  @BAL  L   2-7       26-21  1st  3.5 up
 46 Thu, May 28  @BAL  L   1-5       26-20  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

WhiteSox, 26-30, 3rd, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Clayton Richard (25, LHP, 2-1, 3.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-1)			45.1	48	21	20	19	34	7	3.97
2008 (2-5)			47.2	61	37	32	13	29	5	6.04

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.1	35	20	19	17	30	7	4.35	51
2009-06-03	OAK	L	5.1	7	5	5	4	4	3	94	34
2009-05-29	@KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	92	65
2009-05-23	PIT	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	107	69
2009-05-18	@TOR	ND	7.0	3	2	1	3	3	1	94	65
2009-05-12	@CLE	ND	3.1	6	4	4	3	2	0	79	31
2008-09-17	@NYY	L	6.2	5	2	2	2	5	0	88	59
2008-09-09	TOR	L	4.0	5	5	5	1	1	2	53	32

Has never faced DET.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   14-15   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-22   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  7   CLE  L   4-8       26-30  3rd  4.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6   CLE  W   4-2       26-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5   CLE  L   0-6       25-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   OAK  L   0-7       25-28  3rd  3.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   OAK  L   3-5       25-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   OAK  L   0-5       25-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 50 Mon, Jun  1   OAK  W   6-2       25-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @KCR  W   7-4       24-25  2nd  4.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @KCR  W   5-3       23-25  2nd  4.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @KCR  W  11-2       22-25  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 07, 2009 CHW  6  DET  0        W:Mark Buehrle (5-0), L: Armando Galarraga (3-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 DET  9  CHW  0        W:Armando Galarraga (2-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 CHW 10 @DET  6        W:Gavin Floyd (1-1), L: Zach Miner (1-1), S: none

Mon, Sep 29, 2008 CHW  8  DET  2        W:Gavin Floyd (17-8), L: Armando Galarraga (13-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 CHW 11  DET  7        W:Matt Thornton (5-3), L: Bobby Seay (1-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 CHW  4  DET  2        W:Javier Vazquez (12-13), L: Justin Verlander (10-16), S: none
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 DET  8 @CHW  3        W:Zach Miner (6-4), L: Javier Vazquez (8-10), S: Fernando Rodney (2)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 CHW  5  DET  1        W:John Danks (9-4), L: Justin Verlander (8-12), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 CHW 10  DET  8 (14)   W:Adam Russell (4-0), L: Joel Zumaya (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 DET  6  CHW  4        W:Zach Miner (5-3), L: Javier Vazquez (7-9), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 2-1; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 991-981

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

NYY 5.73

FLA 4.59

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.78

TBR 4.74

WSN 5.96

J. Bartlett .373

M. Cuddyer .275

C. Young .182

OBP

K. Youkilis .470

N. Morgan .346

D. Navarro .231

SLG

A. Pujols .682

O. Hudson .444

J. Kendall .265

OPS

A. Pujols 1.137

A. LaRoche .792

D. Navarro .528

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

J. Marquis 4.10

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.29

G. Meche 6.59

J. Pineiro 3.71

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Tigers Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 39.Gobble*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 47.Whisler*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 115/103 .269/.307/.352/.659 .606/.665 .688 55/.519 10/2 0/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 9/.958 2/2.000 5/.200 7/.762 3/.666 ··· 216/160 .352/.421/.565/.986 .967/.988 .861 91/.909 1/2 10/4

4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 138/92 .264/.313/.347/.660 .797/.586 .629 66/.587 3/1 1/4

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 14/1.218 14/.536 ··· 14/.368 ··· 251/180 .264/.341/.482/.823 .702/.869 .952 112/.827 10/2 13/0

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 25/.849 15/.564 4/.250 4/1.250 ··· 219/166 .277/.367/.508/.875 1.216/.773 .912 99/.784 1/4 12/5

8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 169/128 .234/.341/.333/.675 .819/.627 .595 76/.736 1/0 2/0

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 9/2.746 11/.909 13/.462 12/1.000 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 213/160 .280/.362/.354/.716 .782/.694 .673 90/.820 1/0 2/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 12/.384 15/1.333 15/.867 7/1.286 7/1.715 ··· 226/164 .252/.302/.350/.651 .878/.560 .555 94/.571 1/1 1/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 58/26 .250/.328/.462/.789 .817/.760 .526 34/1.131 1/1 3/1

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 97/80 .295/.330/.466/.796 .471/.872 .562 49/.890 0/2 3/3

57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 27/18 .115/.111/.154/.265 .333/.229 .000 17/.235 0/0 0/0

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 13/.398 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 25/9 .261/.280/.391/.671 .846/.347 .600 5/.800 0/0 0/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 118/91 .248/.331/.429/.759 .733/.767 .838 97/.723 1/0 4/1

IP 45.1 38.0 19.2 9.0 20.0 19.2 22.1 1.1 TOTAL .264/.336/.412/.748 .797/.731 .727 .755 31/16 56/25

ERA-K/9

3.97/6.8

2.13/5.4

2.29/10.5

7.00/8.0

3.15/7.7

1.83/8.7

1.61/13.3

13.50/13.8

4.32/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.274 158/.255 87/.200 42/.250 84/.241 83/.260 90/.198 7/.000 .266

OPS .801 .637 .668 .829 .703 .677 .574 .429 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.638 70/.748 25/.733 18/.611 41/.829 39/.692 40/.337 4/.500 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.888 88/.555 62/.641 24/.988 43/.583 44/.659 50/.769 3/.333 .732

Home 85/.905 85/.664 44/.707 25/1.154 53/.764 44/.570 39/.262 7/.429

Last 28d days 120/.735 56/.495 42/.841 39/.788 38/.829 36/.734 40/.283 7/.429

HR/SB/CS 7/0/3 1/1/0 2/10/0 2/0/0 3/4/0 1/4/0 1/0/2 0/1/0 58/44/6

Usage ····X··· X·o·oo·· oo·Xo··X X···XX·· ·oX····o ··X···X· ·X····oX o··o·X··

WhiteSox Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 117/77 .243/.328/.311/.638 .438/.731 .599 57/.562 2/3 1/1

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 10/.000 0/0 0/0

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 94/66 .235/.309/.400/.709 .542/.776 .781 41/.541 0/0 3/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 7/.762 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.619 4/.250 7/.143 204/151 .273/.338/.541/.879 .711/.934 .811 88/.901 0/2 14/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 6/.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 201/141 .242/.310/.341/.651 .639/.654 .590 81/.565 2/3 3/7

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/129 .248/.311/.303/.614 .648/.605 .642 67/.498 5/1 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.045 7/.619 10/.644 224/161 .295/.348/.470/.818 1.021/.741 .736 99/.820 0/0 7/0

5.Nix G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/28 .200/.279/.417/.696 .719/.661 .523 53/.599 3/0 4/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 11/.273 6/.000 6/.167 173/129 .303/.335/.448/.784 .576/.856 .614 75/.736 1/0 5/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.425 6/.750 3/.667 138/90 .299/.348/.378/.726 .860/.654 .574 111/.784 7/3 0/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 210/150 .247/.292/.335/.627 .933/.506 .674 102/.761 9/2 4/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 7/1.286 11/.830 7/.453 183/140 .242/.377/.470/.847 .995/.801 .645 83/.996 0/0 9/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 39/32 .167/.211/.167/.377 .900/.285 .412 17/.243 0/2 0/0

IP 61.0 23.2 23.0 61.0 24.0 16.0 18.2 TOTAL .250/.319/.387/.706 .741/.692 .631 .695 35/17 55/36

ERA-K/9

5.31/6.0

5.70/3.8

3.13/8.6

3.98/5.3

3.75/7.1

5.06/5.1

2.89/8.2

4.13/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.279 106/.250 103/.195 253/.254 99/.244 65/.237 78/.243 .250

OPS .849 .867 .599 .739 .628 .620 .665 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.893 45/.701 47/.863 141/.862 61/.573 42/.645 41/.892 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.799 61/.975 56/.385 112/.582 38/.716 23/.573 37/.399 .700

Road 133/.892 60/.969 44/.539 117/.705 45/.756 39/.643 29/.669

Last 28d days 115/1.006 49/.987 47/.669 113/.765 48/.509 28/.837 56/.727

HR/SB/CS 12/2/3 5/2/1 1/2/1 10/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 53/29/12

Usage ····X··· ·····X·· X··o·X·· X····X·· X·XX···X o···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.