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Game Preview: COL @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, May 22, 2009 @Comerica Park

Rockies, 16-24, 5th, 12 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (25, RHP, 3-4, 4.30)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 46.0 45 22 22 23 41 1 4.30
2008 (12-12) 198.2 182 97 88 103 172 11 3.99
2007 (4-4) 82.0 70 46 39 37 68 10 4.28
Last 7 GS 2-4 39.0 41 22 22 20 33 1 5.08 47
2009-05-17 @PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 7 1 115 62
2009-05-12 HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 101 63
2009-05-06 SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 68
2009-05-01 @SFG L 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 109 58
2009-04-25 LAD L 4.0 8 6 6 4 3 0 91 21
2009-04-19 @LAD L 4.1 7 7 7 4 3 0 100 20
2009-04-13 @CHC L 3.2 4 3 3 6 5 0 104 40
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 4.0 9 4 4 3 4 0 9.00 29
2008-06-27 @DET L 4.0 9 4 4 3 4 0 104 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-10   Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-16   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   1-8 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  9-13 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Thu, May 21  @ATL  W   9-0       16-24  5th 12.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20  @ATL  L   4-12      15-24  5th 12.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19  @ATL  L   1-8       15-23  4th 11.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 18  @ATL  W   5-1       15-22  4th 10.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 17  @PIT  L   4-11      14-22  4th 10.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 16  @PIT  L   4-7       14-21  3rd  9.5 gb
 34 Fri, May 15  @PIT  W   3-1       14-20  3rd  9.5 gb
 33 Thu, May 14   HOU  L   3-5       13-20  3rd  9.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 13   HOU  L  11-15      13-19  3rd  8.5 gb
 31 Tue, May 12   HOU  W  12-1       13-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Tigers, 23-16, 1st, 3 up

SP: Rick Porcello (20, RHP, 4-3, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 39.2 36 18 17 13 25 6 3.86
Last 7 GS 4-3 39.2 36 18 17 13 25 6 3.86 52
2009-05-16 OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 86 65
2009-05-10 @CLE W 5.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 95 56
2009-05-05 MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 87 69
2009-04-29 NYY L 3.2 6 6 6 3 1 1 75 23
2009-04-24 @KCR L 6.0 4 5 4 2 4 2 85 48
2009-04-19 @SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 1 86 66
2009-04-09 @TOR L 5.0 9 4 4 1 4 2 89 36
Has never faced COL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-5    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  13-11   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 12-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Thu, May 21   TEX  W   4-3       23-16  1st  3.0 up
 38 Wed, May 20   TEX  W   5-3       22-16  1st  2.0 up
 37 Tue, May 19   TEX  W   4-0       21-16  1st  1.0 up
 36 Sun, May 17   OAK  W  11-7       20-16  1st  1.0 up
 35 Sat, May 16   OAK  W   9-1       19-16  1st  1.0 up
 34 Fri, May 15   OAK  W  14-1       18-16  1st    Tied
 33 Thu, May 14  @MIN  L   5-6       17-16  1st    Tied
 32 Wed, May 13  @MIN  L  10-14(13)  17-15  1st    Tied
 31 Tue, May 12  @MIN  L   2-6       17-14  1st    Tied
 30 Sun, May 10  @CLE  W   5-3       17-13  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 DET  4  COL  3        W:Kenny Rogers (6-5), L: Greg Reynolds (2-6), S: Todd Jones (15)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 DET  7  COL  6        W:Freddy Dolsi (1-2), L: Brian Fuentes (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 DET  7  COL  1        W:Eddie Bonine (2-0), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 COL  7  DET  3        W:Byung-Hyun Kim (1-5), L: Nate Robertson (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 DET  6 @COL  4        W:Jeremy Bonderman (7-4), L: Jason Jennings (3-7), S: Troy Percival (4)
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 COL  2  DET  0        W:Jamey Wright (4-5), L: Mike Maroth (4-7), S: Brian Fuentes (6)
Sun, Jul 04, 2004 COL 10  DET  8        W:Adam Bernero (1-0), L: Gary Knotts (4-3), S: Shawn Chacon (17)
Sat, Jul 03, 2004 COL 11  DET  6        W:Jason Jennings (7-7), L: Mike Maroth (5-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 02, 2004 COL  9  DET  8 (10)   W:Shawn Chacon (1-5), L: Jamie Walker (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 22, 2003 COL  5  DET  3        W:Denny Neagle (1-1), L: Adam Bernero (1-10), S: Jose Jimenez (17)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - DET won 3-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - COL leads 9-6

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

PHI  5.74

LAA  4.85

SDP  3.71

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

SDP  4.78

WSN  6.37

 BA

V. Martinez  .400

  

G. Sizemore  .213

 OBP

V. Martinez  .474

  

G. Sizemore  .298

 SLG

J. Morneau  .629

  

E. Bonifacio  .320

 OPS

V. Martinez  1.098

  

E. Bonifacio  .623

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

K. Uehara  4.34

A. Eaton  8.56

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

B. McCarthy  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.41

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Rockies Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 44.Seay*
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 21/.340 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 148/99 .189/.270/.295/.566 .561/.568 .475 83/.529 0/0 3/5
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 10/1.300 ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/85 .245/.297/.436/.733 .934/.654 .680 78/.684 3/0 4/2
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/102 .254/.331/.377/.708 .752/.689 .655 94/.651 10/3 2/1
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· 15/.690 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 142/97 .336/.408/.607/1.015 .923/1.058 .931 85/1.033 0/1 6/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 16/.599 ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/104 .338/.392/.522/.914 .834/.958 .832 95/1.061 0/0 5/1
20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 116/86 .227/.353/.485/.838 .795/.853 .788 72/.963 0/1 7/0
14.Murton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 24/8 .273/.333/.500/.833 .846/.804 1.101 24/.833 1/0 1/0
6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/18 .167/.250/.222/.472 1.000/.410 .500 13/.490 0/0 0/0
7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/83 .278/.429/.472/.901 1.625/.851 .690 56/.885 2/0 3/0
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 150/99 .281/.342/.452/.794 .811/.786 .768 89/.809 6/2 3/2
9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/81 .188/.275/.448/.723 .975/.631 .781 69/.588 2/1 7/3
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 9/1.262 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/32 .256/.333/.436/.769 1.189/.603 .945 29/.710 0/0 2/0
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/106 .234/.324/.430/.754 .714/.765 .607 91/.738 3/3 5/2
IP 39.2 17.0 16.1 18.0 12.0 12.1 TOTAL .251/.330/.429/.759 .792/.745 .698 .758 28/11 48/26
ERA-K/9 3.86/5.7 6.88/3.7 2.76/8.8 3.50/6.5 5.25/5.2 2.19/6.6 4.20/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.240 79/.277 73/.190 70/.215 49/.250 47/.239 .248
OPS .678 .923 .557 .579 .655 .560 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.807 34/.663 33/.788 42/.568 32/.648 25/.720 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.512 45/1.096 40/.378 28/.596 17/.670 22/.372 .714
Home 69/.619 26/.955 38/.664 38/.373 17/.804 28/.364
Last 28d days 91/.606 43/1.076 51/.590 48/.633 34/.846 47/.560
HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 4/2/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 38/22/7
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo····· ····o·o· XXo·oX·· ··o··o·X ·oo··X··
Tigers Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 41.Embree*
G/S/vB		 53.Flores*
G/S/vB		 49.Grilli
G/S/vB		 46.Hammel
G/S/vB		 52.Peralta
G/S/vB		 16.Street
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/73 .288/.333/.384/.717 .533/.730 .749 49/.668 8/1 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.000 4/2.417 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 165/112 .381/.448/.599/1.047 .968/1.079 1.224 97/1.003 1/2 8/4
4.Everett G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 100/58 .311/.344/.422/.766 .791/.745 .824 65/.792 3/1 1/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 7/.286 4/1.250 2/.000 5/.900 4/.500 6/.167 183/119 .258/.343/.503/.846 .735/.901 .780 106/.864 5/2 11/0
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 1/3.000 3/.666 4/1.000 9/.000 4/.250 156/108 .280/.387/.568/.955 1.221/.845 .870 89/.864 1/2 11/4
8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 119/85 .214/.303/.301/.603 .686/.570 .607 69/.465 1/0 1/0
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 53/47 .256/.377/.581/.959 .333/1.024 .673 39/1.103 0/1 4/0
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 10/.597 ··· ··· 4/1.250 8/1.750 7/1.000 165/110 .265/.313/.364/.677 .909/.546 .819 94/.638 0/1 0/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 37/9 .219/.324/.531/.856 .946/.583 1.135 35/.910 0/0 3/1
60.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .333/.333/1.333/1.667 1.667/ 1.667 3/1.667 0/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 64/53 .345/.377/.603/.980 .364/1.122 1.496 28/1.366 0/1 3/2
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 20/11 .053/.050/.105/.155 .333/.000 .429 20/.155 0/0 0/0
34.Thomas* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 60/40 .302/.383/.453/.836 .578/.968 1.073 60/.836 1/0 1/0
IP 46.0 18.0 11.0 2.1 14.0 31.1 2.0 16.1 TOTAL .271/.343/.437/.780 .802/.770 .841 .781 21/11 46/18
ERA-K/9 4.30/8.0 6.50/5.0 4.91/4.1 0.00/7.8 2.57/11.6 4.60/5.8 9.00/9.0 3.86/9.9 4.80/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.260 81/.378 48/.256 10/.300 63/.268 147/.336 11/.333 68/.250 .282
OPS .712 .905 .798 .700 .726 .877 .899 .737 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.874 39/1.048 19/.816 7/.714 28/1.089 81/1.066 9/.778 29/.683 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.530 42/.782 29/.785 3/.667 35/.447 66/.642 2/ 39/.776 .756
Road 127/.737 41/.962 25/.836 10/.700 37/.779 65/.662 11/.899 27/.645
Last 28d days 135/.668 52/.909 30/.798 10/.700 31/.657 119/.891 11/.899 33/.343
HR/SB/CS 1/5/2 1/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 4/5/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 37/30/9
Usage ····X··· ·X··XX·· ····o·XX ·X···X·· ····XX·· ··X····X ··X····· ···o··oX

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.