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Game Preview: COL @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 23, 2009 @Comerica Park

Rockies, 16-25, 5th, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (30, RHP, 5-3, 4.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-3) 53.0 53 30 28 18 23 5 4.75
2008 (11-9) 167.0 172 87 84 70 91 15 4.53
2007 (12-9) 191.2 190 111 98 76 109 22 4.60
Last 7 GS 4-3 46.0 48 28 26 16 21 5 5.09 46
2009-05-18 @ATL W 8.0 5 1 1 3 3 0 103 68
2009-05-13 HOU L 3.2 10 9 9 3 1 0 86 3
2009-05-07 SFG L 6.0 8 7 5 0 2 2 87 34
2009-05-02 @SFG W 9.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 113 76
2009-04-26 LAD W 7.1 6 3 3 4 5 0 109 55
2009-04-20 @ARI L 5.0 9 6 6 3 3 2 89 25
2009-04-15 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 108 64
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 4.0 5 5 5 4 3 0 11.25 31
2002-06-18 DET L 4.0 5 5 5 4 3 0 73 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-10   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-17   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   1-9 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  9-13 IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 22  @DET  L   3-4       16-25  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Tigers, 24-16, 1st, 4 up

SP: Armando Galarraga (27, RHP, 3-3, 5.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 41.2 43 26 26 23 33 7 5.62
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 2-3 34.2 38 25 25 22 25 7 6.49 43
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
2009-04-26 @KCR W 6.0 3 1 1 5 7 0 107 64
2009-04-21 @LAA ND 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 1 110 42
2009-04-15 CHW W 6.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 110 68
Has never faced COL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-5    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  14-11   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 12-3  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Fri, May 22   COL  W   4-3       24-16  1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2009 DET  4  COL  3        W:Rick Porcello (5-3), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-5), S: Joel Zumaya (1)

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
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 1-0; 2008 - DET won 3-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - COL leads 9-7

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  5.78

LAA  4.80

SDP  3.71

 RA/G

LAD  3.74

LAA  4.71

WSN  6.31

 BA

V. Martinez  .391

  

G. Sizemore  .220

 OBP

V. Martinez  .464

  

J. Rollins  .284

 SLG

J. Morneau  .640

  

E. Bonifacio  .318

 OPS

V. Martinez  1.074

  

E. Bonifacio  .621

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

B. Looper  4.26

R. Nolasco  9.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

R. Oswalt  6.71

J. Pineiro  3.15

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Rockies Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.48 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 21/.340 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 152/103 .187/.276/.291/.567 .561/.570 .480 83/.475 0/0 3/5
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 10/1.300 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 122/88 .250/.306/.438/.743 .934/.670 .700 77/.741 3/1 4/2
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 147/107 .252/.326/.378/.704 .752/.685 .652 95/.664 10/3 2/1
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· 15/.690 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 146/101 .336/.411/.600/1.011 .923/1.050 .928 85/1.028 0/1 6/2
17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 16/.599 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 157/108 .343/.395/.521/.916 .834/.959 .839 95/1.088 0/0 5/1
20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 120/90 .218/.342/.465/.807 .795/.811 .739 76/.907 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 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 95/87 .276/.421/.500/.921 1.625/.875 .742 56/.911 2/0 4/0
19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 154/103 .273/.333/.439/.772 .811/.754 .731 92/.781 6/2 3/2
9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 110/82 .196/.282/.454/.735 .975/.649 .803 68/.629 2/1 7/3
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 9/1.262 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/32 .256/.333/.436/.769 1.189/.603 .945 26/.801 0/0 2/0
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 6/1.100 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 152/110 .237/.329/.427/.756 .714/.768 .617 91/.778 3/3 5/2
IP 41.2 17.0 18.1 45.2 18.0 12.0 13.1 TOTAL .251/.330/.428/.758 .792/.744 .699 .766 28/12 49/26
ERA-K/9 5.62/7.1 6.88/3.7 2.45/8.4 3.55/5.5 3.50/6.5 5.25/5.2 3.38/8.1 4.17/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 189/.269 79/.277 79/.175 188/.244 70/.215 49/.250 54/.255 .248
OPS .818 .923 .527 .675 .579 .655 .670 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.895 34/.663 35/.736 105/.800 42/.568 32/.648 29/.916 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.733 45/1.096 44/.368 83/.516 28/.596 17/.670 25/.374 .708
Home 85/.785 26/.955 44/.591 93/.627 38/.373 17/.804 35/.570
Last 28d days 115/.963 37/1.231 57/.544 115/.616 48/.633 31/.867 50/.643
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 4/2/1 0/1/1 6/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 39/22/8
Usage ·····X·· ··Xo···· X····o·o X·····X· ·XXo·oX· ···o··o· X·oo··X·
Tigers Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 83/76 .276/.329/.368/.698 .452/.719 .713 49/.610 8/1 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/.971 3/.000 4/2.417 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 169/116 .371/.438/.583/1.021 .968/1.040 1.163 96/.997 1/2 8/4
4.Everett G/S/vP 38/.518 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 100/58 .311/.344/.422/.766 .791/.745 .824 61/.761 3/1 1/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 4/1.250 2/.000 5/.900 4/.500 6/.167 187/123 .252/.335/.491/.826 .735/.870 .743 105/.804 5/2 11/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/3.000 3/.666 4/1.000 9/.000 4/.250 160/112 .279/.384/.581/.965 1.221/.862 .895 89/.860 1/2 12/4
8.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 122/88 .226/.311/.311/.623 .686/.598 .641 68/.390 1/0 1/0
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 57/51 .239/.368/.543/.912 .333/.968 .619 43/1.025 0/1 4/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 15/.733 7/.453 150/103 .256/.340/.338/.678 .843/.604 .727 74/.669 0/0 2/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 10/.597 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 8/1.750 7/1.000 169/114 .271/.317/.368/.685 .909/.564 .828 93/.656 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
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 67/56 .361/.391/.607/.997 .364/1.134 1.476 31/1.362 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 ··· ··· ··· 64/44 .286/.375/.429/.804 .578/.909 .980 64/.804 1/0 1/0
IP 53.0 18.2 11.1 2.1 14.0 31.1 2.0 16.1 TOTAL .270/.342/.435/.776 .800/.766 .831 .763 21/11 47/18
ERA-K/9 4.75/3.9 6.27/4.8 4.76/4.0 0.00/7.8 3.21/11.6 4.60/5.8 9.00/9.0 3.86/9.9 4.79/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 226/.257 84/.368 49/.250 10/.300 65/.281 147/.336 11/.333 68/.250 .281
OPS .689 .889 .781 .700 .757 .877 .899 .737 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.629 40/1.062 20/.774 7/.714 29/1.108 81/1.066 9/.778 29/.683 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.766 44/.746 29/.785 3/.667 36/.492 66/.642 2/ 39/.776 .758
Road 115/.627 44/.925 26/.801 10/.700 39/.830 65/.662 11/.899 27/.645
Last 28d days 145/.666 55/.884 28/.857 10/.700 33/.720 119/.891 11/.899 33/.343
HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 1/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 4/5/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 38/30/9
Usage ····X··· o·X··XX· o····o·X ··X···X· o····XX· ···X···· ···X···· ····o··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.