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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 25, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 8-8, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Zach Miner (27, RHP, 1-1, 8.10)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			10.0	16	9	9	5	6	3	8.10
2008 (8-5)			118.0	118	60	56	46	62	10	4.27
2007 (3-4)			53.2	56	22	18	22	34	3	3.02

Last 7 GS		1-2	38.2	49	31	31	13	21	6	7.22	39
2009-04-13	CHW	L	3.1	9	8	8	3	1	3	79	8
2009-04-08	@TOR	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	4	0	85	55
2008-09-28	TBR	ND	6.0	4	3	3	1	6	2	101	57
2008-09-22	KCR	L	6.0	6	4	4	4	2	0	97	42
2008-09-16	@TEX	ND	7.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	104	62
2008-09-08	OAK	ND	4.1	11	8	8	2	3	0	110	10
2008-09-03	LAA	ND	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	1	97	38

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	25.1	23	10	10	7	8	2	3.55	52
2008-09-22	KCR	L	6.0	6	4	4	4	2	0	97	42
2008-08-29	KCR	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	104	57
2008-08-23	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	88	73
2008-07-21	@KCR	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	88	66
2006-09-30	KCR	L	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	1	32	21

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @KCR  L   1-6        8-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @LAA  L   5-10       8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @LAA  W  12-10       8-6   1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-8    Last 30: 8-8

Royals, 9-7, 1st, 1 up

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 1-0, 2.89)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-0)			18.2	13	6	6	8	21	1	2.89
2008 (9-7)			113.0	121	57	51	43	71	10	4.06
2007 (7-15)			136.0	155	102	92	70	99	22	6.09

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.1	32	13	13	12	43	2	2.58	62
2009-04-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	3	3	3	5	8	1	111	57
2009-04-14	CLE	W	5.2	7	3	3	1	5	0	98	47
2009-04-09	@CHW	ND	7.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	103	77
2008-09-26	@MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	101	66
2008-09-20	CHW	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	101	65
2008-09-15	SEA	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	98	82
2008-09-10	@MIN	L	5.2	8	4	4	1	3	0	105	39

Last 5 v.DET		1-4	26.1	29	17	13	10	16	4	4.44	45
2008-08-29	@DET	L	4.2	8	6	2	1	2	0	83	33
2008-08-23	DET	L	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	85	48
2008-07-22	DET	L	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	96	46
2007-09-22	@DET	W	5.1	9	3	3	1	1	1	84	38
2007-06-23	DET	L	6.1	3	2	2	3	6	1	101	62

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

 Home:    4-3    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 24   DET  W   6-1        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @CLE  L   2-5        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @CLE  W   2-0        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @CLE  L   7-8        7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @TEX  L   5-6        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @TEX  W   2-0        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @TEX  W  12-3        6-4   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CLE  L   4-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 14   CLE  W   9-3        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 13   CLE  W   4-2        4-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-7    Last 30: 9-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 KCR  6  DET  1        W:Zack Greinke (4-0), L: Rick Porcello (1-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 KCR 10 @DET  4        W:Brian Bannister (9-16), L: Nate Robertson (7-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 KCR  5 @DET  0        W:Zack Greinke (13-10), L: Freddy Garcia (1-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 KCR  6 @DET  2        W:Gil Meche (13-11), L: Zach Miner (8-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 31, 2008 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Gary Glover (2-3), L: Kip Wells (1-3), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 KCR 13 @DET  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (2-0), L: Kenny Rogers (9-12), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 DET  6  KCR  3        W:Zach Miner (8-4), L: Kyle Davies (5-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 KCR  7  DET  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-0), L: Kenny Rogers (9-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 DET  4 @KCR  0        W:Zach Miner (7-4), L: Kyle Davies (5-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 DET  4 @KCR  3        W:Justin Verlander (10-13), L: Brian Bannister (7-13), S: Fernando Rodney (6)
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 1-0; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 267-250

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

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 (5.63 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/99 .294/.338/.426/.764 .456/.915 .853 30/.802 10/1 3/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/1.067 5/.400 5/1.100 1/.000 14/.900 ··· 6/.833 8/1.911 684/514 .292/.349/.537/.887 .939/.869 .884 68/1.110 1/0 37/14

4.Everett G/S/vP 1/no AB 8/.250 10/.311 2/.500 10/.444 1/.000 4/.250 13/.658 150/113 .213/.278/.323/.601 .773/.549 .627 35/.708 0/0 2/7

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 14/1.300 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 8/.625 6/.000 6/1.000 629/470 .280/.365/.494/.858 .739/.900 .863 77/.820 12/4 22/4

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 11/1.761 1/.000 4/.500 9/1.222 4/.833 4/.250 5/1.350 4/1.250 489/388 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.810 .748 68/.612 9/3 10/16

15.Inge G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 3/.333 4/.500 4/1.250 9/.821 2/.000 16/.467 407/315 .205/.303/.369/.672 .720/.657 .564 67/1.079 4/3 11/1

8.Laird G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 381/276 .276/.329/.398/.727 .719/.731 .759 50/.795 2/4 6/8

19.Larish* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/107 .260/.306/.375/.681 .500/.688 .739 14/.599 2/2 2/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 14/.967 3/1.667 10/.400 6/.666 4/1.250 6/1.467 2/2.000 13/.398 623/468 .317/.376/.494/.869 .866/.870 .771 71/.659 1/5 21/5

14.Polanco G/S/vP 14/.786 8/.393 9/1.413 6/1.834 10/.733 11/.546 3/.000 35/.851 629/451 .307/.350/.417/.768 .836/.741 .816 71/.729 7/1 8/8

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 199/110 .236/.298/.368/.666 .698/.638 .687 2/.000 3/1 4/10

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.250 156/126 .282/.411/.460/.870 1.014/.834 .742 36/.669 1/0 4/5

20.Treanor G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 234/166 .238/.306/.301/.607 .525/.641 .624 14/.071 1/0 2/8

IP 113.0 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 84.1 TOTAL .278/.354/.425/.779 .879/.741 .726 .779 10/4 17/12

ERA-K/9

4.06/5.7

2.61/12.4

4.48/9.1

3.48/6.8

4.34/3.1

1.60/8.8

3.97/8.9

5.12/6.4

3.15/8.8

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 487/.276 215/.192 261/.299 278/.252 168/.294 260/.169 186/.171 379/.283 .231 Ordonez
Granderson
Raburn
Inge
Anderson
Guillen 0/0/135/8
0/140/0/5
30/6/22/2
2/13/0/2
6/30/1/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .762 .658 .907 .695 .718 .503 .571 .739 .642

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.740 101/.542 122/.953 110/.721 68/.836 139/.536 87/.688 183/.771 .611

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.783 114/.759 139/.871 168/.679 100/.640 121/.468 99/.449 196/.708 .676

Home 313/.740 111/.638 133/.843 127/.681 112/.677 130/.378 112/.744 200/.778

Last 28d days 76/.547 23/.412 21/1.254 19/1.015 37/1.160 22/.523 20/.350 28/.368

HR/SB/CS 10/8/1 5/5/5 15/6/7 6/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 4/6/1 5/9/1 10/11/3

Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·· ···o·o·· ·o···o·· ···X···X ··X····· ···X···· ··X··o·o

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

Royals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Miner
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 12/.834 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .759 61/.384 8/3 10/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .640 28/.704 14/3 0/3

14.Buck G/S/vP 11/.091 ··· ··· ··· 12/.273 10/1.025 3/.000 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .691 29/1.183 0/3 9/8

16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.417 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .710 60/.630 0/1 11/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .672 50/.922 2/1 0/2

2.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.393 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 16/.580 7/1.571 4/.500 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .764 71/.911 20/7 7/2

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 18/1.431 ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.000 11/.472 8/.393 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .812 69/.640 11/8 12/1

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .758 59/.913 1/0 32/11

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 97/61 .286/.316/.319/.634 .617/.644 .577 13/.508 0/2 0/1

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 10/.700 1/.000 ··· 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .607 35/.514 7/0 12/5

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .286/.333/.357/.690 .833/.636 .750 7/.857 0/0 0/

1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .412 6/.000 3/1 1/9

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 11/.964 ··· ··· 3/1.666 10/.422 6/.500 9/.222 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .701 66/.935 4/3 15/6

IP 118.0 59.1 55.1 40.1 56.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.411/.733 .661/.788 .702 .733 5/3 16/7

ERA-K/9

4.27/4.7

4.70/6.7

/0.0

5.86/6.3

4.91/10.9

4.47/9.3

4.77/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (59-12-4)
Olivo (19-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 509/.262 265/.301 / / 254/.298 188/.224 246/.278 .265 Teahen
Crisp
DeJesus
Bloomquist
Maier
Callaspo 31/1/92/7
0/114/0/4
71/68/24/3
8/23/13/1
0/34/4/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .743 .792 .831 .733 .741 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.794 122/.688 / / 111/.925 97/.720 125/.770 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.693 143/.882 / / 143/.759 91/.748 121/.711 .805

Road 227/.703 121/.652 / / 105/1.007 100/.895 113/.673

Last 28d days 48/1.112 36/.753 22/.485 73/.759 38/.872 22/.465 15/.267

HR/SB/CS 10/8/4 7/1/1 // // 8/6/1 3/4/0 4/2/1 21/7/4

Usage ···X···· ·X·X·X·o o·o··X·· X····X·· ··X····· ··X···X· ··o··oo·

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.