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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 1:10pm, Thursday, May 14, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Tigers, 17-15, 1st, Tied

SP: Justin Verlander (26, RHP, 3-2, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 44.0 38 25 22 14 56 3 4.50
2008 (11-17) 201.0 195 119 108 87 163 18 4.84
2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.0 38 25 22 14 56 3 4.50 55
2009-05-08 @CLE W 9.0 2 0 0 2 11 0 118 92
2009-05-03 CLE W 7.0 2 1 1 3 11 0 121 77
2009-04-27 NYY W 7.0 7 0 0 0 9 0 110 72
2009-04-22 @LAA ND 5.0 9 7 7 2 5 1 104 24
2009-04-17 @SEA L 7.1 8 6 5 1 8 0 108 47
2009-04-11 TEX ND 5.0 2 3 1 4 8 1 97 59
2009-04-06 @TOR L 3.2 8 8 8 2 4 1 80 15
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 31.2 28 17 17 17 25 2 4.83 50
2008-09-06 @MIN ND 5.2 8 4 4 4 4 0 114 37
2008-07-13 MIN W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 0 108 67
2008-05-25 MIN ND 7.0 5 1 1 4 3 0 120 62
2008-05-03 @MIN L 7.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 117 50
2007-06-29 MIN L 5.0 4 6 6 5 5 1 99 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-10   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 29 Sat, May  9  @CLE  W   4-0       16-13  2nd  1.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  8  @CLE  W   1-0       15-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 27 Thu, May  7  @CHW  L   0-6       14-13  2nd  3.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   MIN  W   9-0       14-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   MIN  L   2-7       13-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   CLE  W   3-1       13-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   CLE  W   9-7       12-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Twins, 17-17, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 1-4, 6.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-4) 27.2 31 21 21 5 21 8 6.83
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20 3.45
2007 (9-9) 143.2 162 70 68 29 102 15 4.26
Last 7 GS 3-4 41.2 40 22 22 7 34 8 4.75 51
2009-05-08 SEA W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 102 72
2009-05-03 KCR L 6.0 5 5 5 1 4 1 104 45
2009-04-27 TBR L 6.0 6 4 4 1 7 0 99 50
2009-04-22 @BOS L 4.2 10 6 6 1 2 3 92 21
2009-04-15 TOR L 4.0 5 6 6 2 3 4 61 29
2008-09-28 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 99 77
2008-09-23 CHW W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 102 66
Last 5 v.DET 2-0 30.1 23 13 13 6 19 6 3.86 56
2008-09-06 DET ND 7.1 4 3 3 4 5 0 101 59
2008-07-12 @DET W 7.0 6 4 4 0 4 2 102 53
2008-07-01 DET W 6.0 7 3 3 0 5 1 100 51
2008-05-03 DET ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 43 59
2008-04-15 @DET ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 3 3 91 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-9    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-12   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  3-8    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Wed, May 13   DET  W  14-10(13)  17-17  3rd  1.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   DET  W   6-2       16-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SEA  L   3-5       15-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   SEA  W   9-6       15-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   SEA  W  11-0       14-16  3rd  4.0 gb
 29 Thu, May  7  @BAL  L   4-5       13-16  4th  5.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  6  @BAL  L   1-4  (6)  13-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @DET  L   0-9       13-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  4  @DET  W   7-2       13-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  3   KCR  L   5-7       12-13  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 13, 2009 MIN 14  DET 10 (13)   W:Jesse Crain (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (1-3), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 MIN  6  DET  2        W:Kevin Slowey (5-1), L: Armando Galarraga (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 DET  9  MIN  0        W:Rick Porcello (2-3), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 MIN  7 @DET  2        W:Francisco Liriano (1-4), L: Edwin Jackson (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 DET  7 @MIN  5        W:Chris Lambert (1-1), L: Glen Perkins (12-4), S: Fernando Rodney (10)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Clay Rapada (3-0), L: Matt Guerrier (6-7), S: Fernando Rodney (9)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 MIN 10  DET  2        W:Francisco Liriano (5-3), L: Armando Galarraga (12-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 DET  4  MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (7-9), L: Nick Blackburn (7-5), S: Todd Jones (17)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 MIN  6 @DET  5        W:Scott Baker (6-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 MIN  3 @DET  2        W:Glen Perkins (6-2), L: Armando Galarraga (7-3), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 3-1; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1026-949

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

TOR  5.86

LAA  4.97

ARI  3.69

 RA/G

LAD  3.83

ARI  4.80

WSN  6.12

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .51

N. Blackburn  4.32

J. Moyer  8.15

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.78

J. Weaver  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Tigers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 62/58 .316/.361/.404/.764 .500/.784 .699 46/.720 6/1 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.443 10/1.489 2/.000 3/1.666 9/1.556 9/.904 2/.000 5/.200 135/92 .361/.437/.588/1.025 .842/1.101 .849 96/.860 1/2 8/4
4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 78/43 .286/.320/.400/.720 .838/.617 .677 53/.763 2/1 1/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 35/.992 1/.000 4/.500 16/1.081 9/.708 17/1.112 1/.000 13/.693 151/97 .265/.342/.508/.850 .797/.875 .953 108/.942 5/1 9/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 26/.400 ··· 2/.500 18/.922 12/.750 19/.276 ··· 15/.434 130/90 .284/.395/.569/.964 1.169/.877 1.057 92/.904 1/2 9/4
8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 98/71 .202/.306/.286/.592 .625/.579 .600 69/.500 1/0 1/0
19.Larish* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.250 36/30 .267/.389/.733/1.122 .333/1.246 1.312 27/1.254 0/0 4/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 29/1.269 ··· 2/2.000 14/.690 15/.795 15/.533 ··· 11/.697 132/91 .239/.326/.308/.633 .790/.565 .644 91/.607 0/0 2/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 27/.333 10/.522 2/1.000 15/1.071 11/.522 15/.539 2/.000 9/.476 143/97 .262/.312/.377/.689 .957/.545 .536 105/.628 0/1 0/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 25/5 .095/.240/.095/.335 .150/1.100 .200 25/.335 0/0 0/1
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 9/.971 ··· 2/.500 3/1.666 6/.666 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 52/42 .283/.327/.457/.783 .400/.887 .586 35/.637 0/1 2/2
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 14/6 .077/.071/.154/.225 .375/.000 .000 14/.225 0/0 0/0
34.Thomas* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 32/18 .345/.406/.483/.889 .607/1.092 .653 32/.889 1/0 0/0
IP 27.2 16.0 10.2 10.0 18.0 18.1 9.1 13.0 TOTAL .262/.336/.417/.753 .742/.758 .728 .716 18/9 36/18
ERA-K/9 6.83/6.8 5.63/5.6 6.75/6.7 8.10/7.2 4.50/7.5 4.42/6.4 2.89/10.6 1.38/8.3 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.274 70/.359 49/.222 44/.243 89/.324 72/.209 36/.206 48/.178
OPS .845 .946 .821 .746 .950 .653 .544 .562
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.540 23/1.288 24/.967 14/1.318 35/.659 23/.536 15/.557 21/.807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/1.145 47/.778 25/.701 30/.497 54/1.138 49/.710 21/.536 27/.379
Home 93/.707 58/1.052 25/.896 37/.830 52/1.090 49/.839 24/.481 39/.427
Last 28d days 100/.744 35/.819 39/.796 24/1.200 45/1.015 50/.611 36/.544 37/.537
HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 1/3/1 2/1/2 1/1/0 3/1/0 4/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 //
Usage ·····X·· X···X··· ···X···X Xo·o·o·· X······· oo·oX·o· Xo·o··X· oo··oX··
Twins Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 43/37 .200/.349/.371/.720 .733/.718 .820 33/.599 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 25/.693 5/1.600 2/.000 3/.333 10/1.067 3/1.666 7/.453 102/78 .237/.304/.462/.766 .897/.725 .732 65/.840 0/0 5/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 23/.594 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 12/.349 5/1.800 11/.455 138/106 .275/.362/.425/.787 .578/.849 .913 92/.864 3/1 3/2
22.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/.666 62/41 .214/.274/.321/.596 .454/.668 .580 32/.851 3/3 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 13/.308 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 75/48 .309/.360/.441/.801 .730/.843 .979 61/.770 0/0 2/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 16/.771 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 6/.900 5/1.400 118/96 .318/.356/.555/.910 .465/1.015 .877 85/1.021 0/0 5/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 30/1.100 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 10/.856 13/.826 10/.311 49/37 .463/.551/.829/1.380 .639/1.595 1.655 49/1.380 0/0 4/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 29/1.208 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 15/1.850 13/1.162 11/1.469 150/104 .315/.387/.592/.979 1.041/.950 1.065 104/1.008 0/0 9/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 16/.580 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.750 5/.400 5/.400 102/76 .200/.310/.224/.534 .302/.576 .530 70/.479 3/0 0/2
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 49/32 .250/.327/.273/.599 .697/.548 .676 29/.614 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 3/.666 4/2.000 2/1.000 153/114 .295/.371/.379/.750 .910/.694 .759 103/.727 8/2 1/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 34/24 .231/.323/.308/.630 .361/.742 .649 34/.630 0/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.639 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 6/.367 2/1.000 90/63 .277/.322/.325/.648 .542/.693 .518 63/.754 2/2 1/2
IP 44.0 15.2 14.1 33.2 13.0 11.0 8.2 TOTAL .274/.346/.415/.761 .675/.791 .791 .811 21/8 31/13
ERA-K/9 4.50/11.5 6.89/2.9 3.14/8.8 4.28/5.3 4.85/6.9 2.45/5.7 2.08/5.2 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.228 73/.271 66/.176 140/.256 54/.260 41/.189 33/.250
OPS .659 .863 .554 .717 .695 .522 .617
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.709 33/.686 30/.800 80/.835 34/.646 26/.522 19/.737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.587 40/.993 36/.362 60/.566 20/.774 15/.522 14/.445
Road 107/.804 53/.904 35/.452 95/.717 32/.839 27/.379 19/.842
Last 28d days 140/.566 59/.855 54/.620 116/.642 42/.905 33/.661 33/.617
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 3/2/1 0/1/0 6/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 //
Usage ·····X·· Xo·o···· ·X····X· ···X···· X··XX··· X··X···· X···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.