SP: Rick Porcello (20, RHP, 8-5, 3.90)

 Home:   23-11   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  28-26   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 15-6  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @MIN  L   3-4       44-36  1st  2.5 up
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @MIN  W  11-9 (16)  44-35  1st  2.5 up
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @OAK  L   1-5       43-35  1st  3.0 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @OAK  W   5-3       43-34  1st  4.0 up
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @OAK  L   1-7       42-34  1st  4.0 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @HOU  W   4-3       42-33  1st  4.0 up
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @HOU  L   1-8       41-33  1st  4.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @HOU  L   4-5       41-32  1st  4.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CHC  W   6-5       41-31  1st  5.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CHC  W   5-3       40-31  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

SP: Nick Blackburn (27, RHP, 6-4, 3.10)

 Home:   25-16   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  30-24   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 10-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sat, Jul  4   DET  W   4-3       42-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3   DET  L   9-11(16)  41-40  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @KCR  W   5-1       41-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @KCR  W   2-1       40-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @KCR  L   2-4       39-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @STL  W   6-2       39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @STL  L   3-5       38-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  W   3-1       38-37  2nd  4.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @MIL  W   6-4       37-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @MIL  L   3-4       36-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 DET 11 @MIN  9 (16)   W:Freddy Dolsi (1-0), L: R.A. Dickey (1-1), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2009 MIN  6  DET  5        W:Craig Breslow (1-1), L: Bobby Seay (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (6)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 5-2; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1027-951