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Game Preview: DET @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009 @PNC Park

Tigers, 34-28, 1st, 3 up

SP: Dontrelle Willis (27, LHP, 1-3, 6.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 30.0 31 22 22 20 16 4 6.60
2008 (0-2) 24.0 18 25 25 35 18 4 9.38
2007 (10-15) 205.1 241 131 118 87 146 29 5.17
Last 7 GS 1-3 35.1 35 25 25 23 21 5 6.37 43
2009-06-09 @CHW ND 5.0 5 3 3 5 3 1 105 43
2009-06-04 BOS L 2.1 0 5 5 5 3 0 53 35
2009-05-29 @BAL L 5.0 10 7 7 2 1 2 77 18
2009-05-24 COL L 6.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 105 48
2009-05-19 TEX W 6.1 1 0 0 2 5 0 101 74
2009-05-13 @MIN ND 4.2 8 4 4 2 0 1 87 30
2008-09-27 TBR ND 5.1 4 3 3 3 5 1 95 50
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 34.0 33 11 11 12 26 2 2.91 57
2007-06-26 PIT L 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 114 55
2007-05-14 @PIT L 6.0 6 2 2 4 4 1 95 52
2006-07-23 PIT ND 6.0 8 3 3 3 6 0 111 47
2005-07-28 PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 98 77
2005-06-02 @PIT W 8.0 9 3 3 2 3 0 108 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-11   Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  20-22   vsLHP:  14-6    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 14-4  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun 13  @PIT  L   3-9       34-28  1st  3.0 up
 61 Fri, Jun 12  @PIT  W   3-1       34-27  1st  4.0 up
 60 Thu, Jun 11  @CHW  L   3-4       33-27  1st  4.0 up
 59 Wed, Jun 10  @CHW  W   2-1       33-26  1st  4.0 up
 58 Tue, Jun  9  @CHW  W   7-6 (10)  32-26  1st  4.0 up
 57 Mon, Jun  8  @CHW  L   1-6       31-26  1st  4.0 up
 56 Mon, Jun  8  @CHW  W   5-4       31-25  1st  4.0 up
 55 Sun, Jun  7   LAA  W   9-6       30-25  1st  3.5 up
 54 Sat, Jun  6   LAA  W   2-1       29-25  1st  2.5 up
 53 Fri, Jun  5   LAA  L   1-2       28-25  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Pirates, 29-33, 5th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ross Ohlendorf (26, RHP, 5-5, 4.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 71.0 74 39 38 20 37 11 4.82
2008 (1-4) 62.2 86 49 45 31 49 10 6.46
2007 (0-0) 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 2.84
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 46 27 26 12 25 8 5.85 44
2009-06-09 @ATL ND 6.0 8 3 3 0 4 0 84 48
2009-06-04 NYM ND 4.1 9 5 5 3 1 1 84 23
2009-05-29 HOU L 5.0 8 4 4 3 5 1 97 37
2009-05-23 @CHW L 7.2 6 4 3 2 4 2 114 55
2009-05-18 @WSN W 5.0 6 5 5 3 1 2 91 33
2009-05-13 STL W 6.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 88 69
2009-05-07 @STL L 6.0 7 5 5 1 5 1 84 42
Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-12   Road:   13-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun 13   DET  W   9-3       29-33  5th  5.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 12   DET  L   1-3       28-33  5th  6.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 11  @ATL  W   3-1       28-32  5th  5.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10  @ATL  W   3-2       27-32  5th  6.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9  @ATL  L   3-4       26-32  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8  @ATL  L   6-7 (15)  26-31  5th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @HOU  L   4-6       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @HOU  W   6-4       26-29  5th  6.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @HOU  L   1-9       25-29  5th  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   NYM  W  11-6       25-28  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 PIT  9  DET  3        W:Zach Duke (7-4), L: Armando Galarraga (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 DET  3 @PIT  1        W:Rick Porcello (7-4), L: Ian Snell (1-7), S: Fernando Rodney (12)

Sun, Jul 02, 2006 DET  9 @PIT  8        W:Zach Miner (5-1), L: Ian Snell (7-6), S: Todd Jones (22)
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 PIT  9  DET  2        W:Matt Capps (3-1), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 DET  7 @PIT  6        W:Roman Colon (1-0), L: Kip Wells (0-3), S: Todd Jones (21)
Sun, Jun 30, 2002 PIT  6 @DET  2        W:Kris Benson (2-4), L: Mike Maroth (1-2), S: Mike Williams (23)
Sat, Jun 29, 2002 DET  2  PIT  1        W:Jeff Weaver (6-8), L: Joe Beimel (1-2), S: Juan Acevedo (12)
Fri, Jun 28, 2002 PIT  3 @DET  1        W:Josh Fogg (8-6), L: Mark Redman (3-8), S: Mike Williams (22)
Thu, Jun 14, 2001 DET  6  PIT  4        W:Steve Sparks (4-2), L: Bronson Arroyo (3-5), S: Matt Anderson (4)
Wed, Jun 13, 2001 DET  6  PIT  3        W:Jeff Weaver (6-6), L: Joe Beimel (2-2), S: Matt Anderson (3)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 11-9

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

TBR  5.66

WSN  4.48

SEA  3.76

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

TBR  4.63

WSN  5.82

 BA

J. Mauer  .408

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .192

 OBP

J. Mauer  .483

P. Konerko  .348

D. Navarro  .232

 SLG

J. Mauer  .748

A. Rios  .448

E. Burriss  .277

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.231

D. Lee  .800

D. Navarro  .550

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

J. Pineiro  3.99

M. Parra  7.52

 K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

E. Jackson  6.63

J. Garland  3.55

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

Tigers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/110 .248/.285/.325/.609 .516/.621 .579 55/.445 10/2 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.900 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 246/177 .326/.394/.525/.919 .842/.943 .771 93/.712 1/2 11/4
4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· ··· 157/100 .271/.313/.371/.685 .857/.578 .682 63/.574 3/1 2/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 277/194 .262/.338/.480/.818 .675/.877 .919 107/.770 10/3 14/0
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· ··· 248/182 .269/.372/.509/.882 1.293/.744 .918 103/.794 1/4 14/5
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.333 .250 5/.250 0/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 188/139 .217/.321/.312/.633 .706/.607 .528 77/.640 1/0 2/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 235/170 .276/.353/.348/.701 .798/.664 .654 85/.740 2/0 2/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 253/174 .262/.312/.362/.674 .811/.610 .615 100/.661 2/1 1/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/39 .243/.333/.446/.779 .923/.632 .653 50/.857 2/1 4/1
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/88 .289/.327/.474/.801 .421/.891 .608 47/.558 0/2 4/3
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/20 .097/.091/.129/.220 .225/.216 .000 17/.258 0/0 0/0
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/15 .300/.333/.575/.908 1.026/.690 .939 25/1.127 0/0 2/0
IP 71.0 27.1 20.2 27.1 28.0 6.1 20.2 TOTAL .259/.331/.410/.741 .789/.722 .718 .688 34/17 65/26
ERA-K/9 4.82/4.7 2.96/6.3 5.23/5.7 2.63/7.3 3.86/6.8 4.26/2.9 3.48/5.7 4.20/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.275 114/.187 92/.313 111/.250 125/.271 27/.182 94/.216 .263
OPS .787 .648 .830 .674 .739 .515 .721 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.854 51/.624 44/.802 43/.435 33/.677 10/.425 35/.732 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.727 63/.665 48/.856 68/.827 92/.765 17/.567 59/.713 .755
Home 141/.764 43/.583 57/.949 49/.536 51/.768 12/.167 42/.595
Last 28d days 127/.921 40/.700 34/.598 52/.784 42/.541 27/.515 33/.896
HR/SB/CS 11/1/4 2/3/0 3/3/0 2/1/0 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/3/0 53/40/14
Usage ····X··· ·o·ooX·· ··XX···o X···ooo· ·o·X·o·X ·oo··oX· ·····X··
Pirates Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Willis*
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
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/48 .290/.315/.391/.706 .589/.772 .581 31/.508 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 5/1.600 2/1.500 1/no AB 98/82 .282/.378/.412/.789 .904/.766 .818 31/.975 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 125/107 .288/.368/.414/.782 .748/.787 .825 66/.758 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/.533 8/.375 ··· 3/1.167 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 252/186 .256/.357/.470/.827 .638/.900 1.084 101/.907 1/1 8/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 229/185 .291/.367/.397/.764 .786/.759 .762 97/.839 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/43 .304/.333/.413/.746 .200/.801 .762 48/.746 1/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.834 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 78/36 .222/.282/.375/.657 .781/.516 .770 35/.538 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 267/207 .265/.340/.335/.674 .371/.764 .661 106/.565 15/7 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/154 .243/.289/.343/.632 .471/.660 .815 67/.581 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 17/1.235 6/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 262/198 .311/.352/.488/.840 .783/.859 .894 107/.823 4/1 5/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 95/82 .259/.358/.272/.629 1.115/.557 .638 24/.958 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 25/.945 3/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 160/126 .268/.289/.386/.675 .699/.668 .706 83/.740 1/1 1/6
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 84/56 .338/.393/.416/.808 .703/.862 .883 49/.759 1/0 1/1
IP 30.0 30.0 25.0 68.0 26.0 18.0 20.0 TOTAL .266/.331/.394/.725 .670/.741 .788 .715 34/11 36/25
ERA-K/9 6.60/4.8 4.50/4.8 3.24/8.3 3.71/5.0 4.50/6.9 4.50/6.0 3.15/8.1 4.16/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.279 127/.215 111/.211 279/.254 109/.247 74/.239 89/.260 .253
OPS .830 .759 .623 .723 .654 .616 .744 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.988 54/.620 51/.831 153/.855 65/.606 46/.661 47/.870 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.754 73/.846 60/.451 126/.561 44/.726 28/.539 42/.595 .711
Road 71/1.084 81/.770 52/.597 143/.682 55/.786 48/.633 40/.845
Last 28d days 114/.770 54/.622 38/.743 115/.787 49/.692 26/.519 51/.915
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 5/2/1 1/2/1 10/4/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 64/34/14
Usage ····X··· o·X·Xo·· X·····X· ·X····X· ·o··XoX· X···ooo· ··o·oXX·

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.