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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 7:38pm, Friday, September 4, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Tigers, 72-61, 1st, 5 up

SP: Justin Verlander (26, RHP, 15-7, 3.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (15-7)			189.0	169	78	71	53	215	17	3.38
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		4-2	50.2	48	24	23	10	56	6	4.09	57
2009-08-30	TBR	W	8.0	6	3	3	3	4	2	125	59
2009-08-24	@LAA	W	5.2	10	4	4	2	7	0	109	38
2009-08-19	SEA	L	8.0	6	3	3	1	10	1	116	67
2009-08-13	@BOS	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	123	81
2009-08-08	MIN	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	6	1	88	42
2009-08-03	BAL	ND	8.0	9	5	5	1	8	1	119	51
2009-07-29	@TEX	W	7.0	6	4	3	0	13	1	115	64

Last 5 v.TBR		3-0	30.0	30	14	14	11	24	4	4.20	51
2009-08-30	TBR	W	8.0	6	3	3	3	4	2	125	59
2008-09-26	TBR	W	5.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	113	54
2007-08-06	TBD	ND	6.0	8	4	4	0	6	1	108	46
2006-08-01	@TBD	W	5.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	91	41
2006-06-12	TBD	ND	6.0	3	2	2	3	2	1	98	57

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

 Home:   45-22   Road:   27-39   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  49-45   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest: 22-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Sep  3   CLE  W   4-3 (10)  72-61  1st  5.0 up
132 Wed, Sep  2   CLE  W   4-2       71-61  1st  4.5 up
131 Tue, Sep  1   CLE  W   8-5       70-61  1st  3.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 31   TBR  L   7-11      69-61  1st  3.5 up
129 Sun, Aug 30   TBR  W   4-3       69-60  1st  4.5 up
128 Sat, Aug 29   TBR  L   1-3       68-60  1st  4.5 up
127 Fri, Aug 28   TBR  W   6-2       68-59  1st  4.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 26  @LAA  L   2-4       67-59  1st  4.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 25  @LAA  W   5-3       67-58  1st  4.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 24  @LAA  W  10-7       66-58  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Rays, 72-61, 3rd, 13½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (26, RHP, 12-5, 3.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-5)			146.2	143	67	62	47	92	14	3.80
2008 (2-2)			16.0	18	12	9	8	14	3	5.06

Last 7 GS		3-1	47.0	45	23	22	9	33	6	4.21	53
2009-08-30	@DET	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	96	62
2009-08-24	@TOR	W	6.1	8	6	5	3	3	1	104	35
2009-08-19	BAL	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	5	1	103	64
2009-08-12	@LAA	ND	5.1	7	4	4	3	4	0	101	39
2009-08-07	@SEA	ND	6.1	5	4	4	1	5	2	89	51
2009-08-01	KCR	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	7	1	115	77
2009-07-26	@TOR	L	6.2	9	5	5	1	6	1	94	41

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	2.57	62
2009-08-30	@DET	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	96	62

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

 Home:   43-23   Road:   29-38   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  47-36   vsLHP:  25-25   1-Run:  17-21
 vsEast: 30-21   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 10-18 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Sep  3   BOS  L   3-6       72-61  3rd 13.5 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2   BOS  W   8-5       72-60  3rd 12.5 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1   BOS  L   4-8       71-60  3rd 12.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31  @DET  W  11-7       71-59  3rd 11.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30  @DET  L   3-4       70-59  3rd 11.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @DET  W   3-1       70-58  3rd 10.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @DET  L   2-6       69-58  3rd 10.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @TOR  L   2-3       69-57  3rd 10.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @TOR  W   7-3       69-56  3rd  9.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @TOR  W  12-7       68-56  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 TBR 11 @DET  7        W:James Shields (9-10), L: Jarrod Washburn (9-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 DET  4  TBR  3        W:Justin Verlander (15-7), L: Grant Balfour (5-3), S: Fernando Rodney (29)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 TBR  3 @DET  1        W:David Price (7-6), L: Nate Robertson (1-1), S: J.P. Howell (16)
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 DET  6  TBR  2        W:Rick Porcello (11-8), L: Matt Garza (7-9), S: none

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 TBR  8 @DET  7 (11)   W:Edwin Jackson (14-11), L: Chris Lambert (1-2), S: Jason Hammel (2)
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 DET  4  TBR  3        W:Aquilino Lopez (4-1), L: Jeff Niemann (2-2), S: Fernando Rodney (13)
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 DET  6  TBR  4        W:Justin Verlander (11-17), L: Andy Sonnanstine (13-9), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 DET  7  TBR  5        W:Armando Galarraga (13-6), L: Scott Kazmir (12-8), S: Fernando Rodney (11)
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 TBR  6  DET  5 (10)   W:Trever Miller (1-0), L: Fernando Rodney (0-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 TBR  9  DET  3        W:Andy Sonnanstine (11-6), L: Kenny Rogers (8-8), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - TBR won 4-3; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - TBR leads 44-42

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

NYY 5.74

ATL 4.56

SDP 3.91

RA/G

SFG 3.74

ARI 4.71

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .367

J. Carroll .291

A. Miles .176

OBP

A. Pujols .443

M. Reynolds .362

A. Miles .218

SLG

A. Pujols .672

V. Guerrero .479

A. Miles .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

A. Pagan .839

A. Miles .454

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

J. Lackey 3.92

R. Nolasco 5.30

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

J. Cueto 6.80

J. Lannan 3.73

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Tigers Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Bennett
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 37.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 22.Garza
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 33.Shields
G/S/vB 52.Shouse*
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/35 .324/.405/.676/1.080 1.738/.952 .513 38/1.061 0/0 3/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.000 1/.000 7/.310 ··· 14/1.215 6/.834 4/.500 4/.000 15/1.236 ··· 9/.985 8/.661 7/.286 545/407 .338/.402/.564/.966 .967/.964 .857 99/1.082 4/2 27/7

4.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 1/.000 8/.661 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.666 8/.500 1/.000 322/211 .241/.289/.332/.622 .730/.564 .580 55/.624 5/2 3/14

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/no AB ··· 2/3.500 ··· 5/.933 18/.631 4/1.750 5/.400 16/.251 3/.666 6/.533 4/1.250 3/.000 575/417 .256/.337/.465/.803 .502/.917 .909 98/.772 20/6 26/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.143 ··· 8/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 14/.540 7/1.286 ··· 13/1.385 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 236/195 .250/.331/.418/.749 .465/.809 .639 83/1.045 1/2 9/2

19.Huff* G/S/vP 12/.817 4/.833 ··· 3/1.666 10/.425 9/1.699 17/.894 5/.600 3/.666 37/.702 15/.414 18/1.132 1/.000 4/.500 522/333 .244/.314/.388/.702 .654/.729 .580 78/.561 0/6 13/4

15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.583 ··· 7/.286 ··· 4/.750 12/1.195 8/.679 5/.933 8/.542 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 3/.500 510/381 .237/.322/.440/.762 .932/.706 .757 91/.495 2/4 26/16

8.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/.286 ··· 2/1.000 7/1.171 ··· 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 383/293 .222/.301/.330/.632 .685/.616 .572 58/.552 3/0 4/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 12/.349 ··· 2/.000 18/1.063 6/1.267 4/.500 11/.473 2/2.500 6/.833 2/.000 6/2.600 419/295 .281/.353/.393/.746 .869/.694 .686 72/.992 3/0 7/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 6/.367 1/.000 3/.666 12/.258 7/.572 3/.000 14/1.357 ··· 4/1.167 3/.666 5/.400 542/395 .274/.319/.396/.715 .751/.700 .644 105/.741 5/2 9/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 225/112 .268/.330/.478/.808 .848/.771 .789 43/.935 5/3 10/9

60.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/ .286/.333/.714/1.048 1.048/ 3/1.667 0/0 1/0

55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/14 .160/.276/.200/.476 .350/.593 .307 / 0/1 0/0

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 228/198 .259/.309/.408/.717 .586/.738 .580 42/.710 0/2 7/6

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/.600 5/.000 4/.500 4/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 243/152 .243/.309/.468/.777 .793/.767 .825 46/.566 0/2 13/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 261/213 .250/.331/.401/.732 .659/.748 .664 63/.461 2/0 7/4

IP 146.2 59.1 40.2 8.0 26.0 68.0 170.2 63.0 96.2 186.1 21.1 85.2 52.2 48.2 TOTAL .259/.327/.420/.747 .744/.748 .703 .763 63/29 155/100

ERA-K/9

3.80/5.6

4.55/9.1

3.76/6.0

3.38/6.8

4.15/6.2

2.91/4.2

4.01/8.0

2.43/10.6

4.75/7.5

3.86/6.5

5.48/5.1

6.62/5.5

3.59/9.1

3.51/6.7

4.26/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.258 256/.246 194/.314 38/.405 103/.232 276/.242 722/.233 257/.188 407/.256 792/.275 93/.306 387/.310 230/.284 186/.205 .256

OPS .711 .678 .843 .800 .628 .658 .700 .608 .761 .766 .876 .890 .767 .660 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.728 100/.722 82/.950 1/2.000 60/.483 137/.659 381/.615 82/.725 89/.725 403/.782 57/.638 223/.719 87/.920 56/1.018 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.694 156/.649 112/.767 37/.767 43/.834 139/.657 341/.790 175/.552 318/.771 389/.749 36/1.274 164/1.130 143/.677 130/.505 .746

Home 218/.683 138/.628 88/.841 23/.889 52/.718 102/.669 414/.666 134/.665 222/.651 429/.706 52/.940 176/.830 124/.599 95/.744

Last 28d days 132/.714 38/.783 22/.854 12/.523 34/.638 37/.762 125/.871 43/.881 107/.568 146/.825 20/.683 25/1.280 39/.636 31/.645

HR/SB/CS 14/20/5 4/6/1 3/3/1 0/2/0 3/1/1 5/4/0 22/3/3 7/3/2 13/6/4 25/3/2 4/1/0 17/1/2 7/5/0 9/4/0 151/70/22

Usage ····X··· ·oX·Xo·· ········ ooo···o· ·oX···o· X·Xo··o· ·X····X· ·Xo··o·· X····X·· ···X···· o·oX···· ··X····· oo·o··X· ·oo··o··

Rays Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 49.Bonine
G/S/vB 41.Fien
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 53.Washburn*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 6/1.667 251/156 .255/.344/.431/.775 .822/.746 .822 42/.401 0/0 10/7

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 14/.429 17/.435 ··· ··· 5/1.300 1/.000 9/.762 ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 30/.200 4/.833 2/.000 17/1.300 455/310 .337/.397/.520/.917 .967/.893 .856 109/.911 24/5 12/15

5.Burrell G/S/vP 4/.250 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.000 384/263 .243/.339/.410/.749 .654/.789 .871 90/.880 2/0 13/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 13/.924 22/.818 ··· ··· ··· 9/.666 9/.597 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 9/.888 4/1.500 3/.000 32/.540 565/382 .311/.364/.461/.825 .741/.866 .844 94/.761 55/11 13/4

26.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 282/249 .252/.358/.397/.755 .825/.746 .752 47/.602 6/3 6/3

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 10/.900 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.357 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 9/.888 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.000 193/132 .302/.370/.408/.778 .985/.680 .712 17/.723 8/1 1/6

27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 6/.200 ··· ··· ··· 5/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.744 5/.900 2/2.500 22/.666 197/55 .243/.335/.444/.779 .991/.279 .770 35/.757 5/2 6/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 6/1.667 550/384 .273/.355/.511/.866 .873/.863 .796 107/.780 6/0 26/12

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 8/.750 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.875 3/1.334 4/.000 11/.700 352/221 .227/.263/.337/.600 .766/.505 .596 45/.683 4/2 7/5

23.Pena* G/S/vP 10/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/no AB 4/1.000 27/.988 553/360 .225/.354/.543/.897 .828/.935 .994 96/1.148 3/3 39/10

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 4/4 .250/.250/1.000/1.250 /1.250 / 0/0 1/1

2.Upton G/S/vP 11/1.545 10/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.700 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 12/.606 2/.500 3/3.500 15/.583 546/377 .237/.309/.366/.675 .530/.738 .703 86/.601 37/13 9/2

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 3/.000 16/.481 ··· ··· 19/.675 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 9/.778 6/.334 3/1.334 23/.826 252/198 .267/.357/.416/.773 .572/.826 .728 55/.911 0/2 6/5

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 9/.222 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 8/1.000 481/317 .286/.400/.536/.936 1.040/.884 1.000 101/.815 15/3 23/6

IP 189.0 4.0 14.0 4.0 175.0 63.0 77.2 24.1 51.1 135.2 31.0 59.2 43.2 170.0 TOTAL .267/.348/.451/.799 .805/.796 .830 .799 167/48 173/94

ERA-K/9

3.38/10.2

13.50/2.2

7.07/5.8

9.00/13.5

3.09/7.0

3.00/6.7

4.52/6.0

3.33/6.7

4.03/8.6

4.18/4.8

5.52/7.3

3.17/8.3

3.30/7.2

3.55/5.1

4.23/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 778/.238 22/.421 64/.383 21/.333 726/.242 253/.210 337/.279 92/.181 220/.250 570/.267 122/.276 251/.226 180/.214 691/.238 .259

OPS .668 1.447 1.105 1.040 .707 .644 .803 .599 .742 .748 .753 .646 .614 .681 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.704 8/1.786 29/.935 9/.472 419/.696 110/.631 146/.651 53/.531 101/.898 317/.781 55/.849 146/.684 107/.597 183/.543 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.622 14/1.250 35/1.245 12/1.483 307/.721 143/.650 191/.920 39/.687 119/.613 253/.706 67/.670 105/.593 73/.641 508/.732 .740

Road 405/.733 22/1.447 22/1.167 14/1.488 392/.729 144/.741 180/.733 57/.744 104/.859 268/.744 52/.946 103/.711 85/.565 272/.696

Last 28d days 146/.707 / / / 128/.991 44/.583 68/.792 31/.416 71/.803 99/.652 19/.485 56/.615 39/.626 137/.905

HR/SB/CS 17/8/11 3/0/0 5/0/2 1/0/0 20/22/7 6/2/2 9/3/1 3/1/0 6/7/3 21/7/2 2/2/0 5/1/0 3/0/0 22/3/4 152/69/36

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

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.