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Game Preview: DET @ LAA, 10:05pm, Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @Angel Stadium

Tigers, 7-7, 7-72nd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Bonderman (27, RHP, 1-1, 9.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-1) 9.0 10 11 9 6 9 0 9.00
2009 (0-1) 10.1 16 10 10 8 5 4 8.71
2008 (3-4) 71.1 75 39 34 36 44 9 4.29
Last 7 GS 2-2 39.1 47 27 25 16 29 5 5.72 44
2010-04-16 @SEA L 4.0 9 10 8 4 4 0 93 8
2010-04-10 CLE W 5.0 1 1 1 2 5 0 91 64
2009-06-08 @CHW L 4.0 8 6 6 3 1 3 85 20
2008-06-01 @SEA ND 7.0 12 3 3 0 5 1 101 46
2008-05-27 @LAA ND 7.1 6 2 2 1 7 0 83 64
2008-05-22 SEA W 6.0 8 2 2 2 2 0 90 48
2008-05-16 @ARI ND 6.0 3 3 3 4 5 1 96 55
Last 5 v.LAA 2-1 29.2 33 22 19 11 31 0 5.76 47
2008-05-27 @LAA ND 7.1 6 2 2 1 7 0 83 64
2007-07-29 @LAA L 2.1 9 11 10 3 4 0 75 -2
2007-05-24 LAA W 8.0 4 0 0 5 6 0 95 75
2007-04-24 @LAA ND 6.0 11 7 5 1 8 0 100 33
2006-04-25 @LAA W 6.0 3 2 2 1 6 0 88 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @LAA  L   5-6        7-7   2nd  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @LAA  L   0-2        7-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @SEA  W   4-2        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @SEA  L   2-4        6-5   2nd  2.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @SEA  L   3-11       6-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14   KCR  L   3-7        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 13   KCR  W   6-5        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr 12   KCR  L   5-10       5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   CLE  W   9-8        5-1   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sat, Apr 10   CLE  W   4-2        4-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-7    Last 30: 7-7 
Angels, 8-7, 8-72nd, 1 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (27, RHP, 2-0, 2.84)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-0) 19.0 14 6 6 3 21 4 2.84
2009 (16-8) 211.0 196 91 88 66 174 26 3.75
2008 (11-10) 176.2 173 88 85 54 152 20 4.33
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.1 36 16 16 12 33 6 3.32 56
2010-04-16 @TOR W 7.0 5 2 2 0 8 2 103 67
2010-04-10 OAK ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 111 66
2010-04-05 MIN W 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 94 54
2009-10-02 @OAK W 5.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 77 66
2009-09-25 OAK L 6.0 6 2 2 3 1 0 105 50
2009-09-19 @TEX L 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 101 52
2009-09-14 @NYY L 7.1 8 5 5 4 2 1 112 40
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 25.2 37 23 21 9 18 6 7.36 38
2009-08-24 DET L 5.1 8 5 5 2 2 1 109 32
2009-04-21 DET ND 7.0 7 3 3 0 6 2 99 57
2008-04-27 @DET W 6.1 4 2 2 4 5 0 108 58
2007-07-27 DET W 5.1 11 6 6 1 3 2 100 24
2007-04-23 DET L 1.2 7 7 5 2 2 1 70 17
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-5    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Tue, Apr 20   DET  W   6-5        8-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 19   DET  W   2-0        7-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18  @TOR  W   3-1        6-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17  @TOR  W   6-3        5-7   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 16  @TOR  W   7-5        4-7   4th  3.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 15  @NYY  L   2-6        3-7   4th  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @NYY  W   5-3        3-6   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @NYY  L   5-7        2-6   4th  3.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr 11   OAK  L   4-9        2-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 10   OAK  W   4-3        2-4   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 LAA  6  DET  5        W:Scott Kazmir (1-1), L: Rick Porcello (1-1), S: Fernando Rodney (5)
Mon, Apr 19, 2010 LAA  2  DET  0        W:Joel Pineiro (2-1), L: Dontrelle Willis (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (4)

Wed, Aug 26, 2009 LAA  4  DET  2        W:Joe Saunders (10-7), L: Edwin Jackson (10-6), S: Brian Fuentes (36)
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 DET  5 @LAA  3        W:Jarrod Washburn (9-7), L: John Lackey (8-7), S: Fernando Rodney (28)
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 DET 10 @LAA  7        W:Justin Verlander (14-7), L: Jered Weaver (13-5), S: Fernando Rodney (27)
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 DET  9  LAA  6        W:Joel Zumaya (2-0), L: Jose Arredondo (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 DET  2  LAA  1        W:Edwin Jackson (6-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 LAA  2 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (1-2), L: Fernando Rodney (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (15)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 LAA 10  DET  5        W:Matt Palmer (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 DET 12 @LAA 10        W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Scot Shields (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - LAA leads 2-0; 2009 - DET won 5-4; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 302-281

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 2010 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 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

RA/G

LAD  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
65.Jepsen
G/S/vB
32.Palmer
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/61 .279/.375/.590/.965 1.255/.910 .624 22/.439 0/0 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.319 4/1.500 6/1.417 2/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 6/1.133 1/3.000 685/508 .324/.396/.547/.942 .958/.935 .871 64/1.071 6/2 34/7
18.Damon* G/S/vP 22/.431 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 6/.334 25/.931 13/.968 626/438 .282/.365/.489/.854 .776/.889 .795 57/.737 12/0 24/5
4.Everett G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 8/.572 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 390/247 .238/.288/.325/.613 .726/.546 .523 29/.527 5/2 3/14
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 14/1.357 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 2/3.000 23/.759 1/.000 322/269 .242/.339/.419/.757 .805/.757 .790 62/.789 1/3 11/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 10/.400 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 8/1.375 ··· 637/471 .230/.314/.406/.720 .854/.675 .696 59/.810 2/5 27/20
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· / /// / 63/.846 / /
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/54 .250/.311/.339/.651 .375/.694 .594 9/.444 1/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 18/.178 5/1.400 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 14/.607 1/.000 477/354 .225/.306/.320/.626 .730/.591 .559 37/.410 5/0 4/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 14/1.292 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 20/.935 ··· 518/358 .310/.376/.428/.804 .937/.745 .749 65/.961 3/1 9/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 291/133 .291/.359/.533/.891 .976/.800 .923 25/.710 5/4 16/9
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· 296/258 .267/.318/.385/.704 .622/.716 .621 26/.623 1/2 7/6
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 45/.733 / /
IP 211.0 65.2 55.0 54.2 121.1 75.2 17.2 70.1 TOTAL .275/.368/.405/.772 .634/.807 .748 .772 3/3 8/17
ERA-K/9 3.75/7.4 3.56/9.3 3.93/7.5 4.94/7.9 3.93/5.1 4.40/7.3 6.62/6.1 3.97/5.8 4.53/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (11-4-4)
 Laird (59-42-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.246 262/.207 242/.254 237/.292 505/.240 330/.249 83/.239 316/.267 .252  Raburn
 Damon
 Ordonez
 Kelly
 Guillen
70/7/14/9
133/0/0/6
0/0/104/6
18/0/2/1
42/0/0/0
OPS .723 .682 .720 .693 .702 .731 .721 .769 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 487/.812 127/.725 78/.589 122/.881 268/.786 184/.727 38/.712 140/.922 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 395/.615 135/.643 164/.786 115/.497 237/.608 146/.737 45/.729 176/.652 .727
Home 462/.645 150/.731 117/.826 115/.599 295/.612 182/.641 48/.631 160/.709
Last 28d days 73/.624 27/1.111 3/.000 33/.789 46/.818 29/.503 22/1.000 26/1.062
HR/SB/CS 26/19/6 7/3/0 6/1/1 2/3/0 12/12/4 8/2/0 1/2/0 6/2/0 21/10/1
Usage ····X··· o···X··o ········ Xo·oo·X· o····X·· Xo·oo·o· X·····X· ·····X·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
59.Ni*
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
36.Thomas*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 19/1.613 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 667/466 .293/.390/.435/.825 .735/.865 .812 62/.631 30/8 15/8
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 556/375 .312/.353/.423/.776 .804/.763 .711 63/.682 14/7 5/11
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
17.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .286/.286/.286/.571 2.000/.333 .667 1/.000 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 35/1.065 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/.111 506/376 .299/.366/.508/.873 .978/.837 .899 59/.854 18/4 22/1
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/1.071 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 437/373 .300/.359/.434/.794 .975/.772 .849 26/.632 13/5 8/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 400/252 .291/.334/.444/.778 .831/.745 .846 56/.891 11/4 10/4
5.Mathis G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 272/184 .211/.288/.308/.596 .625/.582 .689 37/.851 2/3 5/7
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 27/1.398 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 528/380 .274/.367/.509/.876 .976/.835 .816 62/.969 0/1 28/
8.Morales# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 622/477 .306/.355/.569/.924 .806/.961 1.042 58/.748 3/7 34/8
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 432/323 .272/.350/.492/.842 1.033/.778 .797 21/.396 3/3 20/8
33.Pettit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 .000/.800 .500 / 0/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 572/415 .287/.332/.478/.810 1.023/.732 .762 55/.736 0/1 25/2
12.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .182/.182/.273/.455 .667/.375 .500 / 0/0 0/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 92/70 .213/.256/.238/.493 .411/.519 .465 12/.875 5/1 0/0
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .200/.200/.400/.600 /.600 .600 1/.000 0/0 0/0
3.Wood G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/21 .195/.267/.293/.559 .573/.535 .699 42/.243 0/0 1/3
IP 10.1 60.0 31.0 61.2 54.0 31.0 TOTAL .259/.321/.404/.725 .695/.740 .709 .725 10/4 14/9
ERA-K/9 8.71/4.4 4.50/7.3 2.61/6.1 3.79/8.8 /0.0 2.33/9.3 4.94/8.7 4.39/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (1-0-0)
 Mathis (52-18-6)
 Napoli (74-21-5)
 Wilson (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 53/.364 238/.209 121/.187 273/.246 / 219/.207 149/.274 .284  Rivera
 Abreu
 Hunter
 Willits
 Pettit
 Izturis
 Evans
124/0/7/11
10/0/126/10
0/115/0/2
27/6/10/0
2/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
2/1/7/0
OPS 1.176 .668 .603 .738 .626 .829 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.961 133/.584 72/.469 124/.841 / 102/.772 77/1.080 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/1.315 105/.778 49/.791 149/.653 / 117/.500 72/.577 .729
Road 34/1.241 101/.744 72/.666 126/.862 / 100/.674 81/.882
Last 28d days 44/.705 32/.785 26/.703 30/.812 39/.651 21/.707 32/.500
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 10/2/2 3/1/1 7/10/3 // 5/5/3 5/2/0 11/14/4
Usage ····X··· ··oo··X· X······· ··X···Xo ····X··· ··X····o X··o···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.