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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 9, 2010 @Jacobs Field

Tigers, 17-13, 17-132nd, 2½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (25, RHP, 1-2, 6.47)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-2)			32.0	39	27	23	11	21	6	6.47
2009 (9-11)			170.1	166	94	78	63	174	20	4.12
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		1-3	37.0	44	30	26	14	27	6	6.32	42
2010-05-03	@MIN	L	4.1	8	10	10	4	1	1	87	4
2010-04-28	MIN	ND	3.2	10	6	6	0	3	2	84	20
2010-04-23	@TEX	ND	7.0	5	4	3	2	7	1	104	58
2010-04-18	@SEA	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	87	55
2010-04-12	KCR	L	5.0	9	5	2	2	3	1	101	36
2010-04-07	@KCR	ND	6.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	91	71
2009-09-25	SDP	L	5.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	104	48

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

 Home:    9-3    Road:    8-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  13-10   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  8  @CLE  W   6-4       17-13  2nd  2.5 gb
 29 Wed, May  5  @MIN  L   4-5       16-13  2nd  3.5 gb
 28 Tue, May  4  @MIN  L   3-4       16-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 27 Mon, May  3  @MIN  L   4-10      16-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  2   LAA  W   5-1       16-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Sat, May  1   LAA  W   3-2       15-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 30   LAA  W  10-6       14-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 29   MIN  W   3-0       13-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 28   MIN  W  11-6       12-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 27   MIN  L   0-2       11-10  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Indians, 10-18, 10-184th, 8½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Mitch Talbot (26, RHP, 3-2, 2.88)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			34.1	28	13	11	15	12	5	2.88
2008 (0-0)			9.2	16	12	12	11	5	3	11.17

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.2	34	16	14	18	14	5	3.26	52
2010-05-03	TOR	L	8.0	8	5	5	4	5	3	110	47
2010-04-27	@LAA	W	6.1	6	1	1	3	1	0	100	55
2010-04-22	@MIN	W	6.0	2	1	0	3	3	0	99	66
2010-04-16	CHW	W	9.0	6	2	1	0	2	1	97	71
2010-04-10	@DET	L	5.0	6	4	4	5	1	1	104	35
2008-09-23	@BAL	ND	4.1	6	3	3	3	2	0	76	38

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	5.0	6	4	4	5	1	1	7.20	35
2010-04-10	@DET	L	5.0	6	4	4	5	1	1	104	35

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

 Home:    5-8    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-12   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Sat, May  8   DET  L   4-6       10-18  4th  8.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  5   TOR  L   4-5       10-17  5th  8.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   TOR  L   5-8       10-16  5th  7.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  3   TOR  L   1-5       10-15  4th  6.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  2   MIN  L   3-8       10-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  1   MIN  W   5-4 (11)  10-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 30   MIN  L   3-9        9-13  3rd  5.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @LAA  L   3-4        9-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @LAA  W   9-2        9-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26  @LAA  L   2-5        8-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 08, 2010 DET  6 @CLE  4        W:Justin Verlander (3-2), L: Kerry Wood (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 DET  9  CLE  8        W:Phil Coke (1-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 DET  4  CLE  2        W:Jeremy Bonderman (1-0), L: Mitch Talbot (0-1), S: Ryan Perry (1)
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Rick Porcello (1-0), L: David Huff (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)

Thu, Sep 24, 2009 DET  6 @CLE  5        W:Justin Verlander (17-9), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-3), S: Fernando Rodney (35)
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 DET 11 @CLE  3        W:Rick Porcello (14-9), L: Justin Masterson (4-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 DET  3 @CLE  1        W:Edwin Jackson (13-7), L: Aaron Laffey (7-7), S: Fernando Rodney (34)
Thu, Sep 03, 2009 DET  4  CLE  3 (10)   W:Zach Miner (6-4), L: Rafael Perez (4-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 DET  4  CLE  2        W:Rick Porcello (12-8), L: Aaron Laffey (7-4), S: Fernando Rodney (31)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 DET  8  CLE  5        W:Edwin Jackson (11-6), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (30)
Season Series: 2010 - DET leads 4-0; 2009 - DET won 14-4; 2008 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1046-1013

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 6.03

TEX 4.58

HOU 2.70

RA/G

TBR 3.00

FLA 4.63

PIT 6.13

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez .87

B. Matusz 3.93

G. Meche 8.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.91

S. Marcum 6.75

N. Blackburn 2.48

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Tigers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 33.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/50 .178/.302/.378/.680 .333/.695 .655 46/.651 0/0 2/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/1.100 9/1.333 4/1.750 5/.650 2/no AB 5/.200 6/1.867 22/1.192 134/109 .371/.455/.647/1.102 .965/1.135 1.303 105/1.022 1/2 7/4

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/3.000 1/no AB 6/.500 2/.500 ··· 10/.633 4/1.750 127/99 .302/.409/.443/.853 .964/.821 .818 103/.937 1/0 1/0

4.Everett G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.453 47/34 .182/.213/.250/.463 .508/.441 .544 34/.335 1/1 0/0

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.167 3/2.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 47/.758 2/2.500 69/55 .311/.391/.443/.834 .701/.862 .855 41/.942 1/1 1/1

15.Inge G/S/vP 5/1.800 8/.708 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.550 42/.807 2/.000 123/98 .252/.317/.432/.750 .675/.769 .682 97/.740 0/0 3/0

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 1/3.000 138/109 .370/.420/.512/.932 .355/1.087 .926 108/.955 6/1 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/no AB 30/29 .172/.200/.276/.476 .000/.493 .436 24/.428 0/0 1/1

8.Laird G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/no AB 3/.000 8/.536 1/.000 73/51 .141/.236/.250/.486 .483/.487 .401 54/.609 1/0 1/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 4/1.750 9/1.431 4/1.417 7/.143 3/1.000 2/.500 44/1.031 19/.701 130/106 .279/.377/.441/.818 .861/.809 .795 101/.678 1/0 4/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 53/36 .217/.321/.370/.690 .857/.600 .536 46/.741 0/0 0/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/no AB 6/1.267 4/.750 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 20/1.108 3/.333 70/59 .295/.386/.311/.697 .364/.764 .763 57/.645 1/0 0/2

20.Sizemore G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 94/76 .241/.322/.342/.664 .686/.659 .511 73/.663 0/0 1/4

IP 34.1 10.1 9.1 7.1 12.0 7.0 31.1 0.2 TOTAL .279/.359/.434/.793 .684/.819 .789 .786 13/5 24/33

ERA-K/9

2.88/3.1

2.61/7.9

2.89/4.8

7.36/6.2

2.25/9.0

7.71/6.4

5.74/6.0

27.00/12.9

4.31/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (4-6-0)
Laird (15-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.235 47/.211 45/.216 40/.469 49/.175 33/.269 145/.293 6/.500 .270 Ordonez
Jackson
Damon
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/26/4
0/29/0/2
15/0/0/2
7/1/6/1
16/0/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .705 .625 .697 1.146 .602 1.099 .840 1.417 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.593 17/.437 15/1.352 15/1.005 23/.685 11/.739 62/.568 2/.500 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.782 30/.733 30/.399 25/1.240 26/.522 22/1.262 83/1.046 4/1.750 .799

Home 65/.748 16/.710 20/.681 11/2.043 25/.678 7/.619 48/.811 6/1.417

Last 28d days 112/.655 28/.747 29/.650 29/1.144 37/.516 21/1.206 93/.783 6/1.417

HR/SB/CS 5/0/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 4/4/1 0/0/0 27/23/6

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ···X···o ····o·o· X··o·o·o ········ ····X··· X·······

Indians Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 36/28 .156/.229/.188/.416 .000/.546 .330 16/.330 0/0 0/0

33.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 37/24 .206/.270/.294/.564 .385/.667 .343 37/.564 0/0 0/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 115/73 .311/.355/.398/.753 .761/.748 .793 87/.790 1/2 1/4

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.122 2/.000 5/3.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 125/73 .311/.432/.476/.908 .803/.989 1.198 98/.984 5/2 4/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 45/1.085 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.619 101/60 .238/.347/.393/.739 .382/1.008 .882 75/.753 0/0 3/0

35.Hernandez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 80/51 .203/.263/.230/.492 .249/.626 .377 60/.412 0/0 0/0

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 67/44 .200/.262/.267/.528 .699/.438 .552 52/.613 1/0 0/1

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 28/15 .182/.357/.318/.675 .585/.750 .476 24/.743 0/1 1/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 31/.568 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.571 109/68 .207/.312/.359/.671 .614/.701 .561 84/.631 1/0 2/2

52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/1.000 36/28 .250/.314/.344/.658 .625/.667 .572 28/.693 0/0 0/0

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 41/.909 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.679 114/67 .214/.281/.311/.591 .308/.793 .661 91/.546 2/1 0/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 80/62 .167/.313/.303/.616 .889/.540 .508 61/.555 0/2 2/5

IP 32.0 26.2 15.0 12.1 12.0 16.2 13.2 18.1 TOTAL .241/.326/.352/.678 .577/.739 .673 .688 12/8 15/20

ERA-K/9

6.47/5.9

5.74/7.1

1.80/7.2

1.46/11.7

3.00/7.5

5.40/3.2

0.66/4.6

1.47/11.3

4.25/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (11-5-1)
Redmond (12-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.315 116/.276 65/.273 58/.178 50/.256 80/.328 49/.136 70/.246 .267 Choo
LaPorta
Brantley
Sizemore 0/0/28/3
4/0/0/0
7/2/0/0
0/26/0/0

OPS .924 .721 .650 .551 .790 .795 .452 .547 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.805 62/.885 32/.573 24/.533 15/.906 29/.713 30/.459 30/.667 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/1.084 54/.539 33/.727 34/.564 35/.748 51/.845 19/.440 40/.456 .688

Road 96/.759 74/.773 35/.614 30/.604 25/.796 49/.892 31/.512 49/.578

Last 28d days 117/1.036 98/.810 47/.633 49/.492 37/.964 69/.828 35/.236 58/.557

HR/SB/CS 6/1/4 2/4/2 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 20/19/12

Usage ·····X·· ·······X ···oo··· ···o···o ····o··o ·····X·· o·····o· 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.