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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 3:33am, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @Jacobs Field

Tigers, 80-76, 80-76 3rd, 11½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 18-8, 3.31)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (18-8)			217.1	183	85	80	69	209	14	3.31
2009 (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45
2008 (11-17)			201.0	195	119	108	87	163	18	4.84

Last 7 GS		5-0	55.0	42	16	12	7	57	3	1.96	68
2010-09-24	MIN	W	9.0	4	1	0	0	11	0	124	88
2010-09-18	@CHW	W	9.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	123	70
2010-09-12	BAL	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	11	0	122	74
2010-09-07	CHW	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	121	69
2010-09-02	@MIN	ND	6.0	10	6	3	1	4	0	104	37
2010-08-27	@TOR	ND	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	2	127	70
2010-08-22	CLE	W	8.0	7	1	1	1	8	1	115	71

Last 5 v.CLE		3-0	32.0	29	15	15	15	40	2	4.22	55
2010-08-22	CLE	W	8.0	7	1	1	1	8	1	115	71
2010-07-17	@CLE	ND	6.0	6	3	3	5	9	0	116	52
2010-05-08	@CLE	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	9	0	118	57
2010-04-11	CLE	ND	5.0	5	6	6	3	3	1	96	33
2009-09-24	@CLE	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	11	0	126	64

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

 Home:   52-29   Road:   28-47   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  54-56   vsLHP:  26-20   1-Run:  16-23
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:38-32   vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Mon, Sep 27  @CLE  L   3-6       80-76  3rd 12.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26   MIN  W   5-1       80-75  3rd 12.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25   MIN  W  11-10(13)  79-75  3rd 13.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   MIN  W  10-1       78-75  3rd 14.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22   KCR  W   4-2       77-75  3rd 15.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21   KCR  L   6-9       76-75  3rd 15.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 20   KCR  W   7-5       76-74  3rd 14.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @CHW  W   9-7 (11)  75-74  3rd 14.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @CHW  W   6-3       74-74  3rd 15.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @CHW  W   9-2       73-74  3rd 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Indians, 66-91, 66-91 4th, 26 GB, 27½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Tomlin (25, RHP, 5-4, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-4)			68.0	63	35	34	18	39	9	4.50

Last 7 GS		4-2	43.2	42	26	26	13	26	6	5.36	48
2010-09-24	KCR	W	9.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	112	71
2010-09-19	@KCR	L	5.0	6	6	6	2	4	0	93	33
2010-09-14	LAA	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	4	0	100	51
2010-09-08	@LAA	ND	6.0	3	3	3	2	4	2	89	56
2010-09-02	@SEA	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	94	51
2010-08-27	KCR	W	5.0	8	3	3	4	1	1	92	36
2010-08-21	@DET	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	101	38

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	7.50	38
2010-08-21	@DET	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	101	38

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

 Home:   36-43   Road:   30-48   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  48-64   vsLHP:  18-27   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:31-36   vsWest: 13-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Mon, Sep 27   DET  W   6-3       66-91  4th 26.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 26   KCR  W   5-3       65-91  4th 27.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 25   KCR  W   7-1       64-91  4th 28.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 24   KCR  W   7-3       63-91  5th 29.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 23   KCR  L   2-4       62-91  5th 30.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22  @MIN  L   1-5       62-90  5th 30.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21  @MIN  L   4-6       62-89  5th 29.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 20  @MIN  L   3-9       62-88  4th 28.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @KCR  L   4-6       62-87  4th 27.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @KCR  W   6-4       62-86  4th 27.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 CLE  6  DET  3        W:Carlos Carrasco (2-1), L: Armando Galarraga (4-8), S: Chris Perez (22)
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 DET  8  CLE  1        W:Justin Verlander (14-8), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Max Scherzer (9-9), L: Josh Tomlin (1-3), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 DET  6  CLE  0        W:Armando Galarraga (4-5), L: Justin Masterson (4-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 CLE  7  DET  2        W:Jeanmar Gomez (1-0), L: Andrew Oliver (0-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 CLE  2  DET  1 (11)   W:Rafael Perez (2-0), L: Robbie Weinhardt (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 CLE  4  DET  3        W:Fausto Carmona (9-7), L: Phil Coke (5-1), S: Chris Perez (8)
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 CLE  8  DET  2        W:Jake Westbrook (6-5), L: Max Scherzer (6-7), S: none
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 DET 12  CLE  6        W:Brad Thomas (2-0), L: Hector Ambriz (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 DET  3  CLE  0        W:Armando Galarraga (2-1), L: Fausto Carmona (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - DET over 9-7; 2009 - DET won 14-4; 2008 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1051-1020

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 5.31

FLA 4.45

SEA 3.19

RA/G

SFG 3.64

CHW 4.37

PIT 5.37

J. Hamilton .361

D. Wright .286

B. Wood .147

OBP

J. Morneau .437

I. Suzuki .360

B. Wood .176

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

A. LaRoche .464

B. Wood .210

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

R. Hanigan .822

B. Wood .386

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.27

I. Kennedy 3.76

A. Burnett 5.33

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo 9.71

B. Matusz 7.11

K. Kendrick 4.20

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Tigers Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 4/.500 321/284 .234/.325/.351/.676 .516/.697 .646 63/.831 2/2 7/4

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 6/.733 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.167 496/377 .261/.327/.426/.753 .951/.692 .649 60/.514 7/1 14/10

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· 6/.583 2/.000 10/1.189 4/1.750 6/.533 ··· 3/5.000 10/.425 11/.989 648/482 .328/.420/.622/1.042 1.000/1.054 1.015 85/.849 3/3 38/13

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 2/1.000 3/3.000 5/.900 6/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/1.000 591/454 .272/.357/.403/.759 .746/.763 .719 87/.804 10/1 8/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 9/.873 7/.143 6/.666 ··· 5/.000 7/1.314 11/.955 559/405 .248/.322/.392/.714 .788/.686 .634 97/.636 4/3 11/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/1.167 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/1.000 653/474 .299/.351/.410/.760 .603/.819 .760 106/.757 26/5 4/6

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 229/207 .253/.281/.369/.649 .483/.665 .584 45/.867 3/0 7/5

12.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 6/.500 3/.000 2/.000 295/173 .207/.263/.301/.564 .501/.608 .532 26/.770 3/1 5/5

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 595/424 .252/.314/.400/.715 .786/.687 .805 96/.663 1/0 15/8

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 385/243 .277/.339/.476/.814 .931/.747 .828 89/1.039 2/2 14/6

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/156 .295/.342/.393/.735 .762/.728 .783 80/.720 0/2 1/4

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.267 6/.667 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 359/285 .265/.339/.329/.668 .778/.640 .633 32/.536 1/1 3/8

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 154/104 .231/.307/.351/.657 .728/.622 .724 19/1.297 0/0 3/8

63.St. Pierre G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .167/.167/.167/.333 .667/.000 .500 6/.333 0/0 0/0

57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 88/39 .354/.398/.585/.983 .740/1.293 1.126 58/.979 0/1 4/0

IP 68.0 32.1 57.2 43.2 34.1 61.2 60.0 2.0 62.0 38.1 152.1 TOTAL .271/.339/.419/.758 .779/.750 .739 .782 66/27 147/136

ERA-K/9

4.50/5.2

2.23/7.5

4.68/5.3

4.12/4.7

3.15/7.1

1.75/8.6

3.30/5.4

0.00/9.0

4.21/9.9

3.99/6.8

4.61/4.9

4.31/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (42-20-6)
Laird (57-30-5)
St. Pierre (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.253 130/.165 265/.307 186/.281 146/.220 255/.185 269/.297 7/.000 263/.221 163/.204 670/.279 .269 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Raburn
Wells
Damon 44/0/74/9
0/144/0/8
65/12/2/4
67/7/20/4
8/3/26/3
33/4/0/2

OPS .749 .586 .841 .788 .628 .590 .746 .286 .780 .663 .773 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.675 63/.565 151/.752 95/.930 57/.731 115/.769 119/.741 3/.333 117/.821 47/.955 327/.745 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.846 67/.605 114/.961 91/.643 89/.559 140/.448 150/.750 4/.250 146/.747 116/.550 343/.796 .751

Home 130/.763 73/.618 139/.717 92/.739 56/.385 140/.525 125/.720 7/.286 137/.788 68/.574 382/.864

Last 28d days 129/.709 52/.546 97/.941 30/.645 26/.279 27/.188 35/.852 7/.286 46/.622 30/.452 54/.687

HR/SB/CS 9/2/3 5/1/1 7/7/4 6/3/2 1/0/0 4/7/0 3/5/1 0/0/0 12/8/6 4/6/1 13/4/10 143/119/55

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

Indians Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 43.Figaro
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 34.Weinhardt
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 11/1.045 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 304/240 .240/.287/.312/.598 .428/.644 .664 98/.643 10/2 3/2

35.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/75 .235/.271/.309/.579 .800/.548 .609 48/.553 0/0 0/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 31/.421 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 29/.646 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 412/284 .270/.319/.341/.660 .641/.669 .685 89/.584 6/4 3/11

26.Carlin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 9/7 .375/.444/.750/1.194 2.000/1.000 1.194 9/1.194 0/0 1/0

17.Choo* G/S/vP 37/.695 15/1.169 6/.000 ··· 29/.956 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 630/418 .297/.400/.475/.875 .673/.983 .945 109/.996 22/7 20/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 10/.400 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 12/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 460/352 .255/.307/.340/.647 .509/.689 .662 70/.732 18/7 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 325/243 .253/.312/.378/.690 .833/.643 .662 24/.530 5/1 4/12

47.Duncan G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 248/155 .232/.315/.423/.737 .897/.641 .893 47/.794 0/0 11/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/44 .179/.281/.321/.603 .667/.572 .875 18/.347 0/0 1/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 51/.821 49/1.017 3/.333 ··· 21/.606 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 2/.000 ··· 449/340 .275/.372/.444/.816 .720/.848 .932 75/.794 2/1 12/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 10/.100 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 413/296 .222/.308/.364/.672 .658/.676 .656 74/.609 0/0 12/3

30.Marson G/S/vP 7/.429 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 287/208 .195/.274/.289/.563 .759/.489 .531 63/.659 8/1 3/4

25.Marte G/S/vP 17/.646 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 11/.728 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 180/116 .235/.306/.395/.701 .772/.661 .696 32/.877 0/3 5/11

12.Nix G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 348/253 .224/.284/.404/.688 .690/.687 .778 81/.464 1/2 14/16

33.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/31 .273/.333/.394/.727 1.400/.608 .616 33/.570 0/0 1/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 18/.774 ··· 1/no AB ··· 10/.800 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 294/246 .193/.277/.263/.540 .888/.474 .425 70/.692 1/2 2/10

IP 217.1 166.2 63.0 12.2 136.1 59.0 15.1 65.1 62.0 28.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.377/.699 .680/.707 .709 .686 88/33 123/125

ERA-K/9

3.31/8.7

5.18/6.0

3.57/7.3

7.11/2.8

4.62/4.4

3.81/6.6

3.52/8.8

4.13/3.7

3.05/9.0

6.35/6.7

4.30/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Carlin (2-1-0)
Gimenez (21-10-1)
Marson (49-30-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 895/.227 731/.275 268/.265 61/.320 590/.265 249/.250 72/.279 294/.302 255/.183 131/.331 .262 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Brown
Nix
Valbuena
LaPorta
Brantley
Gimenez 0/0/139/13
45/68/2/9
39/0/8/7
7/0/0/1
2/0/1/1
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
7/60/0/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .627 .781 .680 .907 .779 .702 .792 .801 .586 .842 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 507/.636 373/.895 120/.651 25/.974 306/.793 87/.522 29/.922 125/.660 136/.673 47/.644 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.615 358/.665 148/.703 36/.859 284/.765 162/.792 43/.695 169/.907 119/.493 84/.947 .734

Road 443/.667 350/.835 124/.788 29/.970 228/.938 118/.812 33/.980 146/.893 111/.615 61/.908

Last 28d days 154/.479 141/.810 38/.906 13/.614 122/.908 42/.318 27/.641 40/.953 28/.530 49/.658

HR/SB/CS 14/24/7 25/12/7 2/1/0 1/1/0 20/6/3 6/7/1 2/4/0 4/0/2 5/3/1 2/1/2 138/99/50

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

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.