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Game Preview: TEX @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @Comerica Park

Rangers, 54-39, 54-39 1st, 5 up

SP: Tommy Hunter (23, RHP, 6-0, 2.39)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-0)			49.0	45	15	13	12	28	5	2.39
2009 (9-6)			112.0	113	55	51	33	64	13	4.10
2008 (0-2)			11.0	23	20	20	3	9	4	16.36

Last 7 GS		5-0	40.0	40	14	12	11	24	4	2.70	54
2010-07-15	@BOS	W	6.2	5	2	2	2	1	2	108	55
2010-07-08	BAL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	7	2	86	52
2010-07-03	CHW	W	7.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	94	57
2010-06-27	HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	86	57
2010-06-22	PIT	W	6.0	9	3	2	0	6	0	88	50
2010-06-16	@FLA	ND	2.1	0	1	1	2	1	0	35	52
2010-06-10	SEA	W	6.0	5	3	2	3	5	0	95	54

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	1.29	67
2009-07-27	DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	104	67

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

 Home:   31-19   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  37-26   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest: 14-7  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Mon, Jul 19  @DET  W   8-6 (14)  54-39  1st  5.0 up
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @BOS  W   4-2       53-39  1st  4.5 up
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @BOS  L   2-3 (11)  52-39  1st  3.5 up
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @BOS  W   8-4       52-38  1st  4.5 up
 89 Thu, Jul 15  @BOS  W   7-2       51-38  1st  4.5 up
 88 Sun, Jul 11   BAL  L   1-4       50-38  1st  4.5 up
 87 Sat, Jul 10   BAL  L   1-6       50-37  1st  4.5 up
 86 Fri, Jul  9   BAL  L   6-7 (10)  50-36  1st  4.5 up
 85 Thu, Jul  8   BAL  L   4-6       50-35  1st  5.5 up
 84 Wed, Jul  7   CLE  W   4-3       50-34  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Tigers, 48-43, 48-43 2nd, 2½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (28, RHP, 3-2, 4.45)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			54.2	55	28	27	17	22	6	4.45
2009 (6-10)			143.2	158	93	90	67	95	24	5.64
2008 (13-7)			178.2	152	83	74	61	126	28	3.73

Last 7 GS		2-1	42.2	43	21	21	13	14	4	4.43	48
2010-07-06	BAL	ND	6.2	10	3	3	3	4	1	104	43
2010-06-29	@MIN	L	4.0	7	6	6	2	2	0	91	24
2010-06-24	@NYM	W	6.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	87	44
2010-06-18	ARI	ND	4.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	88	33
2010-06-13	PIT	ND	7.2	6	2	2	1	0	1	106	58
2010-06-08	@CHW	ND	5.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	104	45
2010-06-02	CLE	W	9.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	88	88

Last 5 v.TEX		2-1	20.0	17	8	8	5	18	2	3.60	58
2009-07-27	@TEX	L	7.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	100	53
2009-04-10	TEX	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	97	70
2008-08-19	@TEX	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	83	50

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

 Home:   32-14   Road:   16-29   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-34   vsLHP:  16-9    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  8-2    vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest: 13-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Mon, Jul 19   TEX  L   6-8 (14)  48-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 18  @CLE  L   2-7       48-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul 17  @CLE  L   1-2 (11)  48-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 17  @CLE  L   3-4       48-40  2nd  1.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 16  @CLE  L   2-8       48-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 86 Sun, Jul 11   MIN  L   3-6       48-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul 10   MIN  W   7-4       48-37  1st  0.5 up
 84 Fri, Jul  9   MIN  W   7-3       47-37  1st  0.5 up
 83 Wed, Jul  7   BAL  W   4-2       46-37  1st  1.0 up
 82 Tue, Jul  6   BAL  W   7-5 (11)  45-37  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 TEX  8 @DET  6 (14)   W:Matt Harrison (2-1), L: Enrique Gonzalez (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (25)
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 DET  8 @TEX  6        W:Phil Coke (3-0), L: Neftali Feliz (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 TEX  8  DET  4        W:Colby Lewis (3-0), L: Rick Porcello (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 DET  8 @TEX  4        W:Eddie Bonine (2-0), L: Scott Feldman (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 TEX  5  DET  4        W:Neftali Feliz (1-0), L: Fu-Te Ni (0-1), S: none

Wed, Jul 29, 2009 DET 13 @TEX  5        W:Justin Verlander (12-5), L: Scott Feldman (9-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 TEX  7  DET  3        W:Jason Grilli (1-2), L: Luke French (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 TEX  5  DET  2        W:Tommy Hunter (3-1), L: Armando Galarraga (5-9), S: C.J. Wilson (11)
Thu, May 21, 2009 DET  4  TEX  3        W:Edwin Jackson (4-2), L: Kevin Millwood (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (8)
Wed, May 20, 2009 DET  5  TEX  3        W:Justin Verlander (4-2), L: Matt Harrison (4-3), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 3-2; 2009 - DET won 7-2; 2008 - DET won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 337-282

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 5.36

LAA 4.54

SEA 3.35

RA/G

SDP 3.45

COL 4.40

ARI 5.72

J. Hamilton .353

B. Zobrist .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Upton .355

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .645

A. LaRoche .452

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.062

I. Kinsler .810

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.62

J. Pineiro 3.95

N. Blackburn 6.53

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

C. Wilson 6.92

N. Blackburn 3.09

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Rangers Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 41.Oliver*
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 5/1.600 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 408/298 .276/.358/.318/.676 .697/.668 .649 103/.654 24/11 0/11

14.Arias G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 86/59 .277/.294/.325/.619 .706/.582 .609 13/.641 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .239/.329/.269/.598 .414/.691 .531 17/.899 0/1 0/4

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 290/221 .273/.305/.362/.667 .632/.677 .616 73/.547 9/6 3/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/1.166 5/.800 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 224/151 .325/.384/.604/.988 1.078/.943 .922 94/.844 11/3 12/1

19.Davis* G/S/vP 6/1.166 3/.000 4/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 86/65 .169/.244/.234/.478 .302/.533 .385 33/.350 1/0 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/1.333 30/.531 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 1/2.000 380/277 .319/.368/.539/.908 1.051/.855 .828 103/.895 4/4 20/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/.583 9/1.222 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 1/2.000 392/264 .353/.396/.625/1.022 .744/1.157 .892 96/1.100 7/1 22/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.000 10/1.743 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 311/238 .303/.394/.417/.810 1.056/.736 .688 102/.967 9/3 5/4

11.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.167 8/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 260/185 .261/.313/.361/.674 .922/.577 .650 57/.727 0/0 5/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.333 4/1.167 6/.567 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 239/160 .266/.323/.379/.702 .731/.687 .609 46/.842 4/1 3/1

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 208/141 .229/.309/.358/.666 .483/.755 .660 42/.556 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 9/.819 28/1.073 ··· 4/2.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 423/308 .300/.355/.467/.822 .955/.772 .731 103/.753 3/2 12/14

IP 54.2 103.0 39.1 15.1 22.0 28.2 3.2 40.0 40.2 7.2 TOTAL .279/.344/.425/.768 .743/.779 .704 .772 76/33 94/70

ERA-K/9

4.45/3.6

4.98/6.1

2.52/6.9

2.93/3.5

7.36/7.4

4.71/6.9

2.45/2.4

4.50/3.4

1.11/8.4

5.87/4.7

4.35/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (54-15-3)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 232/.258 442/.275 165/.250 59/.255 102/.310 126/.267 21/.368 183/.299 156/.139 30/.321 .264 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 74/21/0/6
29/1/41/5
1/0/51/3
0/80/0/2
1/0/12/1

OPS .742 .752 .628 .751 .910 .745 .850 .791 .427 .760 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.857 227/.861 77/.620 30/.783 33/.983 43/.616 8/.804 68/.617 88/.430 11/.664 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.614 215/.641 88/.634 29/.718 69/.877 83/.801 13/.878 115/.900 68/.423 19/.813 .729

Home 142/.601 233/.714 92/.579 31/.669 34/.915 70/.672 17/.937 91/.685 93/.423 22/.606

Last 28d days 78/.919 126/.934 42/.663 40/.903 102/.910 28/.555 21/.850 29/.699 46/.548 30/.760

HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 13/11/4 1/1/0 2/0/1 3/2/3 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 71/55/27

Usage ········ X······· o·X····· Xo·o···· ·X······ X·X····· ···X···· ···o···· XX······ X·Xo····

Tigers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 173/155 .214/.301/.325/.625 .411/.649 .736 49/.495 2/0 4/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 291/218 .325/.381/.555/.936 1.269/.824 1.023 97/.752 2/0 12/4

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 7/.286 3/.333 5/1.000 4/.833 ··· 5/.200 2/.500 383/296 .340/.418/.645/1.062 1.189/1.027 1.083 92/1.138 2/3 24/9

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 6/1.500 6/1.500 3/.667 3/.333 ··· 39/.747 10/.650 356/274 .279/.370/.425/.795 .826/.786 .836 76/.881 7/1 6/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 15/.897 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/.388 2/1.500 240/178 .277/.333/.423/.756 .659/.790 .746 83/.626 1/2 5/4

15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.333 2/3.500 6/.666 4/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.800 2/2.500 354/259 .263/.342/.413/.755 .779/.747 .863 83/.795 2/3 6/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 361/265 .304/.358/.413/.771 .527/.858 .750 89/.785 16/3 1/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/109 .219/.254/.272/.526 .468/.532 .529 30/.533 1/0 1/2

12.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 194/119 .183/.250/.251/.501 .507/.497 .545 39/.528 2/1 2/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 7/.143 7/1.143 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 14/.774 2/.000 351/273 .305/.379/.482/.861 1.197/.767 .909 86/.695 1/0 12/3

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 145/79 .213/.292/.346/.638 .801/.501 .675 33/.797 1/0 2/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.833 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 235/200 .270/.342/.328/.671 .665/.672 .623 65/.649 1/0 2/6

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/50 .278/.305/.380/.685 .638/.717 .749 35/.808 1/0 1/0

IP 49.0 40.2 43.2 115.2 42.0 38.2 19.0 41.0 119.2 TOTAL .272/.342/.420/.762 .800/.749 .800 .745 41/14 79/83

ERA-K/9

2.39/5.1

3.76/10.2

3.92/10.9

3.42/8.7

5.36/8.4

1.40/6.0

1.42/7.1

1.32/9.9

3.23/6.9

3.91/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (20-12-2)
Laird (35-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.241 166/.195 186/.262 474/.209 204/.314 149/.195 76/.156 150/.185 500/.206 .244 Ordonez
Boesch
Jackson
Damon
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/70/7
43/0/23/4
0/81/0/3
27/4/0/2
18/6/7/1
41/9/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .650 .599 .686 .630 .906 .519 .470 .524 .621 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.821 76/.431 74/.594 233/.662 91/.954 48/.747 23/.317 71/.449 106/.286 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.495 90/.741 112/.742 241/.599 113/.867 101/.410 53/.538 79/.596 394/.715 .722

Road 37/.614 65/.305 84/.694 259/.576 78/.807 72/.519 36/.425 79/.692 210/.604

Last 28d days 106/.715 37/.779 53/.591 99/.774 52/1.080 40/.426 62/.468 28/.536 125/.640

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 4/0/0 3/7/1 12/6/2 6/11/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 2/4/3 7/10/5 97/69/24

Usage ····X··· XX·o···· Xo·X···· ···X···· o······· oooo···· X·X·X··· ····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.