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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Monday, June 28, 2010 @Target Field

Tigers, 40-34, 40-34 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Bonderman (27, RHP, 3-5, 4.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-5) 81.1 80 42 38 21 62 8 4.20
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 2-3 46.2 46 20 19 11 33 6 3.66 54
2010-06-23 @NYM L 6.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 70 44
2010-06-17 WSN W 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 1 95 66
2010-06-12 PIT ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 91 62
2010-06-06 @KCR L 5.2 11 7 7 1 2 1 89 20
2010-06-01 CLE L 8.0 9 3 3 2 1 2 100 51
2010-05-26 @SEA ND 7.0 5 1 0 2 6 0 93 69
2010-05-20 @OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 4 8 0 103 66
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 33.2 39 19 15 9 29 1 4.01 50
2008-04-14 MIN ND 6.1 8 7 4 2 5 0 104 38
2007-07-19 @MIN ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 6 1 106 49
2007-07-01 MIN W 8.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 110 76
2006-09-10 @MIN L 5.2 8 7 6 3 6 0 110 30
2006-08-09 MIN ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 5 0 96 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-11   Road:   15-23   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  27-26   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 11-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sun, Jun 27  @ATL  W  10-4       40-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 26  @ATL  L   3-4       39-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 25  @ATL  L   1-3       39-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 24  @NYM  W   6-5       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 23  @NYM  L   0-5       38-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 22  @NYM  L   6-14      38-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 20   ARI  W   3-1       38-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 19   ARI  L   5-6       37-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 18   ARI  W   7-5       37-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 17   WSN  W   8-3       36-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Twins, 41-34, 41-34 1st, ½ up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 6-5, 3.11)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-5) 92.2 88 32 32 25 100 2 3.11
2009 (5-13) 136.2 147 93 88 65 122 21 5.80
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.2 43 18 18 11 54 2 3.63 57
2010-06-23 @MIL L 5.0 7 3 3 1 7 0 77 47
2010-06-17 COL L 7.0 5 3 3 3 6 0 97 58
2010-06-11 ATL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 11 0 105 79
2010-06-05 @OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 10 0 101 71
2010-05-31 @SEA W 6.0 8 3 3 0 7 0 99 51
2010-05-26 NYY ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 0 112 58
2010-05-20 @BOS L 4.2 5 5 5 3 6 2 98 37
Last 5 v.DET 3-1 33.1 28 11 11 7 41 5 2.97 62
2010-04-27 @DET W 8.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 112 83
2009-07-04 DET ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 1 103 61
2009-05-04 @DET W 7.1 4 2 2 3 9 1 103 68
2008-09-05 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 2 99 67
2006-08-07 @DET L 4.0 10 4 4 0 5 1 67 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-13   Road:   18-21   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  27-22   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sun, Jun 27  @NYM  L   0-6       41-34  1st  0.5 up
 74 Sat, Jun 26  @NYM  W   6-0       41-33  1st  1.5 up
 73 Fri, Jun 25  @NYM  L   2-5       40-33  1st  0.5 up
 72 Thu, Jun 24  @MIL  L   0-5       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Wed, Jun 23  @MIL  L   3-5       40-31  1st  1.5 up
 70 Tue, Jun 22  @MIL  L   5-7       40-30  1st  1.5 up
 69 Sun, Jun 20  @PHI  W   4-1       40-29  1st  1.5 up
 68 Sat, Jun 19  @PHI  W  13-10(11)  39-29  1st  1.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 18  @PHI  L   5-9       38-29  1st  0.5 up
 66 Thu, Jun 17   COL  L   1-5       38-28  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 05, 2010 MIN  5  DET  4        W:Kevin Slowey (4-2), L: Rick Porcello (2-3), S: Jon Rauch (8)
Tue, May 04, 2010 MIN  4  DET  3        W:Nick Blackburn (2-1), L: Ryan Perry (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 03, 2010 MIN 10  DET  4        W:Scott Baker (3-2), L: Max Scherzer (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 DET  3  MIN  0        W:Dontrelle Willis (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 DET 11  MIN  6        W:Brad Thomas (1-0), L: Ron Mahay (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 MIN  2 @DET  0        W:Francisco Liriano (3-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-2), S: Jon Rauch (7)

Tue, Oct 06, 2009 MIN  6  DET  5 (12)   W:Bobby Keppel (1-1), L: Fernando Rodney (2-5), S: none
Thu, Oct 01, 2009 MIN  8 @DET  3        W:Scott Baker (15-9), L: Nate Robertson (2-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 DET  7  MIN  2        W:Eddie Bonine (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (13-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 DET  6  MIN  5        W:Justin Verlander (18-9), L: Brian Duensing (5-2), S: Fernando Rodney (36)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 4-2; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1034-962

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

BOS  5.49

COL  4.55

PIT  3.27

RA/G

SDP  3.23

CHW  4.43

PIT  5.68

BA

R. Cano  .359

L. Milledge  .279

L. Valbuena  .166

OBP

J. Morneau  .445

G. Jones  .354

A. Ramirez  .237

SLG

M. Cabrera  .624

K. Suzuki  .453

L. Valbuena  .245

OPS

J. Morneau  1.057

J. Kubel  .799

T. Manzella  .513

ERA

U. Jimenez  1.60

C. Hamels  4.08

N. Blackburn  6.10

K/9IP

J. Weaver  10.44

R. Nolasco  6.82

N. Blackburn  2.94

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Tigers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/5.000 134/124 .235/.321/.353/.674 .543/.681 .574 50/.844 2/0 3/3
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/168 .338/.389/.621/1.010 1.386/.903 .953 102/1.092 2/0 12/4
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 13/1.135 ··· 7/.714 15/.600 3/1.666 4/.000 13/.930 313/243 .332/.409/.624/1.033 1.134/1.005 1.093 103/.945 2/2 20/9
18.Damon* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 7/1.286 6/1.167 19/.707 1/.000 1/2.000 294/222 .269/.365/.391/.756 .853/.726 .720 85/.658 7/1 3/1
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· 19/.754 16/.833 11/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 174/130 .291/.351/.462/.813 .629/.873 .842 89/.836 1/1 5/3
15.Inge G/S/vP 24/.512 2/.000 26/1.014 21/.248 6/.666 1/.000 5/.000 288/212 .263/.337/.412/.749 .844/.714 .700 88/.815 0/1 6/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.250 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 287/209 .307/.355/.408/.764 .464/.876 .771 71/.580 12/3 1/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/88 .213/.258/.258/.516 .200/.545 .478 47/.358 1/0 1/1
12.Laird G/S/vP 11/.586 1/.000 5/.400 7/.429 4/1.250 2/.000 4/1.334 165/99 .190/.264/.245/.509 .562/.473 .426 43/.589 2/1 1/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 25/1.068 ··· 17/.544 18/.723 6/.666 1/.000 3/.000 282/218 .319/.394/.504/.898 1.269/.791 .855 71/.933 1/0 10/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 10/.856 2/.000 5/1.600 5/.200 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 119/68 .204/.288/.359/.647 .921/.442 .585 50/.790 1/0 2/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 7/.834 6/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 188/162 .259/.335/.321/.656 .538/.677 .696 62/.633 1/0 2/4
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/32 .260/.302/.320/.622 .814/.491 .617 29/.584 0/0 0/0
IP 92.2 34.1 30.2 34.0 22.0 14.2 29.0 TOTAL .272/.342/.420/.762 .815/.745 .740 .769 34/10 67/63
ERA-K/9 3.11/9.7 3.15/6.8 4.40/7.0 1.59/6.1 4.09/7.0 2.45/6.1 2.48/6.5 3.89/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (15-9-1)
 Laird (31-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 382/.250 146/.258 135/.254 131/.179 91/.259 62/.281 115/.261 .266  Ordonez
 Jackson
 Damon
 Raburn
 Boesch
 Kelly
 Guillen
0/0/58/7
0/65/0/2
26/4/0/2
14/5/6/1
31/0/16/1
35/8/1/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .638 .744 .755 .493 .661 .819 .686 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.382 57/.688 52/.917 51/.603 44/.466 28/.713 59/.761 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.707 89/.768 83/.651 80/.424 47/.848 34/.898 56/.606 .752
Home 174/.587 81/.706 49/.820 49/.445 38/.469 34/.761 51/.718
Last 28d days 107/.548 48/.822 41/.644 44/.535 43/.676 21/.960 29/.483
HR/SB/CS 2/4/1 2/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 3/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 75/36/15
Usage ····X··· X···oo·· ··o·oo·· X····o·· X·o·oo·· X······· ···o····
Twins Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
59.Ni*
G/S/vB
41.Oliver*
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
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/24 .186/.222/.279/.501 .372/.625 .649 17/.694 0/0 1/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 31/.907 3/.333 14/.517 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 13/.385 306/207 .259/.327/.409/.736 .914/.655 .804 81/.568 2/0 7/2
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 12/.258 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 263/168 .285/.356/.387/.744 .750/.739 .879 41/.454 5/1 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 16/.767 5/.400 22/.893 ··· 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.133 265/187 .261/.351/.448/.799 .706/.835 .857 89/.884 0/0 10/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/1.049 5/2.400 22/1.473 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 12/.350 281/170 .304/.381/.433/.814 .730/.869 .789 99/.751 1/2 3/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 31/.623 6/1.166 23/.865 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 12/1.500 310/194 .346/.445/.612/1.057 1.006/1.088 .894 93/.804 0/0 15/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 20/.721 ··· 15/.700 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.333 195/130 .260/.337/.337/.674 .633/.668 .735 86/.805 5/0 1/4
18.Repko G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.000 4/.500 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 15/1.071 ··· 4/1.334 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 5/.800 347/229 .275/.346/.369/.715 .718/.713 .905 106/.623 15/1 3/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP 24/1.137 5/.400 9/.476 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 7/.453 133/98 .241/.376/.491/.867 .621/.965 .721 23/.970 0/0 6/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 52/38 .222/.294/.333/.627 .148/.816 .876 48/.639 0/1 1/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/30 .304/.360/.326/.686 .628/.724 .937 50/.686 1/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 10/1.056 1/.000 18/.461 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 253/169 .293/.328/.478/.807 .775/.822 .837 92/.831 3/2 8/3
IP 81.1 31.0 44.0 7.0 22.1 6.0 33.2 32.1 37.2 TOTAL .270/.344/.412/.756 .731/.769 .784 .694 32/9 63/37
ERA-K/9 4.20/6.9 2.90/6.7 3.68/3.3 1.29/2.6 5.24/8.1 3.00/6.0 4.54/3.7 0.56/8.1 2.63/8.1 4.25/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (5-5-1)
 Mauer (27-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 342/.254 131/.243 178/.230 26/.190 108/.281 23/.227 157/.305 117/.107 154/.232 .256  Young
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Kubel
 Repko
65/0/0/4
0/2/61/4
0/74/0/3
16/0/19/3
0/0/1/1
OPS .692 .619 .657 .546 .808 .625 .806 .370 .594 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.790 61/.644 89/.696 11/.614 40/.819 6/1.133 57/.631 66/.446 72/.625 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.601 70/.595 89/.618 15/.497 68/.802 17/.471 100/.908 51/.279 82/.568 .718
Road 183/.740 61/.630 69/.925 10/.844 63/.771 23/.625 86/.870 54/.408 79/.623
Last 28d days 141/.805 27/.426 128/.591 26/.546 29/1.128 23/.625 38/.843 40/.208 38/.758
HR/SB/CS 8/8/4 1/1/0 5/3/1 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/4/0 56/46/22
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· ···X···· ·X··oo·· ·X···X·· ··X····· ··o··X·· o··o···o ·X·oX··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.