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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @Target Field

Tigers, 65-66, 65-66 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (28, RHP, 4-5, 4.04)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-5)			104.2	103	49	47	33	55	14	4.04
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		1-2	42.2	39	17	16	15	27	7	3.38	53
2010-08-25	KCR	ND	6.1	5	1	1	2	4	1	104	61
2010-08-20	CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	100	79
2010-08-15	@CHW	ND	5.0	7	4	3	2	5	0	104	42
2010-08-09	TBR	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	1	1	90	38
2010-08-04	CHW	L	7.2	8	4	4	5	1	2	117	43
2010-07-30	@BOS	ND	4.2	5	1	1	2	3	1	87	51
2010-07-25	TOR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	0	5	2	87	58

Last 5 v.MIN		1-4	26.1	30	23	22	21	18	5	7.52	37
2010-06-29	@MIN	L	4.0	7	6	6	2	2	0	91	24
2009-08-07	MIN	W	5.0	8	4	3	5	3	1	109	35
2009-05-12	@MIN	L	5.2	6	5	5	4	4	2	99	37
2008-09-05	@MIN	L	6.0	3	6	6	6	4	2	102	40
2008-07-11	MIN	L	5.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	113	50

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

 Home:   43-25   Road:   22-41   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  44-50   vsLHP:  21-16   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:24-26   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sun, Aug 29  @TOR  W  10-4       65-66  3rd 10.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 28  @TOR  L   4-5       64-66  3rd 11.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 27  @TOR  L   2-3 (11)  64-65  3rd 10.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 26  @TOR  W   7-1       64-64  3rd  9.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25   KCR  L   3-4 (12)  63-64  3rd  9.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24   KCR  W   9-1       63-63  3rd  9.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 23   KCR  W  12-3       62-63  3rd 10.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22   CLE  W   8-1       61-63  3rd 11.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21   CLE  W   5-2       60-63  3rd 11.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20   CLE  W   6-0       59-63  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Twins, 75-56, 75-56 1st, 4 up

SP: Brian Duensing (27, LHP, 7-2, 2.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-2)			90.1	74	23	22	20	53	7	2.19
2009 (5-2)			84.0	84	37	34	31	53	7	3.64

Last 7 GS		4-1	47.1	41	15	14	8	26	4	2.66	58
2010-08-25	@TEX	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	2	99	48
2010-08-20	LAA	W	8.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	103	70
2010-08-14	OAK	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	105	83
2010-08-08	@CLE	W	7.1	9	4	3	0	3	1	104	49
2010-08-03	@TBR	ND	6.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	92	51
2010-07-28	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	83	49
2010-07-23	@BAL	ND	5.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	66	58

Last 5 v.DET		1-1	11.0	11	5	5	4	4	1	4.09	48
2009-09-29	@DET	L	4.2	7	5	5	3	3	1	82	30
2009-09-18	DET	W	6.1	4	0	0	1	1	0	103	65

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

 Home:   40-22   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  48-36   vsLHP:  27-20   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:33-18   vsWest: 20-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sun, Aug 29  @SEA  L   1-2       75-56  1st  4.5 up
130 Sat, Aug 28  @SEA  W   1-0       75-55  1st  4.5 up
129 Fri, Aug 27  @SEA  W   6-3       74-55  1st  3.5 up
128 Thu, Aug 26  @TEX  W   6-4       73-55  1st  3.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 25  @TEX  L   3-4       72-55  1st  3.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 24  @TEX  L   3-4       72-54  1st  3.5 up
125 Mon, Aug 23  @TEX  L   0-4       72-53  1st  4.5 up
124 Sun, Aug 22   LAA  W   4-0       72-52  1st  5.0 up
123 Sat, Aug 21   LAA  L   3-9       71-52  1st  4.0 up
122 Fri, Aug 20   LAA  W   7-2       71-51  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 MIN  6 @DET  3        W:Carl Pavano (10-6), L: Andrew Oliver (0-3), S: Jon Rauch (20)
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 DET  7  MIN  4        W:Jeremy Bonderman (5-6), L: Nick Blackburn (7-7), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 DET  7  MIN  3        W:Justin Verlander (11-5), L: Francisco Liriano (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 MIN  5  DET  1        W:Kevin Slowey (8-5), L: Andrew Oliver (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 MIN 11  DET  4        W:Nick Blackburn (7-5), L: Armando Galarraga (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 DET  7 @MIN  5        W:Jeremy Bonderman (4-5), L: Francisco Liriano (6-6), S: Jose Valverde (18)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 7-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1037-965

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 5.40

DET 4.50

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.50

COL 4.35

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .359

D. Uggla .286

B. Wood .165

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

I. Suzuki .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

J. Posada .471

R. Tejada .207

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.084

J. Edmonds .818

B. Wood .410

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

D. Fister 3.73

B. Bergesen 5.55

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 4.00

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 44.Flores*
G/S/vB 51.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 253/224 .216/.310/.324/.634 .395/.665 .590 59/.692 2/1 5/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 431/325 .270/.329/.453/.782 .985/.717 .648 83/.586 4/0 14/8

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/.920 5/.900 8/1.000 ··· 7/2.114 17/.521 18/1.244 15/.900 554/418 .342/.437/.647/1.084 1.034/1.096 1.131 110/1.120 3/3 33/12

18.Damon* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 7/1.286 ··· 4/.000 6/1.167 6/.733 1/2.000 500/382 .270/.357/.400/.758 .745/.762 .750 100/.578 8/1 7/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 27/.972 1/3.000 4/.250 23/.225 28/.438 7/.000 454/332 .254/.330/.410/.740 .807/.715 .670 100/.685 2/3 9/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.889 1/.000 537/393 .307/.360/.410/.770 .598/.832 .748 114/.741 21/5 2/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 184/168 .233/.268/.326/.593 .543/.597 .508 41/.966 3/0 4/3

12.Laird G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.500 6/.666 1/.000 3/no AB 9/1.222 15/.500 4/1.334 266/162 .203/.262/.286/.549 .515/.570 .497 40/.788 3/1 4/5

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 17/.449 ··· 6/2.100 27/.433 24/.867 1/.000 490/352 .245/.312/.405/.717 .791/.689 .834 96/.717 1/0 13/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 6/1.333 ··· 2/no AB 6/.533 15/.795 2/.000 289/180 .254/.319/.446/.766 .895/.688 .773 95/1.064 2/2 10/5

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/85 .316/.350/.411/.761 1.037/.704 .784 64/.818 0/1 0/1

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 7/.834 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.334 8/.762 5/.000 323/261 .273/.348/.333/.681 .762/.662 .666 49/.617 1/0 2/8

57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/6 .286/.375/.429/.804 .646/1.300 1.100 15/.967 0/0 0/0

IP 90.1 59.0 55.2 27.2 38.2 59.0 158.1 47.2 TOTAL .270/.339/.416/.756 .778/.748 .738 .778 54/22 117/108

ERA-K/9

2.19/5.3

2.59/7.3

2.59/7.8

2.93/5.8

3.49/9.3

3.51/4.9

3.41/9.7

3.40/7.2

3.89/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (33-16-5)
Laird (52-27-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.226 252/.274 223/.208 120/.235 162/.200 237/.223 666/.248 205/.284 .265 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Raburn
Damon
Wells 44/0/59/8
0/119/0/7
57/11/1/4
45/7/17/3
33/4/0/2
3/1/7/1

OPS .602 .722 .598 .755 .672 .635 .643 .718 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.415 118/.618 87/.713 61/.831 45/.358 86/.705 142/.524 103/.816 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.697 134/.812 136/.525 59/.676 117/.793 151/.596 524/.677 102/.620 .727

Home 147/.548 148/.748 93/.626 45/.729 105/.652 106/.663 338/.602 99/.802

Last 28d days 113/.593 45/.700 39/.319 20/1.222 27/.530 43/.608 105/.752 39/.785

HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 6/2/1 3/3/0 4/0/1 5/3/1 6/1/1 3/10/3 3/0/1 116/63/29

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

Twins Batters (4.80 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 43.Figaro
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 118/60 .194/.226/.306/.532 .386/.671 .521 31/.414 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 13/.871 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 137/101 .283/.346/.417/.763 .740/.770 .675 46/.821 5/1 1/2

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 16/.450 36/.979 3/.333 ··· 9/.555 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 548/365 .273/.339/.427/.767 .896/.705 .795 103/.720 5/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/4.000 ··· 2/1.500 8/.500 291/204 .261/.308/.388/.696 .543/.761 .640 59/.770 1/1 5/6

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 6/1.100 18/.572 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 447/276 .284/.359/.404/.762 .759/.764 .819 85/.852 7/2 6/6

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 24/.954 21/.568 7/.572 ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 4/.500 1/.000 491/328 .259/.338/.444/.783 .647/.849 .767 95/.837 0/1 18/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 25/1.360 37/.913 8/1.500 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 503/306 .327/.404/.478/.882 .689/1.010 .841 105/.973 1/2 8/3

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 86/49 .221/.294/.416/.710 .487/.882 .410 43/.473 1/1 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 18/1.486 10/1.056 3/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 581/375 .269/.336/.352/.688 .712/.675 .809 98/.570 19/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 11/.489 30/1.285 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 279/210 .266/.391/.585/.976 .827/1.029 1.005 52/1.252 0/0 18/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/43 .220/.286/.340/.626 .148/.790 .839 4/.750 0/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 216/135 .320/.366/.430/.796 1.017/.668 .997 95/.699 1/0 2/3

21.Young G/S/vP 20/.413 15/.967 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 486/326 .305/.335/.495/.830 .931/.782 .853 96/.548 4/3 16/4

IP 104.2 136.2 54.0 9.2 45.1 9.0 56.2 55.0 TOTAL .278/.347/.431/.778 .746/.794 .793 .752 50/22 117/68

ERA-K/9

4.04/4.7

5.27/6.3

2.50/7.5

7.45/2.8

4.37/7.0

5.00/8.0

4.29/3.7

3.27/9.0

4.35/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (19-12-2)
Mauer (40-17-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.257 590/.276 225/.250 48/.333 199/.272 45/.325 254/.295 227/.179 .264 Young
Kubel
Span
Cuddyer
Repko
Casilla
Tolbert 120/0/0/8
16/0/65/6
0/126/0/5
0/2/66/5
2/6/19/1
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .748 .774 .636 .964 .768 .875 .777 .593 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.784 312/.888 101/.604 20/1.083 71/.636 18/1.111 107/.614 122/.669 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.713 278/.650 124/.663 28/.877 128/.835 27/.730 147/.899 105/.510 .739

Road 136/.923 261/.847 105/.731 24/1.008 88/.895 21/1.060 132/.847 92/.661

Last 28d days 131/.715 99/.885 40/.572 41/.879 51/.779 24/.899 34/.502 42/.853

HR/SB/CS 14/3/3 20/12/6 1/1/0 1/1/0 5/3/0 1/2/0 3/0/2 5/3/0 117/85/43

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