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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 10:05pm, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Tigers, 22-17, 22-172nd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 4-2, 3.88)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-2)			48.2	39	22	21	20	46	3	3.88
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		4-2	43.2	33	18	17	19	40	2	3.50	56
2010-05-13	NYY	W	6.2	4	0	0	4	4	0	119	66
2010-05-08	@CLE	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	9	0	118	57
2010-05-02	LAA	W	8.1	3	1	1	0	7	0	120	80
2010-04-27	MIN	L	5.2	4	1	0	3	7	0	121	63
2010-04-22	@LAA	W	5.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	125	39
2010-04-17	@SEA	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	103	56
2010-04-11	CLE	ND	5.0	5	6	6	3	3	1	96	33

Last 5 v.OAK		3-2	30.0	33	12	11	12	33	3	3.30	53
2009-07-01	@OAK	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	102	49
2007-09-01	@OAK	W	6.2	6	1	1	3	10	1	129	65
2007-08-11	OAK	W	6.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	114	54
2007-07-31	@OAK	L	5.1	7	4	3	4	5	0	106	41
2006-07-21	OAK	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	105	58

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

 Home:   14-6    Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-14   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 18   CHW  L   2-6       22-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 16   BOS  W   5-1       22-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 15   BOS  W   7-6 (12)  21-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 14   BOS  L   2-7       20-16  2nd  2.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 13   NYY  W   6-0       20-15  2nd  2.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 12   NYY  L   0-8       19-15  2nd  3.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 12   NYY  W   2-0       19-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 32 Mon, May 10   NYY  W   5-4       18-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  9  @CLE  L   4-7       17-14  2nd  3.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  8  @CLE  W   6-4       17-13  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Athletics, 20-20, 20-202nd, 2 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 4-3, 3.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-3)			54.0	44	21	21	8	33	5	3.50
2009 (8-9)			136.2	144	63	59	42	81	9	3.89
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14

Last 7 GS		4-3	47.0	40	20	20	7	23	5	3.83	55
2010-05-14	@LAA	L	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	98	56
2010-05-09	TBR	W	9.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	109	93
2010-05-03	TEX	L	7.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	97	46
2010-04-28	@TBR	L	4.0	8	6	6	3	1	0	88	20
2010-04-22	NYY	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	2	81	53
2010-04-16	BAL	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	92	66
2010-04-11	@LAA	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	94	51

Last 5 v.DET		2-2	25.1	35	23	23	7	14	4	8.17	37
2009-07-01	DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	92	65
2009-05-16	@DET	L	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	1	107	28
2008-08-08	@DET	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	97	60
2007-09-02	DET	ND	4.2	9	6	6	2	3	0	91	23
2007-08-12	@DET	L	1.2	7	8	8	1	1	2	49	9

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

 Home:   15-7    Road:    5-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   7-2 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest: 11-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Tue, May 18   SEA  W   6-5 (10)  20-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 17   SEA  W   8-4       19-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 16  @LAA  L   0-4       18-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 15  @LAA  L   3-12      18-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 14  @LAA  L   0-4       18-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 13  @TEX  L   1-2 (12)  18-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 12  @TEX  L   1-10      18-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11  @TEX  W   7-6 (13)  18-15  1st    Tied
 32 Sun, May  9   TBR  W   4-0       17-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  8   TBR  W   4-2       16-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 OAK  9  DET  4        W:Brett Tomko (3-2), L: Rick Porcello (10-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 OAK  3  DET  2        W:Andrew Bailey (6-3), L: Zach Miner (5-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 21, 2009 DET  3 @OAK  2        W:Edwin Jackson (10-5), L: Gio Gonzalez (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (26)
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 OAK  5  DET  1        W:Dallas Braden (6-7), L: Justin Verlander (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 DET  5 @OAK  3        W:Armando Galarraga (5-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 OAK  7  DET  1        W:Brett Anderson (4-7), L: Rick Porcello (8-5), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2009 DET 11  OAK  7        W:Zach Miner (3-1), L: Trevor Cahill (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 DET  9  OAK  1        W:Rick Porcello (4-3), L: Dallas Braden (3-5), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2009 DET 14  OAK  1        W:Edwin Jackson (3-2), L: Brett Anderson (0-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 OAK  5 @DET  2        W:Huston Street (6-5), L: Armando Galarraga (12-6), S: Brad Ziegler (8)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - DET won 5-4; 2008 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 973-896

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 5.77

ATL 4.46

HOU 2.95

RA/G

TBR 2.97

DET 4.56

ARI 6.10

M. Young .298

R. Weeks .250

OBP

D. Pedroia .362

D. Jeter .315

SLG

D. Pedroia .525

M. Scutaro .342

OPS

D. Pedroia .887

M. Scutaro .700

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.12

J. Santana 3.72

M. Scherzer 7.29

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.85

B. Myers 6.50

N. Blackburn 2.51

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Tigers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 66.Ross
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 66/61 .140/.258/.298/.556 .200/.583 .603 41/.657 0/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/68 .387/.397/.680/1.077 2.000/.937 .856 78/1.077 1/0 3/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.873 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 18/.334 5/2.200 5/.900 171/138 .345/.433/.601/1.034 1.199/.995 1.285 103/.968 1/2 8/5

18.Damon* G/S/vP 5/.900 3/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 164/129 .285/.396/.438/.834 .862/.827 .799 104/.894 3/1 3/1

4.Everett G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 34/.882 5/1.200 4/.666 65/47 .200/.222/.267/.489 .667/.422 .544 36/.456 2/1 0/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 10/.311 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 6/1.000 156/121 .223/.288/.374/.663 .616/.676 .671 96/.581 0/1 3/1

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/136 .329/.383/.447/.830 .344/.970 .918 108/.839 6/1 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/37 .237/.256/.316/.572 .000/.604 .436 27/.490 1/0 1/1

8.Laird G/S/vP 13/1.045 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 3/1.334 97/66 .153/.250/.247/.497 .508/.492 .391 59/.537 1/0 1/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 16/1.284 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 2/.000 4/.250 169/135 .310/.402/.469/.871 .882/.869 .841 100/.849 1/0 5/1

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 95/81 .250/.368/.300/.668 .429/.713 .769 65/.642 1/0 1/3

57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 4/.000 0/0 0/0

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 3/.667 0/0 0/0

IP 54.0 15.2 14.2 16.0 2.1 22.2 49.1 3.2 18.1 TOTAL .269/.349/.415/.764 .717/.776 .782 .757 18/7 30/43

ERA-K/9

3.50/5.5

1.15/4.6

6.14/9.2

/0.0

2.81/9.6

11.57/0.0

3.97/6.7

5.66/6.8

0.00/4.9

2.95/5.9

4.14/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (8-6-0)
Laird (17-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.223 61/.200 70/.306 / 66/.203 14/.400 91/.268 221/.295 14/.214 73/.194 .249 Ordonez
Jackson
Damon
Wells
Boesch
Kelly 0/0/33/4
0/38/0/2
19/0/0/2
1/0/1/1
12/0/5/0
20/1/1/0

OPS .608 .486 .852 .661 1.338 .689 .904 .500 .608 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.698 28/.407 28/.509 / 31/.467 5/1.400 47/.672 122/.785 7/.714 24/.925 .662

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.579 33/.557 42/1.107 / 35/.843 9/1.292 44/.708 99/1.036 7/.286 49/.456 .751

Home 129/.511 42/.445 40/.847 / 33/.703 / 45/.444 125/.729 8/.875 42/.325

Last 28d days 135/.661 44/.438 36/1.158 / 43/.472 14/1.338 51/.787 122/.959 14/.500 43/.538

HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 // 2/2/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 7/9/6 0/0/0 2/1/1 41/22/13

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

Athletics Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.56 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 58.Galarraga
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

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/124 .277/.390/.418/.808 .695/.857 .969 109/.773 0/1 2/7

3.Chavez* G/S/vP 9/.222 21/1.104 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 116/106 .240/.284/.346/.631 .322/.660 .560 68/.648 0/0 1/0

32.Cust* G/S/vP 12/.969 ··· 1/.000 13/1.393 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 15/13 .385/.467/.385/.851 2.000/.657 .929 15/.851 0/0 0/1

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 142/98 .252/.289/.311/.600 .620/.591 .614 73/.667 13/2 1/1

50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/3.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/35 .200/.250/.300/.550 .661/.419 .461 49/.528 0/0 1/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/no AB 3/.667 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 64/46 .254/.286/.288/.574 .426/.628 .690 45/.565 1/0 0/0

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 165/120 .256/.285/.353/.637 .685/.619 .681 96/.685 0/0 3/4

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/59 .225/.267/.507/.774 .301/.911 .821 66/.866 2/0 4/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 165/120 .238/.323/.364/.687 .613/.716 .707 107/.650 5/2 3/4

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 47/35 .231/.362/.282/.644 .633/.647 .583 47/.644 1/0 0/1

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/93 .269/.333/.387/.720 .758/.705 .573 99/.718 0/0 3/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· 12/.639 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 81/63 .264/.346/.486/.832 .906/.809 1.095 22/1.205 0/0 4/3

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 13/1.379 2/2.500 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 155/116 .317/.361/.401/.763 .615/.807 .875 89/.783 0/1 1/0

IP 48.2 34.2 19.0 5.2 14.2 16.2 22.2 17.2 24.0 TOTAL .256/.319/.371/.690 .652/.704 .740 .703 23/6 25/30

ERA-K/9

3.88/8.5

4.93/7.5

3.32/7.1

1.59/7.9

2.45/11.0

2.70/7.5

4.76/3.6

0.51/6.1

2.25/9.8

4.22/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fox (1-1-0)
Powell (7-5-0)
Suzuki (10-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.218 146/.254 84/.239 23/.150 70/.200 69/.222 105/.315 64/.123 99/.258 .258 Sweeney
Cust
Gross
Davis
Fox
Patterson 0/0/36/3
4/0/0/2
12/5/9/1
0/37/0/1
5/0/0/0
18/4/0/0

OPS .621 .654 .591 .511 .635 .680 .800 .412 .608 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.763 78/.773 40/.514 13/.671 29/.519 21/.729 37/.583 39/.411 46/.676 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.420 68/.520 44/.661 10/.311 41/.719 48/.658 68/.921 25/.414 53/.549 .692

Road 98/.736 74/.773 38/.597 / 34/.561 31/.809 49/.892 31/.512 49/.578

Last 28d days 132/.539 78/.676 48/.457 23/.511 44/.591 39/.589 66/.876 40/.286 67/.662

HR/SB/CS 3/5/2 2/6/2 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/3/0 26/25/14

Usage ·····X·· ··o···X· o··o··X· ··X····· ··o·o··· ··oX··o· ····X··· ··Xo··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.