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Game Preview: DET @ SEA, 9:10pm, Saturday, April 17, 2010 @Safeco Field

Tigers, 6-4, 6-42nd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 0-0, 9.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-0) 10.0 11 10 10 4 9 2 9.00
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 3-1 47.0 51 29 29 10 48 5 5.55 50
2010-04-11 CLE ND 5.0 5 6 6 3 3 1 96 33
2010-04-05 @KCR ND 5.0 6 4 4 1 6 1 93 44
2009-10-04 CHW W 7.2 6 3 3 2 5 0 120 58
2009-09-29 MIN W 8.0 8 4 4 0 8 0 129 58
2009-09-24 @CLE W 7.0 7 2 2 2 11 0 126 64
2009-09-19 @MIN L 7.1 9 5 5 2 6 1 128 44
2009-09-14 TOR ND 7.0 10 5 5 0 9 2 104 46
Last 5 v.SEA 2-3 34.1 34 16 15 8 29 2 3.93 54
2009-08-19 SEA L 8.0 6 3 3 1 10 1 116 67
2009-04-17 @SEA L 7.1 8 6 5 1 8 0 108 47
2008-07-03 @SEA W 6.0 8 2 2 3 3 0 109 48
2008-05-31 @SEA L 7.0 8 4 4 2 1 0 112 44
2008-05-20 SEA W 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 104 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @SEA  L   3-11       6-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14   KCR  L   3-7        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 13   KCR  W   6-5        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr 12   KCR  L   5-10       5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   CLE  W   9-8        5-1   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sat, Apr 10   CLE  W   4-2        4-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   CLE  W   5-2        3-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8  @KCR  W   7-3        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @KCR  L   2-3 (11)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @KCR  W   8-4        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-4    Last 30: 6-4
Mariners, 5-6, 5-63rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (27, LHP, 0-1, 5.25)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 12.0 11 8 7 6 2 2 5.25
2009 (5-4) 96.1 87 43 40 27 52 9 3.74
2008 (5-3) 118.1 114 49 45 48 77 13 3.42
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.2 49 21 20 15 17 4 3.94 49
2010-04-12 OAK L 7.0 3 4 4 5 1 1 96 51
2010-04-07 @OAK ND 5.0 8 4 3 1 1 1 96 37
2009-10-03 TEX W 6.2 6 1 1 2 4 0 104 60
2009-09-27 @TOR L 7.0 7 5 5 1 3 0 114 45
2009-09-22 @TBR ND 5.0 6 3 3 4 1 0 113 40
2009-09-16 CHW W 8.0 9 1 1 1 2 1 116 61
2009-09-10 @LAA L 7.0 10 3 3 1 5 1 106 49
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 10.1 9 6 6 7 6 3 5.23 46
2009-08-20 @DET ND 5.1 4 5 5 4 4 2 86 40
2008-07-06 DET ND 5.0 5 1 1 3 2 1 87 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-4    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Fri, Apr 16   DET  W  11-3        5-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 10 Wed, Apr 14   OAK  W   4-2        4-6   3rd  2.0 gb
  9 Tue, Apr 13   OAK  W   3-0        3-6   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Mon, Apr 12   OAK  L   0-4        2-6   4th  4.0 gb
  7 Sun, Apr 11  @TEX  L   2-9        2-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 10  @TEX  W   4-3        2-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  9  @TEX  L   2-6        1-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  8  @OAK  L   2-6        1-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  7  @OAK  L   5-6        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  6  @OAK  L   1-2 (10)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-6    Last 30: 5-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 SEA 11  DET  3        W:Felix Hernandez (1-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (1-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 DET  7  SEA  6        W:Bobby Seay (4-2), L: David Aardsma (3-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 SEA  3 @DET  1        W:Ian Snell (3-9), L: Justin Verlander (13-7), S: David Aardsma (28)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 DET  5  SEA  3        W:Bobby Seay (3-2), L: Mark Lowe (1-6), S: Fernando Rodney (25)
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 SEA  2 @DET  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (8-6), L: Luke French (1-1), S: David Aardsma (24)
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 SEA  2 @DET  1        W:Felix Hernandez (11-3), L: Bobby Seay (1-2), S: David Aardsma (23)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 DET  9  SEA  7        W:Rick Porcello (9-6), L: Garrett Olson (3-4), S: Fernando Rodney (20)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 DET  8 @SEA  2        W:Rick Porcello (1-1), L: Carlos Silva (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 DET  2 @SEA  0        W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (1-1), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 SEA  6  DET  3        W:Felix Hernandez (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: Brandon Morrow (3)
Season Series: 2010 - SEA leads 1-0; 2009 - DET won 5-4; 2008 - DET won 7-3; All-Time - DET leads 190-157

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB		 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 23.Kelley
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 54.Texeira
G/S/vB		 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 46.White
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 72/61 .279/.375/.590/.965 1.255/.910 .624 12/.444 0/0 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.619 5/.900 4/1.750 4/.500 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/1.500 685/508 .324/.396/.547/.942 .958/.935 .871 46/1.105 6/2 34/7
18.Damon* G/S/vP 8/.125 3/.667 ··· 8/.661 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 626/438 .282/.365/.489/.854 .776/.889 .795 42/.590 12/0 24/5
4.Everett G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 390/247 .238/.288/.325/.613 .726/.546 .523 22/.606 5/2 3/14
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 4/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 4/.500 7/2.047 ··· ··· ··· 322/269 .242/.339/.419/.757 .805/.757 .790 44/.800 1/3 11/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 6/1.133 6/.000 2/.000 7/.453 4/1.750 ··· ··· 3/.666 637/471 .230/.314/.406/.720 .854/.675 .696 41/.877 2/5 27/20
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 44/.861 / /
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/54 .250/.311/.339/.651 .375/.694 .594 9/.444 1/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 5/1.350 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 477/354 .225/.306/.320/.626 .730/.591 .559 30/.456 5/0 4/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 4/.250 8/1.000 4/.833 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 518/358 .310/.376/.428/.804 .937/.745 .749 47/1.035 3/1 9/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 6/2.467 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 291/133 .291/.359/.533/.891 .976/.800 .923 17/.804 5/4 16/9
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 296/258 .267/.318/.385/.704 .622/.716 .621 19/.688 1/2 7/6
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 33/.701 / /
IP 96.1 71.1 46.0 74.2 80.0 91.2 64.1 TOTAL .281/.376/.413/.789 .634/.816 .764 .789 2/3 6/11
ERA-K/9 3.74/4.9 2.52/10.1 4.50/8.0 4.58/9.2 3.26/7.8 /0.0 4.91/5.3 2.80/3.9 3.84/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (11-4-4)
 Laird (59-42-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.239 296/.190 191/.257 313/.257 339/.232 / 385/.281 261/.216 .265  Raburn
 Damon
 Ordonez
 Kelly
 Guillen
70/7/14/9
133/0/0/6
0/0/104/6
18/0/2/1
42/0/0/0
OPS .669 .555 .742 .735 .664 .803 .581 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.571 154/.557 91/.555 155/.788 164/.801 / 117/.841 127/.531 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.699 142/.551 100/.920 158/.682 175/.538 / 268/.786 134/.626 .755
Home 223/.606 169/.592 96/.767 167/.800 174/.647 / 159/.685 151/.525
Last 28d days 52/.841 13/.154 17/.812 26/.679 17/.878 26/1.022 46/.749 20/.563
HR/SB/CS 9/0/1 4/2/2 9/2/0 8/9/1 7/2/2 // 16/2/6 3/5/3 7/5/1
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Verlander
G/S/vB		 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/1.167 15/1.159 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.842 2/.000 473/361 .257/.378/.397/.775 .830/.764 .892 40/.628 2/3 12/3
1.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 258/172 .226/.270/.393/.663 .767/.611 .697 13/.322 9/3 8/3
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 20/.388 26/.686 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 729/495 .298/.395/.393/.789 .630/.861 .795 48/.747 42/17 5/14
24.Griffey* G/S/vP 11/.455 5/.800 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 454/367 .214/.324/.411/.735 .804/.718 .930 25/.624 0/0 19/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 24/.770 3/1.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 629/435 .283/.339/.425/.764 .958/.683 .826 47/.970 16/5 18/7
32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 290/198 .213/.289/.326/.615 .493/.672 .562 23/.803 1/1 2/4
13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 9/1.000 17/.435 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 431/306 .268/.339/.382/.721 .625/.760 .673 38/.691 1/0 7/0
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 122/85 .218/.311/.386/.697 .683/.698 .625 1/.000 0/1 3/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP 29/.621 22/.745 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 653/447 .272/.303/.463/.766 .759/.770 .641 47/.637 3/3 25/16
50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/13 .217/.250/.391/.641 .636/.647 .474 17/.301 1/0 1/0
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 32/.873 37/.877 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.000 678/439 .352/.386/.465/.851 .826/.865 .908 49/.589 26/9 11/4
27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/5 .227/.280/.409/.689 .800/.200 .495 9/.667 0/0 1/0
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 402/284 .255/.292/.362/.654 .628/.664 .627 40/.422 3/1 5/12
IP 240.0 10.1 60.0 31.0 61.2 54.0 31.0 TOTAL .243/.322/.321/.643 .590/.678 .697 .643 8/4 4/10
ERA-K/9 3.45/10.1 8.71/4.4 4.50/7.3 2.61/6.1 3.79/8.8 /0.0 2.33/9.3 4.94/8.7 4.60/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Johnson (41-18-9)
 Moore (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 982/.243 53/.364 238/.209 121/.187 273/.246 / 219/.207 149/.274 .296  Gutierrez
 Bradley
 Suzuki
 Byrnes
 Langerhans
 Griffey
 Figgins
0/153/0/6
0/1/109/5
0/0/145/5
49/6/5/3
30/4/5/1
8/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .665 1.176 .668 .603 .738 .626 .829 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 547/.684 20/.961 133/.584 72/.469 124/.841 / 102/.772 77/1.080 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 435/.640 33/1.315 105/.778 49/.791 149/.653 / 117/.500 72/.577 .798
Road 519/.708 34/1.241 101/.744 72/.666 126/.862 / 100/.674 81/.882
Last 28d days 44/.796 44/.705 27/.842 19/.796 24/.848 39/.651 17/.794 22/.545
HR/SB/CS 20/9/16 4/1/1 10/2/2 3/1/1 7/10/3 // 5/5/3 5/2/0 10/10/2
Usage

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.