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Game Preview: DET @ SEA, 4:10pm, Sunday, April 18, 2010 @Safeco Field

Tigers, 6-5, 6-52nd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (25, RHP, 0-1, 1.64)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			11.0	10	5	2	4	6	1	1.64
2009 (9-11)			170.1	166	94	78	63	174	20	4.12
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		1-4	42.0	34	18	14	16	30	7	3.00	55
2010-04-12	KCR	L	5.0	9	5	2	2	3	1	101	36
2010-04-07	@KCR	ND	6.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	91	71
2009-09-25	SDP	L	5.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	104	48
2009-09-19	COL	L	5.1	3	4	3	5	6	2	109	49
2009-09-13	MIL	ND	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	108	65
2009-09-07	LAD	L	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	3	102	51
2009-09-02	@LAD	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	4	0	102	64

Has never faced SEA as starter.

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @SEA  L   2-4        6-5   2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-5    Last 30: 6-5

Mariners, 6-6, 6-62nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (28, RHP, 0-1, 5.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			9.0	12	6	5	4	4	2	5.00
2009 (7-10)			145.0	148	82	78	83	89	14	4.84
2008 (7-12)			164.1	201	107	99	89	135	18	5.42

Last 7 GS		1-2	38.1	41	18	16	20	22	3	3.76	48
2010-04-11	@TEX	L	3.0	8	5	4	2	0	1	78	23
2010-04-06	@OAK	ND	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	100	62
2009-10-02	TEX	ND	6.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	100	42
2009-09-26	@TOR	ND	6.2	5	2	1	2	7	1	106	63
2009-09-20	NYY	W	5.1	4	1	1	4	2	0	105	54
2009-09-15	CHW	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	84	56
2009-09-09	@LAA	L	5.1	6	4	4	5	2	0	100	37

Last 5 v.DET		1-2	17.2	21	7	7	7	11	3	3.57	49
2009-08-19	@DET	W	5.2	4	1	1	3	2	1	98	56
2009-06-12	DET	L	7.0	10	2	2	2	4	0	99	51
2006-07-02	DET	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	5	2	90	40

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-4    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sat, Apr 17   DET  W   4-2        6-6   2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 SEA  4  DET  2        W:Brandon League (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: David Aardsma (5)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - SEA leads 2-0; 2009 - DET won 5-4; 2008 - DET won 7-3; All-Time - DET leads 190-158

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

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

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 (4.91 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Snell
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 72/61 .279/.375/.590/.965 1.255/.910 .624 13/.408 0/0 5/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.144 5/.900 4/1.750 4/.500 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/1.500 685/508 .324/.396/.547/.942 .958/.935 .871 50/1.008 6/2 34/7

18.Damon* G/S/vP 7/1.096 3/.667 ··· 9/.819 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 626/438 .282/.365/.489/.854 .776/.889 .795 43/.627 12/0 24/5

4.Everett G/S/vP 12/.417 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 390/247 .238/.288/.325/.613 .726/.546 .523 24/.639 5/2 3/14

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/2.100 5/1.350 1/.000 4/.500 8/2.036 ··· ··· ··· 322/269 .242/.339/.419/.757 .805/.757 .790 48/.804 1/3 11/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 7/.429 6/.000 2/.000 7/.453 5/1.800 ··· ··· 3/.666 637/471 .230/.314/.406/.720 .854/.675 .696 45/.828 2/5 27/20

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 49/.812 / /

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 4/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/54 .250/.311/.339/.651 .375/.694 .594 9/.444 1/0 0/0

8.Laird G/S/vP 5/.600 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 477/354 .225/.306/.320/.626 .730/.591 .559 33/.464 5/0 4/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/1.381 8/1.000 4/.833 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 518/358 .310/.376/.428/.804 .937/.745 .749 51/1.090 3/1 9/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 291/133 .291/.359/.533/.891 .976/.800 .923 21/.631 5/4 16/9

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 296/258 .267/.318/.385/.704 .622/.716 .621 20/.650 1/2 7/6

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 37/.771 / /

IP 145.0 71.1 46.0 74.2 80.0 91.2 64.1 TOTAL .276/.370/.407/.777 .638/.811 .744 .777 2/3 7/13

ERA-K/9

4.84/5.5

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

3.69/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 649/.266 296/.190 191/.257 313/.257 339/.232 / 385/.281 261/.216 .261 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 .809 .555 .742 .735 .664 .803 .581 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.807 154/.557 91/.555 155/.788 164/.801 / 117/.841 127/.531 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.810 142/.551 100/.920 158/.682 175/.538 / 268/.786 134/.626 .738

Home 297/.788 169/.592 96/.767 167/.800 174/.647 / 159/.685 151/.525

Last 28d days 45/.963 16/.125 17/.812 31/.724 21/.873 26/1.022 46/.749 20/.563

HR/SB/CS 14/10/5 4/2/2 9/2/0 8/9/1 7/2/2 // 16/2/6 3/5/3 8/5/1

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 (3.58 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 15/1.159 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.842 2/.000 473/361 .257/.378/.397/.775 .830/.764 .892 43/.612 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 3/.000 26/.686 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 729/495 .298/.395/.393/.789 .630/.861 .795 52/.690 42/17 5/14

24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 454/367 .214/.324/.411/.735 .804/.718 .930 29/.535 0/0 19/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 629/435 .283/.339/.425/.764 .958/.683 .826 51/.972 16/5 18/7

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 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 5/.400 17/.435 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 431/306 .268/.339/.382/.721 .625/.760 .673 41/.717 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 ··· 22/.745 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 653/447 .272/.303/.463/.766 .759/.770 .641 51/.626 3/3 25/16

50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/13 .217/.250/.391/.641 .636/.647 .474 20/.255 1/0 1/0

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 37/.877 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.000 678/439 .352/.386/.465/.851 .826/.865 .908 53/.746 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 4/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 402/284 .255/.292/.362/.654 .628/.664 .627 43/.441 3/1 5/12

IP 170.1 10.1 60.0 31.0 61.2 54.0 31.0 TOTAL .245/.321/.328/.649 .590/.684 .703 .649 11/5 4/10

ERA-K/9

4.12/9.2

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

4.59/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 741/.253 53/.364 238/.209 121/.187 273/.246 / 219/.207 149/.274 .295 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 .751 1.176 .668 .603 .738 .626 .829 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.793 20/.961 133/.584 72/.469 124/.841 / 102/.772 77/1.080 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.702 33/1.315 105/.778 49/.791 149/.653 / 117/.500 72/.577 .778

Road 343/.739 34/1.241 101/.744 72/.666 126/.862 / 100/.674 81/.882

Last 28d days 45/.766 44/.705 29/.828 19/.796 24/.848 39/.651 17/.794 25/.560

HR/SB/CS 20/10/6 4/1/1 10/2/2 3/1/1 7/10/3 // 5/5/3 5/2/0 10/13/3

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.