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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Tigers, 51-48, 51-48 3rd, 4 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Eddie Bonine (29, RHP, 4-0, 2.72)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-0)			46.1	42	14	14	16	21	5	2.72
2009 (1-1)			34.1	40	19	17	12	19	7	4.46
2008 (2-1)			26.2	36	19	16	5	9	3	5.40

Last 7 GS		2-2	37.0	43	21	16	12	16	3	3.89	46
2009-09-30	MIN	W	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	87	46
2009-09-25	@CHW	L	6.2	2	2	0	4	3	1	94	65
2009-09-16	KCR	ND	5.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	82	44
2009-07-24	CHW	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	81	48
2008-07-09	CLE	ND	3.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	74	23
2008-07-02	@MIN	L	2.2	7	5	2	2	1	0	52	29
2008-06-27	COL	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	99	70

Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

 Home:   35-17   Road:   16-31   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  34-38   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest: 14-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @TBR  L   2-3       51-48  3rd  4.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 26  @TBR  L   0-5       51-47  3rd  3.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 25   TOR  W   6-5       51-46  3rd  2.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 25   TOR  L   3-5       50-46  3rd  2.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 24   TOR  L   2-3       50-45  3rd  2.5 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 22   TOR  W   5-2       50-44  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 21   TEX  W   4-1       49-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 20   TEX  L   0-8       48-44  2nd  3.5 gb
 91 Mon, Jul 19   TEX  L   6-8 (14)  48-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 18  @CLE  L   2-7       48-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 61-38, 61-38 2nd, 2 GB, 7 up in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (27, RHP, 8-3, 2.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-3)			128.1	105	43	42	40	94	16	2.95
2009 (13-6)			180.2	185	84	79	59	125	17	3.94
2008 (2-2)			16.0	18	12	9	8	14	3	5.06

Last 7 GS		2-2	42.1	37	16	15	15	39	6	3.19	56
2010-07-23	@CLE	L	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	83	50
2010-07-17	@NYY	W	6.1	6	4	4	4	6	2	108	47
2010-07-11	CLE	ND	5.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	70	47
2010-07-06	BOS	W	6.0	4	1	0	3	5	0	107	64
2010-07-01	@MIN	ND	6.2	6	3	3	2	5	1	104	53
2010-06-25	ARI	L	7.1	6	1	1	2	8	1	106	68
2010-06-19	@FLA	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	7	2	89	62

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	14.2	11	3	3	2	9	1	1.84	65
2009-09-04	DET	ND	7.2	6	1	1	2	6	1	115	67
2009-08-30	@DET	ND	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	96	62

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

 Home:   28-20   Road:   33-18   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  39-27   vsLHP:  22-11   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 25-13   vsCntrl:18-8    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Tue, Jul 27   DET  W   3-2       61-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 26   DET  W   5-0       60-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 25  @CLE  W   4-2       59-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 24  @CLE  W   6-3       58-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 23  @CLE  L   1-3  (7)  57-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 21  @BAL  W   5-4       57-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 20  @BAL  L  10-11(13)  56-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 19  @BAL  W   8-1       56-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 18  @NYY  L   5-9       55-36  2nd  3.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 17  @NYY  W  10-5       55-35  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 TBR  3  DET  2        W:James Shields (9-9), L: Justin Verlander (12-6), S: Rafael Soriano (27)
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 TBR  5  DET  0        W:Matt Garza (11-5), L: Max Scherzer (7-8), S: none

Sun, Sep 06, 2009 DET  5 @TBR  3        W:Edwin Jackson (12-6), L: Russ Springer (0-3), S: Brandon Lyon (3)
Sat, Sep 05, 2009 DET  8 @TBR  6        W:Bobby Seay (5-2), L: Grant Balfour (5-4), S: Brandon Lyon (2)
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 DET  4 @TBR  3        W:Justin Verlander (16-7), L: J.P. Howell (7-5), S: Fernando Rodney (32)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 TBR 11 @DET  7        W:James Shields (9-10), L: Jarrod Washburn (9-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 DET  4  TBR  3        W:Justin Verlander (15-7), L: Grant Balfour (5-3), S: Fernando Rodney (29)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 TBR  3 @DET  1        W:David Price (7-6), L: Nate Robertson (1-1), S: J.P. Howell (16)
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 DET  6  TBR  2        W:Rick Porcello (11-8), L: Matt Garza (7-9), S: none
Sun, Sep 28, 2008 TBR  8 @DET  7 (11)   W:Edwin Jackson (14-11), L: Chris Lambert (1-2), S: Jason Hammel (2)
Season Series: 2010 - TBR over 2-0; 2009 - DET won 5-2; 2008 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - TBR leads 46-45

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 5.42

FLA 4.49

SEA 3.28

RA/G

SDP 3.47

FLA 4.39

ARI 5.69

B. Posey .366

J. Tabata .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Rios .357

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

B. Phillips .461

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.073

V. Martinez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

D. Braden 3.77

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

J. Danks 6.80

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Tigers Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/164 .209/.295/.313/.608 .388/.632 .535 45/.469 2/0 4/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 318/239 .305/.371/.519/.890 1.224/.781 .812 89/.632 3/0 12/5

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/1.250 5/.400 3/1.333 1/no AB 14/1.215 9/.985 6/.334 8/.250 415/320 .349/.422/.651/1.073 1.173/1.043 1.037 90/1.192 2/3 24/9

18.Damon* G/S/vP 9/.819 5/.400 22/.955 8/.393 7/1.738 25/1.068 5/.400 8/1.250 382/293 .282/.374/.424/.798 .858/.780 .746 80/.968 7/1 6/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/.533 8/.125 22/.797 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 246/184 .280/.337/.427/.764 .659/.800 .767 60/.668 1/2 5/4

15.Inge G/S/vP 7/.000 6/.583 11/1.233 ··· 4/.750 3/.000 2/.500 3/.500 354/259 .263/.342/.413/.755 .779/.747 .643 53/.937 2/3 6/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 395/290 .314/.363/.429/.792 .570/.871 .772 95/.877 16/4 1/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 137/123 .206/.250/.254/.504 .468/.507 .492 38/.487 1/0 1/3

12.Laird G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 212/130 .182/.243/.260/.503 .462/.528 .441 40/.361 2/1 3/4

19.Larish* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/2 .167/.167/.167/.333 .500/.000 6/.333 0/0 0/0

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.666 17/.971 ··· 2/.000 6/.833 3/.666 6/2.600 365/284 .303/.378/.474/.852 1.171/.763 .804 76/.739 1/0 12/3

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 169/96 .205/.274/.331/.605 .763/.485 .579 44/.489 1/1 2/3

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/12 .167/.167/.167/.333 /.333 .500 12/.333 0/0 0/0

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.750 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.500 256/212 .271/.349/.326/.675 .761/.657 .702 59/.664 1/0 2/6

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/97 .204/.283/.283/.567 .379/.634 .564 16/.438 0/0 1/7

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/60 .250/.280/.365/.645 .720/.592 .613 41/.686 1/1 2/0

IP 128.1 42.1 34.1 24.2 36.0 49.0 38.2 31.1 TOTAL .271/.339/.415/.754 .790/.742 .714 .738 42/17 81/88

ERA-K/9

2.95/6.6

2.13/8.9

0.79/13.1

6.20/8.7

4.50/3.5

4.22/6.4

1.86/7.9

3.16/10.1

3.65/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (24-13-2)
Laird (40-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.222 167/.217 120/.124 105/.258 173/.324 204/.249 150/.187 129/.211 .242 Ordonez
Jackson
Boesch
Damon
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/71/7
0/89/0/6
44/0/30/4
30/4/0/2
22/6/8/1
42/9/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .661 .594 .388 .697 .876 .765 .564 .677 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.747 64/.735 57/.440 82/.527 95/.842 85/.711 63/.641 23/.811 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.579 103/.504 63/.342 23/1.369 78/.916 119/.799 87/.509 106/.649 .700

Home 249/.631 73/.671 58/.302 63/.636 88/.964 108/.816 71/.645 67/.531

Last 28d days 128/.704 40/.717 44/.403 26/.871 31/.907 33/1.011 46/.709 30/.772

HR/SB/CS 16/11/1 1/1/2 3/1/0 2/1/1 2/3/1 9/2/0 2/3/0 4/1/1 107/51/21

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

Rays Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Bonine
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 53.Fien
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 41.Oliver*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 34.Weinhardt
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 180/84 .259/.313/.401/.714 .682/.786 .722 52/.801 0/0 5/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 1/.000 18/.478 2/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 325/220 .244/.328/.337/.665 .654/.670 .674 72/.749 9/2 2/8

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 233/204 .274/.330/.419/.749 .830/.737 .673 44/.854 2/3 6/8

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 22/.818 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 2/5.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 412/275 .311/.365/.507/.872 .706/.954 .916 94/.910 37/9 12/2

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/202 .264/.382/.360/.743 .536/.781 .560 52/.594 3/0 3/4

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/84 .232/.376/.478/.855 .000/.866 .705 65/.881 1/1 3/0

19.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 6/.200 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 123/28 .222/.303/.306/.609 .605/.618 .554 27/.696 1/1 2/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/2.071 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 439/306 .291/.380/.497/.878 .986/.832 .974 102/.887 14/3 14/11

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 4/1.250 ··· 8/.661 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 407/285 .205/.327/.434/.761 .657/.806 .817 89/.835 5/1 22/4

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/185 .258/.296/.410/.707 .803/.674 .691 60/.681 7/2 6/2

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 12/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/50 .194/.330/.278/.607 .987/.323 .620 40/.368 0/0 1/0

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 10/1.167 1/.000 ··· 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 371/259 .227/.315/.390/.705 .926/.613 .680 74/.636 27/6 8/4

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 5/.650 ··· 6/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 425/298 .270/.371/.383/.754 .676/.780 .700 95/.631 20/2 6/1

IP 46.1 108.2 41.1 2.2 69.0 17.1 22.0 29.2 3.2 42.1 44.2 9.2 TOTAL .254/.339/.406/.745 .724/.754 .737 .756 127/32 94/59

ERA-K/9

2.72/4.1

5.05/6.3

2.40/7.0

10.12/0.0

4.43/4.3

3.12/4.7

7.36/7.4

4.55/7.0

2.45/2.4

4.46/3.6

1.81/9.3

4.66/3.7

4.32/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (26-10-4)
Shoppach (12-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.241 467/.278 172/.252 12/.364 290/.260 66/.241 102/.310 129/.259 21/.368 192/.302 174/.150 38/.278 .261 Crawford
Zobrist
Upton
Kapler
Rodriguez
Joyce
Brignac 89/0/0/7
1/10/84/4
0/94/0/2
11/0/34/0
3/7/6/0
7/0/8/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .690 .761 .625 1.364 .753 .749 .910 .726 .850 .795 .482 .649 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.632 238/.854 80/.622 5/1.400 146/.858 34/.853 33/.983 44/.600 8/.804 75/.665 96/.511 13/.558 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.729 229/.666 92/.628 7/1.333 144/.650 32/.648 69/.877 85/.781 13/.878 117/.883 78/.451 25/.695 .727

Road 86/.591 209/.796 73/.689 7/.286 90/.969 35/.814 68/.905 56/.838 4/.500 93/.889 63/.430 8/1.196

Last 28d days 48/.941 99/.885 37/.606 5/3.250 91/.859 27/.776 53/.960 31/.499 21/.850 33/.795 52/.788 38/.649

HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 14/11/5 1/1/0 2/0/0 9/3/2 3/0/1 3/2/3 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/0/2 3/1/0 0/0/0 83/64/31

Usage ··o····· ··X····· ··X···o· ·······X ··X····X ·X······ ········ ···o···· ········ ·ooo···o ··X··oX· ··oo····

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.