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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 12:10pm, Thursday, July 29, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Tigers, 51-49, 51-49 3rd, 5 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (21, RHP, 4-8, 5.55)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-8)			84.1	108	58	52	26	39	9	5.55
2009 (14-9)			170.2	176	81	75	52	89	23	3.96

Last 7 GS		1-4	40.1	50	27	23	10	16	6	5.13	43
2010-07-24	TOR	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	0	0	110	46
2010-07-17	@CLE	ND	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	1	99	72
2010-06-19	ARI	L	5.1	8	5	4	1	4	2	85	37
2010-06-09	@CHW	L	3.1	8	8	8	0	1	2	57	13
2010-06-03	CLE	ND	5.1	7	6	3	1	2	0	95	37
2010-05-29	OAK	L	6.1	7	2	2	2	1	1	105	50
2010-05-23	@LAD	W	6.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	101	46

Last 5 v.TBR		1-0	5.2	4	1	1	2	5	0	1.59	60
2009-08-28	TBR	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	5	0	104	60

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

 Home:   35-17   Road:   16-32   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  34-39   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 10-7    vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest: 14-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 28  @TBR  L   4-7       51-49  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 62-38, 62-38 2nd, 2 GB, 7 up in WC

SP: David Price (24, LHP, 13-5, 2.90)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (13-5)			127.1	105	48	41	51	108	10	2.90
2009 (10-7)			128.1	119	72	63	54	102	17	4.42
2008 (0-0)			14.0	9	4	3	4	12	1	1.93

Last 7 GS		4-3	46.2	43	23	21	19	51	4	4.05	55
2010-07-24	@CLE	W	7.0	3	3	3	4	5	1	105	60
2010-07-18	@NYY	L	5.0	7	7	7	4	3	0	96	24
2010-07-07	BOS	W	7.2	8	2	2	1	10	1	111	64
2010-07-02	@MIN	L	8.0	4	2	2	4	6	0	122	68
2010-06-26	ARI	W	8.0	7	2	2	1	11	1	113	70
2010-06-20	@FLA	L	6.0	6	4	3	2	9	1	108	53
2010-06-15	@ATL	W	5.0	8	3	2	3	7	0	113	45

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	7.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	1.23	67
2009-08-29	@DET	W	7.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	106	67

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

 Home:   29-20   Road:   33-18   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  40-27   vsLHP:  22-11   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 25-13   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 28   DET  W   7-4       62-38  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 TBR  7  DET  4        W:Jeff Niemann (9-3), L: Eddie Bonine (4-1), S: Rafael Soriano (28)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TBR over 3-0; 2009 - DET won 5-2; 2008 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - TBR leads 47-45

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 5.45

STL 4.48

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.44

TOR 4.37

ARI 5.70

B. Posey .363

E. Hinske .281

L. Valbuena .164

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. DeWitt .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .658

J. Gomes .460

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.083

R. Branyan .813

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

B. Cecil 3.89

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

K. Millwood 6.87

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 14.Price*
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 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/168 .210/.294/.311/.605 .388/.629 .534 49/.472 2/0 4/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 322/243 .301/.366/.512/.879 1.224/.768 .790 93/.603 3/0 12/5

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.500 3/1.333 1/no AB 14/1.215 9/.985 6/.334 8/.250 419/324 .350/.425/.658/1.083 1.173/1.057 1.060 94/1.237 2/3 25/9

18.Damon* G/S/vP 8/.542 6/.533 22/.955 8/.393 7/1.738 25/1.068 6/.333 8/1.250 387/298 .284/.377/.437/.814 .858/.800 .781 85/1.031 7/1 7/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 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 5/.933 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 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 10/6 .200/.200/.200/.400 .500/.333 .500 10/.400 0/0 0/0

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 4/.500 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 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 173/100 .208/.279/.331/.610 .763/.499 .591 48/.517 1/1 2/3

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 17/17 .235/.235/.294/.529 /.529 .692 17/.529 0/0 0/0

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.600 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 2/.500 258/214 .269/.347/.323/.669 .761/.651 .690 61/.641 1/0 2/6

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/101 .205/.282/.282/.564 .379/.628 .560 20/.450 0/0 1/7

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/62 .245/.275/.357/.632 .720/.572 .588 43/.653 1/1 2/0

IP 127.1 43.1 35.1 24.2 36.0 49.0 39.2 31.1 TOTAL .270/.339/.416/.755 .790/.743 .717 .742 42/17 83/88

ERA-K/9

2.90/7.6

2.08/9.1

0.76/13.0

6.20/8.7

4.50/3.5

4.22/6.4

1.82/7.7

3.16/10.1

3.65/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (26-13-2)
Laird (40-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 529/.223 173/.218 123/.121 105/.258 173/.324 204/.249 153/.183 129/.211 .242 Ordonez
Jackson
Boesch
Damon
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/71/7
0/89/0/6
44/0/31/4
31/4/0/2
22/7/8/1
42/9/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .651 .607 .378 .697 .876 .765 .552 .677 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.560 69/.746 58/.432 82/.527 95/.842 85/.711 66/.610 23/.811 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 398/.681 104/.511 65/.331 23/1.369 78/.916 119/.799 87/.509 106/.649 .701

Home 232/.577 79/.694 61/.286 63/.636 88/.964 108/.816 74/.617 67/.531

Last 28d days 115/.663 45/.769 45/.388 24/.809 28/1.019 33/1.011 46/.709 30/.772

HR/SB/CS 10/9/4 1/1/2 3/1/0 2/1/1 2/3/1 9/2/0 2/3/0 4/1/1 109/51/21

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

Rays Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
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 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 184/86 .259/.311/.398/.709 .689/.766 .711 51/.775 0/0 5/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/.333 18/.478 2/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 329/223 .244/.327/.336/.663 .647/.670 .669 71/.780 9/2 2/8

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 237/206 .279/.333/.425/.758 .772/.755 .695 47/.863 2/3 6/8

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/1.000 22/.818 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 417/278 .309/.363/.503/.866 .695/.951 .901 93/.852 37/9 12/2

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 242/204 .264/.380/.358/.738 .562/.772 .558 53/.582 3/0 3/4

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 89/86 .233/.371/.466/.837 .000/.869 .685 66/.875 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 26/.724 1/1 2/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/2.071 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 444/309 .296/.385/.508/.893 .998/.848 1.004 102/.972 14/3 15/11

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.000 4/1.250 ··· 8/.661 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· 412/288 .209/.333/.436/.769 .675/.810 .833 89/.921 5/1 22/4

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 250/187 .259/.297/.409/.706 .790/.678 .690 58/.706 7/2 6/2

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 12/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/50 .194/.330/.278/.607 .987/.323 .620 38/.328 0/0 1/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 2/.500 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 427/300 .272/.371/.384/.755 .676/.782 .704 91/.594 22/2 6/1

IP 84.1 108.2 42.1 2.2 69.0 17.1 22.0 30.2 3.2 45.0 44.2 9.2 TOTAL .255/.340/.407/.747 .723/.757 .741 .766 129/32 95/59

ERA-K/9

5.55/4.2

5.05/6.3

2.34/7.0

10.12/0.0

4.43/4.3

3.12/4.7

7.36/7.4

4.99/7.0

2.45/2.4

4.20/3.4

1.81/9.3

4.66/3.7

4.36/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 382/.308 467/.278 175/.247 12/.364 290/.260 66/.241 102/.310 134/.265 21/.368 205/.306 174/.150 38/.278 .263 Crawford
Zobrist
Upton
Rodriguez
Joyce
Brignac
Kapler 90/0/0/7
1/11/84/4
0/94/0/2
3/8/6/0
7/0/9/0
0/0/2/0
11/0/35/0

OPS .824 .761 .614 1.364 .753 .749 .910 .756 .850 .797 .482 .649 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.884 238/.854 82/.606 5/1.400 146/.858 34/.853 33/.983 46/.569 8/.804 83/.665 96/.511 13/.558 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.758 229/.666 93/.621 7/1.333 144/.650 32/.648 69/.877 88/.839 13/.878 122/.892 78/.451 25/.695 .731

Road 146/.907 209/.796 76/.660 7/.286 90/.969 35/.814 68/.905 61/.893 4/.500 106/.881 63/.430 8/1.196

Last 28d days 56/.576 99/.885 40/.557 5/3.250 91/.859 27/.776 53/.960 36/.631 21/.850 46/.806 52/.788 38/.649

HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 14/11/5 1/1/0 2/0/0 9/3/2 3/0/1 3/2/3 3/2/0 0/1/0 2/0/2 3/1/0 0/0/0 84/66/31

Usage ····X··· ···X···· o··X···o ········ ···X···· ··X····· ········ X···o··· ········ X·ooo··· ···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.