Monday, September 12, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:10pm, Monday, September 12, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 84-62, 84-62 1st, 10½ up

SP: Rick Porcello (22, RHP, 13-8, 4.87)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (13-8)			155.1	181	91	84	37	89	17	4.87
2010 (10-12)			162.2	188	96	89	38	84	18	4.92
2009 (14-9)			170.2	176	81	75	52	89	23	3.96

Last 7 GS		2-2	39.1	52	28	26	7	20	6	5.95	42
2011-09-06	@CLE	W	6.1	3	1	1	1	1	1	75	63
2011-08-31	KCR	ND	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	86	48
2011-08-26	@MIN	W	6.1	7	1	1	3	4	0	95	56
2011-08-21	CLE	ND	3.2	7	5	5	1	2	1	80	28
2011-08-15	MIN	L	6.0	9	6	4	1	2	1	95	35
2011-08-10	@CLE	L	3.2	11	8	8	0	3	1	70	10
2011-08-05	@KCR	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	4	0	82	51

Last 5 v.CHW		1-3	29.2	37	24	24	7	10	5	7.28	38
2010-09-09	CHW	W	8.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	105	65
2010-08-14	@CHW	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	115	52
2010-08-03	CHW	L	4.1	8	7	7	2	1	2	83	18
2010-06-09	@CHW	L	3.1	8	8	8	0	1	2	57	13
2010-05-18	CHW	L	7.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	108	44

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

 Home:   45-29   Road:   39-33   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  55-44   vsLHP:  29-18   1-Run:  26-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:43-21   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Sun, Sep 11   MIN  W   2-1       84-62  1st 10.5 up
145 Sat, Sep 10   MIN  W   3-2       83-62  1st  9.5 up
144 Fri, Sep  9   MIN  W   8-4       82-62  1st  9.5 up
143 Wed, Sep  7  @CLE  W   8-6       81-62  1st  9.0 up
142 Tue, Sep  6  @CLE  W  10-1       80-62  1st  8.0 up
141 Mon, Sep  5  @CLE  W   4-2       79-62  1st  7.5 up
140 Sun, Sep  4   CHW  W  18-2       78-62  1st  6.5 up
139 Sat, Sep  3   CHW  W   9-8       77-62  1st  6.5 up
138 Fri, Sep  2   CHW  W   8-1       76-62  1st  5.5 up
137 Thu, Sep  1   KCR  L   8-11      75-62  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7

WhiteSox, 73-72, 73-72 2nd, 10½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (26, LHP, 6-11, 4.09)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-11)			152.0	155	74	69	42	122	17	4.09
2010 (15-11)			213.0	189	93	88	70	162	18	3.72
2009 (13-11)			200.1	184	89	84	73	149	28	3.77

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.0	45	26	24	10	41	5	4.80	51
2011-09-07	@MIN	L	6.0	6	5	4	2	4	0	114	44
2011-09-02	@DET	L	4.2	9	8	8	2	4	1	91	16
2011-08-27	@SEA	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	10	0	120	90
2011-08-20	TEX	ND	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	2	107	60
2011-08-14	KCR	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	6	0	105	58
2011-08-08	@BAL	ND	6.1	7	5	4	0	7	0	85	48
2011-08-02	NYY	L	6.0	9	4	4	1	5	2	114	42

Last 5 v.DET		1-3	29.0	38	24	21	13	30	4	6.52	41
2011-09-02	@DET	L	4.2	9	8	8	2	4	1	91	16
2011-07-27	DET	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	10	1	116	63
2011-04-24	@DET	L	6.0	9	3	3	2	8	0	113	48
2010-09-19	DET	ND	6.1	6	7	7	3	4	2	102	34
2010-09-08	@DET	L	6.0	8	5	2	3	4	0	94	43

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

 Home:   33-39   Road:   40-33   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  51-53   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:28-30   vsWest: 19-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Sun, Sep 11   CLE  L   3-7       73-72  2nd 10.5 gb
144 Sat, Sep 10   CLE  W   7-3 (10)  73-71  2nd  9.5 gb
143 Fri, Sep  9   CLE  L   4-8       72-71  2nd  9.5 gb
142 Thu, Sep  8   CLE  W   8-1       72-70  2nd  8.5 gb
141 Wed, Sep  7  @MIN  L   4-5       71-70  2nd  9.0 gb
140 Tue, Sep  6  @MIN  W   3-0       71-69  2nd  8.0 gb
139 Mon, Sep  5  @MIN  W   4-0       70-69  3rd  8.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  5  @MIN  W   2-1       69-69  3rd  8.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  4  @DET  L   2-18      68-69  3rd  8.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  3  @DET  L   8-9       68-68  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 DET 18  CHW  2        W:Max Scherzer (14-8), L: Mark Buehrle (11-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 DET  9  CHW  8        W:Luis Marte (1-0), L: Sergio Santos (3-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 DET  8  CHW  1        W:Justin Verlander (21-5), L: John Danks (6-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 CHW  2  DET  1        W:John Danks (4-8), L: Max Scherzer (11-6), S: Sergio Santos (21)
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 DET  5 @CHW  4        W:Justin Verlander (14-5), L: Will Ohman (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (27)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 CHW  6  DET  3        W:Mark Buehrle (8-5), L: Duane Below (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 DET  4  CHW  3        W:Brad Penny (7-6), L: Philip Humber (8-6), S: Jose Valverde (25)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 CHW  5 @DET  0        W:Edwin Jackson (6-7), L: Max Scherzer (10-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 CHW  8 @DET  2        W:Gavin Floyd (7-9), L: Justin Verlander (12-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 DET  7 @CHW  3        W:Brad Penny (5-4), L: Jake Peavy (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 10-5; 2010 - DET won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1019-1001

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 2011 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 5.41 CLE 4.22 SFG 3.37	RA/G PHI 3.24 STL 4.30 BAL 5.28	BA A. Gonzalez .339 B. Zobrist .271 K. Johnson .210	OBP J. Bautista .443 C. Quentin .341 V. Wells .252	SLG J. Bautista .627 A. Lind .439 O. Cabrera .302	OPS J. Bautista 1.070 Y. Molina .781 O. Cabrera .568	ERA C. Kershaw 2.36 M. Pineda 3.72 B. Duensing 5.34	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.41 E. Santana 7.09 B. Penny 3.68

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.41

CLE 4.22

SFG 3.37

RA/G

PHI 3.24

STL 4.30

BAL 5.28

A. Gonzalez .339

B. Zobrist .271

K. Johnson .210

OBP

J. Bautista .443

C. Quentin .341

V. Wells .252

SLG

J. Bautista .627

A. Lind .439

O. Cabrera .302

OPS

J. Bautista 1.070

Y. Molina .781

O. Cabrera .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.36

M. Pineda 3.72

B. Duensing 5.34

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.41

E. Santana 7.09

B. Penny 3.68

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Tigers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 39.Axelrod
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 58.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 66.Lindsay
G/S/vB 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 48.Stewart
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 12/1.045 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.650 1/2.000 6/.334 3/1.334 3/.666 3/.000 494/357 .300/.391/.522/.913 .796/.958 .847 98/1.021 3/1 18/6

20.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 339/244 .285/.342/.436/.778 .614/.844 .837 51/.844 4/1 7/10

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 32/.646 ··· 12/1.500 9/1.181 1/.000 1/5.000 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 8/1.250 3/1.334 10/.425 622/454 .329/.432/.555/.987 .958/.997 1.039 104/1.028 2/1 26/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 210/180 .256/.303/.421/.723 .900/.692 .624 27/.686 4/2 7/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 18/1.000 ··· 22/.768 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 16/.621 94/67 .207/.245/.322/.567 .377/.646 .407 5/.400 1/1 2/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 30/.762 ··· 28/.935 13/.154 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 8/1.333 279/177 .196/.258/.280/.538 .715/.440 .487 40/.873 1/1 3/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 22/1.217 ··· 9/1.111 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/2.389 ··· 2/.000 599/411 .254/.319/.385/.704 .730/.692 .640 113/.897 20/4 9/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 237/215 .235/.280/.341/.621 .381/.646 .747 39/.605 2/1 4/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 30/.803 ··· 16/.599 12/.900 1/.000 2/3.000 6/.333 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 3/1.667 23/.841 528/373 .323/.371/.454/.825 .823/.828 .846 101/.883 1/0 10/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 33/1.328 ··· 19/.477 8/.661 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 5/.200 329/203 .245/.295/.325/.619 .699/.569 .480 36/.918 2/1 5/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 46/.589 ··· 21/.474 10/1.178 1/3.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.833 6/.500 3/.666 22/.527 520/361 .305/.354/.482/.836 .763/.867 .776 92/.782 0/2 18/7

25.Raburn G/S/vP 28/.686 ··· 11/1.091 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 11/.819 379/238 .235/.272/.394/.666 .690/.651 .685 41/.730 1/0 12/14

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 88/78 .216/.318/.243/.561 .476/.570 .539 7/.619 1/0 0/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 9/.625 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 252/201 .265/.318/.397/.715 .878/.674 .615 80/.929 0/0 5/3

18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/5 .182/.182/.182/.364 .667/.000 .250 6/.333 0/0 0/0

29.Worth G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/15 .323/.364/.387/.751 .974/.481 .718 1/2.000 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 42/.923 ··· 3/.000 15/.266 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.929 3/1.334 8/.929 434/302 .276/.306/.385/.692 .710/.684 .675 104/.734 1/0 8/6

IP 152.0 2.0 61.1 55.2 11.2 3.0 47.0 3.2 64.0 57.2 58.1 52.1 TOTAL .274/.337/.426/.763 .770/.760 .730 .852 46/18 147/93

ERA-K/9

4.09/7.2

0.00/9.0

2.35/9.4

3.40/8.9

1.54/10.8

24.00/15.0

4.40/9.6

2.45/17.0

2.53/10.0

3.12/12.9

4.63/6.5

3.44/9.5

3.91/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (79-38-5)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (29-8-0)
Santos (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 642/.266 9/.250 247/.207 241/.249 45/.195 21/.500 206/.257 16/.313 261/.200 232/.164 248/.295 234/.265 .256 Jackson
Ordonez
Young
Dirks
Raburn
Kelly 0/137/0/8
0/0/62/7
100/0/0/5
38/13/15/3
51/2/13/3
16/4/35/1

OPS .735 .708 .620 .752 .584 1.460 .771 .688 .593 .557 .790 .670 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.711 3/1.167 96/.475 117/.814 20/.794 11/1.727 104/.715 8/.250 121/.535 113/.655 128/.791 102/.596 .698

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 455/.745 6/.500 151/.709 124/.695 25/.417 10/1.200 102/.830 8/1.125 140/.645 119/.466 120/.788 132/.727 .696

Home 316/.687 / 148/.660 139/.818 21/.460 5/.900 123/.693 7/.429 137/.612 126/.666 119/.819 138/.699

Last 28d days 108/.669 9/.708 35/.614 34/.698 45/.584 21/1.460 37/1.062 16/.688 37/.481 36/.772 118/.670 42/.439

HR/SB/CS 17/13/8 0/1/0 6/11/2 7/10/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 8/1/1 0/0/0 5/3/2 5/5/0 6/5/2 3/9/2 124/120/33

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 49.Marte
G/S/vB 34.Pauley
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 50.Turner
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 9/1.723 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.200 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.334 493/367 .230/.292/.327/.619 .547/.644 .620 89/.486 5/2 9/5

30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 116/101 .324/.365/.565/.930 .641/.970 1.124 83/1.040 8/4 4/0

32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.347 448/348 .162/.292/.285/.577 .236/.674 .562 40/.446 0/1 11/4

62.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.333/.667 .000/1.000 3/.667 0/0 0/0

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/61 .210/.323/.395/.718 .479/.867 .837 73/.678 0/1 3/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/1.329 4/.250 3/.333 23/.669 3/.333 1/.000 8/1.125 7/.143 ··· ··· 3/.666 592/455 .309/.395/.530/.925 .887/.936 1.000 108/.816 1/1 29/5

55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .333/.333/.500/.833 3.000/.400 .000 6/.833 0/0 0/0

22.Morel G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 382/259 .253/.286/.342/.627 .607/.637 .594 90/.799 3/4 5/12

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 17/1.079 1/.000 3/1.334 3/1.334 4/1.000 2/1.000 8/.875 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.476 639/482 .286/.338/.339/.676 .787/.640 .692 114/.686 25/14 2/6

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 11/.364 2/1.000 2/.000 10/1.300 9/.555 ··· 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.821 439/366 .283/.323/.399/.722 .785/.709 .810 37/.419 0/0 6/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/.688 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 6/.334 9/.985 ··· ··· 5/1.100 613/465 .265/.325/.401/.725 .758/.715 .736 111/.685 7/4 14/16

51.Rios G/S/vP 17/.823 ··· 3/.833 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 10/1.500 5/.650 ··· ··· 6/.533 524/378 .221/.258/.330/.588 .654/.562 .660 87/.710 11/6 10/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 55/37 .354/.436/.438/.874 1.411/.624 .970 55/.874 1/0 1/0

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 16/.905 ··· ··· 4/.250 5/.250 ··· 5/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 10/.777 178/153 .245/.282/.294/.576 .444/.591 .582 13/.641 1/2 0/1

IP 155.1 38.2 26.0 56.2 104.2 2.2 67.1 30.2 45.2 9.2 63.1 TOTAL .254/.319/.389/.708 .718/.705 .733 .719 73/47 138/69

ERA-K/9

4.87/5.2

2.09/14.2

4.15/4.5

3.18/8.6

4.47/5.8

0.00/10.0

2.81/5.5

5.58/5.9

3.55/7.9

7.45/7.4

2.56/8.1

4.09/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (22-7-3)
Lucy (0-1-0)
Pierzynski (82-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 671/.293 166/.142 112/.253 225/.228 456/.276 12/.273 273/.235 141/.283 195/.201 43/.256 268/.204 .257 Pierre
Rios
de Aza
Viciedo
Dunn 138/0/0/5
0/131/0/5
3/12/21/1
0/0/9/1
0/0/2/0

OPS .784 .448 .630 .603 .719 .606 .633 .780 .695 .736 .603 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 410/.881 75/.433 47/.618 119/.661 158/.550 6/.533 122/.498 63/.801 91/.507 20/.771 161/.679 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.633 91/.460 65/.637 106/.537 298/.808 6/.667 151/.750 78/.761 104/.871 23/.704 107/.496 .725

Road 357/.731 91/.439 51/.376 103/.490 272/.667 / 155/.799 57/.766 95/.656 / 114/.533

Last 28d days 96/.783 8/.542 46/.908 42/.272 42/.670 12/.606 32/.891 32/.689 38/.458 20/.900 47/.623

HR/SB/CS 17/15/3 0/3/0 1/1/1 5/3/2 5/9/6 0/0/0 4/4/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 1/7/0 5/8/3 135/109/46

Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·· ·······X X·X·o··· ·o··oX·· ·······o ········ ··o·o··· ··X··o·· ········ X·o·o·o·

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.