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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:10pm, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 85-62, 85-62 1st, 11½ up

SP: Justin Verlander (28, RHP, 22-5, 2.44)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (22-5) 229.0 157 68 62 51 232 22 2.44
2010 (18-9) 224.1 190 89 84 71 219 14 3.37
2009 (19-9) 240.0 219 99 92 63 269 20 3.45
Last 7 GS 7-0 48.0 36 17 17 15 54 8 3.19 62
2011-09-07 @CLE W 6.0 3 4 4 2 8 2 113 56
2011-09-02 CHW W 7.1 7 1 1 1 6 1 106 65
2011-08-27 @MIN W 6.0 8 4 4 3 6 2 120 43
2011-08-22 @TBR W 7.0 3 1 1 3 8 1 116 72
2011-08-16 MIN W 7.2 7 1 1 1 8 0 121 68
2011-08-11 @CLE W 7.0 3 3 3 3 10 1 108 66
2011-08-06 @KCR W 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 1 110 61
Last 5 v.CHW 4-1 36.1 32 15 14 5 34 7 3.47 60
2011-09-02 CHW W 7.1 7 1 1 1 6 1 106 65
2011-07-26 @CHW W 8.0 7 4 4 1 7 2 125 58
2011-07-15 CHW L 6.0 7 5 4 2 6 0 110 44
2011-06-04 @CHW W 8.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 112 66
2011-04-22 CHW W 7.0 4 3 3 0 8 3 117 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-29   Road:   40-33   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  55-44   vsLHP:  30-18   1-Run:  26-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:44-21   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Mon, Sep 12  @CHW  W  14-4       85-62  1st 11.5 up
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
 Last 10:10-0    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7 
WhiteSox, 73-73, 73-73 2nd, 11½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (28, RHP, 12-10, 4.35)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-10) 173.2 166 87 84 39 131 18 4.35
2010 (10-13) 187.1 199 92 85 58 151 14 4.08
2009 (11-11) 193.0 178 93 87 59 163 21 4.06
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.2 42 25 25 6 35 4 5.67 48
2011-09-08 CLE ND 5.2 5 1 1 2 4 0 112 57
2011-09-03 @DET ND 5.0 8 4 4 0 4 1 83 39
2011-08-28 @SEA W 7.1 5 2 2 0 6 1 109 66
2011-08-21 TEX W 7.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 116 76
2011-08-16 CLE ND 5.2 5 5 5 1 9 0 91 47
2011-08-09 @BAL W 6.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 87 51
2011-08-03 NYY L 2.1 9 10 10 1 2 2 54 0
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 31.1 39 15 12 7 27 2 3.45 50
2011-09-03 @DET ND 5.0 8 4 4 0 4 1 83 39
2011-07-15 @DET W 7.2 6 2 1 1 5 1 97 65
2010-09-09 @DET L 6.0 13 6 5 1 3 0 108 26
2010-06-08 DET ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 8 0 101 62
2009-07-25 @DET ND 6.2 6 2 1 3 7 0 112 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-40   Road:   40-33   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  51-54   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:28-31   vsWest: 19-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Mon, Sep 12   DET  L   4-14      73-73  2nd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 DET 14 @CHW  4        W:Rick Porcello (14-8), L: John Danks (6-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 11-5; 2010 - DET won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1020-1001

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
Tigers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.750 5/.650 1/2.000 6/.334 3/1.334 3/.666 3/.000 500/360 .302/.392/.523/.915 .801/.960 .853 100/.993 3/1 18/6
20.Betemit# G/S/vP 10/.956 ··· 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 36/.735 ··· 12/1.500 9/1.181 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 8/1.250 3/1.334 10/.425 627/456 .330/.432/.555/.988 .959/.997 1.038 105/1.013 2/1 26/10
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 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 32/.969 ··· 22/.768 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 16/.621 95/68 .205/.242/.318/.560 .377/.636 .399 6/.333 1/1 2/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 29/.837 ··· 28/.935 13/.154 3/.666 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 8/1.333 284/179 .204/.264/.290/.554 .724/.458 .524 45/.936 1/1 3/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP 10/.744 ··· 9/1.111 1/2.000 3/.333 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/2.389 ··· 2/.000 605/413 .254/.322/.385/.707 .729/.697 .647 114/.884 20/4 9/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 239/217 .233/.278/.338/.616 .381/.640 .733 37/.583 2/1 4/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 30/.829 ··· 16/.599 12/.900 2/1.000 3/3.000 6/.333 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 3/1.667 23/.841 533/375 .324/.373/.455/.828 .820/.833 .850 102/.910 1/0 10/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 27/.653 ··· 19/.477 8/.661 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 5/.200 333/204 .245/.294/.324/.618 .682/.576 .480 40/.875 2/1 5/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 31/.941 ··· 21/.474 10/1.178 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.833 6/.500 3/.666 22/.527 525/363 .306/.354/.488/.842 .795/.862 .788 93/.810 0/2 19/7
25.Raburn G/S/vP 33/.832 ··· 11/1.091 8/.625 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 11/.819 384/240 .243/.279/.411/.690 .748/.654 .726 46/.925 1/0 13/14
28.Rhymes* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 89/79 .213/.314/.240/.554 .476/.562 .528 8/.536 1/0 0/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 15/.934 ··· 9/.625 3/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 254/203 .267/.320/.403/.722 .878/.683 .630 78/.881 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/16 .313/.353/.375/.728 .974/.450 .683 2/1.000 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 34/.820 ··· 3/.000 15/.266 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.929 3/1.334 8/.929 438/303 .281/.313/.390/.703 .735/.688 .698 103/.775 1/0 8/6
IP 173.2 2.0 61.1 55.2 12.2 6.0 47.0 3.2 64.0 57.2 58.1 52.1 TOTAL .276/.338/.429/.767 .780/.762 .739 .862 46/18 149/93
ERA-K/9 4.35/6.8 0.00/9.0 2.35/9.4 3.40/8.9 5.68/9.9 12.00/9.0 4.40/9.6 2.45/17.0 2.53/10.0 3.12/12.9 4.63/6.5 3.44/9.5 3.97/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-38-6)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Martinez (29-8-0)
 Santos (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 718/.252 9/.250 247/.207 241/.249 56/.314 34/.379 206/.257 16/.313 261/.200 232/.164 248/.295 234/.265 .258  Jackson
 Ordonez
 Young
 Raburn
 Dirks
 Kelly
0/138/0/8
0/0/63/7
101/0/0/5
51/2/14/3
38/14/15/3
17/4/35/1
OPS .685 .708 .620 .752 .806 1.091 .771 .688 .593 .557 .790 .670 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 420/.752 3/1.167 96/.475 117/.814 24/.962 18/1.171 104/.715 8/.250 121/.535 113/.655 128/.791 102/.596 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.592 6/.500 151/.709 124/.695 32/.689 16/1.000 102/.830 8/1.125 140/.645 119/.466 120/.788 132/.727 .704
Home 295/.746 / 148/.660 139/.818 32/.902 18/.600 123/.693 7/.429 137/.612 126/.666 119/.819 138/.699
Last 28d days 97/.580 9/.708 25/.628 31/.772 56/.806 34/1.091 34/1.060 16/.688 29/.392 30/.747 118/.670 35/.441
HR/SB/CS 18/21/1 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 3/9/2 126/120/33
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ··X·o··· ·X····o· X··oo··· X··X···· ·o·oo·o· ·o·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 Verlander
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 23/.581 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 6/.167 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.334 497/371 .230/.292/.328/.620 .547/.645 .623 86/.490 5/2 9/5
30.de Aza* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 120/105 .315/.361/.550/.911 .641/.947 1.080 80/.969 8/4 4/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 17/.705 2/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.347 448/348 .162/.292/.285/.577 .236/.674 .562 36/.439 0/1 11/4
62.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 1.000/1.000 2.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
17.Flowers G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 97/61 .207/.320/.390/.710 .465/.867 .821 67/.626 0/1 3/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 55/.582 4/.250 3/.333 23/.669 3/.333 1/.000 8/1.125 7/.143 ··· ··· 3/.666 595/458 .308/.395/.528/.923 .887/.933 .994 104/.754 1/1 29/5
55.Lucy G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .333/.333/.500/.833 3.000/.400 .000 6/.833 0/0 0/0
22.Morel G/S/vP 12/.788 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 386/263 .255/.288/.360/.648 .607/.667 .636 87/.833 3/4 7/12
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 30/.586 1/.000 3/1.334 3/1.334 4/1.000 2/1.000 9/.777 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.476 644/486 .287/.338/.341/.679 .782/.645 .697 111/.660 25/14 2/6
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 66/.765 2/1.000 2/.000 10/1.300 9/.555 ··· 5/.800 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.821 443/369 .284/.324/.399/.723 .774/.712 .811 41/.458 0/0 6/4
20.Quentin G/S/vP 40/.988 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.750 ··· 3/1.667 7/.143 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 483/362 .254/.340/.499/.838 .943/.804 .688 12/.348 1/1 24/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 43/.620 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 6/.334 9/.985 ··· ··· 5/1.100 616/468 .264/.323/.399/.722 .758/.710 .728 107/.653 7/4 14/16
51.Rios G/S/vP 28/.566 ··· 3/.833 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 10/1.500 5/.650 ··· ··· 6/.533 526/380 .220/.257/.329/.585 .654/.559 .654 87/.662 11/6 10/2
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/41 .353/.441/.431/.872 1.411/.644 .952 59/.872 1/0 1/0
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 13/.462 ··· ··· 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 229.0 38.2 26.0 56.2 104.2 2.2 68.1 31.0 46.2 9.2 63.1 TOTAL .254/.319/.390/.709 .718/.706 .734 .698 73/47 140/70
ERA-K/9 2.44/9.1 2.09/14.2 4.15/4.5 3.18/8.6 4.47/5.8 0.00/10.0 2.90/5.4 5.52/6.1 3.47/7.7 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 882/.191 166/.142 112/.253 225/.228 456/.276 12/.273 277/.235 143/.281 199/.202 43/.256 268/.204 .257  Pierre
 Rios
 Quentin
 de Aza
 Viciedo
 Dunn
139/0/0/5
0/131/0/5
0/0/102/2
3/13/21/1
0/0/10/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .554 .448 .630 .603 .719 .606 .643 .778 .691 .736 .603 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 498/.501 75/.433 47/.618 119/.661 158/.550 6/.533 124/.490 63/.801 93/.496 20/.771 161/.679 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.622 91/.460 65/.637 106/.537 298/.808 6/.667 153/.776 80/.759 106/.874 23/.704 107/.496 .726
Road 451/.577 91/.439 51/.376 103/.490 272/.667 / 159/.812 59/.762 99/.649 / 114/.533
Last 28d days 104/.752 8/.542 46/.908 38/.272 41/.687 12/.606 36/.937 34/.686 42/.463 20/.900 47/.623
HR/SB/CS 22/10/4 0/3/0 1/1/1 5/3/2 5/9/6 0/0/0 5/4/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 1/7/0 5/8/3 137/109/46
Usage ·····X·· ··o···X· ········ ·X·X·o·· ··o··oX· ········ X······· o··o·o·· X··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.