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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, April 29, 2011 @Progressive Field

Tigers, 12-13, 12-13 2nd, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 4-0, 3.19)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-0) 31.0 33 11 11 13 30 5 3.19
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
2009 (9-11) 170.1 166 94 78 63 174 20 4.12
Last 7 GS 5-1 43.2 43 15 15 18 41 7 3.09 55
2011-04-24 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 104 78
2011-04-18 @SEA W 6.0 6 2 2 4 7 1 112 55
2011-04-13 TEX ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 113 55
2011-04-08 KCR W 6.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 103 55
2011-04-03 @NYY W 5.0 9 6 6 2 6 4 96 29
2010-09-29 @CLE L 5.0 8 4 4 3 3 2 103 35
2010-09-22 KCR W 7.2 2 0 0 2 8 0 116 81
Last 5 v.CLE 1-3 22.0 26 15 14 13 22 3 5.73 44
2010-09-29 @CLE L 5.0 8 4 4 3 3 2 103 35
2010-08-21 CLE W 7.0 4 2 1 2 8 0 119 69
2010-07-16 @CLE L 5.0 5 4 4 5 7 1 109 43
2010-05-09 @CLE L 5.0 9 5 5 3 4 0 105 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Thu, Apr 28   SEA  L   2-7       12-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27   SEA  L   1-10      12-12  2nd  3.5 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26   SEA  L   3-7       12-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24   CHW  W   3-0       12-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 23   CHW  W   9-0       11-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 22   CHW  W   9-3       10-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 20  @SEA  W   3-2        9-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 19  @SEA  L   3-13       8-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 18  @SEA  W   8-3        8-9   3rd  4.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 17  @OAK  L   1-5        7-9   4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-13
Indians, 16-8, 16-8 1st, 4½ up

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (23, RHP, 0-1, 7.36)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 7.1 12 6 6 3 4 0 7.36
2010 (4-5) 57.2 73 36 30 22 34 7 4.68
Last 7 GS 1-5 32.2 55 33 29 17 22 4 7.99 33
2011-04-19 @KCR L 4.1 9 5 5 2 3 0 88 26
2010-09-25 KCR W 5.0 6 1 1 4 5 0 98 52
2010-09-20 @MIN L 5.2 10 8 8 3 5 2 102 19
2010-09-15 LAA L 3.0 7 7 6 3 1 0 58 17
2010-09-05 @SEA L 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 1 102 53
2010-08-28 KCR ND 5.2 6 2 2 2 4 1 95 51
2010-08-22 @DET L 3.0 10 8 5 3 1 0 83 11
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 10.0 15 10 5 4 5 0 4.50 39
2010-08-22 @DET L 3.0 10 8 5 3 1 0 83 11
2010-07-18 DET W 7.0 5 2 0 1 4 0 93 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-2    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  6-0    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Thu, Apr 28   KCR  W   8-2       16-8   1st  4.5 up
 23 Wed, Apr 27   KCR  W   7-2       15-8   1st  3.5 up
 22 Tue, Apr 26   KCR  W   9-4       14-8   1st  2.5 up
 21 Sun, Apr 24  @MIN  L   3-4       13-8   1st  1.5 up
 20 Sat, Apr 23  @MIN  L   3-10      13-7   1st  1.5 up
 19 Thu, Apr 21  @KCR  L   2-3       13-6   1st  1.0 up
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @KCR  W   7-5       13-5   1st  2.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5       12-5   1st  1.0 up
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @KCR  W   7-3 (10)  12-4   1st  2.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 17   BAL  W   4-2       11-4   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 CLE  4  DET  3        W:Josh Tomlin (6-4), L: Justin Verlander (18-9), S: Chris Perez (23)
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 CLE  4  DET  0        W:Mitch Talbot (10-13), L: Max Scherzer (12-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 CLE  6  DET  3        W:Carlos Carrasco (2-1), L: Armando Galarraga (4-8), S: Chris Perez (22)
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 DET  8  CLE  1        W:Justin Verlander (14-8), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Max Scherzer (9-9), L: Josh Tomlin (1-3), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 DET  6  CLE  0        W:Armando Galarraga (4-5), L: Justin Masterson (4-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 CLE  7  DET  2        W:Jeanmar Gomez (1-0), L: Andrew Oliver (0-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 CLE  2  DET  1 (11)   W:Rafael Perez (2-0), L: Robbie Weinhardt (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 CLE  4  DET  3        W:Fausto Carmona (9-7), L: Phil Coke (5-1), S: Chris Perez (8)
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 CLE  8  DET  2        W:Jake Westbrook (6-5), L: Max Scherzer (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1051-1022

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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB		 37.Durbin
G/S/vB		 39.Germano
G/S/vB		 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 333/295 .228/.316/.340/.656 .502/.676 .612 70/.948 2/2 7/4
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 512/393 .256/.320/.416/.736 .951/.673 .622 94/.926 7/1 14/10
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.583 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 6/.533 ··· 3/5.000 10/.425 648/482 .328/.420/.622/1.042 1.000/1.054 1.015 104/1.002 3/3 38/13
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 6/.666 ··· 5/.000 8/1.125 580/423 .247/.321/.397/.718 .817/.681 .648 80/.571 4/3 13/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 675/491 .293/.345/.400/.745 .600/.798 .730 103/.480 27/6 4/6
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 251/225 .244/.272/.374/.646 .487/.663 .588 26/.551 3/0 9/5
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/1.000 18/2.433 ··· 1/2.000 6/.900 7/.143 ··· 4/2.000 4/.250 365/284 .303/.378/.474/.852 1.171/.763 .804 60/.470 1/0 12/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/1.500 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 615/441 .249/.311/.392/.703 .771/.677 .777 86/.757 1/0 15/8
25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 410/264 .280/.340/.474/.814 .929/.753 .827 89/.701 2/2 15/6
28.Rhymes* G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/173 .304/.350/.414/.763 .855/.741 .826 63/.530 0/3 1/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.667 5/.800 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 367/289 .263/.337/.325/.662 .763/.635 .624 35/.452 2/2 3/8
18.Santos G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 5/.400 / /
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 99/47 .323/.364/.538/.901 .695/1.130 .982 36/.699 0/1 4/0
IP 57.2 68.2 35.1 44.2 63.0 61.0 5.0 63.0 40.0 TOTAL .246/.317/.379/.695 .679/.703 .693 .705 7/4 18/19
ERA-K/9 4.68/5.3 3.80/8.3 3.31/7.4 4.03/4.8 1.71/8.7 3.25/5.3 3.60/14.4 4.14/9.9 3.83/7.2 3.56/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (43-20-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.307 291/.246 146/.206 189/.276 260/.182 272/.300 23/.222 266/.218 170/.208 .232  Boesch
 Jackson
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Kelly
 Wells
44/0/79/9
0/149/0/9
0/0/71/7
73/7/20/4
65/12/2/4
8/4/29/4
OPS .841 .738 .664 .775 .583 .748 .614 .770 .659 .654
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.752 119/.936 69/.606 96/.920 119/.752 121/.746 10/.875 119/.805 48/.979 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.961 172/.604 77/.716 93/.629 141/.445 151/.750 13/.408 147/.742 122/.538 .630
Home 139/.717 150/.683 76/.620 92/.739 145/.514 125/.725 11/.384 137/.788 70/.556
Last 28d days 37/.905 44/.877 24/.461 13/.968 37/.570 33/.398 29/.399 45/.574 18/.764
HR/SB/CS 7/7/4 7/3/1 6/2/2 6/3/2 4/9/0 3/5/1 0/1/0 12/8/6 4/6/1 15/14/0
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· X····o·· ········ ··X····X ·X··o··· ··o·o··o o·X····o ·X······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 325/255 .246/.296/.327/.623 .467/.665 .677 91/.707 10/2 3/2
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.347 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 425/293 .276/.326/.346/.673 .647/.685 .685 107/.726 6/4 3/12
20.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 10/.422 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 537/388 .263/.303/.354/.657 .804/.601 .740 90/.684 11/4 4/11
17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/1.556 6/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 646/430 .300/.401/.484/.885 .670/.998 .951 98/.742 22/7 22/4
47.Duncan G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 259/162 .231/.317/.419/.736 .857/.662 .901 24/1.027 1/0 11/0
8.Everett G/S/vP ··· 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 89/57 .185/.221/.247/.468 .630/.382 .400 20/.849 2/1 0/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 12/1.567 9/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.100 2/.000 462/351 .278/.374/.449/.824 .706/.863 .948 79/.970 2/1 13/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 72/.816 / /
26.Kearns G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 9/1.000 461/293 .263/.351/.395/.746 .740/.749 .726 31/.508 4/1 10/4
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 9/.619 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 425/304 .221/.306/.362/.668 .635/.679 .664 75/.778 0/0 12/3
6.Marson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 294/215 .195/.274/.286/.560 .759/.488 .544 23/.865 8/1 3/4
41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 192/131 .260/.401/.467/.868 .582/1.002 .746 88/.569 3/0 6/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 140/86 .211/.271/.289/.560 .326/.706 .637 44/1.310 4/2 0/1
IP 195.2 60.1 62.2 18.2 69.1 63.0 TOTAL .272/.342/.445/.787 .872/.744 .899 .775 14/5 29/11
ERA-K/9 3.50/8.5 1.34/11.2 3.59/6.5 2.89/9.1 3.89/3.9 3.00/9.0 4.64/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (51-31-5)
 Santana (22-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 800/.244 217/.147 261/.243 87/.270 307/.292 259/.184 .259  Choo
 Duncan
 Kearns
 Brantley
 Sizemore
 LaPorta
0/0/142/14
41/0/8/7
91/5/32/2
7/65/0/0
0/32/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .700 .454 .686 .752 .776 .585 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 423/.666 104/.491 93/.485 34/.998 132/.632 138/.662 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 377/.737 113/.419 168/.792 53/.594 175/.885 121/.502 .709
Road 405/.715 105/.506 130/.770 48/.851 159/.836 115/.610
Last 28d days 135/.803 40/.439 16/.875 29/.685 44/1.003 42/.538
HR/SB/CS 20/17/13 6/2/2 6/8/1 2/5/0 4/0/2 5/3/1 24/21/9
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· X····X·· ·oo····· ·oX····· 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.