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Game Preview: TOR @ DET, 7:05pm, Monday, May 16, 2011 @Comerica Park

Blue Jays, 20-20, 20-20 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Drabek (23, RHP, 2-2, 4.81)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-2)			43.0	45	24	23	28	33	5	4.81
2010 (0-3)			17.0	18	9	9	5	12	2	4.76

Last 7 GS		1-2	36.0	44	23	22	25	26	5	5.50	42
2011-05-10	BOS	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	5	2	109	37
2011-05-05	@TBR	L	5.2	6	3	3	4	3	0	105	44
2011-04-30	@NYY	L	2.1	7	5	5	4	4	0	78	23
2011-04-25	@TEX	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	101	50
2011-04-19	NYY	ND	5.1	6	4	4	4	2	1	93	38
2011-04-13	@SEA	ND	5.2	6	2	2	4	5	1	114	50
2011-04-08	@LAA	ND	6.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	103	55

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:    9-8    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  13-16   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sun, May 15  @MIN  W  11-3       20-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 14  @MIN  W   9-3 (11)  19-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 13  @MIN  W   2-0       18-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 11   BOS  W   9-3       17-20  3rd  4.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 10   BOS  W   7-6 (10)  16-20  4th  5.5 gb
 35 Mon, May  9   DET  L   5-10      15-20  4th  5.5 gb
 34 Sun, May  8   DET  L   2-5       15-19  4th  5.0 gb
 33 Sat, May  7   DET  L   0-9       15-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 32 Fri, May  6   DET  W   7-4       15-17  3rd  4.0 gb
 31 Thu, May  5  @TBR  L   1-3       14-17  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Tigers, 22-18, 22-18 2nd, 3½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 6-0, 3.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-0)			50.2	48	18	18	23	51	8	3.20
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		5-0	45.2	39	12	12	21	45	4	2.36	60
2011-05-09	@TOR	W	5.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	97	51
2011-05-04	NYY	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	109	81
2011-04-29	@CLE	ND	6.2	6	5	5	5	7	2	105	44
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

Last 5 v.TOR		2-0	13.0	11	3	3	4	13	2	2.08	62
2011-05-09	@TOR	W	5.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	97	51
2010-08-26	@TOR	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	121	73

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

 Home:   11-7    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-14   vsLHP:  11-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sat, May 14   KCR  W   3-0       22-18  2nd  3.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 13   KCR  W   3-1       21-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 38 Wed, May 11  @MIN  W   9-7       20-18  2nd  4.5 gb
 37 Tue, May 10  @MIN  W  10-2       19-18  2nd  5.5 gb
 36 Mon, May  9  @TOR  W  10-5       18-18  3rd  5.5 gb
 35 Sun, May  8  @TOR  W   5-2       17-18  3rd  6.0 gb
 34 Sat, May  7  @TOR  W   9-0       16-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 33 Fri, May  6  @TOR  L   4-7       15-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 32 Thu, May  5   NYY  W   6-3       15-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  4   NYY  W   4-0       14-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 09, 2011 DET 10 @TOR  5        W:Max Scherzer (6-0), L: Brandon Morrow (1-2), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2011 DET  5 @TOR  2        W:Brad Penny (3-3), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Sat, May 07, 2011 DET  9 @TOR  0        W:Justin Verlander (3-3), L: Ricky Romero (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 TOR  7  DET  4        W:Jesse Litsch (3-2), L: Phil Coke (1-5), S: Frank Francisco (2)

Sun, Aug 29, 2010 DET 10 @TOR  4        W:Rick Porcello (7-11), L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 TOR  5  DET  4        W:Brandon Morrow (10-6), L: Alfredo Figaro (0-2), S: Kevin Gregg (30)
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 TOR  3  DET  2 (11)   W:Shawn Camp (4-2), L: Phil Coke (7-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 DET  7 @TOR  1        W:Max Scherzer (10-9), L: Ricky Romero (10-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 DET  6  TOR  5        W:Phil Coke (6-1), L: Jason Frasor (3-3), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 TOR  5 @DET  3        W:Scott Downs (4-5), L: Jose Valverde (1-2), S: Kevin Gregg (23)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 3-1; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - TOR won 5-3; All-Time - TOR leads 205-174

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 STL 5.29 MIL 4.23 MIN 3.13	RA/G ATL 3.24 TEX 4.33 MIN 5.50	BA J. Reyes .310 M. Prado .296	OBP J. Reyes .360 M. Prado .340	SLG J. Reyes .471 M. Prado .458	OPS J. Reyes .831 M. Prado .798	ERA J. Johnson 1.63 N. Blackburn 3.70 K. Davies 7.08	K/9IP M. Garza 11.77 H. Kuroda 6.92 C. Pavano 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

STL 5.29

MIL 4.23

MIN 3.13

RA/G

ATL 3.24

TEX 4.33

MIN 5.50

J. Reyes .310

M. Prado .296

OBP

J. Reyes .360

M. Prado .340

SLG

J. Reyes .471

M. Prado .458

OPS

J. Reyes .831

M. Prado .798

ERA

J. Johnson 1.63

N. Blackburn 3.70

K. Davies 7.08

K/9IP

M. Garza 11.77

H. Kuroda 6.92

C. Pavano 3.42

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Blue Jays Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.33 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/84 .229/.302/.486/.787 1.147/.654 .729 70/.700 0/0 6/2

19.Bautista G/S/vP 8/2.675 3/3.000 3/.667 1/3.000 ··· 5/.400 150/121 .368/.520/.868/1.388 1.597/1.338 1.225 89/1.711 4/1 16/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 91/69 .233/.275/.302/.577 .718/.534 .474 59/.709 11/3 0/1

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 9/.611 124/93 .246/.274/.347/.622 .427/.687 .590 78/.647 1/0 0/8

5.Escobar G/S/vP 20/1.278 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 167/126 .287/.364/.399/.762 .939/.705 .665 108/.652 1/0 3/3

2.Hill G/S/vP 6/.000 6/1.167 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 102/83 .226/.265/.280/.544 .433/.570 .629 37/.543 6/0 0/0

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 140/100 .313/.343/.516/.858 .850/.862 .890 73/1.098 1/1 7/2

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 103/78 .217/.284/.337/.621 .667/.607 .582 78/.553 1/2 2/0

8.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.804 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 54/42 .292/.358/.458/.817 1.667/.566 .764 33/.665 0/0 1/0

16.Patterson* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 3/.000 2/1.500 6/.000 127/90 .280/.317/.441/.758 .903/.698 .810 96/.758 6/4 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 4/.500 7/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 142/111 .208/.303/.272/.575 .699/.540 .668 96/.682 2/2 2/0

IP 50.2 13.2 7.0 14.0 11.0 18.0 TOTAL .254/.327/.412/.739 .842/.707 .713 .768 43/14 44/26

ERA-K/9

3.20/9.1

6.59/7.2

9.00/10.3

2.57/3.9

9.00/5.7

1.50/10.0

4.09/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (17-7-3)
Molina (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.250 63/.304 38/.357 59/.220 56/.386 72/.200 .249 Bautista
Rivera
Patterson
Davis 0/0/31/3
13/0/4/2
7/23/0/1
0/15/6/0

OPS .755 .740 1.058 .762 .974 .539 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.871 33/.878 16/1.396 26/.526 25/1.030 43/.650 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.604 30/.573 22/.804 33/.963 31/.929 29/.385 .685

Home 111/.566 17/.745 16/1.192 25/.526 16/.697 45/.602

Last 28d days 110/.600 34/1.086 32/1.215 33/.732 36/1.039 47/.652

HR/SB/CS 8/5/4 1/1/1 1/1/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 35/26/14

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

Tigers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 4.Drabek
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 29.Dotel
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.666 2/.000 126/94 .273/.331/.527/.858 .804/.876 .922 78/.847 2/0 6/1

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.000 3/.333 ··· 149/107 .290/.356/.405/.760 .914/.702 .744 86/.697 3/2 2/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 8/1.875 15/1.025 7/.286 8/1.339 5/1.467 18/.733 3/1.667 4/.250 175/121 .309/.440/.540/.980 .975/.981 .861 100/.908 0/0 7/1

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 11/1.245 3/.333 6/.666 13/.154 5/.200 10/.000 4/.000 8/.500 139/87 .198/.254/.294/.547 .660/.481 .498 80/.524 0/0 1/5

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.333 5/.650 2/2.500 174/114 .229/.288/.357/.645 .769/.576 .591 104/.737 5/2 3/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 45/43 .268/.318/.366/.684 1.000/.668 .258 27/.679 2/0 0/1

41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 19/.895 12/.977 7/.619 12/.900 4/1.000 5/1.267 2/.500 3/.666 108/76 .330/.389/.546/.935 .714/1.022 .615 43/1.292 0/0 4/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 17/.368 9/1.000 9/.222 10/1.178 5/1.550 2/1.000 5/.933 2/.000 142/91 .307/.366/.504/.870 .732/.943 .873 81/.943 0/1 5/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 6/.334 1/.000 7/.429 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 142/89 .214/.255/.366/.622 .698/.576 .668 84/.600 1/0 4/4

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 1/2.000 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 59/41 .286/.333/.347/.680 .561/.734 .813 30/.903 0/0 0/1

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 46/26 .263/.391/.289/.681 .825/.573 .750 46/.681 1/0 0/1

57.Wells G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 50/18 .239/.300/.370/.670 .523/.922 .613 30/.577 0/0 1/1

IP 43.0 21.0 11.2 9.0 16.2 16.2 16.2 17.2 22.1 TOTAL .257/.327/.399/.726 .729/.724 .699 .738 15/6 34/26

ERA-K/9

4.81/6.9

2.14/4.7

6.17/12.3

3.00/12.0

1.62/9.7

1.62/5.9

2.70/4.9

2.55/9.2

1.61/6.9

3.86/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (23-13-2)
Martinez (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 194/.278 83/.260 59/.239 38/.156 67/.197 68/.230 64/.169 67/.183 81/.129 .243 Jackson
Boesch
Wells
Kelly
Raburn 0/40/0/3
14/0/18/2
0/1/22/1
3/4/8/1
32/0/0/1

OPS .822 .707 .853 .633 .613 .571 .607 .469 .463 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.892 44/.947 27/1.427 26/.908 31/.469 38/.437 37/.641 38/.415 37/.593 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.696 39/.433 32/.460 12/.083 36/.740 30/.746 27/.556 29/.535 44/.358 .643

Road 121/.850 46/.748 43/.859 18/.289 30/.348 28/.332 34/.750 38/.415 39/.301

Last 28d days 117/.963 53/.687 39/.804 38/.633 38/.635 51/.583 37/.513 35/.522 48/.523

HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 1/1/1 3/0/0 2/4/0 2/5/0 0/1/2 3/0/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 38/29/11

Usage ·····X·· Xo····X· Xo····X· ··o·XX·· ·o···X·X ·o··X·o· ·X··ooo· ·o···X·X X····X··

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.