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Game Preview: TBR @ DET, 1:05pm, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @Comerica Park

Rays, 26-23, 26-23 3rd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (28, RHP, 0-1, 4.21)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 25.2 28 12 12 7 8 6 4.21
2010 (3-1) 81.0 83 40 40 27 50 11 4.44
2009 (6-9) 99.2 131 85 75 34 60 19 6.77
Last 7 GS 1-2 31.1 35 16 16 15 12 6 4.60 45
2011-05-20 @FLA ND 5.0 7 3 3 0 1 2 75 42
2011-05-15 BAL L 5.0 8 4 4 0 2 1 84 37
2011-05-10 @CLE ND 3.1 4 2 2 5 2 2 68 41
2010-10-02 @KCR ND 2.1 5 0 0 0 1 0 39 48
2010-08-19 @OAK ND 5.1 5 3 3 3 3 0 91 46
2010-08-14 BAL W 5.0 3 3 3 4 2 1 99 47
2010-08-08 @TOR L 5.1 3 1 1 3 1 0 77 56
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 11.2 12 7 7 4 13 2 5.40 49
2008-09-26 @DET L 5.2 5 5 5 3 7 2 92 43
2008-08-02 DET W 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 102 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-13   Road:   15-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  19-18   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:12-8    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Tue, May 24  @DET  L   6-7       26-23  3rd  1.0 gb
 48 Mon, May 23  @DET  L   3-6       26-22  1st    Tied
 47 Sun, May 22  @FLA  W   4-0       26-21  1st    Tied
 46 Sat, May 21  @FLA  L   3-5       25-21  1st    Tied
 45 Fri, May 20  @FLA  L   3-5       25-20  1st  0.5 up
 44 Thu, May 19  @TOR  L   2-3       25-19  1st  1.0 up
 43 Wed, May 18  @TOR  W   6-5       25-18  1st  2.0 up
 42 Tue, May 17   NYY  L   2-6       24-18  1st  2.0 up
 41 Mon, May 16   NYY  W   6-5       24-17  1st  3.0 up
 40 Sun, May 15   BAL  L   3-9       23-17  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Tigers, 25-23, 25-23 2nd, 6 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Brad Penny (33, RHP, 4-4, 4.45)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 62.2 58 32 31 22 27 6 4.45
2010 (3-4) 55.2 63 25 20 9 35 4 3.23
2009 (11-9) 173.1 191 102 94 51 109 22 4.88
Last 7 GS 4-3 46.1 38 17 16 14 19 3 3.11 55
2011-05-20 @PIT L 5.2 6 5 5 5 4 1 105 36
2011-05-14 KCR W 8.0 5 0 0 0 2 0 110 74
2011-05-08 @TOR W 7.2 7 2 2 0 1 1 94 58
2011-05-03 NYY W 6.0 6 1 0 2 1 0 98 57
2011-04-28 SEA L 7.0 9 4 4 1 3 1 112 45
2011-04-23 CHW W 7.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 95 76
2011-04-17 @OAK L 5.0 4 5 5 4 5 0 94 40
Last 5 v.TBR 1-4 29.1 36 20 20 10 19 4 6.14 43
2009-08-05 @TBR L 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 3 117 43
2009-05-08 TBR W 6.1 8 3 3 2 2 0 91 45
2009-05-03 @TBR L 6.0 6 3 3 2 8 0 110 54
2004-07-03 TBD L 6.0 7 5 5 3 1 0 96 36
2001-07-07 @TBD L 5.0 9 4 4 1 3 1 90 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-8    Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-19   vsLHP:  12-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Tue, May 24   TBR  W   7-6       25-23  2nd  6.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 23   TBR  W   6-3       24-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 46 Sun, May 22  @PIT  W   2-0       23-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21  @PIT  L   2-6       22-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20  @PIT  L   1-10      22-22  2nd  6.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19  @BOS  L   3-4       22-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18  @BOS  L   0-1       22-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 16   TOR  L   2-4       22-19  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 24, 2011 DET  7  TBR  6        W:Al Alburquerque (1-1), L: Cesar Ramos (0-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Mon, May 23, 2011 DET  6  TBR  3        W:Charlie Furbush (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (5-3), S: none

Wed, Aug 11, 2010 DET  3  TBR  2        W:Justin Verlander (13-7), L: Matt Garza (11-7), S: Jose Valverde (22)
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 TBR  8 @DET  0        W:Jeremy Hellickson (2-0), L: Max Scherzer (7-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 09, 2010 TBR  6 @DET  3        W:David Price (15-5), L: Armando Galarraga (3-5), S: Rafael Soriano (32)
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 TBR  4  DET  2        W:David Price (14-5), L: Rick Porcello (4-9), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 2-0; 2010 - TBR won 6-1; 2009 - DET won 5-2; All-Time - TBR leads 50-48

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  5.17

BAL  4.04

SDP  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.23

NYY  4.17

MIN  5.30

 BA

M. Joyce  .367

C. Headley  .263

J. Gomes  .171

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

B. Upton  .337

V. Wells  .224

 SLG

J. Bautista  .804

A. Gonzalez  .400

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.296

D. Barney  .739

M. Tejada  .522

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

R. Wolf  3.70

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

C. Carpenter  6.75

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Rays Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Damon* G/S/vP 7/.143 25/.920 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 192/141 .272/.311/.433/.744 .688/.765 .858 111/.754 6/1 7/0
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 189/137 .224/.273/.339/.612 .535/.639 .674 99/.325 12/5 2/2
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 104/92 .211/.279/.347/.626 .944/.587 .601 60/.730 0/1 2/1
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/44 .258/.306/.409/.715 .818/.639 .617 45/.806 4/3 2/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 167/143 .367/.431/.639/1.071 .625/1.145 1.018 98/1.311 3/0 8/0
11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/.833 6/1.100 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 122/104 .349/.410/.440/.850 .667/.885 .956 91/.893 1/2 1/0
3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/.333 3/.333 1/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 97/82 .220/.330/.390/.720 .431/.774 .873 91/.756 1/0 2/1
45.Lopez# G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 7/1.096 79/50 .213/.253/.333/.586 .670/.537 .624 15/.421 1/1 2/2
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 105/65 .222/.327/.444/.771 1.086/.583 .735 49/.692 3/1 1/1
16.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.400/.000/.400 /.250 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 81/39 .167/.247/.250/.497 .575/.411 .448 40/.517 0/0 2/1
2.Upton G/S/vP 10/.311 4/.750 2/.500 2/1.500 1/no AB 3/.667 187/142 .255/.337/.442/.779 .744/.788 .869 97/.890 10/3 7/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 204/148 .253/.338/.489/.827 .791/.841 .838 112/.888 5/1 8/3
IP 62.2 17.2 5.1 9.0 16.1 21.0 TOTAL .242/.309/.396/.705 .689/.711 .746 .745 46/18 46/20
ERA-K/9 4.45/3.9 6.62/7.1 11.81/3.4 10.00/8.0 2.76/5.0 3.43/9.0 4.13/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (27-6-2)
 Shoppach (6-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.247 81/.310 28/.400 49/.342 72/.250 90/.228 .250  Joyce
 Fuld
 Upton
 Ruggiano
 Johnson
 Damon
 Zobrist
 Rodriguez
8/0/39/3
39/4/3/3
0/46/0/2
0/1/1/1
1/1/0/0
10/0/0/0
0/0/15/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .713 .738 1.150 .958 .811 .639 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.640 39/.791 14/1.095 18/1.214 33/.618 56/.765 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.784 42/.681 14/1.196 31/.808 39/.984 34/.431 .686
Home 134/.593 32/.814 8/.875 20/.929 32/.578 52/.648
Last 28d days 138/.674 41/1.052 / 37/1.135 40/.915 52/.710
HR/SB/CS 6/7/2 1/1/1 0/0/1 1/1/0 3/0/1 2/1/1 40/33/16
Usage ····X··· oX··o··· ········ ···o··o· X··o··o· ·Xo·X···
Tigers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 74.Howell*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 36.Russell
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 150/114 .292/.358/.562/.920 .924/.918 1.008 80/.937 2/0 8/3
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/133 .266/.328/.392/.720 .869/.673 .708 87/.535 3/2 3/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.985 9/.611 9/1.056 4/.500 7/1.000 ··· ··· 208/150 .311/.433/.557/.990 .959/1.000 .881 104/.947 0/1 9/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 7/.453 10/.675 9/.000 ··· 1/.000 161/106 .208/.270/.292/.562 .686/.499 .502 77/.513 0/0 1/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 210/145 .225/.278/.340/.618 .719/.572 .594 108/.721 6/2 3/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 54/52 .265/.321/.347/.668 1.000/.654 .494 32/.676 2/0 0/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 13/.490 6/2.067 9/.756 12/.788 9/.444 ··· ··· 137/102 .295/.365/.484/.849 .688/.899 .576 72/.979 0/0 4/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 9/1.083 5/.650 8/.661 10/1.200 14/.741 ··· ··· 170/115 .296/.359/.507/.865 .856/.870 .910 80/1.018 0/1 7/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 154/97 .204/.248/.345/.593 .672/.548 .656 65/.417 1/0 4/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 69/51 .293/.344/.397/.740 .561/.804 .684 38/.976 0/0 1/1
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 71/46 .233/.343/.250/.593 .909/.421 .800 71/.593 1/1 0/2
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/20 .245/.315/.367/.682 .552/.906 .613 18/.646 0/0 1/1
IP 25.2 17.1 16.0 2.1 24.2 14.1 15.0 TOTAL .253/.323/.396/.720 .740/.711 .715 .734 16/8 43/34
ERA-K/9 4.21/2.8 3.63/7.3 1.69/5.1 7.71/7.8 3.65/6.6 4.40/7.6 3.60/4.2 3.59/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (26-15-2)
 Martinez (7-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 104/.292 73/.155 61/.228 9/.143 95/.193 58/.204 71/.279 .237  Jackson
 Boesch
 Kelly
 Raburn
 Wells
0/48/0/3
14/0/25/2
3/4/8/1
35/0/2/1
0/1/26/1
OPS .857 .501 .566 .393 .603 .654 .807 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/1.094 29/.595 23/.536 4/.000 46/.664 31/.630 20/.667 .694
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.639 44/.436 38/.579 5/.833 49/.547 27/.681 51/.851 .689
Road 59/.878 37/.718 32/.683 9/.393 61/.804 27/.681 22/.775
Last 28d days 77/.949 45/.578 33/.628 9/.393 55/.626 28/.801 37/.799
HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 0/5/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 1/4/0 44/33/13
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·oo· o·····o· ·X··o··· X···X·o· oo·oo·oo ···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.