Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, September 21, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 89-65, 89-65 1st, 12½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 14-9, 4.39)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (14-9)			184.1	195	95	90	53	162	29	4.39
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		3-2	41.0	43	22	21	8	42	10	4.61	52
2011-09-15	@OAK	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	8	3	91	40
2011-09-10	MIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	118	62
2011-09-04	CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	113	73
2011-08-29	KCR	L	3.0	10	7	7	1	2	3	65	12
2011-08-24	@TBR	ND	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	97	53
2011-08-19	CLE	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	127	68
2011-08-13	@BAL	W	7.0	7	5	4	0	10	2	120	55

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	28.1	31	13	13	6	20	4	4.13	50
2011-08-29	KCR	L	3.0	10	7	7	1	2	3	65	12
2011-08-07	@KCR	L	5.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	90	43
2011-07-07	@KCR	W	6.2	6	1	1	0	2	0	88	60
2011-04-08	KCR	W	6.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	103	55
2010-09-22	KCR	W	7.2	2	0	0	2	8	0	116	81

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

 Home:   45-29   Road:   44-36   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  59-46   vsLHP:  30-19   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:46-22   vsWest: 18-18 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Tue, Sep 20  @KCR  L   2-10      89-65  1st 12.5 up
153 Sun, Sep 18  @OAK  W   3-0       89-64  1st 12.5 up
152 Sat, Sep 17  @OAK  L   3-5       88-64  1st 12.5 up
151 Fri, Sep 16  @OAK  W   3-1       88-63  1st 13.5 up
150 Thu, Sep 15  @OAK  L   1-6       87-63  1st 13.5 up
149 Wed, Sep 14  @CHW  W   6-5 (10)  87-62  1st 13.5 up
148 Tue, Sep 13  @CHW  W   5-0       86-62  1st 12.5 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7

Royals, 68-87, 68-87 4th, 21½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (27, RHP, 3-10, 4.49)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-10)			128.1	134	69	64	51	116	12	4.49
2010 (1-9)			91.2	95	63	52	46	83	4	5.11
2009 (3-11)			97.2	126	73	68	37	93	20	6.27

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.1	38	23	23	25	32	4	5.13	47
2011-09-16	CHW	ND	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	112	46
2011-09-10	@SEA	W	7.0	2	2	2	0	11	2	108	76
2011-09-05	@OAK	ND	4.1	4	6	6	6	4	1	96	29
2011-08-26	@CLE	L	6.2	6	2	2	4	6	0	120	56
2011-08-20	BOS	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	101	40
2011-08-15	NYY	L	5.1	8	5	5	5	4	0	107	31
2011-08-10	@TBR	ND	5.0	3	1	1	4	1	1	84	54

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	13.2	9	4	4	2	16	2	2.63	66
2011-08-05	DET	ND	6.2	6	3	3	2	7	1	114	55
2009-06-27	DET	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	1	96	76

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

 Home:   40-40   Road:   28-47   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  52-62   vsLHP:  16-25   1-Run:  24-31
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:29-36   vsWest: 18-17 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Tue, Sep 20   DET  W  10-2       68-87  4th 21.5 gb
154 Sun, Sep 18   CHW  L   5-10      67-87  4th 22.5 gb
153 Sat, Sep 17   CHW  W  10-3       67-86  4th 21.5 gb
152 Fri, Sep 16   CHW  W   7-6       66-86  4th 22.5 gb
151 Thu, Sep 15   CHW  W   7-2       65-86  4th 22.5 gb
150 Wed, Sep 14   MIN  W   7-3       64-86  4th 23.5 gb
149 Tue, Sep 13   MIN  W   4-0       63-86  4th 23.5 gb
148 Sun, Sep 11  @SEA  W   2-1       62-86  4th 23.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 10  @SEA  W   4-2       61-86  4th 23.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep  9  @SEA  L   3-7       60-86  4th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 KCR 10  DET  2        W:Luis Mendoza (1-0), L: Brad Penny (10-11), S: none
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 KCR 11 @DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (4-4), L: Phil Coke (2-9), S: Joakim Soria (25)
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Daniel Schlereth (2-1), L: Blake Wood (5-2), S: Jose Valverde (40)
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 DET  2  KCR  1 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (4-3), L: Aaron Crow (3-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 KCR  9 @DET  5        W:Luke Hochevar (9-10), L: Max Scherzer (13-8), S: Blake Wood (1)
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 KCR  4  DET  3        W:Bruce Chen (6-5), L: Max Scherzer (11-7), S: Joakim Soria (21)
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 DET  4 @KCR  3        W:Justin Verlander (16-5), L: Danny Duffy (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 DET  4 @KCR  3 (10)   W:Daniel Schlereth (1-1), L: Aaron Crow (3-3), S: Jose Valverde (31)
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 DET  2 @KCR  1        W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Jeff Francis (3-10), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 KCR 13  DET  6        W:Greg Holland (3-1), L: Charlie Furbush (1-3), S: Everett Teaford (1)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 10-7; 2010 - DET won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - KCR leads 290-279

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 BOS 5.46 CLE 4.27 SEA 3.47	RA/G PHI 3.23 PIT 4.34 BAL 5.31	BA A. Gonzalez .340 R. Weeks .270 K. Johnson .217	OBP J. Bautista .445 C. Quentin .340 V. Wells .255	SLG J. Bautista .615 N. Swisher .451 J. Bartlett .312	OPS J. Bautista 1.060 J. Hardy .785 A. Rios .594	ERA C. Kershaw 2.27 A. Sanchez 3.67 B. Arroyo 5.34	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.70 C. Narveson 7.01 B. Penny 3.68

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.46

CLE 4.27

SEA 3.47

RA/G

PHI 3.23

PIT 4.34

BAL 5.31

A. Gonzalez .340

R. Weeks .270

K. Johnson .217

OBP

J. Bautista .445

C. Quentin .340

V. Wells .255

SLG

J. Bautista .615

N. Swisher .451

J. Bartlett .312

OPS

J. Bautista 1.060

J. Hardy .785

A. Rios .594

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.27

A. Sanchez 3.67

B. Arroyo 5.34

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.70

C. Narveson 7.01

B. Penny 3.68

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

Tigers Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Paulino
G/S/vB 47.Adcock
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 46.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 23.Duffy*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.000 2/3.500 5/1.467 3/.333 1/3.000 6/.167 3/.000 3/.667 6/.167 1/.000 4/.833 521/378 .297/.390/.516/.906 .809/.943 .841 92/.814 3/1 19/6

20.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.500 351/255 .281/.336/.432/.768 .607/.831 .813 49/.786 4/1 7/10

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.666 5/1.400 5/1.350 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 9/1.069 6/.334 6/1.500 7/1.286 1/.000 4/.500 656/481 .331/.439/.556/.995 .953/1.009 1.049 104/1.157 2/1 26/12

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 223/192 .246/.294/.406/.700 .871/.670 .591 35/.632 5/2 7/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.500 10/.325 ··· 2/1.500 102/74 .232/.265/.368/.633 .364/.738 .545 13/1.000 1/1 3/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.067 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 4/.833 11/.644 ··· 2/2.000 290/180 .203/.262/.291/.553 .719/.455 .523 41/.847 1/1 3/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/3.000 4/2.250 3/.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 7/.429 5/.650 6/1.667 3/.000 ··· 6/1.600 634/436 .249/.317/.381/.698 .723/.686 .635 117/.864 20/5 10/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 4/.500 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 256/234 .234/.276/.349/.625 .381/.648 .735 44/.619 2/1 5/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/1.200 2/.000 8/.661 1/.000 3/1.167 8/.250 2/.000 1/3.000 561/397 .325/.376/.459/.835 .813/.845 .861 106/.948 1/0 11/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.681 1/2.000 6/.533 10/.844 ··· 3/.000 342/209 .252/.301/.328/.629 .718/.572 .509 42/.954 2/1 5/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 5/1.100 2/1.500 3/2.000 6/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 22/.809 ··· 4/.000 547/380 .300/.347/.474/.821 .773/.842 .754 87/.582 0/2 19/7

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 6/1.700 4/1.250 2/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/1.666 395/244 .250/.286/.424/.710 .796/.657 .759 50/1.060 1/0 14/14

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 93/83 .228/.322/.266/.588 .476/.599 .584 12/.788 1/0 0/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/5.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.833 276/221 .266/.317/.398/.715 .865/.678 .631 78/.867 0/0 5/3

18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 18/9 .222/.222/.222/.444 .667/.222 .400 13/.462 0/0 0/0

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/17 .270/.308/.324/.632 .792/.423 .549 7/.286 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.200 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 12/.606 ··· 9/.888 466/330 .269/.303/.381/.684 .729/.665 .661 100/.694 1/0 9/7

IP 128.1 60.1 7.2 58.2 65.1 60.2 105.1 57.2 7.0 60.1 39.0 66.0 TOTAL .274/.337/.427/.765 .779/.759 .737 .837 47/19 156/97

ERA-K/9

4.49/8.1

4.62/5.4

10.57/9.4

2.76/9.8

3.72/8.0

2.82/9.5

5.64/7.4

1.87/10.9

1.29/3.9

4.03/9.0

2.54/5.5

3.68/8.2

4.48/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (82-39-6)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (29-8-0)
Santos (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 550/.280 265/.272 39/.353 240/.206 289/.217 259/.235 474/.287 223/.173 31/.231 256/.259 151/.221 287/.256 .269 Jackson
Ordonez
Young
Raburn
Dirks
Kelly 0/145/0/8
0/0/65/7
107/0/0/6
52/2/17/4
38/15/19/3
17/4/37/1

OPS .767 .765 1.112 .684 .689 .709 .864 .511 .630 .709 .670 .714 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 300/.780 116/.732 17/.924 88/.775 134/.688 116/.902 126/.811 101/.504 16/.683 137/.631 64/.548 140/.738 .770

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.753 149/.790 22/1.250 152/.633 155/.688 143/.549 348/.882 122/.515 15/.574 119/.793 87/.751 147/.693 .763

Home 244/.803 108/.624 31/1.229 137/.702 146/.768 137/.663 214/.864 100/.312 31/.630 142/.561 105/.797 141/.548

Last 28d days 98/.687 47/.700 32/1.049 37/.986 41/.665 26/1.136 72/.786 45/.532 31/.630 26/.472 60/.405 56/.959

HR/SB/CS 12/10/3 5/5/1 3/1/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 15/11/9 3/1/0 0/0/1 7/0/1 6/3/1 5/5/3 156/113/48

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

Royals Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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

16.Butler G/S/vP 27/.528 1/.000 2/.500 7/.829 6/2.167 ··· 5/.400 14/.774 4/.250 2/.000 7/.453 642/476 .292/.364/.461/.826 .944/.786 .857 107/.780 1/1 19/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· 2/1.500 6/.334 3/.000 2/1.500 7/.143 4/1.750 3/.333 3/.666 3/.667 686/471 .305/.337/.470/.808 .786/.817 .737 113/.851 20/9 18/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 5/.000 574/427 .251/.287/.337/.624 .578/.639 .558 82/.716 24/7 3/15

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 18/.889 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 6/1.167 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.333 2/2.500 12/.432 643/479 .286/.331/.474/.806 .958/.755 .824 104/.861 22/10 19/5

17.Getz* G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.762 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 426/316 .255/.313/.286/.600 .636/.587 .639 24/.668 21/7 0/7

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 164/123 .231/.262/.346/.608 .663/.591 .791 93/.532 4/2 2/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/1.200 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.334 1/no AB 5/.800 5/.400 8/1.089 3/.666 6/.533 686/474 .303/.377/.504/.881 .829/.905 .942 113/.981 17/8 23/4

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 7/1.238 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 2/3.500 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 5/.900 533/379 .300/.343/.474/.817 .607/.903 .809 111/1.087 11/5 18/8

12.Maier* G/S/vP 10/1.489 ··· 2/.500 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 104/64 .244/.365/.360/.726 .644/.779 .743 16/.739 1/0 0/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.000 338/247 .250/.298/.337/.634 .487/.687 .621 95/.836 1/0 4/11

24.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/35 .250/.303/.350/.653 .704/.605 .714 17/.485 0/0 1/2

27.Pena# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/1.833 239/167 .249/.289/.339/.628 .600/.640 .483 24/.382 0/0 3/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 130/102 .339/.377/.488/.865 1.482/.705 .873 82/1.023 0/0 2/2

IP 184.1 39.2 28.0 57.2 106.1 3.2 71.1 32.1 47.2 9.2 67.1 TOTAL .274/.330/.414/.744 .742/.744 .745 .834 146/54 124/92

ERA-K/9

4.39/7.9

2.04/14.1

4.50/4.5

3.12/8.7

4.40/5.8

2.45/7.3

2.78/5.4

5.85/6.4

3.40/7.9

7.45/7.4

2.41/8.3

4.05/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (48-27-4)
Perez (24-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 789/.271 170/.145 123/.252 231/.228 462/.274 17/.375 289/.233 150/.291 205/.204 43/.256 281/.198 .257 Gordon
Francoeur
Cabrera
Maier
Navarro 147/0/0/20
0/0/150/16
8/143/2/13
8/9/10/1
3/0/0/0

OPS .785 .450 .665 .607 .717 .849 .638 .792 .693 .736 .585 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 438/.863 76/.456 52/.675 121/.661 161/.548 9/.944 132/.498 66/.827 96/.501 20/.771 167/.673 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.689 94/.444 71/.659 110/.548 301/.807 8/.750 157/.764 84/.762 109/.876 23/.704 114/.464 .726

Road 353/.836 95/.443 62/.489 109/.504 278/.665 5/1.400 171/.791 66/.796 105/.656 / 127/.501

Last 28d days 95/.956 12/.533 38/.911 33/.350 27/.617 17/.849 45/.789 29/.837 32/.429 20/.900 39/.318

HR/SB/CS 29/11/9 0/5/0 2/2/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 0/0/0 5/4/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 1/7/0 5/8/3 144/115/48

Usage ·····X·· ······o· X····X·· ·······X ···o··X· X······· o····X·· ···X··o· X······· ········ ··X·X·Xo

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.