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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @Target Field

Tigers, 19-18, 19-18 2nd, 5½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Phil Coke (28, LHP, 1-5, 4.75)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-5) 36.0 38 24 19 12 22 3 4.75
2010 (7-5) 64.2 67 29 27 26 53 2 3.76
2009 (4-3) 60.0 44 34 30 20 49 10 4.50
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.1 40 23 19 13 24 2 4.84 46
2011-05-06 @TOR L 6.0 11 4 4 0 5 0 79 39
2011-05-01 @CLE ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 97 58
2011-04-26 SEA L 4.1 8 7 7 0 4 2 70 23
2011-04-19 @SEA L 3.2 6 6 2 4 0 0 89 29
2011-04-14 @OAK W 7.0 3 0 0 2 2 0 94 71
2011-04-09 KCR L 6.2 3 2 2 4 7 0 92 63
2010-10-03 @BAL ND 1.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 45 38
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-7    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:  10-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 30 Tue, May  3   NYY  W   4-2       13-17  3rd  8.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  2   NYY  L   3-5       12-17  3rd  8.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  1  @CLE  L   4-5       12-16  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Twins, 12-22, 12-22 5th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (29, RHP, 2-2, 2.97)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-2) 39.1 35 13 13 10 34 6 2.97
2010 (12-9) 170.1 186 87 85 43 148 23 4.49
2009 (15-9) 200.0 190 99 97 48 162 28 4.37
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.1 41 15 15 14 43 7 3.05 57
2011-05-06 @BOS W 8.0 7 2 2 1 8 2 106 67
2011-04-29 @KCR ND 6.1 8 2 2 1 2 0 107 50
2011-04-21 @BAL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 106 77
2011-04-16 @TBR ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 96 70
2011-04-10 OAK L 5.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 99 40
2011-04-04 @NYY L 6.0 5 4 4 4 4 2 96 46
2010-09-29 @KCR ND 5.0 6 2 2 4 9 1 100 52
Last 5 v.DET 2-0 24.0 30 14 13 12 19 3 4.88 45
2010-09-02 DET ND 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 1 46 43
2010-05-03 DET W 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 102 55
2010-04-28 @DET ND 4.0 9 5 5 3 5 1 80 26
2009-10-06 DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 91 48
2009-10-01 @DET W 5.0 5 1 0 3 3 0 106 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-7    Road:    8-15   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   7-18   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Tue, May 10   DET  L   2-10      12-22  5th 11.0 gb
 33 Mon, May  9  @BOS  L   1-2 (11)  12-21  5th 10.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  8  @BOS  L   5-9       12-20  4th  9.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  7  @BOS  L   0-4       12-19  4th  9.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  6  @BOS  W   9-2       12-18  4th  8.5 gb
 29 Wed, May  4  @CHW  W   3-2       11-18  4th  9.0 gb
 28 Tue, May  3  @CHW  W   1-0       10-18  4th 10.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  1  @KCR  L   3-10       9-18  4th 10.0 gb
 26 Sat, Apr 30  @KCR  L   2-11       9-17  4th  9.0 gb
 25 Fri, Apr 29  @KCR  L   3-4        9-16  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 10, 2011 DET 10 @MIN  2        W:Rick Porcello (3-2), L: Francisco Liriano (2-5), S: none

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 DET  5  MIN  1        W:Rick Porcello (10-11), L: Brian Duensing (10-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 DET 11  MIN 10 (13)   W:Daniel Schlereth (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 DET 10  MIN  1        W:Justin Verlander (18-8), L: Francisco Liriano (14-9), S: none
Thu, Sep 02, 2010 DET 10 @MIN  9 (13)   W:Jose Valverde (2-3), L: Nick Blackburn (8-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 01, 2010 MIN  2  DET  1 (10)   W:Jon Rauch (3-1), L: Ryan Perry (2-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 MIN  4  DET  3        W:Matt Guerrier (3-7), L: Phil Coke (7-4), S: Matt Capps (33)
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 MIN  6 @DET  3        W:Carl Pavano (10-6), L: Andrew Oliver (0-3), S: Jon Rauch (20)
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 DET  7  MIN  4        W:Jeremy Bonderman (5-6), L: Nick Blackburn (7-7), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 DET  7  MIN  3        W:Justin Verlander (11-5), L: Francisco Liriano (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 1-0; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 1042-967

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 (4.65 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
37.Hoey
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
59.Slowey
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/2.667 118/87 .282/.336/.553/.890 .781/.928 .814 82/.875 2/0 6/1
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 7/.857 3/2.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 137/100 .298/.358/.421/.779 1.008/.698 .761 96/.769 3/2 2/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 32/.982 3/1.167 6/.733 1/.000 4/.000 9/.111 14/1.096 16/1.126 163/114 .310/.442/.543/.984 1.010/.973 1.071 111/.907 0/0 7/1
15.Inge G/S/vP 43/.514 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 18/.355 11/1.080 7/.286 128/80 .200/.260/.287/.547 .720/.446 .539 86/.479 0/0 1/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP 9/1.792 6/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.572 160/105 .228/.287/.345/.631 .767/.558 .698 109/.640 4/2 2/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 42/40 .263/.317/.368/.685 1.000/.669 .842 30/.715 2/0 0/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 32/.571 3/2.333 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 11/.909 6/.666 12/1.083 95/69 .314/.368/.523/.892 .755/.939 1.014 45/1.101 0/0 3/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 50/1.194 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 13/.685 13/.885 16/.500 106/66 .172/.226/.232/.459 .462/.457 .362 80/.439 0/1 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 50/.748 3/4.000 2/1.500 1/.000 5/.400 16/.599 6/1.166 23/.565 135/87 .289/.348/.438/.786 .667/.848 .810 92/.792 0/1 3/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/.661 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 10/.000 1/.000 133/84 .228/.271/.390/.661 .742/.613 .630 99/.587 0/0 4/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 27/.849 3/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 4/.666 8/1.000 54/37 .283/.320/.348/.668 .598/.699 .594 39/.736 0/0 0/0
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 32/18 .269/.406/.308/.714 .900/.583 .664 32/.714 1/0 0/1
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 47/18 .256/.319/.395/.714 .580/.922 .729 41/.695 0/0 1/1
IP 39.1 7.1 15.1 7.1 11.1 11.0 16.1 8.0 TOTAL .256/.326/.396/.721 .749/.709 .734 .709 13/6 30/24
ERA-K/9 2.97/7.8 7.36/7.4 2.93/4.7 7.36/6.2 3.18/5.6 8.18/7.4 0.55/7.2 2.25/4.5 4.78/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (22-12-1)
 Martinez (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.241 40/.367 59/.204 38/.361 52/.214 52/.238 59/.208 34/.333 .273  Jackson
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Kelly
 Wells
 Ordonez
0/37/0/3
14/0/16/2
30/0/0/1
2/4/8/1
0/1/19/1
0/0/11/1
OPS .725 .967 .557 1.061 .651 .842 .554 .747 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.816 21/1.218 30/.749 17/1.224 27/.536 32/.638 28/.450 13/.724 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 48/.519 19/.652 29/.339 21/.931 25/.793 20/1.214 31/.647 21/.762 .795
Home 23/1.058 19/.955 17/.176 22/.864 17/.686 13/.154 28/.646 /
Last 28d days 109/.616 29/1.063 36/.732 38/1.061 35/.779 35/.971 38/.639 19/.757
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 0/3/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/3 2/2/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 36/24/9
Usage ····X··· X·XX···· o·····X· Xo·o···· ·XX···o· ··X·X··· ·o·o··o· ···X····
Twins Batters (3.12 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Coke*
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
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 67/59 .109/.149/.141/.290 .500/.261 .186 59/.295 0/0 0/2
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 88/65 .175/.230/.250/.480 .238/.579 .477 65/.500 3/1 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 4/.250 10/1.375 12/.697 2/.500 4/.250 6/.000 131/94 .242/.305/.342/.647 .905/.550 .595 91/.701 2/0 3/2
38.Hughes G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 60/44 .250/.300/.339/.639 1.104/.470 .760 49/.662 1/0 1/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/.583 7/1.171 3/1.000 3/1.000 6/.533 2/.000 135/93 .347/.400/.504/.904 .685/1.002 .836 94/.981 1/0 3/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 7/1.000 11/.546 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 117/79 .204/.265/.287/.552 .240/.709 .598 74/.539 0/0 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .300/.462/.700/1.162 /1.117 13/1.162 1/0 1/0
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/14 .133/.133/.133/.267 .000/.286 2.000 15/.267 1/0 0/1
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .000/.125/.000/.125 .000/.167 8/.125 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.400 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 7/.286 5/.400 149/108 .296/.362/.363/.725 .676/.742 .693 101/.690 3/1 1/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 62/49 .155/.183/.224/.407 .533/.375 .516 52/.348 0/0 0/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 134/103 .223/.299/.347/.646 .991/.542 .512 91/.693 2/1 3/2
IP 36.0 12.0 7.0 14.0 11.0 15.0 TOTAL .228/.292/.319/.611 .609/.612 .635 .622 17/3 16/21
ERA-K/9 4.75/5.5 7.50/6.0 9.00/10.3 1.93/3.9 9.00/5.7 1.80/9.0 4.23/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (9-6-2)
 Rivera (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.266 56/.286 38/.357 57/.188 56/.386 60/.218 .253  Kubel
 Cuddyer
 Revere
 Span
3/0/18/3
0/0/17/1
3/0/0/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .737 .704 1.058 .632 .974 .574 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.595 29/.824 16/1.396 24/.216 25/1.030 37/.668 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.800 27/.561 22/.804 33/.963 31/.929 23/.435 .692
Road 112/.687 39/.686 22/.943 32/.714 40/1.088 23/.460
Last 28d days 122/.773 37/.884 32/1.215 41/.664 44/.881 42/.652
HR/SB/CS 3/3/2 1/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 34/25/13
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·X······ X·o··X·X X···o··· ·oo··X·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.