Saturday, August 27, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, August 27, 2011 @Target Field

Tigers, 72-59, 72-59 1st, 6½ up

SP: Justin Verlander (28, RHP, 19-5, 2.28)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (19-5)			209.2	139	59	53	45	212	17	2.28
2010 (18-9)			224.1	190	89	84	71	219	14	3.37
2009 (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45

Last 7 GS		7-0	52.2	31	15	13	12	59	5	2.22	69
2011-08-22	@TBR	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	116	72
2011-08-16	MIN	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	8	0	121	68
2011-08-11	@CLE	W	7.0	3	3	3	3	10	1	108	66
2011-08-06	@KCR	W	7.0	5	3	3	2	8	1	110	61
2011-07-31	LAA	W	8.0	1	2	0	2	9	0	114	83
2011-07-26	@CHW	W	8.0	7	4	4	1	7	2	125	58
2011-07-21	@MIN	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	126	77

Last 5 v.MIN		4-0	36.0	34	11	7	4	39	0	1.75	64
2011-08-16	MIN	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	8	0	121	68
2011-07-21	@MIN	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	126	77
2010-09-24	MIN	W	9.0	4	1	0	0	11	0	124	88
2010-09-02	@MIN	ND	6.0	10	6	3	1	4	0	104	37
2010-07-09	MIN	W	5.1	8	2	2	2	7	0	103	49

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

 Home:   37-27   Road:   35-32   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  47-43   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:31-18   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Fri, Aug 26  @MIN  W   8-1       72-59  1st  6.5 up
130 Thu, Aug 25  @TBR  W   2-0       71-59  1st  6.5 up
129 Wed, Aug 24  @TBR  L   2-3 (10)  70-59  1st  6.0 up
128 Tue, Aug 23  @TBR  W   2-1       70-58  1st  6.0 up
127 Mon, Aug 22  @TBR  W   5-2       69-58  1st  5.5 up
126 Sun, Aug 21   CLE  W   8-7       68-58  1st  4.5 up
125 Sat, Aug 20   CLE  W  10-1       67-58  1st  3.5 up
124 Fri, Aug 19   CLE  W   4-1       66-58  1st  2.5 up
123 Wed, Aug 17   MIN  L   5-6       65-58  1st  2.0 up
122 Tue, Aug 16   MIN  W   7-1       65-57  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Twins, 55-76, 55-76 4th, 17 GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (35, RHP, 6-10, 4.54)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-10)			174.1	205	97	88	35	76	17	4.54
2010 (17-11)			221.0	227	95	92	37	117	24	3.75
2009 (14-12)			199.1	235	119	113	39	147	26	5.10

Last 7 GS		0-4	44.1	64	31	29	10	20	5	5.89	40
2011-08-22	BAL	L	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	2	117	44
2011-08-17	@DET	ND	7.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	106	49
2011-08-12	@CLE	ND	7.1	10	2	1	0	4	0	105	56
2011-08-06	CHW	L	8.0	9	2	1	1	5	0	112	62
2011-07-31	@OAK	L	4.0	9	7	7	2	1	0	89	15
2011-07-26	@TEX	ND	5.0	9	8	8	2	1	1	105	16
2011-07-21	DET	L	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	1	103	35

Last 5 v.DET		1-2	32.2	42	21	20	6	19	5	5.51	44
2011-08-17	@DET	ND	7.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	106	49
2011-07-21	DET	L	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	1	103	35
2010-09-25	@DET	ND	4.0	11	7	7	0	2	3	80	14
2010-07-11	@DET	W	7.2	6	3	3	1	6	0	104	60
2010-04-29	@DET	L	8.0	7	3	2	2	5	0	102	61

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

 Home:   28-38   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-54   vsLHP:  19-22   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 10-28   vsCntrl:24-24   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Fri, Aug 26   DET  L   1-8       55-76  4th 17.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 25   BAL  L   1-6       55-75  4th 16.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 24   BAL  L   1-6       55-74  4th 15.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 23   BAL  L   1-8       55-73  4th 15.0 gb
127 Mon, Aug 22   BAL  L   1-4       55-72  4th 14.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 21   NYY  L   0-3       55-71  4th 13.0 gb
125 Sat, Aug 20   NYY  W   9-4       55-70  4th 12.0 gb
124 Fri, Aug 19   NYY  L   1-8       54-70  4th 12.0 gb
123 Thu, Aug 18   NYY  L   4-8       54-69  4th 11.0 gb
122 Wed, Aug 17  @DET  W   6-5       54-68  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 DET  8 @MIN  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-8), L: Scott Diamond (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 MIN  6 @DET  5        W:Matt Capps (4-6), L: Jose Valverde (2-4), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Justin Verlander (18-5), L: Nick Blackburn (7-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 MIN  9 @DET  6        W:Francisco Liriano (8-9), L: Rick Porcello (11-8), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Rick Porcello (10-6), L: Francisco Liriano (6-8), S: Jose Valverde (26)
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 MIN  4  DET  1        W:Scott Baker (8-5), L: Brad Penny (7-7), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 DET  8 @MIN  2        W:Max Scherzer (11-5), L: Brian Duensing (7-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 DET  6 @MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (13-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 DET  4  MIN  2        W:Rick Porcello (5-3), L: Scott Baker (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (14)
Tue, May 31, 2011 DET  8  MIN  7        W:Al Alburquerque (3-1), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 10-3; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 1051-970

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 5.51 TBR 4.23 SFG 3.40	RA/G PHI 3.31 ARI 4.27 BAL 5.25	BA A. Gonzalez .347 R. Weeks .272 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .455 M. Izturis .336 V. Wells .245	SLG J. Bautista .646 S. Castro .430 C. Getz .280	OPS J. Bautista 1.101 G. Sanchez .771 A. Rios .577	ERA J. Cueto 2.03 J. Garcia 3.73 A. Burnett 5.31	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.42 D. Holland 6.91 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.51

TBR 4.23

SFG 3.40

RA/G

PHI 3.31

ARI 4.27

BAL 5.25

A. Gonzalez .347

R. Weeks .272

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .455

M. Izturis .336

V. Wells .245

SLG

J. Bautista .646

S. Castro .430

C. Getz .280

OPS

J. Bautista 1.101

G. Sanchez .771

A. Rios .577

ERA

J. Cueto 2.03

J. Garcia 3.73

A. Burnett 5.31

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

D. Holland 6.91

B. Penny 3.57

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Tigers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Oliveros
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 59.Slowey
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 13/.846 5/.900 3/.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 5/.933 3/2.667 2/5.000 434/319 .302/.394/.525/.919 .841/.948 .838 92/1.228 3/1 16/5

20.Betemit# G/S/vP 12/.666 4/.750 6/.933 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 4/.833 305/214 .292/.348/.423/.771 .569/.860 .863 51/.881 4/1 5/9

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 16/.938 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 6/.583 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 3/.666 472/354 .283/.341/.458/.799 .752/.814 .763 64/.613 5/3 16/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 36/.816 7/1.071 6/.733 3/2.333 2/no AB 6/.167 11/.282 1/no AB 17/.886 16/1.126 5/2.550 557/410 .323/.429/.543/.972 .975/.971 1.021 102/.915 1/1 23/9

15.Inge G/S/vP 26/.664 4/.000 3/1.333 3/1.000 ··· 6/.334 20/.318 1/.000 12/.973 7/.286 1/2.000 255/167 .183/.243/.261/.504 .618/.446 .502 16/.800 1/0 2/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 14/.572 7/1.143 3/.000 4/.833 2/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 7/.572 2/1.500 526/359 .243/.309/.359/.668 .700/.654 .662 98/.591 18/4 7/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 13/1.371 5/1.800 2/1.000 3/.833 3/.333 4/1.250 12/.834 ··· 11/1.055 12/1.083 6/.334 464/333 .323/.373/.449/.822 .820/.824 .817 90/.875 1/0 8/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 24/.875 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 13/.685 ··· 15/.762 16/.500 4/.000 304/196 .230/.283/.299/.581 .623/.558 .479 61/.515 1/1 4/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 15/1.267 5/2.550 4/2.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.367 18/.708 1/2.000 9/.958 23/.565 7/1.714 469/330 .311/.356/.501/.857 .781/.889 .789 93/.706 0/2 18/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP 6/1.000 7/.953 3/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 11/.291 1/.000 1/.000 354/224 .239/.274/.396/.669 .724/.637 .684 54/.880 1/0 11/14

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 14/1.007 3/.500 5/.650 ··· 1/5.000 3/1.000 7/.334 1/no AB 6/.400 8/1.000 2/.000 203/160 .242/.292/.348/.641 .868/.579 .548 44/.726 0/0 3/2

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 32/15 .300/.344/.367/.710 .912/.481 .649 0/ 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.944 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 375/263 .272/.307/.374/.681 .684/.679 .661 88/.810 1/0 6/5

IP 174.1 44.0 55.1 12.2 34.0 40.0 36.2 10.2 52.2 25.0 69.2 TOTAL .270/.333/.417/.750 .758/.747 .725 .765 42/17 128/84

ERA-K/9

4.54/3.9

5.52/6.1

4.39/4.4

5.68/2.8

3.97/5.3

4.95/5.0

4.66/7.8

7.59/4.2

2.39/9.9

6.84/5.0

3.62/4.4

4.54/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (70-36-5)
Martinez (29-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 749/.295 195/.275 226/.254 58/.346 155/.256 187/.261 157/.214 50/.310 209/.225 111/.333 296/.251 .277 Ordonez
Boesch
Jackson
Young
Raburn 0/0/55/7
57/0/51/7
0/122/0/5
86/0/0/4
49/2/8/3

OPS .771 .777 .706 .837 .768 .789 .681 .733 .593 .935 .659 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 410/.743 79/.715 110/.715 16/.690 64/.607 81/.725 74/.636 20/.614 82/.574 46/.824 160/.557 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.805 116/.822 116/.698 42/.890 91/.889 106/.842 83/.722 30/.793 127/.605 65/1.010 136/.775 .818

Home 330/.705 118/.736 125/.746 58/.837 73/.808 95/.779 81/.537 34/.733 120/.615 72/.980 197/.691

Last 28d days 149/.815 40/.670 42/.637 29/.890 46/.799 46/.735 38/.557 15/.988 52/.764 49/1.099 63/.684

HR/SB/CS 17/21/3 4/6/1 9/2/0 1/1/0 5/2/1 4/2/3 6/7/0 0/0/0 1/3/2 5/1/0 6/0/0 135/77/37

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

Twins Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Verlander
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 34.Pauley
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 203/144 .163/.200/.242/.442 .586/.383 .428 38/.227 0/0 2/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 52/.590 ··· 13/1.021 8/.536 ··· 12/.697 2/.500 8/.000 485/331 .292/.359/.480/.839 1.100/.725 .854 57/.745 8/1 18/6

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/141 .235/.305/.320/.625 .701/.582 .571 24/.725 1/2 3/4

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 43/.819 1/.000 7/1.171 15/.564 1/.000 3/1.000 5/1.600 5/.400 345/227 .287/.345/.443/.788 .792/.786 .731 88/.699 1/0 9/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 61/1.119 1/3.000 7/.143 12/1.151 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 8/.000 285/171 .287/.347/.349/.696 .583/.770 .735 90/.679 0/0 1/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 42/.898 1/.000 12/.500 12/.969 1/.000 2/2.000 4/1.750 4/.833 280/186 .219/.279/.328/.607 .405/.712 .633 49/.544 0/0 4/1

1.Nishioka# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 217/141 .217/.257/.241/.498 .413/.545 .562 54/.481 2/4 0/10

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 182/129 .233/.304/.411/.715 .867/.651 .776 70/.750 2/2 6/4

18.Repko G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.000 111/68 .245/.287/.265/.552 .675/.476 .631 0/ 6/1 0/1

11.Revere* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 352/226 .255/.300/.295/.595 .574/.606 .498 88/.632 24/7 0/7

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/3.000 3/1.167 204/148 .202/.250/.271/.521 .498/.512 .476 45/.488 2/2 0/4

23.Tosoni* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 111/93 .186/.252/.284/.537 .583/.527 .486 33/.484 0/2 3/1

19.Valencia G/S/vP 12/.614 ··· 6/.334 4/1.000 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.333 3/.666 503/370 .251/.296/.401/.697 .869/.636 .746 86/.801 2/4 14/17

IP 209.2 20.1 50.0 100.2 60.1 27.0 39.2 57.1 TOTAL .248/.306/.358/.664 .693/.652 .669 .645 70/30 81/92

ERA-K/9

2.28/9.1

3.54/5.3

3.60/8.3

4.29/5.5

2.39/5.7

5.67/6.0

4.08/8.4

2.67/8.2

4.09/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (35-17-6)
Mauer (26-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 803/.185 85/.224 202/.249 440/.277 244/.227 124/.269 173/.214 246/.214 .258 Kubel
Cuddyer
Revere
Tosoni
Repko
Plouffe
Mauer 7/0/49/8
0/0/63/4
9/64/5/3
26/0/2/2
23/4/19/2
2/0/11/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .529 .562 .652 .714 .608 .760 .744 .633 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 456/.511 40/.668 105/.707 148/.530 110/.450 55/.762 82/.525 147/.717 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 347/.553 45/.457 97/.591 292/.807 134/.748 69/.757 91/.956 99/.516 .720

Road 401/.541 48/.401 97/.522 263/.663 144/.767 56/.741 91/.689 105/.582

Last 28d days 139/.474 41/.433 42/.530 45/.455 31/1.038 19/.498 46/.638 55/.628

HR/SB/CS 17/9/4 1/1/1 5/2/2 4/9/6 2/3/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 5/7/3 113/99/44

Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·X··oo·o X··X·Xo· ··o····· o·Xo·o·· ··Xo·Xo· ·X··XX·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.