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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, April 17, 2011 @Oakland-Alameda Country Coliseum

Tigers, 7-8, 7-8 4th, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Brad Penny (33, RHP, 0-1, 8.27)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 16.1 20 15 15 8 8 3 8.27
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 0-4 37.1 50 33 29 9 25 7 6.99 39
2011-04-12 TEX ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 2 0 89 49
2011-04-07 @BAL ND 5.1 6 4 4 3 3 2 90 40
2011-04-02 @NYY L 4.1 7 8 8 4 3 1 89 16
2010-05-21 LAA ND 3.0 5 4 4 0 1 1 48 34
2010-05-16 @CIN L 5.0 13 7 7 1 7 1 109 19
2010-05-11 HOU L 7.0 7 4 0 0 3 0 93 58
2010-05-05 @PHI L 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 2 75 56
Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 12.0 13 8 8 6 10 2 6.00 45
2009-07-29 OAK L 5.0 7 7 7 4 3 2 100 24
2003-06-03 OAK W 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 101 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 16  @OAK  L   2-6        7-8   4th  3.5 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 15  @OAK  W   8-4 (10)   7-7   4th  2.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 14  @OAK  W   3-0        6-7   4th  2.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13   TEX  W   3-2        5-7   4th  3.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12   TEX  W   5-4        4-7   5th  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11   TEX  L   0-2        3-7   5th  5.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   KCR  L   5-9        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9   KCR  L   1-3        3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8   KCR  W   5-2        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @BAL  L   5-9        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-8    Last 30: 7-8
Athletics, 7-8, 7-8 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (23, RHP, 1-0, 3.12)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-0) 17.1 13 6 6 7 18 1 3.12
2010 (18-8) 196.2 155 73 65 63 118 19 2.97
2009 (10-13) 178.2 185 99 92 72 90 27 4.63
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 42 21 21 14 38 5 4.57 51
2011-04-12 @CHW ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 3 1 97 36
2011-04-07 @TOR W 8.0 3 1 1 0 7 0 105 79
2011-04-01 SEA ND 4.2 4 1 1 4 8 0 105 56
2010-10-01 @SEA W 7.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 96 71
2010-09-26 TEX L 4.0 12 7 7 1 3 2 80 12
2010-09-21 CHW W 8.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 106 68
2010-09-15 @KCR L 5.0 6 6 6 3 4 2 100 32
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 15.2 17 10 10 9 7 0 5.74 44
2010-05-31 @DET W 6.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 89 58
2009-08-22 DET ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 98 60
2009-05-17 @DET L 2.1 7 7 7 2 0 0 60 13
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 16   DET  W   6-2        7-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 15   DET  L   4-8 (10)   6-8   3rd  4.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 14   DET  L   0-3        6-7   3rd  3.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13  @CHW  W   7-4 (10)   6-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12  @CHW  L   5-6 (10)   5-6   3rd  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11  @CHW  W   2-1 (10)   5-5   2nd  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @MIN  W   5-3        4-5   3rd  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @MIN  W   1-0        3-5   3rd  4.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @MIN  L   1-2        2-5   3rd  4.5 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @TOR  W   2-1        2-4   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-8    Last 30: 7-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 OAK  6  DET  2        W:Dallas Braden (1-1), L: Justin Verlander (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 DET  8 @OAK  4 (10)   W:Brayan Villarreal (1-0), L: Brian Fuentes (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  0        W:Phil Coke (1-2), L: Tyson Ross (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (3)

Mon, May 31, 2010 OAK  4 @DET  1        W:Trevor Cahill (4-2), L: Justin Verlander (5-4), S: Andrew Bailey (11)
Sun, May 30, 2010 DET 10  OAK  2        W:Max Scherzer (2-4), L: Dallas Braden (4-5), S: Joel Zumaya (1)
Sat, May 29, 2010 OAK  6 @DET  0        W:Brett Anderson (2-1), L: Rick Porcello (4-5), S: none
Fri, May 28, 2010 OAK  5 @DET  4        W:Brad Ziegler (2-2), L: Ryan Perry (1-4), S: Andrew Bailey (10)
Thu, May 20, 2010 DET  5 @OAK  2        W:Jeremy Bonderman (2-2), L: Tyson Ross (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Wed, May 19, 2010 DET  5 @OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander (5-2), L: Dallas Braden (4-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 OAK  9  DET  4        W:Brett Tomko (3-2), L: Rick Porcello (10-8), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 2-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 978-900

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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 26.Cramer*
G/S/vB		 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 66.Ross
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 333/295 .228/.316/.340/.656 .502/.676 .612 41/.906 2/2 7/4
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.667 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 512/393 .256/.320/.416/.736 .951/.673 .622 54/.845 7/1 14/10
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/.393 7/.571 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 10/2.271 3/1.167 7/.929 648/482 .328/.420/.622/1.042 1.000/1.054 1.015 66/1.147 3/3 38/13
15.Inge G/S/vP 6/.666 6/.583 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 6/.167 2/.000 8/.750 580/423 .247/.321/.397/.718 .817/.681 .648 55/.586 4/3 13/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.167 1/.000 675/491 .293/.345/.400/.745 .600/.798 .730 61/.537 27/6 4/6
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 251/225 .244/.272/.374/.646 .487/.663 .588 15/.695 3/0 9/5
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.971 3/.666 4/.750 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 4/1.000 538/371 .302/.351/.493/.844 1.173/.694 .741 64/.688 1/0 20/8
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 5/.600 7/.572 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.143 365/284 .303/.378/.474/.852 1.171/.763 .804 30/.517 1/0 12/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/.000 12/.817 4/.250 5/.000 1/.000 8/1.833 2/no AB 4/.000 615/441 .249/.311/.392/.703 .771/.677 .777 53/.768 1/0 15/8
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.600 1/3.000 5/.000 410/264 .280/.340/.474/.814 .929/.753 .827 49/.738 2/2 15/6
28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/173 .304/.350/.414/.763 .855/.741 .826 46/.508 0/3 1/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/1.250 6/.600 3/.833 6/.533 ··· 4/1.167 3/1.334 3/.666 367/289 .263/.337/.325/.662 .763/.635 .624 28/.481 2/2 3/8
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 99/47 .323/.364/.538/.901 .695/1.130 .982 13/.748 0/1 4/0
IP 196.2 55.1 48.2 74.2 23.2 48.0 39.1 60.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.401/.722 .615/.765 .730 .722 7/2 15/10
ERA-K/9 2.97/5.4 2.28/9.1 3.70/8.5 3.01/8.6 3.04/4.9 2.81/8.8 5.49/7.3 3.26/6.1 2.83/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (43-20-6)
 Martinez (99-27-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 783/.220 222/.216 220/.274 304/.194 93/.233 196/.181 169/.271 257/.241 .231  Jackson
 Boesch
 Ordonez
 Wells
 Raburn
 Kelly
0/149/0/9
44/0/79/9
0/0/71/7
8/4/29/4
73/7/20/4
65/12/2/4
OPS .619 .619 .758 .620 .736 .607 .754 .694 .630
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 438/.630 100/.771 97/.598 104/.586 16/.875 55/.371 74/.674 78/1.034 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.605 122/.496 123/.892 200/.637 77/.705 141/.696 95/.819 179/.560 .593
Home 408/.572 100/.667 108/.744 139/.609 25/.960 115/.620 86/.576 127/.523
Last 28d days 75/.517 28/.681 27/.431 22/1.121 12/.530 39/.620 19/.675 25/.519
HR/SB/CS 19/15/5 3/2/2 7/1/1 9/4/1 5/0/1 5/3/1 4/2/0 4/2/1 9/10/8
Usage ····X··· Xo·o··oX ··X·X·o· Xo·XX··· ··o·X··· XX·X·ooX ··X··X·· oX·Xo···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 21.Gonzalez
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
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/2.114 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.667 686/498 .273/.393/.405/.798 .895/.761 .801 64/.814 7/3 10/10
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 12/.523 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .890 59/.582 32/3 8/2
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 7/.453 9/.583 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 5/.800 394/287 .318/.384/.443/.827 .725/.864 .857 56/.609 3/3 5/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP 5/1.000 13/.749 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 492/372 .291/.358/.381/.739 .839/.706 .641 53/.545 7/6 5/3
28.Jackson G/S/vP 21/1.208 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 241/195 .236/.336/.327/.663 .743/.645 .679 26/.721 6/1 2/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 12/.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 586/435 .247/.283/.396/.679 .724/.663 .672 48/.506 2/1 16/12
21.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 271/174 .206/.268/.287/.555 .683/.485 .565 28/.656 1/1 4/11
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 5/.650 11/.673 6/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 558/409 .274/.361/.459/.820 .692/.868 .812 55/.707 0/1 21/0
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 576/443 .250/.319/.368/.687 .655/.697 .679 43/.454 29/5 6/25
11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/91 .214/.305/.304/.608 .624/.602 .565 5/1.800 1/0 2/6
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/2.334 6/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 544/403 .242/.303/.366/.669 .575/.701 .731 55/.669 3/2 13/8
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .798 12/1.167 1/1 1/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 451/336 .268/.389/.459/.848 .904/.830 .963 60/.723 8/0 16/1
IP 55.2 60.1 64.2 26.0 18.2 69.1 63.0 TOTAL .239/.298/.361/.658 .549/.722 .624 .658 11/4 7/17
ERA-K/9 3.23/5.7 1.34/11.2 3.76/7.4 3.81/4.5 2.89/9.1 3.89/3.9 3.00/9.0 4.81/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (17-9-0)
 Suzuki (66-19-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 232/.293 217/.147 279/.275 107/.236 87/.270 307/.292 259/.184 .265  Willingham
 DeJesus
 Sweeney
 Jackson
 Crisp
 Matsui
108/0/0/7
2/19/70/5
0/1/80/4
52/0/0/3
0/73/0/2
18/0/0/1
OPS .740 .454 .699 .771 .752 .776 .585 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.880 104/.491 124/.681 55/.876 34/.998 132/.632 138/.662 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.645 113/.419 155/.713 52/.669 53/.594 175/.885 121/.502 .663
Road 138/.768 105/.506 135/.819 47/.790 48/.851 159/.836 115/.610
Last 28d days 76/.965 26/.352 61/.491 19/1.088 17/.508 15/1.036 21/.340
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 6/2/2 2/1/0 4/0/1 2/5/0 4/0/2 5/3/1 13/14/3
Usage ····X··· ·oX·X··· ··X····X X·····X· ·o····X· o·····oo ··ooo···

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.