Thursday, September 15, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 10:05pm, Thursday, September 15, 2011 @Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers, 87-62, 87-62 1st, 13½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 14-8, 4.27)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (14-8)			179.1	188	90	85	52	154	26	4.27
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	42	21	20	8	39	8	4.39	52
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
2011-08-07	@KCR	L	5.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	90	43

Last 5 v.OAK		1-0	5.2	2	0	0	4	14	0	0.00	75
2010-05-30	OAK	W	5.2	2	0	0	4	14	0	113	75

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

 Home:   45-29   Road:   42-33   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  57-44   vsLHP:  30-18   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:46-21   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
144 Fri, Sep  9   MIN  W   8-4       82-62  1st  9.5 up
143 Wed, Sep  7  @CLE  W   8-6       81-62  1st  9.0 up
142 Tue, Sep  6  @CLE  W  10-1       80-62  1st  8.0 up
141 Mon, Sep  5  @CLE  W   4-2       79-62  1st  7.5 up
140 Sun, Sep  4   CHW  W  18-2       78-62  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10:10-0    Last 20:17-3    Last 30:23-7

Athletics, 67-82, 67-82 3rd, 18 GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (27, RHP, 8-8, 3.45)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-8)			148.2	149	67	57	23	108	8	3.45
2009 (7-4)			97.1	96	55	50	36	65	13	4.62
2008 (1-1)			22.0	20	11	10	8	10	3	4.09

Last 7 GS		4-3	48.0	43	20	17	7	39	3	3.19	58
2011-09-09	@TEX	L	6.0	6	4	3	1	5	0	97	50
2011-09-03	SEA	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	10	0	114	91
2011-08-29	@CLE	L	8.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	104	73
2011-08-23	@NYY	W	7.2	8	3	3	3	6	1	108	54
2011-08-17	BAL	W	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	99	41
2011-08-12	TEX	L	3.1	8	7	5	0	0	0	72	20
2011-08-06	@TBR	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	109	77

Last 5 v.DET		0-2	20.0	24	11	10	6	15	0	4.50	48
2011-07-20	@DET	ND	5.0	6	4	4	1	4	0	85	42
2011-04-15	DET	ND	6.2	6	0	0	1	7	0	114	68
2009-05-19	@DET	L	7.0	9	4	3	3	4	0	118	46
2008-09-15	DET	ND	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	52
2007-09-11	@DET	L	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	35	33

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

 Home:   40-34   Road:   27-48   ExtrInn: 8-11
 vsRHP:  43-56   vsLHP:  24-26   1-Run:  18-24
 vsEast: 20-23   vsCntrl:18-22   vsWest: 21-27 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Wed, Sep 14   LAA  L   1-4       67-82  3rd 18.0 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13   LAA  L   3-6       67-81  3rd 17.0 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12   LAA  W   6-3       67-80  3rd 16.0 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11  @TEX  L   1-8       66-80  3rd 16.5 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10  @TEX  W   8-7       66-79  3rd 15.5 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9  @TEX  L   4-13      65-79  3rd 16.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep  7   KCR  W   7-0       65-78  3rd 15.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6   KCR  L   4-7       64-78  3rd 16.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   KCR  L   6-11      64-77  3rd 15.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4   SEA  W   8-5       64-76  3rd 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 OAK  7 @DET  5        W:Joey Devine (1-1), L: David Purcey (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (10)
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 DET  8  OAK  3        W:Rick Porcello (9-6), L: Guillermo Moscoso (3-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 OAK  5  DET  1        W:Trevor Cahill (2-0), L: Brad Penny (0-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 3-3; 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 979-902

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 5.44 CLE 4.20 SEA 3.40	RA/G PHI 3.25 STL 4.30 BAL 5.23	BA A. Gonzalez .340 N. Walker .271 K. Johnson .211	OBP J. Bautista .444 S. Castro .340 V. Wells .251	SLG J. Bautista .628 C. Santana .445 O. Cabrera .302	OPS J. Bautista 1.072 Y. Molina .781 O. Cabrera .571	ERA C. Kershaw 2.30 E. Jackson 3.71 J. Lackey 6.19	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.60 J. Zimmermann 6.92 B. Penny 3.71

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.44

CLE 4.20

SEA 3.40

RA/G

PHI 3.25

STL 4.30

BAL 5.23

A. Gonzalez .340

N. Walker .271

K. Johnson .211

OBP

J. Bautista .444

S. Castro .340

V. Wells .251

SLG

J. Bautista .628

C. Santana .445

O. Cabrera .302

OPS

J. Bautista 1.072

Y. Molina .781

O. Cabrera .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.30

E. Jackson 3.71

J. Lackey 6.19

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.60

J. Zimmermann 6.92

B. Penny 3.71

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

Tigers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.McCarthy
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 67.Carignan
G/S/vB 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 62.Wagner
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 505/365 .301/.392/.527/.919 .801/.966 .863 100/1.028 3/1 19/6

20.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/1.500 345/249 .280/.336/.428/.764 .607/.826 .805 56/.755 4/1 7/10

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.844 4/1.250 7/.571 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 10/2.271 ··· 7/1.572 637/466 .333/.436/.561/.998 .959/1.011 1.056 110/1.080 2/1 26/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/186 .250/.299/.410/.709 .900/.676 .601 28/.686 5/2 7/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 12/.166 2/.000 9/.347 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 100/72 .226/.260/.366/.626 .364/.731 .529 11/1.000 1/1 3/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 15/.833 4/.000 6/.583 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 285/180 .203/.263/.289/.552 .724/.455 .520 46/.914 1/1 3/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 610/417 .252/.319/.381/.701 .724/.690 .637 119/.843 20/4 9/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/220 .230/.274/.333/.608 .381/.631 .713 37/.583 2/1 4/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 21/1.254 2/1.500 7/.971 3/.666 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/1.500 542/383 .325/.375/.461/.836 .814/.846 .865 107/.911 1/0 11/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 14/.962 3/.333 7/.572 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 334/204 .245/.296/.324/.620 .687/.576 .485 41/.890 2/1 5/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 21/.199 3/1.667 13/.749 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.833 ··· 3/.333 531/368 .305/.354/.485/.839 .790/.860 .783 95/.733 0/2 19/7

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 388/242 .246/.281/.420/.701 .774/.657 .745 49/1.018 1/0 14/14

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/82 .218/.315/.256/.571 .476/.580 .556 11/.673 1/0 0/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.500 6/.600 3/.833 6/.533 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 261/209 .269/.323/.401/.724 .902/.679 .637 81/.872 0/0 5/3

18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .143/.143/.143/.286 .667/.000 .182 9/.222 0/0 0/0

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 34/16 .313/.353/.375/.728 .974/.450 .683 2/1.000 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 16/.760 4/1.000 6/.334 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.167 448/313 .277/.310/.386/.697 .735/.680 .685 108/.757 1/0 8/6

IP 148.2 35.2 57.1 26.2 55.0 5.2 30.2 56.0 4.0 33.1 TOTAL .275/.338/.430/.768 .780/.763 .741 .857 47/18 153/94

ERA-K/9

3.45/6.5

3.28/9.3

2.35/9.0

3.04/8.1

3.93/6.9

4.76/7.9

4.11/11.7

3.86/6.4

9.00/9.0

6.48/8.6

3.80/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (80-38-6)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (29-8-0)
Santos (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 603/.263 148/.230 225/.200 116/.240 244/.303 29/.296 133/.216 241/.242 21/.333 159/.277 .252 Jackson
Ordonez
Young
Raburn
Dirks
Kelly 0/140/0/8
0/0/63/7
103/0/0/5
51/2/16/3
38/15/16/3
17/4/36/1

OPS .666 .671 .590 .708 .788 .789 .665 .668 1.040 .859 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.716 84/.763 116/.549 47/.812 95/.893 9/.476 55/.536 86/.705 7/1.238 70/.807 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.610 64/.554 109/.634 69/.635 149/.720 20/.900 78/.760 155/.645 14/.940 89/.900 .693

Home 286/.655 83/.528 122/.532 48/.627 110/.801 17/.423 58/.584 111/.756 6/1.417 89/.837

Last 28d days 118/.523 37/.879 32/.829 31/.459 49/.646 29/.789 42/.843 27/.608 21/1.040 17/1.534

HR/SB/CS 8/9/4 3/5/0 6/1/0 2/1/0 4/3/6 1/1/0 4/4/0 6/6/1 1/0/0 5/10/1 124/113/43

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

Athletics Batters (4.05 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

31.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 161/109 .218/.304/.437/.741 .377/.926 .823 102/.607 2/0 6/4

4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 12/.523 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 527/346 .268/.323/.385/.708 .616/.763 .732 70/.665 40/9 7/1

12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 13/.564 1/.000 2/1.000 9/.583 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.800 475/344 .232/.316/.360/.676 .442/.769 .671 66/.624 4/2 8/4

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 12/.788 7/.000 ··· 6/1.917 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 537/380 .261/.333/.397/.730 .807/.697 .705 103/.694 1/1 12/0

58.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/2 .167/.167/.167/.333 .500/.000 1.000 6/.333 0/0 0/0

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.333 2/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 6/.333 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 544/382 .268/.325/.366/.691 .681/.693 .617 108/.784 13/9 7/21

11.Powell# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/86 .175/.254/.233/.487 .484/.488 .609 5/.000 0/0 1/2

26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .250 21/.569 0/0 0/1

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 61/25 .074/.148/.185/.333 .485/.123 .174 7/.000 0/0 2/4

29.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 385/258 .237/.331/.393/.724 .851/.661 .726 86/.807 3/2 10/16

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/40 .208/.255/.396/.651 .091/.800 .541 17/.824 0/0 2/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.650 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 477/339 .242/.304/.392/.695 .644/.716 .679 76/.825 2/2 13/7

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· ··· 2/1.500 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .751 57/.541 1/1 1/0

23.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/6 .235/.350/.235/.585 .368/1.167 .606 20/.585 0/0 0/1

19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 385/254 .301/.339/.410/.750 .688/.777 .785 113/.786 21/10 0/12

16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/1.867 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 512/339 .255/.338/.486/.824 .839/.817 .896 100/.913 4/1 26/2

IP 179.1 39.2 26.0 57.2 105.2 2.2 68.1 32.0 46.2 9.2 65.1 TOTAL .246/.315/.371/.686 .655/.699 .704 .710 103/40 101/119

ERA-K/9

4.27/7.7

2.04/14.1

4.15/4.5

3.12/8.7

4.43/5.7

0.00/10.0

2.90/5.4

5.34/6.5

3.47/7.7

7.45/7.4

2.48/8.3

4.04/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (15-9-1)
Recker (5-0-0)
Suzuki (93-34-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 765/.269 170/.145 112/.253 231/.228 460/.276 12/.273 277/.235 146/.274 199/.202 43/.256 274/.199 .256 DeJesus
Sweeney
Matsui
Crisp
Willingham
Miller
Taylor
Rosales 0/8/107/5
41/34/23/3
23/0/0/2
0/120/0/2
88/0/0/2
0/2/1/0
2/0/4/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .773 .450 .630 .607 .720 .606 .643 .761 .691 .736 .589 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 422/.854 76/.456 47/.618 121/.661 160/.551 6/.533 124/.490 64/.788 93/.496 20/.771 163/.670 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.676 94/.444 65/.637 110/.548 300/.810 6/.667 153/.776 82/.738 106/.874 23/.704 111/.477 .724

Road 329/.812 95/.443 51/.376 109/.504 276/.670 / 159/.812 62/.721 99/.649 / 120/.505

Last 28d days 119/.762 12/.533 39/.888 43/.341 45/.703 12/.606 36/.937 37/.627 42/.463 20/.900 45/.461

HR/SB/CS 26/10/9 0/5/0 1/1/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 0/0/0 5/4/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 1/7/0 5/8/3 137/112/46

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