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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, September 18, 2011 @Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers, 88-64, 88-64 1st, 12½ up

SP: Justin Verlander (28, RHP, 23-5, 2.36)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (23-5)			236.0	163	68	62	53	238	22	2.36
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	48.0	37	14	14	15	52	7	2.63	63
2011-09-13	@CHW	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	106	69
2011-09-07	@CLE	W	6.0	3	4	4	2	8	2	113	56
2011-09-02	CHW	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	6	1	106	65
2011-08-27	@MIN	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	6	2	120	43
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

Last 5 v.OAK		2-3	34.2	30	13	12	9	35	3	3.12	60
2011-04-16	@OAK	L	6.0	8	4	3	3	6	0	116	45
2010-05-31	OAK	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	114	60
2010-05-19	@OAK	W	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	116	79
2009-07-01	@OAK	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	102	49
2007-09-01	@OAK	W	6.2	6	1	1	3	10	1	129	65

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

 Home:   45-29   Road:   43-35   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  58-45   vsLHP:  30-19   1-Run:  27-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:46-21   vsWest: 17-18 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:23-7

Athletics, 69-83, 69-83 3rd, 18 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Guillermo Moscoso (27, RHP, 8-8, 3.44)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-8)			115.0	96	54	44	36	64	12	3.44
2010 (0-0)			0.2	2	2	2	2	2	0	27.00
2009 (0-0)			14.0	15	7	5	6	12	1	3.21

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.1	32	19	15	9	29	3	3.05	57
2011-09-13	LAA	ND	4.2	5	3	3	1	2	1	92	43
2011-09-07	KCR	W	8.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	129	83
2011-09-02	SEA	W	7.0	5	2	1	1	6	0	106	66
2011-08-27	@BOS	L	4.0	9	8	7	2	0	1	93	12
2011-08-21	TOR	L	8.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	109	78
2011-08-16	BAL	W	6.0	5	3	2	1	4	0	98	55
2011-08-11	@TOR	W	6.0	3	2	1	2	6	0	97	64

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	4.2	9	7	6	1	3	2	11.57	22
2011-07-19	@DET	L	4.2	9	7	6	1	3	2	86	22

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

 Home:   42-35   Road:   27-48   ExtrInn: 8-11
 vsRHP:  45-57   vsLHP:  24-26   1-Run:  18-24
 vsEast: 20-23   vsCntrl:20-23   vsWest: 21-27 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Sat, Sep 17   DET  W   5-3       69-83  3rd 18.0 gb
151 Fri, Sep 16   DET  L   1-3       68-83  3rd 18.0 gb
150 Thu, Sep 15   DET  W   6-1       68-82  3rd 18.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 OAK  5  DET  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (14-12), L: Rick Porcello (14-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Doug Fister (9-13), L: Trevor Cahill (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (45)
Thu, Sep 15, 2011 OAK  6  DET  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (9-8), L: Max Scherzer (14-9), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - OAK over 5-4; 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 980-904

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 5.39 CLE 4.26 SEA 3.42	RA/G PHI 3.21 STL 4.31 BAL 5.19	BA A. Gonzalez .336 R. Weeks .270 K. Johnson .216	OBP J. Bautista .449 J. Rollins .339 V. Wells .249	SLG J. Bautista .629 M. Wieters .448 O. Cabrera .300	OPS J. Bautista 1.077 Y. Escobar .782 O. Cabrera .567	ERA C. Kershaw 2.30 J. Chacin 3.73 B. Arroyo 5.34	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.60 R. Vogelsong 7.08 B. Penny 3.71

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.39

CLE 4.26

SEA 3.42

RA/G

PHI 3.21

STL 4.31

BAL 5.19

A. Gonzalez .336

R. Weeks .270

K. Johnson .216

OBP

J. Bautista .449

J. Rollins .339

V. Wells .249

SLG

J. Bautista .629

M. Wieters .448

O. Cabrera .300

OPS

J. Bautista 1.077

Y. Escobar .782

O. Cabrera .567

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.30

J. Chacin 3.73

B. Arroyo 5.34

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.60

R. Vogelsong 7.08

B. Penny 3.71

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Tigers Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Moscoso
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 65.Godfrey
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 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 514/373 .297/.387/.518/.906 .795/.949 .840 97/.885 3/1 19/6

20.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/1.500 351/255 .281/.336/.432/.768 .607/.831 .813 56/.747 4/1 7/10

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/1.600 4/1.250 9/.444 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 10/2.271 ··· ··· 7/1.572 649/475 .333/.441/.561/1.001 .950/1.019 1.061 109/1.150 2/1 26/12

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 6/2.333 3/.666 9/.347 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 101/73 .234/.267/.372/.640 .364/.749 .555 12/1.083 1/1 3/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 6/.583 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 1/.000 289/180 .200/.260/.285/.544 .696/.455 .504 45/.741 1/1 3/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 624/427 .246/.315/.373/.689 .716/.676 .616 120/.748 20/4 9/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 248/226 .238/.281/.357/.638 .381/.663 .769 42/.725 2/1 5/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.750 7/.971 3/.666 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 2/1.500 554/392 .326/.375/.461/.837 .824/.843 .866 107/.919 1/0 11/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/.367 3/.333 9/.444 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 342/209 .252/.301/.328/.629 .718/.572 .509 45/.934 2/1 5/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.400 13/.749 4/.250 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.833 ··· ··· 3/.333 543/376 .302/.350/.478/.828 .773/.852 .765 95/.615 0/2 19/7

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 392/243 .249/.284/.421/.704 .786/.654 .749 51/1.017 1/0 14/14

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

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/.600 3/.833 7/.453 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 268/215 .269/.322/.406/.728 .883/.689 .649 79/.876 0/0 5/3

18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/8 .176/.176/.176/.353 .667/.000 .286 12/.333 0/0 0/0

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 37/16 .286/.324/.343/.667 .831/.450 .596 5/.400 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/1.000 7/.286 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/1.167 457/322 .274/.306/.387/.694 .735/.677 .680 104/.748 1/0 9/6

IP 115.0 37.2 59.1 26.2 56.1 5.2 31.2 56.0 21.0 4.0 33.1 TOTAL .275/.338/.429/.767 .777/.762 .740 .829 47/18 155/96

ERA-K/9

3.44/5.0

3.58/9.3

2.28/9.0

3.04/8.1

3.83/6.9

4.76/7.9

3.98/11.9

3.86/6.4

4.71/4.3

9.00/9.0

6.48/8.6

3.77/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (82-38-6)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (29-8-0)
Santos (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.220 157/.236 231/.194 116/.240 248/.297 29/.296 136/.210 241/.242 94/.307 21/.333 159/.277 .252 Jackson
Ordonez
Young
Raburn
Dirks
Kelly 0/143/0/8
0/0/65/7
105/0/0/5
52/2/16/4
38/15/17/3
17/4/37/1

OPS .635 .677 .574 .708 .774 .789 .649 .668 .821 1.040 .859 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 251/.658 90/.768 116/.549 47/.812 96/.883 9/.476 56/.526 86/.705 57/.596 7/1.238 70/.807 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.610 67/.559 115/.599 69/.635 152/.704 20/.900 80/.739 155/.645 37/1.180 14/.940 89/.900 .691

Home 271/.553 92/.553 128/.505 48/.627 114/.771 17/.423 61/.554 111/.756 27/.630 6/1.417 89/.837

Last 28d days 99/.628 40/.942 34/.735 31/.459 53/.593 29/.789 41/.759 27/.608 18/.889 21/1.040 17/1.534

HR/SB/CS 12/5/1 3/5/0 6/1/0 2/1/0 4/3/6 1/1/0 4/4/0 6/6/1 3/0/0 1/0/0 5/10/1 126/113/43

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

Athletics Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Verlander
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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 172/118 .216/.297/.418/.715 .401/.867 .768 102/.583 3/0 6/4

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/19 .133/.188/.133/.321 .237/.377 .418 / 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 20/.842 2/.000 4/.500 12/.523 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 541/359 .272/.326/.390/.716 .612/.775 .747 72/.793 42/9 7/1

12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 49/.783 1/.000 2/1.000 9/.583 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.800 486/355 .236/.322/.369/.690 .442/.786 .699 74/.738 4/3 9/4

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 25/.860 ··· 4/2.417 12/.788 7/.000 ··· 6/1.917 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 549/391 .255/.327/.388/.715 .811/.675 .678 103/.645 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 9/.111 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.000 6/.833 ··· 7/.286 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 556/392 .265/.321/.367/.688 .672/.693 .616 110/.781 13/9 8/21

11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 117/89 .170/.248/.226/.474 .484/.471 .575 4/.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 6/.000 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 393/266 .240/.332/.393/.725 .851/.664 .727 89/.832 3/2 10/16

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/46 .204/.259/.370/.629 .167/.737 .519 21/.836 0/0 2/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 21/.733 2/1.000 3/.000 7/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.750 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 485/346 .243/.309/.398/.707 .639/.735 .703 78/.908 2/2 14/7

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· ··· 2/1.500 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .751 52/.555 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 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 394/263 .301/.339/.408/.748 .688/.773 .780 110/.815 21/10 0/12

16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 524/351 .256/.340/.489/.829 .839/.824 .902 104/.877 4/1 27/2

IP 236.0 39.2 27.0 57.2 106.1 2.2 70.1 32.1 46.2 9.2 66.1 TOTAL .246/.315/.372/.686 .654/.700 .705 .733 106/41 105/119

ERA-K/9

2.36/9.1

2.04/14.1

4.00/4.7

3.12/8.7

4.40/5.8

0.00/10.0

2.82/5.5

5.85/6.4

3.47/7.7

7.45/7.4

2.44/8.3

4.04/7.0

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 910/.192 170/.145 118/.252 231/.228 462/.274 12/.273 285/.232 150/.291 199/.202 43/.256 278/.200 .256 DeJesus
Matsui
Sweeney
Crisp
Willingham
Taylor
Rosales
Miller 0/8/110/6
24/0/0/3
41/34/23/3
0/123/0/2
90/0/0/2
2/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
0/2/1/0

OPS .554 .450 .637 .607 .717 .606 .640 .792 .691 .736 .592 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 508/.499 76/.456 50/.676 121/.661 161/.548 6/.533 129/.494 66/.827 93/.496 20/.771 166/.677 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.623 94/.444 68/.607 110/.548 301/.807 6/.667 156/.770 84/.762 106/.874 23/.704 112/.473 .727

Road 479/.576 95/.443 57/.413 109/.504 278/.665 / 167/.799 66/.796 99/.649 / 124/.514

Last 28d days 132/.709 12/.533 40/.806 37/.368 37/.693 12/.606 44/.864 38/.777 34/.416 20/.900 42/.501

HR/SB/CS 22/10/4 0/5/0 1/2/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 0/0/0 5/4/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 1/7/0 5/8/3 141/115/47

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

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.