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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, August 24, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Tigers, 70-58, 70-58 1st, 6 up

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 13-7, 4.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (13-7)			157.1	164	79	74	46	136	21	4.23
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		3-3	46.0	42	17	16	8	40	5	3.13	58
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
2011-08-02	TEX	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	99	52
2011-07-27	@CHW	L	6.0	6	2	2	4	8	1	116	56
2011-07-22	@MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	120	68
2011-07-16	CHW	L	8.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	116	64

Last 5 v.TBR		0-2	12.2	6	6	4	8	10	1	2.84	58
2010-08-10	TBR	L	7.0	4	2	1	4	2	0	111	61
2010-07-26	@TBR	L	5.2	2	4	3	4	8	1	108	55

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

 Home:   37-27   Road:   33-31   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  46-42   vsLHP:  24-16   1-Run:  21-14
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
121 Mon, Aug 15   MIN  L   6-9       64-57  1st  2.0 up
120 Sun, Aug 14  @BAL  L   5-8       64-56  1st  2.5 up
119 Sat, Aug 13  @BAL  W   6-5       64-55  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Rays, 69-58, 69-58 3rd, 8½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (25, RHP, 8-7, 4.43)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-7)			136.0	148	72	67	44	72	17	4.43
2010 (12-10)			168.0	165	77	76	62	113	24	4.07
2009 (2-2)			36.1	33	19	15	13	36	2	3.72

Last 7 GS		1-2	44.1	50	26	23	10	29	4	4.67	48
2011-08-19	SEA	ND	7.0	7	2	1	2	8	1	114	63
2011-08-10	KCR	ND	6.1	6	4	4	1	4	0	111	48
2011-08-04	TOR	ND	7.2	5	3	3	3	4	1	108	58
2011-07-28	@OAK	W	6.0	6	5	5	0	6	1	100	46
2011-07-22	@KCR	L	5.1	11	6	5	0	3	1	91	27
2011-07-06	@MIN	ND	5.0	9	4	3	3	1	0	91	33
2011-07-01	STL	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	91	59

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	13.0	11	6	5	3	13	3	3.46	58
2011-05-24	@DET	ND	6.0	8	5	4	2	4	2	109	40
2009-09-06	DET	ND	7.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	105	75

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

 Home:   34-30   Road:   35-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  45-44   vsLHP:  24-14   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 24-21   vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 13-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Tue, Aug 23   DET  L   1-2       69-58  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Mon, Aug 22   DET  L   2-5       69-57  3rd  8.5 gb
125 Sun, Aug 21   SEA  W   8-7       69-56  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Sat, Aug 20   SEA  W   8-0       68-56  3rd  8.0 gb
123 Fri, Aug 19   SEA  W   3-2       67-56  3rd  9.0 gb
122 Wed, Aug 17  @BOS  W   4-0       66-56  3rd  8.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16  @BOS  W   6-2       65-56  3rd  9.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 16  @BOS  L   1-3       64-56  3rd  9.5 gb
119 Sat, Aug 13  @NYY  L   2-9       64-55  3rd  9.5 gb
118 Fri, Aug 12  @NYY  W   5-1       64-54  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 DET  2 @TBR  1        W:Brad Penny (9-9), L: David Price (11-11), S: Phil Coke (1)
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 DET  5 @TBR  2        W:Justin Verlander (19-5), L: Jeff Niemann (8-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 DET  2  TBR  1 (10)   W:David Purcey (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 DET  7  TBR  6        W:Al Alburquerque (1-1), L: Cesar Ramos (0-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Mon, May 23, 2011 DET  6  TBR  3        W:Charlie Furbush (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (5-3), S: none

Wed, Aug 11, 2010 DET  3  TBR  2        W:Justin Verlander (13-7), L: Matt Garza (11-7), S: Jose Valverde (22)
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 TBR  8 @DET  0        W:Jeremy Hellickson (2-0), L: Max Scherzer (7-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 09, 2010 TBR  6 @DET  3        W:David Price (15-5), L: Armando Galarraga (3-5), S: Rafael Soriano (32)
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 TBR  4  DET  2        W:David Price (14-5), L: Rick Porcello (4-9), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 TBR  7  DET  4        W:Jeff Niemann (9-3), L: Eddie Bonine (4-1), S: Rafael Soriano (28)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 5-0; 2010 - TBR won 6-1; 2009 - DET won 5-2; All-Time - DET leads 51-50

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 5.40 BAL 4.21 SFG 3.44	RA/G PHI 3.26 TEX 4.22 BAL 5.32	BA A. Gonzalez .346 C. Hart .272 A. Dunn .167	OBP J. Bautista .456 P. Bourjos .337 V. Wells .236	SLG J. Bautista .645 B. Phillips .429 C. Getz .283	OPS J. Bautista 1.101 B. Phillips .771 A. Rios .577	ERA J. Cueto 2.03 B. Norris 3.73 J. Lackey 5.98	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.42 E. Jackson 6.95 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.40

BAL 4.21

SFG 3.44

RA/G

PHI 3.26

TEX 4.22

BAL 5.32

A. Gonzalez .346

C. Hart .272

A. Dunn .167

OBP

J. Bautista .456

P. Bourjos .337

V. Wells .236

SLG

J. Bautista .645

B. Phillips .429

C. Getz .283

OPS

J. Bautista 1.101

B. Phillips .771

A. Rios .577

ERA

J. Cueto 2.03

B. Norris 3.73

J. Lackey 5.98

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

E. Jackson 6.95

B. Penny 3.57

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Tigers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Davis
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.500 425/315 .304/.398/.524/.922 .864/.943 .840 91/1.223 3/1 15/5

20.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 298/207 .288/.346/.423/.769 .569/.860 .863 51/.895 4/1 5/9

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 469/351 .285/.343/.461/.804 .752/.822 .774 74/.722 5/3 16/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.834 9/.611 11/.855 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 548/405 .321/.427/.543/.970 .949/.976 1.018 107/.906 1/1 23/9

15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.900 8/.393 ··· 10/.675 ··· 9/.000 ··· 249/165 .182/.244/.262/.506 .616/.452 .507 10/1.000 1/0 2/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 513/350 .243/.307/.354/.662 .696/.646 .649 95/.581 17/4 6/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 211/193 .234/.285/.344/.629 .353/.655 .782 33/.636 2/1 4/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 7/.629 6/2.067 11/.831 ··· 12/.788 ··· 9/.444 ··· 451/326 .323/.370/.447/.817 .791/.828 .808 91/.837 1/0 8/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.900 12/.500 ··· 7/1.071 ··· 15/.733 ··· 300/196 .230/.283/.299/.583 .628/.558 .478 66/.506 1/1 4/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.500 6/.900 9/.819 ··· 10/1.200 ··· 15/.684 ··· 456/320 .315/.360/.511/.870 .800/.900 .811 87/.741 0/2 18/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 345/218 .233/.269/.391/.660 .709/.632 .670 45/.856 1/0 11/14

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 194/152 .246/.299/.357/.656 .891/.592 .571 39/.959 0/0 3/2

21.Young G/S/vP 8/1.000 7/.629 15/.333 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 362/255 .271/.307/.376/.683 .678/.685 .665 88/.814 1/0 6/5

IP 136.0 40.1 50.0 27.0 22.1 17.0 55.2 34.0 TOTAL .270/.334/.419/.752 .756/.751 .727 .788 41/17 126/84

ERA-K/9

4.43/4.8

4.02/8.9

1.80/7.4

3.67/6.3

7.25/7.3

4.76/9.0

3.40/7.9

4.50/5.8

3.64/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (69-36-5)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (29-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.277 167/.217 194/.199 121/.275 104/.250 79/.294 214/.207 153/.230 .237 Boesch
Ordonez
Jackson
Young
Raburn
Kelly 57/0/50/7
0/0/54/7
0/119/0/5
83/0/0/4
49/2/6/2
15/4/28/1

OPS .788 .652 .537 .716 .736 .914 .642 .682 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 278/.737 71/.570 93/.607 50/.999 51/.551 41/.541 98/.474 78/.648 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.833 96/.714 101/.478 71/.528 53/.940 38/1.347 116/.786 75/.718 .708

Home 296/.759 91/.661 99/.478 75/.601 46/.725 47/1.096 92/.385 70/.612

Last 28d days 111/.701 30/.993 33/.339 34/.598 17/.312 29/1.164 32/.526 11/.899

HR/SB/CS 17/1/3 3/8/3 2/1/1 2/1/1 3/3/0 4/3/0 6/3/2 3/4/0 121/80/26

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

Rays Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 209/179 .194/.233/.219/.452 .427/.456 .528 9/.444 3/1 1/6

22.Damon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 27/.926 6/.833 7/1.286 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 515/372 .268/.320/.414/.733 .734/.733 .648 102/.706 12/4 11/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 326/245 .239/.307/.362/.668 .560/.703 .710 29/.777 20/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 213/189 .221/.302/.332/.633 .544/.643 .629 13/.533 1/2 3/2

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 128/85 .330/.416/.587/1.003 1.103/.950 .983 104/.943 13/5 5/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/85 .181/.241/.329/.570 .682/.471 .594 20/.368 4/6 4/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 9/1.083 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.000 411/339 .279/.345/.496/.841 .618/.889 .914 73/.793 11/1 17/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 7/1.571 ··· 6/1.100 8/.536 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 426/320 .326/.385/.459/.844 .736/.881 .916 100/.875 1/2 8/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 4/.250 8/.583 ··· 7/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 419/313 .231/.327/.460/.787 .949/.733 .701 108/.772 1/1 21/9

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 331/206 .213/.302/.344/.645 .892/.500 .603 77/.632 10/5 5/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 211/102 .179/.276/.310/.586 .705/.461 .486 43/.469 0/0 7/2

2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/.750 5/.900 1/no AB 2/1.500 2/.500 4/.500 494/361 .225/.304/.391/.695 .655/.709 .567 92/.667 26/7 17/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 4/.500 13/.398 2/.000 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 541/382 .287/.375/.499/.874 .923/.858 .762 103/.909 15/6 15/5

IP 157.1 19.0 49.0 99.0 60.0 24.1 38.1 56.1 TOTAL .245/.317/.401/.718 .748/.706 .691 .755 119/50 126/56

ERA-K/9

4.23/7.8

3.32/5.2

3.67/7.9

4.36/5.4

2.40/5.7

6.29/5.9

4.23/8.2

2.72/8.3

4.15/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (39-8-4)
Shoppach (19-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.268 78/.225 198/.249 435/.280 241/.223 113/.277 168/.219 242/.213 .259 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Jennings
Zobrist
Johnson
Damon
Rodriguez 14/0/98/7
72/7/5/5
0/119/0/5
23/5/1/2
0/0/36/1
1/1/0/0
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .761 .554 .650 .723 .599 .790 .755 .630 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 376/.870 37/.686 103/.722 145/.541 109/.443 48/.838 79/.531 143/.714 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.627 41/.421 95/.570 290/.813 132/.738 65/.752 89/.968 99/.516 .721

Road 308/.815 41/.362 93/.511 258/.677 141/.753 45/.815 86/.708 101/.573

Last 28d days 103/.666 34/.393 41/.465 64/.753 28/.984 8/.536 50/.611 51/.611

HR/SB/CS 21/10/7 1/1/1 5/2/2 4/9/6 2/3/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 5/7/3 112/98/44

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