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Game Preview: DET @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Tigers, 32-27, 32-27 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (22, RHP, 5-3, 3.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-3) 59.1 60 25 25 18 36 7 3.79
2010 (10-12) 162.2 188 96 89 38 84 18 4.92
2009 (14-9) 170.2 176 81 75 52 89 23 3.96
Last 7 GS 5-1 43.1 35 14 14 13 26 6 2.91 57
2011-06-01 MIN W 6.2 6 2 2 3 4 1 106 55
2011-05-27 BOS L 3.0 6 6 6 2 2 2 75 23
2011-05-22 @PIT W 8.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 84 81
2011-05-10 @MIN W 5.0 3 1 1 2 1 1 83 56
2011-05-05 NYY W 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 120 54
2011-04-30 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 2 100 61
2011-04-20 @SEA W 6.2 4 1 1 1 6 0 95 67
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 4.0 10 6 6 2 3 1 13.50 19
2010-04-25 @TEX L 4.0 10 6 6 2 3 1 92 19
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-11   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-22   vsLHP:  13-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  7-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Mon, Jun  6  @TEX  W  13-7       32-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  5  @CHW  W   7-3       31-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  4  @CHW  W   4-2       30-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  3  @CHW  L   4-6       29-27  2nd  4.5 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  1   MIN  W   4-2       29-26  2nd  5.0 gb
 54 Tue, May 31   MIN  W   8-7       28-26  2nd  5.0 gb
 53 Mon, May 30   MIN  W   6-5       27-26  2nd  5.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 29   BOS  W   3-0       26-26  2nd  6.0 gb
 51 Sun, May 29   BOS  L   3-4       25-26  2nd  6.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 27   BOS  L   3-6       25-25  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
Rangers, 34-27, 34-27 1st, 2½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 5-4, 3.26)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 60.2 49 24 22 27 34 6 3.26
2010 (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
2009 (4-5) 63.1 81 43 43 23 34 9 6.11
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 35 20 19 21 20 4 4.42 49
2011-05-28 KCR W 6.0 5 0 0 1 1 0 99 62
2011-05-22 @PHI W 8.1 5 0 0 3 3 0 117 73
2011-05-17 @CHW ND 7.0 3 3 3 4 6 1 108 61
2011-05-06 NYY L 6.0 4 3 2 5 3 1 119 52
2011-05-01 @OAK L 1.2 6 4 4 2 1 0 49 26
2011-04-26 TOR L 3.0 8 7 7 3 1 1 60 13
2011-04-20 LAA L 6.2 4 3 3 3 5 1 105 56
Last 5 v.DET 0-2 16.2 26 15 15 10 10 4 8.10 32
2010-04-26 DET ND 6.0 8 6 6 3 5 1 103 34
2009-05-20 @DET L 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 3 94 30
2009-04-11 @DET L 5.2 9 4 4 5 2 0 99 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-12   Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  23-19   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:14-7    vsWest:  9-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Mon, Jun  6   DET  L   7-13      34-27  1st  2.5 up
 60 Sun, Jun  5  @CLE  W   2-0       34-26  1st  2.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun  4  @CLE  W   4-0       33-26  1st  2.5 up
 58 Fri, Jun  3  @CLE  W  11-2       32-26  1st  1.5 up
 57 Thu, Jun  2  @CLE  W   7-4       31-26  1st  1.5 up
 56 Wed, Jun  1  @TBR  W   3-0       30-26  1st  1.5 up
 55 Tue, May 31  @TBR  L   4-5       29-26  1st  0.5 up
 54 Mon, May 30  @TBR  W  11-5       29-25  1st  1.0 up
 53 Sun, May 29   KCR  W   7-6       28-25  1st  1.0 up
 52 Sat, May 28   KCR  W  10-1       27-25  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 DET 13 @TEX  7        W:Max Scherzer (7-2), L: Colby Lewis (5-6), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 DET  3  TEX  2        W:Jose Valverde (2-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 DET  5  TEX  4        W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Darren O'Day (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 TEX  2 @DET  0        W:Alexi Ogando (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-1), S: Neftali Feliz (4)

Wed, Sep 15, 2010 TEX 11  DET  7        W:Colby Lewis (11-12), L: Armando Galarraga (4-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 TEX 11  DET  4        W:Dustin Nippert (4-4), L: Robbie Weinhardt (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 DET  4  TEX  1        W:Max Scherzer (7-7), L: Colby Lewis (9-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 TEX  8 @DET  0        W:Tommy Hunter (7-0), L: Armando Galarraga (3-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 TEX  8 @DET  6 (14)   W:Matt Harrison (2-1), L: Enrique Gonzalez (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (25)
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 DET  8 @TEX  6        W:Phil Coke (3-0), L: Neftali Feliz (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 3-1; 2010 - TEX won 6-3; 2009 - DET won 7-2; All-Time - DET leads 341-286

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  5.14

FLA  4.12

SDP  3.44

 RA/G

ATL  3.37

FLA  4.19

CHC  5.12

 BA

M. Joyce  .348

O. Infante  .263

D. Uggla  .172

 OBP

J. Bautista  .496

M. Wieters  .335

C. Figgins  .227

 SLG

J. Bautista  .730

I. Kinsler  .405

A. Escobar  .236

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.226

B. Phillips  .749

A. Escobar  .472

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.64

L. Hernandez  3.76

J. Vazquez  6.50

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.34

R. Wolf  6.62

C. Pavano  3.45

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

Tigers Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 44.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 1/.000 185/140 .280/.344/.528/.872 .783/.901 .843 67/.841 2/0 9/3
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 222/162 .278/.338/.449/.787 .851/.764 .891 85/.799 3/3 7/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/.817 10/1.300 4/1.833 1/no AB 7/.286 5/.200 3/.000 256/184 .316/.438/.587/1.025 1.033/1.020 1.104 93/1.092 0/1 13/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 6/1.267 2/.500 2/1.000 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 257/178 .240/.304/.354/.658 .733/.623 .695 97/.702 9/2 3/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/78 .243/.300/.311/.611 .500/.617 .653 41/.532 2/0 0/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 1/no AB 10/.700 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 10/.522 4/.000 183/130 .299/.355/.482/.837 .721/.883 .959 88/.777 0/0 5/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.833 3/.000 2/1.500 5/.200 7/.286 ··· 206/139 .317/.379/.530/.909 .967/.882 .841 71/1.146 0/2 8/3
25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/2.607 2/2.000 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 187/119 .201/.238/.333/.571 .650/.527 .571 54/.350 1/0 5/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 86/65 .243/.296/.324/.621 .472/.669 .669 32/.544 0/0 1/1
18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .200/.200/.200/.400 .667/.000 .400 / 0/0 0/0
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/25 .230/.299/.393/.692 .645/.775 .836 21/.639 0/0 2/1
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 11/5 .500/.545/.600/1.145 1.500/.650 1.750 11/1.145 0/0 0/0
IP 60.2 24.1 21.2 10.2 13.2 22.2 14.0 TOTAL .257/.328/.410/.737 .765/.726 .756 .765 21/10 58/38
ERA-K/9 3.26/5.0 4.81/5.2 1.25/4.6 6.75/8.4 3.29/5.3 2.38/7.9 5.79/7.1 3.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (28-17-2)
 Martinez (13-2-0)
 Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 245/.229 108/.260 91/.189 49/.275 59/.300 94/.239 63/.298 .241  Jackson
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Wells
 Kelly
0/59/0/3
16/0/32/2
37/0/2/1
1/1/33/1
7/4/11/1
OPS .661 .784 .622 .900 .719 .605 .926 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.832 57/.777 54/.546 18/.364 26/.832 41/.635 27/.681 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.601 51/.792 37/.724 31/1.234 33/.629 53/.581 36/1.095 .673
Home 123/.686 51/.991 50/.419 37/.983 33/.661 59/.505 38/.940
Last 28d days 79/.505 38/1.075 49/.779 38/.664 32/.573 33/.619 21/1.160
HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 5/5/1 2/0/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 4/1/0 73/28/18
Usage ········ ····X··o ·o··Xo·· X···X··· ····o·oX ·o··o··X X·····o·
Rangers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 38.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 253/185 .277/.321/.359/.680 .613/.704 .668 104/.721 19/0 3/11
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.666 22/.686 3/2.167 5/1.350 ··· 5/2.100 256/189 .252/.305/.453/.758 .787/.748 .801 106/.768 0/1 11/6
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/15 .240/.321/.400/.721 .896/.536 .923 15/.619 0/1 1/1
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.096 58/43 .404/.456/.635/1.091 1.072/1.095 .489 58/1.091 3/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/5.000 3/3.500 ··· 2/.500 181/136 .247/.304/.542/.846 1.256/.708 .985 62/1.028 3/1 14/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/25 .225/.340/.275/.615 .419/.798 .528 40/.606 5/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/no AB 1/no AB 6/.533 105/72 .313/.362/.521/.883 .739/.948 .828 61/.889 3/0 3/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 8/.536 1/no AB 4/.250 267/182 .230/.351/.405/.756 .784/.743 1.026 106/.765 11/2 7/6
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 202/144 .311/.381/.517/.898 .509/1.052 .973 83/.859 2/1 8/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 5/.650 191/134 .238/.309/.337/.646 .479/.717 .683 74/.528 5/4 4/2
25.Napoli G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.500 3/2.334 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 146/87 .225/.356/.533/.889 1.083/.762 1.067 60/.899 1/1 10/2
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.181 161/106 .217/.244/.336/.579 .491/.624 .659 55/.488 0/1 3/2
10.Young G/S/vP 3/2.500 2/1.000 4/2.500 7/.715 ··· 5/.800 260/191 .312/.354/.451/.805 1.052/.716 .814 101/.659 4/1 3/2
IP 59.1 22.1 8.0 17.0 18.0 27.0 TOTAL .264/.330/.434/.764 .771/.761 .826 .764 62/15 72/46
ERA-K/9 3.79/5.5 5.24/8.1 11.25/2.2 3.18/5.8 2.50/6.5 3.00/9.0 4.31/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (6-4-0)
 Torrealba (22-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.263 98/.276 40/.375 71/.190 81/.242 114/.202 .253  Murphy
 Cruz
 Blanco
 Moreland
 Gentry
 Chavez
 Hamilton
43/13/1/4
14/0/37/3
0/0/1/1
0/0/29/0
0/17/3/0
1/9/5/0
15/6/0/0
OPS .731 .660 1.106 .552 .795 .610 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.829 47/.771 21/1.318 26/.771 38/.602 69/.733 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.585 51/.550 19/.806 45/.425 43/.971 45/.421 .705
Road 146/.636 53/.635 26/1.184 26/.584 44/.975 47/.602
Last 28d days 72/.657 42/.602 12/1.000 30/.493 24/1.208 54/.652
HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/0/0 3/1/1 3/1/1 56/41/19
Usage ·····X·· oo···XX· ···X···· ·······o X····o·· ·XX··X·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.