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Game Preview: DET @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, October 8, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Tigers, 95-67, 3-2 in postseason

SP: Justin Verlander (28, RHP, 24-5, 2.40)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 RegS (24-5)			251.0	174	73	67	57	250	24	2.40
2010 RegS (18-9)			224.1	190	89	84	71	219	14	3.37
2009 RegS (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45

Last 7 GS		5-0	44.1	33	15	15	14	44	5	3.05	61
2011-10-03	NYY	W	8.0	6	4	4	3	11	0	120	62
2011-09-30	@NYY	ND	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	25	48
2011-09-24	BAL	ND	7.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	120	46
2011-09-18	@OAK	W	8.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	116	79
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

Last 5 v.TEX		3-1	33.0	23	11	8	9	36	3	2.18	64
2011-04-11	TEX	L	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	119	70
2009-07-29	@TEX	W	7.0	6	4	3	0	13	1	115	64
2009-05-20	TEX	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	114	68
2009-04-11	TEX	ND	5.0	2	3	1	4	8	1	97	59
2008-04-22	TEX	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	110	57

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   51-32   Road:   47-37   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  66-48   vsLHP:  32-21   1-Run:  31-17
 vsEast: 23-18   vsCntrl:50-22   vsWest: 18-18 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Thu, Oct  6  @NYY  W   3-2         -               
  4 Tue, Oct  4   NYY  L   1-10        -               
  3 Mon, Oct  3   NYY  W   5-4         -               
  2 Sun, Oct  2  @NYY  W   5-3         -               
  1 Fri, Sep 30  @NYY  L   3-9         -               
162 Wed, Sep 28   CLE  W   5-4       95-67  1st 15.0 up
161 Tue, Sep 27   CLE  W   9-6       94-67  1st 14.0 up
160 Mon, Sep 26   CLE  W  14-0       93-67  1st 13.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 25   BAL  W  10-6       92-67  1st 12.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 24   BAL  L   5-6       91-67  1st 11.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8

Rangers, 96-66, 3-1 in postseason

SP: C.J. Wilson (30, LHP, 16-7, 2.94)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 RegS (16-7)			223.1	191	89	73	74	206	16	2.94
2010 RegS (15-8)			204.0	161	83	76	93	170	10	3.35
2009 RegS (5-6)			73.2	66	29	23	32	84	3	2.81

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.1	32	16	11	13	47	5	2.34	61
2011-09-30	TBR	L	5.0	7	8	6	1	6	3	103	30
2011-09-26	@LAA	ND	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	38	50
2011-09-21	@OAK	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	111	59
2011-09-16	@SEA	L	6.1	6	4	1	2	8	1	116	57
2011-09-11	OAK	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	11	0	111	82
2011-09-06	@TBR	W	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	117	80
2011-09-01	TBR	W	6.0	2	2	2	1	8	1	88	67

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	6.2	7	4	4	3	4	0	5.40	45
2011-04-12	@DET	ND	6.2	7	4	4	3	4	0	106	45

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   53-30   Road:   46-37   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  72-45   vsLHP:  27-22   1-Run:  21-24
 vsEast: 25-23   vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest: 40-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Tue, Oct  4  @TBR  W   4-3         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  3  @TBR  W   4-3         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  1   TBR  W   8-6         -               
  1 Fri, Sep 30   TBR  L   0-9         -               
162 Wed, Sep 28  @LAA  W   3-1       96-66  1st 10.0 up
161 Tue, Sep 27  @LAA  W  10-3       95-66  1st  9.0 up
160 Mon, Sep 26  @LAA  W   4-3       94-66  1st  8.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 25   SEA  W  12-5       93-66  1st  7.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 24   SEA  W   7-3       92-66  1st  6.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 23   SEA  W   5-3       91-66  1st  6.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 TEX  5 @DET  2        W:Alexi Ogando (11-5), L: Brad Penny (7-9), S: Neftali Feliz (22)
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 DET  5  TEX  4        W:Doug Fister (4-12), L: Matt Harrison (9-8), S: Jose Valverde (30)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 DET  6  TEX  5        W:Joaquin Benoit (3-3), L: Mike Adams (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 TEX  7  DET  3        W:Alexi Ogando (7-0), L: Phil Coke (1-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 DET  8 @TEX  1        W:Rick Porcello (6-3), L: Matt Harrison (5-5), S: none
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

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 6-3; 2010 - TEX won 6-3; 2009 - DET won 7-2; All-Time - DET leads 344-288

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 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Tigers Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Wilson*
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/.000 551/403 .295/.389/.506/.895 .779/.939 .844 89/.805 3/1 19/6

20.Betemit# G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 4/.000 5/.600 2/1.000 359/263 .285/.343/.452/.795 .607/.865 .813 37/1.145 4/1 8/11

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/.900 4/2.250 11/2.227 4/1.833 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 688/507 .344/.448/.586/1.033 .990/1.047 1.055 102/1.356 2/1 30/13

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 235/204 .251/.296/.406/.703 .871/.675 .615 47/.663 5/2 7/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 11/1.170 2/3.500 3/.000 8/1.286 3/.666 303/189 .197/.265/.283/.548 .717/.449 .512 37/.899 1/1 3/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/1.333 1/.000 6/.533 3/1.667 3/.000 4/.500 4/1.000 668/463 .249/.317/.374/.690 .732/.672 .635 108/.628 22/5 10/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 281/259 .245/.291/.381/.672 .381/.698 .785 56/.940 2/1 7/5

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 22/.508 2/.500 4/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 595/424 .330/.380/.470/.850 .823/.862 .860 102/1.061 1/0 12/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 16/.846 2/1.000 2/.000 14/.774 2/1.000 357/218 .255/.303/.331/.634 .716/.581 .509 38/.838 2/1 5/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 16/.331 2/.000 12/.916 3/.000 2/.000 9/.444 4/.000 576/403 .299/.345/.478/.824 .765/.848 .752 83/.712 0/2 21/7

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 5/.650 4/.750 2/3.000 2/.500 3/2.334 418/261 .256/.297/.432/.729 .807/.681 .755 51/1.168 1/1 14/17

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 294/237 .260/.311/.384/.695 .832/.662 .618 66/.778 0/0 5/3

18.Santos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 22/11 .227/.227/.227/.455 .727/.182 .400 14/.571 0/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 15/.400 ··· 12/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 6/.666 1/2.000 503/361 .268/.302/.393/.695 .759/.670 .656 98/.811 1/0 12/7

IP 223.1 73.2 32.0 62.1 53.1 51.0 65.0 TOTAL .277/.340/.434/.773 .783/.769 .738 .891 49/20 169/103

ERA-K/9

2.94/8.3

1.47/9.0

3.94/6.2

2.74/7.8

4.39/8.6

2.29/7.8

2.35/11.8

3.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (85-40-7)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (29-8-0)
Santos (5-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 915/.232 277/.169 129/.216 252/.194 230/.250 215/.236 243/.164 .244 Jackson
Young
Ordonez
Dirks
Raburn
Kelly 0/152/0/8
115/0/0/7
0/0/69/7
38/16/22/4
52/2/20/4
17/4/39/1

OPS .651 .496 .614 .598 .738 .591 .535 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.658 159/.538 64/.391 140/.561 110/.574 94/.587 124/.472 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 717/.650 118/.439 65/.837 112/.644 120/.900 121/.594 119/.597 .679

Home 425/.681 142/.447 72/.494 151/.634 124/.712 130/.542 127/.564

Last 28d days 122/.532 38/.550 43/.710 36/.523 25/.606 28/.677 23/.304

HR/SB/CS 16/24/7 5/9/0 3/3/4 4/1/3 7/4/0 3/4/2 11/0/0 170/85/46

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

Rangers Batters (5.28 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 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 11/.182 1/.000 3/.666 6/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .674 98/.843 37/12 5/25

29.Beltre G/S/vP 32/.719 ··· 22/.686 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 5/2.100 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 1.078 95/1.224 1/1 32/11

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.096 274/228 .301/.323/.426/.749 .818/.735 .685 45/.600 10/5 5/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 4/1.750 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .953 44/.490 9/5 29/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .862 40/.886 18/0 1/2

6.German G/S/vP 15/.204 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .455/.462/.818/1.280 1.750/1.000 .956 13/1.280 1/0 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 13/.826 1/.000 3/.000 7/.715 2/2.000 1/no AB 7/.453 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .912 96/.965 8/1 25/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 23/.570 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/.500 5/.200 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .933 105/1.043 30/4 32/11

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .741 44/.484 2/2 16/5

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 14/.517 ··· 4/.000 6/.567 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.533 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .783 93/.837 11/6 11/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 19/.768 ··· 5/1.933 5/.400 5/.200 1/.000 2/5.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.011 81/1.411 4/2 30/3

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.955 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .827 32/.748 0/2 7/9

15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 242/186 .214/.338/.291/.628 .601/.636 .692 11/.091 2/2 3/4

10.Young G/S/vP 28/.632 1/.000 6/.334 4/.500 3/1.666 ··· 6/1.000 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .931 98/.806 6/2 11/8

IP 251.0 43.1 61.0 108.2 37.0 49.0 72.1 TOTAL .283/.340/.460/.800 .804/.798 .860 .910 143/45 210/114

ERA-K/9

2.40/9.0

1.87/13.9

2.95/9.3

4.47/5.7

5.35/5.8

3.49/8.1

2.24/8.6

4.04/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (21-12-1)
Torrealba (56-27-7)
Treanor (42-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 969/.192 182/.142 241/.218 474/.279 168/.277 212/.209 301/.198 .257 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Chavez
Moreland
Gentry 18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
12/66/6/3
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0

OPS .555 .438 .581 .728 .768 .699 .580 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 538/.504 81/.468 125/.639 167/.584 75/.835 100/.529 179/.687 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 431/.617 101/.412 116/.517 307/.806 93/.712 112/.863 122/.432 .725

Road 507/.563 95/.443 109/.504 278/.665 66/.796 105/.656 132/.513

Last 28d days 110/.588 24/.400 27/.229 30/.806 29/.727 25/.625 47/.348

HR/SB/CS 24/10/5 0/5/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 1/2/1 6/5/3 5/9/3 149/119/49

Usage ····X··X ···o···o ·X···X·· ···X···· ···o···X ···X···X ·o··XX··

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.