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Game Preview: DET @ TEX, 7:45pm, Sunday, October 9, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Tigers, 95-67, 3-3 in postseason

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 15-9, 4.43)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 RegS (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
2010 RegS (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
2009 RegS (9-11) 170.1 166 94 78 63 174 20 4.12
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.2 41 20 20 12 39 7 4.66 50
2011-10-02 @NYY W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 104 69
2011-09-27 CLE W 5.2 7 4 4 2 7 0 109 44
2011-09-21 @KCR ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 84 53
2011-09-15 @OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 1 8 3 91 40
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
Last 5 v.TEX 2-0 31.0 30 13 12 9 24 2 3.48 54
2011-08-02 TEX ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 99 52
2011-06-06 @TEX W 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 1 99 34
2011-04-13 TEX ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 113 55
2010-07-21 TEX W 7.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 123 71
2010-04-23 @TEX ND 7.0 5 4 3 2 7 1 104 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   51-32   Road:   47-38   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  66-48   vsLHP:  32-22   1-Run:  31-18
 vsEast: 23-18   vsCntrl:50-22   vsWest: 18-19 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sat, Oct  8  @TEX  L   2-3         -               
  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

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8 
Rangers, 96-66, 4-1 in postseason

SP: Derek Holland (24, LHP, 16-5, 3.95)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 RegS (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
2010 RegS (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
2009 RegS (8-13) 138.1 160 98 94 47 107 26 6.12
Last 7 GS 6-0 44.1 35 13 10 14 43 6 2.03 61
2011-10-01 TBR W 5.0 6 3 1 2 2 1 93 47
2011-09-25 SEA W 5.0 5 3 3 1 7 2 74 51
2011-09-20 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 107 73
2011-09-14 CLE W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 1 107 64
2011-09-07 @TBR ND 6.2 6 4 3 3 9 1 107 54
2011-09-02 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 79
2011-08-26 LAA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 6 0 115 58
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 4.0 4 4 1 2 5 0 2.25 47
2010-09-14 DET ND 4.0 4 4 1 2 5 0 87 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   54-30   Road:   46-37   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  73-45   vsLHP:  27-22   1-Run:  22-24
 vsEast: 25-23   vsCntrl:26-18   vsWest: 40-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Sat, Oct  8   DET  W   3-2         -               
  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

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Oct 08, 2011 TEX  3  DET  2        W:Alexi Ogando , L: Justin Verlander , S: Neftali Feliz 
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)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 6-4; 2010 - TEX won 6-3; 2009 - DET won 7-2; All-Time - DET leads 344-289

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

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 45.Holland*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 6/.334 3/.000 551/403 .295/.389/.506/.895 .779/.939 .844 89/.805 3/1 19/6
20.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 7/.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 3/.000 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 2/.500 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 3/.000 1/.000 6/.533 4/1.250 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/.000 1/5.000 281/259 .245/.291/.381/.672 .381/.698 .785 56/.940 2/1 7/5
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.666 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 ··· 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 2/.000 3/.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/.667 1/.000 5/.650 5/.600 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 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 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 13/1.538 ··· 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 198.0 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 3.95/7.4 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 843/.262 277/.169 129/.216 252/.194 230/.250 215/.236 243/.164 .244  Jackson
 Young
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Dirks
 Kelly
0/152/0/8
115/0/0/7
0/0/69/7
52/2/20/4
38/16/22/4
17/4/39/1
OPS .724 .496 .614 .598 .738 .591 .535 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.601 159/.538 64/.391 140/.561 110/.574 94/.587 124/.472 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 632/.765 118/.439 65/.837 112/.644 120/.900 121/.594 119/.597 .679
Home 386/.792 142/.447 72/.494 151/.634 124/.712 130/.542 127/.564
Last 28d days 104/.683 38/.550 43/.710 36/.523 25/.606 28/.677 23/.304
HR/SB/CS 22/7/9 5/9/0 3/3/4 4/1/3 7/4/0 3/4/2 11/0/0 170/85/46
Usage ····X··X o···oX·o ········ o···XX·o 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 37.Scherzer
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 18/.368 1/.000 3/.666 6/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .674 98/.843 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· 22/.686 5/.650 2/.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 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 15/.734 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .455/.462/.818/1.280 1.750/1.000 .956 13/1.280 1/0 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 12/.334 1/.000 3/.000 7/.715 3/1.167 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 15/.862 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/1.833 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 8/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .741 44/.484 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 15/.690 ··· 4/.000 7/.476 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 6/.334 ··· 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 7/1.171 ··· 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 6/.167 ··· 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 18/.896 1/.000 6/.334 4/.500 4/1.250 ··· 6/1.000 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .931 98/.806 6/2 11/8
IP 195.0 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 4.43/8.0 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 833/.272 182/.142 241/.218 474/.279 168/.277 212/.209 301/.198 .257  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Chavez
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
85/35/0/5
78/13/32/5
12/66/6/3
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .781 .438 .581 .728 .768 .699 .580 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.841 81/.468 125/.639 167/.584 75/.835 100/.529 179/.687 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 369/.706 101/.412 116/.517 307/.806 93/.712 112/.863 122/.432 .725
Road 372/.829 95/.443 109/.504 278/.665 66/.796 105/.656 132/.513
Last 28d days 120/.735 24/.400 27/.229 30/.806 29/.727 25/.625 47/.348
HR/SB/CS 29/12/9 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··· ··X···X· o···X··· o···o··· ····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.