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Game Preview: DET @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, May 8, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Tigers, 16-18, 16-18 3rd, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brad Penny (33, RHP, 2-3, 5.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 41.1 40 25 24 17 20 4 5.23
2010 (3-4) 55.2 63 25 20 9 35 4 3.23
2009 (11-9) 173.1 191 102 94 51 109 22 4.88
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 40 25 24 17 20 4 5.23 46
2011-05-03 NYY W 6.0 6 1 0 2 1 0 98 57
2011-04-28 SEA L 7.0 9 4 4 1 3 1 112 45
2011-04-23 CHW W 7.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 95 76
2011-04-17 @OAK L 5.0 4 5 5 4 5 0 94 40
2011-04-12 TEX ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 2 0 89 49
2011-04-07 @BAL ND 5.1 6 4 4 3 3 2 90 40
2011-04-02 @NYY L 4.1 7 8 8 4 3 1 89 16
Last 5 v.TOR 2-1 32.1 38 13 12 3 22 2 3.34 52
2009-07-18 @TOR L 5.0 8 6 6 1 3 1 82 29
2009-05-30 @TOR ND 6.0 10 3 2 0 5 1 102 47
2009-05-20 TOR W 6.2 9 2 2 1 2 0 96 49
2007-06-19 @TOR W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 95 65
2007-06-08 TOR ND 7.2 5 1 1 0 7 0 87 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-7    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-14   vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Sat, May  7  @TOR  W   9-0       16-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 33 Fri, May  6  @TOR  L   4-7       15-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 32 Thu, May  5   NYY  W   6-3       15-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  4   NYY  W   4-0       14-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  3   NYY  W   4-2       13-17  3rd  8.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  2   NYY  L   3-5       12-17  3rd  8.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  1  @CLE  L   4-5       12-16  3rd  7.5 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30  @CLE  L   2-3 (13)  12-15  3rd  6.5 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29  @CLE  L   5-9       12-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28   SEA  L   2-7       12-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Blue Jays, 15-18, 15-18 3rd, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jo-Jo Reyes (26, LHP, 0-2, 4.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 29.0 37 23 15 10 23 1 4.66
2010 (0-0) 3.1 10 9 9 3 2 2 24.30
2009 (0-2) 27.0 27 25 21 13 21 4 7.00
Last 7 GS 0-2 32.0 41 28 20 13 23 1 5.63 42
2011-05-03 @TBR ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 92 63
2011-04-27 @TEX ND 2.2 5 6 0 1 1 0 53 36
2011-04-22 TBR ND 7.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 100 54
2011-04-16 @BOS L 3.0 7 4 4 5 3 1 94 27
2011-04-10 @LAA L 7.0 6 3 1 1 6 0 119 62
2011-04-05 OAK ND 3.1 9 5 5 1 3 0 75 24
2009-05-13 @NYM ND 3.0 4 5 5 3 0 0 56 28
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Sat, May  7   DET  L   0-9       15-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 32 Fri, May  6   DET  W   7-4       15-17  3rd  4.0 gb
 31 Thu, May  5  @TBR  L   1-3       14-17  4th  4.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  4  @TBR  W   3-2       14-16  4th  4.0 gb
 29 Tue, May  3  @TBR  L   2-3       13-16  5th  5.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  1  @NYY  L   2-5       13-15  4th  4.5 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30  @NYY  L   4-5       13-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29  @NYY  W   5-3       13-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28  @TEX  W   5-2       12-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27  @TEX  L   6-7       11-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 07, 2011 DET  9 @TOR  0        W:Justin Verlander (3-3), L: Ricky Romero (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 TOR  7  DET  4        W:Jesse Litsch (3-2), L: Phil Coke (1-5), S: Frank Francisco (2)

Sun, Aug 29, 2010 DET 10 @TOR  4        W:Rick Porcello (7-11), L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 TOR  5  DET  4        W:Brandon Morrow (10-6), L: Alfredo Figaro (0-2), S: Kevin Gregg (30)
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 TOR  3  DET  2 (11)   W:Shawn Camp (4-2), L: Phil Coke (7-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 DET  7 @TOR  1        W:Max Scherzer (10-9), L: Ricky Romero (10-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 DET  6  TOR  5        W:Phil Coke (6-1), L: Jason Frasor (3-3), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 TOR  5 @DET  3        W:Scott Downs (4-5), L: Jose Valverde (1-2), S: Kevin Gregg (23)
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 TOR  3 @DET  2        W:Shaun Marcum (9-4), L: Rick Porcello (4-8), S: Kevin Gregg (22)
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 DET  5  TOR  2        W:Justin Verlander (12-5), L: Ricky Romero (7-7), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - TOR won 5-3; All-Time - TOR leads 205-172

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
Tigers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
29.Dotel
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.666 2/.000 108/79 .292/.336/.573/.909 .810/.946 .842 80/.864 2/0 6/1
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 127/93 .304/.362/.438/.800 1.042/.715 .795 98/.786 3/2 2/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/.500 7/2.143 14/1.107 7/.286 7/1.238 5/1.467 17/.782 3/1.667 4/.250 149/106 .322/.450/.576/1.026 1.082/1.004 1.166 110/.951 0/0 7/1
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 11/1.245 3/.333 6/.666 13/.154 5/.200 9/.000 3/.000 8/.500 118/77 .198/.256/.292/.549 .713/.464 .541 87/.516 0/0 1/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.250 2/2.500 143/96 .209/.271/.302/.574 .603/.558 .608 102/.591 3/2 1/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 37/36 .235/.278/.353/.631 2.000/.590 .795 27/.589 1/0 0/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 18/.778 11/.582 7/.619 11/.989 4/1.000 4/1.167 2/.500 3/.666 81/61 .270/.321/.405/.726 .485/.800 .789 43/.691 0/0 2/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 14/.715 7/.143 8/.661 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 98/65 .176/.235/.231/.465 .468/.464 .358 75/.428 0/1 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 16/.393 8/.875 9/.222 9/.958 4/1.417 2/1.000 5/.933 2/.000 121/79 .273/.322/.400/.722 .548/.808 .696 89/.637 0/1 2/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 5/.000 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 124/78 .237/.282/.412/.695 .793/.635 .684 100/.692 0/0 4/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 1/2.000 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 49/32 .293/.333/.341/.675 .598/.715 .590 39/.705 0/0 0/0
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 22/16 .316/.409/.368/.778 1.467/.527 .786 22/.778 1/0 0/1
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 42/16 .237/.310/.368/.678 .569/.846 .653 39/.679 0/0 1/1
IP 29.0 15.1 9.1 6.2 14.1 13.1 12.0 14.2 20.1 TOTAL .253/.320/.388/.708 .729/.698 .711 .684 11/6 27/24
ERA-K/9 4.66/7.1 2.35/3.5 3.86/9.7 2.70/10.7 1.88/8.2 2.03/5.4 3.75/6.0 2.45/9.2 1.77/6.7 3.84/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (21-12-1)
 Martinez (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.308 62/.268 40/.156 27/.130 57/.176 57/.240 49/.200 53/.109 73/.127 .237  Boesch
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Wells
 Ordonez
 Raburn
12/0/15/2
0/34/0/2
2/4/8/1
0/1/16/1
0/0/10/1
28/0/0/1
OPS .824 .721 .683 .520 .596 .613 .710 .335 .471 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.757 34/.960 18/1.304 19/.768 27/.542 32/.457 31/.624 30/.313 31/.675 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.844 28/.422 22/.282 8/.000 30/.646 25/.821 18/.833 23/.360 42/.326 .649
Home 48/.918 25/.490 7/.000 10/.856 28/.841 32/.808 22/.543 17/.243 38/.623
Last 28d days 88/.810 44/.810 32/.763 27/.520 37/.546 48/.602 31/.583 35/.390 55/.561
HR/SB/CS 1/5/1 1/1/1 2/0/0 1/4/0 2/5/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 30/26/9
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··X o·o····· ·o·X···o ·o·o···X X·X···X· ·o··o··· ···Xo··o X·····o·
Blue Jays Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB
36.Thomas*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/61 .256/.315/.500/.815 1.006/.729 1.033 68/.629 0/0 4/2
19.Bautista G/S/vP 14/.445 3/3.000 2/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 115/92 .357/.530/.762/1.292 1.448/1.253 1.956 85/1.336 4/0 9/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 66/52 .175/.212/.222/.434 .286/.476 .423 34/.523 7/2 0/1
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 8/.375 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.611 100/77 .242/.270/.347/.617 .217/.741 .639 69/.734 1/0 0/6
5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 133/101 .246/.311/.347/.658 .875/.585 .755 105/.495 1/0 2/2
26.Lind* G/S/vP 15/.800 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 140/100 .313/.343/.516/.858 .850/.862 .812 98/.896 1/1 7/2
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 45/23 .238/.289/.333/.622 .529/.696 .681 33/.533 2/0 1/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 81/64 .203/.259/.297/.557 .669/.526 .521 64/.433 1/2 1/0
8.Molina G/S/vP 5/1.000 8/.804 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 46/36 .262/.311/.429/.740 1.600/.501 .945 32/.702 0/0 1/0
16.Patterson* G/S/vP 10/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 6/.000 92/64 .264/.304/.425/.730 .929/.643 .555 92/.730 3/4 2/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 13/.539 6/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 108/82 .234/.333/.319/.652 .795/.608 .504 73/.776 1/2 2/0
IP 41.1 11.0 6.1 12.2 9.0 13.2 TOTAL .248/.318/.394/.712 .777/.690 .761 .703 35/12 32/21
ERA-K/9 5.23/4.4 8.18/5.7 5.68/11.4 2.13/4.3 10.00/6.0 1.98/7.9 4.34/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (15-5-2)
 Molina (11-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.258 52/.289 31/.320 51/.205 48/.421 56/.235 .257  Bautista
 Rivera
 McCoy
 Patterson
 Davis
0/0/25/3
11/0/4/2
0/3/0/0
2/21/0/0
0/10/5/0
OPS .758 .721 .920 .658 1.016 .617 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.710 29/.824 14/1.227 21/.248 21/1.087 37/.668 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.814 23/.570 17/.670 30/.960 27/.957 19/.526 .693
Road 73/.931 35/.710 15/.619 26/.781 32/1.180 19/.563
Last 28d days 129/.655 39/.930 25/1.077 35/.705 36/.917 45/.699
HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 1/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 31/24/13
Usage ····X··· ······X· ·····Xo· ··X·X··X ·o···o·· ··X·oX··

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.