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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 2:10pm, Friday, April 13, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 5-1, 5-1 1st, 1½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 0-0, 23.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 2.2 8 7 7 2 3 0 23.63
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
Last 7 GS 2-2 35.1 47 27 27 10 37 7 6.88 43
2012-04-08 BOS ND 2.2 8 7 7 2 3 0 80 15
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.CHW 3-2 37.0 25 6 6 9 38 4 1.46 70
2011-09-04 CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 113 73
2011-07-27 @CHW L 6.0 6 2 2 4 8 1 116 56
2011-07-16 CHW L 8.0 8 2 2 0 6 1 116 64
2011-04-24 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 104 78
2010-09-17 @CHW W 8.0 2 2 2 2 11 2 121 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Thu, Apr 12   TBR  W   7-2        5-1   1st  1.5 up
  5 Wed, Apr 11   TBR  L   2-4        4-1   1st  1.0 up
  4 Tue, Apr 10   TBR  W   5-2        4-0   1st  1.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   BOS  W  13-12(11)   3-0   1st  1.0 up
  2 Sat, Apr  7   BOS  W  10-0        2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Thu, Apr  5   BOS  W   3-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-1    Last 20: 5-1    Last 30: 5-1
WhiteSox, 3-2, 3-2 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Peavy (31, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 4.50
2011 (7-7) 111.2 117 61 61 24 95 10 4.92
2010 (7-6) 107.0 98 55 55 34 93 13 4.63
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.0 45 22 22 9 43 6 4.50 53
2012-04-07 @TEX ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 94 48
2011-09-06 @MIN W 6.1 4 0 0 2 9 0 105 72
2011-08-31 MIN L 5.0 8 6 6 0 4 2 93 31
2011-08-26 @SEA W 6.0 7 2 2 3 8 1 108 55
2011-08-19 TEX L 6.0 6 7 7 2 5 3 99 35
2011-08-13 KCR ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 6 0 115 45
2011-08-07 @MIN W 8.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 108 82
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 31.0 25 15 13 10 33 2 3.77 56
2011-07-26 DET ND 6.0 10 4 4 1 6 0 111 41
2011-06-05 DET L 4.0 3 6 6 3 4 1 75 33
2009-10-02 @DET W 8.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 105 81
2009-09-25 DET W 7.0 6 0 0 2 8 0 95 71
2005-06-14 @DET L 6.0 4 5 3 2 10 1 97 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Wed, Apr 11  @CLE  W  10-6        3-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @CLE  W   4-2        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @TEX  L   0-5        1-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @TEX  W   4-3        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @TEX  L   2-3        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-2    Last 20: 3-2    Last 30: 3-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 DET  6 @CHW  5 (10)   W:Phil Coke (3-9), L: Sergio Santos (4-5), S: Jose Valverde (44)
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 DET  5 @CHW  0        W:Justin Verlander (23-5), L: Gavin Floyd (12-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 DET 14 @CHW  4        W:Rick Porcello (14-8), L: John Danks (6-12), S: none
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 DET 18  CHW  2        W:Max Scherzer (14-8), L: Mark Buehrle (11-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 DET  9  CHW  8        W:Luis Marte (1-0), L: Sergio Santos (3-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 DET  8  CHW  1        W:Justin Verlander (21-5), L: John Danks (6-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 CHW  2  DET  1        W:John Danks (4-8), L: Max Scherzer (11-6), S: Sergio Santos (21)
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 DET  5 @CHW  4        W:Justin Verlander (14-5), L: Will Ohman (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (27)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 CHW  6  DET  3        W:Mark Buehrle (8-5), L: Duane Below (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 DET  4  CHW  3        W:Brad Penny (7-6), L: Philip Humber (8-6), S: Jose Valverde (25)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - DET won 13-5; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-1001

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

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

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (6.67 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 41.Humber
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 53.Santiago*
G/S/vB		 48.Stewart
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 9/.611 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 551/403 .295/.389/.506/.895 .779/.939 .844 21/1.365 3/1 19/6
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.750 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 6/.834 472/354 .283/.341/.458/.799 .752/.814 .763 27/.444 5/3 16/3
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 29/.395 13/1.552 5/.200 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 10/.425 688/507 .344/.448/.586/1.033 .990/1.047 1.055 27/1.339 2/1 30/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 235/204 .251/.296/.406/.703 .871/.675 .615 15/1.000 5/2 7/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 17/.753 3/2.667 ··· ··· 11/.773 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 692/499 .299/.415/.566/.981 .822/1.046 .869 26/1.059 1/1 38/15
14.Jackson G/S/vP 6/1.000 9/1.111 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 668/463 .249/.317/.374/.690 .732/.672 .635 28/1.275 22/5 10/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 281/259 .245/.291/.381/.672 .381/.698 .785 3/.667 2/1 7/5
9.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .651 4/.500 1/1 1/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.489 21/.474 4/1.417 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 22/.527 576/403 .299/.345/.478/.824 .765/.848 .752 25/.711 0/2 21/7
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/2.500 11/1.091 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.750 418/261 .256/.297/.432/.729 .807/.681 .755 20/.255 1/1 14/17
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/.250 10/.555 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.750 294/237 .260/.311/.384/.695 .832/.662 .618 7/.143 0/0 5/3
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/17 .270/.308/.324/.632 .792/.423 .549 5/.400 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 8/.929 503/361 .268/.302/.393/.695 .759/.670 .656 22/.558 1/0 12/7
IP 111.2 65.1 163.0 53.1 7.1 5.1 67.1 59.2 TOTAL .304/.357/.483/.840 .663/.921 .840 2/1 8/1
ERA-K/9 4.92/7.7 2.62/9.6 3.75/6.4 /0.0 4.22/9.1 3.68/14.8 0.00/3.4 5.88/6.0 3.32/9.5 3.77/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (85-40-7)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Laird (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.268 268/.215 676/.243 / 232/.255 33/.313 18/.059 297/.331 262/.255 .227  Jackson
 Boesch
 Young
 Dirks
 Raburn
 Kelly
0/152/0/8
57/0/51/7
115/0/0/7
38/16/22/4
52/2/20/4
17/4/39/1
OPS .701 .655 .651 .745 .802 .170 .907 .649 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.669 103/.506 411/.700 / 118/.673 16/.875 8/.000 151/.900 114/.619 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.740 165/.744 265/.573 / 114/.820 17/.728 10/.311 146/.914 148/.672 .600
Home 270/.742 160/.698 310/.620 / 135/.659 12/.523 18/.170 142/.975 155/.646
Last 28d days 26/.846 8/.250 / 4/.500 9/.958 8/.000 7/.714 / 17/.544
HR/SB/CS 10/10/5 7/13/2 14/13/3 // 8/2/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 11/6/2 3/13/2 7/1/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··· ····X··· ·X··oo·· ···o·oo· ···X·o·· ·X·o·Xo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 31.Balester
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 17/.775 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 557/419 .230/.296/.337/.633 .541/.663 .632 19/.557 5/3 10/8
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 171/150 .329/.400/.520/.920 .702/.951 1.037 22/.864 12/5 4/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 16/1.333 7/1.571 3/.333 2/.000 4/.833 7/.143 ··· 9/.347 ··· 496/381 .159/.292/.277/.569 .309/.646 .544 22/.753 0/1 11/4
38.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.286/.571 .667/.500 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 129/87 .209/.310/.409/.719 .431/.863 .852 4/.000 0/1 5/2
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 603/462 .262/.342/.370/.712 .674/.723 .825 5/.800 4/6 8/4
14.Konerko G/S/vP 16/.376 ··· 3/.333 23/.669 4/.500 7/1.371 ··· 3/.666 ··· 639/486 .300/.388/.517/.906 .847/.924 .997 22/1.100 1/1 31/5
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 216/109 .258/.340/.505/.845 .931/.757 .888 4/.250 10/6 13/2
22.Morel G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 444/306 .245/.287/.366/.653 .683/.639 .606 18/.180 5/4 10/14
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/.833 ··· 2/.000 11/1.182 10/.500 4/1.750 2/.000 7/.821 ··· 500/413 .287/.323/.405/.728 .808/.711 .768 17/.982 0/0 8/4
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 22/.405 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.666 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 684/520 .269/.328/.399/.727 .715/.731 .721 20/.400 7/5 15/16
51.Rios G/S/vP 12/.334 1/.000 3/.833 5/.400 5/.400 10/1.500 ··· 7/.453 ··· 570/412 .227/.265/.348/.613 .704/.578 .694 16/.697 11/6 13/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 113/78 .255/.327/.314/.641 1.020/.469 .639 16/.713 1/0 1/0
IP 195.0 35.2 29.0 61.0 108.2 54.0 49.0 72.1 16.0 TOTAL .237/.293/.399/.691 .543/.756 .691 1/2 6/4
ERA-K/9 4.43/8.0 4.54/8.6 4.34/4.3 2.95/9.3 4.47/5.7 3.50/10.3 3.49/8.1 2.24/8.6 6.75/7.9 3.54/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (25-8-3)
 Pierzynski (94-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 833/.272 159/.268 127/.252 241/.218 474/.279 218/.185 212/.209 301/.198 76/.323 .238  Fukudome
 Rios
 De Aza
 Viciedo
 Lillibridge
 Dunn
0/13/131/7
0/143/0/5
4/19/31/2
0/0/21/2
9/11/43/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .781 .807 .660 .581 .728 .574 .699 .580 .921 .634
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.841 61/.733 53/.661 125/.639 167/.584 85/.845 100/.529 179/.687 39/1.036 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 369/.706 98/.847 74/.659 116/.517 307/.806 133/.410 112/.863 122/.432 37/.806 .534
Road 372/.829 73/.961 62/.489 109/.504 278/.665 115/.631 105/.656 132/.513 48/.962
Last 28d days 20/1.267 19/.451 9/.222 19/.944 13/.717 8/.500 9/1.083 16/.813 3/.667
HR/SB/CS 29/12/9 7/5/1 2/2/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 6/1/1 6/5/3 5/9/3 3/4/0 2/2/2
Usage ····X··· X···X··· ····oX·· o···XX·· o·X·oo·· ····oX·· ·o··X··· oXo····X o···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.