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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:10pm, Thursday, September 13, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 75-67, 75-67 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 13-8, 2.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (13-8) 210.1 168 78 68 54 212 18 2.91
2011 (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
2010 (18-9) 224.1 190 89 84 71 219 14 3.37
Last 7 GS 2-1 49.2 51 23 21 14 60 4 3.81 57
2012-09-08 @LAA L 6.0 9 6 6 2 3 1 97 31
2012-09-02 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 2 11 1 124 79
2012-08-28 @KCR ND 5.2 12 8 8 3 6 0 120 16
2012-08-23 TOR ND 9.0 4 2 2 2 12 1 115 81
2012-08-17 BAL ND 6.0 6 3 3 4 6 1 116 50
2012-08-11 @TEX ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 8 0 118 67
2012-08-06 NYY W 8.0 9 2 0 1 14 0 132 73
Last 5 v.CHW 5-0 38.1 28 8 8 8 36 5 1.88 68
2012-09-02 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 2 11 1 124 79
2012-07-20 CHW W 8.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 121 70
2011-09-13 @CHW W 7.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 106 69
2011-09-02 CHW W 7.1 7 1 1 1 6 1 106 65
2011-07-26 @CHW W 8.0 7 4 4 1 7 2 125 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-28   Road:   32-39   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  52-46   vsLHP:  23-21   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:32-23   vsWest: 11-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Wed, Sep 12  @CHW  W   8-6       75-67  2nd  1.0 gb
141 Tue, Sep 11  @CHW  W   5-3       74-67  2nd  2.0 gb
140 Mon, Sep 10  @CHW  L   1-6       73-67  2nd  3.0 gb
139 Sun, Sep  9  @LAA  L   2-3       73-66  2nd  2.0 gb
138 Sat, Sep  8  @LAA  L   1-6       73-65  2nd  2.0 gb
137 Fri, Sep  7  @LAA  L   2-3       73-64  2nd  1.0 gb
136 Wed, Sep  5   CLE  W   7-1       73-63  2nd  1.0 gb
135 Tue, Sep  4   CLE  L   2-3       72-63  2nd  1.0 gb
134 Mon, Sep  3   CLE  L   2-3       72-62  2nd  1.0 gb
133 Sun, Sep  2   CHW  W   4-2       72-61  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
WhiteSox, 76-66, 76-66 1st, 1 up

SP: Chris Sale (23, LHP, 16-6, 2.88)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (16-6) 169.0 139 55 54 44 168 17 2.88
2011 (2-2) 71.0 52 22 22 27 79 6 2.79
2010 (2-1) 23.1 15 5 5 10 32 2 1.93
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.0 43 18 18 13 54 10 3.60 57
2012-09-08 KCR W 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 101 63
2012-09-02 @DET L 6.0 6 4 4 4 7 2 106 47
2012-08-28 @BAL L 4.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 76 36
2012-08-22 NYY W 7.2 3 1 1 1 13 1 109 81
2012-08-17 @KCR L 6.2 9 4 4 4 5 2 117 41
2012-08-12 OAK W 6.2 6 2 2 0 11 2 114 65
2012-08-06 KCR W 8.0 8 2 2 0 7 2 101 65
Last 5 v.DET 0-3 18.0 18 12 12 10 18 4 6.00 47
2012-09-02 @DET L 6.0 6 4 4 4 7 2 106 47
2012-07-21 @DET L 7.0 7 5 5 4 6 1 90 45
2012-04-15 DET L 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 102 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-31   Road:   34-35   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  55-45   vsLHP:  21-21   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:29-30   vsWest: 20-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Wed, Sep 12   DET  L   6-8       76-66  1st  1.0 up
141 Tue, Sep 11   DET  L   3-5       76-65  1st  2.0 up
140 Mon, Sep 10   DET  W   6-1       76-64  1st  3.0 up
139 Sun, Sep  9   KCR  L   1-2 (10)  75-64  1st  2.0 up
138 Sat, Sep  8   KCR  W   5-4       75-63  1st  2.0 up
137 Fri, Sep  7   KCR  L   5-7       74-63  1st  1.0 up
136 Wed, Sep  5   MIN  W   6-2       74-62  1st  1.0 up
135 Tue, Sep  4   MIN  L   9-18      73-62  1st  1.0 up
134 Mon, Sep  3   MIN  W   4-2       73-61  1st  1.0 up
133 Sun, Sep  2  @DET  L   2-4       72-61  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 DET  8 @CHW  6        W:Max Scherzer (16-6), L: Gavin Floyd (9-10), S: Jose Valverde (30)
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 DET  5 @CHW  3        W:Doug Fister (9-8), L: Jake Peavy (10-11), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 CHW  6  DET  1        W:Jose Quintana (6-4), L: Rick Porcello (9-12), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 DET  4  CHW  2        W:Justin Verlander (13-7), L: Chris Sale (15-6), S: Jose Valverde (28)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 DET  5  CHW  1        W:Max Scherzer (15-6), L: Francisco Liriano (5-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 DET  7  CHW  4        W:Octavio Dotel (5-2), L: Jake Peavy (9-10), S: Jose Valverde (27)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 DET  6  CHW  4        W:Jacob Turner (1-1), L: Philip Humber (4-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 DET  7  CHW  1        W:Rick Porcello (7-5), L: Chris Sale (11-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 DET  4  CHW  2        W:Justin Verlander (11-5), L: Jake Peavy (7-7), S: Jose Valverde (18)
Tue, May 15, 2012 DET 10 @CHW  8        W:Collin Balester (2-0), L: Will Ohman (0-2), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 12-5; 2011 - DET won 13-5; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1034-1006

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
Tigers Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB
26.Crain
G/S/vB
60.Heath
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
39.Myers
G/S/vB
48.Omogrosso
G/S/vB
62.Quintana*
G/S/vB
43.Reed
G/S/vB
53.Santiago*
G/S/vB
52.Septimo*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
46.Veal*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.167 2/.000 5/.450 2/.000 391/294 .244/.350/.386/.735 .553/.793 .711 66/.583 2/0 8/5
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 279/221 .266/.343/.365/.708 .603/.735 .701 16/.348 19/0 2/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 9/1.333 5/1.600 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.800 1/.000 8/.875 1/.000 481/348 .244/.289/.380/.669 .645/.678 .683 55/.642 5/3 12/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/.377 15/1.333 ··· 7/.453 47/.721 3/2.667 3/.000 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 12/.533 ··· 613/442 .328/.393/.590/.983 .848/1.028 .870 93/1.035 4/1 36/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/2.417 ··· ··· ··· 274/216 .319/.375/.488/.863 .767/.886 .832 80/.726 1/1 6/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/.422 5/1.850 1/.000 3/1.167 27/1.843 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 5/1.467 2/3.500 4/.250 5/.200 610/390 .305/.403/.518/.921 .783/1.002 .848 101/.994 1/0 26/8
34.Garcia G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/6 .313/.389/.313/.701 .533/1.000 .347 18/.701 0/0 0/0
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 1.250/.333 / 0/0 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.666 ··· 3/.333 12/.417 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.833 2/1.500 515/371 .278/.303/.425/.728 .881/.668 .771 85/.544 12/3 11/15
14.Jackson G/S/vP 13/.581 11/.909 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/.833 5/1.150 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· 537/378 .309/.391/.491/.882 .949/.854 .919 102/.796 11/9 14/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 119/106 .179/.269/.245/.514 .322/.537 .494 3/.667 1/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 7/2.114 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 158/69 .268/.331/.373/.704 .592/.848 .739 23/.367 0/0 2/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 13/1.007 23/.428 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.750 7/.286 ··· 24/.705 1/.000 510/360 .252/.314/.403/.717 .736/.710 .669 93/.588 1/1 11/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 9/1.083 12/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 4/1.500 3/1.000 ··· 12/.750 1/.000 222/124 .171/.226/.254/.480 .477/.482 .565 8/.393 1/1 1/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.000 10/.555 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 10/.600 ··· 250/188 .209/.289/.277/.566 .499/.589 .507 9/.222 1/0 2/6
29.Worth G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/41 .211/.321/.254/.575 .664/.479 .623 3/.667 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 9/.889 7/1.143 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 4/.000 1/2.000 9/1.181 ··· 531/364 .271/.301/.424/.726 .842/.671 .683 94/.852 0/2 17/2
IP 169.0 40.2 0.2 59.0 53.1 12.0 122.2 51.1 59.1 11.0 58.0 9.2 TOTAL .268/.336/.423/.759 .722/.776 .731 .730 49/20 142/87
ERA-K/9 2.88/8.9 2.66/11.1 0.00/0.0 2.75/8.2 3.71/5.1 3.75/5.2 3.52/5.3 4.73/9.1 3.49/10.0 5.73/7.4 3.41/7.9 0.93/13.0 4.12/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-33-8)
 Holaday (2-1-0)
 Laird (34-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 670/.225 168/.184 1/.000 254/.276 229/.282 51/.213 499/.267 223/.274 262/.219 45/.154 238/.258 34/.063 .254  Boesch
 Kelly
 Jackson
 Berry
 Raburn
 Young
 Dirks
 Garcia
0/0/115/4
16/8/34/3
0/119/0/3
54/20/5/2
30/0/22/2
31/0/0/1
50/1/15/1
0/0/8/0
OPS .640 .605 .000 .733 .752 .700 .722 .760 .717 .574 .684 .211 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.546 64/.851 1/.000 92/.560 100/.829 19/.616 152/.709 105/.770 114/.619 31/.675 116/.611 22/.045 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 495/.674 104/.451 / 162/.832 129/.691 32/.748 347/.728 118/.752 148/.786 14/.368 122/.752 12/.523 .722
Home 313/.531 96/.679 / 158/.786 140/.731 41/.752 228/.665 130/.874 159/.692 18/.733 120/.578 11/.455
Last 28d days 127/.816 38/.820 1/.000 45/.630 48/.985 22/.515 115/.871 44/1.107 87/.671 9/1.000 32/.544 21/.293
HR/SB/CS 17/11/8 5/5/2 0/0/0 4/3/1 6/0/1 2/1/0 12/6/4 5/7/1 10/8/0 2/4/0 4/4/2 0/0/0 166/93/35
Usage ····X··· ·X·ooo·· ········ ·X·X·o·· oo·oo··o o·oX···· ··X····· ··o·Xo·X X··X···· oo·o···· ···ooo·o oooo·o··
WhiteSox Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.23 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
20.Dotel
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
49.Marte
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
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 29/.458 3/.333 5/.400 3/1.000 5/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.350 10/.200 1/.000 519/392 .239/.293/.385/.678 .709/.667 .792 80/.948 3/4 15/6
7.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 62/38 .228/.258/.298/.556 .417/.653 .524 11/.182 2/1 1/0
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 14/.978 2/1.000 6/1.167 5/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 531/392 .278/.345/.400/.744 .696/.761 .748 40/.742 24/10 7/3
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 20/.600 2/1.000 5/.000 6/.750 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.086 13/.891 ··· 573/380 .208/.340/.485/.825 .801/.838 .787 69/.822 2/1 38/1
17.Flowers G/S/vP 9/1.158 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 138/89 .234/.307/.452/.758 1.007/.613 .986 25/1.217 2/1 7/2
38.Gimenez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .500/.500/.500/1.000 2.000/.667 .667 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
5.Hudson# G/S/vP 12/.666 ··· 5/.650 6/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.069 1/no AB 266/189 .197/.255/.299/.554 .518/.568 .582 13/.671 4/3 2/6
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB 13/12 .500/.615/.600/1.215 /1.183 1.333 13/1.215 0/0 0/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 61/.555 5/.200 26/.584 5/.400 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 10/.700 1/2.000 524/392 .310/.380/.494/.873 .825/.889 .966 101/.797 0/0 22/1
18.Lopez G/S/vP 44/.636 ··· 20/.812 1/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 239/145 .247/.272/.361/.633 .703/.588 .723 15/.552 0/1 4/3
66.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/21 .207/.207/.241/.448 .250/.524 .524 19/.500 0/0 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 75/.699 2/1.000 11/1.182 12/.583 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 16/.917 1/.000 460/348 .280/.325/.518/.842 .676/.897 .973 79/.606 0/0 26/6
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 52/.550 3/.333 3/.666 4/.666 7/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.200 11/.944 2/1.000 549/426 .272/.294/.382/.676 .796/.641 .739 90/.883 16/6 9/11
51.Rios G/S/vP 37/.657 2/.000 5/.400 6/.334 13/1.154 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 15/.708 2/.000 569/427 .293/.323/.508/.832 .824/.834 .892 100/.656 21/5 23/7
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 5/.000 ··· 482/366 .251/.288/.420/.708 .993/.618 .692 79/.556 0/1 20/1
28.Wise* G/S/vP 20/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 179/129 .276/.313/.482/.795 .628/.861 .922 99/.758 16/2 8/1
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 33/.648 2/.500 17/.768 8/1.625 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.167 1/.000 431/301 .236/.341/.429/.770 .949/.697 1.003 81/.766 0/0 18/8
IP 210.1 3.0 61.2 49.1 51.2 16.0 17.1 11.2 86.2 59.2 49.1 TOTAL .257/.317/.426/.744 .766/.736 .805 .756 93/36 188/63
ERA-K/9 2.91/9.1 0.00/12.0 3.36/10.8 3.65/8.2 3.31/10.3 2.25/9.6 3.63/7.3 5.40/5.4 4.26/8.7 3.62/6.5 2.37/11.1 3.87/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (24-13-1)
 Gimenez (0-0-0)
 Pierzynski (69-22-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 843/.216 12/.000 248/.221 222/.328 206/.227 63/.196 74/.242 56/.354 364/.254 254/.229 201/.197 .259  Viciedo
 Rios
 Wise
 De Aza
 Danks
 Gimenez
 Lopez
 Dunn
115/0/0/12
0/0/138/8
52/23/8/4
1/117/0/3
21/7/6/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .606 .167 .705 .848 .610 .589 .779 .853 .761 .651 .552 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.626 4/.250 127/.700 114/.672 72/.771 26/.274 31/.926 29/.984 102/.730 135/.767 71/.645 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.582 8/.125 121/.711 108/1.037 134/.525 37/.830 43/.679 27/.712 262/.774 119/.524 130/.504 .696
Road 455/.676 8/.250 103/.788 115/.923 100/.727 18/.487 44/.695 37/.882 192/.746 118/.619 87/.635
Last 28d days 152/.770 12/.167 37/.564 11/.899 47/.727 11/.586 / 15/.564 33/.599 47/.706 44/.407
HR/SB/CS 18/14/4 0/1/0 12/1/1 4/5/2 3/10/3 1/2/1 4/0/0 0/1/1 12/6/5 3/12/1 2/8/2 142/116/43
Usage ····X··· ··X····· XX·····o ··o····· ··o··o·· ········ ········ ····X··· ········ oX·····o X··X····

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.