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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @Progressive Field

Tigers, 20-21, 20-21 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 3-3, 5.12)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-3) 45.2 55 31 26 9 27 7 5.12
2011 (14-9) 182.0 210 103 96 46 104 18 4.75
2010 (10-12) 162.2 188 96 89 38 84 18 4.92
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.2 48 29 24 8 23 7 5.59 43
2012-05-16 MIN ND 4.0 6 6 2 0 3 1 100 37
2012-05-11 @OAK L 5.0 9 4 4 3 4 1 100 34
2012-05-06 CHW W 6.1 4 1 1 2 5 1 103 64
2012-05-01 KCR W 8.0 7 3 3 0 3 0 98 59
2012-04-26 SEA L 6.2 7 5 5 2 3 2 105 41
2012-04-21 TEX L 1.0 10 9 8 1 1 1 51 -1
2012-04-15 @CHW W 7.2 5 1 1 0 4 1 99 69
Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 26.2 33 19 19 5 17 5 6.41 43
2011-09-28 CLE ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 0 98 52
2011-09-06 @CLE W 6.1 3 1 1 1 1 1 75 63
2011-08-21 CLE ND 3.2 7 5 5 1 2 1 80 28
2011-08-10 @CLE L 3.2 11 8 8 0 3 1 70 10
2011-04-30 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 2 100 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-12   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  14-14   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   7-9 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Sun, May 20   PIT  W   4-3       20-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   PIT  L   3-4       19-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   PIT  W   6-0       19-20  2nd  3.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   MIN  L   3-4       18-20  2nd  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   MIN  L   7-11      18-19  2nd  3.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @CHW  W  10-8       18-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @CHW  L   5-7       17-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @OAK  W   3-1       17-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @OAK  L   1-3       16-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @OAK  L   4-11      16-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Indians, 23-18, 23-18 1st, 2½ up

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (28, RHP, 4-3, 5.09)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-3) 46.0 46 29 26 32 28 6 5.09
2011 (10-13) 188.1 186 111 98 78 180 17 4.68
2010 (19-8) 221.2 164 73 71 92 214 10 2.88
Last 7 GS 4-3 39.0 45 27 24 29 25 6 5.54 42
2012-05-16 SEA W 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 107 52
2012-05-11 @BOS L 4.1 9 7 7 5 4 0 99 16
2012-05-06 TEX W 7.0 2 0 0 5 6 0 108 74
2012-05-01 @CHW L 4.2 8 7 4 6 1 2 105 21
2012-04-25 KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 2 113 43
2012-04-20 @OAK W 6.0 6 2 2 5 3 1 107 50
2012-04-15 @KCR W 5.0 9 4 4 3 5 0 112 35
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 28.1 33 23 20 12 26 3 6.35 43
2011-09-26 @DET L 5.0 9 6 6 3 3 0 94 25
2011-09-05 DET L 7.0 2 3 3 3 8 1 117 66
2011-08-21 @DET L 3.1 9 8 8 3 4 2 83 11
2011-08-10 DET W 8.0 5 3 0 1 6 0 117 71
2011-06-18 DET W 5.0 8 3 3 2 5 0 83 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-12   Road:   12-6    ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  19-10   vsLHP:   4-8    1-Run:   9-2 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Sun, May 20   MIA  L   3-5       23-18  1st  2.5 up
 40 Sat, May 19   MIA  W   2-0       23-17  1st  3.5 up
 39 Fri, May 18   MIA  L   2-3       22-17  1st  3.0 up
 38 Thu, May 17   SEA  W   6-5 (11)  22-16  1st  4.0 up
 37 Wed, May 16   SEA  W   9-3       21-16  1st  3.0 up
 36 Tue, May 15  @MIN  W   5-0       20-16  1st  2.0 up
 35 Mon, May 14  @MIN  W   5-4       19-16  1st  2.0 up
 34 Sun, May 13  @BOS  L   1-12      18-16  1st  1.0 up
 33 Sat, May 12  @BOS  L   1-4       18-15  1st  2.0 up
 32 Fri, May 11  @BOS  L   5-7       18-14  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 28, 2011 DET  5  CLE  4        W:Ryan Perry (2-0), L: Vinnie Pestano (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (49)
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 DET  9  CLE  6        W:Max Scherzer (15-9), L: Jeanmar Gomez (5-3), S: Jose Valverde (48)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 DET 14  CLE  0        W:Doug Fister (11-13), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (10-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 DET  8 @CLE  6        W:Justin Verlander (22-5), L: Justin Masterson (11-9), S: Jose Valverde (42)
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 DET 10 @CLE  1        W:Rick Porcello (13-8), L: Roberto Hernandez (6-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 DET  4 @CLE  2        W:Doug Fister (7-13), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (8-11), S: Jose Valverde (41)
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 DET  8  CLE  7        W:Phil Coke (2-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (7-10), S: Jose Valverde (37)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 DET 10  CLE  1        W:Doug Fister (5-13), L: David Huff (1-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 DET  4  CLE  1        W:Max Scherzer (13-7), L: Josh Tomlin (12-6), S: Jose Valverde (36)
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 DET  4 @CLE  3        W:Justin Verlander (17-5), L: Roberto Hernandez (5-12), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - DET won 12-6; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1063-1028

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.49

CHW  4.14

PIT  2.93

 RA/G

WSN  3.29

SEA  4.02

MIN  5.49

 BA

D. Wright  .415

F. Freeman  .261

R. Weeks  .155

 OBP

D. Wright  .515

T. Hunter  .328

C. Barmes  .200

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .765

T. Hunter  .413

M. Byrd  .246

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.197

J. Kipnis  .749

M. Byrd  .485

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.33

J. Garcia  3.55

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

I. Kennedy  7.19

D. Lowe  2.30

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

Tigers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 57.Accardo
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 32.Asencio
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 11/1.045 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/3.000 9/.873 7/.486 ··· 128/92 .221/.299/.381/.680 .673/.682 .311 77/.570 2/0 4/3
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 166/116 .239/.271/.358/.630 .592/.646 .784 93/.710 2/1 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 23/.899 5/.400 1/.000 6/1.467 5/.400 4/4.000 16/.661 ··· 180/125 .307/.356/.494/.850 .844/.849 .720 106/.795 1/1 8/6
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 107/86 .337/.393/.561/.954 .976/.945 .952 83/1.010 0/0 4/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 20/.888 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 176/110 .301/.364/.487/.851 .622/.999 .843 104/.857 1/0 7/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP 9/.666 1/3.000 2/.000 9/.222 4/.000 6/.000 7/.286 ··· 159/106 .331/.414/.544/.958 .834/1.022 .968 82/1.069 6/0 5/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.333 3/.333 4/1.417 ··· 62/56 .182/.274/.182/.456 .533/.448 .298 46/.432 1/0 0/2
9.Laird G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.500 3/.000 ··· 36/10 .281/.314/.438/.752 .704/.889 .950 20/.446 0/0 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 7/1.096 6/.367 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.250 9/.472 ··· 142/100 .268/.355/.390/.745 .853/.700 .747 81/.822 1/1 2/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 123/81 .144/.213/.216/.429 .421/.433 .535 74/.502 1/1 1/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 13/.558 1/no AB 2/.000 7/.714 4/.833 7/.572 5/.900 ··· 67/49 .183/.254/.250/.504 .236/.602 .308 38/.554 0/0 0/2
21.Young G/S/vP 15/1.400 5/1.800 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 6/.733 11/.364 ··· 137/91 .246/.299/.365/.664 .660/.666 .687 71/.645 0/1 2/1
IP 46.0 2.2 12.2 16.1 16.2 14.1 18.1 22.1 TOTAL .257/.321/.403/.723 .670/.749 .708 .741 15/5 40/28
ERA-K/9 5.09/5.5 6.75/6.7 2.13/9.2 3.31/8.3 2.70/12.4 5.65/10.7 2.95/7.4 4.43/7.7 4.04/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (22-9-4)
 Laird (10-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.257 10/.222 50/.156 70/.190 67/.186 64/.268 72/.210 90/.217 .246  Kelly
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Jackson
 Young
 Dirks
8/7/8/2
0/0/38/1
18/0/8/1
0/36/0/1
13/0/0/0
17/1/0/0
OPS .803 .633 .484 .511 .623 .813 .612 .651 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.929 3/1.000 23/.367 35/.536 34/.811 31/.400 27/.509 44/.598 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.653 7/.452 27/.579 35/.487 33/.440 33/1.241 45/.675 46/.701 .622
Home 102/.534 10/.633 28/.450 45/.661 37/.631 37/.708 44/.623 58/.763
Last 28d days 133/.859 10/.633 36/.531 33/.375 30/.427 37/.771 43/.506 46/.558
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 0/0/1 1/2/1 0/1/0 2/1/2 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/1/1 31/26/12
Usage ·····X·· ·o··oo·· ·X··X··o ··o·X··o ··oo···X ···oXX·· ··ooX··o ·o··oo··
Indians Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
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		 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
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 16/.750 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 170/114 .255/.294/.360/.654 .663/.650 .567 108/.696 4/4 0/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 29/.712 ··· 3/.333 8/.700 9/.625 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 161/105 .309/.404/.504/.907 .903/.908 .857 114/.911 2/2 5/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 22/.668 ··· 1/2.000 10/.875 10/.200 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 156/103 .267/.385/.389/.774 .426/.943 .770 84/.837 6/1 2/0
2.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/31 .213/.315/.255/.570 .638/.517 .574 31/.582 0/1 0/0
33.Damon* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 28/.893 6/.833 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 67/50 .172/.284/.224/.508 .529/.495 .606 67/.508 0/0 0/0
47.Duncan G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 107/60 .202/.318/.337/.655 .849/.503 .543 50/.444 0/0 3/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 22/.818 ··· 2/.000 9/1.000 5/.200 7/1.738 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 158/109 .238/.380/.421/.800 .721/.835 .673 98/.664 0/0 5/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 12/1.300 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 116/74 .287/.365/.436/.801 .615/.905 .711 63/.659 0/1 3/5
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 8/1.375 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 185/114 .256/.322/.427/.749 .662/.802 .547 116/.728 6/1 6/1
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/1.100 8/.536 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.750 ··· 142/96 .208/.291/.320/.611 .558/.636 .530 81/.685 3/0 3/1
4.Lopez G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 ··· 19/.860 1/.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 50/37 .277/.320/.489/.809 .923/.766 1.109 33/.927 0/0 2/1
6.Marson G/S/vP 14/.357 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/18 .074/.242/.148/.391 .667/.167 .143 22/.338 1/0 0/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 17/1.412 ··· 2/.500 7/.714 8/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 174/113 .261/.379/.415/.795 .670/.856 .808 110/.751 2/1 5/4
IP 45.2 18.0 19.1 17.2 17.2 14.0 6.0 43.2 16.1 6.0 TOTAL .245/.338/.382/.719 .657/.752 .664 .701 27/11 34/20
ERA-K/9 5.12/5.3 6.50/6.0 2.79/7.9 3.06/13.7 4.58/8.1 3.21/11.6 10.50/9.0 2.89/9.1 5.51/7.7 0.00/12.0 4.17/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (9-3-0)
 Santana (17-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.291 83/.209 72/.194 79/.262 74/.277 56/.192 35/.400 179/.241 77/.270 22/.105 .257  Brantley
 Cunningham
 Choo
 Damon
 Duncan
0/39/0/2
19/5/10/2
0/0/35/1
15/0/0/0
29/0/0/0
OPS .825 .830 .479 .713 .718 .558 .937 .717 .842 .333 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.882 33/.883 32/.394 36/.656 37/.661 14/.792 18/1.004 50/.748 39/1.221 4/.500 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.773 50/.792 40/.547 43/.763 37/.778 42/.483 17/.871 129/.704 38/.482 18/.284 .717
Road 54/.805 26/1.119 17/.813 30/.743 31/.771 27/.551 25/.887 89/.572 38/.905 4/.500
Last 28d days 131/.804 31/1.115 36/.580 42/.554 43/.751 33/.597 35/.937 111/.698 38/.954 18/.289
HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 5/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 7/1/3 2/6/0 0/1/0 44/32/12
Usage ·····X·· ·····Xo· ·····X·X ·Xo···o· ·oX·o·X· ·o····oo ·····X·X ··X····X ······X· ··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.