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Game Preview: PIT @ DET, 4:05pm, Saturday, May 19, 2012 @Comerica Park

Pirates, 18-21, 18-21 3rd, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (35, RHP, 1-2, 5.12)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 31.2 33 18 18 7 31 3 5.12
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
2010 (10-15) 186.2 204 118 109 78 145 25 5.26
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.1 47 24 24 10 45 7 4.98 51
2012-05-13 HOU ND 8.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 103 66
2012-05-08 WSN ND 8.0 6 2 2 1 10 1 93 71
2012-05-02 @STL L 2.2 12 12 12 1 2 2 72 -13
2012-04-27 @ATL L 6.0 6 2 2 3 8 0 94 57
2012-04-21 STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 76 76
2011-09-25 BOS W 7.2 5 2 2 2 6 2 105 65
2011-09-19 MIN ND 4.0 9 4 4 1 8 2 85 35
Last 5 v.DET 3-1 29.0 26 18 15 14 22 5 4.66 49
2011-05-05 @DET L 7.0 3 5 2 1 5 0 113 61
2011-04-02 DET W 5.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 86 50
2009-07-17 DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 5 1 1 104 44
2008-08-12 @DET W 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 3 108 45
2008-04-20 DET W 5.0 4 3 3 6 4 0 113 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-8    Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-16   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Fri, May 18  @DET  L   0-6       18-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @WSN  W   5-3       18-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @WSN  L   4-7       17-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @MIA  L   2-6       17-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @MIA  W   3-2       17-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   HOU  W   3-2 (12)  16-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   HOU  W   5-2       15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11   HOU  L   0-1       14-18  4th  6.0 gb
 31 Thu, May 10   WSN  L   2-4       14-17  3rd  6.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9   WSN  W   4-2       14-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Tigers, 19-20, 19-20 2nd, 3 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Drew Smyly (23, LHP, 1-0, 2.31)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 39.0 32 11 10 11 38 5 2.31
Last 7 GS 1-0 39.0 32 11 10 11 38 5 2.31 59
2012-05-14 @CHW ND 5.0 5 4 4 1 4 2 69 44
2012-05-09 @SEA ND 6.0 2 1 1 2 5 0 93 67
2012-05-04 CHW ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 99 57
2012-04-28 @NYY W 6.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 93 69
2012-04-22 TEX ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 100 63
2012-04-17 @KCR ND 6.0 7 1 0 1 4 0 101 59
2012-04-12 TBR ND 4.0 4 1 1 3 4 1 90 51
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-11   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  4-10 IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 31 Thu, May 10  @OAK  W  10-6       16-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9  @SEA  L   1-2       15-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 18, 2012 DET  6  PIT  0        W:Justin Verlander (5-1), L: Charlie Morton (2-4), S: none

Sun, May 22, 2011 DET  2 @PIT  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-2), L: Paul Maholm (1-7), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Sat, May 21, 2011 PIT  6  DET  2        W:Kevin Correia (6-4), L: Max Scherzer (6-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (13)
Fri, May 20, 2011 PIT 10  DET  1        W:Jeff Karstens (3-2), L: Brad Penny (4-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 DET  4  PIT  3        W:Brad Thomas (4-0), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (13)
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 DET  4  PIT  3 (10)   W:Phil Coke (4-0), L: Brendan Donnelly (2-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 DET  6  PIT  2        W:Justin Verlander (7-4), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 PIT  6  DET  3        W:Ross Ohlendorf (6-5), L: Dontrelle Willis (1-4), S: Matt Capps (16)
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 PIT  9  DET  3        W:Zach Duke (7-4), L: Armando Galarraga (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 DET  3 @PIT  1        W:Rick Porcello (7-4), L: Ian Snell (1-7), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 1-0; 2011 - PIT won 2-1; 2010 - DET won 3-0; All-Time - DET leads 16-12

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  5.60

ARI  4.10

PIT  2.85

 RA/G

WSN  3.28

TBR  4.10

COL  5.32

 BA

D. Wright  .409

E. Thames  .263

B. Ryan  .150

 OBP

D. Wright  .510

J. Martinez  .329

C. Barmes  .185

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .804

W. Venable  .414

B. Morel  .195

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.249

C. Johnson  .754

B. Morel  .420

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.33

R. Romero  3.64

C. Buchholz  7.77

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  11.09

K. Drabek  7.39

D. Lowe  2.22

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

Pirates Batters (2.85 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
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		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/100 .211/.270/.447/.717 .692/.723 .788 91/.831 0/0 7/8
26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 90/64 .214/.267/.381/.648 .451/.717 .768 55/.875 0/0 3/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· 122/99 .158/.185/.281/.466 .312/.502 .421 76/.561 0/2 2/6
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/22 .256/.273/.419/.691 .652/.733 .706 30/.786 0/0 1/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 91/85 .230/.253/.425/.678 .000/.727 .739 62/.604 1/0 4/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 149/111 .341/.403/.523/.925 1.016/.891 .862 91/.967 7/3 5/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/64 .195/.290/.264/.554 .656/.498 .556 64/.489 1/0 0/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/42 .182/.280/.364/.644 1.042/.578 .756 35/.503 0/0 2/0
2.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 56/50 .157/.232/.196/.428 .167/.457 .291 41/.404 0/0 0/0
36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/19 .162/.256/.243/.499 .642/.328 .675 34/.555 0/1 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 142/104 .235/.284/.356/.640 .653/.635 .565 96/.787 5/4 2/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 148/112 .254/.306/.313/.620 .627/.617 .640 98/.662 1/0 1/2
IP 39.0 18.0 19.1 15.2 16.1 13.1 6.0 16.1 3.2 TOTAL .217/.269/.342/.611 .610/.611 .613 .652 18/15 30/28
ERA-K/9 2.31/8.8 6.50/6.0 2.79/7.9 2.87/14.3 4.96/7.2 3.38/12.2 10.50/9.0 5.51/7.7 0.00/12.2 4.20/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (16-2-2)
 McKenry (8-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.225 83/.209 72/.194 72/.271 68/.271 52/.188 35/.400 77/.270 15/.167 .258  Tabata
 Jones
 Navarro
 McCutchen
 Harrison
 McLouth
5/0/34/2
0/0/8/1
5/0/2/1
0/36/0/1
1/0/0/0
5/4/3/0
OPS .664 .830 .479 .736 .723 .563 .937 .842 .500 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.765 33/.883 32/.394 34/.698 34/.724 13/.862 18/1.004 39/1.221 4/.500 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.617 50/.792 40/.547 38/.772 34/.723 39/.469 17/.871 38/.482 11/.473 .714
Home 67/.791 57/.689 55/.389 42/.732 37/.676 25/.573 10/1.056 39/.780 11/.473
Last 28d days 112/.621 40/1.077 36/.580 37/.572 52/.768 32/.595 35/.937 42/.890 11/.489
HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 5/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 2/6/0 0/1/0 40/32/11
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···X ··X·X··X ···o·o·· ·o·X··X· ···oo·X· ··X·X··o ···X·o·· ·X······
Tigers Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 121/86 .226/.308/.396/.705 .631/.733 .970 78/.634 1/0 4/3
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 159/110 .237/.270/.362/.632 .604/.645 .518 96/.720 2/1 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/.571 9/.611 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 171/116 .304/.351/.500/.851 .844/.850 .971 106/.844 1/1 8/6
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 98/77 .360/.418/.596/1.014 .976/1.019 1.068 74/1.097 0/0 4/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 2/.000 12/1.250 1/5.000 8/.700 6/.750 2/1.000 167/101 .299/.365/.469/.835 .622/.985 .827 104/.814 1/0 6/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 159/106 .331/.414/.544/.958 .834/1.022 .949 92/.997 6/0 5/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 4/.333 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 53/47 .213/.302/.213/.515 .533/.512 .590 41/.487 0/0 0/2
9.Laird G/S/vP 10/1.417 3/.666 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 36/10 .281/.314/.438/.752 .704/.889 .222 20/.446 0/0 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 15/.805 7/.762 12/.750 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 135/94 .269/.343/.370/.713 .838/.659 .687 82/.687 1/1 1/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 120/78 .148/.218/.222/.441 .421/.451 .335 74/.545 1/1 1/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 63/45 .175/.238/.246/.484 .236/.582 .618 40/.547 0/0 0/2
21.Young G/S/vP 15/.553 7/.629 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 130/84 .235/.292/.353/.645 .660/.635 .610 72/.563 0/1 2/1
IP 31.2 15.0 15.0 13.2 20.2 21.1 17.1 14.0 TOTAL .259/.322/.404/.726 .667/.757 .742 .739 13/5 38/27
ERA-K/9 5.12/8.8 0.60/7.2 2.40/15.6 3.29/9.9 1.31/4.3 1.27/9.3 3.63/6.2 3.86/6.4 3.42/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (22-8-4)
 Laird (10-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.268 64/.264 64/.182 59/.146 85/.221 84/.195 86/.303 53/.167 .245  Kelly
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Jackson
 Young
 Dirks
8/5/8/2
0/0/36/1
18/0/7/1
0/36/0/1
13/0/0/0
15/1/0/0
OPS .685 .657 .679 .618 .636 .626 .850 .581 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.758 31/.748 35/.636 35/.529 40/.618 37/.668 38/.901 29/.614 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.578 33/.579 29/.720 24/.750 45/.653 47/.591 48/.809 24/.536 .702
Road 49/1.098 35/.668 41/.657 27/.697 43/.597 61/.750 56/.738 31/.661
Last 28d days 108/.766 35/.649 40/.688 36/.600 45/.530 73/.609 56/.875 34/.742
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/3/0 2/5/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 2/2/0 33/24/4
Usage ·····X·· ·X···oo· ·X··Xo·· ·X··Xo·· ··ooo··X X···X··· o··X··o· ·o·X·oo·

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.