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Game Preview: NYY @ DET, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 2, 2012 @Comerica Park

Yankees, 28-23, 28-23 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (37, RHP, 4-6, 3.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-6) 61.1 63 30 27 21 37 10 3.96
2011 (13-16) 202.0 196 77 69 49 161 24 3.07
2010 (11-13) 196.1 180 87 74 48 159 15 3.39
Last 7 GS 3-4 43.1 40 18 17 15 25 7 3.53 53
2012-05-27 @OAK W 8.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 104 76
2012-05-21 KCR L 5.1 7 3 3 3 4 1 103 43
2012-05-16 @TOR L 5.0 8 7 7 2 6 3 101 27
2012-05-11 SEA W 7.0 6 2 2 3 2 2 105 56
2012-05-05 @KCR L 4.1 6 3 2 3 2 0 91 40
2012-04-30 BAL W 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 0 87 67
2012-04-24 @TEX L 6.2 5 2 2 2 5 1 107 59
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 4.50 52
2010-05-23 DET L 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 88 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-11   Road:   14-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  18-17   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  9-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Fri, Jun  1  @DET  W   9-4       28-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 30  @LAA  W   6-5       27-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29  @LAA  L   1-5       26-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28  @LAA  L   8-9       26-22  3rd  2.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 27  @OAK  W   2-0       26-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 26  @OAK  W   9-2       25-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 25  @OAK  W   6-3       24-21  3rd  4.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 23   KCR  W   8-3       23-21  4th  4.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 22   KCR  W   3-2       22-21  4th  5.5 gb
 42 Mon, May 21   KCR  L   0-6       21-21  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Tigers, 24-28, 24-28 3rd, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 3-4, 5.21)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-4) 57.0 72 39 33 15 35 7 5.21
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 2-3 41.1 50 27 22 13 26 5 4.79 45
2012-05-27 @MIN ND 6.0 9 3 3 3 2 0 106 41
2012-05-22 @CLE L 5.1 8 5 4 3 6 0 100 37
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
Last 5 v.NYY 2-2 22.2 24 14 14 11 8 1 5.56 44
2011-05-05 NYY W 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 120 54
2010-08-19 @NYY L 5.0 6 6 6 3 2 0 94 30
2010-05-12 NYY W 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 91 68
2009-04-29 NYY L 3.2 6 6 6 3 1 1 75 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-13   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-18   vsLHP:   6-10   1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Fri, Jun  1   NYY  L   4-9       24-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 51 Thu, May 31  @BOS  W   7-3       24-27  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Wed, May 30  @BOS  L   4-6       23-27  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29  @BOS  L   3-6       23-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28  @BOS  L   4-7       23-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 47 Sun, May 27  @MIN  W   4-3       23-24  3rd  3.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 26  @MIN  W   6-3       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 25  @MIN  W  10-6       21-24  3rd  5.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 24  @CLE  L   1-2       20-24  3rd  6.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @CLE  L   2-4       20-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 NYY  9 @DET  4        W:CC Sabathia (7-2), L: Casey Crosby (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (7)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 NYY  6  DET  2        W:CC Sabathia (3-0), L: Max Scherzer (1-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 DET  7 @NYY  5        W:Drew Smyly (1-0), L: Freddy Garcia (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 NYY  7  DET  6        W:Mariano Rivera (1-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (0-1), S: none

Thu, May 05, 2011 DET  6  NYY  3        W:Rick Porcello (2-2), L: A.J. Burnett (4-2), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 DET  4  NYY  0        W:Max Scherzer (5-0), L: Freddy Garcia (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2011 DET  4  NYY  2        W:Brad Penny (2-3), L: CC Sabathia (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Mon, May 02, 2011 NYY  5 @DET  3        W:Joba Chamberlain (2-0), L: Jose Valverde (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (11)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 DET 10 @NYY  7        W:Max Scherzer (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 NYY 10  DET  6        W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Brad Penny (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2)
Season Series: 2012 - NYY over 3-1; 2011 - DET won 4-3; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - NYY leads 1045-928

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  5.63

TBR  4.25

PIT  3.04

 RA/G

WSN  3.34

NYY  4.33

COL  5.53

 BA

C. Ruiz  .381

S. Choo  .266

R. Weeks  .158

 OBP

D. Wright  .469

M. Napoli  .333

N. Hundley  .228

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .758

A. Rios  .426

K. Suzuki  .256

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.175

A. Rios  .760

K. Suzuki  .502

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

F. Doubront  3.86

M. Minor  6.98

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.70

E. Jackson  7.30

H. Alvarez  2.63

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

Yankees Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 49.Marte
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· 15/.466 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.167 2/.000 222/147 .286/.342/.498/.840 .539/.997 .816 103/1.055 1/0 8/2
12.Chavez* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 17/.561 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 82/75 .253/.293/.427/.719 .343/.750 .677 49/.604 0/0 3/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 3/.333 8/1.625 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 2/.500 229/157 .263/.360/.561/.920 .962/.901 .838 106/.851 2/3 17/0
27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 23/1.200 1/.000 10/1.843 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 151/132 .268/.318/.543/.861 .652/.892 .726 78/1.008 2/0 9/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 28/.399 2/.000 12/.258 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 234/173 .340/.386/.456/.842 1.211/.710 .937 106/.639 4/1 5/3
22.Jones G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 4/.833 3/.333 13/.917 1/.000 2/.500 7/1.286 1/3.000 81/30 .225/.309/.465/.773 .603/1.080 .640 29/.849 0/0 5/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 12/.166 1/.000 150/117 .187/.333/.333/.667 .864/.614 .818 67/.604 1/0 4/1
17.Nix G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 33/17 .241/.333/.517/.851 .713/.996 .563 27/1.060 1/1 2/0
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 19/.691 2/1.000 10/1.400 1/.000 3/.666 6/.900 2/2.500 216/152 .280/.366/.434/.800 .900/.760 .716 99/.836 6/0 8/2
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 46/24 .227/.244/.250/.494 .558/.435 .426 24/.435 0/0 0/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 12/1.017 ··· 12/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 7/1.571 2/.500 191/138 .241/.304/.459/.762 .594/.824 .837 98/.570 0/0 8/1
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 8/.125 3/.000 7/1.096 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 204/139 .255/.319/.467/.786 .752/.802 .914 91/.954 1/1 9/0
45.Wise* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 24/23 .130/.167/.174/.341 .000/.356 .708 20/.255 1/0 0/0
IP 57.0 22.1 21.2 21.2 17.1 6.2 54.2 20.1 10.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.458/.795 .797/.794 .801 .793 27/7 78/20
ERA-K/9 5.21/5.5 2.82/7.7 2.91/13.7 4.15/7.1 4.15/13.5 1.35/8.1 3.46/8.2 4.43/7.5 0.90/14.4 4.28/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (21-7-3)
 Stewart (5-3-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 257/.304 84/.215 95/.259 90/.291 70/.200 23/.174 227/.256 92/.247 41/.147 .263  Swisher
 Granderson
 Ibanez
 Jones
 Wise
 Nix
0/0/38/2
0/51/0/1
23/0/7/1
11/0/7/1
16/0/2/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .839 .545 .711 .751 .596 .391 .754 .767 .504 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.891 40/.547 42/.607 49/.655 21/.675 13/.308 68/.832 50/1.030 11/.792 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.778 44/.543 53/.797 41/.870 49/.558 10/.500 159/.719 42/.463 30/.419 .714
Home 147/.833 55/.389 49/.696 43/.675 34/.689 12/.333 90/.866 39/.780 24/.440
Last 28d days 129/.879 39/.802 40/.564 50/.769 33/.703 23/.391 114/.811 37/.523 34/.477
HR/SB/CS 7/9/3 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 9/1/3 2/7/0 0/1/0 56/43/15
Usage ·····X·· ···o·o·· ·oX···XX ·oo····X X·X···X· X···X··· ··X····X ·o···ooX X··X·X·X
Tigers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB		 38.Eppley
G/S/vB		 36.Garcia
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB		 41.Phelps
G/S/vB		 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/1.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 159/113 .254/.342/.435/.777 .750/.786 .912 77/.664 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 49/29 .364/.417/.523/.939 .850/1.000 1.800 49/.939 5/0 0/0
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 19/1.088 2/4.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 208/146 .234/.269/.355/.625 .562/.652 .501 97/.680 3/1 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/4.000 31/1.316 2/.500 12/1.250 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 232/162 .315/.366/.507/.873 .917/.853 .940 120/.862 3/1 9/7
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/116 .328/.379/.515/.894 .700/.937 .951 102/.911 1/0 4/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/.733 1/no AB 7/.971 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/2.600 1/no AB 225/142 .322/.387/.508/.894 .694/1.020 .857 115/1.017 1/0 8/6
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/66 .172/.274/.172/.446 .629/.427 .501 37/.310 1/0 0/2
9.Laird G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 16/.192 1/.000 11/.573 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 53/16 .313/.346/.500/.846 .812/.933 .432 32/.805 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 25/.760 4/.000 18/1.569 1/.000 4/.250 4/.833 3/.000 183/131 .239/.324/.371/.695 .774/.664 .739 89/.704 1/1 4/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 91/67 .198/.275/.284/.559 .398/.616 .703 44/.709 0/0 1/2
18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
29.Worth G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 38/11 .219/.316/.250/.566 .643/.382 .533 28/.613 0/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.364 4/2.250 19/1.316 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 180/119 .268/.311/.405/.716 .861/.636 .703 102/.793 0/1 4/1
IP 61.1 10.2 23.0 19.0 28.1 33.1 14.0 19.0 23.2 TOTAL .266/.329/.415/.744 .707/.762 .744 .786 24/5 49/34
ERA-K/9 3.96/5.4 4.22/5.0 8.22/5.9 2.84/13.7 3.49/7.0 2.70/7.8 3.86/5.8 1.89/8.5 2.28/10.6 4.13/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (30-12-4)
 Laird (11-3-1)
 Santos (2-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.267 46/.275 108/.340 84/.276 113/.255 141/.236 58/.217 84/.253 92/.195 .267  Kelly
 Boesch
 Berry
 Young
 Dirks
9/8/10/2
0/0/47/2
0/10/0/1
16/0/0/0
25/1/1/0
OPS .773 .745 .970 .728 .732 .724 .695 .733 .550 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.849 18/.701 62/.916 50/.633 31/.526 67/.864 42/.631 45/.702 35/.464 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.668 28/.774 46/1.039 34/.866 82/.813 74/.598 16/.864 39/.766 57/.605 .798
Road 129/.786 31/.790 50/.835 38/.570 30/.897 76/.931 26/.980 43/.569 48/.519
Last 28d days 107/.805 24/.708 23/.759 34/.706 113/.732 52/.682 25/.821 42/.595 43/.600
HR/SB/CS 10/9/3 1/0/0 4/4/2 1/2/0 6/2/2 5/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 66/26/10
Usage ·····X·· o··oo·X· ········ o·o·o··o ···X···· ····X··· X······· o·X··X·o o·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.