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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 7:05pm, Monday, July 16, 2012 @Comerica Park

Angels, 49-40, 49-40 2nd, 5 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (29, RHP, 4-9, 5.75)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-9) 103.1 100 68 66 42 73 20 5.75
2011 (11-12) 228.2 207 95 86 72 178 26 3.38
2010 (17-10) 222.2 221 104 97 73 169 27 3.92
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.2 41 35 34 15 25 7 7.91 40
2012-07-04 @CLE L 1.1 6 8 8 3 0 1 58 7
2012-06-29 @TOR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 2 1 85 32
2012-06-23 LAD L 8.0 4 3 2 0 10 0 111 74
2012-06-16 ARI W 9.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 102 89
2012-06-10 @COL W 5.2 9 7 7 1 3 2 84 25
2012-06-04 SEA L 4.2 8 7 7 6 1 1 103 15
2012-05-30 NYY ND 5.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 107 38
Last 5 v.DET 4-1 35.0 28 15 15 8 29 5 3.86 58
2009-06-05 @DET W 8.2 6 1 1 2 7 0 109 73
2008-09-04 @DET W 7.1 6 1 1 1 8 1 112 69
2008-05-27 DET W 9.0 3 2 2 0 7 1 113 80
2008-04-25 @DET W 6.1 6 3 3 2 4 1 111 51
2007-05-24 @DET L 3.2 7 8 8 3 3 2 88 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-18   Road:   24-22   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  33-27   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 12-10 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @NYY  W  10-8       49-40  2nd  5.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @NYY  L   3-5       48-40  2nd  5.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @NYY  L   5-6       48-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   BAL  W   6-0       48-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   BAL  W   3-0       47-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   BAL  L   2-3       46-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5   BAL  W   9-7       46-37  2nd  4.0 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4  @CLE  L   3-12      45-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3  @CLE  L   5-9       45-36  2nd  5.0 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2  @CLE  W   3-0       45-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Tigers, 46-43, 46-43 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 6-5, 4.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-5) 96.2 128 54 48 24 57 8 4.47
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 3-1 39.2 56 15 15 9 22 1 3.40 48
2012-07-05 MIN ND 3.2 12 3 3 1 0 0 77 24
2012-06-30 @TBR W 7.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 87 73
2012-06-25 @TEX W 6.0 6 1 1 3 7 0 96 60
2012-06-20 STL L 7.0 10 2 2 1 2 0 86 50
2012-06-13 @CHC W 5.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 76 37
2012-06-08 @CIN ND 5.0 9 4 4 2 1 1 83 32
2012-06-02 NYY ND 6.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 99 58
Last 5 v.LAA 3-1 28.2 34 20 19 5 20 4 5.97 44
2011-07-29 LAA W 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 107 70
2010-08-08 LAA W 6.0 8 3 2 0 4 0 101 50
2010-04-30 LAA W 5.1 8 5 5 0 3 1 102 35
2010-04-20 @LAA L 4.1 8 6 6 2 5 0 76 26
2009-06-07 LAA ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 2 2 84 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-20   Road:   24-23   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  33-29   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest:  5-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @BAL  W   4-0       46-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @BAL  L   6-8 (13)  45-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @BAL  W   7-2       45-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   KCR  W   7-1       44-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   KCR  W   8-7       43-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   KCR  W   4-2       42-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5   MIN  W   7-3       41-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4   MIN  W   5-1       40-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3   MIN  L   6-8       39-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2   MIN  L   4-6       39-41  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 31, 2011 DET  3  LAA  2        W:Justin Verlander (15-5), L: Jered Weaver (14-5), S: Jose Valverde (28)
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 LAA  5 @DET  1        W:Dan Haren (11-6), L: Jacob Turner (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 DET 12  LAA  2        W:Rick Porcello (11-6), L: Tyler Chatwood (6-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 LAA 12 @DET  7        W:Bobby Cassevah (1-0), L: Brad Penny (7-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 DET  5 @LAA  4        W:Brad Penny (6-6), L: Hisanori Takahashi (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 LAA  1  DET  0        W:Dan Haren (9-5), L: Justin Verlander (11-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 LAA  5  DET  1        W:Joel Pineiro (4-3), L: Charlie Furbush (1-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 08, 2010 DET  9  LAA  4        W:Rick Porcello (5-10), L: Trevor Bell (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 LAA 10 @DET  1        W:Scott Kazmir (8-9), L: Jeremy Bonderman (6-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 LAA  4 @DET  2        W:Jered Weaver (11-7), L: Justin Verlander (12-7), S: Brian Fuentes (21)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - LAA won 4-3; 2010 - DET won 6-4; All-Time - DET leads 311-287

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  5.06

CIN  4.20

SDP  3.56

 RA/G

WSN  3.41

SDP  4.34

COL  5.61

 BA

A. McCutchen  .371

J. Willingham  .268

B. Ryan  .183

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

K. Johnson  .334

J. Hardy  .255

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .651

N. Walker  .424

B. Ryan  .272

 OPS

A. McCutchen  1.074

J. Kipnis  .758

B. Ryan  .555

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.86

C. Lee  3.92

J. Arrieta  6.13

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.57

V. Worley  7.54

H. Alvarez  3.02

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

Angels Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.39 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		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Marte
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 14/.445 ··· 4/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 331/239 .266/.303/.383/.686 .799/.644 .697 84/.958 5/2 4/8
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 154/94 .237/.293/.348/.641 .654/.634 .613 41/.897 2/1 3/1
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .250/.357/.333/.690 .000/.899 .690 / 1/0 0/0
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 17/.529 ··· ··· 5/.800 3/.667 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 257/187 .250/.322/.360/.681 .813/.631 .651 78/.797 0/2 6/7
41.Hester G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/46 .218/.282/.346/.629 .639/.617 .644 34/.587 0/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 13/1.308 3/1.000 7/.762 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 277/194 .266/.329/.421/.749 .818/.720 .775 75/.632 3/0 10/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 8/2.179 ··· 9/.444 4/1.167 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 183/134 .230/.315/.286/.601 .565/.614 .649 29/.718 11/0 1/5
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 5/.600 6/.334 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 325/226 .277/.315/.383/.698 .742/.679 .694 77/.775 6/5 5/8
8.Morales# G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 276/232 .284/.326/.420/.746 .622/.770 .636 71/.793 0/0 8/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/.946 ··· ··· 13/.231 ··· 382/280 .271/.338/.468/.805 .841/.792 .820 90/1.025 6/0 15/4
18.Romine* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .667/.667/.667/1.333 1.000/1.500 1.333 6/1.333 0/0 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/228 .349/.403/.574/.977 .933/.992 .976 96/1.157 30/3 12/3
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 326/231 .310/.362/.620/.982 .937/1.000 .934 89/.945 4/3 24/5
46.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/108 .202/.264/.219/.483 .485/.482 .474 44/.683 0/0 0/3
IP 96.2 38.0 41.0 39.1 29.1 5.1 17.1 37.2 29.0 TOTAL .269/.326/.423/.749 .754/.747 .739 .871 70/17 100/55
ERA-K/9 4.47/5.3 2.61/5.9 2.85/11.6 2.97/8.0 3.68/13.2 0.00/11.9 3.63/7.3 4.06/6.4 1.55/12.4 3.96/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hester (23-5-1)
 Wilson (31-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.318 146/.241 170/.221 172/.307 120/.218 20/.063 74/.242 166/.230 118/.178 .260  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Calhoun
0/0/66/6
0/64/0/2
30/0/26/2
42/46/4/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/6/0
OPS .819 .592 .683 .765 .614 .313 .779 .682 .553 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.839 70/.648 79/.661 84/.656 41/.709 9/.000 31/.926 88/.847 40/.833 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.795 76/.540 91/.702 88/.874 79/.564 11/.597 43/.679 78/.506 78/.428 .706
Home 223/.835 92/.465 91/.596 84/.697 55/.594 15/.205 30/.905 74/.750 71/.499
Last 28d days 103/.730 37/.878 42/.874 43/.692 45/.637 20/.313 29/.649 38/.557 38/.704
HR/SB/CS 8/12/3 3/5/1 6/1/0 1/4/2 2/7/3 0/1/0 4/0/0 2/11/0 2/2/0 89/73/21
Usage ········ ·X······ ·Xo····· ·Xo····o ·XX····X ·X······ ·o······ oXo····· ········
Tigers Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 52.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 232/170 .247/.346/.389/.735 .664/.759 .810 71/.659 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/137 .288/.370/.394/.764 .617/.815 .812 95/.687 12/0 1/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.833 330/234 .249/.282/.374/.656 .569/.690 .522 66/.715 3/2 8/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.053 ··· 7/.714 ··· 4/1.500 8/.500 4/.000 3/.833 396/283 .330/.386/.570/.956 .942/.959 1.077 102/1.087 3/1 20/8
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.500 9/.958 ··· 1/2.000 387/250 .301/.380/.500/.880 .839/.902 .903 101/.835 1/0 15/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.400 306/211 .323/.405/.538/.942 .921/.952 .971 109/.900 7/3 10/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 110/100 .186/.282/.258/.540 .425/.550 .550 15/.574 1/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 20/.872 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 112/55 .297/.351/.416/.767 .618/.923 .778 23/.791 0/0 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 16/.331 ··· 7/.429 ··· 6/.533 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 314/221 .267/.335/.413/.748 .760/.743 .793 83/.726 1/1 6/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/3.500 196/119 .171/.226/.254/.480 .444/.503 .372 48/.534 1/1 1/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 206/155 .221/.304/.304/.608 .615/.606 .696 78/.586 1/0 2/4
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 67/33 .193/.277/.228/.505 .583/.426 .347 2/1.500 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 17/.423 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 326/223 .271/.298/.413/.710 .835/.650 .721 92/.782 0/1 10/2
IP 103.1 31.0 31.1 38.0 21.0 31.0 10.2 31.1 TOTAL .269/.333/.421/.755 .727/.767 .766 .771 33/9 86/56
ERA-K/9 5.75/6.4 3.77/7.0 1.44/5.8 1.42/14.9 1.29/4.3 3.19/5.5 6.75/5.9 4.02/8.3 3.72/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (37-16-6)
 Laird (27-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.249 129/.263 126/.217 158/.141 84/.247 131/.207 45/.263 124/.226 .242  Kelly
 Berry
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Jackson
 Young
14/8/25/3
24/17/5/2
0/0/76/2
23/0/21/2
0/67/0/2
26/0/0/1
OPS .784 .690 .556 .518 .574 .621 .736 .729 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.848 63/.753 57/.494 70/.509 49/.386 70/.716 28/.771 77/.723 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.698 66/.631 69/.607 88/.525 35/.835 61/.518 17/.673 47/.737 .685
Road 227/.953 74/.698 58/.630 74/.522 46/.538 74/.780 23/1.086 70/.771
Last 28d days 68/.825 36/.437 42/.712 32/.766 30/.500 29/.846 13/.237 26/.632
HR/SB/CS 20/13/1 2/5/2 1/1/0 3/3/1 0/5/0 3/7/0 1/1/0 5/1/2 84/77/24
Usage ········ ········ X·X····· X······X ·o·····o o······· o·o····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.