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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 @Comerica Park

Athletics, 84-63, 84-63 2nd, 3 GB

SP: Brett Anderson (24, LHP, 4-1, 1.93)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-1) 32.2 26 8 7 4 24 1 1.93
2011 (3-6) 83.1 86 40 37 25 61 8 4.00
2010 (7-6) 112.1 112 41 35 22 75 6 2.80
Last 7 GS 4-3 43.0 46 23 21 9 29 5 4.40 50
2012-09-13 @LAA L 6.2 9 5 5 1 5 1 100 40
2012-09-08 @SEA W 6.0 6 1 0 0 4 0 108 62
2012-09-02 BOS W 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 90 61
2012-08-27 @CLE W 7.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 95 76
2012-08-21 MIN W 7.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 86 71
2011-06-05 @BOS L 5.0 9 5 5 2 2 2 103 29
2011-05-31 NYY L 5.1 11 10 9 3 3 2 103 8
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 14.1 13 10 4 6 12 1 2.51 50
2010-05-29 @DET W 5.2 3 0 0 0 4 0 70 67
2009-06-29 DET W 5.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 107 59
2009-05-15 @DET L 3.1 6 9 3 2 1 1 87 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-31   Road:   40-32   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  58-37   vsLHP:  26-26   1-Run:  22-15
 vsEast: 27-16   vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 25-22 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Tue, Sep 18  @DET  L   2-12      84-63  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Sun, Sep 16   BAL  L   5-9       84-62  2nd  3.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 15   BAL  W   5-2       84-61  2nd  2.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep 14   BAL  W   3-2       83-61  2nd  3.0 gb
143 Thu, Sep 13  @LAA  L   0-6       82-61  2nd  3.0 gb
142 Wed, Sep 12  @LAA  W   4-1       82-60  2nd  3.0 gb
141 Tue, Sep 11  @LAA  W   6-5       81-60  2nd  3.0 gb
140 Mon, Sep 10  @LAA  W   3-1       80-60  2nd  3.0 gb
139 Sun, Sep  9  @SEA  W   4-2       79-60  2nd  3.5 gb
138 Sat, Sep  8  @SEA  W   6-1       78-60  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8 
Tigers, 78-69, 78-69 2nd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 14-8, 2.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-8) 217.1 174 78 68 55 218 18 2.82
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 48.2 48 21 21 14 52 4 3.88 56
2012-09-14 @CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 110 70
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
Last 5 v.OAK 3-2 37.0 23 9 8 9 33 1 1.95 68
2012-05-13 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 1 8 1 104 76
2011-09-18 @OAK W 8.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 116 79
2011-04-16 @OAK L 6.0 8 4 3 3 6 0 116 45
2010-05-31 OAK L 7.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 114 60
2010-05-19 @OAK W 9.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 116 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-28   Road:   34-41   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  55-47   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  17-26
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:34-25   vsWest: 12-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Tue, Sep 18   OAK  W  12-2       78-69  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Mon, Sep 17  @CHW  L   4-5       77-69  2nd  3.0 gb
145 Sun, Sep 16  @CLE  L   6-7       77-68  2nd  2.0 gb
144 Sat, Sep 15  @CLE  W   5-3       77-67  2nd  1.0 gb
143 Fri, Sep 14  @CLE  W   4-0       76-67  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 DET 12  OAK  2        W:Darin Downs (2-1), L: A.J. Griffin (6-1), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander (4-1), L: Jarrod Parker (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Sat, May 12, 2012 OAK  3  DET  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-3), L: Doug Fister (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (2)
Fri, May 11, 2012 OAK 11  DET  4        W:Tommy Milone (5-2), L: Rick Porcello (3-3), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2012 DET 10 @OAK  6        W:Max Scherzer (2-3), L: Bartolo Colon (3-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 18, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  0        W:Justin Verlander (24-5), L: Guillermo Moscoso (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (46)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 OAK  5  DET  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (14-12), L: Rick Porcello (14-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Doug Fister (9-13), L: Trevor Cahill (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (45)
Thu, Sep 15, 2011 OAK  6  DET  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (9-8), L: Max Scherzer (14-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 OAK  7 @DET  5        W:Joey Devine (1-1), L: David Purcey (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (10)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 3-2; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 984-906

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
Athletics Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.20 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 13/.508 1/.000 4/.250 8/2.083 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 127/92 .196/.323/.280/.603 .544/.626 .712 1/.000 1/0 1/0
22.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/132 .251/.361/.534/.895 .897/.889 .956 67/.796 0/0 14/5
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 471/328 .291/.355/.491/.845 .849/.843 .780 103/.730 16/3 19/2
12.Cowgill G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/65 .270/.339/.320/.659 .876/.510 .718 4/.750 3/4 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 23/.819 2/.000 12/.523 4/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 481/325 .251/.318/.402/.720 .640/.759 .667 99/.722 34/4 10/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 229/163 .235/.284/.399/.683 .661/.692 .700 92/.835 3/1 7/10
5.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.583 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 254/187 .202/.287/.327/.615 .587/.625 .590 91/.664 1/1 5/8
31.Gomes G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 297/121 .259/.370/.486/.856 .948/.723 .983 34/1.062 3/1 16/1
18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/21 .172/.243/.391/.633 .654/.588 .515 5/.200 1/0 3/3
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 2/3.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/151 .209/.364/.412/.776 .561/.817 .707 43/.892 0/0 8/3
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 234/191 .268/.333/.568/.901 .669/.956 1.009 54/1.127 0/1 18/5
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/119 .195/.275/.328/.602 .569/.623 .637 51/.477 5/1 5/5
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 12/.083 2/1.000 4/.500 8/1.125 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 412/309 .211/.270/.307/.578 .386/.645 .606 60/.714 15/5 5/10
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 610/396 .254/.317/.480/.797 .773/.810 .779 100/.763 11/1 29/5
17.Rosales G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 98/40 .233/.316/.349/.665 .578/.799 .776 30/.633 0/0 2/0
15.Smith* G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 405/329 .244/.341/.424/.765 .508/.825 .768 72/.750 2/2 13/1
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 509/340 .222/.306/.305/.611 .673/.580 .661 5/1.000 16/5 2/11
IP 217.1 4.1 64.2 52.1 53.1 18.2 18.1 11.2 89.0 62.0 51.0 TOTAL .236/.308/.398/.706 .693/.712 .714 .768 115/29 171/96
ERA-K/9 2.82/9.0 0.00/10.5 3.34/10.6 3.61/8.6 3.21/10.1 1.93/8.7 3.44/7.4 5.40/5.4 4.25/8.8 3.77/6.4 2.29/10.9 3.84/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-0)
 Kottaras (36-5-2)
 Norris (28-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 871/.216 19/.000 261/.222 233/.321 213/.230 74/.200 77/.232 56/.354 372/.254 267/.232 208/.197 .259  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Crisp
 Cowgill
 Smith
 Moss
 Gomes
0/12/123/14
49/41/0/7
16/91/0/4
15/14/8/3
51/0/13/3
6/0/10/2
35/0/3/1
OPS .606 .263 .702 .828 .620 .590 .746 .853 .755 .669 .560 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 483/.629 6/.167 138/.705 120/.663 74/.793 33/.373 33/.864 29/.984 108/.688 146/.803 75/.654 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.576 13/.308 123/.699 113/1.006 139/.530 41/.778 44/.663 27/.712 264/.783 121/.514 133/.512 .695
Home 388/.522 4/.000 149/.649 114/.764 106/.503 56/.613 33/.816 19/.796 172/.778 136/.679 118/.511
Last 28d days 152/.719 19/.263 38/.687 18/.590 43/.783 19/.688 3/.000 6/.667 41/.578 48/.773 45/.526
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 12/7/6 3/12/1 2/8/2 142/117/44
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o··XX·XX Xooo···· ·X······ X······· o······· ········ ··X····· ··XXo·oX Xoo···X·
Tigers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
64.Griffin
G/S/vB
53.Miller
G/S/vB
40.Neshek
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
67.Straily
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 402/302 .247/.355/.388/.743 .557/.803 .759 65/.686 2/0 8/5
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 292/234 .272/.345/.374/.718 .603/.747 .733 23/.625 19/0 2/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 497/360 .244/.290/.377/.667 .625/.682 .657 67/.652 6/3 12/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/1.071 10/.400 ··· 1/2.000 6/2.067 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/3.667 2/1.000 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· 636/460 .333/.396/.612/1.008 .883/1.049 1.139 95/1.178 4/1 40/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 294/231 .305/.363/.462/.825 .701/.857 .862 84/.640 1/1 6/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.914 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 633/406 .305/.406/.518/.924 .787/1.004 1.011 104/.927 1/0 27/8
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/9 .333/.391/.333/.725 .607/.889 1.156 23/.725 0/0 0/0
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 1.250/.333 .700 / 0/0 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 535/386 .274/.300/.416/.715 .856/.661 .680 84/.462 14/3 11/17
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 557/393 .307/.386/.487/.872 .931/.848 .856 100/.776 11/9 14/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/106 .179/.269/.245/.514 .322/.537 .525 3/.667 1/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 167/76 .280/.343/.380/.723 .601/.869 .724 25/.624 0/0 2/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.000 13/.749 ··· 5/.650 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 10/.762 1/no AB ··· 530/377 .248/.314/.400/.714 .739/.704 .778 94/.625 1/1 12/5
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 7/.500 ··· 3/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 250/188 .209/.289/.277/.566 .499/.589 .621 9/.222 1/0 2/6
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/41 .211/.321/.254/.575 .664/.479 .526 3/.667 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 9/1.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 549/379 .270/.302/.419/.721 .848/.663 .757 93/.806 0/2 17/2
IP 32.2 65.2 98.2 58.1 23.2 62.2 37.2 18.0 69.2 39.0 14.1 25.2 28.1 TOTAL .268/.337/.424/.761 .721/.778 .796 .740 52/20 148/89
ERA-K/9 1.93/6.6 2.88/8.1 3.65/5.9 2.47/7.7 10.27/10.6 2.44/9.6 3.35/12.2 2.00/4.5 2.45/7.2 2.08/8.5 0.63/8.8 3.51/7.4 4.13/6.7 3.49/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-33-9)
 Holaday (2-1-0)
 Laird (35-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 124/.218 261/.175 400/.234 232/.204 120/.324 250/.167 156/.243 71/.175 273/.216 165/.200 55/.122 109/.238 123/.255 .245  Boesch
 Kelly
 Jackson
 Berry
 Garcia
 Young
 Dirks
0/0/118/4
17/8/35/3
0/123/0/3
56/21/5/2
1/0/10/1
31/0/0/1
53/1/17/1
OPS .536 .544 .658 .638 1.010 .539 .619 .636 .573 .629 .443 .670 .820 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.459 136/.517 117/.566 112/.549 45/1.144 121/.591 57/.811 23/.269 141/.516 78/.423 11/.964 48/.887 52/.985 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.561 125/.573 283/.696 120/.722 75/.927 129/.492 99/.509 48/.833 132/.636 87/.822 44/.310 61/.505 71/.705 .657
Road 79/.599 125/.647 207/.715 115/.454 103/.896 131/.510 80/.693 19/.511 145/.641 84/.679 22/.739 56/.704 52/.603
Last 28d days 102/.574 38/.723 39/.615 28/.339 18/1.486 39/.358 39/.529 13/.885 99/.596 23/.366 30/.419 28/.661 53/.921
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 4/2/3 7/2/4 6/4/3 7/0/0 4/4/2 1/5/0 2/2/0 8/0/3 4/9/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 8/2/1 130/91/42
Usage ·····X·· ···oo··X ··X····· o······o X·X··X·· ····o·o· ···o··Xo o·o····· X·····X· ··X····· ····o··o X·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.