Thursday, August 30, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, August 30, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 69-60, 69-60 2nd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 9-9, 4.60)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-9)			146.2	186	83	75	33	89	11	4.60
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		3-4	44.1	50	24	22	6	27	3	4.47	49
2012-08-24	LAA	L	6.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	101	55
2012-08-18	BAL	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	97	51
2012-08-12	@TEX	L	6.0	9	6	4	0	1	1	90	35
2012-08-07	NYY	W	6.2	8	3	3	0	3	1	101	49
2012-08-01	@BOS	W	5.2	8	4	4	2	6	0	88	41
2012-07-27	@TOR	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	89	39
2012-07-21	CHW	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	94	72

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	31.2	37	18	16	5	18	2	4.55	48
2012-05-01	KCR	W	8.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	98	59
2011-08-31	KCR	ND	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	86	48
2011-08-05	@KCR	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	4	0	82	51
2011-07-08	@KCR	W	5.1	6	3	1	1	5	0	90	52
2011-04-10	KCR	L	5.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	97	28

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   39-26   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  48-41   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:26-19   vsWest: 11-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Wed, Aug 29  @KCR  L   0-1       69-60  2nd  3.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 28  @KCR  L   8-9       69-59  2nd  2.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 26   LAA  W   5-2       69-58  2nd  2.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25   LAA  W   5-3       68-58  2nd  2.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24   LAA  L   1-2       67-58  2nd  2.5 gb
124 Thu, Aug 23   TOR  W   3-2 (11)  67-57  2nd  1.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22   TOR  W   3-2       66-57  2nd  2.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21   TOR  W   5-3       65-57  2nd  2.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19   BAL  L   5-7       64-57  2nd  1.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18   BAL  L   2-3       64-56  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Royals, 58-71, 58-71 3rd, 14 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (33, RHP, 5-12, 5.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-12)			132.1	160	95	84	41	77	26	5.71
2011 (9-17)			208.0	213	113	100	66	130	26	4.33
2010 (11-14)			209.1	193	93	89	50	119	25	3.83

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.2	38	23	20	10	32	5	4.32	52
2012-08-25	@BOS	ND	2.2	7	7	6	2	1	2	53	17
2012-08-19	CHW	ND	7.2	2	2	0	1	5	0	103	75
2012-08-14	OAK	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	102	77
2012-08-08	@CHW	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	104	78
2012-08-03	TEX	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	104	50
2012-07-27	@SEA	L	5.1	11	6	6	0	4	2	105	26
2012-07-22	MIN	L	5.0	4	5	5	3	4	1	91	40

Last 5 v.DET		2-2	29.2	30	14	13	8	14	2	3.94	50
2012-06-17	@DET	L	3.0	8	4	3	2	2	0	78	29
2011-09-24	@DET	ND	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	102	42
2011-08-13	DET	L	5.2	8	6	6	2	1	1	83	28
2010-10-01	DET	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	108	82
2010-09-11	@DET	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	108	70

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-33   Road:   30-38   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  40-47   vsLHP:  18-24   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:22-24   vsWest: 12-16 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Wed, Aug 29   DET  W   1-0       58-71  3rd 14.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 28   DET  W   9-8       57-71  3rd 14.0 gb
127 Mon, Aug 27  @BOS  L   1-5       56-71  3rd 15.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 26  @BOS  L   6-8       56-70  3rd 15.0 gb
125 Sat, Aug 25  @BOS  W  10-9 (12)  56-69  3rd 14.0 gb
124 Fri, Aug 24  @BOS  L   3-4       55-69  3rd 14.0 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22  @TBR  L   3-5       55-68  3rd 13.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21  @TBR  W   1-0 (10)  55-67  3rd 12.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 20  @TBR  L   1-5       54-67  3rd 12.0 gb
120 Sun, Aug 19   CHW  W   5-2       54-66  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 KCR  1  DET  0        W:Bruce Chen (10-10), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-11), S: Greg Holland (9)
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 KCR  9  DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-4), S: Greg Holland (8)
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 DET  7  KCR  1        W:Max Scherzer (8-5), L: Everett Teaford (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 DET  8  KCR  7        W:Doug Fister (2-6), L: Bruce Chen (7-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Drew Smyly (4-3), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-5), S: Jose Valverde (16)
Wed, May 02, 2012 KCR  3 @DET  2        W:Tim Collins (1-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (4)
Tue, May 01, 2012 DET  9  KCR  3        W:Rick Porcello (2-2), L: Luke Hochevar (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 DET  4 @KCR  3        W:Max Scherzer (1-1), L: Jose Mijares (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 DET  3 @KCR  1        W:Octavio Dotel (1-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (2)
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (1-1), L: Danny Duffy (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 7-3; 2011 - DET won 11-7; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - KCR leads 293-287

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 5.15 SFG 4.28 HOU 3.65	RA/G WSN 3.59 DET 4.33 COL 5.53	BA M. Cabrera .346 K. Morales .274 C. Pena .188	OBP A. McCutchen .409 A. Jones .333 J. Smoak .258	SLG G. Stanton .604 A. Ellis .434 J. Carroll .290	OPS M. Trout .989 K. Morales .769 J. Smoak .576	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 W. Rodriguez 3.86 J. Guthrie 5.71	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.34 G. Floyd 7.42 H. Alvarez 3.41

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.15

SFG 4.28

HOU 3.65

RA/G

WSN 3.59

DET 4.33

COL 5.53

M. Cabrera .346

K. Morales .274

C. Pena .188

OBP

A. McCutchen .409

A. Jones .333

J. Smoak .258

SLG

G. Stanton .604

A. Ellis .434

J. Carroll .290

OPS

M. Trout .989

K. Morales .769

J. Smoak .576

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

W. Rodriguez 3.86

J. Guthrie 5.71

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

G. Floyd 7.42

H. Alvarez 3.41

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

Tigers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Guthrie
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 11/.697 ··· 6/1.500 6/.167 3/1.667 2/.500 6/.500 ··· 3/.333 356/267 .250/.352/.388/.740 .568/.794 .681 74/.805 2/0 7/4

18.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/57 .256/.294/.411/.705 .698/.720 .711 39/.474 4/1 4/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 274/216 .268/.346/.368/.714 .603/.743 .701 35/.479 17/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· 3/.666 439/316 .247/.287/.380/.667 .600/.693 .692 52/.646 5/3 11/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/1.183 ··· 6/.833 ··· 4/.000 4/1.250 9/.444 ··· 4/.750 559/400 .325/.390/.583/.973 .863/1.011 .878 98/1.026 4/1 32/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 233/177 .332/.388/.502/.890 .732/.938 .838 87/.883 1/1 5/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· ··· 4/1.833 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 555/355 .310/.407/.518/.925 .784/1.010 .851 104/1.098 1/0 23/8

4.Infante G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 472/340 .283/.307/.443/.750 .885/.697 .775 97/.807 11/2 11/14

14.Jackson G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 5/1.850 5/.400 8/.542 ··· 3/.666 484/339 .309/.390/.493/.883 .956/.852 .937 109/.789 11/6 13/1

9.Laird G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 145/64 .277/.340/.385/.725 .597/.885 .758 22/.573 0/0 2/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 18/.646 ··· 6/.900 5/1.000 6/1.867 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 2/4.000 461/323 .254/.317/.409/.726 .724/.728 .682 90/.701 1/1 10/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 3/2.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 248/186 .211/.291/.280/.571 .499/.595 .516 20/.328 1/0 2/6

21.Young G/S/vP 19/.329 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 482/330 .271/.303/.419/.721 .819/.675 .724 91/.812 0/2 15/2

IP 132.1 8.1 41.0 61.2 53.2 67.2 54.0 61.2 47.0 TOTAL .269/.337/.424/.761 .716/.781 .737 .805 46/16 128/81

ERA-K/9

5.71/5.2

2.16/3.3

3.95/10.1

3.06/12.3

3.52/9.4

2.66/8.5

2.83/11.5

5.55/5.7

4.79/5.4

4.29/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (65-31-7)
Laird (30-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 591/.301 32/.241 172/.211 252/.201 213/.228 272/.248 234/.243 272/.291 201/.280 .266 Boesch
Jackson
Berry
Young
Dirks
Baker 0/0/106/4
0/107/0/3
53/19/5/2
29/0/0/1
41/1/15/1
2/0/24/0

OPS .884 .557 .763 .656 .609 .650 .651 .835 .827 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 312/.931 15/.829 64/.688 115/.764 75/.463 102/.698 92/.625 80/.766 72/.883 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.829 17/.310 108/.806 137/.566 138/.688 170/.622 142/.668 192/.864 129/.796 .768

Home 302/.909 18/.572 90/.491 127/.885 122/.622 132/.676 126/.654 107/.870 91/.651

Last 28d days 120/.529 14/.536 31/.670 35/.570 32/.706 54/.648 50/.541 127/.853 26/.865

HR/SB/CS 26/8/4 0/0/0 8/0/2 7/9/0 4/2/2 4/10/4 1/2/2 10/6/1 9/2/1 127/99/45

Usage ····X··· ···oX··· ···XX··X ·o·ooo·o ·X·ooo·X ·X··Xo·X XX··o··· ···X···· ····X···

Royals Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 24/9 .333/.333/.417/.750 .600/1.000 .500 24/.750 0/0 0/0

16.Butler G/S/vP 37/.640 10/.686 6/2.167 11/.727 ··· 6/1.833 8/.661 3/2.000 540/386 .305/.372/.503/.875 1.087/.795 .842 107/.914 2/1 25/1

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/121 .251/.299/.383/.682 .767/.639 .965 87/.576 6/0 5/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 301/229 .270/.333/.337/.670 .525/.714 .654 40/.663 25/3 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP 13/.000 3/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 ··· 5/.400 8/.375 2/.000 522/366 .304/.344/.405/.749 .669/.783 .881 106/.666 27/4 4/17

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/.833 6/.667 8/1.482 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 15/.343 2/.000 490/342 .232/.284/.360/.643 .732/.606 .630 87/.646 3/6 11/1

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 110/61 .226/.255/.264/.519 .484/.546 .424 37/.514 1/0 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 24/.681 4/.000 9/.222 7/.762 ··· 6/.334 8/.542 2/1.000 583/379 .296/.367/.444/.811 .622/.915 .820 105/.784 8/5 9/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/1.326 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 7/1.171 1/.000 504/334 .240/.310/.369/.679 .599/.719 .699 87/.746 12/1 12/9

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 10/.500 3/1.000 7/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 7/.310 ··· 492/347 .251/.307/.441/.748 .710/.765 .851 85/.677 3/2 19/11

27.Pena# G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.666 3/1.667 2/4.000 ··· 4/.750 8/1.550 1/.000 188/124 .246/.278/.331/.610 .642/.592 .713 27/.435 0/1 2/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 194/136 .297/.320/.497/.817 1.053/.717 .786 86/.766 0/0 8/2

IP 146.2 57.0 48.1 48.1 14.2 85.1 53.2 43.1 TOTAL .266/.319/.402/.721 .705/.728 .757 .695 101/31 105/86

ERA-K/9

4.60/5.5

3.16/10.3

3.72/8.2

2.98/10.6

1.84/9.8

4.22/8.5

3.52/6.5

2.28/11.8

3.95/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (49-16-5)
Perez (18-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 643/.311 228/.211 219/.332 189/.208 56/.176 356/.257 227/.218 179/.206 .261 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer 0/2/116/15
127/0/0/11
0/82/0/6
1/37/9/2
0/0/2/1

OPS .792 .688 .853 .566 .544 .763 .637 .577 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 332/.857 114/.703 111/.678 67/.690 22/.182 97/.724 122/.754 61/.714 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.723 114/.672 108/1.037 122/.499 34/.801 259/.777 105/.506 118/.512 .707

Road 288/.796 93/.728 114/.932 91/.651 15/.515 192/.746 109/.615 70/.684

Last 28d days 104/.787 35/.851 26/.920 50/.469 25/.408 25/.588 41/.608 45/.638

HR/SB/CS 11/16/5 11/1/0 4/5/2 2/8/3 1/1/1 12/5/5 3/11/1 2/8/2 129/104/39

Usage ·····X·· ···o··oX ·o····o· X···Xoo· ·o······ ····X··· ···Xo··o ·X···X·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.