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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 27, 2012 @Target Field

Tigers, 22-24, 22-24 3rd, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 3-4, 5.29)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-4)			51.0	63	36	30	12	33	7	5.29
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		2-4	36.1	51	33	27	11	25	6	6.69	39
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
2012-04-21	TEX	L	1.0	10	9	8	1	1	1	51	-1

Last 5 v.MIN		3-1	29.0	33	17	11	9	17	3	3.41	48
2012-05-16	MIN	ND	4.0	6	6	2	0	3	1	100	37
2011-08-26	@MIN	W	6.1	7	1	1	3	4	0	95	56
2011-08-15	MIN	L	6.0	9	6	4	1	2	1	95	35
2011-07-24	@MIN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	93	56
2011-06-01	MIN	W	6.2	6	2	2	3	4	1	106	55

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

 Home:   11-12   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-17   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 42 Tue, May 22  @CLE  L   3-5       20-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   PIT  W   4-3       20-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   PIT  L   3-4       19-21  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Twins, 15-31, 15-31 5th, 11 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (27, RHP, 2-1, 2.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-1)			21.1	15	7	7	5	15	5	2.95
2011 (0-0)			5.0	3	4	4	3	4	1	7.20
2010 (2-0)			30.0	32	20	20	10	22	5	6.00

Last 7 GS		4-1	41.1	36	17	17	11	33	8	3.70	55
2012-05-22	@CHW	W	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	110	75
2012-05-17	@DET	W	6.1	4	3	3	3	2	3	87	52
2012-05-12	TOR	L	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	93	57
2010-09-29	PIT	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	80	74
2010-06-01	CIN	ND	4.0	8	7	7	1	3	3	75	20
2010-05-27	@SDP	W	5.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	93	61
2009-04-17	@CHC	ND	4.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	98	43

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	6.1	4	3	3	3	2	3	4.26	52
2012-05-17	@DET	W	6.1	4	3	3	3	2	3	87	52

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

 Home:    6-16   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  11-23   vsLHP:   4-8    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  4-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Sat, May 26   DET  L   3-6       15-31  5th 11.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 25   DET  L   6-10      15-30  5th 11.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 24  @CHW  L   8-11      15-29  5th 11.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @CHW  L   0-6       15-28  5th 10.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @CHW  W   9-2       15-27  5th  9.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @MIL  L   4-16      14-27  5th  9.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @MIL  W   5-4 (11)  14-26  5th  9.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @MIL  W  11-3       13-26  5th  9.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @DET  W   4-3       12-26  5th 10.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @DET  W  11-7       11-26  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 26, 2012 DET  6 @MIN  3        W:Max Scherzer (4-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Fri, May 25, 2012 DET 10 @MIN  6        W:Drew Smyly (2-1), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-4), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2012 MIN  4 @DET  3        W:P.J. Walters (1-1), L: Doug Fister (0-2), S: Matt Capps (8)
Wed, May 16, 2012 MIN 11 @DET  7        W:Alex Burnett (1-0), L: Duane Below (2-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 11, 2011 DET  2  MIN  1        W:Doug Fister (8-13), L: Scott Diamond (1-4), S: Jose Valverde (43)
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 DET  3  MIN  2        W:Al Alburquerque (6-1), L: Glen Perkins (4-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 DET  8  MIN  4        W:Brad Penny (10-10), L: Kevin Slowey (0-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 MIN 11  DET  4        W:Brian Duensing (9-13), L: Brad Penny (9-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Justin Verlander (20-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-11), S: Jose Valverde (39)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 DET  8 @MIN  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-8), L: Scott Diamond (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - DET won 14-4; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1057-973

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 5.62 ARI 4.19 PIT 2.83	RA/G WSN 3.30 SDP 4.21 MIN 5.65	BA P. Konerko .396 A. Soriano .263 R. Weeks .155	OBP D. Wright .489 C. Hart .332 C. Barmes .203	SLG J. Hamilton .771 S. Castro .420 B. Ryan .254	OPS J. Hamilton 1.201 A. Escobar .760 C. Barmes .482	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 T. Cahill 3.74 C. Buchholz 7.84	K/9IP M. Scherzer 12.00 R. Halladay 7.17 H. Alvarez 2.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.62

ARI 4.19

PIT 2.83

RA/G

WSN 3.30

SDP 4.21

MIN 5.65

P. Konerko .396

A. Soriano .263

R. Weeks .155

OBP

D. Wright .489

C. Hart .332

C. Barmes .203

SLG

J. Hamilton .771

S. Castro .420

B. Ryan .254

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.201

A. Escobar .760

C. Barmes .482

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

T. Cahill 3.74

C. Buchholz 7.84

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 12.00

R. Halladay 7.17

H. Alvarez 2.60

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Tigers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Walters
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 14/.840 4/.000 8/.542 7/1.904 145/106 .234/.313/.414/.727 .616/.766 .510 79/.726 2/0 5/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 20/14 .294/.368/.412/.780 .333/1.007 .780 20/.780 1/0 0/0

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/1.400 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.708 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 186/133 .254/.290/.390/.680 .621/.703 .858 92/.756 2/1 5/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.250 8/.929 2/1.000 8/1.071 ··· 31/.804 2/3.000 20/.821 10/1.178 203/144 .310/.369/.489/.859 .857/.855 .763 108/.790 2/1 8/6

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 6/.833 131/104 .322/.374/.529/.903 .788/.925 .860 98/.926 1/0 4/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 5/.650 10/.200 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 7/.286 7/.971 198/128 .311/.369/.480/.849 .659/.960 .842 105/.863 1/0 7/6

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 66/60 .172/.273/.172/.445 .533/.436 .289 37/.337 1/0 0/2

9.Laird G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 10/.555 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 39/13 .286/.316/.429/.744 .704/.833 .918 18/.548 0/0 1/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 5/2.550 5/.400 7/1.143 ··· 24/1.342 2/.000 10/.856 11/1.091 162/118 .239/.323/.345/.668 .860/.597 .587 84/.712 1/1 2/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP 4/.250 9/.722 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 22/.654 3/.666 12/.265 3/.666 127/83 .148/.214/.217/.432 .401/.448 .532 67/.455 1/1 1/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.933 1/.000 7/.929 ··· 9/1.194 3/.000 7/.334 4/.500 82/62 .203/.268/.257/.525 .211/.626 .419 41/.647 0/0 0/2

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 23/6 .158/.304/.158/.462 .567/.167 .466 15/.500 0/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 6/.666 158/109 .253/.304/.363/.667 .682/.659 .686 84/.685 0/1 2/1

IP 21.1 24.2 17.2 17.0 5.0 24.2 19.2 19.0 36.0 TOTAL .260/.324/.401/.725 .664/.752 .715 .751 18/5 41/32

ERA-K/9

2.95/6.3

2.92/4.0

4.58/8.6

3.18/4.8

5.40/7.2

2.92/5.8

4.12/6.4

3.79/10.9

5.75/5.5

5.50/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (27-10-4)
Laird (10-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.200 105/.263 68/.188 66/.231 23/.273 94/.198 88/.244 77/.239 150/.285 .288 Kelly
Boesch
Raburn
Berry
Young
Dirks 8/8/9/2
0/0/43/2
18/0/9/1
0/4/0/0
13/0/0/0
22/1/0/0

OPS .699 .695 .626 .581 1.032 .533 .714 .695 .767 .817

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.822 41/.494 28/.899 32/.313 10/.644 40/.447 29/.750 26/.755 74/.823 .828

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.589 64/.809 40/.450 34/.839 13/1.308 54/.596 59/.697 51/.663 76/.715 .809

Home 22/.727 42/.575 35/.445 43/.730 / 45/.419 33/.431 49/.852 82/.724

Last 28d days 81/.699 55/.778 35/.714 32/.375 23/1.032 59/.497 44/.794 40/.514 66/.707

HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 3/3/0 4/1/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 5/0/1 66/33/7

Usage ····X··· ···o··X· o·X····X ·o·····o ··X····· X·X···oo ·oo···XX oo·····o ·X····X·

Twins Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.46 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 35/28 .300/.400/.400/.800 .143/.964 .423 35/.800 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 13/.879 1/3.000 6/.533 ··· 8/1.571 ··· 2/no AB 6/.334 2/1.000 187/139 .236/.326/.273/.599 .675/.573 .693 94/.603 4/3 0/2

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 15/.564 1/no AB 7/.453 1/2.000 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 126/94 .229/.270/.288/.558 .808/.473 .536 68/.508 7/0 0/3

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.946 ··· 134/95 .263/.328/.441/.769 .724/.788 .824 70/.944 0/0 5/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 85/71 .247/.259/.370/.629 .857/.582 .698 85/.629 0/0 2/4

25.Komatsu* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/52 .216/.293/.216/.509 .900/.465 .651 37/.516 0/0 0/1

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .136/.240/.136/.376 .250/.396 .377 25/.376 0/0 0/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 21/.602 3/1.000 9/.111 15/1.047 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 10/.100 1/.000 195/140 .297/.405/.412/.817 .997/.750 .835 102/.780 2/0 2/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 20/.694 2/.000 12/.500 14/.824 5/1.850 ··· 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 126/87 .248/.317/.549/.866 .308/1.144 .559 45/.994 0/0 9/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/.625 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 99/63 .163/.273/.337/.610 .844/.485 .591 63/.622 0/0 4/3

11.Revere* G/S/vP 14/.929 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.000 56/44 .280/.333/.400/.733 .533/.783 .838 36/.780 2/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 25/.764 ··· 3/.666 10/.222 4/.833 ··· 3/1.667 8/.708 1/.000 190/135 .305/.363/.408/.771 .652/.818 .990 97/.727 5/3 1/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP 9/1.524 4/.000 3/.000 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/.125 1/.000 179/137 .267/.385/.533/.919 .917/.919 1.198 98/.717 1/0 8/2

IP 51.0 20.2 20.0 20.0 15.2 48.2 18.1 6.2 TOTAL .243/.317/.373/.691 .709/.684 .753 .655 22/7 33/26

ERA-K/9

5.29/5.8

2.61/8.3

2.70/13.5

4.50/7.7

2.87/12.6

/0.0

3.14/8.5

4.91/8.4

0.00/10.7

4.07/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-1-1)
Doumit (8-3-1)
Mauer (17-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.297 78/.205 88/.257 84/.297 61/.175 / 202/.247 84/.257 26/.136 .257 Plouffe
Willingham
Span
Komatsu
Mastroianni
Doumit
Revere 1/0/15/2
40/0/0/2
0/42/0/1
2/5/10/1
3/1/5/1
0/0/6/0
2/2/9/0

OPS .833 .494 .683 .760 .510 .726 .804 .367 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.881 36/.406 40/.639 44/.645 16/.683 / 62/.748 44/1.140 5/.400 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.780 42/.570 48/.721 40/.895 45/.451 / 140/.715 40/.456 21/.340 .709

Road 81/.832 23/.768 39/.665 41/.841 32/.460 / 112/.617 45/.825 8/.575

Last 28d days 130/.809 36/.701 41/.495 48/.786 30/.660 / 112/.771 38/.699 19/.276

HR/SB/CS 7/7/2 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/1 // 7/1/3 2/6/0 0/1/0 48/37/13

Usage ····X··· ····X··· XX····Xo ·X·X··oX X·····o· ·X·····X oX······ ·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.