Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 14, 2012 @Target Field

Tigers, 61-55, 61-55 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 6-7, 3.48)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-7)			106.0	106	45	41	21	89	9	3.48
2011 (11-13)			216.1	193	76	68	37	146	11	2.83
2010 (6-14)			171.0	187	85	78	32	93	13	4.11

Last 7 GS		5-1	51.1	41	13	13	9	43	2	2.28	64
2012-08-09	NYY	ND	6.1	8	2	2	1	4	0	109	52
2012-08-04	CLE	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	107	81
2012-07-29	@TOR	W	8.0	7	1	1	2	9	0	109	71
2012-07-24	@CLE	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	102	50
2012-07-18	LAA	W	8.0	2	1	1	2	10	1	108	82
2012-07-13	@BAL	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	8	0	94	75
2012-07-07	KCR	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	95	39

Last 5 v.MIN		1-4	30.2	35	15	14	7	26	2	4.11	51
2012-07-02	MIN	L	4.0	8	6	6	1	4	0	85	25
2012-05-17	MIN	L	6.0	9	4	3	2	5	2	109	43
2011-09-11	MIN	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	108	74
2011-05-24	@MIN	L	6.2	9	4	4	0	6	0	113	46
2010-08-28	MIN	L	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	107	65

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

 Home:   33-23   Road:   28-32   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  44-39   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:24-17   vsWest:  9-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Mon, Aug 13  @MIN  L   3-9       61-55  2nd  2.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12  @TEX  L   3-8       61-54  2nd  2.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11  @TEX  L   1-2       61-53  2nd  1.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10  @TEX  W   6-2       61-52  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   NYY  L   3-4       60-52  2nd  1.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   NYY  L   8-12      60-51  2nd  0.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   NYY  W   6-5       60-50  2nd  0.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   NYY  W   7-2       59-50  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5   CLE  W  10-8 (10)  58-50  2nd  1.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4   CLE  W   6-1       57-50  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Twins, 50-65, 50-65 4th, 12½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (29, LHP, 2-7, 4.46)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-7)			72.2	84	42	36	17	39	7	4.46
2011 (9-14)			161.2	193	102	94	52	115	21	5.23
2010 (10-3)			130.2	122	42	38	35	78	11	2.62

Last 7 GS		1-5	32.1	49	27	22	6	15	6	6.12	39
2012-08-08	@CLE	L	7.0	11	6	4	1	3	0	104	37
2012-08-03	@BOS	ND	6.0	10	5	2	0	3	1	90	41
2012-07-29	CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	70	60
2012-07-15	OAK	L	2.0	7	6	6	2	3	3	67	19
2012-07-04	@DET	L	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	0	64	48
2012-06-29	KCR	L	4.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	66	35
2012-06-23	@CIN	L	3.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	63	34

Last 5 v.DET		1-3	26.1	36	24	23	11	21	4	7.86	36
2012-07-04	@DET	L	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	0	64	48
2011-08-28	DET	W	6.0	7	4	3	3	4	0	93	45
2011-07-22	DET	L	4.2	9	7	7	1	7	2	98	24
2011-05-31	@DET	ND	4.2	9	6	6	2	5	0	91	25
2010-09-26	@DET	L	6.2	7	5	5	4	3	2	109	39

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

 Home:   24-35   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  34-47   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:23-22   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Mon, Aug 13   DET  W   9-3       50-65  4th 12.5 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12   TBR  L   3-7 (10)  49-65  4th 13.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11   TBR  L   2-4       49-64  4th 12.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10   TBR  L   6-12      49-63  4th 12.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8  @CLE  L   2-6       49-62  4th 11.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7  @CLE  W   7-5       49-61  4th 11.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6  @CLE  W  14-3       48-61  4th 12.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @BOS  L   4-6       47-61  4th 12.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4  @BOS  W   6-4       47-60  4th 11.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @BOS  W   6-5 (10)  46-60  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 13, 2012 MIN  9  DET  3        W:Sam Deduno (4-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (6-10), S: none
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 DET  7  MIN  3        W:Octavio Dotel (2-2), L: Alex Burnett (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 DET  5  MIN  1        W:Justin Verlander (9-5), L: Brian Duensing (1-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 MIN  8 @DET  6        W:Jeff Gray (5-0), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-2), S: Glen Perkins (4)
Mon, Jul 02, 2012 MIN  6 @DET  4        W:Anthony Swarzak (2-4), L: Doug Fister (1-6), S: Glen Perkins (3)
Sun, May 27, 2012 DET  4 @MIN  3        W:Brayan Villarreal (1-1), L: Matt Capps (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (9)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 5-5; 2011 - DET won 14-4; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1060-976

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 5.09 CIN 4.30 MIA 3.68	RA/G WSN 3.53 TEX 4.42 COL 5.77	BA A. McCutchen .362 Y. Alonso .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 A. LaRoche .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG D. Ortiz .609 C. Davis .436 J. Carroll .295	OPS J. Votto 1.069 C. Santana .773 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.22 C. Lee 3.85 E. Santana 5.82	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.31 G. Floyd 7.31 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

CIN 4.30

MIA 3.68

RA/G

WSN 3.53

TEX 4.42

COL 5.77

A. McCutchen .362

Y. Alonso .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. LaRoche .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

C. Davis .436

J. Carroll .295

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

C. Santana .773

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.22

C. Lee 3.85

E. Santana 5.82

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.31

G. Floyd 7.31

D. Lowe 3.29

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Tigers Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 16/.718 7/.829 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· 9/.730 2/.000 320/245 .261/.364/.408/.772 .651/.806 .700 80/.898 2/0 7/4

18.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 152/48 .268/.303/.444/.746 .767/.701 .768 34/.588 4/1 4/2

52.Berry* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 257/203 .274/.354/.376/.730 .573/.773 .723 64/.624 15/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 11/.573 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· 426/306 .249/.286/.386/.672 .598/.700 .692 88/.705 4/3 11/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 33/.900 9/1.056 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 2/3.000 3/.666 ··· 21/.881 ··· 510/371 .323/.386/.579/.965 .873/.995 .861 106/1.025 4/1 29/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 184/149 .333/.383/.506/.888 .590/.953 .802 38/.865 1/0 4/1

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/.500 3/1.666 499/327 .307/.399/.508/.907 .777/.980 .849 104/.984 1/0 20/7

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 421/309 .290/.313/.448/.761 .851/.728 .785 93/.774 11/2 10/12

14.Jackson G/S/vP 22/.853 11/1.255 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 425/305 .314/.397/.514/.911 .931/.903 .927 111/.862 10/5 13/0

9.Laird G/S/vP 10/.555 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 130/58 .291/.349/.393/.742 .578/.945 .729 18/.583 0/0 2/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 26/1.227 6/2.583 5/.400 1/2.000 2/3.000 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 11/.773 ··· 408/292 .262/.329/.414/.743 .762/.736 .674 86/.750 1/1 8/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 10/1.067 8/.629 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 8/.286 ··· 241/184 .213/.295/.284/.580 .546/.591 .530 27/.414 1/0 2/5

21.Young G/S/vP 7/.715 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 428/297 .263/.294/.395/.689 .813/.631 .699 93/.609 0/2 12/2

IP 72.2 52.2 46.0 60.1 15.2 46.1 18.2 5.1 50.1 13.2 TOTAL .270/.337/.424/.761 .711/.782 .731 .795 42/14 115/71

ERA-K/9

4.46/4.8

3.25/3.8

2.15/7.8

4.77/6.3

1.15/7.5

5.05/4.5

9.16/4.8

1.69/5.1

3.04/10.2

6.59/11.8

4.82/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (56-24-7)
Laird (30-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 312/.291 218/.234 179/.190 260/.253 63/.190 210/.261 87/.354 27/.250 214/.250 59/.275 .278 Boesch
Jackson
Berry
Young
Dirks
Baker 0/0/102/4
0/94/0/3
44/19/5/2
27/0/0/1
33/1/6/1
2/0/17/0

OPS .758 .617 .541 .785 .547 .772 .977 .757 .688 .815 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.634 78/.486 65/.806 117/.713 23/.408 81/.901 44/.773 15/.533 76/.594 40/.673 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 192/.834 140/.681 114/.399 143/.841 40/.626 129/.692 43/1.171 12/1.000 138/.741 19/1.126 .796

Home 129/.743 104/.522 103/.582 128/.864 30/.476 112/.709 54/.798 18/.752 121/.765 38/.669

Last 28d days 109/.758 32/.586 30/.407 115/.799 48/.641 31/.816 35/.819 27/.757 41/.581 27/.976

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 3/6/0 4/4/0 14/2/1 0/1/0 6/5/1 4/0/0 0/1/0 5/2/2 3/2/1 149/77/16

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

Twins Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 36.Putkonen
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 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 88/64 .220/.273/.317/.590 .212/.735 .495 17/.423 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.533 1/.000 10/1.222 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 3/.666 411/306 .250/.337/.295/.632 .748/.593 .678 82/.733 6/3 0/9

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 9/1.111 8/.393 1/2.000 5/.933 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 4/1.250 261/200 .221/.259/.304/.563 .639/.540 .682 68/.530 14/1 1/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 9/.833 2/no AB 376/266 .297/.343/.497/.840 .708/.896 .787 92/.973 0/0 14/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .636 95/.566 9/2 6/15

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 120/75 .296/.361/.444/.806 .768/.829 .828 39/1.006 14/2 3/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 18/.347 11/.773 16/.980 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 12/.258 2/1.500 462/309 .321/.416/.440/.857 .844/.862 .859 107/.773 7/3 7/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/1.273 12/.500 15/.767 6/1.500 4/.000 1/3.000 6/.533 1/no AB 397/255 .276/.338/.476/.814 .569/.956 .736 96/.971 1/0 16/3

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 292/204 .255/.325/.517/.842 1.125/.728 .938 15/.552 0/3 19/10

11.Revere* G/S/vP 7/.858 4/1.500 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/1.167 360/246 .315/.346/.369/.715 .776/.686 .746 108/.715 28/6 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 17/.975 4/.500 11/.200 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 10/.775 2/1.000 468/319 .287/.351/.397/.748 .706/.767 .945 98/.788 12/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 14/1.200 5/.200 5/.900 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/.222 2/1.500 475/335 .264/.377/.545/.922 1.070/.863 1.039 105/.826 2/1 29/3

IP 106.0 51.0 46.2 39.2 13.1 7.1 47.2 37.1 TOTAL .266/.332/.406/.737 .767/.725 .798 .759 94/28 104/73

ERA-K/9

3.48/7.6

3.53/10.2

3.86/7.9

2.95/11.8

2.03/10.8

8.59/7.4

3.78/6.6

2.41/11.6

4.09/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (17-5-2)
Doumit (21-5-2)
Mauer (39-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 435/.258 208/.227 211/.328 154/.194 52/.191 41/.400 203/.217 157/.209 .265 Willingham
Revere
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Doumit 97/0/0/6
2/15/64/5
0/102/0/3
2/0/15/2
18/1/22/1
7/0/6/0

OPS .691 .742 .845 .554 .588 .961 .641 .593 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 260/.750 104/.775 106/.662 54/.609 20/.200 22/1.055 110/.785 54/.752 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 175/.599 104/.708 105/1.033 100/.525 32/.856 19/.849 93/.478 103/.518 .726

Road 236/.702 90/.755 111/.915 82/.623 14/.557 31/.928 105/.620 62/.688

Last 28d days 144/.595 34/.952 39/1.184 30/.333 23/.579 / 33/.463 33/.788

HR/SB/CS 9/2/4 11/1/0 4/5/2 2/7/3 1/1/1 0/1/0 3/11/0 2/5/1 122/95/32

Usage ····X··· X···X··· o·X··X·· ···Xo·o· oX···o·· ········ ···oo·XX ·XX··Xo·

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.