Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, August 15, 2012 @Target Field

Tigers, 62-55, 62-55 2nd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 11-6, 4.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (11-6)			133.2	142	73	69	48	168	21	4.65
2011 (15-9)			195.0	207	101	96	56	174	29	4.43
2010 (12-11)			195.2	174	84	76	70	184	20	3.50

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.1	45	19	19	16	54	7	3.95	55
2012-08-10	@TEX	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	8	1	112	54
2012-08-05	CLE	ND	5.0	10	4	4	1	9	1	105	39
2012-07-30	@BOS	L	6.1	7	5	5	2	9	1	101	46
2012-07-25	@CLE	W	7.0	3	2	2	4	8	1	105	67
2012-07-19	LAA	W	7.0	3	1	1	4	9	1	109	72
2012-07-14	@BAL	ND	5.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	94	35
2012-07-08	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	109	69

Last 5 v.MIN		2-0	35.0	28	14	14	6	35	5	3.60	60
2012-05-26	@MIN	W	5.1	6	3	3	0	9	2	80	53
2011-09-10	MIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	118	62
2011-07-22	@MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	120	68
2011-05-31	MIN	ND	6.2	9	7	7	1	7	2	107	34
2010-09-01	@MIN	ND	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	106	83

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

 Home:   33-23   Road:   29-32   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  44-39   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:25-17   vsWest:  9-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Tue, Aug 14  @MIN  W   8-4       62-55  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Twins, 50-66, 50-66 5th, 13½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Cole De Vries (27, RHP, 2-3, 4.77)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-3)			60.1	61	39	32	12	42	14	4.77

Last 7 GS		0-2	37.1	39	25	22	5	26	8	5.30	48
2012-08-10	TBR	L	1.1	7	8	7	0	1	1	40	11
2012-08-04	@BOS	ND	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	109	64
2012-07-30	CHW	ND	5.0	7	5	4	1	3	1	100	37
2012-07-24	@CHW	ND	6.0	7	2	1	0	4	1	95	56
2012-07-19	BAL	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	96	62
2012-07-14	OAK	L	5.0	6	7	7	0	3	3	85	30
2012-07-08	@TEX	ND	7.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	84	75

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   24-36   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  34-48   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:23-23   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Tue, Aug 14   DET  L   4-8       50-66  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 DET  8 @MIN  4        W:Doug Fister (7-7), L: Brian Duensing (2-8), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 6-5; 2011 - DET won 14-4; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1061-976

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 5.04 CIN 4.29 MIA 3.65	RA/G WSN 3.56 PHI 4.38 COL 5.77	BA A. McCutchen .359 C. Headley .275 J. Smoak .191	OBP J. Votto .465 A. LaRoche .338 J. Smoak .256	SLG D. Ortiz .609 I. Kinsler .433 J. Carroll .292	OPS J. Votto 1.069 K. Morales .773 J. Smoak .580	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 5.04

CIN 4.29

MIA 3.65

RA/G

WSN 3.56

PHI 4.38

COL 5.77

A. McCutchen .359

C. Headley .275

J. Smoak .191

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. LaRoche .338

J. Smoak .256

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

I. Kinsler .433

J. Carroll .292

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

K. Morales .773

J. Smoak .580

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 (4.62 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
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 1/.000 7/.829 ··· 16/.718 ··· 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 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 155/48 .262/.297/.434/.731 .745/.701 .738 36/.472 4/1 4/2

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 259/205 .273/.353/.374/.727 .573/.769 .718 66/.614 15/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 11/.573 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· 426/306 .249/.286/.386/.672 .598/.700 .692 85/.657 4/3 11/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/5.000 10/1.267 3/.666 36/.877 1/2.000 2/3.000 3/.666 ··· 21/.881 ··· 515/373 .326/.388/.581/.969 .868/1.003 .871 107/1.049 4/1 29/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 189/151 .339/.394/.526/.920 .748/.961 .860 43/1.009 1/0 5/1

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 6/.900 9/.708 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/.500 3/1.666 504/329 .304/.397/.504/.900 .763/.978 .838 105/.947 1/0 20/8

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 426/311 .291/.314/.453/.766 .846/.736 .794 94/.811 11/2 10/13

14.Jackson G/S/vP 1/2.000 12/1.144 ··· 26/.962 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 430/306 .314/.400/.515/.914 .952/.899 .934 112/.911 10/5 13/0

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 13/.750 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 135/60 .295/.351/.410/.761 .612/.947 .758 19/.813 0/0 2/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 1/2.000 7/2.114 5/.400 29/1.163 3/1.667 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 11/.773 ··· 413/294 .261/.328/.411/.739 .759/.731 .667 87/.748 1/1 8/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.629 1/.000 10/1.067 ··· 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 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 10/.800 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 433/299 .265/.296/.397/.693 .817/.634 .706 94/.636 0/2 12/2

IP 60.1 53.2 46.0 78.2 17.0 46.1 18.2 6.0 50.1 13.2 TOTAL .271/.338/.426/.764 .716/.784 .736 .809 42/14 116/73

ERA-K/9

4.77/6.3

3.19/3.7

2.15/7.8

4.69/4.9

1.59/7.4

5.05/4.5

9.16/4.8

1.50/4.5

3.04/10.2

6.59/11.8

4.83/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.253 225/.237 179/.190 340/.292 70/.222 210/.261 87/.354 30/.227 214/.250 59/.275 .279 Boesch
Jackson
Berry
Young
Dirks
Baker 0/0/102/4
0/95/0/3
45/19/5/2
27/0/0/1
34/1/7/1
2/0/18/0

OPS .785 .626 .541 .772 .639 .772 .977 .718 .688 .815 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.713 79/.495 65/.806 126/.661 26/.422 81/.901 44/.773 17/.535 76/.594 40/.673 .770

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.841 146/.688 114/.399 214/.837 44/.757 129/.692 43/1.171 13/.916 138/.741 19/1.126 .799

Home 128/.864 111/.548 103/.582 157/.777 37/.660 112/.709 54/.798 21/.695 121/.765 38/.669

Last 28d days 115/.799 39/.650 30/.407 137/.793 48/.776 31/.816 35/.819 30/.718 38/.631 27/.976

HR/SB/CS 14/2/1 3/6/0 4/4/0 8/2/0 0/1/0 6/5/1 4/0/0 0/1/0 5/2/2 3/2/1 150/77/16

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

Twins Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 88/64 .220/.273/.317/.590 .212/.735 .495 15/.343 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.533 1/.000 10/1.222 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 3/.666 415/310 .247/.334/.292/.626 .748/.585 .664 82/.706 6/3 0/10

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 12/.265 8/.393 1/2.000 5/.933 ··· 1/2.000 6/.666 4/1.250 265/204 .222/.262/.305/.567 .639/.545 .688 72/.547 14/1 1/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 9/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 9/.833 2/no AB 380/270 .297/.342/.497/.839 .708/.893 .786 94/.984 0/0 14/1

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 124/79 .288/.352/.432/.785 .768/.795 .792 43/.932 14/2 3/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.971 11/.773 16/.980 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 12/.258 2/1.500 466/313 .318/.415/.437/.852 .844/.855 .850 107/.787 7/3 7/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/2.524 12/.500 15/.767 6/1.500 4/.000 1/3.000 6/.533 1/no AB 401/259 .275/.337/.477/.813 .569/.952 .737 96/1.004 1/0 16/3

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 296/208 .251/.321/.509/.830 1.125/.714 .915 15/.200 0/3 19/11

11.Revere* G/S/vP 9/.444 4/1.500 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.167 365/251 .317/.346/.370/.716 .776/.688 .747 109/.727 28/6 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 17/1.041 4/.500 11/.200 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 10/.775 2/1.000 468/319 .287/.351/.397/.748 .706/.767 .945 94/.785 12/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 11/1.122 5/.200 5/.900 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/.222 2/1.500 479/339 .264/.376/.550/.926 1.070/.868 1.043 105/.790 2/1 30/3

IP 133.2 51.0 46.2 39.2 13.1 7.1 48.2 37.1 TOTAL .265/.331/.405/.736 .767/.723 .794 .756 94/28 105/75

ERA-K/9

4.65/11.3

3.53/10.2

3.86/7.9

2.95/11.8

2.03/10.8

8.59/7.4

3.70/6.7

2.41/11.6

4.05/8.3

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 580/.273 208/.227 211/.328 154/.194 52/.191 41/.400 207/.218 157/.209 .264 Willingham
Revere
Span
Mastroianni
Plouffe
Doumit 98/0/0/6
2/16/64/5
0/102/0/3
18/1/23/2
2/0/15/2
7/0/6/0

OPS .796 .742 .845 .554 .588 .961 .638 .593 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.883 104/.775 106/.662 54/.609 20/.200 22/1.055 112/.789 54/.752 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.679 104/.708 105/1.033 100/.525 32/.856 19/.849 95/.467 103/.518 .723

Road 351/.820 90/.755 111/.915 82/.623 14/.557 31/.928 109/.615 62/.688

Last 28d days 133/.817 30/.945 39/1.184 30/.333 23/.579 / 37/.467 33/.788

HR/SB/CS 21/11/7 11/1/0 4/5/2 2/7/3 1/1/1 0/1/0 3/11/0 2/5/1 123/95/32

Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· ·o·X··X· ····Xo·o ·oX···o· ········ X···oo·X ··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.