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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 4:05pm, Saturday, September 29, 2012 @Target Field

Tigers, 84-73, 84-73 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 16-8, 2.72)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (16-8)			231.1	188	80	70	58	231	19	2.72
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		4-1	49.2	49	19	19	13	51	4	3.44	58
2012-09-24	KCR	W	8.0	9	2	2	0	8	1	114	64
2012-09-19	OAK	W	6.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	122	64
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

Last 5 v.MIN		5-0	39.2	28	8	7	5	41	3	1.59	71
2012-07-04	MIN	W	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	115	81
2011-08-27	@MIN	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	6	2	120	43
2011-08-16	MIN	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	8	0	121	68
2011-07-21	@MIN	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	126	77
2010-09-24	MIN	W	9.0	4	1	0	0	11	0	124	88

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

 Home:   50-31   Road:   34-42   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  59-48   vsLHP:  25-25   1-Run:  19-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:39-28   vsWest: 13-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Fri, Sep 28  @MIN  L   2-4       84-73  1st  1.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 27   KCR  W   5-4       84-72  1st  2.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26   KCR  W   5-4       83-72  1st  1.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25   KCR  W   2-0       82-72  1st    Tied
153 Mon, Sep 24   KCR  W   6-2       81-72  2nd  1.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   1-2 (10)  80-72  2nd  1.0 gb
151 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   4-10      80-71  2nd  1.0 gb
150 Sat, Sep 22   MIN  W   8-0       80-70  2nd  0.5 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20   OAK  L   4-12      79-70  2nd  2.0 gb
148 Wed, Sep 19   OAK  W   6-2       79-69  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Twins, 66-91, 66-91 4th, 18 GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (27, RHP, 2-4, 5.88)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-4)			56.2	67	39	37	21	37	11	5.88
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		0-3	29.1	45	30	28	11	18	6	8.59	36
2012-09-23	@DET	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	61
2012-09-18	@CLE	ND	5.0	8	4	2	1	3	1	89	41
2012-09-12	KCR	L	4.0	7	6	6	2	3	1	72	25
2012-09-05	@CHW	L	5.0	5	6	6	3	4	2	99	34
2012-06-13	PHI	L	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	15	26
2012-06-08	CHC	ND	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	84	32
2012-06-02	@CLE	ND	4.1	8	4	4	3	2	0	95	30

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	18.1	16	6	6	9	10	3	2.95	54
2012-09-23	@DET	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	61
2012-05-27	DET	ND	6.0	7	2	2	5	4	0	93	49
2012-05-17	@DET	W	6.1	4	3	3	3	2	3	87	52

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

 Home:   31-48   Road:   35-43   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  44-63   vsLHP:  22-28   1-Run:  26-24
 vsEast: 11-20   vsCntrl:35-35   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Fri, Sep 28   DET  W   4-2       66-91  4th 18.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 26   NYY  L   2-8       65-91  4th 18.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 25   NYY  W   5-4       65-90  4th 17.5 gb
154 Mon, Sep 24   NYY  L   3-6       64-90  4th 18.5 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  64-89  4th 17.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W  10-4       63-89  4th 17.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22  @DET  L   0-8       62-89  4th 19.0 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  62-88  4th 19.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19  @CLE  W   6-4       62-87  4th 19.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18  @CLE  W   6-5 (12)  61-87  4th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 MIN  4  DET  2        W:Jared Burton (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-5), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 MIN  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Jared Burton (2-1), L: Jose Valverde (3-4), S: Glen Perkins (14)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 MIN 10 @DET  4        W:Scott Diamond (12-8), L: Max Scherzer (16-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 DET  8  MIN  0        W:Doug Fister (10-9), L: Sam Deduno (6-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 DET  5 @MIN  1        W:Max Scherzer (12-6), L: Cole De Vries (2-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 8-8; 2011 - DET won 14-4; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1063-979

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 5.01 ATL 4.37 HOU 3.57	RA/G TBR 3.61 ARI 4.25 COL 5.54	BA M. Cabrera .346 D. Young .274 C. Pena .200	OBP J. Mauer .415 J. Morneau .337 J. Hardy .282	SLG M. Cabrera .602 M. Wieters .439 J. Weeks .305	OPS R. Braun .993 A. Pagan .780 J. Weeks .610	ERA D. Price 2.56 M. Scherzer 3.82 R. Romero 5.76	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.17 J. Niese 7.33 H. Alvarez 3.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.01

ATL 4.37

HOU 3.57

RA/G

TBR 3.61

ARI 4.25

COL 5.54

M. Cabrera .346

D. Young .274

C. Pena .200

OBP

J. Mauer .415

J. Morneau .337

J. Hardy .282

SLG

M. Cabrera .602

M. Wieters .439

J. Weeks .305

OPS

R. Braun .993

A. Pagan .780

J. Weeks .610

ERA

D. Price 2.56

M. Scherzer 3.82

R. Romero 5.76

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.17

J. Niese 7.33

H. Alvarez 3.72

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Tigers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.17 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 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 8/.250 7/.829 ··· 5/.000 17/.670 ··· 1/.000 10/.650 2/.000 9/1.444 2/.000 420/319 .248/.356/.394/.751 .551/.812 .728 55/.907 2/0 9/6

52.Berry* G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 313/254 .264/.334/.365/.699 .592/.723 .706 39/.599 20/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 8/.821 6/1.167 3/.000 3/.000 11/.573 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/1.333 1/2.000 499/362 .242/.289/.376/.664 .625/.678 .677 48/.617 6/3 12/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/1.000 10/1.267 5/.400 9/1.556 36/.877 2/1.000 1/.000 22/.838 ··· 13/1.462 4/1.833 679/487 .327/.392/.602/.993 .886/1.029 .897 106/1.024 4/1 42/13

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 6/1.400 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.833 ··· 7/.715 ··· 329/250 .314/.365/.475/.840 .737/.871 .774 86/.686 1/1 7/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/2.111 2/.500 8/.661 11/.182 9/.708 1/.000 2/2.500 9/.666 3/1.666 10/1.100 1/.000 672/429 .310/.409/.519/.928 .795/1.006 .842 104/.927 1/0 28/11

34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 44/14 .341/.386/.341/.728 .733/.714 .321 40/.717 0/2 0/0

50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 1.250/.333 / 0/0 0/0

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 571/404 .277/.302/.424/.726 .888/.659 .757 87/.652 14/3 12/18

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 12/1.144 ··· 4/.333 27/.920 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 8/.536 3/.333 600/418 .300/.380/.483/.862 .872/.858 .875 101/.778 11/9 16/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 7/.143 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 120/107 .187/.275/.252/.527 .322/.551 .494 4/1.000 2/0 1/3

9.Laird G/S/vP 1/2.000 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 13/.750 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 187/81 .276/.333/.365/.698 .590/.838 .699 39/.605 0/0 2/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.661 8/1.792 5/.400 7/1.143 30/1.121 3/1.667 1/.000 13/.648 ··· 14/.857 2/.000 570/400 .240/.306/.381/.687 .681/.689 .640 97/.475 1/2 12/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.629 1/.000 7/.929 10/1.067 ··· ··· 8/.286 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 253/190 .206/.285/.274/.559 .490/.582 .507 5/.000 1/0 2/6

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/41 .211/.321/.254/.575 .664/.479 .623 3/.667 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.200 2/.000 1/2.000 10/.800 3/1.334 ··· 8/.250 2/1.000 11/1.064 3/2.334 589/404 .274/.304/.422/.726 .852/.666 .694 95/.651 0/2 18/2

IP 56.2 68.1 60.0 29.1 106.2 33.1 14.1 68.1 25.0 91.2 19.1 TOTAL .269/.336/.423/.759 .721/.776 .724 .729 54/23 157/97

ERA-K/9

5.88/5.9

3.29/4.0

1.95/7.8

3.68/5.5

5.15/5.6

1.62/8.1

3.77/4.4

2.50/9.6

5.40/9.4

4.91/5.9

2.79/3.3

4.79/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (75-34-10)
Holaday (2-1-0)
Laird (41-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.299 295/.259 235/.178 120/.241 463/.289 134/.190 68/.259 274/.224 109/.217 393/.284 87/.329 .275 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Berry
Garcia
Young
Dirks 0/0/120/5
0/133/0/4
17/8/35/3
61/21/5/2
1/1/16/1
31/0/0/1
58/1/21/1

OPS .852 .674 .525 .672 .765 .529 .767 .629 .683 .791 .821 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.849 109/.581 95/.685 59/.449 174/.682 57/.412 37/.669 105/.493 70/.556 184/.752 40/.575 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.853 186/.721 140/.421 61/.887 289/.815 77/.612 31/.884 169/.716 39/.920 209/.826 47/1.028 .788

Home 98/1.014 135/.624 128/.569 80/.819 213/.752 57/.615 44/.785 151/.684 61/.530 193/.740 48/.703

Last 28d days 92/.811 44/1.017 33/.318 5/.800 60/.605 35/.465 38/.801 35/.466 30/.350 68/.869 42/.852

HR/SB/CS 11/5/1 4/8/0 4/5/0 5/3/0 10/5/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 7/2/3 4/3/2 14/1/1 2/2/0 192/106/24

Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· o··X·o·· ····X··· ··X··X·· ···o·X·· ··X·o·X· o··X·o·· ····X··· ··X···X· ··X·····

Twins Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.19 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 114/79 .204/.281/.282/.562 .265/.695 .496 15/.582 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP 17/.371 3/.000 6/.533 1/.000 10/1.222 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 8/.500 3/.666 527/377 .265/.340/.312/.653 .813/.589 .643 60/.828 9/5 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 56/35 .226/.250/.245/.495 .649/.406 .235 31/.336 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 23/.317 1/2.000 8/.393 1/2.000 6/.750 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.666 4/1.250 317/239 .233/.273/.312/.585 .704/.546 .720 28/.947 18/1 1/9

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/2.417 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.000 9/.833 3/2.667 520/353 .277/.323/.460/.783 .690/.828 .775 79/.732 0/0 17/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 139/100 .218/.285/.266/.551 .844/.429 .590 42/.536 3/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 134/84 .238/.290/.336/.626 .646/.615 .573 75/.529 3/1 1/7

23.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .091/.091/.091/.182 .000/.286 .667 11/.182 0/0 0/0

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/109 .252/.328/.350/.678 .710/.653 .700 27/.390 21/3 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 65/1.044 2/.000 12/.705 17/.919 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 7/.143 13/.237 4/1.500 618/403 .322/.415/.453/.868 .763/.922 .873 83/1.027 8/4 10/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 45/.881 1/2.000 14/.428 17/.794 6/1.500 5/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 7/.572 6/.533 2/no AB 561/348 .272/.337/.447/.784 .572/.920 .748 94/.706 1/0 19/6

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 189/135 .238/.302/.401/.703 .682/.711 .603 52/.787 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 12/.334 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.250 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 6/.733 2/.000 6/.334 447/307 .227/.293/.441/.734 .861/.678 .834 82/.595 1/3 23/17

11.Revere* G/S/vP 18/.444 3/.000 4/1.500 6/.000 1/4.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.250 7/.286 5/1.250 530/357 .286/.326/.337/.664 .657/.667 .658 100/.512 38/7 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 38/.895 1/no AB 4/.500 11/.200 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.167 11/.899 4/.833 549/375 .287/.345/.395/.740 .736/.741 .901 61/.718 17/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 9/.472 3/1.167 6/.167 5/.900 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 5/.400 9/.222 3/1.000 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 1.018 74/.771 3/2 35/4

IP 231.1 11.2 69.2 53.1 56.0 19.2 19.0 13.1 98.2 66.0 53.2 TOTAL .261/.325/.392/.717 .717/.717 .762 .680 130/35 128/104

ERA-K/9

2.72/9.0

0.00/11.5

3.23/10.6

4.05/8.6

3.70/10.0

3.66/8.7

3.32/8.1

4.73/6.1

4.01/8.6

3.95/6.5

2.52/11.1

3.82/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (21-7-4)
Doumit (28-8-2)
Herrmann (1-0-1)
Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 928/.219 44/.103 279/.218 241/.324 226/.230 81/.236 80/.236 63/.345 412/.246 283/.234 222/.199 .257 Revere
Willingham
Span
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Herrmann
Doumit
Escobar 4/38/80/8
119/0/0/6
0/120/0/6
12/0/8/2
2/0/15/2
25/4/34/2
1/0/17/1
1/0/0/0
15/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .607 .307 .692 .854 .622 .654 .757 .874 .727 .664 .575 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 514/.617 20/.358 147/.681 126/.680 83/.806 36/.399 34/.934 33/.989 126/.666 157/.783 85/.689 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 414/.595 24/.258 132/.705 115/1.050 143/.516 45/.874 46/.633 30/.746 286/.755 126/.520 137/.511 .690

Road 483/.672 15/.333 112/.772 123/.903 111/.725 18/.487 44/.695 37/.882 219/.695 131/.659 97/.663

Last 28d days 144/.679 44/.307 48/.757 22/.868 31/.990 22/.974 6/.500 13/.846 53/.465 47/.734 36/.621

HR/SB/CS 19/15/4 0/1/1 13/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 1/2/1 4/0/0 0/1/1 12/8/6 3/12/1 2/11/2 147/125/45

Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·oX··X·· oo···o·· o······· ·····X·· ··X····· ·····X·· X····X·· ··o·XX·· 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.