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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, May 13, 2012 @The Coliseum

Tigers, 16-17, 16-17 2nd, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 3-1, 2.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-1) 51.1 37 17 15 11 48 2 2.63
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 3-1 51.1 37 17 15 11 48 2 2.63 64
2012-05-08 @SEA W 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 113 50
2012-05-02 KCR ND 8.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 123 68
2012-04-27 @NYY ND 6.0 7 5 4 0 4 2 102 44
2012-04-21 TEX W 6.0 4 1 0 3 8 0 115 67
2012-04-16 @KCR W 9.0 7 2 2 2 9 0 131 72
2012-04-11 TBR L 8.1 4 4 4 2 7 0 104 64
2012-04-05 BOS ND 8.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 105 84
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 36.0 27 12 11 9 31 2 2.75 62
2011-09-18 @OAK W 8.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 116 79
2011-04-16 @OAK L 6.0 8 4 3 3 6 0 116 45
2010-05-31 OAK L 7.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 114 60
2010-05-19 @OAK W 9.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 116 79
2009-07-01 @OAK L 6.0 6 4 4 1 6 2 102 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-9    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  3-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Sat, May 12  @OAK  L   1-3       16-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @OAK  L   4-11      16-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 31 Thu, May 10  @OAK  W  10-6       16-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9  @SEA  L   1-2       15-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 29 Tue, May  8  @SEA  W   6-4       15-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 28 Mon, May  7  @SEA  L   2-3       14-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  6   CHW  W   3-1       14-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Sat, May  5   CHW  L   2-3       13-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Fri, May  4   CHW  W   5-4       13-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Wed, May  2   KCR  L   2-3       12-12  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Athletics, 18-16, 18-16 2nd, 4 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 1-0, 1.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 20.0 15 4 4 8 12 1 1.80
2011 (0-0) 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 1-0 25.2 19 4 4 9 13 1 1.40 61
2012-05-08 TOR ND 7.0 4 2 2 5 3 1 105 59
2012-05-01 @BOS W 6.2 4 1 1 2 4 0 98 64
2012-04-25 CHW ND 6.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 99 59
2011-09-27 LAD ND 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 73 61
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-9    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  11-12   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Sat, May 12   DET  W   3-1       18-16  2nd  4.0 gb
 33 Fri, May 11   DET  W  11-4       17-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 32 Thu, May 10   DET  L   6-10      16-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  9   TOR  L   2-5       16-15  2nd  4.5 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   TOR  W   7-3       16-14  2nd  4.0 gb
 29 Sun, May  6  @TBR  W   9-5       15-14  2nd  3.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5  @TBR  W   4-3 (12)  14-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  4  @TBR  L   2-7       13-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 26 Wed, May  2  @BOS  W   4-2       13-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 25 Tue, May  1  @BOS  W   5-3       12-13  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 12, 2012 OAK  3  DET  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-3), L: Doug Fister (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (2)
Fri, May 11, 2012 OAK 11  DET  4        W:Tommy Milone (5-2), L: Rick Porcello (3-3), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2012 DET 10 @OAK  6        W:Max Scherzer (2-3), L: Bartolo Colon (3-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 18, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  0        W:Justin Verlander (24-5), L: Guillermo Moscoso (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (46)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 OAK  5  DET  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (14-12), L: Rick Porcello (14-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Doug Fister (9-13), L: Trevor Cahill (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (45)
Thu, Sep 15, 2011 OAK  6  DET  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (9-8), L: Max Scherzer (14-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 OAK  7 @DET  5        W:Joey Devine (1-1), L: David Purcey (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (10)
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 DET  8  OAK  3        W:Rick Porcello (9-6), L: Guillermo Moscoso (3-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 OAK  5  DET  1        W:Trevor Cahill (2-0), L: Brad Penny (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - OAK over 2-1; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 982-906

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
Tigers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
38.Carignan
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
77.Norberto*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 99/68 .250/.323/.455/.778 .651/.836 .302 71/.661 1/0 4/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 134/91 .223/.246/.338/.585 .535/.610 .742 97/.592 1/1 4/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 10/2.271 1/2.000 143/97 .282/.336/.481/.817 .802/.820 .588 103/.789 0/0 7/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 71/57 .379/.423/.652/1.074 1.012/1.088 1.117 50/1.199 0/0 3/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 139/84 .276/.353/.423/.775 .557/.929 .778 100/.701 1/0 5/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 141/94 .317/.388/.504/.893 .697/.994 .840 100/.786 5/0 4/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 41/36 .243/.317/.243/.560 .650/.548 .350 37/.567 0/0 0/1
9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/no AB ··· 32/9 .300/.344/.467/.810 .781/.889 1.054 23/.590 0/0 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 13/.749 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.833 ··· 113/77 .262/.313/.369/.681 .920/.572 .756 76/.664 0/1 1/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 1/.000 95/57 .128/.191/.174/.366 .384/.353 .363 65/.423 1/1 0/1
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 7/.500 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/3.000 56/40 .157/.214/.216/.430 .268/.493 .321 44/.477 0/0 0/1
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/3 .188/.316/.188/.503 .606/.000 .533 14/.539 0/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 107/67 .237/.299/.320/.619 .525/.677 .713 73/.525 0/1 1/1
IP 20.0 16.1 16.0 5.1 16.2 6.0 14.0 15.2 TOTAL .252/.310/.391/.701 .628/.741 .667 .668 9/4 31/18
ERA-K/9 1.80/5.4 4.41/6.1 1.69/7.3 8.44/6.8 0.00/8.6 1.50/4.5 3.86/7.7 4.02/7.5 3.59/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (20-7-4)
 Laird (9-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.211 66/.233 60/.212 27/.316 59/.060 21/.176 60/.255 64/.200 .244  Boesch
 Kelly
 Raburn
 Jackson
 Young
 Dirks
0/0/30/1
7/2/7/1
14/0/6/1
0/32/0/1
12/0/0/0
10/0/0/0
OPS .638 .770 .767 .921 .290 .686 .706 .595 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.508 41/.602 31/.842 12/.705 30/.252 9/.111 26/.829 26/.660 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/.780 25/1.027 29/.669 15/1.079 29/.327 12/1.167 34/.616 38/.551 .665
Home 54/.725 41/.586 39/.960 21/1.000 25/.120 13/.885 27/.933 40/.728
Last 28d days 81/.638 42/1.065 45/.638 12/.869 45/.336 21/.686 45/.757 45/.620
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 3/0/2 3/1/2 0/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 30/15/12
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··o ·ooX··X· ·X······ X···o·oX ···X···· o·····XX ··X···oX
Athletics Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
31.Balester
G/S/vB
64.Below*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
20.Dotel
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 11/.614 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 8/2.083 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 84/58 .192/.298/.301/.599 .530/.630 .442 65/.596 0/0 1/0
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .100/.357/.100/.457 .500/.393 .457 7/.452 0/1 0/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/18 .094/.094/.094/.188 .143/.222 .222 7/.000 1/0 0/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP 6/.500 2/5.000 ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 79/42 .262/.392/.523/.915 .895/.934 .729 63/.913 2/0 5/0
7.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/5.000 13/1.021 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 70/41 .188/.243/.469/.712 .725/.701 .831 67/.746 0/0 5/2
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 79/53 .292/.354/.431/.785 .801/.777 .820 67/.745 1/0 1/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 9/.111 1/no AB 5/.200 2/1.000 7/1.286 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 134/92 .218/.271/.306/.577 .470/.626 .521 98/.582 7/1 1/2
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .174/.321/.217/.539 .286/.611 .496 23/.554 0/0 0/0
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 4/.750 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 145/97 .291/.340/.545/.885 .863/.896 .899 110/.996 4/0 8/2
15.Smith* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/93 .238/.387/.333/.720 .657/.730 .799 79/.757 1/1 2/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 64/48 .153/.206/.271/.478 .375/.515 .316 49/.410 1/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 24/.640 1/.000 3/.000 7/.000 4/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 112/79 .217/.250/.283/.533 .616/.497 .531 78/.553 0/0 0/1
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 141/92 .205/.279/.307/.586 .621/.566 .669 96/.543 9/2 2/4
IP 51.1 15.2 15.0 13.2 13.2 12.1 4.0 34.0 14.2 TOTAL .221/.296/.352/.648 .648/.649 .658 .672 34/7 31/22
ERA-K/9 2.63/8.4 6.32/6.3 2.40/6.6 3.29/14.5 5.93/7.2 3.65/11.7 6.75/4.5 1.59/9.0 4.91/7.3 4.19/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (4-4-1)
 Suzuki (11-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.198 73/.190 56/.212 64/.283 59/.294 47/.163 19/.250 135/.221 69/.268 .261  Reddick
 Smith
 Cowgill
 Gomes
0/3/28/4
11/0/2/1
1/2/2/0
11/0/0/0
OPS .532 .777 .506 .768 .782 .513 .646 .636 .847 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.493 30/.855 25/.511 30/.751 29/.785 13/.862 12/.573 39/.742 36/1.241 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.594 43/.724 31/.502 34/.782 30/.780 34/.389 7/.762 96/.590 33/.457 .704
Road 89/.681 21/1.322 11/1.375 22/.847 25/.882 22/.438 19/.646 68/.489 30/.933
Last 28d days 144/.635 46/.891 47/.563 43/.692 46/.797 36/.563 19/.646 115/.593 47/.808
HR/SB/CS 2/4/2 4/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/1/2 2/6/0 32/29/10
Usage ····X··· ·Xo····· ·X·o·o·· ··X·o·oo X·X·ooo· X·o··oo· ·o·X···· ···X···· ··o·X·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.