Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 9:00pm, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 @The Coliseum

Tigers, 88-74, 2-0 in postseason

SP: Anibal Sanchez (28, RHP, 9-13, 3.86)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 RegS (9-13)			195.2	200	95	84	48	167	20	3.86
2011 RegS (8-9)			196.1	187	85	80	64	202	20	3.67
2010 RegS (13-12)			195.0	192	89	77	70	157	10	3.55

Last 7 GS		2-3	47.2	41	15	12	5	38	3	2.27	61
2012-09-30	@MIN	ND	6.1	7	1	1	1	4	0	102	58
2012-09-25	KCR	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	10	0	105	90
2012-09-20	OAK	L	5.2	6	6	5	2	8	1	106	41
2012-09-15	@CLE	W	6.2	3	2	2	0	7	0	95	67
2012-09-09	@LAA	L	7.0	7	3	3	0	6	2	98	57
2012-09-03	CLE	ND	6.0	8	2	0	1	2	0	104	53
2012-08-29	@KCR	L	7.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	119	60

Last 5 v.OAK		0-1	5.2	6	6	5	2	8	1	7.94	41
2012-09-20	OAK	L	5.2	6	6	5	2	8	1	106	41

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   52-31   Road:   38-43   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  63-49   vsLHP:  27-25   1-Run:  22-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:43-29   vsWest: 15-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sun, Oct  7   OAK  W   5-4         -               
  1 Sat, Oct  6   OAK  W   3-1         -               
162 Wed, Oct  3  @KCR  W   1-0       88-74  1st  3.0 up
161 Tue, Oct  2  @KCR  L   2-4       87-74  1st  3.0 up
160 Mon, Oct  1  @KCR  W   6-3       87-73  1st  3.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 30  @MIN  W   2-1       86-73  1st  3.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 29  @MIN  W   6-4       85-73  1st  2.0 up
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

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Athletics, 94-68, 0-2 in postseason

SP: Brett Anderson (24, LHP, 4-2, 2.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 RegS (4-2)			35.0	29	11	10	7	25	1	2.57
2011 RegS (3-6)			83.1	86	40	37	25	61	8	4.00
2010 RegS (7-6)			112.1	112	41	35	22	75	6	2.80

Last 7 GS		4-3	40.0	38	16	15	9	27	3	3.38	54
2012-09-19	@DET	L	2.1	3	3	3	3	1	0	43	37
2012-09-13	@LAA	L	6.2	9	5	5	1	5	1	100	40
2012-09-08	@SEA	W	6.0	6	1	0	0	4	0	108	62
2012-09-02	BOS	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	61
2012-08-27	@CLE	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	95	76
2012-08-21	MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	86	71
2011-06-05	@BOS	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	103	29

Last 5 v.DET		2-2	16.2	16	13	7	9	13	1	3.78	47
2012-09-19	@DET	L	2.1	3	3	3	3	1	0	43	37
2010-05-29	@DET	W	5.2	3	0	0	0	4	0	70	67
2009-06-29	DET	W	5.1	4	1	1	4	7	0	107	59
2009-05-15	@DET	L	3.1	6	9	3	2	1	1	87	23

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-31   Road:   44-39   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  64-41   vsLHP:  30-29   1-Run:  25-19
 vsEast: 28-18   vsCntrl:23-20   vsWest: 33-24 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sun, Oct  7  @DET  L   4-5         -               
  1 Sat, Oct  6  @DET  L   1-3         -               
162 Wed, Oct  3   TEX  W  12-5       94-68  1st  1.0 up
161 Tue, Oct  2   TEX  W   3-1       93-68  1st    Tied
160 Mon, Oct  1   TEX  W   4-3       92-68  2nd  1.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   SEA  W   5-2       91-68  2nd  2.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   SEA  W   7-4 (10)  90-68  2nd  2.5 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   SEA  W   8-2       89-68  2nd  3.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27  @TEX  L   7-9       88-68  2nd  4.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @TEX  W   9-3       88-67  2nd  3.0 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Oct 07, 2012 DET  5  OAK  4        W:Al Alburquerque , L: Grant Balfour , S: none
Sat, Oct 06, 2012 DET  3  OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander , L: Jarrod Parker , S: Jose Valverde 
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 OAK 12 @DET  4        W:Pat Neshek (2-1), L: Anibal Sanchez (8-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 DET  6  OAK  2        W:Justin Verlander (15-8), L: Brett Anderson (4-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 DET 12  OAK  2        W:Darin Downs (2-1), L: A.J. Griffin (6-1), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander (4-1), L: Jarrod Parker (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (7)
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)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 6-3; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 993-910

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 4.99 MIN 4.33 HOU 3.60	RA/G TBR 3.56 LAA 4.31 COL 5.49	BA B. Posey .336 A. Rodriguez .272 C. Pena .197	OBP J. Mauer .416 A. Jones .334 D. Stubbs .277	SLG M. Cabrera .606 H. Ramirez .437 J. Weeks .304	OPS M. Cabrera .999 A. Pagan .778 J. Weeks .609	ERA C. Kershaw 2.53 T. Cahill 3.78 R. Romero 5.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.08 U. Jimenez 7.28 H. Alvarez 3.80

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 4.99

MIN 4.33

HOU 3.60

RA/G

TBR 3.56

LAA 4.31

COL 5.49

B. Posey .336

A. Rodriguez .272

C. Pena .197

OBP

J. Mauer .416

A. Jones .334

D. Stubbs .277

SLG

M. Cabrera .606

H. Ramirez .437

J. Weeks .304

OPS

M. Cabrera .999

A. Pagan .778

J. Weeks .609

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.53

T. Cahill 3.78

R. Romero 5.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.08

U. Jimenez 7.28

H. Alvarez 3.80

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Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Tigers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB 64.Griffin
G/S/vB 40.Neshek
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .700 58/.821 2/0 9/6

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 330/269 .258/.330/.354/.684 .594/.704 .679 51/.558 21/0 2/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/1.171 11/.598 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/3.667 3/3.500 2/.000 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 .913 108/1.043 4/1 44/13

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .812 89/.827 1/1 8/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.500 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 .870 106/.982 1/0 30/11

34.Garcia G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 51/17 .319/.373/.319/.692 .745/.588 .360 42/.615 0/2 0/0

4.Infante G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/.400 2/1.500 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .742 91/.680 17/3 12/18

14.Jackson G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 2/no AB 3/.666 4/.000 2/1.500 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .861 106/.748 12/9 16/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .488 8/.661 2/0 1/3

9.Laird G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/1.000 2/.500 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 39/.702 0/0 2/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.000 13/.749 ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 11/.675 1/no AB 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .647 97/.489 1/2 13/7

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 7/.500 ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .502 11/.200 1/0 2/6

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 90/44 .216/.330/.257/.586 .697/.472 .641 7/.762 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.900 7/.286 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 608/419 .267/.296/.411/.707 .833/.649 .660 102/.514 0/2 18/2

IP 35.0 74.2 107.2 65.1 73.1 47.1 21.2 82.1 19.2 35.1 TOTAL .268/.335/.422/.757 .724/.771 .722 .722 59/23 163/99

ERA-K/9

2.57/6.4

2.53/8.7

4.10/5.9

2.48/7.4

2.09/9.8

3.04/11.4

3.32/5.8

3.06/7.0

1.37/7.3

2.55/7.6

3.50/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (79-34-10)
Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.225 289/.160 444/.243 261/.201 288/.166 191/.227 89/.216 336/.236 77/.147 148/.221 .245 Jackson
Kelly
Berry
Young
Dirks
Garcia 0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
64/22/5/2
31/0/0/1
59/1/24/1
2/2/18/1

OPS .565 .495 .694 .637 .517 .611 .659 .630 .530 .637 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.515 151/.476 125/.630 125/.575 136/.568 67/.794 30/.412 172/.629 16/1.108 62/.834 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.581 138/.516 319/.719 136/.693 152/.473 124/.509 59/.798 164/.631 61/.369 86/.501 .659

Home 45/.427 151/.406 215/.584 127/.781 137/.567 94/.529 57/.611 169/.570 37/.253 70/.624

Last 28d days 67/.763 47/.351 48/1.012 40/.469 54/.362 55/.546 20/.666 138/.789 30/.633 51/.655

HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 4/3/3 10/2/4 7/4/3 4/4/2 3/5/1 2/2/0 10/1/3 3/2/0 2/2/0 147/99/45

Usage ········ ·X···ooo ······X· ··o··o·· ·X···oXo ·X···ooX ········ ·····X·· ··o····· ·····X··

Athletics Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 60/.517 0/0 16/6

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 540/377 .292/.356/.505/.861 .853/.864 .937 115/.985 16/4 23/3

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 12/.523 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.750 508/336 .259/.325/.418/.742 .674/.774 .806 70/.842 39/4 11/3

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 294/205 .241/.289/.398/.687 .703/.680 .649 107/.739 4/1 9/13

5.Drew* G/S/vP 20/.689 2/.000 2/.000 5/.900 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 327/231 .223/.309/.348/.657 .563/.697 .638 112/.730 1/2 7/8

31.Gomes G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .764 53/.947 3/1 18/2

14.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/2.334 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .795 51/.743 0/0 9/4

37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 296/234 .291/.358/.596/.954 .770/1.006 .868 88/1.137 1/1 21/9

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 232/139 .201/.276/.349/.625 .618/.630 .605 54/.621 5/1 7/5

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.666 4/.500 9/1.194 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 462/349 .215/.278/.311/.589 .420/.646 .536 77/.696 15/6 6/11

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 673/434 .242/.305/.463/.768 .751/.778 .795 110/.545 11/1 32/6

17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 111/42 .222/.297/.333/.631 .558/.757 .562 26/.538 0/0 2/0

15.Smith* G/S/vP 14/1.500 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/.500 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.000 441/361 .240/.333/.420/.754 .521/.805 .742 69/.573 2/2 14/2

IP 195.2 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 99.1 69.0 TOTAL .238/.310/.404/.714 .706/.718 .703 .755 122/32 195/111

ERA-K/9

3.86/7.7

0.68/12.2

3.68/10.6

4.00/8.5

3.57/9.6

3.99/8.5

3.78/6.3

3.77/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-0)
Kottaras (38-8-3)
Norris (34-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 820/.265 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 416/.247 294/.229 .256 Reddick
Cespedes
Crisp
Smith
Moss
Gomes 0/14/136/15
56/48/0/9
16/97/0/4
57/0/13/3
11/0/13/2
39/0/3/1

OPS .716 .420 .720 .854 .617 .732 .649 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 444/.645 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 127/.671 167/.754 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 376/.797 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 289/.759 127/.515 .694

Road 430/.721 24/.604 121/.833 127/.902 119/.709 223/.704 142/.630

Last 28d days 134/.553 49/.456 50/.913 24/.879 37/.874 52/.516 49/.645

HR/SB/CS 20/23/4 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 12/8/6 3/12/1 151/131/45

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

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.