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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 9:30pm, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 @The Coliseum

Tigers, 88-74, 2-1 in postseason

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 16-7, 3.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
2011 RegS (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
2010 RegS (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.0 28 8 8 8 45 1 1.80 64
2012-10-03 @KCR ND 4.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 75 57
2012-09-23 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 86 46
2012-09-18 OAK ND 2.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 44 50
2012-09-12 @CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 115 67
2012-09-07 @LAA ND 8.0 5 2 2 0 9 0 110 73
2012-09-01 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 113 82
2012-08-26 LAA W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 120 72
Last 5 v.OAK 2-1 19.0 16 8 8 9 35 4 3.79 57
2012-09-18 OAK ND 2.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 44 50
2012-05-10 @OAK W 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 106 62
2011-09-15 @OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 1 8 3 91 40
2010-05-30 OAK W 5.2 2 0 0 4 14 0 113 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   52-31   Road:   38-44   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  63-49   vsLHP:  27-26   1-Run:  22-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:43-29   vsWest: 15-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Tue, Oct  9  @OAK  L   0-2         -               
  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

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Athletics, 94-68, 1-2 in postseason

SP: A.J. Griffin (24, RHP, 7-1, 3.06)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (7-1) 82.1 74 29 28 19 64 10 3.06
Last 7 GS 4-1 37.2 41 17 16 9 29 5 3.82 50
2012-10-03 TEX ND 2.2 7 5 4 2 0 0 70 24
2012-09-28 SEA W 5.2 4 1 1 2 4 1 96 59
2012-09-23 @NYY ND 4.1 7 4 4 3 4 1 103 34
2012-09-18 @DET L 4.2 8 5 5 1 3 3 100 30
2012-09-12 @LAA W 8.0 6 0 0 0 6 0 107 76
2012-09-07 @SEA W 5.1 6 1 1 1 7 0 108 58
2012-09-01 BOS W 7.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 91 72
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 4.2 8 5 5 1 3 3 9.64 30
2012-09-18 @DET L 4.2 8 5 5 1 3 3 100 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   51-31   Road:   44-39   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  65-41   vsLHP:  30-29   1-Run:  25-19
 vsEast: 28-18   vsCntrl:24-20   vsWest: 33-24 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Tue, Oct  9   DET  W   2-0         -               
  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

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

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Oct 09, 2012 OAK  2  DET  0        W:Brett Anderson , L: Anibal Sanchez , S: Grant Balfour 
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

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 6-4; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 993-911

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

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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 64.Griffin
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		 40.Neshek
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 330/269 .258/.330/.354/.684 .594/.704 .679 51/.558 21/0 2/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/3.667 12/.750 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 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 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .812 89/.827 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 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 ··· 3/.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/.500 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 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 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 2/no AB 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 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.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 2/2.500 13/.749 ··· 5/.650 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 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 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 608/419 .267/.296/.411/.707 .833/.649 .660 102/.514 0/2 18/2
IP 82.1 74.2 107.2 65.1 73.1 47.1 21.2 19.2 35.1 TOTAL .268/.335/.422/.757 .724/.771 .722 .722 59/23 163/99
ERA-K/9 3.06/7.0 2.53/8.7 4.10/5.9 2.48/7.4 2.09/9.8 3.04/11.4 3.32/5.8 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 336/.236 289/.160 444/.243 261/.201 288/.166 191/.227 89/.216 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 .630 .495 .694 .637 .517 .611 .659 .530 .637 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.629 151/.476 125/.630 125/.575 136/.568 67/.794 30/.412 16/1.108 62/.834 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.631 138/.516 319/.719 136/.693 152/.473 124/.509 59/.798 61/.369 86/.501 .659
Home 169/.570 151/.406 215/.584 127/.781 137/.567 94/.529 57/.611 37/.253 70/.624
Last 28d days 138/.789 47/.351 48/1.012 40/.469 54/.362 55/.546 20/.666 30/.633 51/.655
HR/SB/CS 10/1/3 4/3/3 10/2/4 7/4/3 4/4/2 3/5/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 2/2/0 147/99/45
Usage ······X· o·X···oo ·······X ···o··o· o·X···oX o·X···oo ········ ···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 37.Scherzer
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 60/.517 0/0 16/6
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 1/no AB 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 5/.800 2/.000 12/.523 6/.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 1/.000 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 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 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 3/.000 ··· 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 1/.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 7/.762 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 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 232/139 .201/.276/.349/.625 .618/.630 .605 54/.621 5/1 7/5
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 9/.904 3/.666 4/.500 10/1.067 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 5/1.600 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 9/.583 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/.500 4/.500 1/3.000 2/.000 441/361 .240/.333/.420/.754 .521/.805 .742 69/.573 2/2 14/2
IP 187.2 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 3.74/11.1 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 787/.250 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 .721 .420 .720 .854 .617 .732 .649 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.831 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 127/.671 167/.754 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.588 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 289/.759 127/.515 .694
Road 444/.749 24/.604 121/.833 127/.902 119/.709 223/.704 142/.630
Last 28d days 99/.582 49/.456 50/.913 24/.879 37/.874 52/.516 49/.645
HR/SB/CS 23/15/9 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 12/8/6 3/12/1 151/131/45
Usage ······X· ··o····· ··Xo···· o·X····· o······· ······X· ···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.