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Game Preview: DET @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, June 22, 2012 @PNC Park

Tigers, 34-35, 34-35 3rd, 2½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 1-3, 2.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-3) 40.1 40 13 12 9 30 4 2.68
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
2010 (6-14) 171.0 187 85 78 32 93 13 4.11
Last 7 GS 1-3 40.1 40 13 12 9 30 4 2.68 55
2012-06-16 COL W 6.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 82 71
2012-05-28 @BOS L 5.0 11 6 6 1 2 1 89 22
2012-05-23 @CLE ND 6.2 5 2 2 2 3 1 111 57
2012-05-17 MIN L 6.0 9 4 3 2 5 2 109 43
2012-05-12 @OAK L 6.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 105 64
2012-05-07 @SEA ND 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 73 72
2012-04-07 BOS ND 3.2 3 0 0 1 3 0 51 57
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-18   Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  26-23   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  4-10 IL:10-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Thu, Jun 21   STL  W   2-1 (10)  34-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20   STL  L   1-3       33-35  3rd  3.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19   STL  W   6-3       33-34  3rd  2.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17   COL  W   5-0       32-34  3rd  3.0 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16   COL  W   4-1       31-34  3rd  4.0 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 15   COL  L   4-12(10)  30-34  3rd  4.0 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 14  @CHC  W   5-3       30-33  3rd  4.0 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13  @CHC  W   8-4       29-33  3rd  5.0 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12  @CHC  L   3-4       28-33  3rd  6.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10  @CIN  W   7-6       28-32  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Pirates, 36-32, 36-32 2nd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (35, RHP, 7-2, 3.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-2) 69.0 64 28 27 24 58 6 3.52
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
2010 (10-15) 186.2 204 118 109 78 145 25 5.26
Last 7 GS 6-0 45.1 37 12 11 17 31 3 2.18 59
2012-06-16 @CLE W 6.2 6 2 2 4 2 2 96 52
2012-06-10 KCR W 7.1 5 2 2 2 6 0 107 64
2012-06-05 @CIN W 5.0 5 3 3 4 8 0 100 49
2012-05-30 CIN W 7.0 2 1 0 2 3 0 103 72
2012-05-25 CHC W 5.1 6 0 0 2 6 0 105 60
2012-05-19 @DET W 6.0 7 2 2 3 2 1 106 49
2012-05-13 HOU ND 8.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 103 66
Last 5 v.DET 3-1 30.0 29 17 14 11 20 6 4.20 50
2012-05-19 @DET W 6.0 7 2 2 3 2 1 106 49
2011-05-05 @DET L 7.0 3 5 2 1 5 0 113 61
2011-04-02 DET W 5.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 86 50
2009-07-17 DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 5 1 1 104 44
2008-08-12 @DET W 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 3 108 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-12   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  24-24   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  17-11
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Thu, Jun 21   MIN  W   9-1       36-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 20   MIN  L   1-2       35-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19   MIN  W   7-2       35-31  2nd  2.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 17  @CLE  W   9-5       34-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 16  @CLE  W   9-2       33-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 15  @CLE  L   0-2       32-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 14  @BAL  L   6-12      32-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 13  @BAL  L   1-7       32-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun 12  @BAL  L   6-8       32-28  2nd  1.0 gb
 59 Sun, Jun 10   KCR  W   3-2       32-27  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 20, 2012 DET  4  PIT  3        W:Max Scherzer (3-3), L: Kevin Correia (1-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Sat, May 19, 2012 PIT  4 @DET  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-2), L: Drew Smyly (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (9)
Fri, May 18, 2012 DET  6  PIT  0        W:Justin Verlander (5-1), L: Charlie Morton (2-4), S: none

Sun, May 22, 2011 DET  2 @PIT  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-2), L: Paul Maholm (1-7), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Sat, May 21, 2011 PIT  6  DET  2        W:Kevin Correia (6-4), L: Max Scherzer (6-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (13)
Fri, May 20, 2011 PIT 10  DET  1        W:Jeff Karstens (3-2), L: Brad Penny (4-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 DET  4  PIT  3        W:Brad Thomas (4-0), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (13)
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 DET  4  PIT  3 (10)   W:Phil Coke (4-0), L: Brendan Donnelly (2-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 DET  6  PIT  2        W:Justin Verlander (7-4), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 PIT  6  DET  3        W:Ross Ohlendorf (6-5), L: Dontrelle Willis (1-4), S: Matt Capps (16)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 2-1; 2011 - PIT won 2-1; 2010 - DET won 3-0; All-Time - DET leads 17-13

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  5.30

PHI  4.30

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

WSN  3.33

BAL  4.32

COL  5.71

 BA

J. Votto  .367

A. Rodriguez  .265

R. Weeks  .181

 OBP

J. Votto  .486

A. Escobar  .333

K. Suzuki  .256

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .674

W. Venable  .429

K. Suzuki  .268

 OPS

J. Votto  1.145

H. Ramirez  .770

K. Suzuki  .524

 ERA

B. Beachy  2.00

J. Masterson  3.98

T. Lincecum  6.19

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.79

M. Bumgarner  7.34

H. Alvarez  2.70

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Tigers Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Slaten*
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 165/119 .250/.335/.424/.759 .750/.762 .637 24/.908 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/79 .315/.382/.402/.785 .855/.760 .807 88/.763 9/0 0/1
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 8/.804 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 275/195 .242/.276/.365/.642 .580/.667 .853 93/.550 3/1 7/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 17/.588 9/.611 4/.500 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 307/220 .307/.365/.529/.893 .937/.875 .748 108/.971 3/1 14/7
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/1.625 1/.000 3/.666 13/1.129 2/2.500 8/.700 6/.750 7/.714 2/1.000 298/193 .309/.386/.502/.888 .732/.979 .914 104/1.012 1/0 11/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 211/142 .317/.407/.539/.946 .890/.973 .964 52/.907 7/0 7/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 8/.286 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 97/88 .188/.289/.247/.536 .476/.541 .458 31/.730 1/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 10/1.417 3/.666 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 95/50 .302/.351/.419/.770 .692/.842 .830 56/.787 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 18/.745 8/.661 12/.750 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB 240/172 .267/.347/.405/.752 .721/.763 .701 82/.904 1/1 4/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 152/94 .165/.225/.245/.470 .502/.449 .548 25/.655 1/1 1/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 7/.762 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 139/109 .228/.309/.309/.618 .440/.666 .516 61/.738 1/0 2/2
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/31 .182/.270/.200/.470 .583/.348 .564 42/.472 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 18/.745 7/.629 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 243/167 .264/.296/.390/.686 .836/.615 .734 89/.685 0/1 5/1
IP 69.0 23.2 26.2 26.0 35.2 37.2 35.1 11.0 22.1 TOTAL .266/.330/.413/.744 .718/.755 .750 .780 30/5 64/46
ERA-K/9 3.52/7.6 2.66/9.5 2.03/14.2 2.42/10.7 2.02/4.8 3.82/8.6 3.82/6.4 2.45/2.5 3.63/7.3 3.44/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (30-13-4)
 Laird (18-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 293/.244 106/.308 110/.160 105/.165 145/.221 161/.264 170/.285 45/.205 89/.205 .245  Kelly
 Berry
 Boesch
 Young
 Raburn
 Jackson
14/8/16/3
8/16/2/2
0/0/62/2
22/0/0/1
20/0/14/1
0/47/0/1
OPS .660 .813 .584 .595 .643 .785 .786 .603 .664 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.694 52/.851 57/.525 58/.532 67/.665 76/.743 69/.896 12/.258 48/.769 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.615 54/.778 53/.639 47/.674 78/.623 85/.822 101/.714 33/.737 41/.528 .705
Home 163/.473 50/.888 49/.580 55/.461 69/.732 33/.215 72/.835 8/.000 35/.590
Last 28d days 108/.594 30/1.030 35/.479 34/.610 50/.720 72/1.030 73/.789 45/.603 31/.810
HR/SB/CS 6/15/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 4/3/0 3/6/0 6/4/1 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 60/51/4
Usage ·····X·· ··X···o· ·o··o·X· ····o··· ·o··XX·X ····X··· ··X····X ·o···o·o ··o·X·o·
Pirates Batters (3.51 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 49.Marte
G/S/vB		 50.Turner
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 226/168 .218/.288/.470/.758 .666/.791 .744 80/.896 0/0 13/11
26.Barajas G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 177/124 .220/.282/.396/.679 .404/.785 .634 67/.706 0/0 7/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.572 1/.000 206/156 .201/.223/.304/.527 .640/.490 .537 64/.593 0/2 3/8
65.Hague G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/46 .231/.275/.262/.537 .666/.472 .708 57/.581 1/0 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/62 .248/.309/.436/.745 .801/.692 .723 43/.689 5/2 2/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 166/155 .258/.277/.478/.755 .000/.810 .713 65/.935 2/0 8/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 272/201 .339/.397/.574/.971 1.259/.869 1.050 99/1.062 14/4 12/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.637 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 175/113 .242/.326/.359/.685 .708/.672 .549 63/.976 1/0 3/2
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/61 .167/.273/.348/.621 1.144/.491 .620 23/.428 0/0 3/0
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .111/.273/.111/.384 .333/.393 .533 11/.384 0/1 0/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/148 .228/.249/.361/.610 .685/.589 .614 63/.722 7/4 5/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 243/177 .225/.286/.333/.620 .670/.602 .600 79/.681 8/7 2/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 275/197 .258/.318/.355/.672 .585/.705 .573 103/.738 7/0 4/3
IP 40.1 30.2 32.2 31.1 19.1 11.0 5.0 28.0 23.1 TOTAL .230/.286/.374/.660 .683/.651 .639 .753 46/23 63/41
ERA-K/9 2.68/6.7 2.35/5.9 1.93/12.1 3.45/8.3 4.19/13.5 4.91/8.2 1.80/5.4 4.18/6.1 1.16/13.1 4.03/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (39-2-5)
 McKenry (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.253 113/.215 136/.222 137/.303 78/.194 45/.279 23/.235 128/.238 90/.128 .263  Tabata
 Harrison
 Presley
 Jones
 McCutchen
18/0/56/5
1/0/9/1
46/0/0/1
0/0/19/1
0/65/0/1
OPS .690 .515 .608 .764 .576 .846 .685 .721 .440 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.751 55/.505 64/.621 70/.724 26/.670 22/.701 13/.983 66/.913 28/.476 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.585 58/.523 72/.597 67/.808 52/.526 23/.984 10/.325 62/.523 62/.422 .715
Road 103/.669 35/.849 56/.624 66/.753 36/.500 25/.755 / 68/.690 35/.567
Last 28d days 48/.821 35/.559 53/.506 53/.770 22/.623 45/.846 23/.685 47/.515 64/.469
HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/2 2/4/1 3/0/0 0/0/1 2/10/0 1/1/0 67/57/17
Usage ·····X·· ·o····X· o·o··XX· X·o··XX· o······· ······o· X······· ······Xo oX··o·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.