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Game Preview: DET @ PIT, 4:05pm, Saturday, June 23, 2012 @PNC Park

Tigers, 34-36, 34-36 3rd, 3½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 6-4, 5.17)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-4) 78.1 90 49 45 29 100 13 5.17
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
Last 7 GS 4-1 40.2 44 25 21 14 55 8 4.65 51
2012-06-17 COL W 8.0 7 0 0 0 12 0 122 80
2012-06-12 @CHC ND 6.0 5 3 3 5 8 0 116 53
2012-06-06 CLE L 4.1 7 8 5 3 2 2 92 22
2012-05-31 @BOS W 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 117 50
2012-05-26 @MIN W 5.1 6 3 3 0 9 2 80 53
2012-05-20 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 1 15 2 115 75
2012-05-15 @CHW ND 4.0 8 6 5 3 3 1 99 24
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 25.0 23 10 10 5 35 2 3.60 59
2012-05-20 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 1 15 2 115 75
2011-05-21 @PIT L 5.2 7 3 3 0 7 0 99 50
2009-08-06 @PIT ND 5.1 7 5 5 4 5 0 100 35
2009-07-26 PIT W 7.0 5 0 0 0 8 0 109 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-18   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  26-24   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  4-10 IL:10-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Fri, Jun 22  @PIT  L   1-4       34-36  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Pirates, 37-32, 37-32 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Brad Lincoln (27, RHP, 3-2, 3.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-2) 37.2 39 17 16 12 36 6 3.82
2011 (2-3) 47.2 54 27 25 16 29 4 4.72
2010 (1-4) 52.2 66 42 39 15 25 9 6.66
Last 7 GS 2-3 29.2 49 27 26 11 19 7 7.89 36
2012-06-17 @CLE ND 3.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 67 29
2012-06-12 @BAL L 4.1 9 4 4 1 3 2 87 31
2012-06-06 @CIN L 4.0 6 5 5 2 5 1 66 33
2012-05-14 @MIA W 6.0 4 2 2 1 3 1 80 58
2011-09-24 CIN W 5.0 6 2 2 4 4 0 82 47
2011-09-18 @LAD L 1.2 8 6 6 0 1 1 51 16
2011-09-12 STL ND 5.1 8 4 3 2 1 1 83 37
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-12   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  25-24   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  17-11
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL: 9-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Fri, Jun 22   DET  W   4-1       37-32  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 22, 2012 PIT  4  DET  1        W:A.J. Burnett (8-2), L: Doug Fister (1-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (18)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - PIT won 2-1; 2010 - DET won 3-0; All-Time - DET leads 17-14

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 (4.31 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 169/123 .245/.333/.415/.748 .750/.747 .621 24/.879 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/83 .309/.387/.394/.780 .855/.755 .797 87/.780 10/0 0/1
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 276/196 .242/.279/.365/.644 .580/.670 .857 90/.569 3/1 7/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 9/.611 5/.400 4/1.417 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 311/224 .303/.360/.521/.881 .937/.859 .728 108/.923 3/1 14/7
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 8/.700 1/.000 4/.500 13/1.129 2/2.500 6/.750 7/.714 2/1.000 302/197 .304/.381/.494/.875 .732/.957 .889 104/.927 1/0 11/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 215/145 .315/.404/.533/.936 .876/.966 .944 56/.875 7/0 7/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 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 ··· 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 4/1.250 8/.661 12/.750 2/1.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 244/176 .266/.346/.407/.752 .721/.763 .703 82/.918 1/1 4/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.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 1/3.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 142/112 .230/.310/.317/.627 .440/.676 .538 60/.771 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 ··· 7/.629 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 247/171 .264/.296/.387/.683 .836/.612 .726 89/.708 0/1 5/2
IP 37.2 23.2 27.2 27.0 36.1 35.1 11.0 22.2 TOTAL .264/.329/.411/.740 .717/.750 .742 .768 31/5 64/48
ERA-K/9 3.82/8.6 2.66/9.5 1.95/14.0 2.33/11.0 2.23/4.7 3.82/6.4 2.45/2.5 3.57/7.5 3.40/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.264 106/.308 113/.155 108/.160 150/.230 170/.285 45/.205 90/.203 .243  Kelly
 Berry
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Jackson
 Young
14/8/16/3
8/17/3/2
0/0/63/2
20/0/14/1
0/48/0/1
23/0/0/1
OPS .785 .813 .567 .577 .672 .786 .603 .656 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.743 52/.851 59/.505 59/.522 70/.701 69/.896 12/.258 48/.769 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.822 54/.778 54/.627 49/.644 80/.647 101/.714 33/.737 42/.514 .702
Home 33/.215 50/.888 52/.544 58/.436 74/.787 72/.835 8/.000 36/.573
Last 28d days 68/1.094 30/1.030 38/.437 34/.610 55/.794 73/.789 45/.603 30/.679
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 2/1/0 3/1/0 4/3/0 3/6/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 60/52/4
Usage ·····X·· ···X···o o·o··o·X o····o·· X·o··XX· ···X···· ··o···o· o··o·X·o
Pirates Batters (3.52 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
60.Villarreal
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 229/171 .221/.293/.471/.763 .666/.797 .755 78/.943 0/0 13/11
26.Barajas G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 180/127 .228/.289/.401/.690 .404/.799 .658 66/.739 0/0 7/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 13/.693 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 209/159 .198/.220/.299/.519 .640/.480 .520 63/.602 0/2 3/8
65.Hague G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 70/47 .242/.286/.273/.558 .666/.505 .749 53/.577 1/0 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/62 .248/.309/.436/.745 .801/.692 .723 38/.731 5/2 2/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 169/158 .253/.272/.469/.741 .000/.794 .682 67/.906 2/0 8/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 276/205 .346/.402/.577/.979 1.259/.882 1.064 98/1.060 14/4 12/1
14.McGehee G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.637 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 179/117 .236/.318/.350/.669 .708/.648 .519 67/.913 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 1/.000 ··· ··· 192/152 .228/.249/.364/.613 .685/.593 .622 67/.723 7/4 5/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 244/178 .224/.285/.332/.617 .670/.599 .595 75/.673 8/7 2/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 6/.967 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/3.000 279/201 .258/.317/.353/.670 .585/.700 .571 102/.714 7/0 4/3
IP 78.1 30.2 32.2 31.1 19.1 13.0 28.0 23.1 TOTAL .231/.286/.373/.659 .683/.651 .639 .754 46/23 63/41
ERA-K/9 5.17/11.5 2.35/5.9 1.93/12.1 3.45/8.3 4.19/13.5 4.15/7.6 4.18/6.1 1.16/13.1 4.00/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (40-2-5)
 McKenry (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 350/.288 113/.215 136/.222 137/.303 78/.194 52/.260 128/.238 90/.128 .263  Tabata
 Harrison
 Presley
 Jones
 McCutchen
18/0/57/5
1/0/9/1
47/0/0/1
0/0/20/1
0/66/0/1
OPS .816 .515 .608 .764 .576 .768 .721 .440 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.935 55/.505 64/.621 70/.724 26/.670 24/.641 66/.913 28/.476 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.665 58/.523 72/.597 67/.808 52/.526 28/.877 62/.523 62/.422 .714
Road 199/.856 35/.849 56/.624 66/.753 36/.500 32/.648 68/.690 35/.567
Last 28d days 109/.749 35/.559 48/.473 53/.770 17/.820 52/.768 44/.554 64/.469
HR/SB/CS 13/8/2 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/2 2/4/1 3/0/0 2/10/0 1/1/0 67/57/17
Usage ·····X·· ··o····X ·o·o··XX ·X·o··XX ·o······ X······o ·······X ·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.