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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 30, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Tigers, 37-40, 37-40 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 5-5, 4.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-5)			86.0	112	51	45	23	53	8	4.71
2011 (14-9)			182.0	210	103	96	46	104	18	4.75
2010 (10-12)			162.2	188	96	89	38	84	18	4.92

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.1	57	20	19	14	26	1	4.24	45
2012-06-25	@TEX	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	96	60
2012-06-20	STL	L	7.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	86	50
2012-06-13	@CHC	W	5.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	76	37
2012-06-08	@CIN	ND	5.0	9	4	4	2	1	1	83	32
2012-06-02	NYY	ND	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	99	58
2012-05-27	@MIN	ND	6.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	106	41
2012-05-22	@CLE	L	5.1	8	5	4	3	6	0	100	37

Last 5 v.TBR		1-1	20.0	16	7	7	5	17	1	3.15	59
2012-04-10	TBR	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	92	58
2010-07-29	@TBR	L	7.1	5	4	4	2	8	1	112	58
2009-08-28	TBR	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	5	0	104	60

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

 Home:   17-18   Road:   20-22   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  29-27   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  5-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jun 29  @TBR  L   2-4       37-40  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 28  @TBR  W   5-2       37-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @TEX  L   9-13      36-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @TEX  L   5-7       36-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @TEX  W   8-2       36-37  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @PIT  W   3-2       35-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23  @PIT  L   1-4       34-37  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Rays, 41-36, 41-36 3rd, 5½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (25, RHP, 4-3, 3.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-3)			78.1	75	36	30	30	52	14	3.45
2011 (13-10)			189.0	146	64	62	72	117	21	2.95
2010 (4-0)			36.1	32	14	14	8	33	5	3.47

Last 7 GS		1-3	42.1	43	23	19	15	29	8	4.04	49
2012-06-14	NYM	L	3.2	9	8	8	1	0	3	93	10
2012-06-08	@MIA	ND	4.1	5	1	1	7	3	0	108	45
2012-06-02	BAL	L	6.2	4	2	1	1	8	1	100	67
2012-05-27	@BOS	ND	7.2	7	3	3	2	3	1	106	54
2012-05-21	TOR	L	7.1	8	5	2	1	3	1	108	50
2012-05-16	BOS	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	104	62
2012-05-11	@BAL	ND	6.2	5	3	3	1	6	2	95	57

Last 5 v.DET		1-2	20.1	13	4	4	5	18	2	1.77	66
2011-08-25	DET	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	102	63
2011-05-23	@DET	L	6.1	4	2	2	4	4	1	100	57
2010-08-10	@DET	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	86	78

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

 Home:   22-16   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  30-20   vsLHP:  11-16   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl: 4-10   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jun 29   DET  W   4-2       41-36  3rd  5.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 28   DET  L   2-5       40-36  3rd  6.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @KCR  L   4-5       40-35  3rd  6.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @KCR  L   2-8       40-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @KCR  L   0-8       40-33  3rd  4.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @PHI  W   7-3       40-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24  @PHI  W   3-2       39-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23  @PHI  L   6-7       38-32  3rd  4.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 21  @WSN  L   2-5       38-31  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20  @WSN  L   2-3       38-30  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 TBR  4  DET  2        W:David Price (11-4), L: Justin Verlander (8-5), S: Fernando Rodney (22)
Thu, Jun 28, 2012 DET  5 @TBR  2        W:Max Scherzer (7-5), L: James Shields (7-5), S: Jose Valverde (14)
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 DET  7  TBR  2        W:Collin Balester (1-0), L: Jeff Niemann (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 TBR  4 @DET  2        W:James Shields (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 DET  5  TBR  2        W:Phil Coke (1-0), L: Jake McGee (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 DET  2 @TBR  0        W:Doug Fister (6-13), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-9), S: Jose Valverde (38)
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 TBR  3  DET  2 (10)   W:Joel Peralta (3-4), L: Duane Below (0-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 DET  2 @TBR  1        W:Brad Penny (9-9), L: David Price (11-11), S: Phil Coke (1)
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 DET  5 @TBR  2        W:Justin Verlander (19-5), L: Jeff Niemann (8-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 DET  2  TBR  1 (10)   W:David Purcey (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 3-2; 2011 - DET won 6-1; 2010 - TBR won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 55-53

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 5.37 CIN 4.29 SDP 3.37	RA/G WSN 3.43 SEA 4.33 COL 5.79	BA D. Wright .359 A. Rodriguez .269 B. Ryan .176	OBP J. Votto .476 B. Lawrie .335 J. Arencibia .259	SLG J. Hamilton .643 A. Escobar .428 B. Ryan .268	OPS J. Votto 1.114 J. Kipnis .767 B. Ryan .552	ERA B. Beachy 2.00 B. Zito 4.00 M. Minor 6.14	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.80 J. Blanton 7.53 H. Alvarez 2.75

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.37

CIN 4.29

SDP 3.37

RA/G

WSN 3.43

SEA 4.33

COL 5.79

D. Wright .359

A. Rodriguez .269

B. Ryan .176

OBP

J. Votto .476

B. Lawrie .335

J. Arencibia .259

SLG

J. Hamilton .643

A. Escobar .428

B. Ryan .268

OPS

J. Votto 1.114

J. Kipnis .767

B. Ryan .552

ERA

B. Beachy 2.00

B. Zito 4.00

M. Minor 6.14

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.80

J. Blanton 7.53

H. Alvarez 2.75

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Tigers Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB 40.Davis
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 8/1.518 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 191/143 .247/.337/.410/.746 .715/.756 .645 32/.598 2/0 5/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 135/105 .308/.391/.419/.810 .680/.848 .838 82/.728 12/0 1/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 297/214 .232/.269/.346/.616 .574/.631 .771 85/.600 3/1 7/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 11/1.073 ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 341/248 .309/.367/.537/.904 .924/.894 .792 105/.874 3/1 16/8

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.667 7/.714 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 332/219 .297/.370/.490/.860 .722/.935 .860 103/.788 1/0 12/7

14.Jackson G/S/vP 10/.967 ··· 9/.365 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 247/171 .324/.408/.526/.934 .878/.959 .938 88/.891 7/2 7/0

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/89 .186/.286/.244/.530 .476/.534 .441 22/.792 1/0 1/3

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 102/52 .293/.347/.402/.749 .618/.877 .796 49/.642 0/0 2/1

27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.393 1/no AB 11/.573 ··· 10/1.200 1/.000 ··· 21/.148 272/197 .257/.332/.390/.722 .648/.749 .657 85/.789 1/1 4/5

25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 164/102 .179/.233/.258/.491 .535/.464 .576 29/.809 1/1 1/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 160/125 .224/.300/.308/.608 .504/.636 .522 68/.662 1/0 2/2

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 65/31 .182/.270/.200/.470 .583/.348 .564 23/.377 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.555 1/2.000 13/.770 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 14/.748 277/195 .269/.300/.390/.690 .860/.615 .730 93/.649 0/1 6/2

IP 78.1 32.1 35.2 11.2 24.1 26.0 20.2 34.2 TOTAL .264/.328/.409/.737 .704/.751 .738 .716 33/7 69/53

ERA-K/9

3.45/6.0

3.34/7.5

3.03/8.8

6.94/8.5

4.81/7.4

1.73/9.7

1.74/7.4

1.04/9.1

3.64/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (32-16-6)
Laird (20-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.251 141/.275 152/.221 59/.261 99/.230 100/.152 84/.162 130/.172 .240 Kelly
Berry
Boesch
Jackson
Young
Raburn 14/8/17/3
13/17/4/2
0/0/68/2
0/55/0/2
25/0/0/1
21/0/16/1

OPS .770 .758 .642 .902 .737 .419 .465 .422 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.751 43/.807 68/.501 27/1.101 45/.692 45/.606 41/.457 72/.421 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.793 98/.737 84/.746 32/.735 54/.773 55/.266 43/.472 58/.424 .681

Home 204/.735 75/.558 82/.730 33/.834 44/.754 48/.192 38/.549 68/.297

Last 28d days 47/1.239 35/.829 49/.792 33/.930 31/.824 33/.356 51/.410 33/.431

HR/SB/CS 14/3/2 5/1/0 4/2/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 78/51/11

Usage ··o··X·· ·X···X·· ···X·Xo· ···o·oo· ooo··oX· ···o·X·· o····o··

Rays Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
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 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 69/37 .159/.217/.365/.582 .767/.424 .645 37/.883 0/0 3/1

8.Jennings G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 223/162 .241/.305/.374/.679 .670/.682 .658 97/.612 12/1 5/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 199/121 .271/.342/.395/.737 .577/.853 .611 77/.806 13/4 4/8

7.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 119/66 .327/.370/.418/.788 .974/.642 1.009 25/1.020 0/0 2/0

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 72/41 .230/.347/.311/.659 .750/.623 .464 50/.693 0/1 0/3

35.Matsui* G/S/vP 18/.646 4/2.417 12/.788 7/.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 81/48 .160/.222/.253/.476 .573/.410 .532 68/.413 0/0 2/0

28.Molina G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 9/1.069 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 135/107 .195/.267/.333/.600 .416/.642 .533 41/.663 0/0 4/3

23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.958 ··· 13/.231 7/1.286 7/.453 ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· 331/207 .196/.338/.343/.682 .592/.737 .765 103/.595 1/1 10/3

10.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/85 .214/.278/.235/.512 .130/.613 .468 37/.253 1/2 0/7

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.453 1/no AB 3/.000 5/.200 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 248/162 .214/.264/.330/.595 .627/.574 .623 71/.486 3/0 5/11

30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 8/.000 7/.629 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 204/125 .212/.275/.408/.682 .510/.791 .669 16/.063 3/0 9/

2.Upton G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 5/.900 9/.333 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 268/175 .247/.305/.368/.673 .592/.713 .742 108/.577 14/3 5/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/.800 15/.343 5/1.800 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 313/202 .252/.377/.457/.834 .821/.842 .665 94/1.065 7/6 10/7

IP 86.0 33.1 35.0 32.1 24.1 15.1 68.1 30.0 25.0 TOTAL .233/.317/.374/.691 .670/.702 .680 .648 60/23 74/66

ERA-K/9

4.71/5.5

2.70/5.9

1.80/11.6

3.62/8.4

4.07/13.7

4.11/7.6

4.48/8.0

3.90/6.0

1.44/13.0

4.09/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (14-2-0)
Molina (20-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 386/.315 125/.231 145/.222 145/.318 100/.217 63/.254 288/.270 134/.225 99/.151 .264 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Johnson
Matsui 0/62/0/6
0/0/50/4
37/17/0/3
3/0/0/0
8/0/4/0

OPS .830 .568 .597 .804 .621 .793 .807 .685 .502 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.868 60/.622 67/.623 72/.732 35/.643 26/.849 86/.760 70/.854 31/.725 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.790 65/.517 78/.575 73/.878 65/.605 37/.754 202/.827 64/.505 68/.413 .719

Road 185/.871 47/.914 65/.597 74/.832 58/.608 43/.713 173/.772 74/.631 44/.684

Last 28d days 104/.872 41/.616 47/.403 53/.843 25/.683 40/1.042 61/1.002 35/.461 58/.499

HR/SB/CS 8/10/3 2/3/1 1/1/0 1/3/2 2/4/2 4/0/0 11/4/4 2/10/0 2/1/0 78/61/20

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·o··X··· ·X····o· X·X···X· ···X···X ···X···· ·o·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.