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Game Preview: DET @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, August 12, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Tigers, 61-53, 61-53 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 9-6, 4.62)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-6)			128.2	163	72	66	31	76	9	4.62
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		4-1	42.2	51	21	21	8	23	1	4.43	48
2012-08-07	NYY	W	6.2	8	3	3	0	3	1	101	49
2012-08-01	@BOS	W	5.2	8	4	4	2	6	0	88	41
2012-07-27	@TOR	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	89	39
2012-07-21	CHW	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	94	72
2012-07-16	LAA	ND	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	0	89	35
2012-07-05	MIN	ND	3.2	12	3	3	1	0	0	77	24
2012-06-30	@TBR	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	87	73

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	17.0	32	17	16	7	13	2	8.47	34
2012-06-25	@TEX	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	96	60
2012-04-21	TEX	L	1.0	10	9	8	1	1	1	51	-1
2011-06-07	@TEX	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	87	57
2010-04-25	@TEX	L	4.0	10	6	6	2	3	1	92	19

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

 Home:   33-23   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  44-37   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  9-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Sat, Aug 11  @TEX  L   1-2       61-53  2nd  1.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10  @TEX  W   6-2       61-52  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   NYY  L   3-4       60-52  2nd  1.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   NYY  L   8-12      60-51  2nd  0.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   NYY  W   6-5       60-50  2nd  0.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   NYY  W   7-2       59-50  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5   CLE  W  10-8 (10)  58-50  2nd  1.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4   CLE  W   6-1       57-50  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3   CLE  W  10-2       56-50  2nd  2.5 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1  @BOS  W   7-5       55-50  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Rangers, 66-46, 66-46 1st, 5½ up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 11-8, 4.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (11-8)			134.0	121	73	68	74	154	12	4.57

Last 7 GS		2-4	45.1	43	35	34	25	58	5	6.75	47
2012-08-06	@BOS	L	6.2	11	6	6	4	9	0	123	33
2012-08-01	LAA	ND	5.0	4	7	7	6	7	1	108	32
2012-07-27	CHW	L	6.1	8	6	5	3	6	1	118	38
2012-07-21	@LAA	W	7.0	3	2	2	4	11	0	117	70
2012-07-14	@SEA	L	6.1	8	7	7	4	4	1	106	29
2012-07-01	OAK	L	7.0	5	3	3	3	11	1	105	63
2012-06-26	DET	W	7.0	4	4	4	1	10	1	113	62

Last 5 v.DET		2-0	13.1	6	5	5	6	15	1	3.38	64
2012-06-26	DET	W	7.0	4	4	4	1	10	1	113	62
2012-04-19	@DET	W	6.1	2	1	1	5	5	0	121	65

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

 Home:   35-22   Road:   31-24   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  46-31   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 16-8    vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Sat, Aug 11   DET  W   2-1       66-46  1st  5.5 up
111 Fri, Aug 10   DET  L   2-6       65-46  1st  5.5 up
110 Wed, Aug  8  @BOS  W  10-9       65-45  1st  5.5 up
109 Tue, Aug  7  @BOS  W   6-3       64-45  1st  5.5 up
108 Mon, Aug  6  @BOS  L   2-9       63-45  1st  5.0 up
107 Sun, Aug  5  @KCR  L   6-7 (10)  63-44  1st  5.5 up
106 Sat, Aug  4  @KCR  W   4-2       63-43  1st  5.5 up
105 Fri, Aug  3  @KCR  W   5-3       62-43  1st  4.5 up
104 Thu, Aug  2   LAA  W  15-9       61-43  1st  4.5 up
103 Wed, Aug  1   LAA  W  11-10(10)  60-43  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 TEX  2  DET  1        W:Mike Adams (2-3), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 DET  6 @TEX  2        W:Max Scherzer (11-6), L: Scott Feldman (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 TEX 13  DET  9        W:Roy Oswalt (2-0), L: Doug Fister (1-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 TEX  7  DET  5        W:Yu Darvish (10-4), L: Drew Smyly (2-3), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 DET  8 @TEX  2        W:Rick Porcello (5-5), L: Justin Grimm (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 TEX  3 @DET  2 (11)   W:Robbie Ross (3-0), L: Thad Weber (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 DET  3  TEX  2        W:Justin Verlander (2-1), L: Neftali Feliz (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (4)
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 TEX 10 @DET  4        W:Matt Harrison (3-0), L: Rick Porcello (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 TEX 10 @DET  3        W:Yu Darvish (2-0), L: Adam Wilk (0-2), S: none

Thu, Aug 04, 2011 TEX  5 @DET  2        W:Alexi Ogando (11-5), L: Brad Penny (7-9), S: Neftali Feliz (22)
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 6-3; 2011 - DET won 6-3; 2010 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 347-294

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 5.09 CIN 4.32 CHC 3.70	RA/G WSN 3.52 DET 4.38 COL 5.74	BA A. McCutchen .363 J. Morneau .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 Y. Alonso .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .610 J. Mauer .439 J. Carroll .289	OPS J. Votto 1.069 P. Alvarez .773 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 C. Lee 3.85 J. Guthrie 6.10	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.31 G. Floyd 7.31 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

CIN 4.32

CHC 3.70

RA/G

WSN 3.52

DET 4.38

COL 5.74

A. McCutchen .363

J. Morneau .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

Y. Alonso .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .610

J. Mauer .439

J. Carroll .289

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

P. Alvarez .773

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

C. Lee 3.85

J. Guthrie 6.10

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.31

G. Floyd 7.31

D. Lowe 3.10

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Tigers Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.733 2/1.000 2/.000 5/2.000 5/.650 6/.000 3/.667 ··· 312/239 .267/.367/.417/.784 .652/.822 .721 80/.925 2/0 7/3

18.Baker G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 150/47 .271/.307/.450/.757 .775/.716 .789 35/.814 4/1 4/2

52.Berry* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 257/203 .274/.354/.376/.730 .573/.773 .723 73/.648 15/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/1.666 3/1.667 4/.750 4/.500 12/.083 2/.500 1/.000 420/300 .252/.288/.390/.679 .598/.710 .706 90/.763 4/3 11/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.167 5/1.800 4/1.167 10/.522 12/.432 12/1.183 1/2.000 1/.000 502/363 .322/.384/.579/.963 .873/.993 .855 106/.990 4/1 29/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 175/140 .338/.385/.506/.891 .590/.960 .799 29/.875 1/0 4/1

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/1.700 7/.000 4/.917 1/.000 8/.875 ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB 491/321 .311/.399/.514/.914 .786/.985 .860 104/1.044 1/0 20/7

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 413/301 .288/.311/.447/.759 .851/.724 .781 94/.788 11/2 10/12

14.Jackson G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 4/1.750 5/.200 3/.000 8/.125 ··· 1/5.000 415/295 .319/.402/.524/.925 .931/.923 .957 109/.879 10/5 13/0

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.333 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 130/58 .291/.349/.393/.742 .578/.945 .729 18/.583 0/0 2/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 4/.750 8/.125 19/.669 8/.250 3/.000 ··· 400/285 .260/.326/.413/.739 .769/.727 .662 86/.703 1/1 8/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 7/.334 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 241/184 .213/.295/.284/.580 .546/.591 .530 35/.409 1/0 2/5

21.Young G/S/vP 6/.733 4/1.000 3/.000 8/.250 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 420/291 .266/.298/.400/.698 .810/.645 .716 94/.651 0/2 12/2

IP 134.0 37.0 20.2 32.0 45.1 48.0 54.1 20.1 TOTAL .271/.338/.427/.765 .713/.786 .736 .800 42/14 115/68

ERA-K/9

4.57/10.3

2.92/7.8

5.23/8.3

2.25/7.0

2.78/10.7

2.63/9.0

1.82/6.0

5.31/7.5

4.02/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (51-23-7)
Laird (30-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.238 160/.259 90/.167 126/.202 184/.241 187/.193 216/.215 91/.337 .250 Boesch
Berry
Jackson
Young
Dirks
Baker 0/0/100/4
44/19/5/2
0/92/0/2
27/0/0/1
31/1/6/1
2/0/15/0

OPS .719 .666 .600 .595 .643 .567 .597 .937 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.742 83/.684 31/.560 58/.571 111/.638 74/.572 94/.558 34/1.028 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.685 77/.646 59/.620 68/.614 73/.652 113/.564 122/.626 57/.883 .731

Home 281/.713 88/.652 74/.524 88/.695 112/.705 89/.693 112/.568 64/1.067

Last 28d days 118/.801 33/.700 35/.648 5/1.267 35/.924 57/.728 39/.910 33/.703

HR/SB/CS 12/17/2 1/8/1 3/0/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 4/3/0 3/1/1 5/3/0 121/71/19

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

Rangers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.38 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 38.Downs*
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.333 5/1.100 6/1.000 6/.334 ··· 7/.000 3/.000 497/351 .296/.367/.397/.764 .693/.795 .728 101/.784 18/7 2/10

29.Beltre G/S/vP 11/1.091 2/.000 23/.654 5/.650 25/.698 ··· 5/2.100 3/.666 457/325 .304/.341/.492/.833 .656/.905 .855 102/.647 1/0 19/6

17.Cruz G/S/vP 11/.546 4/.500 4/2.417 6/.167 3/1.666 ··· 3/.333 3/1.167 452/326 .268/.332/.470/.801 .928/.753 .903 97/.996 7/4 18/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 210/111 .324/.396/.416/.812 .908/.729 .749 44/.774 11/5 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 8/.821 4/.250 3/.000 8/.679 2/.000 ··· 9/.476 2/5.000 452/301 .288/.354/.579/.933 .843/.979 .895 99/.727 6/3 31/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/1.500 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.361 ··· 8/.250 2/.000 513/375 .275/.343/.439/.782 1.015/.697 .900 101/.777 20/7 13/14

15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.650 ··· 211/181 .286/.338/.521/.859 .731/.880 .971 38/.954 1/1 12/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/1.489 5/1.200 4/.500 6/.567 4/.250 ··· 7/.453 2/.000 331/283 .299/.383/.468/.851 .890/.845 1.015 77/.894 8/2 9/1

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/5 .300/.400/.300/.700 .775/.400 1.000 15/.700 1/1 0/2

8.Soto G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 222/157 .197/.284/.348/.632 .662/.620 .602 58/.668 0/0 7/7

10.Young G/S/vP 11/1.145 4/1.500 6/.666 5/.650 15/.690 ··· 7/.858 3/.333 465/329 .273/.303/.349/.652 .762/.607 .612 97/.629 2/2 3/4

IP 128.2 45.1 50.1 46.0 39.2 11.1 47.2 37.0 TOTAL .278/.341/.444/.785 .778/.788 .815 .786 79/33 132/61

ERA-K/9

4.62/5.3

3.38/5.6

3.40/10.2

3.91/8.0

2.95/11.8

2.38/10.4

3.78/6.6

1.95/11.7

4.02/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (0-0-0)
Soto (40-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 565/.310 182/.272 204/.220 209/.326 154/.194 45/.220 203/.217 153/.198 .262 Cruz
Hamilton
Gentry
Murphy
Moreland 6/0/104/7
70/59/1/5
0/86/2/3
75/2/11/3
0/0/3/0

OPS .795 .691 .734 .843 .554 .655 .641 .573 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.835 80/.719 102/.749 105/.669 54/.609 17/.235 110/.785 53/.740 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.751 102/.667 102/.718 104/1.023 100/.525 28/.935 93/.478 100/.493 .722

Road 261/.788 59/.843 86/.737 109/.913 82/.623 7/1.071 105/.620 58/.639

Last 28d days 132/.718 36/1.101 34/.963 37/1.195 34/.353 25/.880 37/.467 35/.638

HR/SB/CS 9/15/3 5/5/2 11/1/0 4/5/2 2/7/3 1/1/1 3/11/0 2/3/1 119/90/31

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X···X· X··X··X· ·Xo·o·X· ···o··X· ·oo·XX·· X··Xo·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.