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Game Preview: DET @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, July 29, 2012 @Rogers Centre

Tigers, 53-48, 53-48 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 4-7, 4.03)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-7)			82.2	87	41	37	18	70	9	4.03
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		3-4	42.1	47	28	25	9	40	5	5.31	48
2012-07-24	@CLE	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	102	50
2012-07-18	LAA	W	8.0	2	1	1	2	10	1	108	82
2012-07-13	@BAL	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	8	0	94	75
2012-07-07	KCR	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	95	39
2012-07-02	MIN	L	4.0	8	6	6	1	4	0	85	25
2012-06-27	@TEX	L	4.1	9	9	8	1	5	3	96	15
2012-06-22	@PIT	L	6.0	8	4	2	1	7	0	91	50

Last 5 v.TOR		0-2	20.2	17	12	11	4	14	1	4.79	53
2011-07-21	@TOR	ND	6.0	5	5	4	3	4	0	106	45
2010-05-19	TOR	L	8.0	5	3	3	1	5	0	108	64
2009-09-25	@TOR	L	6.2	7	4	4	0	5	1	92	49

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

 Home:   28-21   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  38-34   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest:  8-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Sat, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-5       53-48  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @TOR  L   3-8       53-47  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 26  @CLE  L   3-5       53-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @CLE  W   5-3       53-45  1st    Tied
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @CLE  L   2-3       52-45  1st    Tied
 96 Sun, Jul 22   CHW  W   6-4       52-44  1st  1.5 up
 95 Sat, Jul 21   CHW  W   7-1       51-44  1st  0.5 up
 94 Fri, Jul 20   CHW  W   4-2       50-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 19   LAA  W   5-1       49-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18   LAA  W   7-2       48-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Blue Jays, 51-49, 51-49 4th, 9 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Brett Cecil (25, LHP, 2-3, 5.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-3)			38.2	42	26	25	14	34	8	5.82
2011 (4-11)			123.2	122	68	65	42	87	22	4.73
2010 (15-7)			172.2	175	87	81	54	117	18	4.22

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.2	42	26	25	14	34	8	5.82	46
2012-07-24	OAK	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	94	60
2012-07-17	@NYY	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	108	51
2012-07-08	@CHW	ND	4.1	6	7	6	3	5	1	87	27
2012-07-03	KCR	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	98	52
2012-06-28	LAA	L	5.1	10	8	8	2	6	3	82	20
2012-06-23	@MIA	ND	6.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	98	57
2012-06-17	PHI	W	5.0	5	2	2	1	5	2	87	53

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	2.57	62
2010-07-25	@DET	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	101	62

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

 Home:   28-22   Road:   23-27   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  39-33   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:   5-13
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest: 10-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Sat, Jul 28   DET  W   5-1       51-49  4th  9.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27   DET  W   8-3       50-49  4th 10.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26   OAK  W  10-4       49-49  4th 10.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25   OAK  L   0-16      48-49  4th 10.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24   OAK  L   2-7       48-48  4th  9.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 22  @BOS  W  15-7       48-47  4th  9.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 21  @BOS  W   7-3       47-47  5th 10.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 20  @BOS  W   6-1       46-47  5th 11.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @NYY  L   0-6  (7)  45-47  5th 12.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @NYY  L   1-6       45-46  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 TOR  5  DET  1        W:Henderson Alvarez (7-7), L: Anibal Sanchez (5-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 TOR  8  DET  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (6-0), L: Rick Porcello (7-6), S: none

Mon, Jun 27, 2011 DET  4  TOR  2        W:Joaquin Benoit (2-3), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (18)
Mon, May 16, 2011 TOR  4 @DET  2        W:Kyle Drabek (3-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-3), S: Frank Francisco (4)
Mon, May 09, 2011 DET 10 @TOR  5        W:Max Scherzer (6-0), L: Brandon Morrow (1-2), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2011 DET  5 @TOR  2        W:Brad Penny (3-3), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Sat, May 07, 2011 DET  9 @TOR  0        W:Justin Verlander (3-3), L: Ricky Romero (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 TOR  7  DET  4        W:Jesse Litsch (3-2), L: Phil Coke (1-5), S: Frank Francisco (2)
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 DET 10 @TOR  4        W:Rick Porcello (7-11), L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 TOR  5  DET  4        W:Brandon Morrow (10-6), L: Alfredo Figaro (0-2), S: Kevin Gregg (30)
Season Series: 2012 - TOR over 2-0; 2011 - DET won 4-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - TOR leads 208-175

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 TOR 5.01 WSN 4.29 SDP 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.48 SDP 4.25 COL 5.63	BA A. McCutchen .369 M. Scutaro .271 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 B. Phillips .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .631 B. Harper .435 D. Gordon .282	OPS J. Votto 1.069 P. Alvarez .769 C. Pennington .541	ERA R. Dempster 2.25 B. Zito 3.89 J. Guthrie 6.68	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.59 C. Wilson 7.52 D. Lowe 3.08

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.01

WSN 4.29

SDP 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.48

SDP 4.25

COL 5.63

A. McCutchen .369

M. Scutaro .271

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

B. Phillips .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .631

B. Harper .435

D. Gordon .282

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

P. Alvarez .769

C. Pennington .541

ERA

R. Dempster 2.25

B. Zito 3.89

J. Guthrie 6.68

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.59

C. Wilson 7.52

D. Lowe 3.08

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Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB 34.Carreno
G/S/vB 46.Crawford*
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 31.Lyon
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 271/204 .238/.341/.381/.722 .630/.750 .681 70/.673 2/0 6/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 227/176 .286/.366/.387/.753 .607/.796 .737 82/.698 15/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 374/267 .249/.283/.395/.679 .629/.698 .739 73/.928 3/2 11/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.467 ··· 3/1.167 6/.733 7/.953 445/320 .327/.387/.584/.970 .931/.983 .866 94/1.185 4/1 25/9

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 14/.572 3/2.334 2/5.000 436/285 .308/.394/.499/.893 .829/.928 .867 94/.997 1/0 16/7

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/1.071 3/.000 3/.666 366/267 .278/.305/.426/.731 .852/.686 .791 86/.581 10/1 8/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 5/1.000 359/253 .316/.398/.502/.899 .879/.908 .896 102/.816 10/3 10/0

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 115/104 .176/.270/.245/.515 .384/.527 .507 12/.250 1/0 1/3

9.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 120/57 .299/.361/.411/.773 .633/.926 .762 18/.911 0/0 2/1

27.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.550 1/.000 4/.500 10/.400 4/.000 356/252 .260/.330/.395/.725 .723/.725 .659 79/.727 1/1 6/5

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 209/122 .171/.226/.254/.480 .465/.490 .576 41/.402 1/1 1/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 224/171 .217/.297/.293/.590 .590/.591 .526 55/.507 1/0 2/4

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 5/1.600 7/.572 7/.929 376/261 .270/.298/.404/.702 .782/.665 .725 89/.773 0/1 11/2

IP 38.2 7.0 15.0 7.2 39.2 8.2 39.0 38.2 61.2 TOTAL .268/.334/.417/.752 .719/.765 .737 .798 40/9 98/60

ERA-K/9

5.82/7.9

6.43/10.3

6.60/5.4

7.04/5.8

2.27/9.3

3.12/4.1

3.00/9.5

1.40/9.1

2.92/9.5

4.54/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (45-19-6)
Laird (27-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.282 30/.222 69/.276 35/.345 152/.196 31/.161 164/.252 146/.194 260/.213 .256 Kelly
Boesch
Berry
Raburn
Jackson
Young 14/8/32/3
0/0/88/3
34/18/5/2
27/0/22/2
0/79/0/2
26/0/0/1

OPS .867 1.004 .995 1.165 .546 .355 .655 .531 .684 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.628 13/1.294 37/.854 16/.500 81/.456 12/.167 55/.661 72/.592 141/.731 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.920 17/.798 32/1.134 19/1.876 71/.651 19/.474 109/.652 74/.470 119/.633 .778

Home 96/.900 27/1.125 3/.000 23/1.056 81/.581 19/.368 80/.568 71/.591 150/.722

Last 28d days 95/.785 30/1.004 / / 33/.338 31/.355 40/.633 38/.515 92/.601

HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 4/0/0 5/3/1 3/1/1 4/3/1 0/0/0 3/7/1 2/5/3 8/4/2 130/50/25

Usage ····X··· ···X··o· ········ ········ ·oX····· ·X·X··X· ·oX····o ·Xo····X ·X·····X

Blue Jays Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.40 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 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

11.Davis G/S/vP 22/.909 ··· 2/1.500 8/.500 5/.900 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 239/144 .253/.311/.406/.716 .709/.722 .712 67/.667 27/7 5/6

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.611 2/2.000 413/306 .299/.395/.595/.990 1.121/.945 1.064 86/1.174 9/3 28/2

5.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.000 404/300 .255/.299/.350/.649 .630/.655 .717 70/.676 3/1 7/9

68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/39 .212/.267/.442/.709 .753/.671 .975 17/.607 0/0 3/0

43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/19 .182/.250/.227/.477 .400/.498 .636 24/.477 1/0 0/0

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 393/283 .238/.327/.379/.707 .663/.724 .740 73/.666 10/1 11/9

13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 405/290 .290/.334/.428/.762 .896/.708 .796 80/.722 13/8 9/12

26.Lind* G/S/vP 10/.300 ··· 5/.400 11/.191 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/5.000 218/170 .227/.298/.394/.692 .513/.745 .738 68/.823 0/0 8/4

6.Mathis G/S/vP 8/1.292 1/.000 5/.000 3/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/70 .264/.309/.516/.826 .989/.753 1.066 29/.950 1/0 5/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 415/301 .246/.312/.463/.774 .663/.814 .719 92/.658 4/2 18/5

45.Snider* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/20 .267/.303/.633/.936 1.538/.485 .829 33/.936 0/0 3/1

17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 5/.250 8/.946 ··· 10/.777 ··· 98/70 .217/.258/.250/.508 .368/.563 .636 28/.536 2/0 0/1

IP 82.2 42.1 47.0 41.2 33.1 7.2 41.2 33.0 TOTAL .255/.321/.439/.760 .765/.758 .798 .794 76/27 145/69

ERA-K/9

4.03/7.6

3.40/6.0

2.87/10.7

3.02/8.0

3.51/13.0

2.35/11.7

3.89/6.3

1.36/11.7

4.02/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (0-0-0)
Mathis (14-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.269 169/.266 190/.213 183/.307 134/.218 31/.185 180/.222 134/.190 .259 Davis
Rasmus
Snider
Gose
Encarnacion
Vizquel
Gomes 66/6/14/4
0/98/0/4
8/0/0/0
0/1/6/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .724 .679 .669 .790 .626 .661 .668 .556 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.817 73/.692 89/.606 91/.617 46/.723 11/.000 96/.828 44/.743 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.594 96/.670 101/.726 92/.966 88/.575 20/1.075 84/.493 90/.475 .726

Road 203/.735 59/.843 83/.766 96/.825 70/.708 7/1.071 96/.659 53/.625

Last 28d days 127/.666 44/.996 37/.788 34/.703 34/.640 31/.661 39/.653 32/.782

HR/SB/CS 9/0/3 5/5/1 7/1/0 2/4/2 2/7/3 1/1/0 3/11/0 2/2/1 108/81/25

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