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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:10pm, Monday, September 9, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 82-61, 82-61 1st, 5½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 19-2, 2.88)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (19-2) 190.1 133 64 61 46 209 16 2.88
2012 (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
Last 7 GS 4-1 46.2 32 15 13 15 45 2 2.51 62
2013-09-03 @BOS L 7.0 5 2 2 3 8 0 111 64
2013-08-29 OAK ND 5.0 8 6 5 1 5 2 101 33
2013-08-24 @NYM W 6.0 3 0 0 4 11 0 118 73
2013-08-18 KCR W 8.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 110 68
2013-08-13 @CHW ND 6.0 4 3 2 3 6 0 105 57
2013-08-08 @CLE W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 100 65
2013-08-03 CHW W 7.2 3 0 0 3 6 0 107 76
Last 5 v.CHW 4-0 35.2 19 6 5 7 33 3 1.26 71
2013-08-13 @CHW ND 6.0 4 3 2 3 6 0 105 57
2013-08-03 CHW W 7.2 3 0 0 3 6 0 107 76
2013-07-22 @CHW W 8.0 4 2 2 0 5 2 105 71
2012-09-12 @CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 115 67
2012-09-01 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 113 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-27   Road:   38-34   ExtrInn: 5-11
 vsRHP:  61-39   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  15-21
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:39-25   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Sun, Sep  8  @KCR  L   2-5       82-61  1st  5.5 up
142 Sat, Sep  7  @KCR  L   3-4       82-60  1st  5.5 up
141 Fri, Sep  6  @KCR  W  16-2       82-59  1st  6.5 up
140 Wed, Sep  4  @BOS  L   4-20      81-59  1st  6.5 up
139 Tue, Sep  3  @BOS  L   1-2       81-58  1st  7.5 up
138 Mon, Sep  2  @BOS  W   3-0       81-57  1st  8.5 up
137 Sun, Sep  1   CLE  L   0-4       80-57  1st  7.5 up
136 Sat, Aug 31   CLE  W  10-5       80-56  1st  8.5 up
135 Fri, Aug 30   CLE  W   7-2  (7)  79-56  1st  7.5 up
134 Thu, Aug 29   OAK  W   7-6       78-56  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
WhiteSox, 57-85, 57-85 5th, 24½ GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (24, LHP, 10-12, 2.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-12) 187.2 158 70 62 40 199 19 2.97
2012 (17-8) 192.0 167 66 65 51 192 19 3.05
2011 (2-2) 71.0 52 22 22 27 79 6 2.79
Last 7 GS 4-2 50.2 50 23 21 9 50 7 3.73 57
2013-09-03 @NYY ND 7.1 5 3 2 1 6 0 114 63
2013-08-28 HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 2 12 1 107 80
2013-08-23 TEX L 7.0 8 8 8 1 6 4 108 34
2013-08-17 @MIN W 7.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 113 54
2013-08-12 DET W 9.0 9 2 2 0 6 1 109 67
2013-08-06 NYY W 7.1 5 1 0 4 6 0 108 68
2013-08-01 @CLE L 5.0 10 5 5 0 6 1 79 33
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 36.2 39 18 16 13 38 7 3.93 54
2013-08-12 DET W 9.0 9 2 2 0 6 1 109 67
2013-07-22 DET L 8.0 7 4 2 3 11 1 119 64
2013-07-11 @DET W 6.2 10 3 3 2 8 2 124 48
2012-09-02 @DET L 6.0 6 4 4 4 7 2 106 47
2012-07-21 @DET L 7.0 7 5 5 4 6 1 90 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-34   Road:   25-51   ExtrInn: 8-14
 vsRHP:  45-62   vsLHP:  12-23   1-Run:  21-31
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl:21-36   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sun, Sep  8  @BAL  W   4-2       57-85  5th 24.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  7  @BAL  L   3-4 (10)  56-85  5th 25.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  6  @BAL  L   0-4       56-84  5th 25.5 gb
139 Thu, Sep  5  @BAL  L   1-3       56-83  5th 24.5 gb
138 Wed, Sep  4  @NYY  L   5-6       56-82  5th 24.0 gb
137 Tue, Sep  3  @NYY  L   4-6       56-81  5th 24.0 gb
136 Mon, Sep  2  @NYY  L   1-9       56-80  5th 24.0 gb
135 Sun, Sep  1  @BOS  L   6-7       56-79  5th 23.0 gb
134 Sat, Aug 31  @BOS  L   2-7       56-78  5th 23.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 30  @BOS  L   3-4       56-77  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 DET  6 @CHW  4        W:Rick Porcello (9-6), L: John Danks (2-10), S: Joaquin Benoit (15)
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 CHW  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Addison Reed (5-1), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 12, 2013 CHW  6  DET  2        W:Chris Sale (8-11), L: Doug Fister (10-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 DET  3  CHW  2 (12)   W:Bruce Rondon (1-1), L: Dylan Axelrod (3-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 DET  3  CHW  0        W:Max Scherzer (16-1), L: John Danks (2-9), S: Joaquin Benoit (12)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 DET  2  CHW  1        W:Doug Fister (10-5), L: Hector Santiago (3-7), S: Joaquin Benoit (11)
Thu, Jul 25, 2013 CHW  7  DET  4        W:Jake Peavy (8-4), L: Justin Verlander (10-8), S: Addison Reed (26)
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 DET  6 @CHW  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (8-7), L: John Danks (2-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 DET  6 @CHW  2        W:Rick Porcello (7-6), L: Hector Santiago (3-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 DET  7 @CHW  3        W:Max Scherzer (14-1), L: Chris Sale (6-9), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 8-5; 2012 - DET won 12-6; 2011 - DET won 13-5; All-Time - DET leads 1042-1012

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 2013 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

BOS  5.22

LAD  4.07

MIA  3.27

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

CLE  4.23

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .353

A. Ethier  .273

D. Uggla  .182

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .446

M. Byrd  .334

J. Arencibia  .239

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .667

Y. Cespedes  .429

A. Escobar  .296

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.113

P. Alvarez  .767

A. Escobar  .555

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.92

J. Masterson  3.52

E. Volquez  6.05

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.02

J. Quintana  7.45

J. Saunders  4.84

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

Tigers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 61.Leesman*
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 68.Petricka
G/S/vB		 41.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB		 40.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 60.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 321/251 .210/.300/.345/.645 .421/.709 .566 32/.799 0/0 9/5
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 24/.973 ··· 9/.347 ··· 4/.833 ··· 11/.739 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 583/441 .353/.446/.667/1.113 1.253/1.070 1.129 93/.920 3/0 43/12
30.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 1.000 4/.500 0/0 0/0
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 435/359 .260/.327/.372/.699 .645/.710 .673 79/.891 7/1 8/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 21/.549 ··· 4/.833 ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 3/.000 3/1.167 9/.222 ··· 635/409 .274/.359/.449/.808 .818/.802 .805 110/.916 1/1 22/6
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 32/16 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .944 17/1.009 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 12/1.166 ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· 585/422 .298/.332/.460/.792 .844/.772 .721 107/.720 3/2 16/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 344/224 .320/.365/.408/.774 .826/.745 .778 75/.794 4/2 3/5
4.Infante G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 5/.650 ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 408/283 .325/.350/.459/.809 .828/.801 .738 95/.916 4/2 9/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP 25/.290 ··· 8/.393 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 8/.679 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 527/370 .277/.349/.424/.774 .677/.812 .777 113/.828 7/4 11/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.333 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 222/170 .238/.327/.360/.687 .593/.715 .645 39/.443 2/0 5/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 17/1.276 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 2/.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 599/386 .294/.346/.411/.757 .678/.801 .729 105/.805 0/1 11/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 18/.278 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 230/128 .310/.329/.412/.741 .627/.834 .817 49/.743 0/2 4/3
26.Perez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 63/28 .207/.230/.241/.471 .517/.415 .456 2/.000 1/0 0/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 191/146 .229/.306/.307/.614 .729/.578 .607 42/.752 0/1 1/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/47 .270/.376/.459/.835 .763/1.021 .763 29/.456 0/0 7/1
29.Worth G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/1
IP 187.2 6.0 72.1 9.1 56.0 10.0 19.2 66.0 46.0 24.0 21.2 2.0 TOTAL .286/.349/.441/.790 .775/.797 .758 .804 32/19 162/66
ERA-K/9 2.97/9.5 4.50/1.5 3.86/10.3 1.93/7.7 2.89/6.9 1.80/5.4 1.37/8.7 3.55/9.1 4.50/6.3 5.25/6.0 5.82/9.5 4.50/0.0 3.90/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (60-12-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)
 Pena (40-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 759/.226 28/.280 293/.244 43/.206 237/.264 39/.222 87/.182 270/.216 204/.249 110/.258 98/.253 8/.333 .252  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Castellanos
 Tuiasosopo
 Kelly
0/0/128/8
106/4/12/7
0/111/0/5
4/0/0/0
57/0/0/0
34/24/19/0
OPS .624 .917 .640 .725 .658 .532 .622 .583 .777 .760 .765 .708 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.369 16/1.304 127/.683 19/.753 84/.785 14/.593 44/.573 153/.550 130/.711 49/1.104 61/.795 4/1.000 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 608/.687 12/.350 166/.610 24/.694 153/.590 25/.497 43/.669 117/.624 74/.897 61/.495 37/.712 4/.250 .707
Home 397/.575 / 146/.699 24/.849 121/.733 5/1.100 31/.698 140/.572 57/1.237 59/.811 47/.715 /
Last 28d days 119/.713 28/.917 55/.760 19/.568 45/.540 39/.532 31/.457 56/.638 122/.785 9/.583 18/.347 8/.708
HR/SB/CS 19/17/1 1/0/0 4/7/1 1/1/0 1/10/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 5/10/0 8/1/0 3/3/2 3/2/0 0/0/0 158/90/30
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· oX···o·o ·······X oo···o·· ·oX···X· ·o··o·X· XX·o···· X······X ········ o····o·· ··X·o···
WhiteSox Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 31.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .000/.143/.000/.143 .000/.200 7/.143 0/0 0/0
15.Beckham G/S/vP 33/.495 7/.629 ··· 6/.334 7/.953 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 5/1.350 7/.762 343/267 .276/.327/.378/.706 .484/.771 .728 91/.518 5/1 4/9
20.Danks* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 118/106 .239/.297/.376/.673 .788/.660 .764 51/.803 6/2 3/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 28/.632 4/1.000 ··· 9/.889 ··· 9/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 7/.286 3/5.000 611/470 .265/.322/.409/.731 .810/.708 .724 109/.623 19/7 15/8
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 34/.820 5/1.100 ··· 8/.000 6/1.166 9/.889 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 11/.829 4/.250 552/419 .224/.324/.449/.773 .695/.797 .829 94/.612 1/1 31/8
26.Garcia G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 194/124 .284/.320/.410/.729 .580/.812 .750 92/.863 2/3 4/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 85/57 .173/.241/.200/.441 .530/.408 .417 28/.380 3/1 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 393/337 .248/.308/.383/.691 .345/.751 .729 56/.795 0/1 12/13
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 15/.750 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 2/.000 7/.000 6/.900 430/322 .244/.271/.303/.574 .553/.581 .620 66/.678 0/1 4/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP 39/.634 6/.533 ··· 28/.661 54/1.048 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.857 5/.400 456/353 .248/.320/.361/.681 .984/.595 .598 93/.748 0/0 10/3
36.Phegley G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 163/125 .209/.217/.316/.534 .749/.468 .639 74/.469 0/0 4/4
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 43/.349 8/.661 ··· 6/.334 17/.732 4/.666 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/1.667 5/1.200 9/.819 602/474 .284/.307/.373/.680 .638/.691 .690 100/.706 30/8 4/21
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .286/.286/.286/.571 .400/1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/0
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 18/1.039 5/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/3.500 2/1.500 2/1.000 4/1.750 4/.833 409/301 .263/.306/.429/.735 .726/.738 .701 69/.976 0/0 12/4
IP 190.1 41.1 29.1 55.0 53.2 37.1 24.2 19.1 27.2 70.0 59.0 TOTAL .250/.303/.378/.681 .662/.687 .696 .687 94/37 128/104
ERA-K/9 2.88/9.9 5.44/13.3 6.14/7.1 2.13/9.8 5.03/5.0 4.82/7.2 2.55/8.4 3.72/6.5 3.58/8.8 2.31/9.1 2.90/8.4 3.72/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Anderson (1-0-0)
 Phegley (22-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 738/.196 193/.239 133/.292 221/.208 239/.261 166/.284 104/.255 84/.308 119/.267 278/.219 233/.192 .249  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Garcia
 Dunn
95/0/0/10
72/97/0/5
0/40/13/1
3/29/28/0
0/2/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .576 .739 .895 .596 .803 .777 .655 .769 .740 .602 .590 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 445/.635 85/.697 40/.997 126/.561 135/.925 82/.744 48/.549 39/.741 54/.873 116/.452 122/.649 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 293/.489 108/.773 93/.850 95/.644 104/.641 84/.812 56/.750 45/.788 65/.638 162/.711 111/.525 .685
Road 377/.509 83/.841 21/1.076 105/.473 112/1.016 87/.798 55/.677 38/.910 65/.557 152/.605 96/.573
Last 28d days 133/.642 35/.624 46/.904 36/.808 52/.964 15/.928 16/.533 8/1.375 35/.882 28/1.088 41/.747
HR/SB/CS 16/12/6 5/3/0 7/3/0 4/9/0 7/0/2 3/0/1 3/2/0 2/4/2 2/4/0 4/6/2 6/6/0 119/113/26
Usage ·····X·· o···X··o ········ ·······X ····X··· oo···oo· o·o··o·· ····X··· ······Xo ··X····· ·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.