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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Monday, July 8, 2013 @Progressive Field

Tigers, 48-39, 48-39 1st, 2½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 13-0, 3.09)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-0) 116.2 81 41 40 26 139 11 3.09
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 6-0 48.1 34 14 14 10 58 6 2.61 66
2013-07-03 @TOR W 6.1 7 2 2 1 8 0 113 58
2013-06-28 @TBR W 7.0 4 3 3 1 9 2 109 65
2013-06-22 BOS W 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 105 63
2013-06-17 BAL W 6.0 7 1 1 2 10 1 113 62
2013-06-11 @KCR W 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 103 67
2013-06-06 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 100 72
2013-05-31 @BAL ND 8.0 3 3 3 2 10 1 119 72
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 32.1 27 19 16 9 33 4 4.45 54
2013-05-21 @CLE W 8.0 2 1 1 1 7 0 118 80
2013-05-10 CLE W 8.0 5 4 4 0 7 0 103 63
2012-08-05 CLE ND 5.0 10 4 4 1 9 1 105 39
2012-07-25 @CLE W 7.0 3 2 2 4 8 1 105 67
2012-06-06 CLE L 4.1 7 8 5 3 2 2 92 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-16   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  40-29   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sun, Jul  7  @CLE  L   6-9       48-39  1st  2.5 up
 86 Sat, Jul  6  @CLE  W   9-4       48-38  1st  3.5 up
 85 Fri, Jul  5  @CLE  W   7-0       47-38  1st  2.5 up
 84 Thu, Jul  4  @TOR  W  11-1       46-38  1st  1.5 up
 83 Wed, Jul  3  @TOR  W   6-2       45-38  1st  0.5 up
 82 Tue, Jul  2  @TOR  W   7-6       44-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  1  @TOR  L   3-8       43-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 30  @TBR  L   1-3       43-37  1st    Tied
 79 Sat, Jun 29  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  43-36  1st  1.0 up
 78 Fri, Jun 28  @TBR  W   6-3       43-35  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Indians, 46-42, 46-42 2nd, 2½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (29, LHP, 4-4, 4.86)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-4) 74.0 80 41 40 24 69 13 4.86
2011 (0-0) 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 27.00
2010 (9-15) 150.0 158 103 99 79 93 25 5.94
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.2 39 19 18 10 33 6 3.98 53
2013-07-03 @KCR ND 5.0 6 3 3 0 3 0 87 46
2013-06-26 @BAL ND 7.0 1 1 0 1 4 0 78 76
2013-06-21 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 1 95 70
2013-06-15 WSN ND 2.2 4 5 5 4 2 3 75 28
2013-06-10 @TEX L 6.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 103 43
2013-06-04 @NYY L 6.0 7 4 4 2 7 1 111 47
2013-05-30 CIN W 7.0 8 1 1 1 5 0 93 61
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 26.1 23 11 9 13 30 4 3.08 54
2010-08-07 @DET W 5.0 3 1 0 1 3 0 76 61
2010-05-01 @DET ND 6.0 5 2 1 4 7 0 117 59
2010-04-20 DET W 5.2 6 2 2 0 7 0 99 56
2008-09-25 @DET L 5.0 6 4 4 2 8 4 102 45
2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-17   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  18-8 
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul  7   DET  W   9-6       46-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  6   DET  L   4-9       45-42  2nd  3.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  5   DET  L   0-7       45-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  4  @KCR  L   7-10      45-40  2nd  1.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  3  @KCR  L   5-6       45-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  2  @KCR  W   6-5       45-38  1st  0.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 30  @CHW  W   4-0       44-38  1st    Tied
 81 Sat, Jun 29  @CHW  W   4-3       43-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 28  @CHW  W   9-8       42-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 28  @CHW  W  19-10      41-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 07, 2013 CLE  9  DET  6        W:Cody Allen (4-1), L: Al Alburquerque (1-2), S: Chris Perez (9)
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 DET  9 @CLE  4        W:Anibal Sanchez (7-5), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 DET  7 @CLE  0        W:Rick Porcello (5-6), L: Justin Masterson (10-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 DET  4  CLE  1        W:Jose Alvarez (1-0), L: Justin Masterson (8-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (3)
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 DET  6  CLE  4        W:Rick Porcello (3-3), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (8)
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 DET  7  CLE  5        W:Justin Verlander (8-4), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 22, 2013 DET 11 @CLE  7        W:Justin Verlander (5-4), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 21, 2013 DET  5 @CLE  1        W:Max Scherzer (6-0), L: Corey Kluber (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 12, 2013 CLE  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Joe Smith (1-0), L: Darin Downs (0-1), S: Cody Allen (1)
Sat, May 11, 2013 CLE  7 @DET  6        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2), L: Justin Verlander (4-3), S: Chris Perez (6)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 8-3; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1079-1041

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

DET  5.11

NYM  4.08

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

PIT  3.44

MIA  4.26

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

P. Fielder  .266

B. Upton  .175

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .457

M. Brantley  .330

J. Arencibia  .252

 SLG

C. Davis  .712

G. Jones  .428

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.137

B. Gardner  .762

A. Hechavarria  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.89

J. Chacin  3.74

S. Diamond  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.84

J. Hellickson  7.17

S. Diamond  4.30

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

Tigers Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 5/.400 3/.333 7/.829 9/.708 2/.500 8/.575 215/184 .178/.280/.303/.583 .131/.664 .524 41/.678 0/0 6/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/1.047 13/.581 5/.000 3/3.333 10/1.389 10/.425 5/.900 25/1.076 398/316 .368/.457/.679/1.137 1.353/1.081 1.149 110/1.260 3/0 28/10
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.000 3/2.334 8/.661 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.417 292/244 .249/.313/.355/.667 .655/.670 .613 77/.691 6/0 6/1
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 16/1.045 4/1.833 15/.948 4/.250 7/.786 4/.250 6/.533 393/278 .266/.361/.462/.823 .944/.773 .835 112/.667 1/1 15/4
48.Hunter G/S/vP 15/.667 6/1.333 2/.500 4/.750 3/.666 8/.625 2/.000 10/.500 355/280 .309/.348/.443/.792 .724/.809 .829 100/.855 2/1 6/2
4.Infante G/S/vP 14/.630 1/.000 5/1.500 2/.000 6/.900 ··· 5/.933 8/1.000 309/216 .309/.340/.447/.787 .845/.762 .668 76/.909 4/2 6/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 9/.444 9/.666 3/.000 2/.000 13/.385 7/.143 3/.000 10/.400 271/211 .293/.370/.414/.785 .770/.787 .733 105/.917 6/1 5/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 3/1.333 3/.000 4/1.417 125/103 .241/.336/.380/.716 .699/.719 .621 29/.824 2/0 3/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 17/1.342 12/.900 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 5/.900 5/.933 363/255 .242/.300/.353/.653 .501/.719 .644 109/.699 0/1 7/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.858 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 5/1.000 133/70 .290/.321/.379/.700 .500/.878 .761 44/.667 0/1 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 19/1.412 7/.619 5/.600 2/.000 7/1.286 10/.644 5/.400 11/.382 346/256 .306/.362/.446/.808 .958/.756 .704 103/.634 2/2 7/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/2.400 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 12/.750 6/.533 1/.000 6/.733 80/62 .169/.234/.268/.501 .544/.488 .599 29/.561 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 88/30 .338/.466/.563/1.029 .977/1.104 .919 13/1.218 0/0 3/0
IP 74.0 32.1 35.2 24.0 21.2 28.2 39.2 33.0 TOTAL .282/.349/.435/.785 .776/.788 .752 .796 26/10 96/39
ERA-K/9 4.86/8.4 2.51/6.1 2.52/11.1 6.38/11.6 3.32/8.7 4.71/9.4 4.54/8.2 2.73/8.2 4.47/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (38-9-7)
 Pena (20-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 320/.274 141/.228 148/.203 110/.264 97/.220 128/.264 175/.247 133/.212 .254  Dirks
 Hunter
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
68/3/4/6
0/0/76/6
0/56/0/3
18/20/11/0
29/0/0/0
OPS .819 .642 .656 .752 .760 .850 .671 .654 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.558 59/.716 66/.742 56/.675 48/.742 73/.885 84/.806 66/.758 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.928 82/.589 82/.580 54/.830 49/.772 55/.802 91/.547 67/.555 .737
Home 132/.834 72/.649 61/.514 68/.764 51/.768 58/1.009 85/.609 57/.727
Last 28d days 85/.686 47/.563 33/.835 27/.347 19/.440 60/.994 49/.763 54/.752
HR/SB/CS 13/2/1 2/1/1 5/0/0 3/4/1 4/3/1 6/0/0 3/3/1 4/0/0 105/46/15
Usage ····X··· ·X·oX··· o··ooo·· ·oXoo··· oX···X·· Xo···X·· ·X·oX··· X··X·o··
Indians Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 13/.693 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 221/120 .260/.288/.382/.670 .658/.679 .677 83/.666 6/1 5/5
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 15/.343 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 270/192 .289/.333/.368/.701 .658/.719 .766 97/.652 12/5 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 30/.860 4/2.334 8/.500 11/.384 ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/1.458 339/225 .280/.330/.394/.725 .574/.799 .695 96/.790 8/2 7/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 34/.700 6/.533 15/1.000 14/1.077 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.333 269/178 .253/.311/.420/.731 .724/.735 .650 45/.661 5/1 6/3
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· 2/.000 4/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 157/125 .243/.287/.412/.699 .383/.781 .764 58/.863 1/0 5/4
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 18/.861 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 129/116 .202/.310/.422/.732 .594/.748 .690 38/.659 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 128/69 .280/.313/.517/.829 .870/.794 .753 31/.772 2/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 19/.498 4/.250 7/.286 11/.364 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.000 347/232 .296/.382/.522/.903 .921/.894 .883 109/1.261 20/5 13/7
9.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/no AB 167/96 .269/.365/.545/.910 .970/.866 .958 48/.875 0/0 10/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 12/.083 3/.667 4/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 337/230 .218/.309/.395/.703 .807/.656 .683 94/.534 3/0 15/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 30/.427 5/.650 16/.588 11/.955 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/.873 338/228 .266/.373/.455/.827 .781/.850 .788 97/.723 1/1 11/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 299/194 .248/.300/.394/.694 .799/.639 .742 86/.743 10/0 7/2
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 13/1.415 3/.333 14/1.071 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 315/201 .243/.352/.412/.764 .855/.713 .872 72/.779 0/0 9/6
IP 116.2 21.1 35.1 27.0 19.2 11.1 5.2 52.0 TOTAL .257/.329/.424/.753 .757/.752 .754 .769 68/16 102/52
ERA-K/9 3.09/10.7 3.38/15.6 1.78/11.2 6.00/7.7 2.75/7.8 2.38/7.2 6.35/7.9 2.08/9.3 3.81/9.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (8-10-1)
 Santana (34-5-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 447/.196 101/.192 138/.205 117/.276 82/.233 48/.273 29/.360 205/.201 .246  Brantley
 Bourn
 Stubbs
 Raburn
 Aviles
 Swisher
84/1/0/7
0/60/0/4
0/32/53/4
7/0/35/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/12/0
OPS .580 .636 .570 .765 .611 .701 .894 .546 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 285/.599 48/.633 85/.550 50/.524 36/.608 27/.750 16/.908 74/.332 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.547 53/.633 53/.603 67/.952 46/.616 21/.638 13/.862 131/.670 .709
Road 214/.493 45/.639 73/.435 63/.777 45/.615 23/.826 15/.619 113/.585
Last 28d days 130/.649 32/.521 33/.492 41/.929 51/.613 33/.682 15/.619 57/.481
HR/SB/CS 11/5/5 1/1/0 2/5/0 2/0/1 2/2/0 1/4/1 0/3/0 1/5/2 68/64/18
Usage ····X··· X·o··o·· ····Xo·· ·X·o···o oX····X· o······· ··X·o··o ·o··oX··

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.