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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 8, 2013 @Progressive Field

Tigers, 67-45, 67-45 1st, 6 up

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 16-1, 2.85)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (16-1) 151.1 104 49 48 34 170 14 2.85
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 5-1 48.0 34 13 13 10 48 5 2.44 64
2013-08-03 CHW W 7.2 3 0 0 3 6 0 107 76
2013-07-27 PHI W 6.0 1 0 0 0 7 0 75 77
2013-07-22 @CHW W 8.0 4 2 2 0 5 2 105 71
2013-07-13 TEX L 6.0 8 4 4 2 6 1 122 44
2013-07-08 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 3 7 0 117 59
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
Last 5 v.CLE 3-0 35.0 27 13 13 9 38 2 3.34 62
2013-07-08 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 3 7 0 117 59
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-19   Road:   30-26   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  49-32   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:30-16   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Wed, Aug  7  @CLE  W   6-5 (14)  67-45  1st  6.0 up
111 Tue, Aug  6  @CLE  W   5-1       66-45  1st  5.0 up
110 Mon, Aug  5  @CLE  W   4-2       65-45  1st  4.0 up
109 Sun, Aug  4   CHW  W   3-2 (12)  64-45  1st  3.0 up
108 Sat, Aug  3   CHW  W   3-0       63-45  1st  3.0 up
107 Fri, Aug  2   CHW  W   2-1       62-45  1st  3.0 up
106 Wed, Jul 31   WSN  W  11-1       61-45  1st  2.5 up
105 Tue, Jul 30   WSN  W   5-1       60-45  1st  2.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 28   PHI  W  12-4       59-45  1st  3.0 up
103 Sat, Jul 27   PHI  W  10-0       58-45  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10:10-0    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7 
Indians, 62-52, 62-52 2nd, 6 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Zach McAllister (25, RHP, 4-6, 3.47)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-6) 83.0 84 39 32 27 59 7 3.47
2012 (6-8) 125.1 133 78 59 38 110 19 4.24
2011 (0-1) 17.2 26 16 12 7 14 1 6.11
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.1 44 21 19 14 26 2 4.35 47
2013-08-03 @MIA ND 5.1 3 2 2 1 7 0 99 60
2013-07-29 CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 90 60
2013-07-23 @SEA L 5.0 8 4 3 3 5 0 109 39
2013-06-02 TBR L 4.1 7 5 4 4 0 0 90 27
2013-05-28 @CIN L 5.1 10 3 3 1 6 0 108 41
2013-05-23 @BOS W 5.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 96 47
2013-05-18 SEA ND 7.1 6 2 2 1 1 1 95 58
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 23.2 31 9 6 6 19 2 2.28 52
2013-05-12 @DET ND 6.0 8 3 2 3 5 1 111 48
2012-07-26 DET ND 6.1 9 3 2 2 7 1 117 50
2012-05-23 DET ND 6.1 8 2 2 0 3 0 89 52
2011-09-28 @DET ND 5.0 6 1 0 1 4 0 76 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   25-30   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  39-38   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  22-14
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:27-23   vsWest: 16-4  IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  7   DET  L   5-6 (14)  62-52  2nd  6.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  6   DET  L   1-5       62-51  2nd  5.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  5   DET  L   2-4       62-50  2nd  4.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  4  @MIA  W   2-0       62-49  2nd  3.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  3  @MIA  W   4-3       61-49  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  2  @MIA  L   0-10      60-49  2nd  3.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  1   CHW  W   6-1       60-48  2nd  2.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 31   CHW  W   6-5 (10)  59-48  2nd  2.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 30   CHW  W   7-4       58-48  2nd  2.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 29   CHW  W   3-2       57-48  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 DET  6 @CLE  5 (14)   W:Jeremy Bonderman (2-3), L: Bryan Shaw (2-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (14)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 DET  5 @CLE  1        W:Justin Verlander (12-8), L: Justin Masterson (13-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 DET  4 @CLE  2        W:Al Alburquerque (2-2), L: Chris Perez (4-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (13)
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 DET  4 @CLE  2 (10)   W:Drew Smyly (4-0), L: Matt Albers (2-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (7)
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
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 12-3; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1083-1041

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
Tigers Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.McAllister
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
37.Allen
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
31.Salazar
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 5/.400 4/1.000 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 8/1.500 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 8/.575 281/220 .200/.293/.347/.640 .359/.721 .570 59/.884 0/0 9/4
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/.819 14/.630 7/.143 3/3.333 23/.970 10/1.389 4/1.167 4/1.250 5/.900 26/1.032 466/361 .359/.453/.668/1.121 1.361/1.053 1.109 50/.970 3/0 33/11
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 7/.619 4/.500 4/.250 3/2.334 ··· 10/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.467 346/286 .246/.313/.348/.661 .645/.665 .630 47/.682 7/1 7/1
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/.583 17/1.074 5/1.933 16/1.018 3/.000 6/.733 7/1.171 3/.000 5/.400 6/.533 501/330 .259/.353/.432/.785 .837/.758 .801 91/.604 1/1 17/6
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.572 8/1.000 5/.200 4/.750 18/.555 3/.666 7/.143 4/.500 4/.000 11/.637 458/339 .310/.342/.472/.814 .978/.757 .766 85/.922 2/1 12/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 255/166 .318/.361/.403/.763 .857/.714 .780 68/.338 3/1 2/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 7/1.381 11/.546 5/.000 2/.000 12/.334 13/.385 5/.650 4/1.250 5/1.200 12/.500 389/277 .261/.329/.393/.722 .647/.750 .701 100/.593 6/3 8/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 4/1.417 170/131 .243/.343/.396/.739 .597/.780 .674 43/.710 2/0 5/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 5/.800 13/1.083 4/.500 4/.000 20/1.383 3/1.334 4/.500 3/.666 6/.733 5/.933 470/310 .276/.332/.396/.728 .636/.777 .725 90/.888 0/1 9/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.000 3/.666 4/.000 4/1.750 3/.666 4/.500 6/1.167 166/87 .286/.311/.383/.694 .513/.861 .769 25/.735 0/2 3/2
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 42/11 .263/.293/.316/.608 .568/.733 .857 35/.678 1/0 0/1
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/.500 6/.000 3/.000 1/.000 7/2.071 13/.681 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 7/.619 145/109 .208/.286/.280/.566 .789/.492 .558 57/.658 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 135/37 .286/.407/.536/.943 .885/1.089 .842 39/.524 0/0 7/1
IP 83.0 41.1 47.1 30.0 111.0 36.2 13.1 13.2 50.1 43.0 TOTAL .279/.345/.436/.782 .788/.779 .746 .760 29/15 130/51
ERA-K/9 3.47/6.4 3.70/5.2 2.47/11.4 6.00/12.0 3.89/8.1 3.44/7.8 6.08/7.4 3.29/11.2 3.93/8.8 2.93/6.9 4.04/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (54-11-8)
 Pena (28-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 357/.258 182/.255 202/.226 137/.246 463/.242 160/.229 60/.321 51/.188 218/.242 176/.229 .246  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/99/8
83/3/7/7
0/81/0/4
26/20/15/0
44/0/0/0
OPS .718 .681 .664 .695 .713 .741 .836 .574 .653 .671 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.785 77/.786 92/.724 75/.619 139/.518 83/.792 23/.625 29/.364 105/.728 87/.801 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.633 105/.606 110/.610 62/.783 324/.800 77/.679 37/.976 22/.844 113/.582 89/.549 .701
Home 182/.664 93/.641 100/.630 88/.677 204/.782 101/.737 20/1.374 51/.574 110/.633 86/.732
Last 28d days 73/.641 35/.783 43/.738 21/.556 119/.428 49/.700 19/.669 30/.749 38/.520 35/.653
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 2/1/1 5/3/0 3/4/1 14/2/2 5/3/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 3/3/1 4/0/0 114/57/18
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· o·X·X··X X·····X· ···X···· o·ooX··o ooo··o·· X······· X··X·X·· o·oXo·o·
Indians Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.82 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
38.Bonderman
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
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
4.Aviles G/S/vP 16/.688 2/2.500 5/.800 4/.750 2/.000 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 278/154 .267/.296/.384/.680 .628/.720 .705 48/.713 8/3 6/6
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 19/.378 3/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.000 378/276 .280/.332/.369/.701 .707/.699 .732 90/.751 17/8 4/2
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 33/.940 4/2.334 10/.600 3/.000 11/.384 2/.500 9/1.667 3/.000 438/299 .283/.336/.394/.730 .633/.775 .742 82/.716 12/3 7/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 38/.660 7/.453 16/.927 3/.000 14/1.077 ··· 7/1.143 5/.000 379/258 .240/.294/.390/.685 .647/.702 .609 92/.538 7/2 8/6
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 14/.428 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/2.500 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 218/182 .229/.272/.376/.647 .374/.702 .673 46/.570 1/0 6/8
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 19/.806 26/.552 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 159/146 .191/.296/.390/.685 .594/.693 .673 27/.472 0/1 7/
10.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 177/108 .302/.345/.531/.875 .921/.847 .794 41/1.154 2/0 8/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 23/.499 4/.250 8/.250 1/.000 12/.500 1/.000 10/.000 2/.000 454/307 .292/.370/.487/.857 .881/.845 .809 93/.764 21/6 15/9
9.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 213/126 .274/.366/.559/.925 1.029/.855 .979 41/.947 0/0 13/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 15/.204 3/.667 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 384/258 .215/.307/.373/.680 .745/.650 .653 36/.531 3/0 15/9
41.Santana# G/S/vP 30/.427 5/.650 17/.551 1/.000 11/.955 1/2.000 10/1.125 1/.000 436/295 .268/.367/.448/.815 .899/.772 .821 87/.785 2/1 12/5
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.500 357/232 .244/.304/.370/.675 .793/.613 .694 51/.585 13/0 7/4
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 16/1.255 4/1.167 15/1.134 14/.547 5/2.000 2/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 422/274 .245/.344/.396/.739 .852/.680 .820 94/.647 0/0 11/8
IP 151.1 30.0 47.0 41.1 32.1 18.0 62.0 48.1 TOTAL .257/.328/.411/.739 .767/.726 .740 .705 86/24 119/72
ERA-K/9 2.85/10.1 5.10/13.2 1.53/10.5 4.57/4.1 5.29/7.5 4.50/9.0 2.03/9.6 2.61/8.6 3.57/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (9-12-2)
 Santana (44-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.194 142/.235 185/.206 179/.258 141/.271 75/.261 244/.202 185/.176 .243  Brantley
 Bourn
 Stubbs
 Raburn
 Swisher
 Aviles
109/1/0/10
0/84/0/6
0/35/74/5
8/0/45/3
0/0/18/1
4/0/1/0
OPS .568 .730 .560 .769 .767 .698 .545 .542 .669
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 350/.614 61/.600 106/.577 108/.819 66/.622 28/.681 96/.329 94/.557 .651
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.500 81/.832 79/.538 71/.693 75/.903 47/.707 148/.689 91/.526 .688
Road 271/.507 57/.658 95/.485 85/.969 69/.797 40/.487 132/.577 68/.524
Last 28d days 102/.508 28/.738 37/.500 9/.222 16/.375 36/.423 33/.636 33/.222
HR/SB/CS 14/9/6 3/2/0 2/9/0 4/0/2 3/0/1 1/3/0 2/5/2 4/3/0 87/88/24
Usage ····X··· o·o····o X·o·oX·· X······· ··o····o X··X···· o··o···· oo·Xo···

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.