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Game Preview: TOR @ DET, 1:08pm, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 @Comerica Park

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Monday, April 8, 2013. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Blue Jays, 2-5, 2-5 5th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (34, LHP, 0-0, 10.13)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 5.1 7 6 6 1 4 2 10.13
2012 (13-13) 202.1 197 88 84 40 125 26 3.74
2011 (13-9) 205.1 221 93 82 45 109 21 3.59
Last 7 GS 2-2 46.2 42 24 24 10 34 8 4.63 53
2013-04-04 CLE ND 5.1 7 6 6 1 4 2 88 33
2012-09-28 PHI ND 8.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 115 74
2012-09-22 @NYM L 6.0 5 4 4 3 3 2 91 46
2012-09-15 CIN W 7.2 7 4 4 0 7 1 108 56
2012-09-08 @WSN ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 2 113 58
2012-09-02 NYM L 7.0 6 5 5 1 3 1 95 47
2012-08-26 @LAD W 5.2 6 1 1 3 4 0 111 54
Last 5 v.DET 3-2 27.1 43 22 19 8 20 3 6.26 38
2011-09-04 @DET L 3.1 10 8 7 2 4 0 88 12
2011-07-25 DET W 6.0 10 2 0 1 4 0 109 51
2011-06-03 DET W 6.0 10 3 3 1 4 1 99 43
2011-04-22 @DET L 5.2 8 6 6 2 5 1 101 32
2010-08-13 DET W 6.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 100 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Tue, Apr  9  @DET  L   3-7        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7   BOS  L   0-13       2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   BOS  W   5-0        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5   BOS  L   4-6        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  4   CLE  W  10-8        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3   CLE  L   2-3 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  2   CLE  L   1-4        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-5    Last 20: 2-5    Last 30: 2-5
Tigers, 4-3, 4-3 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (24, RHP, 0-1, 5.06)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 5.1 6 3 3 2 2 2 5.06
2012 (10-12) 176.1 226 101 90 44 107 16 4.59
2011 (14-9) 182.0 210 103 96 46 104 18 4.75
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.0 46 21 18 13 20 7 4.63 43
2013-04-04 @MIN L 5.1 6 3 3 2 2 2 97 44
2012-10-01 @KCR W 5.0 4 1 1 3 3 1 88 55
2012-09-26 KCR ND 4.0 7 4 4 0 3 1 61 35
2012-09-16 @CLE ND 4.2 8 4 2 3 2 0 90 35
2012-09-10 @CHW L 5.1 5 4 3 1 4 2 90 47
2012-09-04 CLE L 5.2 8 3 3 2 2 0 93 41
2012-08-30 @KCR L 5.0 8 2 2 2 4 1 99 45
Last 5 v.TOR 2-3 30.0 27 15 15 9 11 3 4.50 50
2012-07-27 @TOR L 6.0 6 5 5 2 1 0 89 39
2010-08-29 @TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 101 71
2010-07-24 TOR L 6.0 5 3 3 4 0 0 110 46
2009-09-13 TOR W 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 103 56
2009-04-09 @TOR L 5.0 9 4 4 1 4 2 89 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Tue, Apr  9   TOR  W   7-3        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7   NYY  L   0-7        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   NYY  W   8-4        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  5   NYY  W   8-3        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  4  @MIN  L   2-8        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3  @MIN  L   2-3        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @MIN  W   4-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 DET  7  TOR  3        W:Anibal Sanchez (1-0), L: Brandon Morrow (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 DET  3  TOR  2 (11)   W:Joaquin Benoit (3-3), L: Chad Jenkins (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 DET  3  TOR  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (7-10), L: Aaron Laffey (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (25)
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 DET  5  TOR  3        W:Max Scherzer (13-6), L: Ricky Romero (8-11), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 DET  4 @TOR  1        W:Doug Fister (5-7), L: Brett Cecil (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (20)
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
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 1-0; 2012 - DET won 4-2; 2011 - DET won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 208-180

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (3.57 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 372/277 .233/.275/.435/.710 .774/.688 .731 28/1.062 1/0 18/4
19.Bautista G/S/vP 11/1.045 1/.000 5/2.600 ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 399/301 .241/.358/.527/.886 .718/.942 .929 18/.840 5/2 27/2
22.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 67/28 .188/.224/.281/.505 .421/.620 .500 4/.500 1/0 1/2
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 274/184 .258/.330/.316/.645 .503/.726 .555 26/.615 30/3 1/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 14/1.143 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 501/357 .346/.390/.516/.906 1.111/.826 1.015 31/.644 13/5 11/4
11.Davis G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 2/1.500 8/.500 7/.619 ··· ··· 2/.000 487/322 .257/.309/.378/.687 .783/.638 .672 15/.467 46/13 8/8
16.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 101/55 .188/.300/.247/.547 .651/.456 .521 15/.630 1/0 0/1
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/.889 1/.000 6/.533 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 644/476 .280/.384/.557/.941 1.086/.892 .883 31/.379 13/3 42/4
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 14/1.720 ··· 13/.308 4/1.167 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 319/236 .256/.320/.315/.634 .503/.682 .730 18/.611 17/2 2/10
26.Lind* G/S/vP 12/.833 ··· 6/.833 11/.191 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 353/257 .255/.314/.414/.729 .553/.795 .674 19/.387 0/0 11/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 625/452 .223/.289/.400/.689 .554/.740 .735 24/.958 4/3 23/6
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 716/503 .287/.347/.433/.780 .753/.799 .714 31/1.146 40/11 11/18
IP 176.1 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 20.2 99.1 54.2 TOTAL .224/.288/.435/.723 .719/.725 .650 .723 4/0 12/7
ERA-K/9 4.59/5.5 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.57/9.6 3.48/8.7 3.99/8.5 2.63/10.9 4.40/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (53-22-9)
 Blanco (3-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 783/.310 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 86/.237 416/.247 226/.201 .238  Bautista
 Davis
 Rasmus
 Cabrera
 Bonifacio
 DeRosa
 Encarnacion
0/0/90/11
114/6/24/8
0/145/0/7
106/0/11/7
0/51/0/1
9/0/7/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .808 .420 .720 .854 .617 .655 .732 .595 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 415/.883 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 38/.408 127/.671 88/.678 .637
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.725 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 48/.859 289/.759 138/.547 .822
Home 401/.803 29/.276 167/.639 118/.804 115/.524 63/.690 193/.765 125/.511
Last 28d days 24/.879 10/.650 18/.678 10/1.278 9/.819 15/.133 25/.507 11/1.525
HR/SB/CS 16/18/5 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 1/3/1 12/8/6 3/11/2 6/3/0
Usage ·····X·· o··X·o·· X··X··X· ··X···o· ··X··o·· ···X·XX· o···X··· ·····XX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (5.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 35.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 11/.909 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.000 4/2.250 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 24/.792 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 30/.602 6/.333 ··· 7/1.429 6/1.167 ··· 7/.929 4/.000 9/1.111 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 32/1.004 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 22/.521 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 ··· 6/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/2.300 10/1.178 ··· 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 1.015 30/.982 1/0 30/11
48.Hunter G/S/vP 89/.656 17/.489 ··· 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 18/.411 3/1.334 4/.250 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 33/.939 9/1 16/4
4.Infante G/S/vP 16/.000 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 23/.755 17/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 20/1.056 7/1.514 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 5/.400 3/.000 9/2.389 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 34/.820 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 6/.333 2/0 1/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 77/.931 19/.787 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 10/.522 ··· 1/3.000 / /// / 25/.383 / /
55.Pena# G/S/vP 14/.814 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.000 226/154 .236/.262/.321/.583 .645/.554 .679 4/.500 0/1 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 88/.804 13/1.052 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.267 1/.000 11/.364 3/.000 7/.429 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 26/.471 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 12/.523 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .606 8/.250 1/0 2/6
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 6/1.467 / /
IP 202.1 61.1 66.0 25.0 63.2 30.2 56.2 78.2 5.0 TOTAL .298/.357/.396/.753 .638/.779 .887 .753 3/1 5/0
ERA-K/9 3.74/5.6 5.72/7.5 3.82/12.5 5.04/6.5 2.54/9.5 2.64/6.2 2.06/8.3 4.69/9.5 9.00/7.2 5.06/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Pena (52-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 828/.258 270/.294 274/.193 105/.240 242/.195 117/.232 221/.214 348/.269 24/.316 .283  Hunter
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
59/1/24/1
OPS .710 .855 .687 .725 .564 .547 .575 .749 .996 .870
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.645 64/.603 118/.551 49/.912 124/.467 60/.462 105/.644 174/.676 14/.740 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 622/.731 206/.934 156/.795 56/.571 118/.666 57/.638 116/.514 174/.817 10/1.350 1.002
Road 393/.774 111/.913 131/.913 79/.676 113/.514 61/.493 108/.492 154/.815 12/.970
Last 28d days 26/1.124 19/.336 12/.432 3/1.000 7/.286 12/.606 16/1.071 19/.721 11/.909
HR/SB/CS 26/5/3 11/3/2 12/2/2 3/4/0 7/3/2 0/3/3 3/8/4 7/1/1 1/2/0 14/8/2
Usage ·····X·· X·X·X··o ···o·oX· o······· ·····oo· ···o·X·X X····Xo· X···Xoo· ···o··oo

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.