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Game Preview: TBR @ DET, 7:08pm, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 @Comerica Park

Rays, 31-26, 31-26 4th, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (25, RHP, 6-2, 2.66)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-2) 67.2 58 21 20 14 62 9 2.66
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
2011 (3-2) 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 3.42
Last 7 GS 4-1 46.1 37 14 14 8 47 8 2.72 61
2013-05-26 NYY W 8.1 5 2 2 0 8 1 113 73
2013-05-21 @TOR W 6.1 3 1 1 2 2 1 107 63
2013-05-16 BOS ND 6.1 3 1 1 2 6 0 92 67
2013-05-10 SDP ND 4.2 5 3 3 2 13 2 117 53
2013-05-05 @COL W 6.2 8 3 3 1 6 3 107 51
2013-04-30 @KCR L 5.2 10 4 4 0 5 1 88 38
2013-04-24 NYY W 8.1 3 0 0 1 7 0 106 83
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 11.0 16 6 5 4 10 0 4.09 45
2012-07-01 DET L 5.1 8 5 4 2 3 0 100 35
2011-06-13 @DET ND 5.2 8 1 1 2 7 0 102 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-10   Road:   14-16   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  21-18   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Tue, Jun  4  @DET  L   1-10      31-26  4th  4.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  2  @CLE  W  11-3       31-25  3rd  3.0 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  1  @CLE  L   0-5       30-25  4th  3.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 31  @CLE  W   9-2       30-24  4th  2.0 gb
 53 Thu, May 30  @MIA  W   5-2       29-24  4th  3.0 gb
 52 Wed, May 29  @MIA  W   3-1       28-24  4th  3.0 gb
 51 Tue, May 28   MIA  W   7-6       27-24  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Mon, May 27   MIA  W  10-6       26-24  4th  5.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 26   NYY  W   8-3       25-24  4th  5.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 25   NYY  L   3-4 (11)  24-24  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Tigers, 31-25, 31-25 1st, 2 up

SP: Doug Fister (29, RHP, 5-2, 3.28)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-2) 68.2 72 30 25 11 62 2 3.28
2012 (10-10) 161.2 156 73 62 37 137 15 3.45
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.2 49 21 19 5 45 1 4.10 52
2013-05-30 @PIT ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 12 0 116 80
2013-05-25 MIN L 7.0 8 3 3 1 7 1 116 55
2013-05-19 @TEX ND 4.2 9 5 5 1 3 0 113 28
2013-05-14 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 0 108 66
2013-05-09 @WSN L 3.0 8 5 4 1 4 0 74 28
2013-05-03 @HOU ND 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 99 47
2013-04-28 ATL W 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 0 105 61
Last 5 v.TBR 2-2 25.0 21 8 8 8 17 1 2.88 57
2011-08-25 @TBR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 99 72
2011-06-04 TBR L 7.0 7 3 3 4 6 0 112 53
2010-09-25 @TBR L 6.0 5 4 4 1 4 1 101 49
2010-05-14 @TBR W 5.0 4 1 1 3 2 0 93 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-9    Road:   13-16   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  25-18   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Tue, Jun  4   TBR  W  10-1       31-25  1st  2.0 up
 55 Sun, Jun  2  @BAL  L   2-4       30-25  1st  0.5 up
 54 Sat, Jun  1  @BAL  W  10-3       30-24  1st  0.5 up
 53 Fri, May 31  @BAL  L   5-7       29-24  1st  0.5 up
 52 Thu, May 30  @PIT  L   0-1 (11)  29-23  1st  0.5 up
 51 Wed, May 29  @PIT  L   3-5       29-22  1st  1.5 up
 50 Tue, May 28   PIT  L   0-1 (11)  29-21  1st  2.5 up
 49 Mon, May 27   PIT  W   6-5       29-20  1st  2.5 up
 48 Sun, May 26   MIN  W   6-1       28-20  1st  1.5 up
 47 Sat, May 25   MIN  L   2-3       27-20  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 DET 10  TBR  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (6-5), L: Matt Moore (8-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 01, 2012 DET  5 @TBR  3        W:Drew Smyly (3-3), L: Alex Cobb (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (15)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 DET  6 @TBR  2        W:Rick Porcello (6-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 TBR  4  DET  2        W:David Price (11-4), L: Justin Verlander (8-5), S: Fernando Rodney (22)
Thu, Jun 28, 2012 DET  5 @TBR  2        W:Max Scherzer (7-5), L: James Shields (7-5), S: Jose Valverde (14)
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 DET  7  TBR  2        W:Collin Balester (1-0), L: Jeff Niemann (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 TBR  4 @DET  2        W:James Shields (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 DET  5  TBR  2        W:Phil Coke (1-0), L: Jake McGee (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 DET  2 @TBR  0        W:Doug Fister (6-13), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-9), S: Jose Valverde (38)
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 TBR  3  DET  2 (10)   W:Joel Peralta (3-4), L: Duane Below (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 1-0; 2012 - DET won 5-2; 2011 - DET won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 58-53

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  5.27

ARI  4.31

MIA  2.98

 RA/G

STL  3.29

LAD  4.28

HOU  5.44

 BA

M. Cabrera  .370

E. Encarnacion  .264

B. Upton  .154

 OBP

J. Votto  .451

M. Moreland  .333

W. Middlebrooks  .234

 SLG

C. Davis  .744

A. Cabrera  .434

R. Tejada  .262

 OPS

C. Davis  1.181

E. Cabrera  .757

I. Davis  .505

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.62

A. Griffin  3.67

E. Jackson  6.29

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.29

E. Santana  7.22

K. Correia  3.71

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

Rays Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Escobar G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 199/134 .243/.299/.381/.681 .844/.597 .574 95/.878 0/1 5/4
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 87/61 .189/.271/.243/.514 .861/.382 .547 32/.650 2/1 0/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.750 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.333 1/.000 231/156 .252/.317/.413/.730 .808/.693 .748 87/.727 7/5 5/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 188/132 .275/.340/.515/.855 .732/.905 .780 83/.860 6/3 10/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 10/.644 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 180/156 .266/.350/.513/.863 .458/.930 .897 85/1.015 4/1 10/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 105/63 .266/.330/.394/.724 .826/.646 .796 53/.721 0/0 2/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 207/151 .326/.393/.522/.915 .948/.903 .993 104/.871 2/1 7/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP 7/.453 5/.200 10/.450 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 2/2.500 248/172 .304/.359/.531/.890 .916/.878 .895 107/.782 0/0 10/4
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 9/1.069 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 108/75 .242/.274/.333/.607 .636/.594 .627 39/.814 1/0 1/3
19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 124/66 .233/.282/.353/.636 .881/.411 .385 39/.534 0/1 3/4
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 72/18 .254/.338/.429/.767 .881/.423 .539 20/.821 1/0 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP 9/1.069 8/.000 7/.629 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 105/68 .235/.352/.365/.717 .745/.699 .735 81/.610 0/0 3/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 14/.786 5/.800 17/.423 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 5/1.000 239/156 .246/.339/.357/.696 .659/.697 .680 104/.616 3/0 3/3
IP 68.2 24.0 17.1 23.0 11.2 6.1 34.2 12.2 TOTAL .259/.329/.423/.752 .782/.738 .736 .772 26/13 63/25
ERA-K/9 3.28/8.1 1.88/10.9 5.71/8.3 3.13/10.6 3.86/7.7 1.42/8.6 2.08/9.3 3.55/7.8 3.67/9.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (21-5-2)
 Molina (26-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.270 92/.193 72/.267 94/.212 52/.227 27/.182 137/.197 50/.156 .240  Johnson
 Jennings
 Zobrist
 Fuld
 Scott
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
31/0/0/6
0/51/0/1
0/0/29/1
23/7/11/0
1/0/0/0
15/0/31/0
13/0/4/0
OPS .665 .577 .719 .687 .697 .490 .539 .529 .661
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.569 52/.563 28/.487 41/.689 25/.820 9/.393 52/.235 32/.741 .637
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.752 40/.596 44/.857 53/.685 27/.573 18/.533 85/.732 18/.170 .687
Home 140/.659 41/.694 29/.714 42/.989 28/.601 7/.452 46/.380 25/.247
Last 28d days 123/.719 32/.624 34/.626 40/.744 40/.936 19/.656 62/.641 37/.691
HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 2/4/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 1/3/2 2/2/0 37/42/13
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·X o·X··o·· ··X····· ··o····X o····X·· ···X··o· ····X···
Tigers Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/1.100 2/1.500 2/.000 3/2.334 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 154/130 .169/.260/.294/.554 .127/.637 .672 59/.474 0/0 5/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.417 13/1.038 3/1.667 7/1.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 17/1.257 263/205 .370/.445/.665/1.110 1.320/1.051 1.079 117/1.168 1/0 17/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 187/153 .247/.306/.371/.677 .573/.699 .764 96/.647 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.334 2/2.000 3/1.167 2/no AB 5/.800 1/.000 5/2.750 256/176 .283/.395/.519/.913 1.060/.846 .940 112/.802 0/1 12/2
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 46/18 .279/.326/.465/.791 .657/1.007 .820 46/.791 0/0 2/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/1.478 19/.489 1/.000 14/1.071 2/.000 16/.746 1/.000 19/.950 229/178 .310/.360/.419/.779 .708/.798 .755 97/.635 1/0 2/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 9/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 214/148 .298/.336/.424/.761 .809/.739 .995 100/.793 2/1 4/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 90/73 .182/.300/.312/.612 .706/.585 .789 47/.652 2/0 2/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.666 11/.831 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 9/.708 1/.000 13/.795 230/157 .230/.278/.316/.594 .554/.613 .580 99/.627 0/0 3/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 85/37 .291/.321/.405/.726 .522/.994 .661 45/.888 0/0 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.819 1/.000 18/.555 1/.000 21/.148 1/.000 11/1.000 223/161 .338/.383/.495/.878 1.084/.800 1.007 94/1.035 2/1 6/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/1.500 4/1.500 ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.650 44/28 .150/.227/.275/.502 .481/.511 .343 17/.580 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 75/23 .339/.480/.508/.988 .885/1.185 1.067 36/1.116 0/0 2/0
IP 67.2 13.2 21.1 27.0 24.1 23.2 10.1 27.0 TOTAL .281/.349/.435/.784 .800/.778 .837 .797 18/3 64/21
ERA-K/9 2.66/8.2 7.90/3.9 6.33/11.8 2.00/9.3 4.07/6.3 4.94/11.0 0.00/10.5 4.33/7.7 4.36/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (28-7-5)
 Pena (14-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 272/.227 66/.387 96/.244 107/.177 105/.244 106/.190 35/.031 117/.228 .242  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/49/3
42/3/3/2
13/17/7/0
0/15/3/0
24/0/0/0
OPS .635 1.086 .730 .512 .638 .712 .177 .643 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.592 21/1.165 35/.766 55/.530 38/.796 60/.759 15/.133 63/.585 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.702 45/1.050 61/.710 52/.488 67/.549 46/.651 20/.205 54/.708 .680
Road 109/.759 36/1.188 48/.659 56/.472 53/.710 36/.531 34/.182 62/.539
Last 28d days 101/.558 29/1.129 32/.192 49/.361 62/.602 54/.594 35/.177 53/.815
HR/SB/CS 9/7/1 4/2/0 4/3/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/2/1 0/1/0 2/5/1 67/47/11
Usage ········ X·X····· ··o··o·· ··o··X·X X···X··· ··o··ooo X··X···· X···XX·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.