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Game Preview: TOR @ DET, 1:05pm, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 @Comerica Park

Blue Jays, 74-88, 74-88

SP: Ricky Romero (28, LHP, 0-2, 11.05)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 7.1 11 9 9 8 5 2 11.05
2012 (9-14) 181.0 198 122 116 105 124 21 5.77
2011 (15-11) 225.0 176 85 73 80 178 26 2.92
Last 7 GS 1-4 23.1 44 23 23 21 18 4 8.87 35
2013-05-08 @TBR L 0.1 4 3 3 2 0 0 29 29
2013-05-03 SEA L 4.0 3 3 3 3 4 1 70 45
2012-09-29 NYY ND 3.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 63 40
2012-09-24 @BAL W 5.0 8 4 4 4 3 1 105 34
2012-09-19 @NYY ND 6.0 7 1 1 5 5 0 99 54
2012-09-12 SEA L 4.0 8 3 3 4 3 1 87 33
2012-09-02 TBR L 1.0 8 7 7 1 0 1 43 8
Last 5 v.DET 0-5 27.1 33 24 21 22 13 4 6.91 36
2012-08-21 @DET L 5.1 7 5 5 8 0 0 101 26
2011-05-07 DET L 3.1 5 6 6 2 2 2 74 26
2010-08-26 DET L 5.2 4 6 3 5 4 2 98 42
2010-07-22 @DET L 7.0 7 3 3 4 3 0 103 50
2009-09-13 @DET L 6.0 10 4 4 3 4 0 105 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-41   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 8-9 
 vsRHP:  55-64   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  20-29
 vsEast: 30-46   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 17-17 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   TBR  L   6-7       74-88  5th 23.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   TBR  W   7-2       74-87  5th 23.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   TBR  W   6-3       73-87  5th 24.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26  @BAL  L   2-3       72-87  5th 24.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @BAL  L   5-9       72-86  5th 23.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @BAL  W   3-2 (10)  72-85  5th 22.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @CHW  L   2-3       71-85  5th 23.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @BOS  L   2-5       71-84  5th 23.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @BOS  W   4-2       71-83  5th 22.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @BOS  L   3-6       70-83  5th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Tigers, 93-69, 93-69

SP: Drew Smyly (24, LHP, 6-0, 2.37)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-0) 76.0 62 20 20 17 81 4 2.37
2012 (4-3) 99.1 93 49 44 33 94 12 3.99
Last 7 GS 2-1 34.1 30 18 15 9 33 3 3.93 52
2012-09-28 @MIN ND 5.1 2 0 0 1 5 0 93 68
2012-09-23 MIN ND 4.1 3 1 0 2 2 0 78 55
2012-08-25 LAA ND 6.0 4 3 1 2 6 1 99 60
2012-07-06 KCR W 6.0 6 2 2 0 10 0 106 62
2012-07-01 @TBR W 5.0 3 3 3 1 4 0 92 52
2012-06-26 @TEX L 4.2 8 6 6 2 3 1 97 25
2012-06-10 @CIN ND 3.0 4 3 3 1 3 1 55 41
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   51-30   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  66-46   vsLHP:  27-23   1-Run:  20-26
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:47-29   vsWest: 17-17 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @MIA  L   0-1       93-69  1st  1.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @MIA  L   1-2 (10)  93-68  1st  2.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27  @MIA  L   2-3       93-67  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25  @MIN  W   1-0       93-66  1st  4.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 24  @MIN  W   4-2       92-66  1st  4.5 up
157 Mon, Sep 23  @MIN  L   3-4 (11)  91-66  1st  4.5 up
156 Sun, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-6       91-65  1st  5.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-6 (12)  91-64  1st  6.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20   CHW  W  12-5       90-64  1st  6.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19   SEA  W   5-4       89-64  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 04, 2013 DET 11 @TOR  1        W:Justin Verlander (9-5), L: Esmil Rogers (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 DET  6 @TOR  2        W:Max Scherzer (13-0), L: Josh Johnson (1-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 02, 2013 DET  7 @TOR  6        W:Al Alburquerque (1-1), L: Neil Wagner (1-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (6)
Mon, Jul 01, 2013 TOR  8  DET  3        W:R.A. Dickey (8-8), L: Jose Alvarez (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 11, 2013 DET 11  TOR  1        W:Doug Fister (2-0), L: Josh Johnson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 TOR  8 @DET  6        W:Aaron Loup (1-0), L: Brayan Villarreal (0-1), S: Casey Janssen (2)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 5-2; 2012 - DET won 4-2; 2011 - DET won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 210-184

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

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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 (4.40 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 39.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 2/3.000 12/.639 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 ··· 14/.962 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 17/1.718 14/.901 399/301 .241/.358/.527/.886 .718/.942 .929 / 5/2 27/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 17/1.059 ··· ··· ··· 18/1.112 13/.725 25/.513 501/357 .346/.390/.516/.906 1.111/.826 1.015 / 13/5 11/4
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 12/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 11/.964 15/.866 19/.711 644/476 .280/.384/.557/.941 1.086/.892 .883 / 13/3 42/4
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 3/.000 189/154 .223/.303/.319/.622 .710/.601 .564 / 15/3 1/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 11/.546 4/1.167 ··· 8/.393 ··· 16/1.625 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 15/.708 32/.871 319/236 .256/.320/.315/.634 .503/.682 .730 / 17/2 2/10
31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 157/110 .248/.306/.504/.809 .877/.780 .744 / 0/0 9/1
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.834 ··· ··· 536/392 .273/.324/.405/.729 .813/.697 .656 / 13/8 11/17
26.Lind* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 21/1.419 11/.191 ··· 7/.453 ··· 14/.703 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.722 19/.851 353/257 .255/.314/.414/.729 .553/.795 .674 / 0/0 11/5
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.375 73/53 .290/.306/.449/.755 .750/.754 .876 / 0/0 2/1
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 8/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 19/.638 9/.730 10/.775 625/452 .223/.289/.400/.689 .554/.740 .735 / 4/3 23/6
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 33/.715 3/.666 8/1.339 716/507 .287/.347/.433/.780 .753/.792 .714 / 40/11 11/18
14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 157/97 .224/.274/.374/.648 .815/.545 .743 / 1/0 6/0
11.Thole* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.873 ··· 3/.333 354/273 .234/.294/.290/.584 .562/.591 .550 / 0/0 1/6
IP 99.1 13.1 20.2 54.0 64.1 2.2 176.1 16.0 195.2 187.2 238.1 TOTAL .252/.318/.411/.729 .676/.748 .699 112/41 185/111
ERA-K/9 3.99/8.5 0.68/12.2 /0.0 4.35/9.6 4.00/8.5 /0.0 2.80/10.9 3.38/13.3 4.59/5.5 3.94/5.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.86/7.7 3.74/11.1 2.64/9.0 3.61/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (18-15-3)
 Navarro (5-1-1)
 Thole (57-17-18)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.247 53/.133 / 95/.302 245/.324 / 257/.231 13/.250 783/.310 72/.302 / / 820/.265 787/.250 956/.217 .247  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Rasmus
 Sierra
 Gose
 Encarnacion
0/0/90/11
106/0/11/7
0/145/0/7
0/0/39/3
15/22/24/2
3/0/0/0
OPS .732 .420 .835 .854 .631 .891 .808 .777 .716 .721 .601 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.671 24/.345 / 37/.609 130/.685 / 151/.617 6/.167 415/.883 38/.890 / / 444/.645 436/.831 536/.608 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.759 29/.484 / 58/.962 115/1.050 / 106/.650 7/1.429 368/.725 34/.653 / / 376/.797 351/.588 420/.593 .670
Home 193/.765 29/.276 / 48/.985 118/.804 / 149/.702 10/.644 401/.803 26/.863 / / 390/.709 343/.686 445/.536
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 12/8/6 0/1/1 // 3/4/0 5/5/2 // 7/3/1 1/0/0 16/18/5 0/1/1 // // 20/23/4 23/15/9 19/16/4 128/128/29
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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 (4.91 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 48.Happ*
G/S/vB		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 33.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
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 2/5.000 13/.770 3/.000 3/.333 7/.715 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/2.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 4/2.250 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 / 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 18/.764 33/.709 7/.429 2/.000 20/.850 2/.000 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 9/1.806 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 9/1.111 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 / 4/1 44/13
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Davis G/S/vP 6/1.100 17/.824 3/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 487/322 .257/.309/.378/.687 .783/.638 .701 / 46/13 8/8
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.464 1/.000 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 / 1/1 8/3
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .250/.250/.333/.583 1.250/.250 .700 / 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 13/.930 92/.657 18/.461 2/.500 15/1.200 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 2/.000 13/.885 17/.912 1/4.000 1/no AB 7/1.285 4/.250 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 / 9/1 16/4
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 77/45 .118/.200/.191/.391 .536/.284 .222 / 1/0 1/2
14.Jackson G/S/vP 13/.847 23/1.002 8/1.750 4/.833 8/1.500 4/.500 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 8/.750 9/2.389 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 / 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 / 2/0 1/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/.350 21/.707 13/.404 5/1.400 8/.821 5/.200 4/.750 17/.945 3/1.167 ··· 5/.000 19/1.121 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .886 / 21/9 19/18
4.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 14/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .716 / 5/3 3/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 24/.723 79/.906 20/.744 2/.500 10/.844 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 9/2.000 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/3.000 / /// / / / /
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .000/2.000 / 0/0 0/0
IP 181.0 202.1 61.1 66.0 233.2 144.2 58.2 63.2 13.1 30.2 124.2 42.0 3.1 78.2 5.0 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .821 35/20 176/76
ERA-K/9 5.77/6.2 3.74/5.6 5.72/7.5 3.82/12.5 2.73/8.9 4.79/9.0 4.60/7.5 2.54/9.5 6.75/8.8 2.64/6.2 /0.0 2.96/7.8 3.43/8.4 10.80/5.5 4.69/9.5 9.00/7.2 4.26/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Holaday (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 829/.282 828/.258 270/.294 274/.193 927/.226 627/.264 257/.257 242/.195 73/.317 117/.232 / 504/.214 175/.244 22/.412 348/.269 24/.316 .259  Hunter
 Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Lombardozzi
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
114/6/24/8
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
41/0/0/2
59/1/24/1
OPS .820 .710 .855 .687 .640 .787 .759 .564 .838 .547 .635 .672 1.193 .749 .996 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.899 206/.645 64/.603 118/.551 432/.677 160/.730 136/.750 124/.467 33/.594 60/.462 / 277/.561 71/.586 16/1.199 174/.676 14/.740 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 561/.782 622/.731 206/.934 156/.795 495/.608 467/.807 121/.769 118/.666 40/1.029 57/.638 / 227/.724 104/.729 6/1.167 174/.817 10/1.350 .737
Road 456/.819 393/.774 111/.913 131/.913 435/.666 259/.855 144/.892 113/.514 31/.907 61/.493 / 190/.589 87/.648 / 154/.815 12/.970
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 21/13/10 26/5/3 11/3/2 12/2/2 24/4/3 19/10/1 8/5/1 7/3/2 0/2/0 0/3/3 // 12/4/1 3/1/1 1/2/0 7/1/1 1/2/0 195/87/29
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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.