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Game Preview: DET @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, May 3, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Tigers, 16-11, 16-11 1st, Tied

SP: Doug Fister (29, RHP, 4-0, 2.38)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-0) 34.0 29 12 9 6 25 1 2.38
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 4-1 46.0 41 18 14 8 37 2 2.74 58
2013-04-28 ATL W 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 0 105 61
2013-04-21 @LAA ND 7.0 5 3 0 2 5 0 113 64
2013-04-16 @SEA W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 107 65
2013-04-11 TOR W 8.0 8 1 1 1 5 0 107 66
2013-04-05 NYY W 5.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 96 43
2012-10-02 @KCR L 4.1 7 3 3 2 2 1 79 37
2012-09-27 KCR ND 7.2 5 3 2 0 10 0 99 69
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-4    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  13-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Thu, May  2  @HOU  W   7-3 (14)  16-11  1st    Tied
 26 Wed, May  1   MIN  L   2-6       15-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 30   MIN  W   6-1       15-10  1st  0.5 up
 24 Mon, Apr 29   MIN  W   4-3       14-10  1st  0.5 up
 23 Sun, Apr 28   ATL  W   8-3       13-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Sat, Apr 27   ATL  W   7-4       12-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Fri, Apr 26   ATL  W  10-0       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Thu, Apr 25   KCR  L   3-8 (10)  10-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 24   KCR  W   7-5       10-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-4 (13)   9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-11
Astros, 8-21, 8-21 5th, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 3-3, 4.20)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 30.0 36 19 14 13 22 2 4.20
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 4-3 36.0 40 19 14 15 26 2 3.50 49
2013-04-28 @BOS L 6.0 9 5 3 2 6 0 108 42
2013-04-23 SEA W 5.0 8 1 1 2 2 0 96 47
2013-04-17 @OAK L 0.2 5 6 6 3 0 0 46 15
2013-04-12 @LAA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 96 74
2013-04-06 OAK L 5.2 6 5 2 1 4 2 122 46
2013-03-31 TEX W 5.2 5 2 2 3 5 0 97 53
2012-10-02 @CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 80 66
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-9    Road:    4-12   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-15   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  1-6    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  6-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Thu, May  2   DET  L   3-7 (14)   8-21  5th  9.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  1  @NYY  L   4-5        8-20  5th  9.5 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 30  @NYY  L   4-7        8-19  5th  9.5 gb
 26 Mon, Apr 29  @NYY  W   9-1        8-18  5th  8.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 28  @BOS  L   1-6        7-18  5th  9.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 27  @BOS  L   4-8        7-17  5th  9.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @BOS  L   3-7        7-16  5th  9.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @BOS  L   2-7        7-15  5th  8.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 24   SEA  W  10-3        7-14  4th  7.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 23   SEA  W   3-2        6-14  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 02, 2013 DET  7 @HOU  3 (14)   W:Luke Putkonen (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 28, 2009 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Bobby Seay (1-1), L: Jose Valverde (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (17)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 HOU  8  DET  1        W:Felipe Paulino (2-4), L: Alfredo Figaro (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 HOU  5  DET  4        W:Chris Sampson (4-0), L: Joel Zumaya (3-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (10)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 DET  5  HOU  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-4), L: Andy Pettitte (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 DET  4  HOU  0        W:Nate Robertson (8-3), L: Roger Clemens (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 26, 2006 DET 10  HOU  4        W:Zach Miner (4-1), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 DET 11  HOU  6        W:Danny Patterson (4-1), L: Doug Henry (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 14, 2000 HOU  9 @DET  4        W:Chris Holt (4-10), L: Hideo Nomo (3-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 13, 2000 DET  8  HOU  2        W:Brian Moehler (6-5), L: Shane Reynolds (6-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 1-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 9-7

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 (4.96 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB
18.Lyles
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 81/66 .176/.247/.297/.544 .133/.644 .307 66/.541 0/0 3/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 128/97 .373/.453/.564/1.017 .964/1.032 .786 110/1.094 1/0 4/1
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 71/61 .200/.300/.267/.567 .347/.600 .416 58/.624 2/0 1/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 20/.774 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 7/1.429 1/.000 17/.933 126/84 .297/.421/.564/.985 1.136/.910 .874 110/.987 0/1 7/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 118/88 .355/.398/.473/.871 .774/.903 .916 100/.899 0/0 1/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 9/.555 ··· 96/69 .297/.323/.418/.740 .833/.703 .404 81/.712 1/0 2/2
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 136/101 .293/.356/.407/.762 .805/.748 .714 117/.738 5/0 2/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 32/24 .241/.313/.379/.692 1.250/.488 .646 30/.670 0/0 0/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 115/78 .214/.278/.262/.540 .573/.525 .524 99/.564 0/0 0/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 35/13 .212/.235/.242/.478 .390/.615 .611 35/.478 0/0 0/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 115/81 .295/.333/.400/.733 1.071/.595 .687 99/.780 1/1 2/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 22/16 .091/.091/.182/.273 .667/.125 .364 22/.273 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 38/10 .303/.395/.455/.849 .654/1.300 .635 37/.874 0/0 1/0
IP 30.0 15.0 9.0 8.1 18.2 15.0 5.0 11.0 14.0 TOTAL .279/.345/.406/.752 .784/.739 .648 .767 10/2 23/7
ERA-K/9 4.20/6.6 4.80/6.0 4.00/7.0 1.08/5.4 4.34/5.8 4.80/6.0 3.60/10.8 4.09/11.5 2.57/5.1 5.34/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (13-5-3)
 Pena (5-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.295 69/.323 37/.194 32/.207 75/.217 72/.317 22/.286 45/.262 61/.283 .298  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/25/2
19/0/0/1
0/27/0/1
9/0/6/0
14/0/0/0
OPS .777 .812 .717 .529 .746 .879 .652 .644 .708 .867
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.958 31/1.007 20/.322 18/.572 35/.914 29/.819 9/.347 22/.545 30/.595 .904
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.536 38/.659 17/1.222 14/.476 40/.610 43/.919 13/.846 23/.748 31/.803 .829
Home 72/.741 32/.827 19/.963 17/.521 19/.632 53/1.040 22/.652 30/.621 24/.698
Last 28d days 112/.821 56/.719 37/.717 32/.529 75/.746 72/.879 22/.652 35/.580 51/.758
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/3/0 38/17/5
Usage ····X··· oX···X·· o··X·X·X o···X··X oX····X· X······· X······· X····o·· oXo··Xo·
Astros Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 133/92 .322/.368/.421/.790 .813/.779 .752 116/.763 2/2 1/1
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 56/51 .200/.214/.527/.742 .000/.815 .786 45/.813 0/0 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 56/29 .333/.418/.458/.877 1.200/.591 .802 54/.883 3/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/79 .210/.288/.419/.707 .720/.698 .386 103/.798 0/0 6/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 99/77 .277/.313/.447/.760 .325/.885 .712 84/.863 1/0 2/1
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 42/18 .325/.333/.475/.808 1.186/.333 .842 36/.833 0/0 1/3
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/8 .360/.448/.520/.968 .850/1.333 .564 26/1.091 0/0 1/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 108/71 .238/.287/.297/.584 .506/.624 .568 97/.564 0/0 0/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 81/68 .260/.299/.452/.751 1.045/.697 .625 74/.725 3/1 3/3
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/32 .184/.279/.263/.542 .864/.429 1.155 43/.542 0/1 0/1
4.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/17 .241/.290/.517/.808 1.333/.412 1.038 31/.808 0/0 2/0
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 30/27 .214/.267/.321/.588 .000/.656 .583 30/.588 0/0 1/0
12.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 15/.600 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/3.500 1/.000 116/82 .240/.345/.400/.745 .865/.695 .484 102/.814 0/0 3/0
IP 34.0 12.0 14.1 11.1 3.0 2.1 18.0 3.0 TOTAL .252/.310/.407/.717 .772/.692 .662 .746 12/6 29/17
ERA-K/9 2.38/6.6 1.50/15.8 1.88/10.7 3.18/11.2 0.00/15.0 0.00/15.7 1.50/10.0 0.00/6.0 3.57/9.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (16-3-3)
 Corporan (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.230 53/.167 57/.160 45/.195 9/.000 8/.000 69/.188 9/.000 .235  Ankiel
 Barnes
 Grossman
 Martinez
 Carter
0/0/19/3
8/2/12/1
1/9/0/0
6/0/2/0
15/0/0/0
OPS .599 .554 .583 .657 .000 .125 .496 .000 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.510 21/.496 32/.595 21/.912 5/.000 4/.000 26/.237 3/.000 .599
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.663 32/.592 25/.566 24/.436 4/.000 4/.250 43/.652 6/.000 .703
Road 57/.488 25/.450 37/.464 20/.206 6/.000 8/.125 44/.668 /
Last 28d days 118/.546 49/.557 47/.627 37/.768 9/.000 8/.125 47/.501 9/.000
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 15/18/5
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· X·oo·o·· oX·····o Xo······ X······· ··XX·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.