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Game Preview: DET @ HOU, 4:10pm, Sunday, May 5, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Tigers, 18-11, 18-11 1st, ½ up

SP: Justin Verlander (30, RHP, 3-2, 1.83)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 39.1 36 9 8 11 41 1 1.83
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.1 40 10 8 13 49 1 1.55 64
2013-04-30 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 114 69
2013-04-25 KCR ND 7.0 8 2 1 1 4 0 96 58
2013-04-18 @SEA L 7.0 9 2 2 1 12 0 126 62
2013-04-13 @OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 111 65
2013-04-07 NYY L 7.1 7 3 3 2 4 1 111 54
2013-04-01 @MIN W 5.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 91 64
2012-09-29 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 0 2 8 0 117 73
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 13.1 10 3 3 4 13 0 2.03 64
2009-06-26 @HOU ND 5.1 7 3 3 4 6 0 118 44
2006-06-28 HOU W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 97 83
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-4    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  7-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sat, May  4  @HOU  W  17-2       18-11  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  3  @HOU  W   4-3       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-11
Astros, 8-23, 8-23 5th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Philip Humber (30, RHP, 0-6, 7.58)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-6) 29.2 44 25 25 10 15 3 7.58
2012 (5-5) 102.0 113 74 73 44 85 23 6.44
2011 (9-9) 163.0 151 71 68 41 116 14 3.75
Last 7 GS 0-6 35.1 54 31 31 14 16 5 7.90 35
2013-04-30 @NYY L 6.0 9 4 4 2 2 0 94 38
2013-04-25 @BOS L 4.2 10 7 7 3 5 1 88 18
2013-04-20 CLE L 0.1 8 8 8 1 0 1 30 2
2013-04-14 @LAA L 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 1 92 58
2013-04-08 @SEA L 6.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 86 51
2013-04-03 TEX L 5.2 5 1 1 2 2 0 85 55
2012-08-03 LAA ND 5.2 10 6 6 4 1 2 109 22
Last 5 v.DET 0-2 8.2 14 10 10 2 8 5 10.38 33
2012-07-22 @DET L 3.0 7 6 6 1 0 4 57 20
2011-07-17 @DET L 5.2 7 4 4 1 8 1 90 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-11   Road:    4-12   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-17   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  1-6    vsCntrl: 1-5    vsWest:  6-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  4   DET  L   2-17       8-23  5th 11.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  3   DET  L   3-4        8-22  5th 10.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 04, 2013 DET 17 @HOU  2        W:Max Scherzer (4-0), L: Lucas Harrell (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 03, 2013 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Drew Smyly (2-0), L: Jose Veras (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
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
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 3-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 9-9

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 (5.34 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (6.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Humber
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
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 91/76 .193/.264/.349/.613 .133/.714 .475 72/.632 0/0 4/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/1.762 7/.629 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 1/.000 137/106 .390/.467/.627/1.094 .964/1.129 .956 110/1.177 1/0 6/1
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 82/72 .200/.296/.286/.582 .347/.612 .477 64/.613 3/0 1/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 17/.933 135/92 .290/.422/.542/.964 1.148/.880 .850 110/.990 0/1 7/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.429 4/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 128/98 .361/.406/.479/.885 .774/.918 .936 100/.894 1/0 1/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 10/.500 ··· 105/78 .303/.333/.414/.747 .833/.717 .468 86/.734 1/0 2/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 5/.650 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 141/106 .297/.357/.406/.763 .805/.750 .720 112/.728 5/0 2/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 37/29 .212/.297/.333/.631 1.250/.441 .554 35/.608 1/0 0/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 125/87 .221/.280/.301/.581 .557/.591 .601 100/.627 0/0 1/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 35/13 .212/.235/.242/.478 .390/.615 .611 31/.475 0/0 0/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.900 ··· 125/91 .298/.339/.404/.742 1.071/.622 .709 104/.775 1/1 2/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 23/17 .087/.087/.174/.261 .667/.118 .333 15/.267 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 39/11 .324/.410/.471/.881 .654/1.364 .713 34/.849 0/0 1/0
IP 29.2 15.2 9.1 11.0 20.2 15.0 12.0 14.0 TOTAL .283/.350/.419/.769 .784/.764 .694 .787 13/2 27/8
ERA-K/9 7.58/4.5 4.60/6.3 3.86/6.8 5.73/4.1 4.79/5.7 4.80/6.0 5.25/10.5 2.57/5.1 5.64/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (13-6-3)
 Pena (5-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.341 71/.313 39/.188 49/.311 85/.228 72/.317 50/.261 61/.283 .301  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/27/2
21/0/0/1
0/29/0/1
10/2/6/0
14/0/0/0
OPS .912 .788 .714 .838 .778 .879 .711 .708 .876
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/1.141 31/1.007 21/.365 25/.737 41/.904 29/.819 25/.737 30/.595 .898
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.623 40/.624 18/1.143 24/.952 44/.669 43/.919 25/.684 31/.803 .852
Home 34/1.167 34/.775 21/.944 34/.982 29/.759 53/1.040 35/.721 24/.698
Last 28d days 118/.979 55/.733 39/.714 49/.838 85/.778 61/.869 34/.608 48/.719
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 6/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 42/20/5
Usage ····X··· ·ooX···X ·oo··X·X X·o···X· X·oX···· ··X····· ·XX····o ··oXo··X
Astros Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 142/101 .331/.373/.431/.804 .813/.800 .788 116/.814 2/2 1/1
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.571 63/57 .200/.238/.500/.738 .000/.819 .772 51/.816 0/0 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 57/29 .327/.411/.449/.860 1.152/.591 .768 52/.878 3/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/84 .209/.285/.409/.694 .720/.680 .387 100/.786 0/0 6/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 108/85 .262/.296/.417/.714 .310/.823 .623 89/.754 1/0 2/1
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 7/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 45/21 .302/.311/.442/.753 1.186/.286 .727 34/.884 0/0 1/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/15 .333/.405/.545/.951 .809/1.169 .685 30/1.121 0/0 2/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 115/77 .250/.296/.315/.610 .492/.668 .632 97/.639 0/0 0/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 85/72 .247/.284/.429/.713 1.045/.655 .552 72/.726 3/1 3/3
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 52/41 .205/.327/.273/.600 .864/.523 1.063 52/.600 0/2 0/1
4.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 33/19 .226/.273/.484/.757 1.333/.368 .936 33/.757 0/0 2/0
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 32/29 .200/.250/.300/.550 .000/.609 .500 32/.550 0/0 1/0
12.Pena* G/S/vP 24/.833 ··· 15/.600 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 122/87 .236/.336/.387/.723 .838/.677 .467 103/.806 0/0 3/0
IP 39.1 13.0 14.1 11.1 3.0 2.1 20.0 4.0 TOTAL .250/.308/.400/.708 .758/.687 .650 .749 12/7 30/18
ERA-K/9 1.83/9.4 2.08/15.9 1.88/10.7 3.18/11.2 0.00/15.0 0.00/15.7 1.35/9.4 0.00/6.8 3.47/9.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (16-3-3)
 Corporan (4-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.242 59/.208 57/.160 45/.195 9/.000 8/.000 75/.171 13/.000 .235  Ankiel
 Barnes
 Grossman
 Martinez
 Carter
0/0/21/3
8/3/12/1
2/11/0/0
7/0/2/0
17/0/0/0
OPS .607 .627 .583 .657 .000 .125 .455 .077 .647
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.559 25/.581 32/.595 21/.912 5/.000 4/.000 29/.212 6/.167 .593
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.674 34/.662 25/.566 24/.436 4/.000 4/.250 46/.608 7/.000 .700
Road 74/.591 31/.591 37/.464 20/.206 6/.000 8/.125 50/.584 4/.250
Last 28d days 110/.575 50/.608 44/.673 30/.905 9/.000 8/.125 53/.443 13/.077
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 16/18/6
Usage ····X··· X···X·X· ··X·oo·o ··oX···· ··Xo···· ··X····· ·X··XX·o ·X····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.