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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 1:10pm, Thursday, April 4, 2013 @Target Field

Tigers, 1-1, 1-1 3rd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
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
2010 (10-12)			162.2	188	96	89	38	84	18	4.92

Last 7 GS		1-4	35.2	47	20	17	12	24	5	4.29	45
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
2012-08-24	LAA	L	6.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	101	55

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	26.0	43	19	13	8	11	2	4.50	39
2012-07-05	MIN	ND	3.2	12	3	3	1	0	0	77	24
2012-05-27	@MIN	ND	6.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	106	41
2012-05-16	MIN	ND	4.0	6	6	2	0	3	1	100	37
2011-08-26	@MIN	W	6.1	7	1	1	3	4	0	95	56
2011-08-15	MIN	L	6.0	9	6	4	1	2	1	95	35

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1

Twins, 1-1, 1-1 3rd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-0)			19.2	24	5	5	4	13	0	2.29
2011 (7-13)			193.2	220	111	102	65	105	21	4.74
2010 (15-9)			204.0	213	88	83	68	113	12	3.66

Last 7 GS		0-2	42.1	55	20	18	10	25	2	3.83	48
2012-04-21	SFG	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	102	68
2012-04-15	@PHI	ND	6.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	99	52
2012-04-09	WSN	ND	5.2	10	3	3	1	8	0	104	44
2011-09-25	PHI	L	3.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	64	21
2011-09-20	@STL	ND	6.0	10	5	5	0	2	0	100	34
2011-09-14	WSN	L	7.0	6	2	0	2	6	0	94	65
2011-09-09	CHC	ND	6.2	6	3	3	3	3	1	111	50

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	4.2	8	5	4	5	3	1	7.71	28
2011-06-30	@DET	L	4.2	8	5	4	5	3	1	109	28

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    1-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  3   DET  W   3-2        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  1   DET  L   2-4        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 MIN  3  DET  2        W:Glen Perkins (1-0), L: Phil Coke (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (1-0), L: Vance Worley (0-1), S: Phil Coke (1)

Sun, Sep 30, 2012 DET  2 @MIN  1        W:Phil Coke (2-3), L: Jared Burton (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (34)
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Justin Verlander (17-8), L: P.J. Walters (2-5), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 MIN  4  DET  2        W:Jared Burton (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-5), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 MIN  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Jared Burton (2-1), L: Jose Valverde (3-4), S: Glen Perkins (14)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 MIN 10 @DET  4        W:Scott Diamond (12-8), L: Max Scherzer (16-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 DET  8  MIN  0        W:Doug Fister (10-9), L: Sam Deduno (6-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 DET  5 @MIN  1        W:Max Scherzer (12-6), L: Cole De Vries (2-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 DET  8 @MIN  4        W:Doug Fister (7-7), L: Brian Duensing (2-8), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 - DET won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1066-980

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 L. Lynn 3.78 R. Romero 5.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.08 M. Minor 7.28 H. Alvarez 3.80

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

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

L. Lynn 3.78

R. Romero 5.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.08

M. Minor 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.

Tigers Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 30.Correia
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 62.Hendriks
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 20.Roenicke
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· 11/.364 3/.666 19/.591 ··· 5/.800 11/.586 2/.000 ··· 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .700 7/.286 2/0 9/6

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/.750 7/.286 25/1.207 4/3.000 36/.877 4/1.750 6/1.250 22/.838 ··· 4/1.750 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 .913 9/.444 4/1 44/13

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/2.000 9/.333 3/1.667 7/1.166 2/5.000 3/1.667 5/.650 ··· ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .812 8/.143 1/1 8/3

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 14/1.318 10/1.067 31/.547 4/1.000 11/.764 2/.000 6/.333 9/.666 3/1.666 3/.333 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 .870 8/.625 1/0 30/11

48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.929 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 9/.958 1/.000 2/1.000 9/.819 ··· 4/.000 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .832 9/1.000 9/1 16/4

4.Infante G/S/vP 31/1.188 1/.000 8/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .742 7/.857 17/3 12/18

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 10/.733 4/.500 27/.920 2/.000 6/.900 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .861 9/.583 12/9 16/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .488 / 2/0 1/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 11/1.420 ··· ··· 13/1.045 ··· 4/.000 / /// / 8/.125 / /

55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 15/.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 226/154 .236/.262/.321/.583 .645/.554 .492 / 0/1 2/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.400 10/.644 3/1.667 32/1.099 4/1.167 5/.650 15/.557 ··· ··· 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .647 8/.661 1/2 13/7

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 10/1.067 ··· 2/.000 8/.286 ··· 1/2.000 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .502 / 1/0 2/6

18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 19.2 62.0 171.0 87.2 109.0 35.0 85.1 70.1 25.0 88.2 TOTAL .235/.278/.265/.542 .629/.531 .542 .542 1/0 0/1

ERA-K/9

2.29/5.9

2.18/8.0

4.21/4.7

4.11/6.0

5.12/5.7

2.06/8.2

5.59/5.3

2.56/10.0

5.40/9.4

3.25/5.5

3.00/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 85/.300 245/.186 728/.267 375/.252 472/.288 141/.195 381/.305 281/.222 111/.223 383/.259 .235 Hunter
Jackson
Kelly
Dirks 0/0/134/14
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
59/1/24/1

OPS .683 .549 .733 .735 .759 .578 .890 .631 .700 .753 .542

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.672 99/.748 349/.735 178/.690 178/.678 59/.491 197/.768 106/.488 72/.585 151/.646 .291

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.697 146/.421 379/.731 197/.773 294/.808 82/.638 184/1.020 175/.721 39/.920 232/.824 .705

Home 57/.679 133/.603 337/.706 171/.848 218/.734 62/.736 228/.870 154/.670 61/.530 207/.815

Last 28d days / 3/.000 28/.545 / 5/1.250 3/.000 / 3/.000 / 4/.000

HR/SB/CS 0/2/1 5/6/0 20/7/4 16/2/1 10/5/1 3/3/0 17/7/2 8/2/3 4/3/2 9/3/2 0/1/0

Usage o······· X······· ··X····· ··X····· o······· ··X·····

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

Twins Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (2.50 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 58.Fister
G/S/vB 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Carroll G/S/vP 18/.742 4/.250 6/.533 1/.000 11/1.300 1/.000 8/.250 6/.666 5/.000 4/1.000 3/.666 537/383 .268/.343/.317/.660 .839/.588 .643 0/ 9/5 1/12

9.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/1.482 3/.666 5/1.000 5/1.850 3/.666 4/.750 10/.633 11/.364 14/.517 5/.000 3/2.667 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .771 9/.222 0/0 18/5

2.Dozier G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 6/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 5/.000 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .636 8/.393 9/2 6/15

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .590 2/1.500 3/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.800 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .554 4/1.000 3/1 1/7

32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 / /// / 9/.222 / /

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/2.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 186/109 .252/.328/.350/.678 .710/.653 .700 0/ 21/3 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/.708 2/.000 15/.652 18/.958 3/1.167 1/.000 26/.486 9/1.056 21/.979 8/.393 4/1.500 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .878 9/.708 8/4 10/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 25/.631 1/2.000 16/.450 19/.707 6/1.500 6/.000 19/1.000 8/.661 14/2.143 9/.583 2/no AB 570/356 .267/.333/.440/.773 .569/.902 .728 9/.873 1/0 19/6

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .576 8/.250 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 14/.539 4/.500 5/.200 3/.000 4/.250 4/.500 14/.500 8/.500 8/.125 7/1.096 6/.334 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .847 8/.708 1/3 24/19

22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 / /// / 2/1.500 / /

16.Willingham G/S/vP 12/1.625 3/1.167 8/.250 5/.900 3/.000 1/.000 22/1.076 17/.729 17/.886 6/.750 3/1.000 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 1.018 9/.476 3/2 35/4

IP 176.1 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 20.2 161.2 195.2 187.2 99.1 54.2 TOTAL .185/.312/.262/.573 .888/.467 .573 .573 1/0 0/1

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

3.45/7.6

3.86/7.7

3.74/11.1

3.99/8.5

2.63/10.9

2.60/11.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (31-8-2)
Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 783/.310 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 86/.237 673/.249 820/.265 787/.250 416/.247 226/.201 .185 Willingham
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Doumit
Escobar 119/0/0/6
2/0/15/2
25/4/34/2
1/0/18/1
16/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .808 .420 .720 .854 .617 .655 .683 .716 .721 .732 .595 .573

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 415/.883 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 38/.408 387/.734 444/.645 436/.831 127/.671 88/.678 .548

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.725 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 48/.859 286/.611 376/.797 351/.588 289/.759 138/.547 .609

Road 382/.813 24/.604 121/.833 127/.902 119/.709 23/.524 338/.708 430/.721 444/.749 223/.704 101/.708

Last 28d days / 3/.667 10/.300 5/1.000 / 5/.200 / 20/.368 / 10/1.171 3/1.000

HR/SB/CS 16/18/5 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 1/3/1 15/2/4 20/23/4 23/15/9 12/8/6 3/11/2 0/1/0

Usage ··o····· X·X····· o·o····· X······· X······· ··X····· 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.