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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 8:00pm, Thursday, October 10, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Tigers, 93-69, 2-2 in postseason

SP: Justin Verlander (30, RHP, 13-12, 3.46)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 RegS (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 RegS (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 RegS (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
Last 7 GS 1-2 46.2 38 10 10 11 59 2 1.93 65
2013-10-05 @OAK ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 117 79
2013-09-29 @MIA ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 80 75
2013-09-23 @MIN ND 6.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 107 69
2013-09-18 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 3 6 1 124 60
2013-09-13 KCR W 6.2 9 3 3 0 7 0 111 51
2013-09-07 @KCR L 7.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 114 51
2013-09-01 CLE ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 116 73
Last 5 v.OAK 3-1 34.0 18 7 5 12 42 2 1.32 70
2013-10-05 @OAK ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 117 79
2013-08-27 OAK L 5.0 4 5 3 3 3 1 104 43
2013-04-13 @OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 111 65
2012-10-11 @OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 122 89
2012-10-06 OAK W 7.0 3 1 1 4 11 1 121 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   52-31   Road:   43-40   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  68-48   vsLHP:  27-23   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:47-29   vsWest: 19-19 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Tue, Oct  8   OAK  W   8-6         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  7   OAK  L   3-6         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  5  @OAK  L   0-1         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  4  @OAK  W   3-2         -               
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

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Athletics, 96-66, 2-2 in postseason

SP: Sonny Gray (23, RHP, 5-3, 2.67)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 RegS (5-3) 64.0 51 22 19 20 67 4 2.67
Last 7 GS 4-1 43.2 35 10 9 13 46 2 1.85 62
2013-10-05 DET ND 8.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 111 81
2013-09-29 @SEA W 5.0 3 0 0 3 8 0 79 66
2013-09-22 MIN W 5.0 7 4 4 2 3 1 94 38
2013-09-17 LAA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 1 98 62
2013-09-11 @MIN W 5.0 4 2 2 3 7 0 91 55
2013-09-05 HOU L 8.0 7 3 2 1 7 0 95 64
2013-08-31 TBR W 6.2 5 0 0 1 7 0 102 70
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 8.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 0.00 81
2013-10-05 DET ND 8.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 111 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   53-30   Road:   45-38   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  66-46   vsLHP:  32-22   1-Run:  31-21
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:24-14   vsWest: 44-32 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Tue, Oct  8  @DET  L   6-8         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  7  @DET  W   6-3         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  5   DET  W   1-0         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  4   DET  L   2-3         -               
162 Sun, Sep 29  @SEA  W   9-0       96-66  1st  5.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @SEA  L   5-7       95-66  1st  5.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27  @SEA  W   8-2       95-65  1st  6.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25  @LAA  L   1-3       94-65  1st  6.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 24  @LAA  L   0-3       94-64  1st  7.5 up
157 Mon, Sep 23  @LAA  W  10-5       94-63  1st  8.5 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Oct 08, 2013 DET  8  OAK  6        W:Max Scherzer , L: Sean Doolittle , S: none
Mon, Oct 07, 2013 OAK  6 @DET  3        W:Jarrod Parker , L: Anibal Sanchez , S: Grant Balfour 
Sat, Oct 05, 2013 OAK  1  DET  0        W:Grant Balfour , L: Al Alburquerque , S: none
Fri, Oct 04, 2013 DET  3 @OAK  2        W:Max Scherzer , L: Bartolo Colon , S: Joaquin Benoit 
Thu, Aug 29, 2013 DET  7  OAK  6        W:Joaquin Benoit (4-0), L: Grant Balfour (0-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 OAK 14 @DET  4        W:Dan Straily (7-7), L: Doug Fister (11-7), S: Brett Anderson (1)
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 OAK  6 @DET  3  (5)   W:Tommy Milone (10-9), L: Justin Verlander (12-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 OAK  8 @DET  6        W:A.J. Griffin (11-9), L: Jose Alvarez (1-4), S: Grant Balfour (33)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 DET 10 @OAK  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-0), L: Jarrod Parker (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 DET  7 @OAK  3        W:Justin Verlander (2-1), L: Brett Anderson (1-2), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 6-5; 2012 - DET won 7-5; 2011 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 999-918

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

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Tigers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB		 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 60.Chavez
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/3.000 4/.250 4/.000 2/3.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .601 71/.956 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 16/.771 14/.629 2/1.000 6/2.067 5/.200 4/.000 3/.333 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.074 82/.768 3/0 44/12
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 5/.500 1/.000 2/.000 484/398 .256/.323/.363/.686 .631/.698 .637 64/.635 7/1 9/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.571 5/.933 6/1.500 7/1.914 3/.000 6/.334 2/2.000 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 94/.957 1/1 25/6
48.Hunter G/S/vP 4/.000 23/1.245 13/.846 8/.393 2/1.500 4/.833 4/.250 3/.666 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .738 83/.756 3/2 17/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 3/.000 382/247 .303/.349/.386/.735 .769/.716 .732 43/.502 5/2 3/6
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.333 9/.889 7/.858 1/.000 5/.600 3/.000 5/.800 3/.666 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .735 83/.775 5/2 10/10
14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.000 13/.237 4/.500 4/1.000 4/1.167 6/.533 5/1.000 3/.333 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .777 106/.682 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .588 35/.442 2/0 6/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.000 9/1.056 12/.900 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 3/3.334 2/1.000 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .750 86/.903 0/2 14/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 9/.804 4/.750 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .760 17/.294 0/2 4/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 11/.773 15/.785 9/.708 5/.650 3/1.334 3/1.000 1/.000 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .705 12/.583 3/3 11/4
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/35 .197/.217/.227/.445 .501/.388 .461 10/.200 1/0 0/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.500 4/1.833 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .560 54/.536 0/1 1/2
IP 64.0 44.2 62.2 60.0 57.1 67.1 69.0 39.0 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .742 .718 35/20 176/76
ERA-K/9 2.67/9.4 6.04/9.3 2.59/10.3 3.15/7.8 3.92/8.6 2.54/9.0 3.13/7.8 1.38/6.2 3.56/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-15-9)
 Martinez (1-0-0)
 Pena (42-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.214 200/.287 262/.206 245/.218 248/.230 294/.238 266/.214 159/.276 .242  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Peralta
0/0/143/9
116/4/15/7
0/129/0/5
38/25/22/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .570 .794 .610 .651 .620 .616 .573 .613 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.622 48/.910 138/.548 107/.741 137/.630 132/.730 92/.516 83/.613 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.499 152/.758 124/.682 138/.581 111/.605 162/.526 174/.603 76/.613 .662
Home 158/.527 121/.769 145/.578 114/.665 129/.737 165/.562 155/.587 110/.586
Last 28d days 121/.604 49/.845 36/.618 24/.303 26/.417 43/.959 36/.361 34/.657
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 5/2/0 7/0/1 7/2/2 3/1/0 2/16/1 4/6/3 0/1/0 163/87/27
Usage ····X··· ·o······ ··X·o··· ········ ········ ·X······ ·Xo··X·· ·oX··o··
Athletics Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 31.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 18/.547 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 11/.909 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 120/91 .269/.350/.375/.725 .653/.749 .846 72/.845 0/0 3/1
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 21/.497 1/2.000 5/.400 1/2.000 20/.583 2/.000 6/1.100 5/1.000 516/348 .258/.333/.369/.702 .763/.672 .673 81/.732 0/2 10/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 16/.842 4/.500 2/.000 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 574/390 .240/.294/.442/.737 .880/.672 .787 77/.852 7/7 26/4
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 37/.678 2/.000 3/.666 15/.553 13/.847 1/.000 3/1.167 8/.804 584/369 .261/.335/.444/.779 .645/.867 .705 97/.879 21/5 22/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 21/.596 4/.000 3/.666 6/.334 1/.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 4/.833 668/464 .301/.384/.499/.883 1.042/.813 .888 96/1.089 5/2 24/16
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 12/.523 2/.000 2/1.500 5/1.100 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.167 5/1.100 662/428 .290/.344/.446/.791 .772/.796 .767 94/.841 1/0 15/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP 18/.611 3/.333 2/2.500 8/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/1.667 505/417 .256/.337/.522/.859 .649/.904 .796 70/1.086 4/2 30/8
36.Norris G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 308/135 .246/.345/.409/.754 .990/.445 .851 44/.886 5/0 9/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 22/.372 2/.500 2/.000 5/1.000 6/1.917 ··· 1/.000 ··· 441/296 .226/.307/.379/.686 .667/.695 .586 66/.846 9/2 12/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 24/.708 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.000 8/1.625 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.000 410/323 .253/.329/.391/.721 .621/.748 .663 31/1.081 0/0 8/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 410/338 .266/.322/.364/.686 .640/.695 .701 50/.680 10/5 2/9
22.Suzuki G/S/vP 27/.567 2/1.000 2/2.500 7/.000 19/.725 ··· ··· 4/1.167 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .641 14/.857 2/0 5/6
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/130 .252/.295/.400/.695 .667/.698 .588 48/.714 0/1 4/1
25.Young G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.333 375/200 .200/.280/.379/.659 .712/.614 .606 51/.712 10/3 12/2
IP 218.1 49.0 38.2 67.0 177.0 29.2 76.0 62.2 TOTAL .254/.327/.419/.745 .760/.738 .730 .845 74/28 186/97
ERA-K/9 3.46/8.9 4.59/12.9 5.82/7.2 2.01/9.8 4.32/7.2 3.03/8.5 2.37/9.6 3.02/8.6 3.61/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (35-12-6)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)
 Vogt (20-9-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.253 220/.213 172/.280 265/.197 736/.270 127/.261 303/.219 254/.199 .247  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Young
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
94/18/0/10
0/0/113/9
24/54/26/2
0/110/0/2
50/0/9/1
8/2/27/1
OPS .691 .674 .866 .575 .709 .677 .601 .605 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 546/.658 93/.662 53/.851 151/.514 381/.814 55/.562 129/.471 131/.689 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.739 127/.683 119/.872 114/.658 355/.599 72/.766 174/.699 123/.516 .670
Road 448/.675 92/.769 49/.778 132/.512 362/.705 71/.704 162/.600 107/.623
Last 28d days 131/.637 36/.597 39/.751 44/.473 119/.685 28/.706 30/.707 23/.698
HR/SB/CS 19/21/4 5/3/0 7/3/0 5/10/0 18/12/5 4/2/0 4/8/2 6/7/0 128/128/29
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ··X····· ·X···X·· ····o··· ········ ····Xo·· ··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.