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Game Preview: DET @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, May 30, 2013 @PNC Park

Tigers, 29-22, 29-22 1st, 1½ up

SP: Doug Fister (29, RHP, 5-2, 3.65)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-2) 61.2 68 30 25 10 50 2 3.65
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 2-2 41.2 50 24 19 6 38 1 4.10 50
2013-05-25 MIN L 7.0 8 3 3 1 7 1 116 55
2013-05-19 @TEX ND 4.2 9 5 5 1 3 0 113 28
2013-05-14 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 0 108 66
2013-05-09 @WSN L 3.0 8 5 4 1 4 0 74 28
2013-05-03 @HOU ND 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 99 47
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
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 6.0 8 4 2 1 7 0 3.00 50
2012-06-22 @PIT L 6.0 8 4 2 1 7 0 91 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-9    Road:   12-13   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  24-16   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Wed, May 29  @PIT  L   3-5       29-22  1st  1.5 up
 50 Tue, May 28   PIT  L   0-1 (11)  29-21  1st  2.5 up
 49 Mon, May 27   PIT  W   6-5       29-20  1st  2.5 up
 48 Sun, May 26   MIN  W   6-1       28-20  1st  1.5 up
 47 Sat, May 25   MIN  L   2-3       27-20  1st  0.5 up
 46 Fri, May 24   MIN  W   6-0       27-19  1st  0.5 up
 45 Thu, May 23   MIN  W   7-6       26-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 22  @CLE  W  11-7       25-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 21  @CLE  W   5-1       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 19  @TEX  L   8-11      23-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Pirates, 33-20, 33-20 2nd, 2½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Jeff Locke (25, LHP, 5-1, 2.45)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-1) 58.2 42 17 16 25 39 5 2.45
2012 (1-3) 34.1 36 21 21 11 34 6 5.50
2011 (0-3) 16.2 21 12 12 10 5 3 6.48
Last 7 GS 4-0 43.0 24 8 7 16 33 1 1.47 64
2013-05-25 @MIL W 6.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 100 70
2013-05-19 HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 94 73
2013-05-14 MIL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 96 51
2013-05-09 @NYM ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 97 62
2013-05-04 WSN ND 5.0 3 4 3 3 3 0 74 47
2013-04-28 @STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 95 73
2013-04-23 @PHI W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 96 72
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-9    Road:   14-11   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  28-14   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:16-8    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 5-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Wed, May 29   DET  W   5-3       33-20  2nd  2.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 28  @DET  W   1-0 (11)  32-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 27  @DET  L   5-6       31-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 26  @MIL  W   5-4       31-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 25  @MIL  W   5-2       30-19  3rd  1.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 24  @MIL  L   1-2       29-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 23   CHC  W   4-2       29-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 22   CHC  W   1-0       28-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 21   CHC  W   5-4       27-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 19   HOU  W   1-0       26-18  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 29, 2013 PIT  5  DET  3        W:Bryan Morris (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (5-5), S: Jason Grilli (22)
Tue, May 28, 2013 PIT  1 @DET  0 (11)   W:Mark Melancon (1-0), L: Jose Ortega (0-2), S: Jason Grilli (21)
Mon, May 27, 2013 DET  6  PIT  5        W:Justin Verlander (6-4), L: Francisco Liriano (3-1), S: Jose Valverde (6)

Sun, Jun 24, 2012 DET  3 @PIT  2        W:Justin Verlander (8-4), L: Chris Resop (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 PIT  4  DET  1        W:Brad Lincoln (4-2), L: Max Scherzer (6-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (19)
Fri, Jun 22, 2012 PIT  4  DET  1        W:A.J. Burnett (8-2), L: Doug Fister (1-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (18)
Sun, May 20, 2012 DET  4  PIT  3        W:Max Scherzer (3-3), L: Kevin Correia (1-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Sat, May 19, 2012 PIT  4 @DET  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-2), L: Drew Smyly (1-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (9)
Fri, May 18, 2012 DET  6  PIT  0        W:Justin Verlander (5-1), L: Charlie Morton (2-4), S: none
Sun, May 22, 2011 DET  2 @PIT  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-2), L: Paul Maholm (1-7), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 2-1; 2012 - Tied 3-3; 2011 - PIT won 2-1; All-Time - DET leads 19-17

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

DET  5.25

NYY  4.17

MIA  2.74

 RA/G

STL  3.35

PHI  4.25

HOU  5.74

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

J. Gyorko  .269

B. Upton  .146

 OBP

J. Votto  .474

M. Trumbo  .336

J. Keppinger  .229

 SLG

C. Davis  .766

J. Hardy  .438

I. Davis  .245

 OPS

C. Davis  1.214

J. Kipnis  .764

B. Upton  .478

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.68

J. Verlander  3.68

W. Peralta  6.35

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.72

D. Fister  7.29

K. Correia  3.67

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

Tigers Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 57.Zagurski*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 142/122 .175/.261/.286/.546 .153/.614 .440 61/.548 0/0 4/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 5/2.800 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 239/191 .368/.444/.656/1.099 1.241/1.063 1.119 111/1.190 1/0 15/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 168/143 .250/.311/.388/.700 .655/.707 .646 97/.787 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 2/1.500 5/.400 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 233/166 .272/.395/.482/.877 1.008/.823 .865 107/.753 0/1 9/3
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 26/8 .231/.231/.423/.654 .611/.750 .333 26/.654 0/0 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 10/.844 14/.297 3/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 220/173 .312/.361/.426/.786 .743/.798 .797 102/.686 1/0 2/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.958 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 193/139 .296/.337/.408/.745 .766/.736 .535 97/.748 2/1 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/67 .186/.313/.329/.642 .750/.610 .554 51/.606 2/0 2/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 5/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 211/148 .229/.275/.307/.582 .592/.578 .575 96/.630 0/0 2/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 75/33 .314/.338/.443/.781 .519/1.121 .853 40/1.047 0/0 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 12/.750 6/.533 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 203/150 .337/.386/.489/.875 1.140/.784 .780 88/1.062 2/1 5/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/25 .143/.211/.257/.468 .503/.450 .583 16/.760 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/19 .320/.452/.480/.932 .768/1.245 .842 24/1.071 0/0 2/0
IP 58.2 24.2 20.0 28.0 16.2 25.1 31.0 1.0 TOTAL .280/.348/.427/.775 .791/.770 .728 .803 18/3 54/22
ERA-K/9 2.45/6.0 1.09/13.8 2.25/5.8 0.96/9.0 3.24/4.9 4.62/8.5 1.45/8.7 0.00/9.0 3.21/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (24-7-5)
 Pena (14-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.209 92/.141 78/.270 107/.202 63/.189 105/.245 120/.137 4/.000 .222  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/47/3
39/3/1/2
12/14/7/0
0/11/1/0
21/0/0/0
OPS .644 .374 .632 .484 .676 .744 .448 .250 .651
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.636 47/.401 26/.439 48/.417 24/.694 33/.636 34/.545 / .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 189/.646 45/.345 52/.726 59/.540 39/.656 72/.796 86/.409 4/.250 .657
Home 117/.785 52/.319 37/.476 60/.383 46/.699 56/.591 67/.555 /
Last 28d days 117/.556 45/.345 46/.406 54/.553 45/.702 52/.801 52/.484 4/.250
HR/SB/CS 5/0/3 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/1 4/3/0 1/3/3 0/0/0 43/40/14
Usage ····X··· oX·o··o· ···X··X· ·X·oo··X o····o·· o·X·o··X ·X··o·X· ··X·····
Pirates Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 175/140 .200/.257/.406/.663 .560/.690 .533 73/.738 1/0 10/8
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.572 143/114 .212/.252/.288/.540 .332/.591 .601 62/.658 0/0 2/6
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 ··· 11/8 .100/.100/.100/.200 .667/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/1
2.Inge G/S/vP 10/1.067 14/.940 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 71/48 .224/.257/.254/.511 .500/.515 .465 42/.375 0/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 164/156 .270/.323/.453/.776 .393/.795 .660 75/.696 1/0 5/3
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 229/186 .296/.357/.447/.803 .955/.768 .765 105/.714 14/5 5/2
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 15/.414 159/125 .250/.340/.450/.790 .790/.788 .748 66/.619 2/1 6/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/3.000 4/.250 217/176 .289/.346/.467/.813 .933/.785 .971 106/.927 14/3 7/0
19.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/45 .254/.323/.475/.798 .411/.978 .656 40/.545 0/0 3/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 57/43 .291/.304/.545/.849 1.582/.619 .667 57/.849 2/0 3/2
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 4/.833 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/76 .232/.356/.442/.798 1.123/.604 .796 58/.705 0/0 4/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 148/139 .263/.338/.414/.751 .476/.767 .848 78/.703 1/2 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 3/1.666 161/127 .266/.363/.417/.780 .373/.892 .786 69/.893 1/0 4/3
IP 61.2 23.0 14.1 22.1 11.1 4.1 32.2 12.0 TOTAL .242/.308/.394/.701 .678/.707 .697 .697 37/11 53/34
ERA-K/9 3.65/7.3 1.57/11.3 6.91/8.8 2.82/10.1 3.97/8.0 0.00/12.6 2.20/9.4 0.75/8.2 3.69/9.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (17-12-3)
 McKenry (23-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.280 88/.175 60/.271 89/.198 50/.233 17/.077 129/.200 44/.077 .240  McCutchen
 Snider
 Marte
 Inge
 Jones
 Harrison
0/51/0/5
3/0/41/2
49/6/0/1
0/0/2/1
0/0/12/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .691 .550 .771 .640 .699 .327 .539 .259 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.560 51/.574 25/.461 39/.645 24/.857 7/.167 49/.249 28/.375 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.813 37/.516 35/.980 50/.636 26/.547 10/.425 80/.722 16/.063 .684
Road 128/.727 47/.452 34/.736 47/.331 22/.814 13/.167 83/.628 19/.273
Last 28d days 126/.792 31/.492 22/.712 44/.623 41/.871 9/.542 60/.588 35/.329
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 2/4/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 1/3/2 0/2/0 31/38/12
Usage ····X··· ·XX···oX ····o··· ······X· ·X··X·o· ···Xo··o o··X···X ··o···Xo

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.