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Game Preview: DET @ TOR, 1:07pm, Monday, July 1, 2013 @Rogers Centre

Tigers, 43-37, 43-37 1st, Tied

SP: Jose Alvarez (24, LHP, 1-1, 3.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 16.2 15 7 7 4 13 4 3.78
Last 7 GS 1-1 16.2 15 7 7 4 13 4 3.78 53
2013-06-26 LAA L 5.2 7 4 4 1 3 2 110 41
2013-06-20 BOS ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 85 50
2013-06-09 CLE W 6.0 3 1 1 1 7 1 93 68
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-16   Road:   17-21   ExtrInn: 2-9 
 vsRHP:  35-27   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sun, Jun 30  @TBR  L   1-3       43-37  1st    Tied
 79 Sat, Jun 29  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  43-36  1st  1.0 up
 78 Fri, Jun 28  @TBR  W   6-3       43-35  1st  2.0 up
 77 Thu, Jun 27   LAA  L   1-3 (10)  42-35  1st  2.5 up
 76 Wed, Jun 26   LAA  L   4-7       42-34  1st  2.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 25   LAA  L   8-14      42-33  1st  3.5 up
 74 Sun, Jun 23   BOS  W   7-5       42-32  1st  4.0 up
 73 Sat, Jun 22   BOS  W  10-3       41-32  1st  3.0 up
 72 Fri, Jun 21   BOS  L   6-10      40-32  1st  3.0 up
 71 Thu, Jun 20   BOS  W   4-3       40-31  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Blue Jays, 40-41, 40-41 5th, 8½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (38, RHP, 7-8, 4.72)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-8) 108.2 101 61 57 41 78 17 4.72
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
2011 (8-13) 208.2 202 85 76 54 134 18 3.28
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.2 48 26 26 13 25 8 5.01 48
2013-06-26 @TBR W 9.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 93 88
2013-06-21 BAL ND 6.0 7 6 6 2 5 3 101 37
2013-06-15 @TEX W 5.2 7 1 1 3 3 0 107 51
2013-06-10 @CHW L 5.0 10 7 7 1 0 2 98 18
2013-06-05 @SFG W 8.1 2 0 0 2 5 0 103 82
2013-05-30 @ATL L 6.0 11 6 6 1 2 1 98 27
2013-05-25 BAL L 6.2 9 6 6 3 4 2 118 33
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 28.0 35 18 18 12 16 11 5.79 43
2011-06-28 @DET W 7.0 10 3 3 3 6 2 113 48
2010-06-23 DET W 8.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 97 76
2008-07-05 DET ND 6.0 4 2 2 5 3 2 105 54
2006-04-06 DET L 3.1 8 7 7 1 1 6 61 16
2004-05-08 DET ND 3.2 9 6 6 1 2 1 74 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-17   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:   9-15
 vsEast: 17-25   vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sun, Jun 30  @BOS  L   4-5       40-41  5th  8.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 29  @BOS  W   6-2       40-40  5th  7.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 28  @BOS  L   5-7       39-40  5th  8.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 27  @BOS  L   4-7       39-39  5th  7.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 26  @TBR  W   3-0       39-38  5th  6.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 25  @TBR  L   1-5       38-38  5th  6.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 24  @TBR  L   1-4       38-37  5th  5.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 23   BAL  W  13-5       38-36  4th  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 22   BAL  W   4-2       37-36  4th  6.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 21   BAL  W   7-6       36-36  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 11, 2013 DET 11  TOR  1        W:Doug Fister (2-0), L: Josh Johnson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 TOR  8 @DET  6        W:Aaron Loup (1-0), L: Brayan Villarreal (0-1), S: Casey Janssen (2)
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 DET  7  TOR  3        W:Anibal Sanchez (1-0), L: Brandon Morrow (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 DET  3  TOR  2 (11)   W:Joaquin Benoit (3-3), L: Chad Jenkins (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 DET  3  TOR  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (7-10), L: Aaron Laffey (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (25)
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 DET  5  TOR  3        W:Max Scherzer (13-6), L: Ricky Romero (8-11), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 DET  4 @TOR  1        W:Doug Fister (5-7), L: Brett Cecil (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 TOR  5  DET  1        W:Henderson Alvarez (7-7), L: Anibal Sanchez (5-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 TOR  8  DET  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (6-0), L: Rick Porcello (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 DET  4  TOR  2        W:Joaquin Benoit (2-3), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (18)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 2-1; 2012 - DET won 4-2; 2011 - DET won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 209-181

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 (4.95 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
29.McGowan
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Perez*
G/S/vB
32.Rogers
G/S/vB
45.Wagner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 17/1.012 6/.333 1/.000 6/1.167 1/.000 3/.666 8/.804 ··· 5/.000 ··· 369/289 .373/.461/.680/1.141 1.366/1.079 1.160 111/1.216 2/0 25/9
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 1/5.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 260/215 .248/.305/.353/.658 .703/.649 .582 73/.610 6/0 6/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/.400 4/.250 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 2/2.500 5/2.300 3/1.667 11/1.355 ··· 359/250 .274/.370/.469/.840 1.001/.769 .871 108/.728 0/1 13/4
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/45 .244/.276/.378/.654 .490/.808 .669 46/.563 0/1 2/1
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .231/.286/.308/.593 .333/.804 1.000 15/.593 0/0 0/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 12/1.500 17/.489 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 12/.962 19/.388 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 325/253 .297/.341/.410/.751 .720/.758 .743 101/.662 1/1 4/2
4.Infante G/S/vP 30/1.181 7/.715 3/.666 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 9/.236 ··· 299/209 .299/.331/.423/.755 .815/.729 .593 91/.789 4/2 5/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/2.417 7/1.514 4/.833 4/.500 2/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 ··· 236/179 .290/.374/.401/.775 .752/.780 .700 70/.954 6/1 4/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/95 .220/.319/.360/.679 .733/.666 .546 27/.949 2/0 3/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 7/.762 19/.787 2/.500 5/.800 1/.000 9/2.000 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 ··· 331/229 .232/.290/.337/.627 .531/.670 .585 106/.688 0/1 6/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 130/67 .295/.320/.385/.706 .500/.896 .778 50/.625 0/1 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 12/.334 14/1.121 4/1.500 6/1.267 1/.000 6/.167 11/.364 ··· 4/.500 ··· 314/229 .314/.374/.463/.837 1.012/.770 .739 96/.769 2/2 7/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 12/.733 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 60/43 .151/.224/.245/.469 .580/.426 .600 16/.368 0/0 0/1
IP 108.2 41.0 39.0 26.2 40.1 6.1 23.0 15.1 60.2 13.2 TOTAL .280/.348/.429/.778 .795/.771 .732 .777 23/10 85/37
ERA-K/9 4.72/6.5 1.54/10.3 1.62/12.5 2.03/8.1 1.79/6.5 2.84/10.0 3.52/6.3 0.00/8.8 3.12/5.6 1.98/5.3 4.13/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (6-1-0)
 Pena (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.245 154/.151 168/.197 98/.161 160/.241 29/.200 99/.273 56/.173 250/.254 52/.196 .257  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Garcia
 Kelly
0/0/70/6
61/3/4/5
0/49/0/2
3/23/5/0
18/20/10/0
OPS .742 .455 .572 .441 .630 .790 .784 .405 .702 .535 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.798 80/.286 78/.604 58/.353 64/.574 14/1.203 41/1.166 20/.417 126/.765 17/.423 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.685 74/.642 90/.543 40/.568 96/.659 15/.350 58/.514 36/.399 124/.641 35/.594 .733
Home 215/.828 75/.413 75/.507 53/.512 79/.720 13/1.185 36/.833 16/.708 100/.547 14/.599
Last 28d days 139/.645 38/.327 41/.536 33/.518 33/.531 29/.790 22/.718 41/.509 116/.652 36/.576
HR/SB/CS 17/4/0 1/5/1 1/5/1 1/0/0 3/2/4 2/0/0 3/2/1 0/1/0 6/1/1 1/0/1 96/40/11
Usage ····X··· ··oX·X·· ·X·X·o·· o·o····· ··XX···o X····X·o ·oo···o· o··X··Xo ·X····X· ·oX··X··
Blue Jays Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
43.Rondon
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 287/210 .218/.247/.429/.676 .673/.678 .929 77/.599 0/2 15/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/2.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 334/264 .254/.350/.502/.852 .731/.883 1.016 107/.763 6/0 19/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 221/156 .203/.234/.304/.538 .433/.579 .492 64/.416 11/3 2/6
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/74 .317/.356/.397/.752 .826/.691 .788 49/.808 19/2 1/0
16.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 122/40 .210/.303/.390/.694 .784/.511 .617 37/.399 0/0 4/4
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.533 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 357/278 .270/.350/.537/.887 .778/.917 .800 105/.958 3/0 23/5
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 13/.308 4/1.167 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 246/150 .229/.266/.338/.604 .635/.584 .615 89/.678 0/2 5/8
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/150 .229/.339/.327/.666 .416/.725 .687 52/.789 7/1 1/5
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.833 11/.191 ··· ··· ··· ··· 251/207 .327/.386/.547/.934 .864/.950 .898 95/.925 1/0 11/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 293/206 .242/.314/.455/.769 .614/.837 .808 87/.746 0/1 14/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 66/50 .328/.394/.466/.859 1.171/.752 1.171 23/.611 5/0 2/0
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/22 .091/.167/.091/.258 .000/.282 .111 25/.258 0/0 0/2
IP 16.2 19.0 33.1 24.1 30.0 14.2 4.0 49.0 TOTAL .250/.313/.419/.732 .676/.755 .771 .711 56/14 105/50
ERA-K/9 3.78/7.0 2.37/15.2 1.89/11.1 6.29/8.1 4.80/10.2 1.84/6.7 9.00/6.8 2.20/9.4 3.77/9.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (33-9-10)
 Thole (4-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 70/.234 90/.200 131/.208 106/.276 127/.272 60/.236 22/.421 194/.202 .247  Bautista
 Davis
 Rasmus
 Bonifacio
0/0/66/7
20/4/16/2
0/73/0/0
7/7/5/0
OPS .784 .610 .586 .745 .781 .579 1.033 .556 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.863 40/.592 80/.560 45/.513 57/.688 26/.693 11/1.000 69/.327 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.757 50/.623 51/.628 61/.924 70/.860 34/.493 11/1.045 125/.687 .701
Road / 34/.577 66/.451 52/.746 64/.546 23/.529 8/.750 102/.611
Last 28d days 70/.784 21/.348 39/.606 37/.728 33/1.055 36/.583 8/.750 57/.599
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/1/0 2/5/0 1/0/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 0/3/0 1/5/2 59/58/18
Usage ····X··· ··Xoo··· ··oX···X o··X·X·· ·····X·· ···ooX·· oo······ ·oo·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.