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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:10pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 @U.S. Cellular Field

Tigers, 12-9, 12-9 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Verlander (31, RHP, 3-1, 2.18)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 33.0 33 12 8 12 27 1 2.18
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
Last 7 GS 3-1 45.0 42 12 8 16 49 1 1.60 61
2014-04-22 CHW W 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 1 119 58
2014-04-17 CLE W 5.0 6 3 0 4 7 0 113 52
2014-04-12 @SDP W 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 110 60
2014-04-06 BAL L 8.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 112 65
2014-03-31 KCR ND 6.0 6 3 2 3 2 0 105 49
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
Last 5 v.CHW 3-2 36.0 38 17 13 9 31 6 3.25 55
2014-04-22 CHW W 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 1 119 58
2013-07-25 @CHW L 6.0 10 7 3 2 4 1 103 34
2013-07-09 CHW L 7.0 12 5 5 1 3 2 112 35
2012-09-02 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 2 11 1 124 79
2012-07-20 CHW W 8.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 121 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 26  @MIN  L   3-5       12-9   1st  1.0 up
 20 Fri, Apr 25  @MIN  W  10-6       12-8   1st  2.0 up
 19 Thu, Apr 24   CHW  W   7-4       11-8   1st  1.0 up
 18 Wed, Apr 23   CHW  L   4-6       10-8   1st  1.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 22   CHW  W   8-6       10-7   1st  1.0 up
 16 Mon, Apr 21   CHW  L   1-3        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 20   LAA  W   2-1        9-6   1st  1.0 up
 14 Sat, Apr 19   LAA  W   5-2        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Fri, Apr 18   LAA  L   6-11       7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Thu, Apr 17   CLE  W   7-5        7-5   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-9
White Sox, 14-13, 14-13 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jose Quintana (25, LHP, 1-2, 3.90)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 30.0 31 16 13 9 22 4 3.90
2013 (9-7) 200.0 188 83 78 56 164 23 3.51
2012 (6-6) 136.1 142 62 57 42 81 14 3.76
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.1 42 22 19 12 32 7 3.86 53
2014-04-24 @DET L 6.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 98 49
2014-04-19 @TEX L 5.0 9 5 5 2 1 1 98 28
2014-04-13 CLE ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 121 62
2014-04-08 @COL W 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 86 61
2014-04-03 MIN ND 6.0 5 5 2 3 8 0 109 53
2013-09-29 KCR L 7.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 102 51
2013-09-23 TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 1 105 65
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 32.2 32 11 11 7 26 3 3.03 57
2014-04-24 @DET L 6.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 98 49
2013-09-11 DET ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 114 71
2013-07-09 @DET W 8.0 6 3 3 1 7 2 105 64
2012-09-17 DET ND 4.0 7 4 4 2 3 0 80 33
2012-09-10 DET W 7.2 7 1 1 2 7 0 113 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-5    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-9    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Mon, Apr 28   TBR  W   7-3       14-13  2nd  1.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   TBR  W   9-2       13-13  3rd  1.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   TBR  L   0-4       12-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   TBR  W   9-6       12-12  2nd  2.0 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @DET  L   4-7       11-12  4th  2.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @DET  W   6-4       11-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @DET  L   6-8       10-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @DET  W   3-1       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @TEX  W  16-2        9-10  4th  2.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @TEX  L   3-6        8-10  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 DET  7  CHW  4        W:Max Scherzer (2-1), L: Jose Quintana (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 CHW  6 @DET  4        W:Andre Rienzo (1-0), L: Evan Reed (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (3)
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 DET  8  CHW  6        W:Justin Verlander (3-1), L: Charles Leesman (0-1), S: Joba Chamberlain (1)
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 CHW  3 @DET  1        W:John Danks (2-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (0-2), S: Matt Lindstrom (2)

Sun, Sep 22, 2013 CHW  6 @DET  3        W:Erik Johnson (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (14-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 DET  7  CHW  6 (12)   W:Al Alburquerque (4-3), L: Jake Petricka (1-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 DET 12  CHW  5        W:Max Scherzer (20-3), L: Dylan Axelrod (4-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 DET  1 @CHW  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (14-7), L: Matt Lindstrom (2-4), S: Joaquin Benoit (18)
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 DET  9 @CHW  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-8), L: Erik Johnson (0-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 CHW  5  DET  1        W:Chris Sale (11-12), L: Max Scherzer (19-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - DET won 12-7; 2012 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1048-1016

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 2014 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 2013 season

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

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 67.Carroll
G/S/vB		 39.Cleto
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 48.Noesi
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 57.Putnam
G/S/vB		 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB		 40.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.733 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 3/.666 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .601 56/.601 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/.946 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/.625 5/.650 3/1.666 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.074 87/.701 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .600 68/.730 0/0 0/0
20.Davis G/S/vP 18/1.265 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 6/.666 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .651 74/.925 45/6 6/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .944 17/.471 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 14/.572 7/1.381 ··· 1/.000 10/.800 6/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .738 70/.909 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 18/.591 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 7/.143 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.834 3/1.167 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .777 80/.918 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.900 1/.000 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .588 21/.855 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.944 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.282 5/.800 9/.472 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .735 92/.756 15/11 13/13
28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 310/209 .250/.272/.378/.650 .621/.664 .740 11/.586 2/0 7/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 16/.646 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.900 2/1.000 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .750 81/.785 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .583 42/.614 1/0 0/4
29.Worth G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.833 0/0 0/1
IP 200.0 68.0 2.1 43.1 60.2 27.1 19.1 3.1 56.0 11.1 TOTAL .275/.333/.417/.750 .845/.722 .667 .747 19/8 18/17
ERA-K/9 3.51/7.4 3.97/6.5 /0.0 19.29/19.6 2.49/7.7 3.12/6.8 6.59/6.9 3.26/4.7 18.90/10.9 4.82/6.1 3.18/8.0 4.91/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-15-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 832/.247 300/.274 / 15/.417 189/.276 260/.277 134/.353 85/.278 19/.500 250/.253 46/.220 .268  Hunter
 Jackson
 Martinez
 Davis
 Castellanos
 Kelly
0/0/143/9
0/129/0/5
50/0/25/4
57/16/35/4
9/0/0/0
38/25/22/0
OPS .695 .725 1.200 .694 .683 .935 .688 1.251 .794 .502 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.717 98/.811 / 6/1.167 90/.630 95/.778 64/.938 30/.775 8/1.625 165/.780 24/.553 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 602/.687 202/.684 / 9/1.194 99/.757 165/.629 70/.931 55/.644 11/1.000 85/.821 22/.439 .745
Home 469/.686 144/.687 / 15/1.200 116/.525 140/.775 70/1.033 36/.920 19/1.251 103/1.067 33/.536
Last 28d days 125/.777 56/.733 28/.561 37/.558 42/.805 51/.802 39/1.160 62/.754 34/.552 58/.642 63/.679
HR/SB/CS 23/7/5 3/4/2 // 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/10/0 3/1/1 0/1/1 1/0/0 11/1/0 0/0/0 19/17/8
Usage ····X··· ···o·X·X ·X······ ····X·X· ··X··oX· o··X·o·X ··X····· ···X···· X··X··X· X····X·· ·X··X·X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

White Sox Batters (5.56 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 60.Miller
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 / /// / 116/.958 / /
15.Beckham G/S/vP 32/.478 9/1.056 5/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 8/1.089 ··· 3/.666 5/1.350 408/321 .267/.322/.372/.694 .510/.745 .682 19/.387 5/1 5/12
20.Danks* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 179/155 .231/.313/.369/.682 .523/.707 .786 37/.404 7/2 5/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 25/.675 7/.619 1/.000 9/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.500 9/.222 675/522 .264/.323/.405/.728 .816/.702 .711 90/.516 20/8 17/8
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 30/.733 7/1.214 5/3.000 10/1.457 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 12/.750 607/465 .219/.320/.442/.762 .681/.786 .815 85/.935 1/1 34/8
1.Eaton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 277/218 .252/.314/.360/.674 .708/.665 .701 98/.756 5/2 3/4
21.Flowers G/S/vP 15/1.025 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 275/198 .195/.247/.355/.603 .455/.661 .665 77/.887 0/1 10/4
28.Garcia# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 111/82 .198/.248/.228/.475 .566/.445 .511 30/.706 7/2 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 64/.560 8/.393 4/.000 6/.750 1/.000 1/3.000 21/.686 ··· 2/1.000 9/1.667 520/407 .244/.313/.355/.669 .923/.600 .593 33/.500 0/0 12/4
17.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 22/.429 / /
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 63/.581 10/.733 5/.800 4/.666 ··· 2/.000 8/.536 ··· 4/.500 7/1.286 674/534 .284/.313/.380/.693 .701/.691 .731 110/.930 30/9 6/22
5.Semien G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/.000 71/55 .261/.268/.406/.673 .783/.643 .802 119/.697 2/2 2/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 18/.889 6/1.166 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/1.286 473/355 .265/.304/.426/.731 .709/.738 .682 92/.937 0/0 14/5
IP 218.1 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 11.2 23.1 76.0 TOTAL .273/.336/.438/.775 .710/.803 .785 .768 19/6 32/20
ERA-K/9 3.46/8.9 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 /0.0 1.39/10.2 3.86/7.7 4.24/6.6 2.37/9.6 3.97/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (52-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.253 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 / 250/.162 52/.227 105/.301 303/.219 .253  Viciedo
 Eaton
 De Aza
 Danks
 Dunn
 Garcia
109/0/0/12
35/30/4/6
79/107/0/5
2/47/20/1
3/0/0/0
0/6/0/0
OPS .691 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .697 .775 .601 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 546/.658 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 / 133/.515 25/.820 47/.760 129/.471 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.739 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 / 117/.407 27/.573 58/.782 174/.699 .808
Road 448/.675 92/.769 91/.741 87/.798 55/.769 / 120/.507 24/.804 46/.914 162/.600
Last 28d days 114/.675 37/.881 36/.773 32/1.027 33/.805 20/.516 41/.852 9/.625 35/.791 58/.810
HR/SB/CS 19/21/4 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 // 2/4/1 2/1/0 2/5/2 4/8/2 19/22/8
Usage ······X· ··X·X·X· ···oX·o· ··X···X· ···X·o·o ···X·X·o ···oX··· ··X····· ···X·o·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.