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Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Comerica Park, July 5, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Start Time:

4:08et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Comerica Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

82° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

On This Date:

6-11

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

64-48

Season Series
Thu, Jul 03, 2014 DET  8  TBR  1     
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 TBR  6 @DET  3     

Sat, Jul 05, 2014 TBR    @DET  4:08pm
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 TBR    @DET  8:00pm
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 DET    @TBR  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 DET    @TBR  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 21, 2014 DET    @TBR  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

39-50, 5th, 9 GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-25   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  29-35   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 18-20   vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest: 12-12 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul  4  @DET  W   6-3       39-50  5th  9.0 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  3  @DET  L   1-8       38-50  5th  9.5 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  2  @NYY  W   6-3       38-49  5th  9.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  1  @NYY  W   2-1       37-49  5th  9.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jun 30  @NYY  W   4-3 (12)  36-49  5th  9.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jun 29  @BAL  W  12-7       35-49  5th 10.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jun 28  @BAL  W   5-4       34-49  5th 11.0 gb
 82 Fri, Jun 27  @BAL  L   1-4       33-49  5th 12.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @BAL  W   5-2       33-48  5th 12.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 25   PIT  W   5-1       32-48  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Detroit Tigers

48-35, 1st, 4 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   23-20   Road:   25-15   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  30-27   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Fri, Jul  4   TBR  L   3-6       48-35  1st  4.0 up
 82 Thu, Jul  3   TBR  W   8-1       48-34  1st  5.0 up
 81 Wed, Jul  2   OAK  W   9-3       47-34  1st  4.5 up
 80 Tue, Jul  1   OAK  W   3-0       46-34  1st  4.5 up
 79 Mon, Jun 30   OAK  W   5-4       45-34  1st  3.5 up
 78 Sun, Jun 29  @HOU  L   4-6       44-34  1st  3.5 up
 77 Sat, Jun 28  @HOU  W   4-3       44-33  1st  4.5 up
 76 Fri, Jun 27  @HOU  L   3-4 (11)  43-33  1st  3.5 up
 75 Thu, Jun 26  @TEX  W   6-0       43-32  1st  4.5 up
 74 Wed, Jun 25  @TEX  W   8-6       42-32  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 TBR  6 @DET  3        W:Alex Cobb (4-6), L: Drew Smyly (4-8), S: Jake McGee (4)
Thu, Jul 03, 2014 DET  8  TBR  1        W:Max Scherzer (10-3), L: Erik Bedard (4-6), S: none

Sun, Jun 30, 2013 TBR  3  DET  1        W:Jeremy Hellickson (7-3), L: Rick Porcello (4-6), S: Fernando Rodney (17)
Sat, Jun 29, 2013 TBR  4  DET  3 (10)   W:Fernando Rodney (3-2), L: Bruce Rondon (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 28, 2013 DET  6 @TBR  3        W:Max Scherzer (12-0), L: Alex Colome (1-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (5)
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 DET  5  TBR  2        W:Max Scherzer (8-0), L: Roberto Hernandez (3-6), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 TBR  3 @DET  0        W:Joel Peralta (1-2), L: Doug Fister (5-3), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 DET 10  TBR  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (6-5), L: Matt Moore (8-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 DET  5 @TBR  3        W:Drew Smyly (3-3), L: Alex Cobb (3-5), S: Jose Valverde (15)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 DET  6 @TBR  2        W:Rick Porcello (6-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - DET won 5-2; All-Time - DET leads 61-57

SP: Chris Archer (25, RHP, 4-5, 3.24)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-5)			100.0	92	42	36	38	90	3	3.24
2013 (9-7)			128.2	107	49	46	38	101	15	3.22
2012 (1-3)			29.1	23	17	15	13	36	3	4.60

Last 7 GS		1-3	43.0	34	16	10	14	38	0	2.09	59
2014-06-30	@NYY	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	97	61
2014-06-24	PIT	L	7.0	7	5	4	2	7	0	106	50
2014-06-19	HOU	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	8	0	102	74
2014-06-14	@HOU	L	3.0	3	6	1	3	2	0	74	38
2014-06-08	SEA	ND	6.1	5	0	0	1	2	0	90	64
2014-06-03	@MIA	L	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	93	69
2014-05-28	@TOR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	100	57

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	5.40	45
2013-06-29	DET	ND	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	94	45

SP: Anibal Sanchez (30, RHP, 5-2, 2.63)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-2)			82.0	59	29	24	21	66	2	2.63
2013 (14-8)			182.0	156	56	52	54	202	9	2.57
2012 (9-13)			195.2	200	95	84	48	167	20	3.86

Last 7 GS		3-0	47.0	34	14	13	7	34	2	2.49	62
2014-06-30	OAK	ND	7.0	8	3	2	0	2	0	110	53
2014-06-25	@TEX	W	5.1	6	4	4	1	5	1	108	44
2014-06-19	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	107	62
2014-06-14	MIN	W	6.1	4	3	3	2	6	0	114	57
2014-06-08	BOS	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	112	57
2014-06-03	TOR	ND	7.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	107	78
2014-05-28	@OAK	ND	8.1	3	1	1	1	9	0	111	81

Last 5 v.TBR		2-1	33.1	28	15	15	11	27	4	4.05	55
2013-06-04	TBR	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	102	73
2012-06-16	@TBR	ND	6.1	4	3	3	3	6	1	109	56
2012-06-10	TBR	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	87	41
2011-05-20	TBR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	110	58
2010-06-11	@TBR	W	7.0	7	4	4	3	4	1	103	48

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

Rays Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 63.McCoy*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 55.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Belnome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/

35.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/20 .150/.150/.200/.350 /.350 .125 8/.000 0/0 0/1

10.Forsythe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/91 .247/.298/.337/.636 .737/.537 .661 61/.902 0/0 2/1

5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 127/72 .257/.311/.354/.665 .701/.638 .747 62/.685 3/1 1/0

24.Hanigan G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/143 .223/.311/.344/.655 .573/.675 .471 51/.704 0/0 4/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 366/272 .247/.338/.389/.727 .878/.677 .785 117/.755 12/6 7/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 12/1.333 2/.500 11/.573 5/.000 ··· ··· 7/.619 1/.000 281/258 .268/.352/.423/.775 .360/.814 .750 78/.805 1/2 6/1

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 138/106 .281/.321/.539/.860 .395/1.001 .797 100/.734 1/3 7/1

21.Loney* G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 362/258 .277/.329/.380/.709 .616/.747 .669 107/.656 2/0 5/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 18/.389 10/.450 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 1/no AB 386/282 .265/.339/.405/.745 .987/.660 .611 114/.763 3/0 11/6

28.Molina G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/no AB 6/1.417 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 140/105 .176/.210/.183/.393 .617/.318 .411 43/.535 1/0 0/2

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.334 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 137/56 .218/.267/.492/.759 .771/.737 .794 33/.798 1/0 8/1

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 15/.564 ··· 17/.059 18/.398 ··· 1/.000 7/2.381 2/.000 330/243 .253/.337/.401/.739 .877/.690 .750 111/.824 4/2 6/7

IP 82.0 31.0 33.2 29.2 11.1 4.1 30.2 8.0 TOTAL .248/.320/.380/.700 .732/.689 .674 .732 31/18 72/42

ERA-K/9

2.63/7.2

3.19/10.2

2.94/9.9

5.16/6.4

2.38/9.6

2.08/6.3

6.16/8.8

5.63/7.9

3.97/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (16-7-1)
Molina (25-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 327/.197 130/.239 137/.234 132/.299 44/.158 19/.250 139/.276 34/.281 .257 Joyce
Kiermaier
Jennings
Forsythe
Rodriguez
Guyer
Zobrist 49/0/9/3
1/9/33/1
0/79/0/1
3/0/0/0
14/0/0/0
26/6/1/0
8/0/4/0

OPS .555 .659 .613 .798 .519 .681 .776 .699 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.501 66/.708 71/.673 57/.583 20/.436 6/.533 78/.877 18/.889 .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.638 64/.609 66/.550 75/.972 24/.583 13/.748 61/.647 16/.464 .779

Home 219/.543 71/.723 77/.797 59/.794 23/.317 4/.250 71/.643 10/.422

Last 28d days 135/.644 30/.713 31/.725 41/.549 44/.519 19/.681 36/.727 34/.699

HR/SB/CS 2/8/2 4/4/0 1/2/1 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 5/6/0 0/0/0 70/58/29

Usage ····X··· ··o····o ····o··o ····o·X· X·o·oX·X o····X·o ··o···X· Xo···X·X

Tigers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 38.Beliveau*
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 49.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 4/1.750 1/.000 240/178 .225/.339/.363/.702 .561/.753 .587 75/.682 0/3 5/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.167 11/.364 ··· ··· 4/1.750 5/.600 8/.875 2/2.500 1/.000 357/262 .313/.373/.545/.918 .847/.943 .954 108/.886 0/1 14/4

9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 294/202 .270/.316/.411/.727 .863/.669 .799 97/.735 2/1 6/6

20.Davis G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 ··· 252/164 .279/.323/.416/.739 .883/.662 .726 68/.745 22/8 6/2

50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/37 .293/.325/.333/.658 .501/.844 .591 25/.693 1/1 0/4

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 13/.846 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 5/.200 14/1.071 3/.666 1/.000 282/202 .260/.284/.428/.711 .720/.708 .672 67/.567 2/1 10/4

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 1/.000 320/235 .244/.307/.353/.661 .777/.619 .803 93/.565 8/3 3/4

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 99/86 .236/.313/.292/.605 .785/.581 .696 22/.372 3/1 0/1

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.000 16/.625 ··· 2/2.000 4/.250 8/1.125 6/1.133 4/.250 1/.000 371/272 .306/.343/.486/.829 .761/.855 .861 111/.916 9/3 11/2

28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 170/118 .327/.365/.622/.987 .654/1.131 .939 97/1.157 2/2 10/1

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.666 10/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 11/.546 4/.500 ··· 340/252 .328/.391/.599/.991 1.196/.916 .924 95/1.049 2/2 21/4

27.Romine# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/120 .222/.281/.267/.547 .703/.510 .661 15/.813 5/1 1/7

30.Suarez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 90/54 .269/.345/.449/.794 .847/.761 .777 85/.760 0/1 3/4

IP 100.0 33.0 2.0 33.1 38.1 29.0 37.0 60.1 12.1 TOTAL .277/.331/.441/.773 .783/.768 .789 .808 56/29 90/56

ERA-K/9

3.24/8.1

5.18/8.5

0.00/4.5

2.70/13.8

1.17/10.3

2.48/8.1

3.89/10.0

4.18/7.0

2.19/10.2

3.87/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (40-24-2)
Holaday (15-4-1)
Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 423/.247 145/.208 6/.000 128/.153 143/.167 122/.181 154/.227 266/.248 52/.234 .241 Davis
Jackson
Kelly
Hunter
Martinez 58/5/0/5
0/78/0/2
4/3/8/0
0/0/66/0
24/0/16/0

OPS .643 .680 .000 .576 .422 .647 .706 .704 .627 .686

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 245/.562 85/.707 3/.000 57/.391 45/.541 61/.624 91/.721 97/.638 15/.883 .664

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.751 60/.639 3/.000 71/.723 98/.369 61/.671 63/.685 169/.743 37/.529 .702

Road 223/.684 61/.710 6/.000 58/.416 78/.557 51/1.001 73/.744 178/.803 22/.558

Last 28d days 124/.559 46/.692 / 47/.511 41/.404 37/.764 38/.633 57/.687 48/.682

HR/SB/CS 3/9/3 2/2/0 0/0/0 6/3/1 0/1/1 3/4/0 7/2/0 6/1/0 1/0/0 86/42/12

Usage ····X··· ···XX·Xo ········ X·o·Xo·X X··oX·Xo ··o····X o·X·oo·X ·Xo··X·o ·X···X··

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 5.00

PIT 4.10

SDP 2.98

RA/G

STL 3.43

LAA 4.18

COL 5.22

T. Tulowitzki .350

D. Span .266

C. Carter .187

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .441

M. Adams .331

E. Cabrera .256

SLG

J. Abreu .629

N. Castellanos .411

E. Cabrera .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.049

E. Longoria .745

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.85

T. Milone 3.55

R. Nolasco 5.49

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.86

B. McCarthy 7.63

K. Correia 4.49

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.