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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, April 25, 2014 @Target Field

Tigers, 11-8, 11-8 1st, 1 up

SP: Rick Porcello (25, RHP, 2-1, 3.15)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-1) 20.0 18 7 7 3 12 1 3.15
2013 (13-8) 177.0 185 87 85 42 142 18 4.32
2012 (10-12) 176.1 226 101 90 44 107 16 4.59
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.2 43 20 19 10 40 5 3.66 56
2014-04-20 LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 103 66
2014-04-11 @SDP L 6.1 10 5 5 0 5 1 91 38
2014-04-05 BAL W 6.2 3 1 1 2 3 0 94 65
2013-09-21 CHW ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 9 0 101 63
2013-09-16 SEA W 6.0 5 1 1 2 10 1 105 66
2013-09-10 @CHW W 9.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 105 73
2013-09-04 @BOS L 5.0 7 9 8 4 4 3 102 19
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 25.1 38 16 16 6 15 4 5.68 41
2013-08-20 MIN L 4.1 7 5 5 2 6 1 87 33
2013-06-14 @MIN W 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 94 76
2013-05-23 MIN ND 5.0 10 5 5 1 2 1 102 28
2013-04-04 @MIN L 5.1 6 3 3 2 2 2 97 44
2012-07-05 MIN ND 3.2 12 3 3 1 0 0 77 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 11 Wed, Apr 16   CLE  L   2-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Sun, Apr 13  @SDP  L   1-5        6-4   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-8    Last 30:11-8 
Twins, 11-10, 11-10 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (33, RHP, 0-2, 5.47)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 24.2 29 17 15 6 12 1 5.47
2013 (9-13) 185.1 218 89 86 45 101 24 4.18
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
Last 7 GS 0-4 42.2 50 23 21 12 19 1 4.43 46
2014-04-19 @KCR L 6.0 9 5 4 2 2 0 97 36
2014-04-13 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 87 54
2014-04-07 OAK L 5.2 9 6 6 2 3 1 97 28
2014-04-02 @CHW ND 6.0 5 3 2 1 5 0 82 56
2013-09-25 DET L 7.0 7 1 1 0 1 0 107 60
2013-09-19 @OAK ND 5.0 6 2 2 5 1 0 101 43
2013-09-13 TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 96 48
Last 5 v.DET 0-3 32.2 33 12 10 4 10 2 2.76 54
2013-09-25 DET L 7.0 7 1 1 0 1 0 107 60
2013-08-21 @DET L 6.2 9 4 2 2 1 0 104 43
2013-04-03 DET ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 97 56
2012-06-24 DET ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 86 55
2012-05-20 @DET L 6.0 4 3 3 0 2 1 80 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-4    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @TBR  W   9-7       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @TBR  W   6-4 (12)  10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   3-7        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @KCR  W   8-3        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5        8-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @KCR  L   0-5        8-8   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   9-5        8-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   7-0        7-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15   TOR  L   3-9        6-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   KCR  W   4-3        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 DET  1 @MIN  0        W:Max Scherzer (21-3), L: Kevin Correia (9-13), S: Joaquin Benoit (24)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (14-9), L: Scott Diamond (6-12), S: Joaquin Benoit (23)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 MIN  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-2), L: Luke Putkonen (1-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 MIN  7 @DET  6        W:Casey Fien (3-2), L: Bruce Rondon (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (30)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Drew Smyly (5-0), L: Kevin Correia (8-10), S: Jose Veras (20)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 MIN  6 @DET  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (5-10), L: Rick Porcello (9-7), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (6-4), L: P.J. Walters (2-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (4)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 MIN  6  DET  3        W:Sam Deduno (3-1), L: Darin Downs (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-3), L: Scott Diamond (4-6), S: none
Sun, May 26, 2013 DET  6  MIN  1        W:Max Scherzer (7-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - DET won 11-8; 2012 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1076-987

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

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 (4.32 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
21.Deduno
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.000 11/.282 23/.536 1/.000 11/.586 12/1.060 1/.000 ··· 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .601 55/.613 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 32/.977 11/.764 12/.533 36/.877 6/1.867 26/.899 17/1.086 ··· 2/1.500 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.074 82/.713 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .600 63/.739 0/0 0/0
20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.000 4/1.000 ··· 11/.955 2/1.000 3/3.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .651 70/.859 45/6 6/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .944 13/.615 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/1.300 4/.000 ··· 9/.958 4/.750 13/.658 10/.200 ··· 2/1.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .738 65/.744 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 17/.912 4/.500 10/1.278 28/.884 4/.000 3/.833 12/.614 1/2.000 1/2.000 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .777 75/.928 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.667 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .588 21/.855 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 10/.400 5/.900 6/.533 9/.722 4/2.000 15/.343 10/.900 ··· ··· 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .735 87/.778 15/11 13/13
28.Martinez G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 310/209 .250/.272/.378/.650 .621/.664 .740 10/.650 2/0 7/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.444 5/1.100 6/.000 13/1.338 3/1.000 16/.842 10/.522 3/1.000 2/.500 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .750 76/.806 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .583 35/.613 1/0 0/4
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.833 0/0 0/1
IP 185.1 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .270/.333/.409/.742 .836/.712 .602 .742 17/8 16/15
ERA-K/9 4.18/4.9 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 4.96/5.9

 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 792/.297 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .278  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 .799 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 393/.806 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.792 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .743
Home 429/.735 139/.776 201/.675 127/.736 116/.625 119/.405 206/.610 72/.463 26/.481
Last 28d days 108/.755 38/.943 63/.593 35/.393 35/.471 41/.487 44/.668 30/.813 20/.557
HR/SB/CS 24/6/5 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 18/9/1
Usage ·····X·· X·o···o· ··X····X ·X··o·o· ·X··o··X oo··o··X ·X·····o oo···X·· oo···Xo·

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

Twins Batters (5.52 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Porcello
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
57.Reed
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .394 88/.906 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/.846 3/.000 3/1.167 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.667 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .721 104/.803 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .749 24/.610 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .569 55/.395 15/6 9/18
1.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 200/122 .199/.270/.267/.537 .734/.417 .451 43/.851 8/2 2/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .434 20/.417 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .576 80/.570 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 31/1.085 ··· 5/.650 15/.564 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .645 77/.803 0/1 5/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 36/.697 3/.000 5/2.467 18/.958 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.282 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .861 102/.694 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 .928 71/.871 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 19/.921 6/.533 4/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/2.000 7/1.096 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .750 97/.894 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 19/.725 2/1.000 9/.444 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .641 70/.820 2/0 5/6
IP 177.0 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 23.1 76.0 TOTAL .251/.354/.387/.740 .662/.788 .726 .740 14/3 18/12
ERA-K/9 4.32/7.2 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 /0.0 1.39/10.2 4.24/6.6 2.37/9.6 3.83/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (13-7-0)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 736/.270 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 / 250/.162 105/.301 303/.219 .254  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Fuld
 Colabello
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
55/29/28/2
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .709 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .775 .601 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.806 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 / 133/.515 47/.760 129/.471 .653
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.603 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 / 117/.407 58/.782 174/.699 .810
Road 362/.705 92/.769 91/.741 87/.798 55/.769 / 120/.507 46/.914 162/.600
Last 28d days 75/.655 35/.749 34/.820 21/1.179 29/.919 16/.313 40/.821 33/.636 58/.810
HR/SB/CS 18/12/5 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 // 2/4/1 2/5/2 4/8/2 17/21/7
Usage ····X··· X·X·o··o X·o··o·o ··X···oo ·o·oo··o ·X·o··X· X···XX·X ·o·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.