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Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Comerica Park, April 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Start Time:
1:08et (local)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Comerica Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
54° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
3
On This Date:
16-25
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
3
On This Date:
14-18
Season Series
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 DET  4  MIN  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 DET 11  MIN  0     

Thu, Apr 09, 2015 MIN    @DET  1:08pm
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 DET    @MIN  1:10pm
Tue, May 12, 2015 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Wed, May 13, 2015 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Thu, May 14, 2015 MIN    @DET  1:08pm
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 DET    @MIN  4:05pm
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 DET    @MIN  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 MIN    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 MIN    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
0-2, 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @DET  L   0-11       0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @DET  L   0-4        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2
Detroit Tigers
2-0, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-0    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  8   MIN  W  11-0        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  6   MIN  W   4-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 DET 11  MIN  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (1-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 DET  4  MIN  0        W:David Price (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1)

Sun, Sep 28, 2014 DET  3  MIN  0        W:David Price (15-12), L: Kyle Gibson (13-12), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Sat, Sep 27, 2014 MIN 12 @DET  3        W:Ricky Nolasco (6-12), L: Kyle Lobstein (1-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 MIN 11 @DET  4        W:A.J. Achter (1-0), L: Rick Porcello (15-13), S: none
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 DET  4  MIN  2        W:Max Scherzer (18-5), L: Trevor May (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (34)
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 MIN  8  DET  4        W:Kyle Gibson (12-11), L: David Price (14-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 MIN  4  DET  3        W:Glen Perkins (4-3), L: Joe Nathan (4-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 DET  8 @MIN  6        W:Kyle Ryan (2-0), L: Casey Fien (5-6), S: Joakim Soria (18)
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 DET 13 @MIN  4        W:Max Scherzer (15-4), L: Kyle Gibson (11-10), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - DET over 2-0; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; 2013 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1087-997

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (13-12) 179.1 178 91 89 57 107 12 4.47
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 44 25 25 17 29 3 5.63 45
2014-09-28 @DET L 7.1 4 3 3 3 6 1 88 61
2014-09-23 ARI W 7.0 7 1 1 0 8 0 103 67
2014-09-17 DET W 6.0 7 4 4 3 3 0 93 42
2014-09-11 @CLE L 3.0 7 7 7 2 0 2 60 15
2014-09-04 LAA ND 7.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 95 46
2014-08-30 @BAL ND 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 96 58
2014-08-24 DET L 4.2 8 5 5 4 5 0 95 29
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 27.0 31 18 18 13 18 2 6.00 44
2014-09-28 @DET L 7.1 4 3 3 3 6 1 88 61
2014-09-17 DET W 6.0 7 4 4 3 3 0 93 42
2014-08-24 DET L 4.2 8 5 5 4 5 0 95 29
2014-06-13 @DET W 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 110 68
2014-05-10 @DET L 2.0 7 6 6 1 1 1 48 18

SP: Shane Greene (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-4) 78.2 81 38 33 29 81 8 3.78
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.1 42 21 19 15 42 5 4.84 48
2014-09-24 BAL L 3.2 7 6 6 3 5 0 73 25
2014-09-18 TOR ND 6.2 3 0 0 2 6 0 105 72
2014-09-13 @BAL W 5.1 7 2 2 1 9 1 112 54
2014-09-07 KCR L 5.0 5 2 0 3 4 0 90 54
2014-09-02 BOS L 2.2 6 6 6 3 3 2 67 22
2014-08-27 @DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 1 101 66
2014-08-22 CHW ND 5.0 9 3 3 2 7 1 92 42
Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (0.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (0.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Greene
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 4/1.750 410/268 .231/.300/.452/.752 .574/.848 .700 6/.333 1/2 20/5
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 8/.679 8/.875 2/.000 2/2.500 5/.750 3/.000 707/500 .242/.345/.416/.762 .804/.743 .740 7/.286 21/7 23/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 4/.250 465/328 .275/.315/.406/.721 .877/.654 .654 2/.000 1/1 6/9
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/62 .213/.253/.253/.506 .544/.496 .517 1/.000 1/0 0/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/3.000 7/.829 14/.748 586/430 .286/.319/.446/.765 .799/.753 .771 7/.000 4/3 17/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 8/1.625 2/5.000 3/.666 4/1.000 15/1.215 518/332 .277/.361/.371/.732 .654/.776 .731 7/.571 3/0 4/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.933 2/1.000 213/114 .250/.271/.382/.654 .586/.716 .537 1/2.000 9/3 4/7
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 8/.661 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 8/1.125 3/.000 582/412 .258/.328/.423/.751 .783/.738 .715 7/.143 2/1 14/14
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 66/29 .150/.227/.200/.427 .425/.429 .341 1/.000 0/1 0/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 4/.000 430/299 .319/.353/.472/.824 .786/.841 .829 8/.000 20/4 7/6
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/1.550 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 240/183 .238/.310/.305/.615 .400/.681 .636 5/1.000 30/7 1/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 14/.286 ··· 1/.000 9/.666 10/.800 503/363 .288/.345/.383/.727 .810/.695 .662 6/.333 0/1 3/4
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 234/133 .274/.316/.456/.772 .602/.899 .630 6/.533 0/0 9/3
IP 78.2 57.1 63.0 21.0 32.2 58.0 44.1 TOTAL .145/.172/.161/.333 .303/.366 .333 .333 0/0 0/1
ERA-K/9 3.78/9.3 2.51/9.9 3.57/8.4 0.86/9.9 4.96/7.7 4.81/8.4 3.25/9.8 0.00/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (64-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 345/.262 236/.219 263/.245 95/.259 154/.304 259/.265 182/.222 .145  Arcia
 Hunter
 Santana
 Schafer
 Escobar
 Nunez
 Robinson
 Herrmann
0/0/100/8
0/0/128/5
0/69/0/5
49/20/6/2
2/1/0/2
16/0/2/2
5/1/15/1
12/0/13/0
OPS .715 .639 .647 .654 .906 .721 .605 .333
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.760 123/.714 137/.650 41/.792 76/.764 153/.755 106/.675 .490
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.665 113/.556 126/.643 54/.553 78/1.048 106/.672 76/.503 .233
Home 190/.770 117/.706 136/.667 62/.640 71/1.002 132/.617 98/.672
Last 28d days / 3/.667 / / 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000
HR/SB/CS 8/5/3 7/8/3 3/7/2 1/2/0 6/0/1 5/10/1 2/0/1 0/0/0
Usage o······· X······· ··o····· o·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (7.50 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (7.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 10/.844 1/.000 25/.542 2/1.000 ··· 15/.785 ··· ··· 457/341 .218/.327/.359/.686 .589/.720 .630 7/2.357 0/3 11/5
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/1.273 5/.650 36/.877 11/1.645 ··· 27/.944 1/no AB ··· 685/509 .313/.371/.524/.895 .900/.893 .947 9/.708 1/1 25/6
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 12/.258 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 579/419 .259/.306/.394/.700 .693/.702 .764 9/.111 2/2 11/15
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 645/489 .260/.301/.450/.751 .666/.777 .750 9/1.000 7/2 22/6
20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 12/.872 3/.666 ··· 4/2.083 1/no AB ··· 494/337 .282/.320/.401/.721 .939/.617 .785 4/.250 36/11 8/5
12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 274/218 .226/.311/.293/.604 .461/.641 .614 6/1.500 15/5 2/1
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· / /// / 8/1.875 / /
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 16/1.110 2/1.500 12/.650 5/1.600 ··· 16/.321 1/no AB ··· 726/546 .275/.307/.420/.727 .740/.722 .718 9/1.069 15/4 17/9
28.Martinez G/S/vP 12/.872 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 480/353 .315/.358/.553/.912 1.003/.880 .910 9/.889 6/3 23/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 14/.690 ··· 14/1.662 9/.333 ··· 18/1.036 1/.000 ··· 641/483 .335/.409/.565/.974 1.123/.923 .928 9/.476 3/2 32/5
34.McCann G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .250/.250/.333/.583 .333/.833 .600 1/2.000 1/0 0/0
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/4 .200/.333/.200/.533 .000/.833 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/217 .227/.279/.275/.554 .746/.502 .626 0/ 12/2 2/8
IP 179.1 40.1 54.1 63.1 61.2 64.1 7.1 TOTAL .362/.425/.594/1.019 .778/1.053 1.019 1.019 3/0 2/0
ERA-K/9 4.47/5.4 3.57/6.5 3.31/5.5 3.98/7.3 /0.0 3.65/9.6 3.50/9.4 2.45/7.4 7.88/4.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (71-36-3)
 Martinez (3-1-1)
 McCann (4-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 757/.258 160/.228 229/.254 260/.262 / 260/.258 273/.273 31/.286 .362  Cespedes
 Davis
 Gose
 Martinez
125/9/0/16
99/48/0/6
11/65/14/2
83/0/34/1
OPS .679 .628 .725 .705 .720 .727 .715 1.019
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 403/.705 63/.813 104/.587 120/.694 / 72/.772 135/.680 17/.706 1.384
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.650 97/.508 125/.843 140/.713 / 188/.700 138/.775 14/.721 .901
Road 416/.682 78/.652 105/.604 125/.644 / 116/.654 135/.808 17/.790
Last 28d days / 6/1.100 / / 9/.583 / 11/1.170 9/.778
HR/SB/CS 12/7/4 2/3/2 6/2/2 7/1/0 // 7/2/2 4/1/2 0/0/0 2/3/0
Usage X······· o·X····· 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 2015 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 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

W. Chen  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.