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Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Comerica Park, May 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Start Time:
7:08et (local)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Comerica Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
66° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
33
On This Date:
49-42
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
33
On This Date:
44-41
Season Series
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 DET  4  MIN  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 DET 11  MIN  0     
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 DET  7  MIN  1     
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 DET  5 @MIN  4     
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 MIN  3  DET  2     
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 DET 10 @MIN  7     

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
18-14, 3rd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-5    Road:    6-9    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May 10  @CLE  L   2-8       18-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9  @CLE  W   7-4       18-13  3rd  1.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8  @CLE  W   9-3       17-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 29 Thu, May  7   OAK  W   6-5       16-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6   OAK  W  13-0       15-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5   OAK  L   1-2       14-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  4   OAK  W   8-7       14-12  3rd  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  3   CHW  W  13-3       13-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   CHW  W   5-3       12-12  3rd  4.0 gb
 23 Fri, May  1   CHW  W   1-0       11-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers
19-13, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-7    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May 10   KCR  L   1-2 (10)  19-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   KCR  L   2-6       19-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   KCR  W   6-5       19-11  1st  0.5 up
 29 Thu, May  7  @CHW  W   4-1       18-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6  @CHW  L   6-7       17-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @CHW  L   2-5       17-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  3  @KCR  W   6-4       17-9   1st  0.5 up
 25 Sat, May  2  @KCR  W   2-1       16-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Fri, May  1  @KCR  L   1-4       15-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 30  @KCR  L   1-8       15-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 DET 10 @MIN  7        W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-1), L: Casey Fien (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 MIN  3  DET  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (6)
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 DET  5 @MIN  4        W:David Price (2-1), L: Tommy Milone (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Shane Greene (1-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2015 - DET over 5-1; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; 2013 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1090-998

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 3-2, 2.97)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-2) 36.1 34 13 12 15 11 2 2.97
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 3-3 43.2 38 16 15 18 17 3 3.09 53
2015-05-06 OAK W 6.0 4 0 0 2 1 0 104 63
2015-05-01 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 94 77
2015-04-26 @SEA ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 3 1 99 59
2015-04-20 @KCR L 5.0 4 4 3 4 0 0 94 41
2015-04-15 KCR W 6.2 9 1 1 0 3 0 109 55
2015-04-09 @DET L 3.2 8 6 6 5 0 1 89 16
2014-09-28 @DET L 7.1 4 3 3 3 6 1 88 61
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 28.2 32 18 18 17 17 2 5.65 43
2015-04-09 @DET L 3.2 8 6 6 5 0 1 89 16
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

SP: Alfredo Simon (34, RHP, 4-1, 3.44)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-1) 36.2 36 14 14 10 23 3 3.44
2014 (15-10) 196.1 181 80 75 56 127 22 3.44
2013 (6-4) 87.2 68 31 28 26 63 8 2.87
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.2 41 18 18 12 27 4 3.89 51
2015-05-06 @CHW ND 5.0 5 3 3 4 2 1 103 43
2015-04-30 @KCR L 4.1 9 6 6 2 6 1 87 25
2015-04-25 CLE W 6.2 6 1 1 2 3 0 111 59
2015-04-20 NYY W 7.1 7 1 1 0 7 1 109 67
2015-04-15 @PIT W 8.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 108 80
2015-04-10 @CLE W 5.1 7 3 3 2 3 0 76 43
2014-09-27 PIT ND 5.0 5 4 4 2 4 1 86 43
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 8.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 1.13 79
2011-08-23 @MIN W 8.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 114 79

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

Twins Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 60.Nesbitt
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 .000 4/.250 0/0 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 8/.679 8/.875 3/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 141/89 .244/.326/.439/.765 .803/.743 .746 112/.784 2/0 4/0
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/1.250 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/.250 ··· 86/47 .247/.279/.383/.662 .662/.662 .558 72/.703 1/0 2/2
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .179/.233/.286/.519 .322/.647 .550 25/.457 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.829 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/.696 3/.833 124/76 .287/.331/.478/.809 .683/.891 .805 99/.939 1/2 5/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.650 9/1.834 3/3.500 5/.800 1/.000 16/1.268 2/no AB 136/76 .287/.353/.369/.722 .820/.642 .813 108/.730 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.819 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 123/71 .269/.358/.454/.811 .746/.858 .583 96/.880 0/0 5/1
21.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 58/23 .315/.362/.333/.695 .624/.800 .596 48/.803 3/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/10 .263/.250/.421/.671 1.178/.200 .500 20/.671 1/0 1/2
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 119/75 .248/.267/.319/.586 .740/.497 .423 95/.620 2/2 0/9
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/1.550 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 74/57 .217/.250/.261/.511 .688/.459 .333 55/.524 0/3 0/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/1.715 4/.833 15/.400 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.800 ··· 97/61 .233/.302/.326/.628 .639/.612 .595 76/.674 0/0 2/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 100/59 .247/.300/.355/.655 .862/.511 .465 77/.674 0/0 3/0
IP 36.2 9.2 7.2 10.2 11.1 12.1 15.0 9.1 TOTAL .261/.316/.382/.698 .727/.679 .612 .743 10/9 24/21
ERA-K/9 3.44/5.6 7.45/4.6 5.87/5.8 2.53/7.6 4.76/4.0 2.92/7.3 1.20/6.6 2.89/3.9 3.94/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (3-2-0)
 Suzuki (20-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.263 49/.317 35/.382 43/.282 52/.295 50/.182 53/.122 32/.194 .254  Robinson
 Escobar
 Schafer
 Rosario
 Hunter
 Herrmann
12/13/3/3
15/0/0/2
1/26/0/1
2/0/3/1
0/0/25/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .695 .990 .988 .718 .755 .472 .357 .509 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.857 25/1.162 16/1.125 23/.814 27/.638 24/.652 27/.472 19/.652 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/.309 24/.808 19/.868 20/.616 25/.884 26/.296 26/.237 13/.308 .606
Home 54/.648 31/1.182 15/.600 27/.737 28/.950 32/.725 21/.454 11/.636
Last 28d days 128/.681 41/1.110 31/.987 34/.797 39/.771 42/.539 39/.384 32/.509
HR/SB/CS 3/4/3 3/3/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 22/15/8
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·· ··X··X·· ·····o·· ··o··oo· ·o·o·oo· ·X·oX··· ···o··X·
Tigers Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.22 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		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/1.250 6/.533 36/.877 1/.000 29/.872 6/.733 1/.000 4/1.167 137/102 .325/.431/.535/.966 .947/.969 .715 99/.844 1/1 6/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 14/.220 2/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 122/97 .216/.270/.351/.622 .646/.614 .632 86/.605 0/1 2/2
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.000 7/1.286 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 130/100 .274/.300/.476/.776 .683/.804 .799 94/.737 0/0 4/2
20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 12/.872 1/no AB 4/2.083 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 74/41 .270/.370/.413/.783 .946/.644 .873 57/.790 8/1 1/0
12.Gose* G/S/vP 3/2.333 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 85/74 .325/.365/.463/.827 .573/.864 .930 62/.723 6/2 1/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 92/62 .349/.400/.482/.882 1.167/.743 .842 64/.797 5/1 1/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 19/1.100 4/.750 12/.650 1/.000 17/.301 6/.500 2/.000 2/.000 142/104 .304/.380/.376/.756 .492/.856 .775 103/.689 3/0 0/1
28.Martinez G/S/vP 15/1.181 2/2.500 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.834 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 129/95 .222/.295/.436/.730 .634/.761 .845 93/.632 1/1 6/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 17/.769 2/.000 14/1.662 2/1.000 19/.979 4/1.000 1/.000 4/2.417 117/86 .245/.342/.306/.648 1.170/.460 .633 88/.638 0/0 1/
34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/5.000 ··· 54/33 .288/.302/.404/.706 .929/.576 .552 45/.727 0/0 1/0
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 19/11 .105/.105/.105/.211 .250/.182 .222 17/.235 1/0 0/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 28/25 .360/.429/.360/.789 1.167/.748 .429 23/.696 4/3 0/0
IP 36.1 14.1 6.0 11.2 14.1 6.2 20.2 4.0 TOTAL .272/.342/.409/.750 .773/.742 .748 .694 29/10 25/13
ERA-K/9 2.97/2.7 3.14/4.4 4.50/4.5 1.54/5.4 1.26/8.2 2.70/10.7 2.18/5.7 4.50/6.8 4.07/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (7-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.248 59/.291 30/.360 51/.205 54/.204 25/.217 76/.159 16/.200 .269  Martinez
 Cespedes
 Gose
 Davis
 Romine
0/0/31/4
31/0/0/1
0/21/0/0
2/15/2/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .696 .795 .947 .609 .444 .501 .471 .850 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.661 23/.408 16/1.038 26/.574 16/1.063 16/.583 33/.325 10/1.200 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.743 36/1.036 14/.845 25/.646 38/.184 9/.347 43/.574 6/.167 .758
Road 74/.889 29/1.226 13/.508 20/.417 20/.400 9/1.016 35/.519 8/.875
Last 28d days 132/.609 39/.455 19/1.204 32/.560 46/.413 25/.501 57/.503 16/.850
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/2/2 0/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 2/0/0 30/23/8
Usage ·····X·· ····o··o ··X···X· ·o·X·X·· ··o·o··o ·X···Xo· ··X·o·oX ·o·oX·o·

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.27

DET  4.31

PHI  2.85

 RA/G

STL  3.06

ARI  4.29

COL  5.71

 BA

D. Gordon  .425

O. Herrera  .267

C. Utley  .122

 OBP

M. Holliday  .465

N. Arenado  .327

M. Joyce  .182

 SLG

N. Cruz  .738

R. Zimmerman  .417

R. Rivera  .207

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.152

E. Inciarte  .749

R. Rivera  .390

 ERA

D. Keuchel  1.39

W. Peralta  3.80

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  13.09

D. Hutchison  7.19

K. Gibson  2.73

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.