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Detroit Tigers vs. Texas Rangers, at Comerica Park, August 22, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Start Time:

7:08et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

122

On This Date:

23-27

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

124

On This Date:

65-44

Season Series
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 DET  4  TEX  0     
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 TEX  2 @DET  0     

Sat, Aug 22, 2015 TEX    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Aug 23, 2015 TEX    @DET  1:08pm
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 DET    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 DET    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 DET    @TEX  8:05pm

                         All times ET

Texas Rangers

62-59, 3rd, 4 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-30   Road:   34-29   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  40-36   vsLHP:  22-23   1-Run:  22-19
 vsEast: 19-9    vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest: 20-29 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 21  @DET  W   2-0       62-59  3rd  4.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20  @DET  L   0-4       61-59  3rd  4.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   SEA  W   7-2       61-58  3rd  4.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   SEA  L   2-3       60-58  3rd  4.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 17   SEA  W   4-3       60-57  3rd  3.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 16   TBR  W   5-3       59-57  3rd  4.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15   TBR  W  12-4       58-57  3rd  4.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14   TBR  W   5-3       57-57  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Thu, Aug 13  @MIN  W   6-5       56-57  3rd  5.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug 12  @MIN  L   1-11      55-57  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Detroit Tigers

59-62, 3rd, 14 GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-31   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  41-49   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest: 10-16 IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 21   TEX  L   0-2       59-62  3rd 14.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   TEX  W   4-0       59-61  3rd 14.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19  @CHC  W  15-8       58-61  3rd 15.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18  @CHC  W  10-8       57-61  3rd 15.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @HOU  L   5-6       56-61  3rd 15.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @HOU  W   4-2 (11)  56-60  3rd 14.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @HOU  L   1-5       55-60  3rd 14.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @KCR  W   7-4       55-59  3rd 13.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @KCR  L   1-6       54-59  3rd 14.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @KCR  L   0-4       54-58  3rd 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 TEX  2 @DET  0        W:Colby Lewis (14-5), L: Justin Verlander (1-6), S: Shawn Tolleson (24)
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 DET  4  TEX  0        W:Alfredo Simon (11-7), L: Martin Perez (1-3), S: none

Thu, Jun 26, 2014 DET  6 @TEX  0        W:Rick Porcello (10-4), L: Nick Martinez (1-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 25, 2014 DET  8 @TEX  6        W:Anibal Sanchez (5-2), L: Joe Saunders (0-4), S: Joe Nathan (16)
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 DET  8 @TEX  2        W:Drew Smyly (4-6), L: Colby Lewis (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2014 TEX 12 @DET  4        W:Colby Lewis (4-3), L: Justin Verlander (5-4), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2014 TEX 12 @DET  2        W:Nick Martinez (1-1), L: Rick Porcello (7-2), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2014 DET  7  TEX  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-2), L: Scott Baker (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 22, 2014 TEX  9 @DET  2        W:Yu Darvish (4-2), L: Robbie Ray (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 DET  5  TEX  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-6), L: Martin Perez (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - DET won 4-3; 2013 - TEX won 4-3; All-Time - DET leads 355-303

SP: Yovani Gallardo (29, RHP, 9-9, 3.39)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-9)			143.1	139	60	54	54	93	11	3.39
2014 (8-11)			192.1	195	86	75	54	146	21	3.51
2013 (12-10)			180.2	180	92	84	66	144	18	4.18

Last 7 GS		2-2	35.2	46	22	22	18	17	4	5.55	41
2015-08-16	TBR	W	5.1	11	3	3	1	5	0	99	38
2015-08-11	@MIN	ND	5.2	2	0	0	3	1	0	100	63
2015-08-04	HOU	W	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	1	98	48
2015-07-30	NYY	ND	6.0	8	5	5	2	1	2	103	35
2015-07-25	@LAA	ND	4.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	92	26
2015-07-19	@HOU	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	1	1	93	26
2015-07-12	SDP	L	5.2	6	1	1	4	3	0	99	52

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	1	3.86	58
2009-06-21	@DET	L	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	1	107	58

SP: Randy Wolf (38, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-3)			25.2	33	17	15	6	19	4	5.26
2012 (5-10)			157.2	196	103	99	52	104	23	5.65
2011 (13-10)			212.1	214	95	87	66	134	23	3.69

Last 7 GS		1-4	36.2	53	26	24	11	24	7	5.89	40
2014-06-14	PIT	L	4.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	71	24
2014-06-07	@CHC	L	5.2	9	4	4	1	2	2	109	36
2014-06-02	TBR	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	86	68
2014-05-25	MIL	L	5.0	9	6	4	1	3	0	89	31
2012-09-22	@BOS	ND	5.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	88	41
2012-09-16	@OAK	ND	4.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	72	44
2012-08-19	PHI	L	7.0	10	5	5	2	4	1	104	39

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0.00	66
2009-06-13	@TEX	ND	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	67	66

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

Rangers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 45.Farmer
G/S/vB 39.Feliz
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 58.Valdez
G/S/vB 54.VerHagen
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

68.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/49 .247/.267/.301/.568 .370/.682 .344 0/ 1/0 0/2

1.Andrus G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 497/325 .256/.302/.349/.651 .722/.612 .579 100/.752 11/6 6/19

29.Beltre G/S/vP 25/.884 3/3.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 440/297 .262/.305/.407/.711 .769/.685 .639 107/.792 1/0 11/10

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 464/305 .243/.337/.425/.762 .589/.853 .675 93/.948 3/1 15/3

7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 334/228 .259/.353/.371/.723 .766/.703 .650 102/.617 21/5 1/4

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 11/1.169 ··· ··· 4/.833 35/.590 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 515/321 .321/.386/.485/.871 .789/.921 .913 104/.683 0/0 17/4

38.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/26 .250/.273/.531/.804 1.643/.560 .486 35/.804 2/0 2/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 382/270 .288/.338/.496/.833 .719/.881 .886 89/.801 1/0 18/3

25.Napoli G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 395/272 .210/.311/.394/.705 .900/.620 .632 60/.887 3/1 14/6

12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/215 .274/.329/.453/.782 .768/.789 .843 94/.715 5/6 9/13

20.Strausborger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/18 .286/.323/.393/.715 .968/.528 .490 32/.715 1/0 1/1

30.Venable* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.375 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/281 .257/.318/.378/.697 .431/.729 .784 63/.662 11/1 6/1

8.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/65 .190/.250/.226/.476 .305/.548 .557 33/.713 0/0 0/2

IP 53.2 24.2 33.1 29.0 53.0 19.2 0.0 2.0 60.0 TOTAL .255/.318/.407/.726 .708/.735 .693 .746 71/27 126/90

ERA-K/9

/0.0

3.02/8.4

8.39/5.5

7.02/7.3

5.90/7.4

2.55/8.0

5.95/13.2

/0.0

13.50/0.0

1.80/5.1

4.46/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (8-0-2)
Wilson (19-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 226/.241 118/.346 151/.319 138/.310 223/.241 88/.253 4/1.000 12/.375 232/.231 .268 DeShields
Choo
Venable
Strausborger 35/51/0/6
0/0/107/4
13/57/17/4
9/0/1/0

OPS .682 1.025 .876 .912 .649 .749 3.000 1.333 .575 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 89/.764 59/1.064 73/.911 63/.781 108/.544 34/.796 2/2.000 4/2.417 102/.618 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 137/.631 59/.986 78/.844 75/1.024 115/.745 54/.718 2/3.500 8/.700 130/.541 .745

Home / 127/.723 13/.685 70/.945 66/.842 118/.723 45/.778 / 7/1.048 117/.614

Last 28d days / 45/.636 53/.948 41/.997 22/.833 38/.780 35/.651 4/3.000 5/1.400 30/.586

HR/SB/CS // 4/6/0 6/0/1 5/0/2 3/2/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/3/2 138/52/27

Usage o·Xo·ooo ···X·X·· o·X···o· o·Xo·X·o o··X··o· ···X··X· ········ ··X····· ···o·ooX

Tigers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB 63.Bass
G/S/vB 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB 44.Patton
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/142 .177/.318/.262/.580 .374/.623 .768 37/.464 0/1 3/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 367/285 .363/.471/.601/1.072 1.097/1.065 1.060 34/1.464 1/1 16/3

9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 446/345 .246/.300/.408/.708 .987/.627 .763 86/.799 0/1 13/6

18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 97/92 .283/.313/.446/.758 1.000/.744 .548 43/.700 1/0 2/1

20.Davis G/S/vP 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 276/154 .249/.302/.415/.717 .724/.711 .724 52/.680 17/5 4/1

12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 382/327 .255/.308/.363/.671 .438/.709 .745 88/.577 19/8 3/4

1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 413/308 .304/.344/.380/.723 .863/.677 .707 99/.562 11/7 2/11

3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 529/410 .304/.355/.436/.791 .839/.777 .815 105/.936 8/5 7/9

28.Martinez G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 496/383 .287/.351/.552/.903 .870/.911 .942 98/.914 2/1 32/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/4.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 364/280 .246/.305/.380/.685 .917/.615 .679 95/.594 0/0 9/1

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 308/225 .270/.303/.398/.701 .943/.615 .753 77/.534 0/0 5/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 119/94 .259/.308/.343/.650 .737/.626 .515 22/.243 7/5 2/4

IP 143.1 56.2 48.0 54.0 31.1 49.2 23.2 55.1 TOTAL .274/.331/.431/.762 .806/.748 .778 .737 70/38 122/62

ERA-K/9

3.39/5.8

4.76/6.5

4.50/10.9

3.17/7.8

2.59/8.9

2.90/9.6

7.23/10.6

2.60/9.9

4.40/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (14-7-1)
McCann (28-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 613/.251 243/.277 217/.239 230/.250 137/.217 203/.250 103/.239 223/.227 .265 Martinez
Gose
Davis
Collins
Romine 0/0/113/14
0/102/0/2
22/39/8/2
13/0/4/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .683 .766 .708 .660 .640 .658 .798 .638 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 312/.733 104/.767 86/.705 95/.569 72/.810 91/.772 39/.910 129/.708 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.632 139/.764 131/.709 135/.725 65/.466 112/.568 64/.730 94/.541 .752

Road 300/.661 113/.839 102/.762 81/.718 55/.464 110/.587 55/.722 111/.560

Last 28d days 97/.831 28/.944 42/.447 49/.817 45/.680 31/.559 44/.909 50/.481

HR/SB/CS 11/8/3 5/1/1 4/3/1 4/7/1 2/3/1 4/6/1 4/0/1 6/1/0 132/63/17

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

CHC 4.09

ATL 3.65

RA/G

STL 2.96

MIA 4.19

COL 5.34

D. Gordon .338

B. Lawrie .266

C. Carter .182

OBP

B. Harper .457

O. Herrera .329

O. Infante .230

SLG

B. Harper .642

S. Perez .425

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.099

Y. Solarte .756

O. Infante .525

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.58

M. Pelfrey 3.62

K. Lohse 6.04

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.16

S. Gray 7.59

M. Buehrle 4.25

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.