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Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Comerica Park, May 16, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, May 16, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

66° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

47-50

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

44-51

Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 DET  9 @MIN  2     
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 DET  4 @MIN  1     
Sun, May 01, 2016 DET  6 @MIN  5     

Mon, May 16, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, May 17, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, May 18, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 24, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 DET    @MIN  1:10pm
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

10-26, 5th, 13 GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    6-10   Road:    4-16   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-21   vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  0-5    vsCntrl: 4-14   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sun, May 15  @CLE  W   5-1       10-26  5th 13.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @CLE  W   6-3        9-26  5th 14.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 13  @CLE  L   6-7        8-26  5th 15.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 11   BAL  L   2-9        8-25  5th 14.0 gb
 32 Tue, May 10   BAL  L   3-5        8-24  5th 14.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  8  @CHW  L   1-3        8-23  5th 13.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  7  @CHW  L   2-7        8-22  5th 12.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  6  @CHW  L   4-10       8-21  5th 11.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  4  @HOU  L   4-16       8-20  5th 11.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  3  @HOU  L   4-6        8-19  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20

Detroit Tigers

16-21, 4th, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    5-9    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sun, May 15  @BAL  W   6-5       16-21  4th  7.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 14  @BAL  L   3-9       15-21  4th  8.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 13  @BAL  L   0-1       15-20  4th  8.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 12  @BAL  L   5-7       15-19  4th  7.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 11  @WSN  L   2-3       15-18  4th  7.0 gb
 32 Tue, May 10  @WSN  W   5-4       15-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 31 Mon, May  9  @WSN  L   4-5       14-17  4th  8.0 gb
 30 Sun, May  8   TEX  L   3-8       14-16  4th  7.0 gb
 29 Sat, May  7   TEX  L   5-10      14-15  4th  6.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  6   TEX  L   1-5       14-14  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 01, 2016 DET  6 @MIN  5        W:Mark Lowe (1-0), L: Ryan Pressly (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (7)
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 DET  4 @MIN  1        W:Jordan Zimmermann (5-0), L: Tyler Duffey (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (6)
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 DET  9 @MIN  2        W:Michael Fulmer (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (1-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 MIN  7 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (7-4), L: Randy Wolf (0-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 MIN  6 @DET  2        W:Tyler Duffey (5-1), L: Alfredo Simon (13-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 DET  6  MIN  4        W:Alex Wilson (3-3), L: Glen Perkins (2-5), S: Neftali Feliz (9)
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 DET  7 @MIN  4 (12)   W:Ian Krol (2-3), L: Brian Duensing (4-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 DET  5 @MIN  4        W:Alfredo Simon (13-9), L: Phil Hughes (10-9), S: Bruce Rondon (5)
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 MIN  7  DET  1        W:Tyler Duffey (3-1), L: Kyle Lobstein (3-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 MIN  7  DET  1        W:Kyle Gibson (8-6), L: Shane Greene (4-7), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - DET over 3-0; 2015 - DET won 11-8; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 1099-1005

SP: Jose Berrios (22, RHP, 1-1, 6.28)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-1)			14.1	17	10	10	8	19	4	6.28

Last 7 GS		1-1	14.1	17	10	10	8	19	4	6.28	45
2016-05-10	BAL	ND	5.0	8	3	3	1	6	2	93	44
2016-05-02	@HOU	W	5.1	3	2	2	5	8	2	96	57
2016-04-27	CLE	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	5	0	93	33

Has never faced DET as starter.

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (30, RHP, 5-2, 1.50)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-2)			48.0	42	10	8	11	28	3	1.50
2015 (13-10)			201.2	204	89	82	39	164	24	3.66
2014 (14-5)			199.2	185	67	59	29	182	13	2.66

Last 7 GS		5-2	48.0	42	10	8	11	28	3	1.50	61
2016-05-11	@WSN	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	106	51
2016-05-06	TEX	L	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	108	57
2016-04-30	@MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	1	103	68
2016-04-25	OAK	W	6.2	7	3	1	1	1	0	102	52
2016-04-20	@KCR	W	6.1	7	0	0	1	8	0	105	66
2016-04-14	@PIT	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	107	62
2016-04-08	NYY	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	100	73

Last 5 v.MIN		2-0	14.0	8	1	1	2	15	1	0.64	74
2016-04-30	@MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	1	103	68
2013-06-09	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	111	79

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

Twins Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 53.Saupold
G/S/vB 54.VerHagen
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 84/72 .227/.310/.387/.696 .717/.692 .691 61/.631 0/0 4/1

37.Centeno* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .467/.500/.800/1.300 .833/1.600 1.295 16/1.300 0/0 1/0

2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 5/.800 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 3/.000 141/125 .218/.307/.363/.670 1.214/.600 .828 88/.716 2/0 4/2

21.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/.900 9/.347 5/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 3/.666 153/123 .286/.405/.373/.778 .543/.841 .682 96/.666 1/0 1/0

9.Nunez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 107/93 .330/.374/.474/.848 .464/.904 .910 82/.718 6/2 2/4

52.Park G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 120/105 .257/.342/.581/.923 .764/.940 .998 76/1.005 1/0 9/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 83/70 .269/.301/.462/.763 .885/.740 .450 38/.635 0/0 3/1

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .235/.364/.529/.893 .586/1.117 1.000 22/.893 0/0 1/0

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 110/86 .212/.231/.337/.568 .461/.593 .599 65/.679 2/0 3/2

22.Sano G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 152/131 .229/.329/.389/.718 .866/.696 .660 102/.760 1/0 5/2

39.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 79/67 .247/.266/.338/.603 .167/.683 .485 67/.653 7/4 1/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 11/.273 9/.250 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/no AB 77/60 .191/.250/.265/.515 .393/.546 .541 48/.515 0/0 0/2

IP 48.0 12.1 12.2 15.2 3.1 17.0 12.2 14.0 TOTAL .237/.306/.379/.685 .602/.702 .669 .683 22/7 34/22

ERA-K/9

1.50/5.2

8.76/6.6

4.26/7.1

2.87/3.4

0.00/10.9

6.88/4.8

4.26/7.1

4.50/10.3

4.54/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (1-0-0)
Suzuki (10-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.232 53/.289 54/.271 63/.322 15/.231 80/.342 51/.234 59/.304 .275 Rosario
Arcia
Sano
Mastroianni
Santana 26/5/0/2
14/0/8/2
0/0/27/0
0/1/3/0
1/17/2/0

OPS .596 1.051 .875 .790 .564 .922 .551 .756 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.590 22/.746 21/.937 28/.970 4/.250 33/1.130 22/.465 25/.760 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.604 31/1.272 33/.836 35/.648 11/.664 47/.772 29/.618 34/.755 .779

Home 84/.554 16/1.375 14/.714 38/.854 / 32/.973 15/.552 28/.876

Last 28d days 141/.654 28/1.347 32/.930 50/.838 15/.564 52/.916 47/.600 40/.937

HR/SB/CS 3/3/2 4/0/1 2/1/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 41/22/12

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

Tigers Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Berrios
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 64.Dean*
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.778 ··· 3/2.000 5/.400 5/1.350 37/26 .121/.194/.121/.316 .100/.397 .450 31/.265 0/0 0/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 9/.555 6/.733 5/1.350 157/125 .286/.363/.464/.827 .575/.886 1.039 108/.861 0/0 6/1

9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 9/.222 6/.167 6/.666 139/110 .344/.374/.586/.960 .567/1.059 .841 96/.978 1/0 7/3

12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 101/72 .209/.287/.341/.628 .361/.730 .564 65/.633 0/1 2/0

1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 119/92 .239/.297/.284/.581 .625/.568 .489 79/.484 3/0 1/0

3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 16/.259 2/1.000 11/.819 7/.715 3/.000 166/133 .301/.349/.490/.840 .975/.806 .870 113/.782 3/1 7/1

28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 12/.717 1/2.000 2/.000 159/131 .237/.321/.410/.731 .917/.690 .790 110/.606 0/1 6/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.583 ··· 11/1.545 5/1.200 5/1.850 141/111 .352/.411/.555/.966 .840/.997 .785 107/.981 0/0 5/0

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 52/37 .125/.192/.125/.317 .205/.363 .353 37/.337 0/0 0/0

33.Moya* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 15/15 .400/.400/.667/1.067 /1.067 15/1.067 0/0 0/0

17.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 20/19 .063/.250/.063/.313 .000/.330 .286 14/.214 1/0 0/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 6/.333 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 87/68 .218/.299/.564/.863 .436/.988 .502 59/.730 0/0 7/2

8.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 157/121 .216/.255/.318/.572 .462/.604 .551 106/.551 1/0 2/1

IP 14.1 14.2 2.2 15.1 3.0 20.2 20.2 18.2 TOTAL .255/.315/.411/.726 .603/.758 .684 .693 9/3 43/18

ERA-K/9

6.28/12.0

0.61/8.6

6.75/10.0

5.28/5.9

6.00/3.0

3.48/13.0

5.23/9.6

1.93/10.1

4.76/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (5-6-0)
Saltalamacchia (16-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 66/.304 54/.184 14/.333 69/.302 12/.417 91/.210 99/.289 77/.206 .275 Martinez
Upton
Gose
Aviles
Moya
Romine 0/0/36/1
33/4/0/1
0/30/0/1
1/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
0/5/0/0

OPS .989 .424 .845 .888 1.167 .655 .844 .672 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/1.022 19/.053 3/1.667 25/.778 2/2.500 32/.500 41/.818 26/.632 .825

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 32/.955 35/.624 11/.664 44/.953 10/.900 59/.737 58/.851 51/.686 .781

Road 23/.848 32/.393 / 36/1.025 6/.333 50/.798 62/.864 44/.735

Last 28d days 66/.989 38/.492 14/.845 44/1.006 12/1.167 55/.626 64/1.084 60/.701

HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 2/3/0 47/15/4

Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·· ····X··· XX···X·· ··o·X··· X·X··o·X ·Xo··o·· ·o··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 2016 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

BOS 6.03

DET 4.22

ATL 3.03

RA/G

CHC 2.92

TEX 4.42

CIN 5.49

D. Murphy .400

B. Harper .265

R. Howard .174

OBP

B. Harper .456

C. Owings .336

E. Aybar .215

SLG

D. Ortiz .695

N. Mazara .441

E. Aybar .220

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.101

E. Longoria .778

E. Aybar .435

ERA

J. Arrieta 1.29

N. Karns 3.51

J. Peavy 7.43

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.02

Z. Greinke 7.97

M. Latos 4.31

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.