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Detroit Tigers vs. New York Mets, at Comerica Park, August 7, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Start Time:

1:10et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

81° (based on last ten years)

Mets

Manager:

Terry Collins

Game #:

113

On This Date:

26-27

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

112

On This Date:

57-46

Season Series
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 DET  4  NYM  3     
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 DET  6  NYM  5     

Sun, Aug 07, 2016 NYM    @DET  1:10pm

                         All times ET

New York Mets

56-54, 3rd, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-26   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  43-40   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 23-24   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  8-13 IL: 8-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  6  @DET  L   5-6       56-54  3rd  9.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5  @DET  L   3-4       56-53  3rd  9.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @NYY  W   4-1       56-52  3rd  8.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @NYY  L   5-9       55-52  3rd  8.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2   NYY  W   7-1       55-51  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  1   NYY  L   5-6 (10)  54-51  3rd  7.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 31   COL  W   6-4       54-50  3rd  6.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 30   COL  L   2-7       53-50  3rd  7.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 29   COL  L   1-6       53-49  3rd  7.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 28   COL  L   1-2       53-48  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Detroit Tigers

61-49, 2nd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-20   Road:   28-29   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  45-34   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  20-12
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 13-10 IL:12-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  6   NYM  W   6-5       61-49  2nd  2.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   NYM  W   4-3       60-49  2nd  2.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4   CHW  L   3-6       59-49  2nd  3.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3   CHW  W   2-1       59-48  2nd  2.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2   CHW  W  11-5       58-48  2nd  3.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31   HOU  W  11-0       57-48  2nd  4.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30   HOU  W   3-2       56-48  2nd  4.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 29   HOU  W  14-6       55-48  2nd  4.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 27  @BOS  W   4-3       54-48  2nd  4.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 26  @BOS  W   9-8       53-48  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 DET  6  NYM  5        W:Matt Boyd (3-2), L: Logan Verrett (3-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (32)
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 DET  4  NYM  3        W:Justin Verlander (12-6), L: Noah Syndergaard (9-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (31)

Sun, Aug 25, 2013 DET 11 @NYM  3        W:Rick Porcello (10-7), L: Dillon Gee (9-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 DET  3 @NYM  0        W:Max Scherzer (19-1), L: Matt Harvey (9-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (17)
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 DET  6 @NYM  1        W:Doug Fister (11-6), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 DET  5  NYM  2        W:Justin Verlander (11-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-7), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 NYM 16 @DET  9        W:Chris Capuano (7-7), L: Phil Coke (1-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 NYM 14 @DET  3        W:R.A. Dickey (4-7), L: Rick Porcello (6-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 DET  6 @NYM  5        W:Armando Galarraga (3-1), L: Hisanori Takahashi (6-3), S: Jose Valverde (17)
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 NYM  5  DET  0        W:R.A. Dickey (6-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - DET over 2-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 12-8

SP: Jacob deGrom (28, RHP, 7-5, 2.41)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-5)			119.2	101	35	32	26	117	10	2.41
2015 (14-8)			191.0	149	59	54	38	205	16	2.54
2014 (9-6)			140.1	117	44	42	43	144	7	2.69

Last 7 GS		4-1	46.2	36	8	8	8	46	4	1.54	66
2016-08-02	NYY	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	103	76
2016-07-28	COL	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	97	72
2016-07-23	@MIA	L	3.2	10	5	5	1	5	1	94	25
2016-07-17	@PHI	W	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	105	91
2016-07-06	MIA	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	2	117	62
2016-07-01	CHC	W	5.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	85	63
2016-06-25	@ATL	ND	8.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	100	73

Has never faced DET as starter.

SP: Anibal Sanchez (32, RHP, 6-11, 6.26)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-11)			100.2	120	75	70	44	88	18	6.26
2015 (10-10)			157.0	152	89	87	49	138	29	4.99
2014 (8-5)			126.0	108	55	48	30	102	4	3.43

Last 7 GS		1-4	34.1	49	30	30	15	32	7	7.86	38
2016-08-02	CHW	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	82	55
2016-07-24	@CHW	ND	6.0	10	4	4	0	5	1	92	41
2016-07-19	MIN	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	10	0	100	54
2016-07-10	@TOR	L	4.0	8	5	5	2	6	1	92	30
2016-07-05	@CLE	L	4.1	5	7	7	4	6	0	89	27
2016-06-25	CLE	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	87	42
2016-05-31	@LAA	ND	3.0	8	6	6	2	0	3	64	17

Last 5 v.NYM		2-2	30.2	40	16	16	15	25	2	4.70	46
2011-08-29	@NYM	L	6.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	117	51
2011-07-24	NYM	ND	7.0	11	4	4	0	8	1	112	47
2010-08-26	@NYM	W	5.0	9	4	4	5	3	1	97	31
2010-06-04	@NYM	L	5.2	9	4	4	4	2	0	103	33
2010-05-14	NYM	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	108	66

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

Mets Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 61.Greene
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
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

19.Bruce* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 14/.428 ··· 3/3.500 1/2.000 10/.500 424/304 .262/.314/.556/.870 .788/.903 .904 81/.948 4/2 27/5

30.Conforto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 288/238 .224/.302/.416/.718 .290/.810 .663 45/.667 2/1 10/3

18.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 163/130 .243/.288/.336/.624 .436/.672 .563 58/.586 0/0 3/0

16.De Aza* G/S/vP 14/.929 10/.222 2/2.000 4/.833 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 160/132 .206/.296/.312/.608 .732/.582 .432 40/.880 3/2 3/2

4.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 242/164 .258/.314/.448/.762 1.082/.605 .742 56/.756 1/0 11/8

3.Granderson* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 11/.673 15/.498 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.000 441/319 .232/.329/.439/.767 .718/.787 .817 83/.645 3/2 18/0

55.Johnson* G/S/vP 32/.598 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 233/188 .243/.300/.379/.679 .744/.661 .731 42/.677 2/0 6/7

56.Kelly# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 34/23 .194/.265/.290/.555 .788/.447 .833 5/1.100 0/0 1/0

28.Loney* G/S/vP 16/.842 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 9/.222 2/2.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 228/187 .290/.339/.438/.777 .488/.840 .810 78/.785 0/0 6/6

9.Nimmo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/59 .237/.297/.288/.585 .800/.566 .385 16/.450 0/0 1/1

15.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 65/44 .213/.238/.410/.648 1.048/.440 .333 19/.556 0/0 2/0

44.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 120/90 .217/.294/.358/.653 1.067/.520 .481 34/.805 0/0 4/1

20.Walker# G/S/vP 18/.749 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 15/.467 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 405/312 .268/.331/.443/.773 .930/.726 .784 80/.856 3/1 18/6

IP 100.2 41.1 12.1 36.2 40.2 15.0 39.2 47.1 42.0 TOTAL .239/.309/.408/.717 .741/.709 .715 .685 27/13 144/62

ERA-K/9

6.26/7.9

4.14/8.7

5.84/5.9

8.10/7.6

2.66/8.4

4.80/11.4

3.18/5.4

2.85/5.9

3.64/10.5

4.32/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
d'Arnaud (37-9-2)
Rivera (21-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.302 165/.211 57/.288 168/.301 162/.218 60/.196 168/.281 197/.264 172/.250 .266 Bruce
Granderson
Conforto
Reynolds
Kelly
Nimmo
Johnson
De Aza 0/1/100/9
1/4/92/5
63/5/1/4
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
12/0/5/0
13/0/0/0
19/18/12/0

OPS .866 .563 .870 .973 .645 .724 .721 .697 .610 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.825 74/.588 22/.914 70/.839 75/.728 29/.477 74/.808 79/.757 68/.563 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.905 91/.540 35/.843 98/1.069 87/.572 31/.943 94/.651 118/.658 104/.642 .764

Home 205/.804 64/.571 27/.681 80/.751 81/.593 32/.767 104/.622 98/.684 88/.580

Last 28d days 77/.758 39/.481 / 31/.418 40/.705 25/.812 36/.523 38/.547 37/.622

HR/SB/CS 18/17/6 1/2/1 2/0/0 11/0/3 4/2/1 4/1/1 2/2/2 2/0/0 2/2/1 117/45/27

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

Tigers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.deGrom
G/S/vB 39.Blevins*
G/S/vB 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB 27.Familia
G/S/vB 62.Goeddel
G/S/vB 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 47.Robles
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 4/.833 1/.000 174/107 .205/.251/.261/.512 .411/.574 .620 49/.442 2/2 1/6

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.625 7/.629 ··· 467/339 .311/.385/.552/.938 .750/1.004 1.073 86/1.203 0/0 25/4

18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 72/52 .246/.319/.462/.781 .476/.889 .840 52/1.004 1/1 3/1

1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 383/266 .251/.302/.334/.636 .692/.612 .576 76/.632 5/3 4/5

3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 8/.542 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.171 6/.666 1/.000 483/345 .292/.344/.492/.836 .909/.806 .844 92/.832 12/3 21/6

28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 1/no AB 298/223 .295/.366/.538/.904 .957/.885 1.023 13/1.455 1/1 13/5

41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 418/304 .300/.356/.492/.849 .826/.857 .761 81/.762 0/0 19/0

4.Maybin G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 1/.000 34/.735 6/.500 2/2.000 261/174 .325/.394/.398/.792 .874/.752 .927 61/.713 13/4 2/2

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 235/145 .204/.252/.338/.590 .890/.408 .676 45/.618 0/0 8/2

31.McGehee G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· 5/.800 2/2.000 20/.472 4/.250 1/.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/

17.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/75 .222/.315/.321/.636 .347/.707 .566 21/.833 5/0 1/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 11/.273 4/.000 ··· 8/.375 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 205/161 .205/.322/.421/.743 .532/.804 .619 39/.702 0/0 10/3

8.Upton G/S/vP 12/.334 5/.650 2/.500 7/1.119 1/2.000 33/.803 3/1.167 3/.000 431/303 .239/.292/.397/.689 .668/.698 .724 75/.778 8/2 13/2

IP 119.2 28.2 0.0 51.2 23.0 114.1 51.1 53.2 TOTAL .268/.329/.440/.769 .742/.780 .797 .785 48/19 145/57

ERA-K/9

2.41/8.8

2.51/10.0

/0.0

2.96/9.1

3.13/7.8

4.80/6.3

1.93/11.6

2.85/10.1

3.42/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (17-18-3)
Saltalamacchia (27-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.230 118/.186 1/ 216/.241 91/.176 511/.297 199/.186 224/.235 .251 Upton
Aviles
Collins
Martinez
Maybin
Romine 98/6/0/4
8/0/32/2
6/11/7/2
0/0/67/2
0/61/0/0
0/15/1/0

OPS .614 .532 .619 .549 .869 .472 .691 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.553 81/.553 1/ 102/.688 32/.460 136/.879 85/.525 92/.605 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.684 37/.483 / 114/.556 59/.595 375/.865 114/.434 132/.751 .666

Road 205/.665 49/.633 1/ 87/.627 41/.533 260/.940 92/.539 116/.579

Last 28d days 103/.508 18/.662 1/ 45/.751 39/.436 53/.770 35/.343 43/.512

HR/SB/CS 10/3/3 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/4/0 3/0/0 22/2/2 3/0/1 5/4/3 94/89/28

Usage ····X··· ··o··oX· ···o···· ··o··Xo· ·X·X·o·· X···X··o ··o··XX· X··X·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 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 5.44

SDP 4.46

ATL 3.54

RA/G

CHC 3.42

KCR 4.42

ARI 5.52

J. Altuve .355

J. Ellsbury .272

D. Norris .190

OBP

M. Trout .431

T. Story .341

D. Norris .252

SLG

D. Murphy .619

M. Reynolds .448

A. Escobar .302

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.013

J. Bautista .788

A. Escobar .579

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

H. Iwakuma 3.99

S. Gray 5.74

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

J. Eickhoff 7.64

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.