NYY @ DET, Sunday, May 11, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 19-19, 4th, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 3-3, 3.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 43 46 21 18 12 26 6 3.77 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 43 46 21 18 12 26 6 3.77 50 2008-05-06 CLE ND 6.1 5 2 2 1 6 1 104 60 2008-04-30 DET L 6 7 5 5 1 3 2 92 40 2008-04-25 @CLE L 5 8 5 4 3 3 2 99 33 2008-04-20 @BAL W 7 4 0 0 0 5 0 89 74 2008-04-15 @TBR W 7 9 3 3 3 5 0 100 49 2008-04-10 @KCR W 6.2 5 1 1 2 1 0 92 59 2008-04-05 TBR L 5 8 5 3 2 3 1 86 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 3-2 33.1 30 17 12 10 24 2 3.24 54 2008-04-30 DET L 6 7 5 5 1 3 2 92 40 2007-08-17 DET W 8 5 1 1 1 5 0 104 72 2006-06-28 @DET L 6.1 10 5 2 3 3 0 118 39 2003-09-10 DET W 6 3 4 2 3 7 0 106 58 2002-09-21 @DET W 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 110 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-9 Road: 10-10 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 15-13 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 4-4 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl: 7-11 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Sat, May 10 @DET W 5-2 19-19 4th 4.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 @DET L 5-6 18-19 4th 4.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 CLE W 6-3 18-18 3rd 4.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 CLE L 0-3 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 CLE L 3-5 17-17 3rd 4.5 gb 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 SEA W 6-1 16-16 4th 3.0 gb 31 Fri, May 2 SEA W 5-1 15-16 4th 3.0 gb 30 Thu, May 1 DET L 4-8 14-16 4th 3.0 gb 29 Wed, Apr 30 DET L 2-6 14-15 4th 3.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Detroit Tigers, 16-22, 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-4, 6.64) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 40.2 52 30 30 11 31 6 6.64 2007 (9-13) 177.2 199 98 94 63 119 22 4.76 2006 (13-13) 208.2 206 98 89 67 137 29 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 40.2 52 30 30 11 31 6 6.64 41 2008-05-06 BOS L 6.1 10 4 4 2 4 1 109 39 2008-05-01 @NYY W 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 106 40 2008-04-25 LAA L 7 6 4 4 1 3 1 89 51 2008-04-20 @TOR L 5 8 5 5 1 5 1 93 35 2008-04-15 MIN ND 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 94 49 2008-04-10 @BOS L 5.1 8 4 4 2 6 0 107 40 2008-04-04 CHW ND 5 7 5 5 2 5 1 91 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-4 36.1 46 18 18 9 25 3 4.46 48 2008-05-01 @NYY W 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 106 40 2007-08-17 @NYY L 6 10 5 5 2 7 1 109 37 2006-08-30 @NYY L 7 10 2 2 2 4 1 107 51 2006-05-31 NYY L 8.2 10 6 6 2 7 0 120 45 2005-07-03 NYY L 9 9 1 1 1 4 0 110 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-12 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 11-21 vsLHP: 5-1 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl: 4-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Sat, May 10 NYY L 2-5 16-22 4th 3.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 NYY W 6-5 16-21 4th 3.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 BOS L 1-5 15-21 5th 3.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 BOS W 10-9 15-20 5th 3.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 BOS L 0-5 14-20 5th 3.5 gb 33 Mon, May 5 BOS L 3-6 14-19 5th 3.5 gb 32 Sun, May 4 @MIN L 6-7 14-18 5th 3.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @MIN L 1-4 14-17 4th 2.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @MIN L 1-11 14-16 4th 1.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 @NYY W 8-4 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 10, 2008 NYY 5 @DET 2 W:Darrell Rasner (2-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-4), S: Mariano Rivera (10) Fri, May 09, 2008 DET 6 NYY 5 W:Kenny Rogers (3-3), L: Kei Igawa (0-1), S: none Thu, May 01, 2008 DET 8 @NYY 4 W:Nate Robertson (1-3), L: Jonathan Albaladejo (0-1), S: none Wed, Apr 30, 2008 DET 6 @NYY 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (2-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-3), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 DET 6 @NYY 4 W:Kenny Rogers (2-3), L: Philip Hughes (0-4), S: Todd Jones (5) Mon, Aug 27, 2007 DET 16 NYY 0 W:Justin Verlander (14-5), L: Mike Mussina (8-10), S: none Sun, Aug 26, 2007 DET 5 NYY 4 W:Bobby Seay (1-0), L: Philip Hughes (2-2), S: Todd Jones (33) Sat, Aug 25, 2007 NYY 7 @DET 2 W:Chien-Ming Wang (15-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-7), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 DET 9 NYY 6 (11) W:Chad Durbin (8-6), L: Sean Henn (2-2), S: none Sun, Aug 19, 2007 NYY 9 DET 3 W:Chien-Ming Wang (14-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-6), S: Edwar Ramirez (1) Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 4-1; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1029-918

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 2008 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

CHC 5.69

LAA 4.55

SDP 3.30

RA/G

OAK 3.66

LAA 4.47

DET 5.50

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

E. Jackson 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.16

E. Jackson 6.17

J. Garland 2.07

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New York Yankees Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 41.Cruceta
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 50.Rapada*
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 12/1.363 1/no AB ··· 6/1.167 4/.000 5/.000 2/.000 4/.000 157/113 .303/.369/.451/.820 .699/.869 .629 112/.825 2/3 4/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 27/19 .269/.296/.462/.758 .500/.871 1.000 13/1.154 0/0 1/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/.500 138/96 .270/.336/.459/.795 .769/.806 .772 101/.793 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 18/.667 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 6/.666 145/108 .185/.241/.311/.552 .668/.514 .530 96/.617 0/2 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 26/.962 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.100 6/.900 3/.666 ··· 12/.861 153/109 .282/.371/.511/.882 .754/.933 .993 105/1.021 5/2 5/

17.Duncan G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 36/11 .194/.306/.258/.564 .693/.282 .258 31/.592 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 66/39 .222/.258/.270/.527 .459/.572 .623 58/.496 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 16/1.409 1/.000 ··· 13/1.371 4/1.833 1/.000 1/.000 9/.472 119/86 .183/.336/.473/.809 .697/.847 .958 86/.919 1/1 7/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 23/.577 1/.000 ··· 16/1.143 2/1.000 5/.933 ··· 4/1.833 142/99 .308/.340/.398/.739 .685/.762 .778 116/.784 0/1 1/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 18/.627 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 5/1.400 4/.000 1/.000 12/.523 145/104 .331/.414/.472/.886 .617/1.004 .834 104/.861 0/0 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 38/29 .265/.342/.412/.754 .583/.806 .837 38/.754 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 9/.375 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/48 .209/.229/.313/.542 .279/.662 .583 41/.278 0/0 0/

IP 40.2 5.2 3.0 14.0 22.1 20.1 9.0 12.2 TOTAL .264/.332/.421/.753 .640/.800 .763 .775 12/10 39/21

ERA-K/9

6.64/6.9

3.18/9.5

3.00/9.0

4.50/3.9

2.01/6.5

8.41/5.3

1.00/8.0

2.13/7.1

5.15/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (8-2-0)
Molina (17-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 184/.306 23/.150 16/.308 63/.250 89/.256 95/.288 33/.212 52/.283 .267 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/36/4
0/36/0/1
12/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
28/4/0/0

OPS .861 .561 1.053 .780 .642 .826 .455 .694 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/1.078 12/.350 6/1.100 34/.983 35/.714 42/.694 20/.600 30/.774 .800

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.776 11/.773 10/1.025 29/.563 54/.593 53/.934 13/.231 22/.581 .759

Home 108/.866 15/.795 16/1.053 40/.811 53/.501 49/.530 12/.583 32/.701 .789

Last 28d days 135/.820 23/.561 16/1.053 48/.923 45/.676 69/.790 33/.455 43/.851

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 36/15/6

Usage ····X··· X··X··o· ··X·X··· ·X·o·o·· ··o·oX·· ·X·X··o· ··o··o·X X··o··o·

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 38.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.250 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 160/137 .252/.338/.439/.776 1.010/.735 .757 118/.851 1/0 6/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 75/72 .246/.347/.554/.901 .000/.942 .709 75/.901 2/1 5/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 29/.852 1/no AB 3/.000 4/.500 5/.650 2/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 ··· 143/114 .295/.380/.443/.823 .671/.867 .943 99/.726 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP 16/.813 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 3/.667 7/.286 ··· 108/92 .227/.340/.386/.726 .277/.803 .927 64/.571 1/1 3/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/16 .267/.313/.467/.779 /.779 .779 16/.779 0/0 1/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 42/1.051 1/.000 3/.666 10/.400 29/.802 2/.000 1/.000 14/1.263 ··· 161/138 .315/.385/.503/.889 1.065/.859 1.020 114/1.001 0/1 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 7/1.286 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.413 5/.800 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 135/113 .277/.358/.387/.745 .880/.721 .545 90/.904 2/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 27/22 .304/.407/.522/.929 .800/.965 1.357 27/.929 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 15/.600 1/.000 ··· 23/.444 9/.583 1/.000 3/.000 9/.666 ··· 147/126 .266/.295/.367/.661 1.318/.556 .527 99/.690 1/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 44/.898 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.000 13/.693 1/.000 4/.750 22/.914 ··· 134/108 .270/.318/.410/.728 .629/.753 .776 90/.846 3/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 34/30 .357/.455/.643/1.097 1.250/1.073 1.046 29/1.116 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 20/.825 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 120/99 .208/.367/.333/.700 .449/.758 .742 86/.738 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 54/37 .260/.315/.380/.695 1.020/.554 .581 38/.677 0/0 2/

IP 43.0 2.2 15.1 18.0 18.1 23.0 6.1 15.0 2.0 TOTAL .264/.343/.416/.759 .827/.747 .777 .791 18/4 37/23

ERA-K/9

3.77/5.4

0.00/0.0

2.93/10.0

3.00/9.0

6.38/3.9

4.70/8.6

0.00/10.0

0.00/7.2

0.00/9.0

4.30/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (1-0-2)
Rodriguez (14-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.277 10/.000 60/.185 73/.284 76/.279 100/.256 27/.130 50/.122 6/.000 .260 Inge
Ordonez
Granderson
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn
Joyce 1/10/0/2
0/0/35/1
0/17/0/0
4/0/0/0
10/0/6/0
10/1/2/0
3/0/1/0

OPS .735 .200 .532 .836 .744 .663 .477 .263 .000 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.441 4/.250 28/.583 28/1.060 29/1.149 46/.888 11/.697 19/.105 / .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.838 6/.167 32/.480 45/.707 47/.511 54/.479 16/.330 31/.361 6/.000 .711

Road 107/.661 / 34/.546 39/.900 40/.602 57/.815 13/.237 30/.271 / .727

Last 28d days 131/.717 10/.200 41/.608 49/.643 50/.558 75/.663 27/.477 36/.254 6/.000

HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 31/40/16

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

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.

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Game Preview: NYY @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 3-3, 3.77)

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-4, 6.64)

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