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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 1:08pm, Sunday, April 20, 2014 @Comerica Park

Angels, 8-9, 8-9 3rd, 4 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Hector Santiago (26, LHP, 0-2, 4.96)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 16.1 17 9 9 7 13 2 4.96
2013 (4-9) 149.0 137 69 59 72 137 17 3.56
2012 (4-1) 70.1 54 26 26 40 79 10 3.33
Last 7 GS 0-4 35.1 41 21 21 19 24 4 5.35 44
2014-04-14 OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 101 65
2014-04-08 @SEA L 4.1 5 4 4 3 6 1 94 40
2014-04-02 SEA L 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 0 83 38
2013-09-24 @CLE ND 6.1 6 3 3 2 1 1 97 48
2013-09-13 CLE L 4.0 6 3 3 3 3 0 94 38
2013-09-07 @BAL ND 5.0 7 2 2 2 4 1 100 47
2013-08-30 @BOS L 3.2 5 4 4 5 3 0 101 33
Last 5 v.DET 0-2 18.0 17 10 6 10 16 2 3.00 52
2013-08-13 DET ND 5.0 6 2 1 4 3 0 102 48
2013-08-02 @DET L 7.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 106 63
2013-07-23 DET L 6.0 5 6 3 5 6 1 110 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-6    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @DET  L   2-5        8-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @DET  W  11-6        8-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   OAK  W   5-4 (12)   7-8   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   OAK  L   9-10(11)   6-8   4th  4.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   OAK  L   2-3        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   NYM  W  14-2        6-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   NYM  L   6-7 (13)   5-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   NYM  W   5-4 (11)   5-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @SEA  W   2-0        4-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @SEA  L   3-5        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-9    Last 30: 8-9 
Tigers, 8-6, 8-6 1st, Tied

SP: Rick Porcello (25, RHP, 1-1, 4.15)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 13.0 13 6 6 2 8 1 4.15
2013 (13-8) 177.0 185 87 85 42 142 18 4.32
2012 (10-12) 176.1 226 101 90 44 107 16 4.59
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.1 43 21 20 11 39 5 3.97 54
2014-04-11 @SDP L 6.1 10 5 5 0 5 1 91 38
2014-04-05 BAL W 6.2 3 1 1 2 3 0 94 65
2013-09-21 CHW ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 9 0 101 63
2013-09-16 SEA W 6.0 5 1 1 2 10 1 105 66
2013-09-10 @CHW W 9.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 105 73
2013-09-04 @BOS L 5.0 7 9 8 4 4 3 102 19
2013-08-30 CLE W 5.2 5 2 2 2 3 0 100 52
Last 5 v.LAA 1-3 24.2 39 25 25 7 19 2 9.12 34
2013-06-25 LAA L 4.1 10 7 7 2 2 0 103 15
2013-04-20 @LAA L 0.2 9 9 9 1 0 1 47 -3
2012-08-24 LAA L 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 101 55
2012-07-16 LAA ND 5.2 8 5 5 3 5 0 89 35
2011-07-29 LAA W 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 107 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-3    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Sat, Apr 19   LAA  W   5-2        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Fri, Apr 18   LAA  L   6-11       7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Thu, Apr 17   CLE  W   7-5        7-5   1st  0.5 up
 11 Wed, Apr 16   CLE  L   2-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Sun, Apr 13  @SDP  L   1-5        6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 12  @SDP  W   6-2        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 11  @SDP  L   0-6        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Wed, Apr  9  @LAD  W   7-6 (10)   5-2   1st  1.0 up
  6 Tue, Apr  8  @LAD  L   2-3 (10)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sun, Apr  6   BAL  L   1-3        4-1   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 DET  5  LAA  2        W:Max Scherzer (1-1), L: C.J. Wilson (2-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 LAA 11 @DET  6        W:Jered Weaver (1-2), L: Drew Smyly (1-1), S: none

Thu, Jun 27, 2013 LAA  3 @DET  1 (10)   W:Kevin Jepsen (1-2), L: Phil Coke (0-5), S: Ernesto Frieri (19)
Wed, Jun 26, 2013 LAA  7 @DET  4        W:Dane De La Rosa (2-1), L: Jose Alvarez (1-1), S: Ernesto Frieri (18)
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 LAA 14 @DET  8        W:C.J. Wilson (7-5), L: Rick Porcello (4-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 LAA  4  DET  3 (13)   W:Jerome Williams (1-0), L: Phil Coke (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 LAA 10  DET  0        W:Garrett Richards (1-0), L: Rick Porcello (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 LAA  8  DET  1        W:Tommy Hanson (2-1), L: Anibal Sanchez (2-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 LAA  3  DET  2        W:Zack Greinke (14-5), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-12), S: Ernesto Frieri (18)
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 LAA  6  DET  1        W:C.J. Wilson (12-9), L: Justin Verlander (13-8), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - LAA won 6-0; 2012 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 317-299

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 2014 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

For the 2013 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (5.65 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Porcello
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
60.Miller
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
39.Putkonen
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 22/.581 1/.000 6/.334 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 5/1.000 589/415 .271/.301/.382/.683 .723/.666 .644 66/.492 12/7 6/15
Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 53/40 .275/.302/.529/.831 .641/.890 .750 6/.333 0/0 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 255/223 .249/.310/.403/.713 .629/.724 .733 22/.794 0/1 7/7
7.Cowgill G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 2/.500 162/57 .211/.245/.349/.594 .669/.456 .433 20/1.011 1/0 4/1
6.Freese G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 521/385 .262/.340/.381/.721 .811/.689 .792 58/.414 1/2 9/11
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 7/.858 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 1/no AB 1/.000 4/2.083 399/242 .225/.358/.372/.731 .835/.663 .794 51/.772 0/1 11/5
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 10/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 496/356 .242/.306/.487/.793 .802/.790 .817 65/.532 0/0 29/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 22/.591 2/.000 4/.750 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 15/.286 2/2.500 2/.000 7/1.000 513/380 .297/.335/.439/.775 .862/.745 .678 79/.718 6/3 13/10
8.McDonald G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 77/52 .116/.197/.174/.371 .160/.466 .458 14/.890 0/0 1/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 7/1.143 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 11/1.555 5/1.400 1/.000 6/1.000 443/342 .258/.330/.437/.767 .690/.790 .758 79/.960 1/1 17/3
3.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.333 478/369 .293/.331/.366/.697 .745/.682 .727 38/.562 8/4 2/2
44.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/4.000 / /// / 25/.905 / /
27.Trout G/S/vP 11/1.155 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.543 4/1.167 1/.000 8/.750 716/523 .323/.432/.557/.988 .954/1.000 1.000 79/1.019 33/7 27/2
IP 177.0 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 29.2 23.1 76.0 TOTAL .246/.310/.450/.761 .792/.746 .789 .761 11/1 29/9
ERA-K/9 4.32/7.2 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 /0.0 1.39/10.2 3.03/8.5 4.24/6.6 2.37/9.6 3.78/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (47-15-1)
 Iannetta (84-20-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 736/.270 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 / 250/.162 127/.261 105/.301 303/.219 .248  Shuck
 Ibanez
 Cowgill
 Boesch
 Kendrick
 Trout
 McDonald
97/0/9/7
99/0/1/6
32/24/17/3
0/0/15/1
1/0/0/0
47/111/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .709 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .677 .775 .601 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.806 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 / 133/.515 55/.562 47/.760 129/.471 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.603 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 / 117/.407 72/.766 58/.782 174/.699 .763
Home 374/.713 128/.599 107/.892 90/.816 62/.797 / 130/.425 56/.643 59/.666 141/.601
Last 28d days 50/.738 24/.768 26/.746 16/.908 20/.900 7/.286 33/.899 18/1.500 25/.628 36/.790
HR/SB/CS 18/12/5 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 // 2/4/1 4/2/0 2/5/2 4/8/2 12/18/4
Usage ········ ··oo··o· o·oo··X· ·oo···o· ··oo··oX ·X······ X·X····o ·X······ ·o·X···· ·X······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Santiago*
G/S/vB
49.Frieri
G/S/vB
60.Herrera
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
58.Kohn
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
35.Wall
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 10/.333 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 8/.575 1/3.000 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .808 40/.550 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.667 1/3.000 6/.334 4/1.833 1/.000 26/1.032 1/.000 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.081 61/.670 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .500 43/.787 0/0 0/0
20.Davis G/S/vP 4/1.833 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .726 51/.807 45/6 6/2
28.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 118/80 .177/.203/.230/.433 .267/.514 .393 32/.452 0/0 1/5
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .754 9/.444 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/.476 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/.583 ··· 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .861 48/.737 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 16/.521 4/.500 1/.000 5/1.100 2/1.500 1/.000 12/.500 ··· 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .724 59/.856 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .744 17/.853 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/1.000 7/2.524 1/.000 14/.297 5/1.400 ··· 7/1.867 2/1.500 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .779 64/.836 15/11 13/13
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.708 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.393 5/.800 ··· 6/.750 ··· 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .817 55/.942 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .610 22/.485 1/0 0/4
IP 149.0 68.2 36.0 53.0 28.0 63.0 7.0 TOTAL .265/.326/.407/.732 .840/.715 .806 .732 12/6 13/12
ERA-K/9 3.56/8.3 3.80/12.8 /0.0 4.50/9.0 3.74/8.8 4.50/7.1 2.29/7.7 18.00/9.0 4.42/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-15-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.243 292/.216 / 164/.283 231/.212 118/.255 259/.235 44/.486 .241  Hunter
 Jackson
 Davis
 Castellanos
 Kelly
0/0/143/9
0/129/0/5
57/16/35/4
9/0/0/0
38/25/22/0
OPS .739 .684 .769 .711 .715 .643 1.348 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.686 164/.572 / 79/.865 121/.589 44/.829 128/.698 17/1.167 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.762 128/.826 / 85/.679 110/.847 74/.645 131/.592 27/1.446 .768
Road 345/.687 136/.656 / 75/.564 113/.750 68/.701 139/.636 8/1.571
Last 28d days 71/.765 32/.957 23/.725 29/.838 37/.583 37/.782 30/.564 11/1.584
HR/SB/CS 17/9/6 11/5/1 // 3/5/0 7/0/2 3/1/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 22/10/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X··XX·X X··XX·X· ·o·X··oX ·o·oX··X ···oo··o ···XXo·X XX······

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.