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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 27, 2014 @Target Field

Tigers, 12-9, 12-9 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Verlander (31, RHP, 3-1, 2.18)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 33.0 33 12 8 12 27 1 2.18
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
Last 7 GS 3-1 45.0 42 12 8 16 49 1 1.60 61
2014-04-22 CHW W 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 1 119 58
2014-04-17 CLE W 5.0 6 3 0 4 7 0 113 52
2014-04-12 @SDP W 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 110 60
2014-04-06 BAL L 8.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 112 65
2014-03-31 KCR ND 6.0 6 3 2 3 2 0 105 49
2013-09-29 @MIA ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 80 75
2013-09-23 @MIN ND 6.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 107 69
Last 5 v.MIN 3-0 32.0 29 8 7 12 41 1 1.97 62
2013-09-23 @MIN ND 6.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 107 69
2013-08-22 MIN ND 7.0 10 6 6 3 6 1 121 36
2013-04-30 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 114 69
2013-04-01 @MIN W 5.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 91 64
2012-09-29 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 0 2 8 0 117 73
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 26  @MIN  L   3-5       12-9   1st  1.0 up
 20 Fri, Apr 25  @MIN  W  10-6       12-8   1st  2.0 up
 19 Thu, Apr 24   CHW  W   7-4       11-8   1st  1.0 up
 18 Wed, Apr 23   CHW  L   4-6       10-8   1st  1.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 22   CHW  W   8-6       10-7   1st  1.0 up
 16 Mon, Apr 21   CHW  L   1-3        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 20   LAA  W   2-1        9-6   1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-9 
Twins, 12-11, 12-11 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Gibson (26, RHP, 3-1, 3.63)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 22.1 22 9 9 11 13 0 3.63
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 3-2 37.0 42 19 19 19 22 2 4.62 46
2014-04-22 @TBR L 3.0 10 7 7 2 3 0 86 12
2014-04-17 TOR W 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 105 77
2014-04-11 KCR W 6.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 100 58
2014-04-05 @CLE W 5.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 97 56
2013-08-19 NYM L 3.2 10 4 4 2 2 0 72 25
2013-08-14 CLE ND 5.1 6 3 3 2 3 0 88 45
2013-08-09 @CHW ND 5.2 4 3 3 4 4 2 105 49
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-5    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   8-6    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sat, Apr 26   DET  W   5-3       12-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25   DET  L   6-10      11-11  2nd  2.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @TBR  W   9-7       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @TBR  W   6-4 (12)  10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   3-7        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @KCR  W   8-3        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5        8-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @KCR  L   0-5        8-8   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   9-5        8-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   7-0        7-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 MIN  5  DET  3        W:Phil Hughes (2-1), L: Jose Ortega (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (6)
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 DET 10 @MIN  6        W:Rick Porcello (3-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 DET  1 @MIN  0        W:Max Scherzer (21-3), L: Kevin Correia (9-13), S: Joaquin Benoit (24)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (14-9), L: Scott Diamond (6-12), S: Joaquin Benoit (23)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 MIN  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-2), L: Luke Putkonen (1-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 MIN  7 @DET  6        W:Casey Fien (3-2), L: Bruce Rondon (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (30)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Drew Smyly (5-0), L: Kevin Correia (8-10), S: Jose Veras (20)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 MIN  6 @DET  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (5-10), L: Rick Porcello (9-7), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (6-4), L: P.J. Walters (2-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (4)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 MIN  6  DET  3        W:Sam Deduno (3-1), L: Darin Downs (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - DET won 11-8; 2012 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1077-988

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.

Tigers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
21.Deduno
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 11/.282 23/.536 1/.000 12/.533 13/.975 1/.000 ··· 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .601 60/.639 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 12/.697 12/.533 36/.877 6/1.867 26/.899 19/1.074 1/.000 2/1.500 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.074 91/.719 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .600 72/.745 0/0 0/0
20.Davis G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 ··· 11/.955 2/1.000 3/3.000 8/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .651 77/.886 45/6 6/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .944 17/.471 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 5/.500 ··· 9/.958 4/.750 13/.658 12/.583 1/.000 2/1.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .738 74/.859 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 10/1.278 28/.884 5/.000 4/1.500 13/.564 1/2.000 2/1.000 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .777 84/.924 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/1.667 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .588 21/.855 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 6/.533 9/.722 4/2.000 15/.343 12/.916 ··· 1/.000 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .735 96/.724 15/11 13/13
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 310/209 .250/.272/.378/.650 .621/.664 .740 11/.586 2/0 7/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 6/.000 13/1.338 3/1.000 17/1.100 12/.432 4/.750 2/.500 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .750 85/.810 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .583 42/.614 1/0 0/4
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.833 0/0 0/1
IP 51.0 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .275/.333/.417/.750 .845/.722 .667 .750 19/8 18/17
ERA-K/9 6.53/5.1 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 5.00/5.8

 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 238/.327 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .281  Hunter
 Jackson
 Martinez
 Davis
 Castellanos
 Kelly
0/0/143/9
0/129/0/5
50/0/25/4
57/16/35/4
9/0/0/0
38/25/22/0
OPS .874 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.875 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.869 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .763
Home 116/.995 139/.776 201/.675 127/.736 116/.625 119/.405 206/.610 72/.463 26/.481
Last 28d days 96/.638 43/.961 63/.593 35/.393 38/.433 46/.618 58/.734 33/.732 26/.501
HR/SB/CS 7/4/2 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 20/11/1
Usage ····X··· o·X·o··· ····X··· ···X··o· ·o·X··o· X·oo··o· ·X·X···· ·ooo···X ·Xoo···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.

Twins Batters (5.52 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
56.Ortega
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .394 97/.856 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/.555 3/.000 3/1.167 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.667 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .721 113/.811 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .749 28/.539 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 11/.384 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .569 59/.366 15/6 9/18
1.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 200/122 .199/.270/.267/.537 .734/.417 .451 51/.885 8/2 2/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .434 21/.396 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .576 84/.597 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 49/.756 1/.000 5/.650 16/.527 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .645 85/.824 0/1 5/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 74/1.054 3/.000 5/2.467 20/.938 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 11/.282 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .861 111/.698 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 .928 79/.897 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 24/.375 6/.533 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 6/1.000 3/2.667 2/2.500 7/1.096 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .750 105/.902 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 27/.567 2/1.000 9/.444 4/.500 ··· 7/.429 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .641 74/.804 2/0 5/6
IP 218.1 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 11.2 23.1 76.0 TOTAL .251/.353/.389/.742 .655/.793 .733 .742 15/4 20/14
ERA-K/9 3.46/8.9 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 1.39/10.2 3.86/7.7 4.24/6.6 2.37/9.6 3.97/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (13-7-0)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.253 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 250/.162 52/.227 105/.301 303/.219 .253  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Fuld
 Colabello
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
55/29/28/2
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .691 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .697 .775 .601 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 546/.658 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 133/.515 25/.820 47/.760 129/.471 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.739 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 117/.407 27/.573 58/.782 174/.699 .808
Road 448/.675 92/.769 91/.741 87/.798 55/.769 120/.507 24/.804 46/.914 162/.600
Last 28d days 142/.676 41/.841 36/.773 32/1.027 33/.805 44/.788 9/.625 38/.724 58/.810
HR/SB/CS 19/21/4 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 2/4/1 2/1/0 2/5/2 4/8/2 19/22/8
Usage ····X··· X·X·X·o· ·oX·o··o X···X··· ·X·o·oo· ·oX···XX X······· ·X·o·X·· ···X····

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.