DET @ MIN, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 68-74, 4th, 12½ GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Chris Lambert (25, RHP, 0-1, 6.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 6.2 11 9 5 3 5 2 6.75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-1 6.2 11 9 5 3 5 2 6.75 36 2008-09-02 LAA ND 4 6 3 3 2 3 0 90 39 2008-08-26 CLE L 2.2 5 6 2 1 2 2 67 33 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-35 Road: 32-39 ExtrInn: 3-8 vsRHP: 45-56 vsLHP: 23-18 1-Run: 15-21 vsEast: 12-19 vsCntrl:26-36 vsWest: 17-14 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Sat, Sep 6 @MIN W 6-4 68-74 4th 12.5 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 @MIN L 2-10 67-74 4th 12.5 gb 140 Thu, Sep 4 LAA L 1-7 67-73 4th 11.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 LAA W 9-6 67-72 4th 11.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 LAA L 4-5 66-72 4th 11.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 NYY L 9-13 66-71 4th 11.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 KCR W 4-2 66-70 3rd 11.0 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 KCR L 3-13 65-70 4th 11.0 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 KCR W 6-3 65-69 4th 11.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CLE L 7-9 64-69 4th 12.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins, 78-64, 2nd, 2½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 12-3, 4.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-3) 136.2 160 64 62 34 64 20 4.08 2007 (0-0) 28.2 23 10 10 12 20 2 3.14 2006 (0-0) 5.2 3 1 1 0 6 0 1.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 46.1 54 21 21 11 18 9 4.08 49 2008-09-02 @TOR ND 5 10 4 4 1 1 2 88 31 2008-08-27 @SEA W 7 8 4 4 2 3 2 104 46 2008-08-22 @LAA W 8 5 0 0 2 3 0 107 73 2008-08-17 SEA W 6 8 4 4 0 1 3 100 41 2008-08-11 NYY W 8 4 0 0 3 4 0 107 75 2008-08-04 @SEA ND 6.1 12 5 5 1 2 1 87 30 2008-07-29 CHW W 6 7 4 4 2 4 1 98 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-0 20.2 20 5 5 5 13 2 2.18 58 2008-07-11 @DET W 6.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 85 54 2008-06-30 DET ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 7 1 91 57 2008-05-25 @DET W 7.2 7 1 1 2 4 1 104 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-24 Road: 31-40 ExtrInn: 7-8 vsRHP: 51-45 vsLHP: 27-19 1-Run: 24-24 vsEast: 9-19 vsCntrl:37-22 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Sat, Sep 6 DET L 4-6 78-64 2nd 2.5 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 DET W 10-2 78-63 2nd 1.5 gb 140 Thu, Sep 4 @TOR L 0-9 77-63 2nd 1.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 @TOR L 4-5 (11) 77-62 2nd 1.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @TOR L 5-7 77-61 1st Tied 137 Sun, Aug 31 @OAK W 12-4 77-60 2nd 0.5 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 @OAK L 2-3 76-60 2nd 0.5 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @OAK W 12-2 76-59 2nd 0.5 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 @OAK L 2-3 75-59 2nd 1.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 @SEA W 6-5 75-58 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 06, 2008 DET 6 @MIN 4 W:Clay Rapada (3-0), L: Matt Guerrier (6-7), S: Fernando Rodney (9) Fri, Sep 05, 2008 MIN 10 DET 2 W:Francisco Liriano (5-3), L: Armando Galarraga (12-5), S: none Sun, Jul 13, 2008 DET 4 MIN 2 W:Justin Verlander (7-9), L: Nick Blackburn (7-5), S: Todd Jones (17) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 MIN 6 @DET 5 W:Scott Baker (6-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: Joe Nathan (27) Fri, Jul 11, 2008 MIN 3 @DET 2 W:Glen Perkins (6-2), L: Armando Galarraga (7-3), S: Joe Nathan (26) Thu, Jul 10, 2008 MIN 7 @DET 6 (11) W:Matt Guerrier (5-4), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-3), S: none Wed, Jul 02, 2008 MIN 7 DET 0 W:Nick Blackburn (7-4), L: Eddie Bonine (2-1), S: none Tue, Jul 01, 2008 MIN 6 DET 4 W:Scott Baker (5-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-7), S: Joe Nathan (23) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 DET 5 @MIN 4 W:Casey Fossum (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (4-3), S: Joel Zumaya (1) Sun, May 25, 2008 MIN 6 @DET 1 W:Glen Perkins (2-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 11-6; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1024-946

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

TEX 5.42

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.58

TEX 5.94

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

A. Callaspo .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .642

B. Moss .486

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.110

J. Damon .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

M. Buehrle 3.98

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.715 8/.875 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 596/452 .289/.347/.529/.876 .885/.873 .848 108/.910 1/0 31/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/.730 13/1.154 2/.000 14/.819 ··· 17/1.112 ··· ··· 12/.750 7/.000 534/408 .303/.385/.514/.898 .728/.953 .879 123/1.033 10/4 17/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 11/1.545 11/.364 2/.000 17/.643 5/.400 13/.826 ··· ··· 15/.817 10/.733 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .748 39/.839 9/3 10/

26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .200/.273/.600/.873 .333/1.000 .333 11/.873 0/0 1/

15.Inge G/S/vP 6/.167 5/1.400 1/no AB 16/1.053 7/.500 17/.309 ··· ··· 14/.468 5/.000 337/262 .216/.316/.394/.710 .719/.706 .589 98/.661 3/2 11/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 228/208 .260/.329/.534/.863 .775/.870 .862 65/.752 0/0 12/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 78/76 .222/.282/.333/.615 1.000/.605 .630 23/.348 2/0 2/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/.733 11/1.969 2/2.000 14/.690 9/.722 11/.273 ··· ··· 11/.697 3/.333 536/408 .315/.373/.478/.851 .867/.846 .712 107/.782 1/5 16/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 12/.450 8/1.071 1/.000 14/1.154 1/.000 14/.417 ··· 1/.000 9/.476 11/.910 564/409 .311/.355/.423/.778 .844/.754 .839 103/.773 7/1 7/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 161/85 .243/.300/.392/.692 .748/.638 .666 34/.546 2/1 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 4/1.500 6/.666 ··· ··· 6/.000 10/.700 499/374 .269/.318/.369/.687 .905/.617 .555 89/.907 5/3 9/

52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 114/94 .322/.440/.444/.885 .874/.887 .884 31/.746 0/0 1/

57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/33 .128/.150/.179/.329 .125/.375 .154 16/.343 0/0 0/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 11/.546 7/.286 1/.000 10/1.489 2/1.000 8/.679 ··· 1/.000 19/.993 4/1.750 408/307 .225/.324/.383/.707 .678/.716 .720 99/.734 7/2 14/

33.Thames G/S/vP 9/.722 6/.334 1/2.000 7/.715 2/.000 9/.111 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 299/179 .238/.291/.534/.825 .901/.776 .818 45/.676 0/3 24/

IP 136.2 106.0 38.2 55.2 51.2 70.1 0.2 10.2 59.0 39.1 TOTAL .274/.342/.442/.784 .802/.778 .732 .788 55/26 167/103

ERA-K/9

4.08/4.2

6.11/7.3

2.33/7.7

4.04/6.9

4.35/5.2

4.48/7.0

13.50/0.0

6.75/5.0

1.07/9.8

2.29/7.1

4.17/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (26-10-9)
Ryan (0-0-0)
Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.294 479/.282 153/.203 242/.271 210/.250 307/.262 5/.600 45/.275 230/.189 160/.233 .275 Ordonez
Granderson
Inge
Thames
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/116/6
0/119/0/4
2/11/0/2
62/0/7/2
26/6/20/2
45/0/22/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .800 .768 .515 .784 .706 .748 1.400 .806 .540 .624 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.909 220/.854 71/.482 85/.767 83/.593 109/.697 1/3.000 23/.812 117/.570 88/.497 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 464/.771 259/.697 82/.542 157/.791 127/.780 198/.774 4/1.000 22/.794 113/.510 72/.783 .742

Home 318/.791 304/.712 74/.502 118/.680 115/.637 149/.687 / 11/.909 131/.471 78/.542 .696

Last 28d days 140/.767 63/.647 44/.452 42/1.020 40/1.241 47/.817 5/1.400 5/1.800 45/.523 36/.515

HR/SB/CS 20/3/4 14/11/0 1/2/4 6/5/1 3/3/0 9/8/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/0 2/4/2 149/65/29

Usage ····X··· ·o·oX·X· ··o·o··· ··X·o··· ···o··X· ·o·XX··o ··o····· ··X····· ···X···o ··ooo·o·

Minnesota Twins Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Lambert
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 41.Glover
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 50.Rapada*
G/S/vB 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 200/161 .302/.335/.412/.747 .367/.842 .701 65/.742 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.400 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 17/.706 3/.666 2/2.000 343/234 .289/.332/.397/.729 .656/.765 .810 70/.551 6/2 6/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.311 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 140/106 .203/.269/.314/.582 .674/.556 .580 41/.624 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 ··· 13/.802 1/.000 3/.666 529/383 .252/.289/.342/.631 .683/.611 .665 70/.572 29/10 6/

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/1.650 ··· 17/1.284 2/.000 4/.000 448/302 .261/.319/.388/.707 .699/.712 .705 46/.648 1/1 6/

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 7/.762 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 13/.154 4/.500 5/1.100 454/352 .273/.335/.461/.795 .690/.824 .852 91/.795 0/1 17/

27.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 34/11 .344/.382/.469/.851 .957/.586 .875 2/.000 1/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 6/.900 10/.650 3/.666 3/2.000 2/1.000 35/.715 8/1.089 11/.788 539/372 .322/.414/.444/.858 .969/.804 .993 108/.871 1/1 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 9/1.444 11/.364 3/.333 3/1.667 2/1.000 43/.791 13/2.192 11/1.323 615/402 .311/.389/.521/.909 .828/.955 .878 117/.925 0/1 22/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.000 3/.500 0/0 0/

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.500 7/.715 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 26/.668 6/.650 4/.500 301/183 .284/.340/.399/.739 .763/.714 .796 116/.758 10/5 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 23/.691 1/.000 1/.000 124/59 .274/.306/.325/.631 .615/.649 .755 23/.668 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/26 .296/.356/.389/.745 .733/.760 .837 50/.760 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/.000 302/205 .296/.380/.432/.812 .917/.764 .816 129/.728 14/6 4/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 98/67 .267/.313/.356/.668 .645/.679 .760 8/.946 5/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 10/.500 3/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 17/.507 2/.000 6/.367 540/381 .289/.334/.409/.743 .736/.746 .761 101/.835 14/4 9/

IP 6.2 41.0 57.1 35.0 45.0 70.2 15.0 154.1 33.1 45.2 TOTAL .278/.338/.409/.747 .726/.757 .778 .755 86/38 100/96

ERA-K/9

6.75/6.7

4.17/4.0

3.77/8.8

5.40/6.4

5.20/5.8

3.69/6.4

4.80/7.2

6.30/5.7

4.59/11.1

3.74/8.5

4.72/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (47-25-4)
Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 37/.344 187/.264 243/.288 152/.285 202/.271 308/.284 68/.259 695/.320 149/.198 198/.279 .273 Young
Gomez
Span
Kubel
Pridie
Punto 131/0/0/9
0/129/0/7
0/17/63/5
16/0/32/2
0/0/1/0
0/3/0/0

OPS 1.089 .727 .871 .808 .785 .789 .651 .910 .693 .742 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/.630 72/1.009 114/.943 68/.617 86/.812 110/.859 29/.637 218/.874 72/.671 103/.792 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/1.335 115/.560 129/.812 84/.965 116/.766 198/.749 39/.662 477/.927 77/.714 95/.688 .783

Road / 91/.840 110/.906 78/.897 75/.792 134/.895 37/.628 345/1.000 81/.856 89/.672 .792

Last 28d days 37/1.089 19/.834 43/.834 54/.723 42/.581 99/.920 4/1.417 104/1.101 47/.699 36/.915

HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 3/10/2 14/6/7 3/0/1 5/0/0 9/3/1 0/0/0 26/7/4 3/4/0 3/0/1 149/61/29

Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· ···X···· ·X···o·X ····X·o· ··X··X·· ···X···· ··X····X ···XX·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.

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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Friday, September 5, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Chris Lambert (25, RHP, 0-1, 6.75)

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 12-3, 4.08)

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