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| 925 | DETROIT | -180 | Ov 8,-115 | -180 | Ov 8,-115 | | 926 | HOUSTON | +170 | Un 8,-105 | +170 | Un 8,-105 |
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| All Games | 16-11 | -0.2 | 17-9 | 5.0 | 0.279 | 0.344 | 4.0 | 0.235 | 0.299 | | Road Games | 6-7 | -3 | 7-6 | 3.6 | 0.242 | 0.305 | 3.9 | 0.228 | 0.293 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 13-7 | +3.3 | 13-7 | 4.9 | 0.283 | 0.347 | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.296 | | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +3.8 | 4-3 | 6.3 | 0.307 | 0.367 | 2.9 | 0.188 | 0.238 | | Grass Games | 16-11 | -0.2 | 17-9 | 5.0 | 0.279 | 0.344 | 4.0 | 0.235 | 0.299 | | Night Games | 8-2 | +5.6 | 6-4 | 5.4 | 0.283 | 0.353 | 3.0 | 0.208 | 0.256 |
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| All Games | 5.0 | 0.279 | 0.344 | 27 | 994 | 277 | 75 | 23 | 0.02 | 131 | 99 | 189 | 10 | 226 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 18 | | Road Games | 3.6 | 0.242 | 0.305 | 13 | 512 | 124 | 33 | 7 | 0.01 | 45 | 46 | 116 | 7 | 116 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | Righty Starters | 4.9 | 0.283 | 0.347 | 20 | 736 | 208 | 57 | 15 | 0.02 | 95 | 72 | 145 | 9 | 169 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
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| All Games | 4.19 | 1.302 | 86 | 40 | 40 | 66 | 6 | 46 | 104 | 2-5 | 6 | 4 | 60% | | Road Games | 3.78 | 1.180 | 50 | 21 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 23 | 70 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
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| All Games | 8-21 | -9.5 | 18-9 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.305 | 5.8 | 0.298 | 0.368 | | Home Games | 4-9 | -4.4 | 8-4 | 3.6 | 0.224 | 0.271 | 6.2 | 0.297 | 0.366 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 5-15 | -8 | 11-7 | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.294 | 5.4 | 0.299 | 0.362 | | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -3.9 | 6-1 | 4.0 | 0.238 | 0.296 | 5.9 | 0.333 | 0.398 | | Grass Games | 8-21 | -9.5 | 18-9 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.305 | 5.8 | 0.298 | 0.368 | | Night Games | 7-15 | -4.4 | 15-6 | 4.3 | 0.253 | 0.305 | 5.9 | 0.298 | 0.370 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.305 | 29 | 1003 | 252 | 92 | 29 | 0.03 | 111 | 77 | 294 | 12 | 195 | 16 | 17 | 39 | 17 | | Home Games | 3.6 | 0.224 | 0.271 | 13 | 441 | 99 | 37 | 14 | 0.03 | 43 | 28 | 152 | 5 | 76 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | | Righty Starters | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.294 | 20 | 690 | 168 | 64 | 22 | 0.03 | 72 | 49 | 207 | 9 | 129 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 15 |
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| All Games | 4.49 | 1.504 | 118.3 | 71 | 59 | 130 | 15 | 48 | 78 | 1-5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | | Home Games | 4.73 | 1.508 | 59 | 39 | 31 | 65 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
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| 4/19/2013 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ LA ANGELS | HANSON(R) | 1-8 | L | -120 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | PORCELLO(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | 0-10 | L | 100 | 9 ov | O | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | FISTER(R) | @ LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 3-4 | L | 105 | 8 ev | U | 10 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | | 4/24/2013 | SCHERZER(R) | KANSAS CITY | DAVIS(R) | 7-5 | W | -180 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 4/25/2013 | VERLANDER(R) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 3-8 | L | -175 | 7 un | O | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | | 4/26/2013 | SANCHEZ(R) | ATLANTA | MAHOLM(L) | 10-0 | W | -140 | 7.5 ov | O | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | | 4/27/2013 | PORCELLO(R) | ATLANTA | MEDLEN(R) | 7-4 | W | -105 | 8 un | O | 13 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | | 4/28/2013 | FISTER(R) | ATLANTA | MINOR(L) | 8-3 | W | -145 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 4/29/2013 | SCHERZER(R) | MINNESOTA | PELFREY(R) | 4-3 | W | -235 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | 4/30/2013 | VERLANDER(R) | MINNESOTA | WORLEY(R) | 6-1 | W | -260 | 8 ov | U | 13 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | 5/1/2013 | SANCHEZ(R) | MINNESOTA | DIAMOND(L) | 2-6 | L | -220 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | 5/2/2013 | PORCELLO(R) | @ HOUSTON | LYLES(R) | 7-3 | W | -155 | 9.5 un | O | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 5/3/2013 | FISTER(R) | @ HOUSTON | NORRIS(R) | | | 5/4/2013 | SCHERZER(R) | @ HOUSTON | HARRELL(R) | | | 5/5/2013 | VERLANDER(R) | @ HOUSTON | HUMBER(R) | | | 5/7/2013 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | | | 5/8/2013 | PORCELLO(R) | @ WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | | | 5/10/2013 | | CLEVELAND | | |
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| 4/19/2013 | HARRELL(R) | CLEVELAND | MYERS(R) | 3-2 | W | +105 | 8.5 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | HUMBER(R) | CLEVELAND | KAZMIR(L) | 6-19 | L | +100 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | BEDARD(L) | CLEVELAND | JIMENEZ(R) | 4-5 | L | -105 | 9 un | P | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 4/22/2013 | PEACOCK(R) | SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 1-7 | L | +150 | 7.5 ov | O | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | | 4/23/2013 | NORRIS(R) | SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | 3-2 | W | +115 | 7.5 ov | U | 8 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | | 4/24/2013 | HARRELL(R) | SEATTLE | SAUNDERS(L) | 10-3 | W | -110 | 8 ev | O | 14 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 4/25/2013 | HUMBER(R) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 2-7 | L | 245 | 9 ov | P | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 4/26/2013 | BEDARD(L) | @ BOSTON | DEMPSTER(R) | 3-7 | L | 225 | 8.5 ev | O | 7 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | | 4/27/2013 | PEACOCK(R) | @ BOSTON | DOUBRONT(L) | 4-8 | L | 235 | 9.5 un | O | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | | 4/28/2013 | NORRIS(R) | @ BOSTON | LACKEY(R) | 1-6 | L | 187 | 9.5 un | U | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | 4/29/2013 | HARRELL(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PETTITTE(L) | 9-1 | W | 210 | 7.5 un | O | 17 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 4/30/2013 | HUMBER(R) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 4-7 | L | 230 | 8 un | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | | 5/1/2013 | BEDARD(L) | @ NY YANKEES | PHELPS(R) | 4-5 | L | 175 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 5/2/2013 | LYLES(R) | DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | 3-7 | L | +145 | 9.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 1 | | 5/3/2013 | NORRIS(R) | DETROIT | FISTER(R) | | | 5/4/2013 | HARRELL(R) | DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | | | 5/5/2013 | HUMBER(R) | DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | | | 5/7/2013 | BEDARD(L) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | | | 5/8/2013 | LYLES(R) | LA ANGELS | BLANTON(R) | | | 5/9/2013 | NORRIS(R) | LA ANGELS | VARGAS(L) | | | 5/10/2013 | | TEXAS | | |
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| |  | DETROIT: HITTING: OF AUSTIN JACKSON doesn't make much contact, but manager Jim Leyland likes his speed in the leadoff spot. RYAN RABURN and RAMON SANTIAGO will split second base duties, with Raburn getting the majority of the starts. 3B MIGUEL CABRERA seems to have cleaned up his act. He's an MVP candidate. So is newcomer 1B PRINCE FIELDER who will try to keep slugging in his move to a pitchers' park. His presence was needed after DH VICTOR MARTINEZ was lost for the season with a knee injury. OF DELMON YOUNG is a pending free agent, and he hit well after escaping spacious Target Field. He'll nab the starting LF job but could also DH. OF BRENNAN BOESCH did enough pre-injury to earn an everyday role, but he'll again be in danger of fading over the summer. SS JHONNY PERALTA had a resurgence in 2011, and he's on the right side of 30. C ALEX AVILA might not hit for average, but his power is legit. Leyland favorite BRANDON INGE and DON KELLY will back up the All-Star corner infielders, so neither expect to get much playing time. Streaky OF ANDY DIRKS is a fourth outfielder. C GERALD LAIRD will spell Avila.
STARTING PITCHING: You can't expect an identical stat line for JUSTIN VERLANDER; his opponent .236 batting average on balls in play suggests there was some luck involved in his MVP season. But he's still the best pitcher in the American League by a wide margin. DOUG FISTER's improved strikeout rate with the Tigers suggests he could sustain success as a quality No. 2 starter. MAX SCHERZER can still be outstanding when he's on, but he was inconsistent again last year. He could figure it out in his late-20s, but time is running out. RICK PORCELLO still has a ways to go. His mid-season success came against some weak lineups. He's still only 23, but he hasn't been able to beat hitters at any level in the pros. The Tigers are still searching for a No. 5 starter. Top prospect JACOB TURNER is only 20, but the Tigers haven't been shy about fast-tracking young arms. He was dominant in the minors, but torched in his first big-league stint. ANDY OLIVER appears to be the front-runner for this role, but DREW SMYLY is also a possibility.
RELIEF PITCHING: JOSE VALVERDE was perfect in 2011, but it was a surprising development considering his sliding K/BB ratio. For Tigers fans, he carries more risk than 49-for-49 would suggest. One of baseball's better set-up men, JOAQUIN BENOIT is an eighth-inning-only guy. He'd take over if Valverde got hurt. OCTAVIO DOTEL is another elite set-up man who will step up as the seventh-inning guy. As good as AL ALBURQUERQUE was in the regular season (one extra-base hit'a double'allowed in 43.1 innings!), he's out until at least the All-Star break after offseason elbow surgery. Lefty DANIEL SCHLERETH has a chance to be the closer of the future, but first he'll need to cut down on the walks. | | HOUSTON: HITTING: This season will mark Houston's final year in the National League. Look away, children, as the Astros launch into what is sure to be the crappiest victory lap in baseball history. Tiny 2B JOSE ALTUVE's jump from High-A to MLB starter says more about Houston's pitiful state than anything. He belongs in Triple-A. CHRIS JOHNSON won the starting 3B job as JIMMY PAREDES was optioned to Triple-A. Johnson was thought to have 25-homer power, but last year he slugged just .378. 1B CARLOS LEE is in the twilight of a very productive career. Backup 1B BRETT WALLACE seems to be in the twilight of an unproductive one. OF BRIAN BOGUSEVIC has a low ceiling. But he's one of only a few recent draft picks who will even contribute. OF J.D. MARTINEZ doesn't blame you if you haven't heard of him, but he's the team's best player who hits third in the lineup. SS JED LOWRIE was a nice little pickup for a mid-tier closer. But his platoon split is intense. C JASON CASTRO will probably play ahead of CHRIS SNYDER. OF JORDAN SCHAFER has yet to put things together; but he'll be starting in center on Opening Day. Fourth OF J.B. SHUCK is only 24, but doesn't have a whole lot of upside.
STARTING PITCHING: WANDY RODRIGUEZ has been a durable, above-average starter for five years, yet every season his real-world team limits his wins. He'll be traded at some point this year. Don't shortchange BUD NORRIS. He's an underrated source of strikeouts, and has improved his command. J.A. HAPP really needs to cut down on his walk total. JORDAN LYLES couldn't legally drink until the second-to-last week of the season. He's in the big leagues way too soon. He's yet another young Astro who isn't terrible, but won't ever set the world on fire. KYLE WEILAND came from Boston with Jed Lowrie and should earn the final spot in the rotation. Texas-bred fireballer JARRED COSART, 21, is a legitimately exciting (but risky) prospect who Houston will probably rush up to the majors at some point this year.
RELIEF PITCHING: BRETT MYERS flummoxed the Astros' front office with a stinker of a season. He's probably closer to that pitcher than to the one who posted a career-best 3.14 ERA in 2010 at age 29, but he'll move the bullpen this year to get the rare opportunities to close out a game when this awful team is actually leading. WILTON LOPEZ was good in 2011, but was much better the previous season, when he may have been the most underrated reliever in the National League. Houston will go with him in the ninth if they want Myers to return to the rotation. BRANDON LYON has seen better days. He bombed early, then was shut down for good with a bicep injury. He intimidates nobody now. |
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*Tigers-Astros Preview* =======================
By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer
Detroit (16-11) at Houston (8-21), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Despite dealing with some wildness, Doug Fister is off to the best start of his career.
The undefeated right-hander looks for a fifth victory Friday night while trying to help the visiting Tigers hand the lowly Houston Astros a fourth consecutive loss.
Facing Houston for the first time, Fister (4-0, 2.38 ERA) fared much better this April than last year when a rib injury limited to one start during the month. Healthy and confident, Fister allowed nine earned runs and one homer in 34 innings of his first five 2013 outings.
He gave up three runs and struck out a season-high eight in seven innings of an 8-3 win over Atlanta on Sunday in his 100th career start.
However, Fister leads the majors with eight hit batters - twice as many as any other pitcher. Teammate Justin Verlander in 2007 and Frank Lary in 1960 each hit 19 in a season to share the team's post-World War II record.
Fister insists he's not trying to purposely plunk anybody despite hitting 35 batters since breaking into the majors in 2009.
"Unfortunately, I think it's more mechanics for me," he told the Tigers' official website. "Not staying back at times, my arm kind of drags and the sinker gets away from me. For me, it's never intentional to hit a guy. I'm looking over and making sure that they know that it's not intentional.
"Yes, I'm trying to go inside and trying to keep the sinker down and in. But by no means is it ever intentional."
Houston (8-21) batters have been hit nine times, but lead the majors with 294 strikeouts. The Astros and Tigers each fanned 18 times in Detroit's 7-3, 14-inning win Thursday.
Tigers pitchers have recorded a major league-high 281 strikeouts, and 10 or more in seven straight games.
Don Kelly had the go-ahead single in the 14th and Austin Jackson added three hits Thursday as Detroit (16-11) snapped a four-game road skid by winning for the sixth time in seven overall.
"To keep battling and come out with a win is just awesome," said Kelly, who did not start but went 2 for 3. "Games like this, you try to find a way win and keep grinding it out."
Jackson is batting .344 (11 for 32) during an eight-game hitting streak.
Teammate Miguel Cabrera added two more hits, including his 1,000th as a Tiger, to raise his average to .373.
Houston's Bud Norris (3-3, 4.20) makes his first start against the Tigers when he takes the mound.
Plagued by inconsistency, Norris has a 1.53 ERA in the games he's won and an 8.03 ERA in those losses. After he gave up one run in five innings of a 3-2 win over Seattle on April 23, the right-hander yielded five - three earned - in six innings of a 6-1 loss at Boston on Sunday.
Ex-Tiger Carlos Pena homered and had two of the six hits for Houston, which has dropped seven of eight. Pena has gone 9 for 20 in five games to raise his average from .188 to .240.
He's 0 for 6 versus Fister.
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