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| 975 | MILWAUKEE | +145 | Ov 8,-115 | +170 | Ov 8,-105 | | 976 | DETROIT | -155 | Un 8,-105 | -180 | Un 8,-115 |
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| All Games | 14-25 | -10.4 | 19-17 | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.278 | 0.380 | 0.657 | 5.1 | 0.265 | 0.325 | 0.452 | 0.777 | | Road Games | 6-10 | -2.2 | 6-8 | 3.3 | 0.226 | 0.262 | 0.347 | 0.609 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.331 | 0.423 | 0.754 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 11-20 | -8.6 | 16-13 | 3.8 | 0.232 | 0.285 | 0.378 | 0.662 | 5.5 | 0.267 | 0.326 | 0.461 | 0.787 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1 | 2-4 | 3.7 | 0.215 | 0.248 | 0.417 | 0.665 | 5.1 | 0.285 | 0.335 | 0.442 | 0.777 | | Grass Games | 14-25 | -10.4 | 19-17 | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.278 | 0.380 | 0.657 | 5.1 | 0.265 | 0.325 | 0.452 | 0.777 | | Night Games | 7-18 | -11.6 | 13-10 | 4.0 | 0.225 | 0.278 | 0.388 | 0.665 | 5.3 | 0.262 | 0.321 | 0.462 | 0.783 | | Interleague | 2-2 | -0.2 | 1-3 | 4.2 | 0.214 | 0.254 | 0.458 | 0.712 | 4.2 | 0.293 | 0.340 | 0.421 | 0.761 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.278 | 39 | 1283 | 292 | 65 | 8 | 38 | 0.380 | 139 | 89 | 320 | 14 | 220 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 20 | | Road Games | 3.3 | 0.226 | 0.262 | 16 | 531 | 120 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0.347 | 51 | 26 | 125 | 6 | 92 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 12 | | Righty Starters | 3.8 | 0.232 | 0.285 | 31 | 1027 | 238 | 54 | 3 | 30 | 0.378 | 112 | 76 | 257 | 10 | 181 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 14 |
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| All Games | 4.02 | 1.324 | 116.3 | 65 | 52 | 110 | 17 | 44 | 124 | 6-3 | 8 | 2 | 80% | | Road Games | 2.66 | 1.137 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
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| All Games | 23-16 | +5.2 | 18-21 | 4.4 | 0.281 | 0.346 | 0.430 | 0.776 | 3.9 | 0.254 | 0.307 | 0.391 | 0.698 | | Home Games | 11-9 | -0.3 | 8-12 | 4.3 | 0.284 | 0.350 | 0.431 | 0.781 | 4.0 | 0.252 | 0.308 | 0.402 | 0.710 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 15-13 | -0.1 | 12-16 | 4.5 | 0.284 | 0.342 | 0.431 | 0.774 | 3.9 | 0.249 | 0.301 | 0.387 | 0.688 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.8 | 2-5 | 4.9 | 0.319 | 0.368 | 0.519 | 0.887 | 2.9 | 0.254 | 0.309 | 0.450 | 0.759 | | Grass Games | 23-16 | +5.2 | 18-21 | 4.4 | 0.281 | 0.346 | 0.430 | 0.776 | 3.9 | 0.254 | 0.307 | 0.391 | 0.698 | | Night Games | 8-12 | -5.3 | 7-13 | 2.7 | 0.244 | 0.317 | 0.342 | 0.659 | 4.3 | 0.270 | 0.321 | 0.428 | 0.749 | | Interleague | 4-3 | +1.6 | 2-5 | 3.4 | 0.272 | 0.325 | 0.419 | 0.743 | 2.4 | 0.225 | 0.270 | 0.410 | 0.679 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.281 | 0.346 | 39 | 1339 | 376 | 68 | 15 | 34 | 0.430 | 160 | 134 | 300 | 35 | 293 | 46 | 14 | 41 | 18 | | Home Games | 4.3 | 0.284 | 0.350 | 20 | 670 | 190 | 39 | 9 | 14 | 0.431 | 82 | 68 | 137 | 18 | 153 | 24 | 6 | 26 | 12 | | Righty Starters | 4.5 | 0.284 | 0.342 | 28 | 974 | 277 | 54 | 10 | 23 | 0.431 | 116 | 86 | 212 | 22 | 212 | 32 | 12 | 30 | 9 |
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| All Games | 3.30 | 1.196 | 103.7 | 40 | 38 | 91 | 10 | 33 | 74 | 6-3 | 13 | 2 | 86.7% | | Home Games | 3.23 | 1.221 | 55.7 | 22 | 20 | 48 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
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| 5/5/2015 | GARZA(R) | LA DODGERS | GREINKE(R) | 2-8 | L | +125 | 7.5 un | O | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | | 5/6/2015 | PERALTA(R) | LA DODGERS | WIELAND(R) | 6-3 | W | +105 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | | 5/7/2015 | FIERS(R) | LA DODGERS | FRIAS(R) | 4-14 | L | +100 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 5/8/2015 | NELSON(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | HAMMEL(R) | 6-7 | L | -110 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | | 5/9/2015 | LOHSE(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | 12-4 | W | +105 | 8.5 un | O | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | | 5/10/2015 | GARZA(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | 3-2 | W | +100 | 8.5 ev | U | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 5/11/2015 | PERALTA(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 10-7 | W | -110 | 8 un | O | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | | 5/12/2015 | FIERS(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 2-4 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | U | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 5/13/2015 | NELSON(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 2-4 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 5/15/2015 | LOHSE(R) | @ NY METS | COLON(R) | 7-0 | W | 115 | 7 un | P | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | 5/16/2015 | GARZA(R) | @ NY METS | DEGROM(R) | 1-14 | L | 125 | 7 un | O | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | | 5/17/2015 | PERALTA(R) | @ NY METS | SYNDERGAARD(R) | 1-5 | L | 125 | 7.5 ev | U | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 5/18/2015 | FIERS(R) | @ DETROIT | LOBSTEIN(L) | 3-2 | W | 105 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 5/19/2015 | NELSON(R) | @ DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | | | 5/20/2015 | LOHSE(R) | @ DETROIT | GREENE(R) | | | 5/21/2015 | GARZA(R) | @ ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | | | 5/22/2015 | PERALTA(R) | @ ATLANTA | WOOD(L) | | | 5/23/2015 | FIERS(R) | @ ATLANTA | MILLER(R) | | | 5/24/2015 | | @ ATLANTA | | | | 5/25/2015 | | SAN FRANCISCO | | | | 5/26/2015 | | SAN FRANCISCO | | |
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| 5/5/2015 | GREENE(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 2-5 | L | 100 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | 5/6/2015 | SIMON(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 6-7 | L | 135 | 8.5 un | O | 11 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | | 5/7/2015 | LOBSTEIN(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 4-1 | W | 105 | 9.5 ov | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 5/8/2015 | PRICE(L) | KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 6-5 | W | -150 | 7.5 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | | 5/9/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 2-6 | L | -150 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | | 5/10/2015 | GREENE(R) | KANSAS CITY | YOUNG(R) | 1-2 | L | +100 | 8 ov | U | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | | 5/12/2015 | SIMON(R) | MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | 2-1 | W | -145 | 9 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 5/13/2015 | LOBSTEIN(L) | MINNESOTA | NOLASCO(R) | 2-6 | L | -135 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | | 5/14/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | MINNESOTA | PELFREY(R) | 13-1 | W | -180 | 8 un | O | 20 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | | 5/15/2015 | GREENE(R) | @ ST LOUIS | MARTINEZ(R) | 10-4 | W | 135 | 8 un | O | 17 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 5/16/2015 | PRICE(L) | @ ST LOUIS | LYONS(L) | 4-3 | W | -110 | 7.5 un | U | 13 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | | 5/17/2015 | SIMON(R) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 1-2 | L | 145 | 8 un | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 5/18/2015 | LOBSTEIN(L) | MILWAUKEE | FIERS(R) | 2-3 | L | -115 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 5/19/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | MILWAUKEE | NELSON(R) | | | 5/20/2015 | GREENE(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | | | 5/21/2015 | PRICE(L) | HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | | | 5/22/2015 | SIMON(R) | HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | | | 5/23/2015 | LOBSTEIN(L) | HOUSTON | | | | 5/24/2015 | | HOUSTON | | | | 5/25/2015 | | @ OAKLAND | | | | 5/26/2015 | | @ OAKLAND | | |
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| |  | MILWAUKEE: MILWAUKEE (AP) - Success for the Brewers this season may hinge on Milwaukee's consistency in the batter's box.
September swoons can prove costly - as can prolonged slumps any other time of year, for that matter.
A lineup filled with accomplished hitters like Ryan Braun, Jonathan Lucroy and Carlos Gomez has the potential to score runs. To break into the playoffs from the competitive NL Central, the Brewers must eliminate team-wide slumps.
''Last year we kind of grinded it to a point where instead of just playing day to day and for that game and to win, we looked like we were forcing things,'' manager Ron Roenicke said. ''We were trying to hold on to what we had, and that's not the way we go about it.''
The Brewers spent 150 days in first place before a stunning, late-season collapse left them out of the playoffs for a third straight year.
''We've got a good club, and when we're playing the type of baseball I think we can play every night ... if we just worry about that game today, at the end of the season, good things will happen,'' the skipper added from the team's spring training complex in Phoenix.
The lineup is bashing again this spring.
After a slow start, Braun has been hitting much better following an unusual offseason medical procedure. Extreme cold was applied to his right hand in hopes of fixing a lingering nerve problem near the thumb.
Lucroy also looks like he is over a hamstring injury that limited him for the first few weeks of spring training. The upbeat, energetic Gomez had three homers three weeks into spring ball.
''Every day you learn something new ... you learn from that,'' Gomez said about the 2014 season. ''The first step we have to do is make the playoffs. We take it game by game.''
The regular season begins on April 6 against Colorado at Miller Park. Some things to watch with the Brewers:
PITCHING: The Brewers don't have a true ace, but they do have solid veterans atop the rotation in Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza. Wily Peralta won 17 games last year in his second full season in the majors, and Mike Fiers impressed down the stretch. But Milwaukee traded Yovani Gallardo and Marco Estrada, so there is no experienced starting depth. Young right-hander Jimmy Nelson must prove he can be a consistent fifth starter. A long-term injury to any of the starting five could leave the Brewers scrambling.
In the bullpen, veteran Francisco Rodriguez figures to return to the closer's role after re-signing with the club more than two weeks into spring training. He bounced back with 44 saves in 49 chances last season.
AGGRESSIVENESS: Roenicke likes his team to take chances on the base paths, and he's sticking with that philosophy. That puts the Brewers in attack mode, and when working at its best, the strategy forces the defense to rush and possibly make mistakes. But rally-killing outs on the bases can make fans at Miller Park groan. Perhaps of more concern is the approach at the plate, where the Brewers led the majors by swinging at 33 percent of first pitches, according to STATS. Darnell Coles is the new hitting coach. The team wants to stay aggressive while having more plate discipline.
KEYSTONE COMBO: While Braun, Lucroy and Gomez draw much of the attention in the lineup, the Brewers' keystone combination of second baseman Scooter Gennett and shortstop Jean Segura will be just as vital to the team's success. Gennett, a left-hander, will play every day and must prove he can hit lefties consistently. The speedy Segura is a top defender, though he is looking to bounce back from a slump that dropped his average nearly 50 points to .246.
RAMMY OUT: It is probably one more and done for third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who turns 36 in June. He has said he likely will retire after this season to spend more time with his family. Ramirez's production has waned over the last two seasons, though he remains one of the best in the league in fielding bunts and slow rollers to third. | | DETROIT: DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers had barely finished celebrating a fourth straight division title last year when they were dispatched from the playoffs by Baltimore in a Division Series sweep. Then Kansas City - the team the Tigers fought so hard to hold off in the AL Central - rolled to the AL pennant and came within a game of winning the World Series.
It was enough to turn the Tigers into October afterthoughts for the first time in a while, and now it's fair to wonder whether Detroit's best chance to claim baseball's ultimate prize with its current core of stars has already come and gone.
''I'm not worried about what people are saying about us. I'm more worried about how we perform,'' manager Brad Ausmus said. ''I feel like this team is a winning team. This is a team that has an opportunity to win a World Series.''
The Tigers edged Kansas City by one game in the division last year in Ausmus' first season as manager, and their 90-72 record was similar enough to their previous work during this run of postseason appearances, but a three-game sweep at the hands of the Orioles snapped Detroit's streak of three straight trips to the AL Championship Series.
Then the Tigers lost Max Scherzer in the offseason, and it remains to be seen how much longer Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Victor Martinez can keep this team's run of success going.
Cabrera and Martinez each missed a chunk of the exhibition schedule after offseason surgery. Verlander is coming off a down year and has been displaced as Detroit's opening-day starter by left-hander David Price.
Over the past three seasons, the Tigers have fought off challenges in the division from the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland and Kansas City - but those teams essentially made their bids for first place one at a time. Now all three appear poised to threaten Detroit's reign.
''I think quietly, I've said for the last two or three years, I've said we have the best division in baseball. Nobody really talked about it because there weren't sexy names besides the Tigers, who had won however many straight and been to a couple World Series and had a lot of star power,'' Verlander said. ''The Royals won the pennant last year so, obviously, what I was saying wasn't just hogwash. We see all the teams in the AL quite enough, and I know that these teams are good enough to make our division one of the best in baseball.''
Here are a few things to watch as the Tigers try to make it five division championships in a row:
ON THE MEND: Cabrera had offseason surgery on his right foot and Martinez had an operation to repair his left knee. Their health is crucial, but the Tigers also are hoping for big contributions from shortstop Jose Iglesias and reliever Bruce Rondon, both of whom missed all of 2014 with injuries.
NEW-LOOK ROTATION: Scherzer isn't the only player gone from last year's starting staff. Rick Porcello was traded in a deal that brought Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit, so the Tigers had two openings in their rotation. They filled them by acquiring Shane Greene from the New York Yankees and Alfredo Simon from Cincinnati.
BULLPEN BLUES: Closer Joe Nathan is back after a rocky first season in Detroit. If the Tigers run out of patience with Nathan, Joakim Soria also returns. He was acquired shortly before the trade deadline last year, but his impact was limited, in part because of injury.
EXTRA POWER: J.D. Martinez provided a surprisingly productive bat last year after joining the Tigers, and the trade for Cespedes also gave Detroit some additional pop to supplement Cabrera and Victor Martinez.
NEW ACE?: Price is slated to start on opening day, a sign of just how much the Tigers are leaning on him after Scherzer's departure. He was acquired at the trade deadline last year, and Detroit is hoping the trio of Price, Verlander and Anibal Sanchez will make for a pretty impressive anchor to the pitching staff. |
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*Brewers-Tigers Preview* ========================
Milwaukee (13-25) at Detroit (23-15), 7:08 p.m. EDT
Anibal Sanchez has been tough to score on in winning three interleague home starts with the Detroit Tigers.
His opponent is a pitcher who has a 3-12 record as a starter, with no wins in his last six.
Sanchez figures to have an edge over the Milwaukee Brewers' Jimmy Nelson in Tuesday night's matchup.
Detroit (23-16) seeks to even this three-game series behind Sanchez (3-4, 4.76 ERA), who has yielded one run in 22 innings in his interleague home starts with the Tigers. He matched a season high with nine strikeouts Thursday and gave up one run over eight innings in a 13-1 win over Minnesota.
The right-hander hasn't faced the Brewers with the Tigers, going 2-1 with a 5.30 ERA in seven starts against them during his career with Miami. The hitter he will be concerned about facing is Gerardo Parra, who is 8 for 14 against him including a 3-for-3 effort last year with Arizona.
Parra, batting .308, has been out of the starting lineup for the last two games and did not play in Monday's 3-2 victory.
The Tigers will get their first look at Nelson (1-4, 4.22), who is 0-4 with a 5.05 ERA in six outings since winning his season debut April 11 over Pittsburgh.
Nelson has dropped consecutive starts, yielding four runs in each of them. He lasted 6 2-3 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. The right-hander has allowed five homers in his last 13 2-3 innings after surrendering one in his first 29.
He'll be up against a pair of Detroit batters enjoying nine-game hitting streaks. J.D. Martinez is hitting .406 during his streak while Jose Iglesias is at .333 in his run.
Miguel Cabrera is 10 for 24 during a six-game streak, though he bats .206 with one homer in night games compared to .452 with nine homers during the day.
Detroit has totaled three runs while going 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position in consecutive losses.
One concern is the bat of Victor Martinez, who is hitless in 13 at-bats to drop to .216 after offseason knee surgery. He came up limping after bouncing into a double play in the eighth inning.
"If I'm playing, it's because I'm able to go out there and put good swings and good at-bats," he said. "Like I said before, it's not excuse, the knee or anything like that."
Milwaukee (14-25) captured Monday's opener behind Carlos Gomez, who led off with a home run and added a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning. Gomez was back in the lineup a day after being hit in the left earflap by a pitch from New York Mets rookie Noah Syndergaard on Sunday.
"He passed all the tests (Sunday)," manager Craig Counsell said. "As long as the doctor clears everything, and he felt fine, and he wanted to play, it was OK."
Adam Lind is expected to return to Counsell's starting lineup. Lind is hitting .217 in May after finishing April at .333.
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