MLB Baseball Matchup of Friday, June 29, 2012 Tropicana Field

Match Up: Detroit Tigers VS Tampa Bay Rays

DETROITTIGERS (39-30)

TAMPA BAYRAYS (36-35)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
DET	39-31	-$799	7-8	32-23	38-27	1-4	37-32-1
TB	36-35	-$652	11-9	25-26	27-19	9-16	39-26-6

Smart Chart

DET	TEAM	TB
4.97	RUNS	4.72
3.72	RUNS AGAINST	4.59
1.25	DIFF	0.13
-$660	MONEY	-$652
3.50	TEAM ERA	4.36
10.00	OFF HITS	8.66
3.58	OFF WALKS	3.42
6.68	OFF Ks	6.90
8.01	DEF HIT	8.37
2.67	DEF WALKS	3.18
9.64	DEF Ks	8.30

INJURIES

DETROIT TIGERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Alex Avila	C	15-Day Disabled List
Octavio Dotel	P	60-Day Disabled List
Anibal Sanchez	P	15-Day Disabled List

TAMPA BAY RAYS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Alex Cobb	P	7-Day Disabled List
Brandon Gomes	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jeff Niemann	P	60-Day Disabled List
Juan Oviedo	P	60-Day Disabled List
David Price	P	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

DETROIT	TAMPA BAY
Detroit Free Press	Tampa Bay Tribune

BETTING TRENDS

DETROIT TIGERS

No trends to report

TAMPA BAY RAYS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

JUSTIN VERLANDER (R) ERA: 3.72 W/L: 8-5

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/18/2013	BAL	L	2-5	U	5	-210
06/12/2013	KC	L	2-3	U	7	-119
06/07/2013	CLE	W	7-5	O	7	100

DAVID PRICE (L) ERA: 5.24 W/L: 1-4

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/15/2013	BOS	L	2-9	O	2⅓	-125
05/09/2013	TOR	W	5-4	O	8	100
05/04/2013	COL	L	3-9	O	6⅔	-129

Detroit Tigers's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.
Tampa Bay Rays's relievers have pitched 4⅓ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/28/2012	Thu	DET	5	TB	2	DET	-120	7½	U	M Scherzer	J Shields
04/12/2012	Thu	TB	2	DET	7	DET	-120	9	P	J Niemann	D Smyly
04/11/2012	Wed	TB	4	DET	2	TB	-167	7	U	J Shields	J Verlander
04/10/2012	Tue	TB	2	DET	5	DET	-106	8½	U	M Moore	R Porcello
08/25/2011	Thu	DET	2	TB	0	DET	-172	7½	U	D Fister	J Hellickson
08/24/2011	Wed	DET	2	TB	3	TB	-107	8½	U	M Scherzer	W Davis
08/23/2011	Tue	DET	2	TB	1	DET	-194	8	U	B Penny	D Price
08/22/2011	Mon	DET	5	TB	2	DET	113	7	P	J Verlander	J Niemann
06/13/2011	Mon	TB	1	DET	2	DET	-116	8½	U	A Cobb	P Coke
05/24/2011	Tue	TB	6	DET	7	DET	-165	7½	O	W Davis	J Verlander

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TIGERS

Tigers are the second highest scoring team in the league at 5.0 runs per game.

Tigers lead the league in hits with 10.0 per game.

Tigers have the third-most base on balls in the league at 3.6 per game.

Tigers are second best in K's per game with 6.7.

Tigers have the second stingiest defence in the league at 3.7 runs per game.

Tigers have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 8.0 per game.

Tigers lead the league in K's with 9.6 per game.

RAYS

Rays are third in the league in striking out opponents with 8.3 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/28/2012	Thu	5	at TB	2	W	-120	7½	M Scherzer	6	J Shields
06/27/2012	Wed	9	at TEX	13	L	-135	10½	D Fister	4⅓	R Oswalt
06/26/2012	Tue	5	at TEX	7	L	-182	10	D Smyly	4⅔	Y Darvish
06/25/2012	Mon	8	at TEX	2	W	-148	11	R Porcello	6	J Grimm
06/24/2012	Sun	3	at PIT	2	W	180	7	J Verlander	9	K Correia

TAMPA BAY RAYS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/28/2012	Thu	2	DET	5	L	-120	7½	J Shields	7⅔	M Scherzer
06/27/2012	Wed	4	at KC	5	L	124	9½	M Moore	7⅓	E Teaford
06/26/2012	Tue	2	at KC	8	L	-110	9	C Archer	5⅔	B Chen
06/25/2012	Mon	0	at KC	8	L	-102	9	A Cobb	8	L Hochevar
06/24/2012	Sun	7	at PHI	3	W	-175	8½	C Ramos	2⅔	C Lee

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Detroit's Overall Scoring vs Tampa Bay's Overall Defense	5.0	2	4.6	11
Detroit's Away Scoring vs Tampa Bay's Home Defense	4.4	6	4.6	12
Detroit's Road ERA vs Tampa Bay's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	4	4.8	3
Tampa Bay's Overall Scoring vs Detroit's Overall Defense	4.7	4	3.7	2
Tampa Bay's Home Scoring vs Detroit's Road Defense	5.0	3	3.9	4
Tampa Bay's Home ERA vs Detroit's Road ERA Allowed	4.4	13	4.0	7

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

DETROIT TIGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	39-31	23-12	16-19	38-27	1-4	37-32-1	7-8	32-23
vs Div	16-10	10-5	6-5	16-10	0-0	10-16	2-1	14-9
Last 10	5-5	2-2	3-3	5-5	0-0	2-8	1-1	4-4
vs AL	35-26	19-11	16-15	34-22	1-4	31-29-1	4-7	31-19
vs NL	4-5	4-1	0-4	4-5	0-0	6-3	3-1	1-4

TAMPA BAY RAYS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	36-35	21-16	15-19	27-19	9-16	39-26-6	11-9	25-26
vs Div	15-21	10-12	5-9	12-13	3-8	18-15-3	6-8	9-13
Last 10	2-8	2-6	0-2	1-6	1-2	6-3-1	1-1	1-7
vs AL	27-34	16-16	11-18	19-18	8-16	32-23-6	9-9	18-25
vs NL	9-1	5-0	4-1	8-1	1-0	7-3	2-0	7-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

JUSTIN VERLANDER VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/29/2012	4-2	TB	6	6	4	4	1	8	L
04/11/2012	4-2	TB	8⅓	4	4	4	2	7	L
08/22/2011	5-2	DET	7	3	1	1	3	8	W
05/24/2011	7-6	DET	6	9	6	6	0	2	ND
08/11/2010	3-2	DET	6	6	1	1	3	7	W

DAVID PRICE VS. DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/29/2012	4-2	TB	7	5	2	2	1	7	W
08/23/2011	2-1	DET	8	6	2	2	2	6	L
08/09/2010	6-3	TB	5	5	2	2	4	9	W
07/29/2010	4-2	TB	6⅓	7	2	2	2	9	W
08/29/2009	3-1	TB	7⅓	5	1	1	1	4	W