MLB Baseball Matchup of Thursday, July 05, 2012 Comerica Park

Match Up: Minnesota Twins VS Detroit Tigers

MINNESOTATWINS (31-36)

DETROITTIGERS (39-30)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
MIN	31-36	$351	5-5	26-31	6-6	25-30	30-36-1
DET	39-31	-$799	7-8	32-23	38-27	1-4	37-32-1

Smart Chart

MIN	TEAM	DET
4.12	RUNS	4.97
4.52	RUNS AGAINST	3.72
-0.40	DIFF	1.25
$351	MONEY	-$660
4.25	TEAM ERA	3.50
8.31	OFF HITS	10.00
3.40	OFF WALKS	3.58
7.94	OFF Ks	6.68
9.94	DEF HIT	8.01
2.57	DEF WALKS	2.67
5.93	DEF Ks	9.64

INJURIES

MINNESOTA TWINS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Aaron Hicks	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Darin Mastroianni	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Wilkin Ramirez	OF	7-Day Disabled List
Tim Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

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

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

MINNESOTA	DETROIT
Minnesota Star Tribune	Detroit Free Press

BETTING TRENDS

MINNESOTA TWINS

No trends to report

DETROIT TIGERS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

SCOTT DIAMOND (L) ERA: 5.29 W/L: 4-6

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/14/2013	DET	L	0-4	U	5⅔	-100
06/09/2013	WSH	L	0-7	U	4⅔	-100
06/02/2013	SEA	W	10-0	O	6	100

RICK PORCELLO (R) ERA: 4.50 W/L: 4-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/14/2013	MIN	W	4-0	U	7	100
06/08/2013	CLE	W	6-4	O	6	100
06/02/2013	BAL	L	2-4	U	6	-114

Minnesota Twins's relievers have pitched 13⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Detroit Tigers's relievers have pitched 11⅓ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/04/2012	Wed	MIN	1	DET	5	DET	-265	8½	U	B Duensing	J Verlander
07/03/2012	Tue	MIN	8	DET	6	MIN	-162	10½	O	N Blackburn	D Below
07/02/2012	Mon	MIN	6	DET	4	MIN	-163	9½	O	L Hendriks	D Fister
05/27/2012	Sun	DET	4	MIN	3	DET	105	9½	U	R Porcello	P Walters
05/26/2012	Sat	DET	6	MIN	3	DET	128	8½	O	M Scherzer	C Pavano
05/25/2012	Fri	DET	10	MIN	6	DET	122	8½	O	D Smyly	A Swarzak
05/17/2012	Thu	MIN	4	DET	3	MIN	-210	8½	U	P Walters	D Fister
05/16/2012	Wed	MIN	11	DET	7	MIN	-170	9½	O	N Blackburn	R Porcello
09/11/2011	Sun	MIN	1	DET	2	DET	-247	8½	U	S Diamond	D Fister
09/10/2011	Sat	MIN	2	DET	3	DET	-215	9	U	A Swarzak	M Scherzer

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TWINS

Twins have the worst hits allowed in the league, allowing 9.9 per game.

Twins are second best in walks allowed in the league at 2.6 per game.

Twins trail the league in K's with 5.9 per game.

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.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/04/2012	Wed	1	at DET	5	L	-265	8½	B Duensing	4⅓	J Verlander
07/03/2012	Tue	8	at DET	6	W	-162	10½	N Blackburn	4	D Below
07/02/2012	Mon	6	at DET	4	W	-163	9½	L Hendriks	4	D Fister
07/01/2012	Sun	10	KC	8	W	-139	8	F Liriano	5⅓	B Chen
06/30/2012	Sat	5	KC	1	W	121	9	C De Vries	6	L Hochevar

DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/04/2012	Wed	5	MIN	1	W	-265	8½	J Verlander	9	B Duensing
07/03/2012	Tue	6	MIN	8	L	-162	10½	D Below	2⅔	N Blackburn
07/02/2012	Mon	4	MIN	6	L	-163	9½	D Fister	4	L Hendriks
07/01/2012	Sun	5	at TB	3	W	-112	8	D Smyly	5	A Cobb
06/30/2012	Sat	6	at TB	2	W	-117	8½	R Porcello	7	J Hellickson

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Minnesota's Overall Scoring vs Detroit's Overall Defense	4.1	10	3.7	2
Minnesota's Away Scoring vs Detroit's Home Defense	3.8	13	3.5	1
Minnesota's Road ERA vs Detroit's Home ERA Allowed	4.5	13	5.5	1
Detroit's Overall Scoring vs Minnesota's Overall Defense	5.0	2	4.5	10
Detroit's Home Scoring vs Minnesota's Road Defense	5.6	1	4.6	12
Detroit's Home ERA vs Minnesota's Road ERA Allowed	3.4	4	3.2	14

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

MINNESOTA TWINS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	31-36	17-17	14-19	6-6	25-30	30-36-1	5-5	26-31
vs Div	11-17	5-5	6-12	1-2	10-15	10-17-1	1-1	10-16
Last 10	5-5	4-3	1-2	2-0	3-5	3-7	2-1	3-4
vs AL	23-27	12-13	11-14	4-4	19-23	22-27-1	3-2	20-25
vs NL	8-9	5-4	3-5	2-2	6-7	8-9	2-3	6-6

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

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

SCOTT DIAMOND VS. DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/14/2013	4-0	DET	5⅔	5	4	4	2	1	L
05/23/2013	7-6	DET	5⅔	9	3	3	1	5	ND
05/01/2013	6-2	MIN	6	4	2	2	1	3	W
09/28/2012	4-2	MIN	7⅓	6	2	1	0	1	ND
09/23/2012	10-4	MIN	7	4	2	2	3	5	W

RICK PORCELLO VS. MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/14/2013	4-0	DET	7	3	0	0	0	5	W
05/23/2013	7-6	DET	5	10	5	5	1	2	ND
04/04/2013	8-2	MIN	5⅓	6	3	3	2	2	L
07/05/2012	7-3	DET	3⅔	12	3	3	1	0	ND
05/27/2012	4-3	DET	6	9	3	3	3	2	ND