MLB Baseball Matchup of Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Progressive Field

Match Up: Detroit Tigers VS Cleveland Indians

DETROITTIGERS (38-29)

CLEVELANDINDIANS (34-34)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
DET	39-29	-$450	7-7	32-22	38-25	1-4	36-31-1
CLE	34-35	$379	12-13	22-22	16-8	18-27	33-32-4

Smart Chart

DET	TEAM	CLE
5.01	RUNS	4.68
3.75	RUNS AGAINST	4.53
1.27	DIFF	0.15
-$550	MONEY	$479
3.51	TEAM ERA	4.32
9.96	OFF HITS	8.65
3.61	OFF WALKS	3.24
6.75	OFF Ks	8.56
8.01	DEF HIT	8.28
2.66	DEF WALKS	3.62
9.64	DEF Ks	8.35

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

CLEVELAND INDIANS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	15-Day Disabled List
Frank Herrmann	P	60-Day Disabled List
Lou Marson	C	15-Day Disabled List
Zach McAllister	P	15-Day Disabled List
Brett Myers	P	60-Day Disabled List
Chris Perez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Nick Swisher	1B	Day-to-Day (shoulder)
Josh Tomlin	P	60-Day Disabled List
Blake Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

DETROIT	CLEVELAND
Detroit Free Press	Cleveland Plain Dealer

BETTING TRENDS

DETROIT TIGERS

No trends to report

CLEVELAND INDIANS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

MAX SCHERZER (R) ERA: 3.19 W/L: 9-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/17/2013	BAL	W	5-1	U	6	100
06/11/2013	KC	W	3-2	U	7	100
06/06/2013	TB	W	5-2	U	7	100

DEREK LOWE (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
07/31/2012	KC	L	3-8	O	2⅓	-100
07/25/2012	DET	L	3-5	U	6	-100
07/20/2012	BAL	L	2-10	O	3	-128

Detroit Tigers's relievers have pitched 5⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Cleveland Indians's relievers have pitched 7⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/24/2012	Tue	DET	2	CLE	3	CLE	111	8½	U	D Fister	U Jimenez
06/07/2012	Thu	CLE	5	DET	7	DET	-119	9½	O	D Lowe	C Crosby
06/06/2012	Wed	CLE	9	DET	6	CLE	-161	9	O	J Gomez	M Scherzer
06/05/2012	Tue	CLE	4	DET	2	CLE	-157	9	U	U Jimenez	D Smyly
05/24/2012	Thu	DET	1	CLE	2	CLE	150	7	U	J Verlander	J Masterson
05/23/2012	Wed	DET	2	CLE	4	CLE	100	8½	U	D Fister	Z McAllister
05/22/2012	Tue	DET	3	CLE	5	CLE	-116	9	U	R Porcello	U Jimenez
09/28/2011	Wed	CLE	4	DET	5	DET	-182	9½	U	Z McAllister	R Porcello
09/27/2011	Tue	CLE	6	DET	9	DET	-175	9	O	J Gomez	M Scherzer
09/26/2011	Mon	CLE	0	DET	14	DET	-150	8	O	U Jimenez	D Fister

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 third best in the league in times striking out with 6.7 per game.

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.

INDIANS

Indians are second worst in K's per game with 8.6.

Indians are second worst in walks allowed in the league at 3.6 per game.

Indians are third in the league in striking out opponents with 8.4 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/24/2012	Tue	2	at CLE	3	L	111	8½	D Fister	7	U Jimenez
07/22/2012	Sun	6	CHW	4	W	-126	10	J Turner	5⅓	P Humber
07/21/2012	Sat	7	CHW	1	W	105	8½	R Porcello	8	C Sale
07/20/2012	Fri	4	CHW	2	W	-169	7	J Verlander	8	J Peavy
07/19/2012	Thu	5	LAA	1	W	-147	9	M Scherzer	7	J Williams

CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/24/2012	Tue	3	DET	2	W	111	8½	U Jimenez	6	D Fister
07/23/2012	Mon	3	BAL	1	W	-147	9	J Masterson	7⅓	T Hunter
07/22/2012	Sun	3	BAL	4	L	-120	9½	J Tomlin	6	Z Britton
07/21/2012	Sat	1	BAL	3	L	-155	9	Z McAllister	7⅔	C Tillman
07/20/2012	Fri	2	BAL	10	L	-128	9½	D Lowe	3	M Gonzalez

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Detroit's Overall Scoring vs Cleveland's Overall Defense	5.0	2	4.5	10
Detroit's Away Scoring vs Cleveland's Home Defense	4.4	7	4.3	8
Detroit's Road ERA vs Cleveland's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	4	4.6	4
Cleveland's Overall Scoring vs Detroit's Overall Defense	4.7	5	3.8	2
Cleveland's Home Scoring vs Detroit's Road Defense	4.6	7	3.9	4
Cleveland's Home ERA vs Detroit's Road ERA Allowed	4.0	9	4.0	7

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

DETROIT TIGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	39-29	23-10	16-19	38-25	1-4	36-31-1	7-7	32-22
vs Div	16-10	10-5	6-5	16-10	0-0	10-16	2-1	14-9
Last 10	7-3	4-0	3-3	7-3	0-0	3-7	1-0	6-3
vs AL	35-24	19-9	16-15	34-20	1-4	30-28-1	4-6	31-18
vs NL	4-5	4-1	0-4	4-5	0-0	6-3	3-1	1-4

CLEVELAND INDIANS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	34-35	20-14	14-21	16-8	18-27	33-32-4	12-13	22-22
vs Div	9-12	4-5	5-7	4-1	5-11	10-10-1	4-2	5-10
Last 10	4-6	2-2	2-4	1-0	3-6	3-7	2-1	2-5
vs AL	27-31	14-13	13-18	13-7	14-24	29-25-4	9-13	18-18
vs NL	7-4	6-1	1-3	3-1	4-3	4-7	3-0	4-4

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

MAX SCHERZER VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/21/2013	5-1	DET	8	2	1	1	1	7	W
05/10/2013	10-4	DET	8	5	4	4	0	7	W
08/05/2012	10-8	DET	5	10	4	4	1	9	ND
07/25/2012	5-3	DET	7	3	2	2	4	8	W
06/06/2012	9-6	CLE	4⅓	7	8	5	3	2	L

DEREK LOWE VS. DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/25/2012	5-3	DET	6	8	5	4	3	1	L
06/07/2012	7-5	DET	5	9	7	7	1	4	L
06/13/2008	5-0	DET	7	8	3	2	0	5	L
06/06/2005	5-3	LA	8	5	3	1	1	5	W
08/27/2004	5-3	BOS	8	7	3	3	0	7	W