MLB Matchup of

Match Up: Detroit Tigers VS Texas Rangers

DETROITTIGERS (26-19)

TEXASRANGERS (30-17)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
DET	27-19	-$220	4-6	23-13	26-15	1-4	28-17-1
TEX	30-17	$837	11-5	19-12	24-15	6-2	17-28-2

Smart Chart

DET	TEAM	TEX
5.44	RUNS	4.62
4.20	RUNS AGAINST	3.60
1.24	DIFF	1.02
-$320	MONEY	$837
3.88	TEAM ERA	3.48
10.38	OFF HITS	9.11
3.67	OFF WALKS	2.91
7.00	OFF Ks	6.15
8.51	DEF HIT	7.91
2.89	DEF WALKS	2.96
9.73	DEF Ks	8.17

INJURIES

DETROIT TIGERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Octavio Dotel	P	15-Day Disabled List
Austin Jackson	OF	15-Day Disabled List

TEXAS RANGERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Neftali Feliz	P	60-Day Disabled List
Matt Harrison	P	15-Day Disabled List
Ian Kinsler	2B	15-Day Disabled List
Colby Lewis	P	15-Day Disabled List
Justin Miller	P	60-Day Disabled List
Alexi Ogando	P	15-Day Disabled List
Joakim Soria	P	15-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch	P	Day-to-Day (hand)

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

DETROIT	TEXAS
Detroit Free Press	Dallas FW Star Telegram

BETTING TRENDS

DETROIT TIGERS

No trends to report

TEXAS RANGERS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

RICK PORCELLO (R) ERA: 6.59 W/L: 2-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/23/2013	MIN	W	7-6	O	5	100
05/17/2013	TEX	W	2-1	U	5⅔	110
05/12/2013	CLE	L	3-4	U	6	-143

YU DARVISH (R) ERA: 2.84 W/L: 7-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/21/2013	OAK	L	0-1	U	6	-205
05/16/2013	DET	W	10-4	O	8	100
05/11/2013	HOU	W	8-7	O	7	100

Detroit Tigers's relievers have pitched 7⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Texas Rangers's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/11/2012	Sat	DET	1	TEX	2	TEX	124	9	U	J Verlander	D Holland
08/10/2012	Fri	DET	6	TEX	2	DET	-131	10	U	M Scherzer	S Feldman
06/27/2012	Wed	DET	9	TEX	13	TEX	-135	10½	O	D Fister	R Oswalt
06/26/2012	Tue	DET	5	TEX	7	TEX	-182	10	O	D Smyly	Y Darvish
06/25/2012	Mon	DET	8	TEX	2	DET	-148	11	U	R Porcello	J Grimm
04/22/2012	Sun	TEX	3	DET	2	TEX	117	9	U	C Lewis	D Smyly
04/21/2012	Sat	TEX	2	DET	3	DET	-165	7	U	N Feliz	J Verlander
04/21/2012	Sat	TEX	10	DET	4	TEX	-103	8½	O	M Harrison	R Porcello
04/19/2012	Thu	TEX	10	DET	3	TEX	122	9	O	Y Darvish	A Wilk
10/15/2011	Sat	DET	5	TEX	15	TEX	-160	9	O	M Scherzer	D Holland

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TIGERS

Tigers are the highest scoring team in the league at 5.4 runs per game.

Tigers lead the league in hits with 10.4 per game.

Tigers have the third-most base on balls in the league at 3.7 per game.

Tigers lead the league in K's with 9.7 per game.

RANGERS

Rangers strike out less than any team in the league with 6.1 per game.

Rangers are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.6 runs per game.

Rangers are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 7.9 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/11/2012	Sat	1	at TEX	2	L	124	9	J Verlander	7	D Holland
08/10/2012	Fri	6	at TEX	2	W	-131	10	M Scherzer	6	S Feldman
08/09/2012	Thu	3	NYY	4	L	-116	8½	D Fister	6⅓	H Kuroda
08/08/2012	Wed	8	NYY	12	L	123	8½	A Sanchez	3	C Sabathia
08/07/2012	Tue	6	NYY	5	W	-102	9½	R Porcello	6⅔	P Hughes

TEXAS RANGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/11/2012	Sat	2	DET	1	W	124	9	D Holland	7⅔	J Verlander
08/10/2012	Fri	2	DET	6	L	-131	10	S Feldman	5⅔	M Scherzer
08/08/2012	Wed	10	at BOS	9	W	103	9½	M Harrison	4⅔	J Beckett
08/07/2012	Tue	6	at BOS	3	W	-112	9½	R Dempster	6⅔	J Lester
08/06/2012	Mon	2	at BOS	9	L	136	10	Y Darvish	6⅔	A Cook

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Detroit's Overall Scoring vs Texas's Overall Defense	5.4	1	3.6	1
Detroit's Away Scoring vs Texas's Home Defense	4.8	5	3.1	1
Detroit's Road ERA vs Texas's Home ERA Allowed	3.7	4	5.3	2
Texas's Overall Scoring vs Detroit's Overall Defense	4.6	6	4.2	5
Texas's Home Scoring vs Detroit's Road Defense	5.1	2	4.2	8
Texas's Home ERA vs Detroit's Road ERA Allowed	3.0	1	4.2	5

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

DETROIT TIGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	27-19	15-7	12-12	26-15	1-4	28-17-1	4-6	23-13
vs Div	9-6	6-4	3-2	9-6	0-0	7-8	1-1	8-5
Last 10	6-4	3-1	3-3	5-2	1-2	5-5	1-2	5-2
vs AL	24-17	12-7	12-10	23-13	1-4	24-16-1	2-6	22-11
vs NL	3-2	3-0	0-2	3-2	0-0	4-1	2-0	1-2

TEXAS RANGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	30-17	15-7	15-10	24-15	6-2	17-28-2	11-5	19-12
vs Div	17-8	6-3	11-5	14-6	3-2	11-13-1	6-1	11-7
Last 10	6-4	4-3	2-1	4-3	2-1	4-6	0-0	6-4
vs AL	28-14	15-7	13-7	23-12	5-2	15-25-2	10-5	18-9
vs NL	2-3	0-0	2-3	1-3	1-0	2-3	1-0	1-3

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

RICK PORCELLO VS. TEXAS RANGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/17/2013	2-1	DET	5⅔	5	1	1	1	6	W
08/12/2012	8-3	TEX	6	9	6	4	0	1	L
06/25/2012	8-2	DET	6	6	1	1	3	7	W
04/21/2012	10-4	TEX	1	10	9	8	1	1	L
10/12/2011	7-3	TEX	6⅔	8	3	2	0	6	ND

YU DARVISH VS. DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/16/2013	10-4	TEX	8	7	4	4	1	6	W
08/12/2012	8-3	TEX	6⅔	6	3	3	5	8	W
06/26/2012	7-5	TEX	7	4	4	4	1	10	W
04/19/2012	10-3	TEX	6⅓	2	1	1	5	5	W