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Rays vs Tigers Game Time: 1:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Comerica Park Surface: Grass

Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/19/09		Bal	3-1	N/t	-240	-220	9.5-125	9.5-105	Niemann,je	W	U
8/20/09		Bal	7-8	N/t	-300	-280	9.0-125	9.5+100	Shields,ja	L	O
8/21/09		Tex	5-3	N/t	-155	-170	9.5-105	9.5+105	Kazmir,sc	W	U
8/22/09		Tex	5-4	N/t	-168	-170	9.0+110	8.5-125	Garza,ma	W	O
8/23/09		Tex	0-4	D/t	-160	-145	9.0-115	9.0-120	Price,da	L	U
8/24/09	At	Tor	12-7	N/t	-160	-130	8.0-115	7.5-120	Niemann,je	W	O
8/25/09	At	Tor	7-3	N/t	+127	+125	8.5-125	9.0-110	Shields,ja	W	O
8/26/09	At	Tor	2-3	N/t	+120	+105	9.0-115	9.0-115	Kazmir,sc	L	U
8/28/09	At	Det	2-6	N/g	+105	+115	8.5-120	9.0-105	Garza,ma	L	U
8/29/09	At	Det	3-1	D/g	+130	+125	9.5+100	9.5-115	Price,da	W	U
Detroit
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/19/09		Sea	1-3	N/g	-270	-280	8.5+105	8.5-105	Verlander,ju	L	U
8/20/09		Sea	7-6	D/g	-165	-165	8.5-115	8.5-105	Washburn,ja	W	O
8/21/09	At		Oak	3-2	N/g	+128	+125	8.5-110	8.0-110	Jackson,ed	W	U
8/22/09	At	Oak	2-3	N/g	-102	-107	9.0+100	8.5-120	Galarraga,ar	L	U
8/23/09	At	Oak	4-9	D/g	+115	+113	9.0+105	9.0+105	Porcello,ri	L	O
8/24/09	At	Laa	10-7	N/g	-123	-123	8.5-115	8.5-105	Verlander,ju	W	O
8/25/09	At	Laa	5-3	N/g	-170	-175	9.0+100	9.0-105	Washburn,ja	W	U
8/26/09	At	Laa	2-4	D/g	-113	-124	9.5+100	10.0-115	Jackson,ed	L	U
8/28/09		Tb	6-2	N/g	+105	+115	8.5-120	9.0-105	Porcello,ri	W	U
8/29/09		Tb	1-3	D/g	+130	+125	9.5+100	9.5-115	Robertson,na	L	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
8/01/08	Det	5-2	N/t	-175	-170	8.0-110	8.5-125	Balfour,gr	W	U
8/02/08	Det	9-3	N/t	-125	-125	10.0-120	9.5-110	Sonnanstine	W	O
8/03/08	Det	6-5	D/t	-153	-153	8.0-130	8.5+100	Miller,tr	W	O
9/25/08	Tb	7-5	D/g	+125	+125	8.5+100	8.5-105	Galarraga,ar	W	O
9/26/08	Tb	6-4	N/g	-105	-110	9.0-120	9.0-120	Verlander,ju	W	O
9/27/08	Tb	4-3	N/g	-105	-110	10.5-110	10.5-105	Lopez,aq	W	U
9/28/08	Tb	7-8	D/g	-125	-115	9.0-120	9.0-120	Jackson,ed	L	O
8/28/09	Tb	6-2	N/g	+105	+115	8.5-120	9.0-105	Porcello,ri	W	U
8/29/09	Tb	1-3	D/g	+130	+125	9.5+100	9.5-115	Price,da	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		42-21	+1060	28-37	-993	70-58	+67
Last	10	3-2	-125	3-2	+80	6-4	-45
Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		41-21	+1164	27-39	-1074	68-60	+90
Last	10	2-2	-165	3-3	+52	5-5	-113
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Tampa	Bay	22-19	48-39	21-32	49-26	50-42	18-12
Detroit		27-18	41-42	66-52	2-8	46-27	18-30

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		29-30	-485	27-37	-1420	56-67	-1905
Last	10	2-3	-130	2-3	-135	4-6	-265
Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		27-33	-955	24-40	-1970	51-73	-2925
Last	10	1-3	-225	2-4	-250	3-7	-475

Away Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- NIEMANN,JEFF (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	15	7	3	82.2	81	43	41	35	49	4.46	0	2	7	1	4	2	3	1
Home	8	5	2	54.0	50	19	16	12	39	2.67	1	0	4	2	0	0	5	2
Total	23	12	5	136.2	131	62	57	47	88	3.75	1	2	11	3	4	2	8	3

2009 BULLPEN FOR NIEMANN,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	68.0	31	31	4.10	64	19	64	10	4	2	5	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/01/09	KC	7-1	W	8.0	1	1	4	0	7	1	-230	-300	10.0-110	10.0+105
8/07/09	at SEA	6-7		6.1	4	4	5	1	5	2	-140	-127	7.5+100	7.5-110
8/12/09	at LAA	5-10		5.1	4	4	7	3	4	0	+110	+113	10.0-110	10.0-110
8/19/09	BAL	3-1	W	7.1	1	1	7	1	5	1	-240	-220	9.5-125	9.5-105
8/24/09	at TOR	12-7	W	6.1	6	5	8	3	3	1	-160	-130	8.0-115	7.5-120

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/24/09	at TOR	2.2	1	1	3.38	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
8/25/09	at TOR	2.1	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/26/09	at TOR	2.2	2	2	6.75	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	1
8/28/09	at DET	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/29/09	at DET	1.2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- VERLANDER,JUSTIN (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	15	7	5	96.1	100	49	47	23	113	4.39	2	2	5	3	7	4	0	1
Home	12	7	2	84.2	63	26	21	27	98	2.23	4	0	3	2	7	2	0	0
Total	27	14	7	181.0	163	75	68	50	211	3.38	6	2	8	5	14	6	0	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR VERLANDER,JUSTIN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
24	55.0	38	38	6.22	68	29	54	6	3	3	8	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/03/09	BAL	6-5		8.0	5	5	9	1	8	1	-220	-260	8.5+100	8.5+100
8/08/09	MIN	0-11	L	6.0	5	5	7	2	6	1	-200	-185	8.5-120	8.5-110
8/13/09	at BOS	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	8	0	+105	-105	9.0-125	9.0-105
8/19/09	SEA	1-3	L	8.0	3	3	6	1	10	1	-270	-280	8.5+105	8.5-105
8/24/09	at LAA	10-7	W	5.2	4	4	10	2	7	0	-123	-123	8.5-115	8.5-105

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/26/08	TB	6-4	W	5.0	2	2	5	3	8	0	-105	-110	9.0-120	9.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/24/09	at LAA	3.1	3	3	8.10	5	2	5	1	0	0	1	0
8/25/09	at LAA	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
8/26/09	at LAA	1.2	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/28/09	TB	3.1	1	1	2.70	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
8/29/09	TB	5.0	1	0	0.00	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Aug 30 5:01 AM EST

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