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MLB Matchup
Tigers vs Athletics Game Time: 10:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Oakland Coliseum Surface: Grass

Detroit
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/04/11		Cws	18-2	N/g	-130	-141	8.5+100	8.5-105	Scherzer,ma	W	O
9/05/11	At	Cle	4-2	D/g	-120	-120	8.5+100	8.0+100	Fister,do	W	U
9/06/11	At	Cle	10-1	N/g	-110	-110	8.5-110	8.5-115	Porcello,ri	W	O
9/07/11	At	Cle	8-6	D/g	+150	+160	7.0-110	6.5-120	Verlander,ju	W	O
9/09/11		Min	8-4	N/g	-145	-161	9.5-110	9.5-120	Penny,br	W	O
9/10/11		Min	3-2	D/g	-180	-220	8.5-110	8.5-120	Scherzer,ma	W	U
9/11/11		Min	2-1	D/g	-220	-250	8.5-115	8.5-120	Fister,do	W	U
9/12/11	At	Cws	14-4	N/g	-122	-117	9.0+105	9.0+100	Porcello,ri	W	O
9/13/11	At	Cws	5-0	N/g	+170	+170	7.0-120	7.0-120	Verlander,ju	W	U
9/14/11	At	Cws	6-5	D/g	-109	-113	9.5-110	9.5-115	Penny,br	W	O
Oakland
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/04/11		Sea	8-5	D/g	-160	-170	8.0+100	8.5-110	Cahill,tr	W	O
9/05/11		Kc	6-11	D/g	-165	-160	8.5-115	8.5-110	Harden,ri	L	O
9/06/11		Kc	4-7	N/g	-165	-175	8.0-110	8.0-115	Gonzalez,gi	L	O
9/07/11		Kc	7-0	D/g	-142	-145	8.5-115	8.5-120	Moscoso,gu	W	U
9/09/11	At	Tex	4-13	N/g	-165	-185	8.5-110	9.0-110	Mccarthy,br	L	O
9/10/11	At	Tex	8-7	D/g	-170	-183	9.0-120	9.0-115	Cahill,tr	W	O
9/11/11	At	Tex	1-8	D/g	-205	-260	9.0-120	9.5-105	Outman,jo	L	U
9/12/11		Laa	6-3	N/g	-140	-140	8.0+100	8.0+100	Gonzalez,gi	W	O
9/13/11		Laa	3-6	N/g	-130	-110	7.0-110	7.5-120	Moscoso,gu	L	O
9/14/11		Laa	1-4	D/g	+138	+143	7.0-125	7.0-125	Harden,ri	L	U

Head-To-Head

9.0+100

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/28/10	Oak	4-5	N/g	-130	-105	9.0-110	9.0-125	Ziegler,br	L	P
5/29/10	Oak	0-6	N/g	-135	-120	9.0-120	Anderson,br	L	U
5/30/10	Oak	10-2	D/g	-115	-128	9.0-110	9.0+115	Scherzer,ma	W	O
5/31/10	Oak	1-4	D/g	-185	-180	8.0+100	7.5-135	Cahill,tr	L	U
4/14/11	Det	0-3	N/g	-150	-152	7.5+100	7.5+105	Coke,ph	L	U
4/15/11	Det	4-8	N/g	-140	-135	8.5-110	8.0-105	Villarreal,b	L	O
4/16/11	Det	6-2	N/g	+115	+110	6.5-120	6.5-120	Braden,da	W	O
4/17/11	Det	5-1	D/g	-165	-150	7.5-130	8.0-105	Cahill,tr	W	U
7/19/11	Oak	8-3	N/g	-140	-140	8.5-110	9.0-120	Porcello,ri	W	O
7/20/11	Oak	5-7	N/g	-120	-125	9.0-110	9.0-110	Devine,jo	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		45-29	+611	42-33	+1124	87-62	+1735
Last	10	4-0	+400	6-0	+620	10-0	+1020
Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		40-34	-346	27-48	-1381	67-82	-1727
Last	10	3-4	-245	1-2	-27	4-6	-272
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		36-22	51-40	74-58	13-4	59-34	21-27
Oakland		28-30	39-52	59-75	8-7	38-34	28-42

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		36-31	+130	41-30	+695	77-61	+825
Last	10	2-2	-40	4-2	+180	6-4	+140
Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		41-26	+1175	35-36	-440	76-62	+735
Last	10	5-2	+255	2-1	+95	7-3	+350

Away Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- SCHERZER,MAX (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	13	7	4	76.0	83	44	43	25	72	5.09	1	2	6	2	5	4	2	0
Home	17	7	4	103.1	104	46	42	27	82	3.66	3	2	4	2	7	4	0	0
Total	30	14	8	179.1	187	90	85	52	154	4.27	4	4	10	4	12	8	2	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR SCHERZER,MAX
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
30	85.2	43	41	4.31	86	37	69	6	5	3	9	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/19/11	CLE	4-1	W	7.0	1	1	5	1	6	0	-135	-137	8.5-115	9.0-110
8/24/11	at TB	2-3		5.0	2	2	4	2	4	1	+100	-107	8.5-110	8.5-110
8/29/11	KC	5-9	L	3.0	7	7	10	1	2	3	-165	-175	8.5-110	8.5-110
9/04/11	CWS	18-2	W	7.0	0	0	5	0	6	0	-130	-141	8.5+100	8.5-105
9/10/11	MIN	3-2		7.0	2	2	5	3	6	1	-180	-220	8.5-110	8.5-120

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
5/30/10	OAK	10-2	W	5.2	0	0	2	4	14	0	-115	-128	9.0-110	9.0+115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/10/11	MIN	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
9/11/11	MIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
9/12/11	at CWS	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
9/13/11	at CWS	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/14/11	at CWS	4.0	0	0	0.00	1	2	6	0	1	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

OAKLAND ATHLETICS -- MCCARTHY,BRANDON (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	11	3	5	77.2	80	37	34	11	53	3.94	1	0	2	5	1	5	2	0
Home	11	5	3	71.0	69	30	23	12	55	2.92	3	1	2	2	5	3	0	0
Total	22	8	8	148.2	149	67	57	23	108	3.45	4	1	4	7	6	8	2	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR MCCARTHY,BRANDON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
18	47.1	31	22	4.18	47	24	38	6	2	4	5	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/17/11	BAL	6-5	W	6.0	4	4	8	2	3	1	-153	-159	8.5-105	8.5-105
8/23/11	at NYY	6-5	W	7.2	3	3	8	3	6	1	-200	-200	9.0-120	9.5+110
8/29/11	at CLE	1-2	L	8.0	2	2	5	1	10	1	-125	-107	8.5-105	8.0-110
9/03/11	SEA	3-0	W	9.0	0	0	3	0	10	0	-130	-136	7.0-115	7.0-130
9/09/11	at TEX	4-13	L	6.0	4	2	5	1	5	0	-165	-185	8.5-110	9.0-110

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
4/15/11	DET	4-8		6.2	0	0	6	1	7	0	-140	-135	8.5-110	8.0-105
7/20/11	at DET	7-5		5.0	4	4	6	1	4	0	-120	-125	9.0-110	9.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/10/11	at TEX	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
9/11/11	at TEX	3.1	4	4	10.80	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
9/12/11	LAA	2.1	1	1	3.86	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
9/13/11	LAA	4.1	3	3	6.23	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
9/14/11	LAA	3.2	1	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Thu, Sep 15 5:00 AM EST

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