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MLB Matchup
Tigers vs Twins Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Target Field Surface: Grass

Detroit
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/17/11		Min	5-6	N/g	-141	-140	9.5-105	9.0-110	Penny,br	L	O
8/19/11		Cle	4-1	N/g	-135	-137	8.5-115	9.0-110	Scherzer,ma	W	U
8/20/11		Cle	10-1	N/g	-135	-138	9.0-115	9.0-115	Fister,do	W	O
8/21/11		Cle	8-7	D/g	-120	-108	9.0+100	9.0+105	Porcello,ri	W	O
8/22/11	At	Tb	5-2	N/t	+130	+115	7.0-110	7.0-105	Verlander,ju	W	P
8/23/11	At	Tb	2-1	N/t	-190	-190	8.0-120	8.0-115	Penny,br	W	U
8/24/11	At	Tb	2-3	N/t	+100	-107	8.5-110	8.5-110	Scherzer,ma	L	U
8/25/11	At	Tb	2-0	D/t	-140	-168	8.0+100	7.5-115	Fister,do	W	U
8/26/11	At	Min	8-1	N/t	+117	+125	9.5+105	9.5+105	Porcello,ri	W	U
8/27/11	At	Min	6-4	D/t	+185	+190	7.5+100	7.5+110	Verlander,ju	W	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/18/11		Nyy	4-8	N/t	+185	+200	8.0-110	8.0+100	Duensing,br	L	O
8/19/11		Nyy	1-8	N/t	+158	+147	9.0-110	9.0-110	Slowey,ke	L	P
8/20/11		Nyy	9-4	N/t	+135	+128	9.0-110	9.0-105	Liriano,fr	W	O
8/21/11		Nyy	0-3	D/t	+160	+156	9.5-110	9.0-110	Blackburn,ni	L	U
8/22/11		Bal	1-4	N/t	-130	-137	8.5-110	8.5-115	Pavano,ca	L	U
8/23/11		Bal	1-8	N/t	-140	-140	9.0-110	9.0+100	Duensing,br	L	P
8/24/11		Bal	1-6	N/t	-125	-135	9.0-110	8.5-120	Slowey,ke	L	U
8/25/11		Bal	1-6	D/t	-160	-169	9.0-105	9.0+110	Liriano,fr	L	U
8/26/11		Det	1-8	N/t	+117	+125	9.5+105	9.5+105	Diamond,sc	L	U
8/27/11		Det	4-6	D/t	+185	+190	7.5+100	7.5+110	Pavano,ca	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
6/01/11	Min	4-2	N/g	-150	-150	8.0-115	8.5-110	Porcello,ri	W	U
7/21/11	Det	2-6	N/t	+145	+151	7.5+100	7.5-110	Verlander,ju	L	O
7/22/11	Det	2-8	N/t	+105	+100	8.0-110	8.5-125	Scherzer,ma	L	O
7/23/11	Det	4-1	D/t	-130	-130	8.5-115	9.0-105	Baker,sc	W	U
7/24/11	Det	2-5	D/t	-125	-117	8.5-110	8.5-125	Porcello,ri	L	U
8/15/11	Min	6-9	N/g	-145	-140	8.5-115	9.0-110	Liriano,fr	L	O
8/16/11	Min	7-1	N/g	-250	-275	8.0+100	8.0+100	Verlander,ju	W	P
8/17/11	Min	5-6	N/g	-141	-140	9.5-105	9.0-110	Capps,ma	L	O
8/26/11	Det	1-8	N/t	+117	+125	9.5+105	9.5+105	Porcello,ri	L	U
8/27/11	Det	4-6	D/t	+185	+190	7.5+100	7.5+110	Verlander,ju	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-27	+162	36-32	+620	73-59	+782
Last	10	3-1	+160	5-1	+535	8-2	+695
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		28-39	-1344	27-38	+16	55-77	-1328
Last	10	1-9	-953	0-0	0	1-9	-953
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		29-20	44-39	60-56	13-3	50-31	17-27
Minnesota		20-27	35-50	25-33	30-44	14-21	37-52

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		30-28	-110	36-28	+415	66-56	+305
Last	10	3-1	+190	1-4	-345	4-5	-155
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		30-34	-680	29-32	-655	59-66	-1335
Last	10	3-5	-260	0-0	0	3-5	-260

Away Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- PENNY,BRAD (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	5	5	64.0	73	42	42	28	36	5.91	3	3	2	2	3	4	2	1
Home	14	4	4	87.1	103	41	39	20	24	4.02	3	3	1	1	4	4	0	0
Total	25	9	9	151.1	176	83	81	48	60	4.82	6	6	3	3	7	8	2	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR PENNY,BRAD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
25	67.2	33	30	3.99	61	38	73	5	3	4	8	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/28/11	LAA	7-12	L	3.1	7	7	9	1	0	1	-125	-133	9.0-115	9.5+100
8/04/11	TEX	2-5	L	6.2	5	4	11	3	0	0	+130	+138	9.0-105	8.5-115
8/12/11	at BAL	5-4	W	5.1	4	4	7	1	2	2	+105	+100	9.5-105	9.5-120
8/17/11	MIN	5-6		6.0	3	3	5	3	3	2	-141	-140	9.5-105	9.0-110
8/23/11	at TB	2-1	W	6.1	1	1	8	1	2	0	-190	-190	8.0-120	8.0-115

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
5/30/11	MIN	6-5		6.0	5	5	10	1	2	0	-160	-140	8.0-110	9.0-120
7/23/11	at MIN	1-4	L	7.0	4	4	7	3	4	1	-130	-130	8.5-115	9.0-105
8/17/11	MIN	5-6		6.0	3	3	5	3	3	2	-141	-140	9.5-105	9.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/23/11	at TB	2.2	0	0	0.00	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	0
8/24/11	at TB	4.2	1	1	1.93	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
8/25/11	at TB	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
8/26/11	at MIN	2.2	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/27/11	at MIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- DUENSING,BRIAN (L)
	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	12	3	6	74.2	81	33	32	19	59	3.86	2	2	1	4	2	6	1	0
Home	13	5	7	69.1	93	55	49	22	45	6.36	3	3	2	4	0	0	5	7
Total	25	8	13	144.0	174	88	81	41	104	5.06	5	5	3	8	2	6	6	7

2011 BULLPEN FOR DUENSING,BRIAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
24	75.2	37	31	3.69	67	21	36	7	2	2	5	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/02/11	at LAA	1-5	L	6.0	5	5	8	2	3	2	-160	-160	7.5-110	7.5-115
8/07/11	CWS	0-7	L	6.1	5	4	9	1	4	2	+105	+100	8.0-120	8.5-105
8/13/11	at CLE	1-3	L	6.2	3	3	9	2	9	1	-140	-126	8.5+105	8.0-115
8/18/11	NYY	4-8	L	5.0	6	6	10	1	1	3	+185	+200	8.0-110	8.0+100
8/23/11	BAL	1-8	L	2.0	7	7	9	1	2	1	-140	-140	9.0-110	9.0+100

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
8/31/10	DET	4-3		6.2	3	0	9	1	2	0	-155	-170	8.5-110	8.5-110
9/26/10	at DET	1-5	L	6.2	5	5	7	4	3	2	+110	-115	8.5-120	8.5-105
5/31/11	at DET	7-8		4.2	6	6	9	2	5	0	-165	-180	8.5+100	8.5-115
7/22/11	DET	2-8	L	4.2	7	7	9	1	7	2	+105	+100	8.0-110	8.5-125

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/23/11	BAL	7.0	1	1	1.29	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/24/11	BAL	4.1	1	1	2.08	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/25/11	BAL	7.0	5	5	6.43	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
8/26/11	DET	2.2	3	3	10.13	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/27/11	DET	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Aug 28 1:30 PM EST

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