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Detroit Tigers 08-20-2008
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| Breaking News | | Tuesday, August 12th, 2008: Detroit's Peavy in Shutout Victory
In an impressive mound performance, Jake Peavy of the Detroit Tigers checked the Minnesota Twins on a 4-hitter and held them scoreless.
"He was getting ahead of us and keeping the ball off the plate," according to the Minnesota manager.
"Peavy kept us confused the whole game."
The Detroit hurler rang up 8 strikeouts and issued 1 walk in his 4-0 shutout victory.
Up to now Peavy has compiled an ERA of 4.86 with a 10-3 mark over 18 starts. He has 136 strikeouts in 126 innings and has held opponents to a .264 batting average. |
| Monday, August 11th, 2008: AL Names Tigers Second Baseman Winner
All week long Placido Polanco made the highlight reels and made headlines -- his name and face were everywhere. So it was no surprise to anyone when he was chosen the American League's Player of the Week for his standout performance.
Polanco put up a solid set of stats, compiling a .481 average (13-27) and contributing 3 home runs and 7 RBIs to claim the honor.
So far this year Polanco has hit .356 with 7 home runs, 49 RBIs and scored 78 runs. |
| Monday, July 14th, 2008: Ordonez Wins AL Player of the Week
The votes have been cast and counted and the winner of the American League Player of the Week has been chosen. It was presented earlier today to Magglio Ordonez for his red-hot week of hitting.
The Detroit right fielder took home the trophy by splurging with 15 hits in 25 at-bats for a .600 batting average, driving in 8 runs and scoring 5 times.
Ordonez is hitting .323 in 2008 with 57 RBIs and 12 home runs.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 68-52, .567 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 32-24, .571 PCT | | Record on the road | 36-28, .563 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-4, .556 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 23-17, .575 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 26-12, .684 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 42-40, .512 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 11-11, .500 PCT | | Record in May | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record in June | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 13-11, .542 PCT | | Record in August | 12-6, .667 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .281 - 2nd in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .332 - 9th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .428 - 5th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .760 - 6th in AL | | Runs Scored | 604 - 6th in AL | | Hits | 1187 - 2nd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 379 - 6th in AL | | Home Runs | 100 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 310 - 14th in AL | | Strikeouts | 813 - 5th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 133 - 3rd in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.03 - 5th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.26 - 5th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.56 - 3rd in AL | | Runs allowed | 541 - 5th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1077 - 5th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .259 - 5th in AL | | BABIP | .310 - 6th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 89 - tied for 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 398 - 9th in AL | | Strikeouts | 885 - 7th in AL |
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