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M. Thames
B. Inge
M. Joyce

C. Granderson
B. Inge

M. Ordonez
B. Inge

M. Cabrera
B. Inge

E. Renteria
R. Santiago

Rotation
1. J. Verlander
2. J. Bonderman
3. K. Rogers
4. N. Robertson
5. A. Galarraga
6. D. Willis

P. Polanco
R. Raburn

C. Guillen
M. Thames

DH
G. Sheffield
M. Thames

I. Rodriguez
D. K. Sardinha
V. Wilson

	Bullpen
	T. Jones (CL) A. Lopez Z. Miner C. Rapada B. Seay F. Cruceta F. Dolsi F. Rodney J. Zumaya D. Bautista

Last Updated: 5/5/2008

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Last Five Games

5/10 vs. NYY
Granderson	CF
Joyce	LF
Guillen	3B
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Sheffield	DH
Renteria	SS
Rodriguez	C
Santiago	2B

5/9 vs. NYY
Rodriguez	C
Polanco	2B
Guillen	3B
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Sheffield	LF
Renteria	SS
Thames	DH
Raburn	CF

5/8 vs. BOS
Granderson	CF
Polanco	2B
Guillen	3B
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Joyce	LF
Thames	DH
Inge	C
Santiago	SS

5/7 vs. BOS
Granderson	CF
Polanco	2B
Guillen	3B
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Sheffield	LF
Joyce	DH
Renteria	SS
Rodriguez	C

5/6 vs. BOS
Granderson	CF
Polanco	2B
Guillen	DH
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Sheffield	LF
Renteria	SS
Rodriguez	C
Inge	3B

Most Frequent Lineup
		Avg	HR	RBI
Granderson	CF	.246	5	10
Polanco	2B	.277	2	13
Sheffield	DH	.208	2	8
Ordonez	RF	.315	6	25
Cabrera	1B	.252	6	22
Guillen	3B	.295	3	15
Renteria	SS	.266	3	18
Rodriguez	C	.270	1	16
Jones	LF	.165	1	5

Notes

29 different lineups used this season.

Most frequent lineup used in 3 games.

Other Frequent Lineups

3 Game(s)
Rodriguez	C
Polanco	2B
Sheffield	DH
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	3B
Guillen	1B
Renteria	SS
Thames	LF
Inge	CF

3 Game(s)
Renteria	SS
Polanco	2B
Sheffield	DH
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	3B
Guillen	1B
Rodriguez	C
Jones	LF
Inge	CF

2 Game(s)
Thomas	CF
Rodriguez	C
Guillen	DH
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Jones	LF
Renteria	SS
Raburn	2B
Inge	3B

2 Game(s)
Thomas	CF
Polanco	2B
Guillen	1B
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	DH
Renteria	SS
Rodriguez	C
Jones	LF
Inge	3B

2 Game(s)
Granderson	CF
Polanco	2B
Sheffield	DH
Ordonez	RF
Cabrera	1B
Jones	LF
Renteria	SS
Rodriguez	C
Inge	3B

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	Nate Robertson, #29
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	1	4	40.2	6.64	11	31

News
The Tigers-Yankees game scheduled for Sunday in Detroit was postponed because of rain. No makeup date has been announced. Because of the delay, the Tigers have pushed back their rotation. Nate Robertson, who was supposed to pitch Sunday, will now open a three-game series against the Royals Tuesday. He will be followed by the original Tuesday starter Justin Verlander on Wednesday and Kenny Rogers will close out the series Thursday.

	Ramon Santiago, #39
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	13	.357	6	1	9	0

Position Breakdown
2B - 7, SS - 4, 3B - 1

	Denny Bautista, #52
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	0	1	13.1	4.05	0	8

Injuries
Shoulder - 15-day DL. Out until at least late May (Updated - 5/4/08)

	Magglio Ordonez, #30
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	38	.315	22	6	25	0

Position Breakdown
OF - 35, DH - 3
News
Tigers OF Magglio Ordonez went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Saturday's loss to the Yankees. He as at least two hits in three of his last four games and has raised his batting average to .315.

	Jeremy Bonderman, #38
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	2	4	45.0	4.80	29	25

News
Jeremy Bonderman (2-4) lasted just four-plus innings in his shortest start of the year Saturday afternoon against New York, giving up five runs, six hits and four walks. He recorded three strikeouts while picking up his second loss of the season.

	Edgar Renteria, #8
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	36	.266	17	3	18	1

Position Breakdown
SS - 36

	Ivan Rodriguez, #7
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	32	.270	16	1	16	3

Position Breakdown
C - 32
News
Ivan Rodriguez had three hits and drove in a pair of runs against the Yankees Friday. In the third inning, Rodriguez drove in a run with an infield double.

	Gary Sheffield, #3
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	28	.208	12	2	8	3

Position Breakdown
OF - 4, DH - 24
News
Gary Sheffield's RBI Saturday against the Yankees was the 1,584th of his career, moving past Al Kaline and into a tie with Harmon Killebrew and Rogers Hornsby for 33rd place. Sheffield started at DH and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He has a hit in three straight games.

	Kenny Rogers, #37
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	3	3	43.1	5.82	21	22

News
The Tigers-Yankees game scheduled for Sunday in Detroit was postponed because of rain. No makeup date has been announced. Because of the delay, the Tigers have pushed back their rotation. Nate Robertson, who was supposed to pitch Sunday, will now open a three-game series against the Royals Tuesday. He will be followed by the original Tuesday starter Justin Verlander on Wednesday and Kenny Rogers will close out the series Thursday.

	Curtis Granderson, #28
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	17	.246	13	5	10	2

Position Breakdown
OF - 17
News
Curtis Granderson struck out four times against the Tigers Thursday and he has seven whiffs in his past 10 at-bats for Detroit.

	Brandon Inge, #15
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	30	.227	10	3	14	1

Position Breakdown
C - 8, 3B - 15, OF - 10

	Marcus Thames, #33
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	21	.260	9	2	7	0

Position Breakdown
1B - 3, OF - 16, DH - 2

	Miguel Cabrera, #24
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	37	.252	18	6	22	1

Position Breakdown
1B - 23, 3B - 14, DH - 4

	Todd Jones, #59
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	SV	K
	1	0	14.0	4.50	5	6

News
Tigers closer Todd Jones worked the ninth inning of a non-save situation Friday against the Yankees, but he managed to preserve the lead despite allowing three runs. He surrendered four hits and one walk and has given up at least one run in three of his last four appearances.

	Dane K. Sardinha
	No Stats Available

	Vance Wilson, #13
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	0	0	0	0	0	0

Injuries
Elbow, foot - 15-day DL. Out until at least early June (Updated - 4/30/08)

	Carlos Guillen, #9
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	33	.295	18	3	15	3

Position Breakdown
1B - 18, 3B - 12, DH - 3
News
Carlos Guillen hit a sacrifice fly for Detroit in the first inning against the Yankees. He finished 0-for-3 and he left four men on base.

	Ryan Raburn, #25
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	20	.304	7	1	4	0

Position Breakdown
2B - 4, 3B - 2, OF - 13, DH - 2

	Placido Polanco, #14
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	30	.277	18	2	13	2

Position Breakdown
2B - 30
News
Placido Polanco hit a broken-bat, tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon to lift Detroit to a 10-9 victory against Boston on Wednesday night. "It tells you a lot about our team," Polanco said. "We had some really tough at-bats against Papelbon to make something happen."

	Dontrelle Willis, #21
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	0	0	5.0	7.20	9	0

Injuries
Knee - 15-day DL. Expected to make Triple-A rehab start May 13 (Updated - 5/11/08)
News
Dontrelle Willis (knee) will begin a Triple-A rehab assignment Tuesday.

	Armando Galarraga, #58
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	2	1	29.1	3.07	9	21

News
Despite a shaky outing Wednesday against the Red Sox, Tigers SP Armando Galarraga departed in the sixth inning with a 8-5 lead and was in line for his third win. However, Boston rallied after he left the game and eventually took the lead, erasing Galarraga's win. Galarraga gave up five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. The rookie, who went into the rotation when Dontrelle Willis went on the disabled list, matched a career high with six strikeouts and walked only one in his fifth start. He allowed two homers -- a two-run shot to Kevin Youkilis in the fourth and then a solo shot to Youkilis in the sixth that ran him from the game.

	Justin Verlander, #35
	Year-to-date Stats
	W	L	IP	ERA	BB	K
	1	6	49.0	6.43	21	30

News
The Tigers-Yankees game scheduled for Sunday in Detroit was postponed because of rain. No makeup date has been announced. Because of the delay, the Tigers have pushed back their rotation. Nate Robertson, who was supposed to pitch Sunday, will now open a three-game series against the Royals Tuesday. He will be followed by the original Tuesday starter Justin Verlander on Wednesday and Kenny Rogers will close out the series Thursday.

	Matt Joyce, #20
	Year-to-date Stats
	G	AVG	R	HR	RBI	SB
	5	.267	2	1	2	0

Position Breakdown
OF - 4, DH - 1
News
Tigers OF Matt Joyce hit his first major league home run Saturday against Yankees starter Darrell Rasner. He went 2-for-4 and hit second while starting in left field.

Freddy Dolsi, #34

Year-to-date Stats