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Tigers 4 -Royals 1 ? Miggy hit the first one ? of the game, and of his second-half pursuit of the Triple Thingy ? but it was Andy Dirks who broke a tie in the 5th with a solo drive off Criminally Unsupported James Shields. Brayan Pena tacked on two sac flies.
Bruce Rondon worked his third straight perfect outing, and has now retired 12 straight batters. (Hey, we?re looking for any sign of a 3rd option in Detroit?s bullpen.)

So, who?s the most valuable relief tandem this year? The attention?s focused on Pittsburgh?s Melancon & Grilli, and they?ve been great ? 88 IP, 14 ER, 1.43 ERA, 2 leads blown. Now, Detroit?s Drew Smyly & Joaquin Benoit: 98.1 IP, 19 ER, 1.74 ERA, 2 leads blown. Each pair has 111 Ks. Melancon/Grilli have 32 saves, but a 2-2 record; Smyly/Benoit have just 12 saves, but they?re 6-0. Before Sunday, the WAR score was 4.0 for the Tigers tandem, 3.2 for the Bucs bros.

I?m not saying that WAR is the answer. But Detroit?s duo have been great, and without the comfort of pre-assigned innings or starting out clean. Smyly?s entered in almost every frame, and he and Benoit have totaled 26 stints of more than one inning, while Melancon & Grilli have come in before their designated inning just once all year and never exceeded an inning. Melancon/Grilli have inherited just 2 runners (none for the setup man?!?), while Smyly/Benoit have inherited 24, and let in just 2. There might be another pair with more WAR when that stat is updated tomorrow ? Texas?s Joe Nathan and Tanner Scheppers are close, and I haven?t exhaustively studied the lists ? but for combined workload and effectiveness, I?ll take the Tigers.
from HighHeatStats
 
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/winning-on-the-margins/
Winning on the margins.
from the Hardball Times

Every team has their core players. They?re the ones who are supposed to carry the team. And all teams have their marginal players on the periphery. No one expects those guys to be good. They are just warm bodies stepping in to give a core player a day off or fill in for an injury or pitch some mop-up innings.

No one expects a peripheral player to be good, but that doesn?t mean that the fringe folk don?t have an impact. Once in a while, a team can get really nice production from its fungible players, and unexpected club depth can pad the season?s win total.

Then again, just because peripheral players aren?t expected to be good doesn?t mean they can?t underachieve. There are degrees of bad, and what happens if the end of the bench isn?t just bad by normal ballplayer stands, but also sucks by end-of-the-bench player standards? Then you've got a problem. Then a team can pick up extra losses.

Those peripheral players?they are so easy to overlook, but they can make quite a difference, maybe even the difference between a postseason appearance and an October off.

So let?s look at which teams have gotten the most from their men on the margins through the first half of 2013.

So let?s use Runs Created (RC)per 27 outs. Here are how the benches for all 30 teams do via that stat (adjusted for park):
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/07/detroit_tigers_struggle_vs_lef.html
Detroit Tigers will see heavy dose of left-handers this week against White Sox, Phillies.
from Mlive

The good news for the Tigers is that they have had a good share of success against three of the four lefties they will face that they have squared off with in the past. Here is how the five left-handed starters they will face have fared against the Tigers:

Chris Sale: 2-3, 4.35 ERA
Hector Santiago: 0-0, 1.64 ERA
John Danks: 4-7, 5.36 ERA
Cole Hamels: Hamels has never faced the Tigers.
Cliff Lee: 6-9, 4.52 ERA
Still, the Tigers are under .500 against lefties this season, and there are some talented left-handers on that list.
 
Victor Martinez is hitting .391 (25-for-64) with 2 HR, 11 RBI and a 1.029 OPS in July.
 
Most 1st-pitch homers, 2013:
Miguel Cabrera, Edwin Encarnacion 9
Chris Davis 8
Mark Trumbo, Evan Longoria, Robinson Cano 7

Players who've led off an inning least often in 2013 (mostly #2 & #3 hitters):
Scutaro 14.4%
Miggy 14.5%
Holliday 14.7%
Wright 14.8%
 
Pitching matchups vs. CWS: 7/22 Scherzer vs. Sale, 7/23 Porcello vs. Santiago, 7/24 Sanchez vs. Danks, 7/25 Verlander vs. Peavy. #Tigers.
 
Records when scoring 7+ runs

Rk Tm # W L
1 BOS 32 29 3
2 DET 30 28 2
3 TBR 29 25 4
4 COL 28 26 2
5 STL 26 25 1
6 BAL 24 20 4
7 TOR 23 23 0
8 TEX 23 23 0
9 CLE 23 20 3
10 OAK 22 21 1
11 ATL 22 22 0
12 SEA 20 15 5
13 LAA 20 17 3
14 SFG 19 15 4
15 NYM 19 16 3
16 KCR 18 18 0
17 SDP 17 12 5
18 PHI 17 16 1
19 NYY 17 16 1
20 CHC 17 14 3
21 WSN 16 16 0
22 CIN 16 15 1
23 MIN 15 13 2
24 LAD 15 14 1
25 HOU 15 12 3
26 ARI 15 14 1
27 MIL 13 11 2
28 MIA 12 11 1
29 CHW 12 7 5
30 PIT 11 10 1
 
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