BAL @ BOS, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 50-55, 4th, 13½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Steve Trachsel (36, RHP, 5-7, 5.26) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-7) 102.2 111 61 60 51 37 14 5.26 2006 (15-8) 164.2 185 94 91 78 79 23 4.97 2005 (1-4) 37 37 20 17 12 24 6 4.14 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 33.1 51 30 30 16 19 8 8.10 35 2007-07-26 TBD ND 4.2 7 5 5 3 3 2 70 30 2007-07-21 OAK L 5.1 9 4 4 3 3 1 87 34 2007-06-29 LAA ND 1.2 9 5 5 0 0 0 42 17 2007-06-24 ARI L 4 7 5 5 4 3 1 90 27 2007-06-19 SDP L 4.2 6 5 5 3 5 2 89 34 2007-06-13 WSN ND 7 6 4 4 2 0 1 105 47 2007-06-08 COL W 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 93 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-0 13.1 8 4 3 7 12 0 2.03 63 2007-05-12 BOS ND 4.1 5 4 3 4 1 0 102 36 2000-05-06 BOS W 9 3 0 0 3 11 0 132 89
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-24 Road: 23-31 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 32-40 vsLHP: 18-15 1-Run: 9-21 vsEast: 20-13 vsCntrl:15-15 vsWest: 9-15 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 105 Tue, Jul 31 @BOS W 5-3 50-55 4th 13.5 gb 104 Sun, Jul 29 NYY L 6-10 49-55 4th 14.5 gb 103 Sat, Jul 28 NYY W 7-5 49-54 4th 14.5 gb 102 Fri, Jul 27 NYY W 4-2 48-54 4th 14.5 gb 101 Thu, Jul 26 TBD W 10-7 47-54 4th 14.5 gb 100 Wed, Jul 25 TBD W 6-1 46-54 4th 14.5 gb 99 Tue, Jul 24 TBD W 3-0 45-54 4th 15.5 gb 98 Sun, Jul 22 @OAK W 2-0 44-54 4th 15.0 gb 97 Sat, Jul 21 @OAK L 3-4 43-54 4th 15.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 20 @OAK W 6-1 43-53 4th 14.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 64-42, 1st, 7 up	SP: Julian Tavarez (34, RHP, 6-8, 5.08) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-8) 101 117 68 57 37 63 10 5.08 2006 (5-4) 98.2 110 54 49 44 56 10 4.47 2005 (2-3) 65.2 68 28 25 19 47 6 3.43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 37.1 50 28 22 13 20 2 5.30 40 2007-07-18 KCR L 4.2 9 6 4 0 3 0 76 29 2007-07-13 TOR ND 4 9 4 4 3 3 0 101 28 2007-07-06 DET L 4.2 10 8 8 1 4 2 85 15 2007-07-01 TEX L 5.2 7 2 1 3 2 0 106 48 2007-06-25 SEA L 4.1 6 6 3 3 1 0 87 31 2007-06-20 ATL W 7 3 0 0 1 4 0 97 74 2007-06-15 SFG W 7 6 2 2 2 3 0 103 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-2 13 22 12 11 8 3 2 7.62 33 2007-05-11 BAL L 5 10 5 4 0 2 0 90 31 2006-09-29 BAL W 5 6 2 2 5 0 1 82 42 1993-08-07 BAL L 3 6 5 5 3 1 1 60 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-20 Road: 30-22 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 48-26 vsLHP: 16-16 1-Run: 15-16 vsEast: 23-13 vsCntrl:16-11 vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 106 Tue, Jul 31 BAL L 3-5 64-42 1st 7.0 up 105 Sun, Jul 29 @TBD L 2-5 64-41 1st 8.0 up 104 Sat, Jul 28 @TBD W 12-6 (12) 64-40 1st 9.0 up 103 Fri, Jul 27 @TBD W 7-1 63-40 1st 8.0 up 102 Thu, Jul 26 @CLE W 14-9 62-40 1st 7.0 up 101 Wed, Jul 25 @CLE L 0-1 61-40 1st 6.0 up 100 Tue, Jul 24 @CLE W 1-0 61-39 1st 7.0 up 99 Mon, Jul 23 @CLE W 6-2 60-39 1st 7.0 up 98 Sun, Jul 22 CHW W 8-5 59-39 1st 7.0 up 97 Sat, Jul 21 CHW W 11-2 58-39 1st 7.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 31, 2007 BAL 5 @BOS 3 W:Erik Bedard (11-4), L: Josh Beckett (13-5), S: Jamie Walker (4) Sun, May 13, 2007 BOS 6 BAL 5 W:J.C. Romero (1-0), L: Chris Ray (3-3), S: none Sat, May 12, 2007 BOS 13 BAL 4 W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Jon Leicester (0-1), S: none Fri, May 11, 2007 BAL 6 @BOS 3 W:Brian Burres (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (1-4), S: Chris Ray (8) Thu, Apr 26, 2007 BOS 5 @BAL 2 W:Josh Beckett (5-0), L: Chris Ray (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7) Wed, Apr 25, 2007 BOS 6 @BAL 1 W:Curt Schilling (3-1), L: Daniel Cabrera (1-2), S: none Sun, Oct 01, 2006 BOS 9 BAL 0 (5) W:Devern Hansack (1-1), L: Hayden Penn (0-4), S: none Sat, Sep 30, 2006 BAL 5 @BOS 4 W:Chris Ray (4-4), L: Mike Timlin (6-6), S: none Fri, Sep 29, 2006 BOS 4 BAL 3 W:Julian Tavarez (5-4), L: Erik Bedard (15-11), S: Mike Timlin (9) Thu, Sep 14, 2006 BOS 6 @BAL 5 W:Keith Foulke (3-1), L: Rodrigo Lopez (9-16), S: Mike Timlin (5) Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 4-2; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; 2005 - BOS won 10-8; All-Time - BOS leads 1096-907

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET 5.78

KCR 4.65

WSN 3.81

RA/G

SDP 3.81

CLE 4.73

TBD 6.26

R. Braun .347

X. Nady .289

R. Langerhans .156

OBP

B. Bonds .493

B. Harris .361

M. Olivo .251

SLG

R. Braun .657

J. Encarnacion .458

N. Punto .275

OPS

B. Bonds 1.051

D. Pedroia .817

D. Navarro .536

ERA

C. Young 1.82

A. Pettitte 4.11

J. Contreras 6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.03

B. Arroyo 6.33

A. Cook 3.26

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB Gagne
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 39.Snyder
G/S/vB 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 137/115 .215/.301/.273/.574 .523/.584 .538 21/.631 0/1 1/3

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 39/33 .243/.282/.324/.606 .000/.720 .400 21/.881 1/1 0/0

31.Gibbons* G/S/vP 7/.143 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 7/.143 10/.700 268/222 .220/.265/.348/.613 .767/.581 .681 57/.745 0/0 6/2

14.Gomez G/S/vP 20/.921 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 20/.921 7/.929 174/103 .308/.343/.390/.733 .697/.758 .759 73/.771 1/2 1/3

2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/23 .344/.364/.406/.770 .844/.739 .665 34/.770 1/0 0/0

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 11/.455 3/1.167 5/.000 2/3.000 ··· 2/.500 12/.555 11/.455 11/.920 248/177 .263/.355/.385/.740 .742/.739 .642 68/.761 1/2 5/6

19.Huff* G/S/vP 12/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 4/.750 12/1.000 18/.745 398/296 .248/.291/.369/.660 .719/.641 .586 82/.544 0/0 6/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 7/1.000 4/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 6/.666 461/317 .291/.354/.444/.798 .700/.845 .797 97/.978 13/2 10/0

15.Millar G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.000 7/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 5/2.600 9/1.111 7/1.238 338/225 .270/.385/.440/.825 .739/.868 .780 90/.777 0/1 10/0

17.Patterson* G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 10/.700 5/.000 362/248 .266/.306/.378/.684 .822/.620 .559 95/.842 27/7 5/3

16.Payton G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.000 7/.286 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 8/.250 4/.000 310/218 .274/.317/.386/.703 .776/.672 .727 72/.713 4/2 4/5

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 7/.762 1/no AB 4/.750 5/.400 1/.000 2/.500 4/2.417 7/.762 12/.733 473/321 .317/.403/.468/.871 .690/.956 .900 101/.931 32/6 9/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 12/.781 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 15/.667 12/.781 27/.684 330/241 .308/.359/.421/.780 .885/.740 .770 17/.765 2/0 7/7

IP 101.0 20.1 33.1 30.0 51.2 37.2 38.2 101.0 32.2 TOTAL .273/.336/.405/.741 .746/.740 .723 93/27 80/49

ERA-K/9

5.08/5.6

2.66/8.9

2.16/7.8

3.00/6.0

0.87/7.7

2.15/12.9

2.79/6.5

5.08/5.6

3.31/3.9

3.73/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (19-5-6)
Hernandez (36-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.285 82/.197 132/.192 128/.241 194/.168 150/.169 169/.224 455/.285 127/.237 .247 Markakis
Patterson
Payton
Gibbons
Millar 0/0/105/8
0/100/0/5
78/17/1/2
43/0/2/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .774 .580 .540 .689 .438 .526 .655 .774 .687 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.741 33/.690 62/.382 66/.739 64/.405 80/.464 68/.452 229/.741 44/.471 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.806 49/.512 70/.685 62/.636 130/.453 70/.594 101/.798 226/.806 83/.803 .710

Home 180/.787 43/.592 80/.653 65/.729 93/.431 74/.685 109/.718 180/.787 65/.525 .733

Last 28d days 88/1.020 54/.605 38/.748 38/.602 41/.566 27/.696 39/.672 88/1.020 43/.238

HR/SB/CS 10/0/0 2/2/2 2/0/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 4/3/0 2/4/1 10/0/0 5/0/2 90/63/20

Usage ··Xo·X·· o·o·X··· ·······X o··o·o·· ···o·o·o ···o···o ···XX··· ··Xo·X·· ········

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Trachsel
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 30.Bell
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 52.Doyne
G/S/vB 36.Parrish*
G/S/vB 23.Shuey
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cora* G/S/vP 13/.321 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 165/148 .253/.306/.404/.710 .544/.731 .561 32/.401 1/1 2/4

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/2.667 6/1.500 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/.777 402/296 .279/.336/.403/.739 .810/.714 .761 107/.887 18/5 5/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 33/.697 ··· 6/1.900 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 362/265 .248/.354/.375/.729 .615/.770 .753 79/.605 1/2 6/4

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.347 16/1.125 6/.834 ··· 7/.619 1/no AB 11/.473 131/117 .204/.305/.416/.721 .599/.736 .818 41/.636 1/0 4/3

25.Lowell G/S/vP 34/.929 4/.250 11/1.566 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 412/291 .306/.357/.501/.858 .833/.868 1.000 101/.881 2/2 15/14

23.Lugo G/S/vP 6/1.000 5/1.000 5/.400 6/.334 ··· 6/.833 1/no AB 3/.000 420/302 .221/.287/.325/.612 .731/.568 .764 99/.815 26/3 6/10

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 5/1.400 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 3/.667 104/89 .183/.262/.301/.563 .453/.579 .518 30/.720 0/0 3/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 4/1.750 17/1.153 22/1.559 1/.000 ··· 9/.778 5/.200 11/1.909 426/288 .321/.432/.566/.998 .718/1.136 1.017 89/1.125 1/0 18/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 351/234 .313/.388/.429/.817 .817/.817 .854 92/.724 2/0 4/3

22.Pena G/S/vP ··· 3/3.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 155/87 .227/.297/.404/.701 .821/.607 .455 33/.866 0/1 5/3

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/1.656 20/.566 20/1.450 14/1.357 ··· 9/1.111 1/2.000 4/2.000 443/321 .299/.395/.516/.911 1.176/.815 .922 100/1.117 0/0 18/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/.333 10/1.357 15/1.015 17/1.088 ··· 5/.900 5/2.050 13/.581 336/235 .269/.366/.420/.786 .754/.799 .818 71/.708 1/1 9/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 423/307 .304/.402/.472/.874 .852/.882 .888 80/.658 2/2 11/3

IP 102.2 35.1 20.0 42.2 2.1 39.0 15.1 41.1 TOTAL .276/.358/.438/.796 .800/.795 .830 56/17 107/55

ERA-K/9

5.26/3.2

5.86/5.6

3.15/5.8

2.74/4.8

23.14/3.9

5.31/8.1

7.04/5.3

2.40/6.1

4.32/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mirabelli (27-8-5)
Varitek (36-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.282 157/.226 86/.224 178/.258 16/.538 188/.242 69/.322 171/.233 .246 Ramirez
Crisp
Pena
Drew
Hinske 93/0/0/7
0/97/0/5
19/12/31/3
0/0/86/1
16/0/9/0

OPS .811 .756 .696 .585 1.409 .724 .887 .577 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.701 60/.932 33/1.115 52/.740 12/1.409 78/.695 21/1.212 78/.601 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.898 97/.646 53/.453 126/.522 4/1.250 110/.742 48/.757 93/.556 .682

Road 268/.847 68/.918 42/.833 79/.510 / 104/.638 42/1.058 84/.602 .715

Last 28d days 50/1.092 25/.467 52/.803 38/.354 14/1.488 34/.805 41/.954 40/.414

HR/SB/CS 14/12/6 6/4/0 2/2/0 0/2/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/1 1/2/1 95/64/24

Usage ·····X·· ··Xo··o· o·o··X·· X···o·o· ···X·Xo· ··XXo··· ··X·oo·o o··ooo·X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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SP: Steve Trachsel (36, RHP, 5-7, 5.26)

SP: Julian Tavarez (34, RHP, 6-8, 5.08)

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