DET @ BAL, Thursday, July 17, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 47-47, 3rd, 7 GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 6-6, 4.55) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-6) 114.2 129 64 58 45 44 11 4.55 2007 (3-4) 63 65 36 31 25 36 8 4.43 2006 (17-8) 204 195 97 87 62 99 23 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 48 46 20 17 13 14 3 3.19 52 2008-07-10 MIN ND 7 9 3 3 2 1 0 97 46 2008-07-04 @SEA L 7.2 6 4 4 2 3 1 104 52 2008-06-29 COL W 6 8 3 3 2 2 1 98 44 2008-06-24 STL L 5.1 9 5 5 3 2 1 98 29 2008-06-17 @SFG W 7 5 1 1 1 2 0 90 64 2008-06-12 CHW ND 8 4 1 0 1 1 0 96 72 2008-06-07 CLE ND 7 5 3 1 2 3 0 105 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 0-2 29.2 41 25 21 11 20 5 6.37 38 2005-07-26 @BAL ND 7 8 4 3 1 3 2 103 49 2004-08-28 BAL ND 6.2 6 3 3 3 8 1 125 55 2004-08-08 @BAL L 4 8 8 7 5 3 1 97 14 2003-08-05 @BAL L 7 9 3 1 1 3 0 105 53 2003-07-31 BAL ND 5 10 7 7 1 3 1 83 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-20 Road: 19-27 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 29-40 vsLHP: 18-7 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:14-24 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 94 Sun, Jul 13 MIN W 4-2 47-47 3rd 7.0 gb 93 Sat, Jul 12 MIN L 5-6 46-47 3rd 8.0 gb 92 Fri, Jul 11 MIN L 2-3 46-46 3rd 7.0 gb 91 Thu, Jul 10 MIN L 6-7 (11) 46-45 3rd 7.0 gb 90 Wed, Jul 9 CLE W 8-6 46-44 3rd 7.0 gb 89 Tue, Jul 8 CLE W 9-2 45-44 3rd 7.0 gb 88 Sun, Jul 6 @SEA W 2-1 (15) 44-44 3rd 7.0 gb 87 Sat, Jul 5 @SEA L 2-3 43-44 3rd 7.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 @SEA L 1-4 43-43 3rd 6.0 gb 85 Thu, Jul 3 @SEA W 8-4 43-42 3rd 6.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:20-10
Baltimore Orioles, 45-48, 5th, 10 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 6-4, 5.65) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-4) 73.1 85 47 46 30 47 9 5.65 2007 (1-3) 32.1 42 28 28 28 28 4 7.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 35.1 46 30 29 15 16 6 7.39 37 2008-07-09 @TOR L 3.2 7 7 7 4 2 0 76 17 2008-07-03 KCR ND 5.1 8 6 5 2 2 2 89 30 2008-06-28 @WSN W 5 6 1 1 3 5 0 99 53 2008-06-22 @MIL L 5 4 4 4 1 2 2 69 44 2008-06-17 HOU ND 4.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 87 39 2008-06-11 @BOS L 5.1 7 6 6 3 0 2 98 27 2008-06-05 @MIN W 6.1 8 2 2 1 1 0 98 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-16 Road: 20-32 ExtrInn: 3-6 vsRHP: 36-33 vsLHP: 9-15 1-Run: 17-18 vsEast: 16-24 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 9-10 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 94 Sun, Jul 13 @BOS L 1-2 45-48 5th 10.0 gb 93 Sat, Jul 12 @BOS L 1-12 45-47 4th 9.5 gb 92 Fri, Jul 11 @BOS W 7-3 45-46 4th 9.5 gb 91 Thu, Jul 10 @TOR L 5-6 44-46 4th 10.5 gb 90 Wed, Jul 9 @TOR L 8-9 44-45 4th 10.5 gb 89 Tue, Jul 8 @TOR L 6-7 44-44 4th 10.5 gb 88 Sun, Jul 6 TEX L 10-11 44-43 4th 11.0 gb 87 Sat, Jul 5 TEX L 3-5 44-42 4th 10.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 TEX W 10-4 44-41 3rd 9.0 gb 85 Thu, Jul 3 KCR L 7-10 43-41 4th 9.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 02, 2007 DET 3 BAL 2 W:Nate Robertson (3-1), L: Steve Trachsel (1-3), S: Todd Jones (10) Tue, May 01, 2007 DET 5 BAL 4 W:Joel Zumaya (1-1), L: Danys Baez (0-1), S: Todd Jones (9) Mon, Apr 30, 2007 DET 8 BAL 4 W:Jeremy Bonderman (1-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (1-3), S: Fernando Rodney (1) Wed, Apr 11, 2007 DET 4 @BAL 1 (12) W:Wilfredo Ledezma (1-0), L: Kurt Birkins (0-1), S: Todd Jones (5) Tue, Apr 10, 2007 DET 3 @BAL 1 W:Nate Robertson (2-0), L: Jaret Wright (0-2), S: Todd Jones (4) Mon, Apr 09, 2007 BAL 6 DET 2 W:Daniel Cabrera (1-1), L: Chad Durbin (0-1), S: none Thu, Sep 21, 2006 BAL 4 DET 3 W:Kris Benson (11-11), L: Fernando Rodney (7-4), S: Chris Ray (33) Sun, Sep 17, 2006 BAL 12 @DET 8 (10) W:Chris Ray (3-4), L: Jason Grilli (2-3), S: none Sat, Sep 16, 2006 DET 2 BAL 0 W:Nate Robertson (13-12), L: Kris Benson (10-11), S: Todd Jones (36) Fri, Sep 15, 2006 DET 17 BAL 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (12-8), L: Hayden Penn (0-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - DET won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 1017-922

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 2008 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

TEX 5.60

CLE 4.53

WSN 3.65

RA/G

OAK 3.63

MIL 4.49

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .376

M. Cabrera .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

P. Fielder .357

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .653

M. Napoli .472

O. Vizquel .179

OPS

L. Berkman 1.096

F. Thomas .816

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.82

J. Maine 3.99

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.91

M. Garza 6.07

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Olson*
G/S/vB 35.Aquino
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 26.Cabrera
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 12/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 390/307 .284/.349/.489/.837 .849/.834 .789 87/.876 1/0 16/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 306/250 .292/.354/.484/.838 .725/.863 .821 100/1.034 6/4 10/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 5/.450 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 372/289 .284/.365/.432/.797 .858/.784 .677 94/.646 8/2 8/

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 178/143 .220/.316/.413/.729 .408/.810 .518 12/.473 1/1 6/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/95 .266/.320/.649/.969 1.167/.953 .780 44/1.216 0/0 9/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/50 .234/.294/.340/.635 2.000/.606 .432 9/1.000 0/0 1/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.583 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 364/271 .305/.351/.392/.743 .930/.679 .769 86/.612 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/55 .236/.306/.461/.767 .913/.637 .681 26/.929 1/0 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 333/252 .254/.301/.326/.627 .809/.570 .553 64/.412 3/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/.118 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 294/222 .288/.330/.410/.739 .784/.725 .661 61/.920 6/1 4/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/55 .347/.475/.551/1.026 .873/1.052 1.111 18/.822 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.125 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 229/184 .217/.323/.338/.662 .413/.726 .594 66/.628 3/0 5/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 204/126 .265/.328/.578/.907 .957/.877 .848 71/.861 0/3 17/

IP 73.1 9.1 33.1 6.2 1.1 34.1 53.1 42.1 39.2 TOTAL .271/.338/.432/.770 .799/.762 .684 .798 33/16 104/69

ERA-K/9

5.65/5.8

12.54/8.7

2.70/3.0

0.00/9.4

0.00/6.9

3.15/6.8

2.03/4.9

3.40/9.8

4.08/9.7

4.54/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (8-1-2)
Rodriguez (29-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 333/.287 54/.415 139/.286 27/.208 6/.400 148/.244 206/.181 187/.193 174/.221 .264 Granderson
Inge
Thames
Sheffield
Joyce
Guillen
Raburn 0/72/0/3
2/11/0/2
41/0/6/1
6/0/0/0
15/0/15/0
2/0/0/0
17/4/13/0

OPS .793 1.114 .681 .546 .900 .684 .461 .638 .695 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.753 23/.879 44/.770 13/.657 3/1.333 65/.544 99/.508 90/.568 52/.525 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.806 31/1.296 95/.641 14/.445 3/.333 83/.792 107/.418 97/.696 122/.767 .749

Home 147/.726 28/1.354 68/.800 8/.500 / 28/.761 93/.393 76/.693 93/.639 .761

Last 28d days 92/.927 17/.937 38/.658 27/.546 6/.900 68/.746 57/.553 60/.582 42/1.070

HR/SB/CS 9/14/1 1/1/0 2/0/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 0/2/2 2/5/1 5/2/0 101/77/24

Usage ·······X ····X··o ·····o·· ····X··X ···oo··· ····X··X ···o·Xo· ···X···· ·····oo·

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/104 .179/.220/.223/.444 .235/.480 .321 20/.105 2/3 0/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/51 .230/.254/.344/.598 .368/.661 .715 38/.687 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 26/.846 ··· 17/.744 7/.286 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.334 292/225 .238/.285/.379/.664 .740/.642 .726 77/.721 0/0 8/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 25/.513 ··· 20/1.011 4/.000 3/5.000 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 387/276 .284/.349/.526/.875 .771/.918 .925 90/1.138 2/0 18/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 359/279 .281/.324/.408/.732 .711/.737 .782 92/.884 8/3 5/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.125 5/.600 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 414/291 .299/.401/.492/.892 .990/.851 .863 107/.965 9/4 14/

15.Millar G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· 19/1.081 1/.000 13/.763 6/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 375/276 .239/.339/.391/.730 .790/.709 .841 80/.696 0/1 12/

6.Mora G/S/vP 22/.883 ··· 30/.800 3/.000 7/.143 8/1.500 2/3.000 1/.000 363/267 .234/.302/.388/.690 .856/.631 .744 86/.576 2/6 11/

16.Payton G/S/vP 22/.935 ··· 12/.258 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 193/127 .243/.283/.370/.653 .851/.544 .542 50/.553 4/0 6/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/69 .203/.276/.304/.580 .961/.467 .648 19/.440 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 14/.539 ··· 35/.424 3/1.334 7/.429 2/1.000 4/1.500 1/.000 413/294 .296/.375/.489/.864 .870/.862 .900 104/.969 27/9 7/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 308/246 .254/.334/.474/.809 .676/.843 .899 77/.566 2/1 14/

IP 114.2 28.0 13.2 36.1 38.0 9.1 28.2 11.1 TOTAL .258/.327/.421/.748 .779/.737 .796 .765 58/28 101/55

ERA-K/9

4.55/3.5

3.21/4.2

7.24/7.2

4.95/3.2

2.84/6.6

7.71/4.8

2.83/7.2

1.59/8.0

4.41/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (61-16-5)
Quiroz (16-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 506/.293 122/.250 63/.339 162/.297 160/.252 44/.237 122/.260 56/.273 .266 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott 0/0/92/9
58/6/2/3
0/91/0/2
63/0/0/2

OPS .819 .669 .856 .785 .662 .841 .688 .769 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.835 43/.878 29/.667 75/.853 57/.932 22/1.159 66/.791 26/.686 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 370/.813 79/.559 34/1.022 87/.727 103/.504 22/.495 56/.571 30/.833 .719

Road 268/.798 56/.705 32/1.049 65/.751 68/.775 23/1.320 52/.567 29/.774 .759

Last 28d days 113/.904 36/.736 47/.804 47/.902 18/.417 39/.606 29/.468 56/.769

HR/SB/CS 11/1/2 2/5/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 78/39/20

Usage ······X· ······X· ·······X ···o··Xo ····Xo·· ·····XX· ·····Xo· ···XX··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: DET @ BAL, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 17, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 6-6, 4.55)

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 6-4, 5.65)

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