DET @ BAL, Friday, July 18, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 48-47, 3rd, 6½ GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 7-3, 3.27) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-3) 93.2 75 42 34 37 62 10 3.27 2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 41 42 16 12 13 27 4 2.63 53 2008-07-11 MIN L 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 113 50 2008-07-05 @SEA ND 6 5 1 1 3 2 1 95 57 2008-06-30 @MIN ND 6 9 4 3 1 3 0 101 42 2008-06-25 STL ND 4.2 8 5 4 0 3 3 77 33 2008-06-18 @SFG W 6 7 2 0 2 5 0 104 57 2008-06-13 LAD W 7 3 0 0 1 5 0 100 75 2008-06-08 CLE W 5.2 4 2 2 2 4 0 93 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-20 Road: 20-27 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 29-40 vsLHP: 19-7 1-Run: 13-14 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl:14-24 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 95 Thu, Jul 17 @BAL W 6-5 48-47 3rd 6.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:20-10
Baltimore Orioles, 45-49, 5th, 10½ GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 5-7, 3.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-7) 129 117 55 50 37 83 15 3.49 2007 (7-5) 175.1 165 78 72 47 123 23 3.70 2006 (0-0) 19.1 24 15 15 15 14 2 6.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 46 39 18 17 13 30 4 3.33 56 2008-07-10 @TOR ND 7 4 2 1 1 3 0 101 65 2008-07-04 TEX W 6.1 8 4 4 2 6 0 116 45 2008-06-29 @WSN ND 7 4 1 1 3 4 0 99 66 2008-06-24 @CHC W 6 7 4 4 1 2 2 93 43 2008-06-18 HOU ND 8 3 1 1 1 8 1 105 79 2008-06-12 @BOS L 4.2 7 5 5 5 1 1 107 26 2008-06-07 @TOR W 7 6 1 1 0 6 0 91 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-17 Road: 20-32 ExtrInn: 3-6 vsRHP: 36-33 vsLHP: 9-16 1-Run: 17-19 vsEast: 16-24 vsCntrl: 9-8 vsWest: 9-10 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 95 Thu, Jul 17 DET L 5-6 45-49 5th 10.5 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 17, 2008 DET 6 @BAL 5 W:Kenny Rogers (7-6), L: Garrett Olson (6-5), S: Todd Jones (18) 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) Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 1-0; 2007 - DET won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 1018-922

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. Kemp .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

N. McLouth .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .653

B. Phillips .472

O. Vizquel .179

OPS

L. Berkman 1.096

O. Hudson .816

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.82

J. Maine 3.99

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.91

T. Wakefield 6.18

K. Rogers 3.36

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 394/308 .282/.348/.484/.832 .836/.831 .779 91/.854 1/0 16/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 10/.550 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 311/251 .292/.355/.484/.839 .728/.865 .823 105/1.028 6/4 10/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 1/2.000 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 2/.500 1/.000 7/.286 10/.522 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 182/144 .221/.315/.429/.743 .518/.803 .558 16/.695 1/1 7/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/96 .263/.317/.642/.959 1.167/.943 .763 45/1.187 0/0 9/

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

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 8/.536 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 340/270 .305/.374/.485/.859 .824/.867 .711 38/.924 0/2 12/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.583 7/1.071 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 369/273 .304/.349/.389/.738 .899/.682 .758 91/.600 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 337/253 .258/.307/.332/.639 .861/.568 .577 68/.481 3/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 17/.118 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 298/223 .285/.329/.405/.734 .751/.728 .652 65/.885 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 2/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 233/185 .219/.326/.353/.679 .523/.722 .637 70/.686 3/0 6/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 208/127 .271/.337/.601/.938 .979/.912 .908 75/.948 0/3 18/

IP 129.0 9.1 33.1 7.2 1.1 34.1 53.1 44.1 39.2 TOTAL .271/.338/.434/.772 .807/.762 .691 .806 33/16 107/70

ERA-K/9

3.49/5.8

12.54/8.7

2.70/3.0

0.00/9.4

0.00/6.9

3.15/6.8

2.03/4.9

3.45/9.5

4.08/9.7

4.55/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 534/.239 54/.415 139/.286 32/.214 6/.400 148/.244 206/.181 194/.192 174/.221 .264 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/74/4
0/73/0/3
42/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
17/4/13/0
16/0/15/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .673 1.114 .681 .563 .900 .684 .461 .651 .695 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.717 23/.879 44/.770 15/.650 3/1.333 65/.544 99/.508 90/.568 52/.525 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.628 31/1.296 95/.641 17/.485 3/.333 83/.792 107/.418 104/.714 122/.767 .753

Home 247/.705 28/1.354 68/.800 13/.558 / 28/.761 93/.393 83/.717 93/.639 .766

Last 28d days 102/.640 17/.937 38/.658 32/.563 6/.900 68/.746 53/.557 63/.631 39/1.087

HR/SB/CS 15/9/3 1/1/0 2/0/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 0/2/2 3/5/1 5/2/0 104/77/24

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

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
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 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/51 .234/.258/.344/.601 .423/.661 .710 41/.685 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/.744 7/.286 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 4/1.000 296/226 .239/.288/.379/.667 .757/.639 .730 77/.679 0/0 8/

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· ··· 20/1.011 5/.000 3/5.000 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 392/277 .287/.349/.528/.878 .788/.917 .931 91/1.088 2/0 18/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 364/281 .284/.326/.409/.735 .709/.742 .788 97/.889 8/3 5/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.125 6/.733 ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 3/.000 419/292 .296/.399/.486/.885 .956/.853 .847 107/.965 9/4 14/

15.Millar G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/1.081 2/.000 13/.763 7/.829 2/.000 4/.250 380/278 .242/.339/.391/.731 .808/.703 .839 81/.655 0/1 12/

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· ··· 30/.800 3/.000 7/.143 8/1.500 2/3.000 2/.000 367/268 .237/.304/.401/.705 .916/.628 .778 86/.656 2/6 12/

16.Payton G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.258 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 197/128 .249/.287/.373/.660 .872/.540 .562 50/.567 4/0 6/

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

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 35/.424 4/1.000 7/.429 2/1.000 4/1.500 1/.000 418/295 .295/.376/.489/.865 .878/.859 .900 104/.996 27/9 7/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 309/247 .256/.337/.480/.816 .676/.853 .915 74/.634 2/1 14/

IP 93.2 28.0 13.2 37.1 38.0 9.2 29.1 12.1 TOTAL .260/.328/.423/.751 .789/.736 .802 .764 58/28 102/55

ERA-K/9

3.27/6.0

3.21/4.2

7.24/7.2

4.82/3.1

2.84/6.6

7.45/4.6

2.76/7.1

1.46/7.3

4.40/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 396/.214 123/.257 63/.339 168/.297 160/.252 45/.231 124/.264 59/.255 .268 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott 0/0/93/9
59/6/2/3
0/92/0/2
63/0/0/2

OPS .657 .681 .856 .791 .662 .821 .693 .726 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 215/.826 43/.878 29/.667 79/.874 57/.932 22/1.159 68/.797 26/.686 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.456 80/.578 34/1.022 89/.718 103/.504 23/.471 56/.571 33/.751 .724

Road 220/.590 57/.730 32/1.049 71/.768 68/.775 24/1.258 54/.584 32/.696 .765

Last 28d days 105/.838 37/.772 47/.804 53/.912 18/.417 40/.589 31/.508 59/.726

HR/SB/CS 10/6/0 2/5/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 79/39/20

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

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, Friday, July 18, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 7-3, 3.27)

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 5-7, 3.49)

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