DET @ BAL, Sunday, July 20, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 48-49, 3rd, 7½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 7-9, 4.15) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-9) 128 112 65 59 51 96 11 4.15 2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66 2006 (17-9) 186 187 78 75 60 124 21 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 46 33 14 13 16 44 3 2.54 61 2008-07-13 MIN W 7 4 2 2 2 8 0 108 67 2008-07-08 CLE W 7 2 2 2 1 7 1 99 71 2008-07-03 @SEA W 6 8 2 2 3 3 0 109 48 2008-06-28 COL ND 5.2 5 2 2 4 6 0 118 53 2008-06-22 @SDP W 5.1 5 2 2 5 10 1 115 55 2008-06-16 @SFG ND 6 5 3 2 1 7 1 98 58 2008-06-11 CHW W 9 4 1 1 0 3 0 101 78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 13.1 10 3 3 6 9 0 2.03 61 2007-04-11 @BAL ND 7 3 0 0 3 5 0 107 73 2006-05-10 @BAL W 6.1 7 3 3 3 4 0 99 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-20 Road: 20-29 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 29-42 vsLHP: 19-7 1-Run: 13-15 vsEast: 9-10 vsCntrl:14-24 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 97 Sat, Jul 19 @BAL L 10-11(10) 48-49 3rd 7.5 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 @BAL L 4-7 48-48 3rd 7.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Baltimore Orioles, 47-49, 4th, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 7-5, 5.02) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-5) 98.2 119 57 55 34 46 12 5.02 2007 (6-8) 121 140 81 80 66 96 14 5.95 2006 (0-0) 8 6 2 2 1 6 1 2.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 37 52 26 26 16 17 5 6.32 38 2008-07-11 @BOS W 6.1 6 3 3 3 2 0 100 48 2008-07-05 TEX ND 5.2 9 3 3 1 2 0 73 40 2008-06-30 KCR ND 5 5 1 1 3 3 0 95 53 2008-06-19 HOU W 5.2 7 3 3 2 3 2 87 44 2008-06-13 PIT W 6 8 6 6 3 4 1 101 33 2008-06-06 @TOR ND 4.1 5 3 3 3 1 0 94 39 2008-06-01 BOS L 4 12 7 7 1 2 2 89 11 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-17 Road: 20-32 ExtrInn: 4-6 vsRHP: 37-33 vsLHP: 10-16 1-Run: 18-19 vsEast: 16-24 vsCntrl:11-8 vsWest: 9-10 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 97 Sat, Jul 19 DET W 11-10(10) 47-49 4th 10.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 DET W 7-4 46-49 5th 10.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 19, 2008 BAL 11 DET 10 (10) W:George Sherrill (3-4), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-4), S: none Fri, Jul 18, 2008 BAL 7 DET 4 W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-7), L: Armando Galarraga (7-4), S: George Sherrill (29) 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) Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 2-1; 2007 - DET won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 1018-924

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 5.51

CLE 4.55

WSN 3.71

RA/G

OAK 3.67

CLE 4.50

TEX 5.91

C. Jones .374

A. Pierzynski .283

T. Pena .154

OBP

A. Pujols .471

F. Catalanotto .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .642

D. DeJesus .467

O. Vizquel .192

OPS

A. Pujols 1.082

M. DeRosa .818

T. Pena .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.82

J. Sanchez 4.10

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

G. Floyd 6.19

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
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 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 12/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 403/317 .281/.345/.486/.831 .836/.830 .780 92/.901 1/0 17/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 11/.614 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 322/260 .297/.361/.486/.848 .737/.874 .841 109/.966 6/4 10/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.000 5/.450 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 372/289 .284/.365/.432/.797 .858/.784 .677 86/.656 8/2 8/

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 11/.473 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 191/152 .217/.316/.416/.732 .503/.791 .552 21/.722 1/1 7/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 113/105 .272/.327/.631/.959 1.167/.943 .791 54/1.149 0/0 9/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/54 .245/.327/.408/.735 2.000/.711 .655 11/1.434 1/0 2/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.422 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 350/279 .304/.369/.482/.851 .812/.860 .704 40/.811 0/2 12/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.450 7/1.071 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 380/282 .309/.352/.397/.749 .913/.693 .778 94/.653 3/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/56 .233/.303/.456/.759 .913/.624 .668 26/.929 1/0 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 346/262 .256/.307/.328/.635 .861/.566 .573 70/.502 3/3 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/.118 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 302/227 .295/.338/.424/.762 .751/.766 .706 66/1.021 6/1 5/

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 ··· ··· 9/.347 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 240/190 .227/.333/.362/.696 .543/.738 .675 77/.734 4/0 6/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 212/131 .266/.330/.589/.919 .979/.883 .874 73/.858 0/3 18/

IP 98.2 13.1 35.2 9.1 1.1 35.1 54.1 44.1 41.2 TOTAL .273/.340/.436/.777 .808/.768 .703 .825 36/17 110/71

ERA-K/9

5.02/4.2

2.03/3.4

2.52/3.0

0.00/10.6

0.00/6.9

3.06/6.9

1.99/4.8

4.06/9.5

3.89/9.5

4.59/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.299 57/.250 145/.280 39/.219 6/.400 151/.238 210/.183 197/.208 182/.229 .266 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/76/4
0/75/0/3
42/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
17/4/13/0
18/0/15/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .803 .681 .665 .615 .900 .670 .461 .681 .704 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.868 27/.756 44/.770 18/.802 3/1.333 66/.535 99/.508 90/.587 54/.544 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.774 30/.608 101/.622 21/.460 3/.333 85/.772 111/.421 107/.753 128/.771 .756

Home 230/.935 28/.766 74/.760 20/.663 / 31/.683 97/.398 86/.781 101/.659 .775

Last 28d days 84/.756 / 40/.641 39/.615 6/.900 63/.753 57/.553 57/.702 42/1.052

HR/SB/CS 12/7/2 1/0/0 2/0/3 0/2/1 0/0/0 2/3/0 0/2/2 3/5/1 5/2/0 107/80/25

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

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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

2.Castro G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/5 .000/.083/.000/.083 .143/.000 .167 1/.000 0/0 0/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/55 .239/.260/.352/.612 .358/.706 .711 48/.690 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 17/.744 7/.286 2/1.500 6/.500 3/.000 5/1.800 305/233 .244/.293/.391/.683 .735/.667 .763 77/.774 0/0 9/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 22/.914 5/.000 4/3.500 6/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 402/283 .287/.348/.530/.879 .761/.930 .929 92/1.004 2/0 19/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 373/288 .280/.323/.402/.726 .708/.730 .765 97/.851 8/3 5/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 10/.200 6/.733 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/.000 4/.250 429/298 .299/.403/.488/.891 .970/.856 .862 108/1.033 9/4 14/

15.Millar G/S/vP 6/.750 2/.000 20/1.183 2/.000 14/.940 7/.829 2/.000 5/.200 390/285 .243/.338/.395/.733 .835/.696 .838 87/.691 0/1 12/

6.Mora G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 31/.772 3/.000 8/.125 9/1.556 2/3.000 3/.666 377/275 .243/.312/.421/.733 .962/.649 .836 90/.754 2/6 14/

16.Payton G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 12/.258 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 198/129 .247/.286/.371/.657 .872/.536 .556 49/.579 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 4/.000 ··· 36/.444 4/1.000 8/.750 3/.666 4/1.500 2/.000 428/302 .293/.374/.488/.862 .894/.848 .892 105/.945 27/10 7/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 319/253 .266/.345/.514/.859 .777/.881 .998 76/.859 2/1 17/

IP 128.0 28.2 16.0 37.1 39.1 11.0 30.0 14.1 TOTAL .261/.330/.429/.758 .800/.743 .816 .799 58/29 109/57

ERA-K/9

4.15/6.8

3.77/4.1

6.19/6.8

4.82/3.1

3.20/6.4

6.55/6.5

3.00/7.2

1.88/8.8

4.49/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (64-17-6)
Quiroz (16-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 546/.231 127/.259 73/.318 168/.297 171/.271 51/.209 127/.266 68/.255 .269 Markakis
Jones
Payton
Scott 0/0/95/9
0/94/0/3
59/6/2/3
65/0/0/2

OPS .660 .713 .838 .791 .710 .775 .720 .761 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.697 44/.984 35/.589 79/.874 62/1.023 25/1.012 70/.855 30/.627 .808

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.627 83/.571 38/1.080 89/.718 109/.526 26/.508 57/.561 38/.849 .730

Road 227/.734 61/.794 42/.979 71/.768 79/.867 30/1.100 57/.649 41/.755 .780

Last 28d days 131/.617 40/.832 54/.729 49/.961 29/.803 44/.532 30/.685 64/.756

HR/SB/CS 11/6/5 3/5/1 0/0/1 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 86/39/21

Usage ······X· ooo····· Xo······ ··X···o· X······X X·o····· ·oo····· X·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, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 20, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 7-9, 4.15)

SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 7-5, 5.02)

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