TBR @ BAL, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 93-62, 1st, 2½ up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 13-8, 3.61) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-8) 207 200 92 83 39 152 23 3.61 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 49 48 20 19 14 27 5 3.49 54 2008-09-18 MIN ND 6.1 8 6 5 2 3 1 90 36 2008-09-13 @NYY W 8 5 0 0 0 6 0 106 78 2008-09-06 @TOR ND 8 6 3 3 2 3 2 96 59 2008-08-31 BAL W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 101 60 2008-08-26 TOR L 6.2 9 4 4 2 4 0 104 42 2008-08-19 LAA W 8 9 2 2 1 7 1 103 62 2008-08-14 @OAK ND 5 5 4 4 5 3 1 94 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 35 33 16 9 8 16 1 2.31 55 2008-08-31 BAL W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 101 60 2008-05-25 BAL ND 8 8 4 3 1 3 1 92 54 2008-04-11 BAL ND 6 7 5 2 1 4 0 95 47 2008-03-31 @BAL W 7 5 2 2 3 2 0 85 58 2007-09-03 BAL W 7 7 4 1 1 6 0 97 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 57-24 Road: 36-38 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 69-39 vsLHP: 24-23 1-Run: 28-17 vsEast: 40-29 vsCntrl:19-15 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 155 Mon, Sep 22 @BAL W 4-2 93-62 1st 2.5 up 154 Sun, Sep 21 MIN L 1-4 92-62 1st 1.5 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 MIN W 7-2 92-61 1st 2.5 up 152 Fri, Sep 19 MIN W 11-1 91-61 1st 1.5 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIN L 8-11 90-61 1st 1.5 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 BOS W 10-3 90-60 1st 2.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 BOS W 2-1 89-60 1st 1.0 up 148 Mon, Sep 15 BOS L 5-13 88-60 1st Tied 147 Sun, Sep 14 @NYY L 4-8 88-59 1st 1.0 up 146 Sat, Sep 13 @NYY L 5-6 88-58 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Baltimore Orioles, 67-88, 5th, 26 GB, 23½ GB in WC	SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 9-9, 6.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-9) 126.2 162 97 95 59 79 17 6.75 2007 (1-3) 32.1 42 28 28 28 28 4 7.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 28.1 43 34 33 19 24 5 10.48 33 2008-09-18 @TOR L 5.2 4 3 3 3 1 1 99 47 2008-09-13 MIN L 0.2 5 6 6 1 0 0 27 17 2008-09-08 CLE W 6 8 3 3 3 6 0 105 47 2008-09-01 @BOS L 5.2 6 6 6 5 4 2 96 32 2008-08-17 @DET ND 1.2 4 5 5 3 4 0 63 28 2008-08-12 @CLE ND 6 9 5 4 2 6 0 105 40 2008-08-06 @LAA L 2.2 7 6 6 2 3 2 65 21 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-38 Road: 31-50 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 52-56 vsLHP: 15-32 1-Run: 20-29 vsEast: 21-45 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 155 Mon, Sep 22 TBR L 2-4 67-88 5th 26.0 gb 154 Sun, Sep 21 @NYY L 3-7 67-87 5th 25.0 gb 153 Sat, Sep 20 @NYY L 0-1 67-86 5th 25.0 gb 152 Fri, Sep 19 @NYY L 2-3 67-85 5th 24.0 gb 151 Thu, Sep 18 @TOR L 2-3 67-84 5th 23.0 gb 150 Wed, Sep 17 @TOR L 7-8 67-83 5th 23.0 gb 149 Tue, Sep 16 @TOR W 2-0 67-82 5th 22.0 gb 148 Sun, Sep 14 MIN W 7-3 66-82 5th 22.5 gb 147 Sat, Sep 13 MIN L 6-12 65-82 5th 23.5 gb 146 Sat, Sep 13 MIN L 2-12 65-81 5th 23.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 6-24
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Sep 22, 2008 TBR 4 @BAL 2 W:Grant Balfour (6-2), L: Rocky Cherry (0-3), S: Dan Wheeler (12) Sun, Aug 31, 2008 TBR 10 BAL 4 W:James Shields (12-8), L: Brian Burres (7-9), S: none Sat, Aug 30, 2008 TBR 10 BAL 9 W:Dan Wheeler (3-5), L: Rocky Cherry (0-2), S: none Fri, Aug 29, 2008 TBR 14 BAL 3 W:Scott Kazmir (10-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-11), S: none Sun, May 25, 2008 TBR 5 BAL 4 W:Troy Percival (1-0), L: George Sherrill (1-1), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 TBR 11 BAL 4 W:Edwin Jackson (3-3), L: Steve Trachsel (2-5), S: none Fri, May 23, 2008 TBR 2 BAL 0 W:Matt Garza (3-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-5), S: Troy Percival (14) Thu, May 01, 2008 TBR 4 @BAL 2 W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Brian Burres (3-2), S: Troy Percival (6) Wed, Apr 30, 2008 TBR 8 @BAL 1 W:Andy Sonnanstine (4-1), L: Matt Albers (2-1), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 BAL 7 TBR 4 W:Garrett Olson (1-0), L: Jason Hammel (2-2), S: George Sherrill (10) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 12-3; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; All-Time - BAL leads 96-87

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 5.48

MIL 4.63

WSN 3.96

RA/G

TOR 3.82

SDP 4.63

TEX 6.03

R. Furcal .366

R. Sweeney .293

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Callaspo .368

T. Pena .179

SLG

A. Pujols .631

C. Ross .490

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.084

B. Abreu .849

T. Pena .383

ERA

C. Lee 2.41

R. Johnson 3.99

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.14

J. Shields 6.61

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Olson*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 41.McCrory
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 25.Miller
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 58.Simon
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 343/206 .257/.330/.420/.751 .812/.710 .759 89/.856 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 2/no AB 1/3.000 5/1.850 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 72/27 .262/.333/.462/.795 .891/.644 .743 44/.703 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 10/1.300 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 476/340 .282/.323/.358/.680 .888/.597 .640 95/.827 20/6 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 273/261 .275/.355/.470/.826 .450/.842 .597 60/.941 1/0 11/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 10/1.189 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 172/60 .174/.279/.376/.655 .719/.536 .669 6/.000 8/1 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 380/310 .246/.342/.432/.774 .591/.817 .628 82/.899 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .222/.222/.222/.444 .667/.333 .400 9/.444 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 13/.558 415/360 .244/.333/.460/.793 .484/.840 .867 58/.493 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/1.167 4/1.250 16/.742 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.500 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 10/.200 688/477 .276/.353/.381/.734 .671/.761 .682 114/.819 7/6 6/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .000 4/.500 0/0 0/

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.200 ··· 2/.000 16/11 .200/.250/.600/.850 .000/1.264 1.089 15/.910 0/0 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 478/350 .276/.345/.534/.880 .860/.887 .891 43/.829 7/0 25/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/1.250 450/332 .289/.345/.402/.746 .715/.767 .704 74/.716 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 18/1.095 2/no AB 3/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 11/1.073 587/380 .247/.378/.501/.879 .665/1.000 .844 117/.986 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/31 .229/.302/.438/.739 .689/.622 .721 55/.739 2/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 74/29 .214/.257/.357/.614 .495/.806 .516 28/.560 2/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 16/1.263 1/no AB 3/.333 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB ··· 6/1.667 617/426 .275/.384/.398/.783 .806/.773 .762 71/.821 42/16 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 203/118 .227/.320/.426/.746 .710/.765 .780 63/.778 3/0 8/

IP 126.2 36.0 128.0 23.2 16.2 70.1 4.1 6.1 7.2 51.1 3.1 38.0 TOTAL .261/.340/.422/.762 .719/.781 .724 .797 135/50 171/87

ERA-K/9

6.75/5.6

4.75/6.2

5.98/4.4

3.80/7.2

4.86/8.1

3.97/5.8

16.62/4.2

7.11/10.0

1.17/9.4

4.91/9.6

8.10/5.5

5.92/5.7

5.10/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (0-0-0)
Jaso (0-0-0)
Navarro (43-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 595/.311 173/.309 587/.309 110/.247 81/.231 311/.272 27/.389 30/.292 39/.290 232/.242 16/.357 174/.313 .276 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Perez
Baldelli
Gomes
Zobrist
Johnson 0/137/0/14
2/18/116/8
35/0/49/3
24/5/14/2
6/12/1/1
1/0/6/0
8/0/20/0
12/5/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .865 .854 .848 .761 .850 .712 .983 .796 .750 .732 1.366 .959 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.823 77/.844 177/.848 42/.853 36/.750 140/.632 17/.743 12/.733 20/.874 69/.559 10/1.200 97/.907 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 458/.877 96/.861 410/.847 68/.704 45/.896 171/.772 10/1.381 18/.840 19/.628 163/.808 6/1.667 77/1.027 .799

Home 264/.855 102/.964 317/.992 45/.510 42/.790 117/.626 18/1.088 25/.693 16/.598 120/.718 16/1.366 65/.597 .802

Last 28d days 90/.967 57/.988 98/.854 27/1.204 47/.854 68/.642 19/.821 23/.612 39/.750 8/1.025 16/1.366 33/1.061

HR/SB/CS 17/19/2 3/0/0 17/9/2 3/2/0 3/0/1 4/6/2 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 12/2/1 178/125/33

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

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
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 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 170/110 .187/.238/.258/.496 .493/.497 .456 58/.584 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 135/94 .274/.313/.355/.668 .604/.693 .767 26/.651 0/2 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 102/78 .229/.260/.344/.604 .523/.628 .681 10/.533 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 27/.392 1/.000 1/no AB 14/1.429 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.111 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 10/.900 492/344 .258/.308/.409/.716 .677/.735 .771 76/.645 0/0 15/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 28/.929 1/no AB 3/1.666 8/1.500 3/1.000 12/.650 4/.250 3/.666 5/2.000 ··· 4/.500 646/437 .308/.364/.562/.925 .759/1.007 .967 92/.928 4/0 32/

10.Jones G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 496/367 .270/.312/.403/.715 .670/.730 .722 66/.651 10/3 9/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 37/.874 1/no AB ··· 14/1.072 8/.661 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/1.850 681/459 .299/.401/.487/.888 .837/.913 .812 95/.883 10/6 20/

15.Millar G/S/vP 33/.924 3/.000 7/.286 14/.457 5/.650 7/1.143 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 600/430 .236/.325/.398/.723 .750/.713 .780 68/.456 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 99/51 .305/.323/.442/.765 .695/.833 .848 62/.674 0/0 2/

6.Mora G/S/vP 29/.633 4/.250 9/.222 16/.875 7/.619 2/.000 8/.750 ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/.334 560/393 .282/.341/.483/.824 .986/.754 .900 37/.785 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 20/.461 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 355/243 .248/.295/.355/.650 .769/.593 .623 51/.543 7/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 144/117 .178/.254/.256/.509 .755/.453 .545 20/.259 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 40/.914 2/.000 3/.666 19/1.003 8/1.071 6/1.667 10/1.489 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 688/480 .296/.378/.454/.832 .855/.822 .851 100/.717 38/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 76/38 .281/.382/.547/.928 .593/1.280 .939 57/.943 0/1 5/

63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 518/399 .263/.344/.484/.827 .708/.863 .906 75/.637 2/2 23/

IP 207.0 56.0 56.1 76.1 87.2 40.0 43.2 11.1 6.1 3.0 64.1 TOTAL .267/.334/.432/.766 .754/.771 .795 .696 78/36 171/93

ERA-K/9

3.61/6.6

1.45/12.5

2.08/2.7

4.48/5.1

2.26/9.4

4.50/8.6

4.74/7.8

2.38/7.2

7.11/11.4

12.00/6.0

3.22/7.1

3.75/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (95-24-9)
Quiroz (30-9-4)
Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 845/.254 215/.144 230/.277 336/.273 365/.197 175/.253 188/.184 46/.190 27/.217 16/.417 256/.188 .245 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/152/16
70/37/3/8
0/123/0/4
103/0/0/3
23/4/4/0

OPS .708 .452 .651 .792 .588 .711 .717 .525 .681 1.646 .618 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 423/.742 90/.377 77/.757 153/.833 137/.538 103/.632 94/.748 19/.377 13/.862 8/1.825 100/.676 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 422/.674 125/.506 153/.601 183/.757 228/.617 72/.822 94/.686 27/.634 14/.522 8/1.500 156/.580 .710

Road 369/.810 114/.495 118/.612 193/.827 180/.652 75/.840 77/.855 43/.515 4/.833 / 138/.655 .758

Last 28d days 147/.669 49/.593 37/.615 40/1.039 67/.495 33/.753 30/1.136 46/.525 23/.654 16/1.646 35/.908

HR/SB/CS 23/7/6 2/2/1 2/3/4 11/10/1 6/10/3 2/0/2 9/7/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 10/1/1 154/71/29

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

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: TBR @ BAL, 5:05pm, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 13-8, 3.61)

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 9-9, 6.75)

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