TBR @ BAL, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 95-62, 1st, 3 up	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 12-11, 4.19) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-11) 176 185 83 82 74 104 22 4.19 2007 (5-15) 161 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76 2006 (0-0) 36.1 42 27 22 25 27 2 5.45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 39 49 20 20 15 27 5 4.62 47 2008-09-19 MIN W 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 114 65 2008-09-14 @NYY L 2 6 6 6 1 1 2 53 20 2008-09-08 @BOS L 7 8 3 3 2 6 1 98 53 2008-09-03 NYY L 3.1 10 6 6 1 2 0 70 17 2008-08-28 TOR W 7 6 1 1 2 2 0 106 61 2008-08-22 @CHW W 6 7 2 2 5 5 1 97 50 2008-08-16 @TEX L 6 5 1 1 3 6 1 101 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 8.1 11 9 9 8 4 1 9.72 33 2008-05-24 BAL W 5 4 3 3 5 2 1 100 44 2007-07-26 @BAL L 3.1 7 6 6 3 2 0 86 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 57-24 Road: 38-38 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 70-39 vsLHP: 25-23 1-Run: 28-17 vsEast: 42-29 vsCntrl:19-15 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 7-5 95-62 1st 3.0 up 156 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 5-2 94-62 1st 3.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 67-90, 5th, 28 GB, 25 GB in WC	SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 6-6, 6.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-6) 79.1 94 62 59 48 52 16 6.69 2007 (0-2) 24.2 25 21 19 23 24 3 6.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 38 49 27 26 20 20 6 6.16 39 2008-09-19 @NYY L 6.1 8 3 3 3 1 1 106 43 2008-09-14 MIN W 8 5 0 0 1 4 0 109 75 2008-09-09 CLE L 4.2 8 4 3 3 5 0 102 36 2008-09-02 @BOS L 3.1 9 9 9 3 2 0 75 5 2008-08-27 CHW W 5.1 3 2 2 5 3 1 101 52 2008-08-22 NYY ND 4.2 9 3 3 1 4 2 83 37 2008-07-26 LAA L 5.2 7 6 6 4 1 2 103 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-40 Road: 31-50 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 52-58 vsLHP: 15-32 1-Run: 20-29 vsEast: 21-47 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Tue, Sep 23 TBR L 5-7 67-90 5th 28.0 gb 156 Tue, Sep 23 TBR L 2-5 67-89 5th 28.0 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 Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 5-25
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 23, 2008 TBR 7 @BAL 5 W:Jeff Niemann (2-1), L: Jamie Walker (1-3), S: J.P. Howell (3) Tue, Sep 23, 2008 TBR 5 @BAL 2 W:James Shields (14-8), L: Garrett Olson (9-10), S: Dan Wheeler (13) 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) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 14-3; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; All-Time - BAL leads 96-89

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 5.49

MIL 4.65

SDP 3.94

RA/G

TOR 3.82

HOU 4.62

TEX 6.02

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Cora .367

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .631

H. Blalock .490

T. Pena .205

OPS

A. Pujols 1.086

N. Johnson .846

T. Pena .385

ERA

C. Lee 2.54

J. Beckett 4.03

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

J. Jurrjens 6.64

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Liz
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 347/210 .254/.327/.415/.741 .812/.696 .741 89/.839 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 3/2.000 1/3.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 79/28 .264/.329/.444/.774 .861/.620 .720 50/.698 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 10/1.300 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 481/340 .288/.328/.365/.693 .922/.597 .665 97/.885 20/6 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 276/264 .276/.355/.469/.824 .450/.840 .599 60/.941 1/0 11/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 1/.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 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 384/313 .244/.341/.428/.769 .602/.808 .622 83/.880 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 12/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.444 .500 12/.500 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 3/1.000 13/.558 418/363 .245/.333/.462/.794 .484/.841 .869 58/.476 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/1.250 16/.742 2/.500 2/.500 3/.333 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 10/.200 694/478 .273/.350/.377/.727 .654/.759 .669 116/.785 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.182 4/.500 2/.000 21/15 .200/.238/.500/.738 .000/1.048 .808 20/.776 0/0 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 488/355 .276/.344/.538/.883 .841/.898 .897 53/.863 7/0 26/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 5/1.400 456/332 .292/.347/.406/.752 .740/.767 .716 78/.771 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 2/no AB 5/.400 18/1.095 3/.667 3/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 11/1.073 593/382 .247/.378/.498/.876 .658/1.000 .838 119/.980 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 61/34 .264/.328/.472/.799 .864/.626 .830 61/.799 3/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 74/29 .214/.257/.357/.614 .495/.806 .516 27/.582 2/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 2/3.000 4/1.750 16/1.263 2/.500 3/.333 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 6/1.667 623/428 .275/.384/.398/.782 .795/.776 .761 73/.864 42/16 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.083 2/.000 212/123 .235/.330/.437/.767 .716/.797 .813 71/.853 3/0 8/

IP 79.1 36.0 128.0 25.2 16.2 71.1 4.1 6.2 7.2 52.1 11.0 38.0 TOTAL .261/.340/.423/.763 .721/.781 .726 .810 136/50 172/87

ERA-K/9

6.69/5.9

4.75/6.2

5.98/4.4

3.86/7.7

4.86/8.1

4.04/5.8

16.62/4.2

6.75/9.4

1.17/9.4

4.82/9.6

4.91/6.5

6.87/5.7

5.12/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (2-0-0)
Jaso (0-0-0)
Navarro (43-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 369/.298 173/.309 587/.309 120/.262 81/.231 317/.277 27/.389 32/.308 39/.290 236/.237 47/.273 178/.325 .277 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Perez
Zobrist
Johnson
Baldelli
Gomes 0/139/0/14
2/18/117/8
36/0/49/4
24/5/14/2
6/13/2/1
14/5/1/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/6/0
8/0/20/0

OPS .896 .854 .848 .765 .850 .721 .983 .849 .750 .718 .910 .981 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.957 77/.844 177/.848 44/.811 36/.750 143/.648 17/.743 13/.671 20/.874 71/.542 34/.780 98/.913 .786

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.826 96/.861 410/.847 76/.738 45/.896 174/.777 10/1.381 19/.978 19/.628 165/.797 13/1.280 80/1.066 .803

Home 226/.845 102/.964 317/.992 55/.563 42/.790 123/.654 18/1.088 27/.762 16/.598 124/.693 47/.910 69/.674 .803

Last 28d days 127/.810 41/.980 71/.716 37/1.076 47/.854 74/.687 19/.821 25/.702 39/.750 12/.639 47/.910 37/1.156

HR/SB/CS 16/11/2 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 3/1/0 12/2/1 179/126/33

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

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 173/113 .190/.240/.259/.499 .493/.501 .464 59/.609 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.500 139/98 .281/.319/.359/.678 .604/.706 .787 28/.753 0/2 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 105/81 .232/.262/.354/.616 .523/.642 .696 13/.647 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 14/1.429 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.111 2/1.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 11/.818 497/349 .257/.306/.407/.713 .677/.730 .763 78/.655 0/0 15/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 3/1.666 8/1.500 4/.750 12/.650 4/.250 3/.666 5/2.000 ··· 4/.500 651/441 .306/.361/.557/.918 .755/.997 .950 93/.901 4/0 32/

10.Jones G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 501/371 .272/.313/.405/.718 .665/.735 .728 71/.677 10/3 9/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 14/1.072 8/.661 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/1.850 686/464 .300/.402/.486/.889 .837/.914 .814 96/.855 10/6 20/

15.Millar G/S/vP 6/1.667 3/.000 7/.286 14/.457 5/.650 7/1.143 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 5/.000 604/434 .236/.326/.398/.724 .750/.714 .781 68/.506 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 108/59 .311/.333/.476/.809 .681/.920 .910 67/.798 0/0 3/

6.Mora G/S/vP 5/.400 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 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 360/248 .245/.291/.349/.641 .769/.581 .605 52/.491 8/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 147/120 .189/.262/.273/.535 .755/.486 .604 22/.483 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 4/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 19/1.003 9/.944 6/1.667 10/1.489 3/.333 5/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 694/485 .296/.378/.452/.830 .851/.820 .846 102/.715 39/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 85/46 .278/.376/.528/.904 .576/1.193 .893 66/.909 0/1 5/

63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .500 7/.286 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 7/.715 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 526/407 .258/.338/.475/.814 .708/.845 .876 79/.553 2/2 23/

IP 176.0 57.0 57.0 76.1 89.1 40.0 43.2 11.1 6.1 7.1 65.1 TOTAL .267/.334/.431/.765 .752/.771 .792 .706 80/36 172/96

ERA-K/9

4.19/5.3

1.42/12.6

2.05/2.7

4.48/5.1

2.22/9.3

4.50/8.6

4.74/7.8

2.38/7.2

7.11/11.4

8.59/4.9

3.17/7.0

3.74/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (95-24-9)
Quiroz (30-9-5)
Santos (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 756/.274 219/.141 232/.274 336/.273 370/.194 175/.253 188/.184 46/.190 27/.217 37/.367 259/.186 .245 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/153/16
71/38/3/8
0/125/0/4
104/0/0/3
24/4/5/1

OPS .784 .449 .645 .792 .579 .711 .717 .525 .681 1.186 .610 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 378/.775 92/.369 77/.757 153/.833 138/.534 103/.632 94/.748 19/.377 13/.862 14/1.200 101/.669 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 378/.792 127/.508 155/.593 183/.757 232/.605 72/.822 94/.686 27/.634 14/.522 23/1.178 158/.573 .711

Road 374/.814 118/.487 120/.601 193/.827 185/.633 75/.840 77/.855 43/.515 4/.833 21/.873 141/.640 .756

Last 28d days 120/.880 53/.572 38/.539 37/.981 66/.400 32/.777 30/1.136 46/.525 23/.654 37/1.186 38/.832

HR/SB/CS 22/11/5 2/2/1 2/3/4 11/10/1 6/10/3 2/0/2 9/7/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 10/1/1 155/73/29

Usage ····X··· XX·X··Xo o····oo· ··o····· XX·X··XX ··oo·o·· ··XX·X·· ·X···o·· ········ X······· oo···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, 7:05pm, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 12-11, 4.19)

SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 6-6, 6.69)

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