BAL @ BOS, Saturday, July 12, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 45-46, 4th, 9½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 3-1, 5.94) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 33.1 34 24 22 19 26 7 5.94 2007 (0-2) 24.2 25 21 19 23 24 3 6.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 33.1 34 24 22 19 26 7 5.94 44 2008-07-06 TEX L 3.2 7 6 4 5 4 1 103 26 2008-07-01 KCR W 6 7 3 3 1 4 2 80 49 2008-06-26 @CHC W 5 4 2 2 4 4 0 98 51 2008-06-20 @MIL ND 2 4 5 5 4 2 2 53 26 2008-06-14 PIT ND 6.1 4 4 4 1 5 2 107 53 2008-06-08 @TOR ND 5 4 2 2 3 3 0 91 51 2008-06-03 @MIN W 5.1 4 2 2 1 4 0 90 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-0 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 6.00 43 2007-08-31 @BOS ND 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 72 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-16 Road: 20-30 ExtrInn: 3-6 vsRHP: 36-31 vsLHP: 9-15 1-Run: 17-17 vsEast: 16-22 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 9-10 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 84 Wed, Jul 2 KCR W 5-2 43-40 4th 8.5 gb 83 Tue, Jul 1 KCR W 7-5 42-40 4th 8.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Boston Red Sox, 55-40, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 5-6, 3.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 115.1 95 53 48 46 78 15 3.75 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 48.1 32 15 13 16 34 5 2.42 62 2008-07-06 @NYY ND 6.1 4 3 3 1 5 1 95 57 2008-07-01 @TBR L 7 5 2 1 3 4 0 115 62 2008-06-25 ARI W 7 2 0 0 1 6 0 89 78 2008-06-20 STL L 7 7 4 3 3 4 2 114 50 2008-06-14 @CIN ND 7 4 2 2 2 6 2 89 65 2008-06-07 SEA W 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 106 63 2008-06-02 @BAL ND 7 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 28.2 35 18 17 11 13 2 5.34 43 2008-06-02 @BAL ND 7 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 58 2007-09-06 @BAL ND 3.2 9 6 6 2 0 1 74 17 2007-08-02 BAL W 7 6 3 3 1 5 0 94 57 2006-09-30 BAL ND 6 5 3 3 2 3 0 86 51 2006-09-13 @BAL L 5 10 4 3 2 2 1 78 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-11 Road: 21-29 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 41-35 vsLHP: 14-5 1-Run: 13-16 vsEast: 18-19 vsCntrl:15-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 95 Fri, Jul 11 BAL L 3-7 55-40 2nd 1.5 gb 94 Wed, Jul 9 MIN W 18-5 55-39 2nd 2.0 gb 93 Tue, Jul 8 MIN W 6-5 54-39 2nd 3.0 gb 92 Mon, Jul 7 MIN W 1-0 53-39 2nd 4.0 gb 91 Sun, Jul 6 @NYY L 4-5 (10) 52-39 2nd 5.0 gb 90 Sat, Jul 5 @NYY L 1-2 52-38 2nd 4.0 gb 89 Fri, Jul 4 @NYY W 6-4 52-37 2nd 3.0 gb 88 Thu, Jul 3 @NYY W 7-0 51-37 2nd 3.0 gb 87 Wed, Jul 2 @TBR L 6-7 50-37 2nd 3.5 gb 86 Tue, Jul 1 @TBR L 1-3 50-36 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 11, 2008 BAL 7 @BOS 3 W:Brian Burres (7-5), L: Clay Buchholz (2-4), S: George Sherrill (28) Thu, Jun 12, 2008 BOS 9 BAL 2 W:Jon Lester (5-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-7), S: none Wed, Jun 11, 2008 BOS 6 BAL 3 W:Bartolo Colon (4-1), L: Garrett Olson (5-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (19) Tue, Jun 10, 2008 BAL 10 @BOS 6 W:Dennis Sarfate (4-1), L: Hideki Okajima (1-2), S: none Mon, Jun 02, 2008 BAL 6 BOS 3 W:Jim Johnson (1-2), L: Hideki Okajima (1-1), S: George Sherrill (18) Sun, Jun 01, 2008 BOS 9 @BAL 4 W:Bartolo Colon (3-0), L: Brian Burres (4-5), S: none Sat, May 31, 2008 BOS 6 @BAL 3 W:David Aardsma (2-1), L: Lance Cormier (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (16) Fri, May 30, 2008 BOS 5 @BAL 2 (13) W:Mike Timlin (3-3), L: Chad Bradford (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (15) Wed, May 14, 2008 BAL 6 BOS 3 W:Daniel Cabrera (4-1), L: Craig Hansen (0-2), S: George Sherrill (15) Tue, May 13, 2008 BAL 5 BOS 4 W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-3), S: George Sherrill (14) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1109-916

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 5.52

CLE 4.49

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.62

NYM 4.53

TEX 5.73

C. Jones .373

N. McLouth .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .470

D. Eckstein .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .656

B. Hawpe .467

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.100

M. Cameron .815

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Beckett 3.94

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

G. Floyd 6.04

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 116/99 .187/.230/.234/.464 .235/.506 .568 23/.243 2/3 0/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 62/48 .241/.267/.362/.629 .368/.705 .543 35/.749 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 40/.864 3/1.167 7/.629 5/1.467 3/1.667 4/.833 4/.500 15/.795 288/221 .238/.286/.370/.656 .740/.630 .599 86/.731 0/0 7/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 54/.646 ··· 7/.286 1/2.000 7/.858 8/.500 4/.000 21/.855 378/268 .285/.349/.532/.882 .778/.925 .846 101/1.202 2/0 18/

10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 6/.334 5/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 350/271 .280/.318/.409/.727 .703/.734 .683 100/.890 8/2 5/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/.591 3/.333 8/1.025 2/1.000 8/.393 10/.856 5/.000 9/1.556 405/283 .302/.400/.494/.894 .985/.854 .918 118/.973 9/4 14/

15.Millar G/S/vP 26/1.458 1/3.000 8/.125 4/.000 3/1.167 7/.310 4/.000 10/1.167 371/272 .239/.340/.393/.733 .790/.712 .639 95/.641 0/1 12/

6.Mora G/S/vP 54/.878 1/.000 8/.542 4/1.750 2/.000 5/1.100 6/.334 23/.776 355/259 .240/.309/.397/.706 .856/.651 .676 89/.617 2/6 11/

16.Payton G/S/vP 13/.160 4/.500 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/1.400 4/.500 6/.000 189/123 .243/.283/.373/.656 .851/.546 .758 53/.598 3/0 6/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/66 .211/.286/.316/.602 .961/.490 .572 20/.762 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 45/.427 4/.500 6/.333 2/.500 8/.250 5/1.350 8/.375 14/.721 406/288 .295/.374/.492/.866 .878/.861 .837 117/1.002 27/9 7/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 301/239 .259/.339/.485/.824 .676/.863 .758 83/.681 2/1 14/

IP 115.1 39.0 38.1 25.1 37.0 37.2 39.2 24.2 TOTAL .260/.328/.425/.753 .779/.743 .718 .805 57/27 100/54

ERA-K/9

3.75/6.1

2.77/9.5

4.70/8.7

5.68/7.5

2.19/5.1

2.87/8.6

2.27/11.3

6.57/5.1

3.86/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 483/.224 168/.203 167/.247 121/.243 153/.259 164/.259 155/.201 117/.310 .244 Markakis
Scott
Payton
Jones 0/0/90/8
62/0/0/2
57/6/2/2
0/89/0/1

OPS .680 .628 .704 .685 .725 .698 .551 .871 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.634 73/.596 72/.613 47/.820 81/.734 64/.586 88/.535 54/1.002 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.709 95/.654 95/.776 74/.603 72/.716 100/.772 67/.571 63/.757 .695

Home 194/.674 90/.775 79/.647 67/.733 92/.735 72/.843 80/.424 53/.894 .717

Last 28d days 132/.585 35/.467 46/.724 42/.765 50/.797 48/.884 41/.599 23/.854

HR/SB/CS 15/21/7 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 82/69/20

Usage ·····X·· X··o···· X·o··X·o ··X····· o·X··oXo ····oX·X ···XoX·X o·X···o·

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Liz
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 129/105 .367/.411/.467/.878 .940/.862 .995 32/.859 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/77 .241/.309/.379/.689 .921/.630 .683 22/.823 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 64/57 .263/.344/.351/.695 1.071/.649 .669 19/.616 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 6/1.467 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.000 234/187 .259/.309/.410/.719 .983/.651 .775 60/.876 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.762 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 328/264 .298/.405/.559/.964 .984/.959 .975 101/.945 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 354/273 .274/.344/.382/.726 .604/.762 .847 110/.649 35/7 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 11/.489 1/.000 ··· 9/.619 6/1.267 2/.000 2/1.000 320/259 .297/.359/.509/.868 1.033/.832 .872 111/.945 1/2 13/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 9/.444 6/.000 ··· 7/1.238 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.333 307/242 .268/.355/.330/.685 .749/.668 .775 82/.731 12/4 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 85/62 .286/.329/.442/.771 .664/.805 .705 50/.733 1/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 425/330 .311/.356/.456/.812 .987/.761 .802 118/1.158 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 18/1.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.900 2/.500 5/.600 372/304 .289/.384/.509/.894 .725/.933 .892 92/.746 1/0 17/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· 20/1.017 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 3/.666 3/1.334 284/227 .220/.299/.358/.658 .662/.657 .721 82/.387 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 8/1.071 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 5/.650 2/5.000 3/.333 365/307 .314/.381/.547/.927 1.061/.904 .925 93/1.024 3/4 14/

IP 33.1 8.1 33.1 4.2 0.0 32.2 52.1 40.0 39.2 TOTAL .281/.354/.449/.803 .835/.795 .845 .812 78/22 105/55

ERA-K/9

5.94/7.0

11.88/7.6

2.70/3.0

0.00/7.7

/0.0

2.76/6.6

2.06/4.8

3.60/9.7

4.08/9.7

4.48/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (29-11-10)
Varitek (40-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.264 47/.400 139/.286 20/.235 2/1.000 138/.220 203/.184 179/.203 174/.221 .263 Ramirez
Drew
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 58/0/0/6
0/1/77/5
0/69/0/3
10/0/13/2
47/40/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .833 1.093 .681 .644 2.000 .640 .468 .663 .695 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.945 18/.746 44/.770 11/.586 1/2.000 60/.557 96/.525 85/.591 52/.525 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.734 29/1.321 95/.641 9/.708 1/ 78/.701 107/.418 94/.721 122/.767 .744

Road 78/.767 19/.707 71/.566 12/.750 2/2.000 110/.607 110/.532 103/.639 81/.763 .742

Last 28d days 109/.938 10/.733 48/.645 20/.644 2/2.000 61/.643 64/.542 52/.662 54/1.068

HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 1/1/0 2/0/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 0/2/2 2/5/1 5/2/0 98/77/24

Usage ·····X·· ··o···X· o··o·o·· ··X··X·· ···o···· ··X···o· Xo·X·X·o ···o··XX oo···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: BAL @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 12, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 3-1, 5.94)

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 5-6, 3.75)

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