BAL @ BOS, Monday, September 1, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 63-73, 5th, 21½ GB, 16 GB in WC	SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 8-6, 6.38) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-6) 108.2 139 79 77 47 68 14 6.38 2007 (1-3) 32.1 42 28 28 28 28 4 7.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 35.1 54 32 31 17 21 5 7.90 35 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 2008-08-01 @SEA W 8.1 11 3 3 1 1 0 117 49 2008-07-27 LAA W 6 7 2 2 2 1 0 97 49 2008-07-22 TOR ND 4.2 9 6 6 3 1 1 108 20 2008-07-17 DET L 6 7 5 5 4 5 2 91 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-3 25.2 30 21 21 18 18 5 7.36 39 2008-06-11 @BOS L 5.1 7 6 6 3 0 2 98 27 2008-05-31 BOS ND 5 3 2 2 2 5 2 89 56 2007-09-06 BOS ND 3.2 5 5 5 2 3 1 64 32 2007-09-01 @BOS L 5.1 7 4 4 5 4 0 104 37 2007-08-11 BOS L 6.1 8 4 4 6 6 0 115 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-31 Road: 30-42 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 49-50 vsLHP: 14-23 1-Run: 20-24 vsEast: 20-36 vsCntrl:17-14 vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sun, Aug 31 @TBR L 4-10 63-73 5th 21.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @TBR L 9-10 63-72 5th 20.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @TBR L 3-14 63-71 5th 19.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CHW W 11-3 63-70 5th 18.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CHW L 3-8 62-70 5th 18.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 CHW L 3-4 62-69 5th 18.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 NYY L 7-8 62-68 5th 17.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 NYY L 3-5 62-67 5th 17.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 NYY L 4-9 62-66 5th 16.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 BOS W 11-6 62-65 5th 15.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Boston Red Sox, 79-57, 2nd, 5½ GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 9-11, 4.55) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-11) 150.1 167 80 76 28 65 27 4.55 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 48.1 46 14 14 11 21 4 2.61 56 2008-08-27 @NYY W 6 5 2 2 2 5 0 106 57 2008-08-22 @TOR W 6 6 4 4 2 4 2 86 46 2008-08-16 TOR L 7.1 10 4 4 0 0 2 96 42 2008-08-09 @TOR W 9 6 2 2 0 2 0 94 69 2008-08-02 @MIN W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 99 60 2008-07-28 DET W 7.2 4 0 0 3 4 0 107 72 2008-07-21 @LAA W 5.1 9 1 1 2 5 0 94 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-3 34 30 13 13 6 20 7 3.44 56 2007-05-04 @BAL ND 6.2 6 1 1 0 3 1 104 61 2004-06-25 @BAL L 6.1 6 3 3 3 2 1 102 48 2002-05-02 @BAL L 7 5 4 4 0 7 3 81 58 2002-04-27 BAL L 7 5 5 5 2 4 2 93 49 2001-08-16 @BAL W 7 8 0 0 1 4 0 100 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-19 Road: 34-38 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 59-47 vsLHP: 20-10 1-Run: 16-20 vsEast: 27-26 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sun, Aug 31 CHW L 2-4 79-57 2nd 5.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 CHW W 8-2 79-56 2nd 4.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 CHW W 8-0 78-56 2nd 4.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @NYY L 2-3 77-56 2nd 4.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @NYY W 11-3 77-55 2nd 3.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @NYY W 7-3 76-55 2nd 3.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @TOR W 6-5 (11) 75-55 2nd 4.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @TOR L 0-11 74-55 2nd 5.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @TOR W 8-4 74-54 2nd 4.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @BAL L 6-11 73-54 2nd 4.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 20, 2008 BAL 11 BOS 6 W:Chris Waters (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (2-9), S: none Tue, Aug 19, 2008 BOS 7 @BAL 2 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-2), L: Daniel Cabrera (8-8), S: none Mon, Aug 18, 2008 BOS 6 @BAL 3 W:Jon Lester (12-4), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (33) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 BOS 2 BAL 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (10-1), L: Daniel Cabrera (6-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (28) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 BOS 12 BAL 1 W:Tim Wakefield (6-6), L: Radhames Liz (3-2), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 9-6; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1113-917

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

LAA 4.62

WSN 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.64

TEX 5.94

A. Pujols .364

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

I. Suzuki .367

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .643

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

C. Delgado .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

J. Lannan 3.92

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
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

2.Castro G/S/vP 6/.450 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 129/90 .186/.228/.246/.474 .547/.443 .458 74/.554 0/0 1/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 116/78 .271/.304/.355/.659 .598/.685 .593 35/.558 0/1 1/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 9/.619 8/.542 4/1.167 1/.000 5/.650 5/.400 16/.742 430/316 .258/.308/.416/.724 .731/.721 .687 86/.694 0/0 14/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 12/1.583 8/.250 8/.750 1/.000 10/.400 6/.833 23/.777 575/404 .311/.369/.576/.945 .771/1.021 .914 116/1.076 3/0 30/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 3/.666 5/.400 430/334 .279/.320/.405/.725 .689/.734 .713 / 8/3 7/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/1.000 10/1.200 10/.425 ··· 12/.833 6/.000 11/1.747 605/425 .308/.408/.498/.906 .889/.914 .996 114/1.046 10/6 18/

15.Millar G/S/vP 10/.500 8/.125 3/1.167 1/2.000 7/.310 6/.000 10/1.167 553/403 .241/.331/.409/.740 .785/.723 .659 106/.605 0/1 19/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 53/29 .340/.377/.460/.837 .725/.932 .786 51/.831 0/0 1/

6.Mora G/S/vP 15/.771 11/.489 3/1.666 1/.000 6/.900 7/.286 24/.760 530/380 .284/.343/.494/.837 1.014/.766 .777 98/1.283 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 8/.875 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 5/.400 8/.417 323/225 .255/.299/.371/.670 .838/.594 .706 101/.694 7/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/108 .186/.256/.271/.527 .828/.462 .487 23/.178 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 6/1.100 8/.542 10/.400 ··· 7/1.171 9/.611 15/.666 612/439 .299/.378/.465/.843 .919/.814 .819 122/.838 35/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 23/10 .238/.261/.571/.832 .321/1.511 .901 4/.583 0/0 2/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 4/.500 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 463/364 .270/.359/.499/.857 .737/.890 .773 89/1.004 2/2 21/

IP 150.1 59.0 50.1 75.2 54.0 58.0 41.2 TOTAL .272/.338/.441/.779 .792/.775 .752 .845 72/34 156/83

ERA-K/9

4.55/3.9

3.97/8.7

2.86/5.4

3.33/6.9

2.83/8.2

1.71/10.1

4.97/5.2

3.96/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (83-24-9)
Quiroz (23-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.281 251/.225 206/.257 317/.223 229/.225 222/.194 188/.285 .249 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/134/15
65/33/2/8
0/106/0/3
94/0/0/2
14/4/3/0

OPS .786 .646 .720 .695 .650 .500 .814 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.897 113/.601 106/.641 160/.792 98/.564 118/.534 84/.999 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.664 138/.685 100/.799 157/.601 131/.716 104/.462 104/.661 .705

Home 229/.709 122/.568 119/.669 163/.762 111/.792 108/.416 85/.812 .728

Last 28d days 114/.716 54/.622 31/.526 58/.686 39/.536 36/.389 50/.863

HR/SB/CS 27/4/5 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/8/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 6/4/0 125/83/31

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Olson*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 26.Cabrera
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/15 .269/.345/.423/.768 .896/.641 .857 21/.857 0/0 1/

44.Bay G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 6/.334 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 582/450 .290/.371/.518/.889 .808/.911 .925 108/.813 10/0 26/

30.Cash G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 134/103 .231/.299/.339/.637 .984/.537 .595 23/.648 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/.500 4/.000 137/118 .276/.375/.345/.720 .594/.742 .805 56/.741 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 12/.584 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 5/.000 1/no AB 6/.666 11/.819 336/254 .263/.322/.394/.716 .787/.691 .734 61/.796 17/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/2.000 3/.333 5/.000 3/.000 510/390 .267/.329/.367/.697 .715/.691 .779 92/.794 43/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 363/259 .290/.343/.425/.768 .652/.816 .820 83/.901 2/3 6/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 207/146 .278/.341/.439/.780 .956/.706 .826 103/.787 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/1.117 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.667 3/3.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 19/1.362 394/306 .270/.381/.488/.869 .667/.927 1.020 108/.941 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/.696 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 4/.500 3/1.167 618/475 .326/.373/.488/.861 .931/.840 .874 112/1.111 16/1 15/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 173/93 .231/.381/.366/.747 .650/.827 .852 12/.750 0/1 3/

60.Van Every* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 11/1.233 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 2/.000 4/.833 5/.400 4/.500 14/.630 413/320 .226/.317/.369/.686 .789/.656 .703 76/.799 0/1 11/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 14/.946 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 3/1.666 7/1.429 7/.762 3/2.667 1/.000 533/437 .318/.388/.565/.953 1.031/.937 1.015 92/1.019 3/4 24/

IP 108.2 29.2 27.0 20.1 9.2 56.2 68.2 73.0 34.0 TOTAL .282/.359/.447/.807 .842/.797 .854 .850 105/28 146/73

ERA-K/9

6.38/5.6

3.64/6.1

5.00/9.3

3.10/8.0

4.66/10.2

4.61/6.0

2.23/5.0

5.05/9.4

5.82/5.8

5.02/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (33-15-12)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (50-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 505/.310 142/.303 124/.274 91/.208 46/.237 256/.282 281/.219 330/.221 153/.310 .276 Bay
Crisp
Ellsbury
Kotsay
Bailey
Van Every
Youkilis 132/0/0/6
0/95/0/3
54/57/25/3
0/84/4/3
3/0/1/0
0/1/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .848 .785 .901 .667 .743 .755 .539 .727 .962 .793

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.823 64/.815 50/1.015 33/.648 19/.778 110/.676 129/.574 151/.727 83/.966 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.855 78/.760 74/.826 58/.678 27/.713 146/.808 152/.511 179/.726 70/.956 .791

Road 278/.876 70/.701 58/.930 53/.849 25/.768 165/.768 150/.599 201/.782 94/1.174 .785

Last 28d days 58/1.093 60/.901 56/.926 55/.733 40/.737 68/.819 50/.824 95/.901 48/1.057

HR/SB/CS 14/16/2 1/0/0 8/4/2 2/2/0 1/0/0 4/5/2 0/3/2 8/5/2 11/1/1 160/106/32

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

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, Monday, September 1, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 8-6, 6.38)

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 9-11, 4.55)

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