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Baltimore Orioles, 58-62, 5th, 15 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 1-0, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             12     8   6   6   6   8  2    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0  12     8   6   6   6   8  2    4.50   53 
 2008-08-10    TEX  ND   4     7   6   6   3   5  2      90   26 
 2008-08-05   @LAA   W   8     1   0   0   3   3  0     104   80 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-24   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  46-42   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 19-28   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14  @CLE  W  11-6       58-62  5th 15.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13  @CLE  W   6-1       57-62  5th 15.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12  @CLE  L   5-7       56-62  5th 15.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11  @CLE  L   8-13      56-61  5th 15.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   TEX  L   7-15      56-60  5th 14.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   TEX  W   9-0       56-59  5th 13.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   TEX  W   9-1       55-59  5th 13.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @LAA  L   4-9       54-59  5th 14.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @LAA  W   3-0       54-58  5th 13.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @LAA  L   5-6       53-58  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Detroit Tigers, 59-62, 3rd, 9½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 7-8, 5.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-8)            140.1 179  92  91  43  90 19    5.84      
 2007 (9-13)           177.2 199  98  94  63 119 22    4.76      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  40    50  29  29  13  21  6    6.53   41 
 2008-08-10    OAK   W   7.2   5   1   1   1   5  0     104   69 
 2008-08-05   @CHW  ND   5     9   4   4   3   3  1     101   33 
 2008-07-30   @CLE  ND   3     9   8   8   2   2  2      67    9 
 2008-07-25    CHW  ND   6     5   3   3   5   5  0      86   50 
 2008-07-19   @BAL  ND   2.1   8   7   7   0   1  1      50   14 
 2008-07-12    MIN   L   7    10   5   5   0   4  2      95   41 
 2008-07-06   @SEA  ND   9     4   1   1   2   1  0     100   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      3-0  30.1  30  11  11  10  19  1    3.26   54 
 2008-07-19   @BAL  ND   2.1   8   7   7   0   1  1      50   14 
 2007-05-02    BAL   W   6.2   7   2   2   3   3  0     107   52 
 2007-04-10   @BAL   W   7.1   4   0   0   1   5  0      86   74 
 2006-09-21   @BAL  ND   6     5   2   2   5   5  0      98   54 
 2006-09-16    BAL   W   8     6   0   0   1   5  0      93   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-26   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  36-50   vsLHP:  23-12   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 11-16   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 14-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14   TOR  W   5-1       59-62  3rd  9.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   TOR  L   3-4       58-62  3rd  9.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   TOR  L   4-6       58-61  3rd  8.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   TOR  L   2-7       58-60  3rd  8.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   OAK  W   6-1       58-59  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   OAK  W  10-2       57-59  3rd  8.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   OAK  L   2-4       56-59  3rd  8.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @CHW  W   8-3       56-58  3rd  7.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHW  L   1-5       55-58  3rd  8.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHW  L   8-10(14)  55-57  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 DET  5 @BAL  1        W:Justin Verlander (8-9), L: Brian Burres (7-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - DET won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 1019-924

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  5.64

FLA  4.67

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .367

M. Teixeira  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .608

J. Reyes  .484

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.055

C. Beltran  .831

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

M. Parra  4.02

L. Hernandez  5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
62.Beltran
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Castro G/S/vP 11/.182 1/no AB 7/.762 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 78/54 .178/.197/.219/.417 .345/.447 .346 67/.469 0/0 1/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 6/.750 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.500 2/.000 95/63 .281/.304/.382/.686 .544/.755 .570 21/.683 0/1 1/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 13/.408 1/no AB 8/.661 17/.744 2/1.500 6/.500 3/.000 378/284 .257/.313/.417/.730 .782/.713 .671 82/.966 0/0 12/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 7/.714 22/.914 4/3.500 6/.000 2/1.000 507/360 .300/.359/.550/.909 .737/.982 .870 115/1.016 2/0 25/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 14/.517 ··· 5/.800 10/.200 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/.000 538/381 .306/.403/.499/.902 .958/.878 .966 119/.964 10/6 17/
15.Millar G/S/vP 28/.899 1/no AB 15/1.133 20/1.183 14/.940 7/.829 2/.000 490/359 .246/.337/.419/.756 .803/.739 .675 110/.837 0/1 18/
3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/9 .474/.474/.684/1.158 1.100/1.222 1.231 19/1.158 0/0 1/
6.Mora G/S/vP 23/.681 ··· 10/.800 31/.772 8/.125 9/1.556 2/3.000 475/346 .272/.330/.453/.783 .988/.708 .688 108/1.040 2/7 17/
16.Payton G/S/vP 18/.945 1/.000 11/.586 12/.258 ··· 4/.500 ··· 264/178 .246/.286/.371/.657 .892/.539 .702 67/.649 4/1 6/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 115/93 .204/.274/.291/.566 .868/.493 .513 26/.519 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 20/.776 ··· 8/1.042 36/.444 8/.750 3/.666 4/1.500 537/387 .292/.374/.471/.846 .936/.811 .815 119/.778 30/10 8/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 400/322 .265/.348/.496/.843 .708/.877 .726 91/.936 2/1 19/
IP 140.1 7.1 50.0 23.0 52.1 25.0 41.0 TOTAL .269/.335/.437/.772 .800/.762 .733 .847 62/33 137/71
ERA-K/9 5.84/5.8 3.68/7.4 3.96/8.8 5.09/7.0 3.10/6.5 4.68/10.4 2.85/8.8 4.49/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (75-21-8)
 Quiroz (22-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.313 34/.214 210/.267 102/.304 222/.260 110/.178 170/.247 .265  Markakis
 Payton
 Scott
 Montanez
0/0/119/12
65/18/2/4
82/0/0/2
8/0/0/0
OPS .856 .746 .868 .840 .717 .666 .697 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.830 11/.597 101/.964 48/.603 77/.837 52/.778 91/.733 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 424/.868 23/.781 109/.787 54/1.061 145/.651 58/.555 79/.657 .750
Home 299/.769 22/.543 111/.849 35/.629 105/.578 40/.396 89/.719 .737
Last 28d days 114/.975 10/.200 40/.957 39/.814 62/.867 65/.548 46/.708
HR/SB/CS 19/7/4 1/0/0 14/6/6 1/0/1 5/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 116/53/25
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ··X··X·· ···o···· ···X···· o···X··X ··X··X·o
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Waters*
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
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.308 ··· ··· 1/2.000 513/389 .295/.359/.520/.878 .917/.866 .896 119/1.030 1/0 24/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.614 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 439/336 .293/.358/.487/.846 .720/.885 .822 128/.863 8/4 15/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/.000 458/356 .284/.373/.429/.802 .836/.795 .888 86/.821 9/3 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.473 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 263/203 .220/.320/.426/.746 .660/.772 .870 81/.754 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/161 .269/.333/.550/.883 .899/.881 .969 73/.772 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.125 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 455/345 .320/.380/.490/.870 .888/.865 1.019 115/.905 0/4 15/
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.071 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 488/353 .309/.355/.422/.777 .858/.746 .707 119/.899 6/0 6/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/77 .244/.309/.409/.719 .826/.626 .813 41/.607 2/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 434/325 .264/.319/.355/.674 .879/.609 .801 97/.798 3/3 6/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/69 .328/.451/.478/.929 .962/.921 .952 21/.659 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .097/.125/.161/.286 .167/.308 .380 15/.071 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 332/251 .220/.322/.387/.709 .721/.705 .705 99/.778 7/1 12/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 258/155 .236/.295/.544/.839 .861/.825 .940 50/.447 0/3 21/
IP 12.0 21.2 20.0 15.2 2.0 43.2 63.0 49.1 27.0 TOTAL .274/.342/.442/.784 .812/.775 .846 .823 46/22 143/86
ERA-K/9 4.50/6.0 3.32/5.4 3.60/9.9 2.87/7.5 13.50/13.5 4.95/6.6 2.14/4.9 4.56/9.7 5.00/6.7 4.82/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (18-6-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 50/.186 104/.295 86/.236 65/.193 10/.250 201/.292 251/.200 220/.242 121/.309 .270  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Sheffield
 Guillen
0/0/98/5
0/99/0/4
2/11/0/2
52/0/6/2
23/5/16/2
32/0/19/1
6/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .649 .775 .768 .643 .675 .784 .503 .730 .941 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 5/2.000 46/.825 36/.768 19/.708 2/1.500 89/.724 116/.554 66/.586 70/1.049 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.477 58/.733 50/.765 46/.612 8/.417 112/.827 135/.460 154/.792 51/.784 .772
Road 28/.220 54/.696 32/.875 43/.805 7/1.029 136/.782 139/.585 105/.775 70/1.250 .766
Last 28d days 50/.649 47/.895 54/.897 59/.617 10/.675 53/1.068 45/.702 46/.855 24/.900
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 0/3/2 6/3/0 8/1/1 135/97/29
Usage ····X··· ···XX··· X·o·XX·· X··X·o·· oo·o·o·· ····X··· X·X···o· ·o··X··· oo·X··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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