BAL @ DET, Saturday, August 16, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 59-62, 5th, 15 GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: Dennis Sarfate (27, RHP, 4-2, 5.16) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-2) 61 48 40 35 50 62 6 5.16 2007 (1-0) 8.1 5 1 1 1 14 0 1.08 2006 (0-0) 8.1 9 4 4 4 11 0 4.32 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-1 11 13 17 14 11 10 3 11.45 31 2008-08-11 @CLE ND 4 5 7 6 5 4 1 92 25 2008-08-04 @LAA ND 3 6 5 5 3 1 1 71 25 2008-07-30 @NYY L 4 2 5 3 3 5 1 68 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-24 Road: 28-38 ExtrInn: 4-6 vsRHP: 46-42 vsLHP: 13-20 1-Run: 19-21 vsEast: 19-28 vsCntrl:14-11 vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 15 @DET W 11-2 59-62 5th 15.0 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Detroit Tigers, 59-63, 3rd, 9½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 8-13, 4.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-13) 158.1 142 90 84 63 123 15 4.77 2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66 2006 (17-9) 186 187 78 75 60 124 21 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 44.1 36 29 29 15 42 5 5.89 50 2008-08-11 TOR L 4.1 7 6 6 2 2 0 78 25 2008-08-06 @CHW L 7.2 6 5 5 3 8 1 130 52 2008-07-31 @CLE L 5.2 5 6 6 3 9 1 114 41 2008-07-26 CHW L 4 9 7 7 1 5 2 110 20 2008-07-20 @BAL W 8.2 3 1 1 3 3 0 105 74 2008-07-13 MIN W 7 4 2 2 2 8 0 108 67 2008-07-08 CLE W 7 2 2 2 1 7 1 99 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 2-0 22 13 4 4 9 12 0 1.64 65 2008-07-20 @BAL W 8.2 3 1 1 3 3 0 105 74 2007-04-11 @BAL ND 7 3 0 0 3 5 0 107 73 2006-05-10 @BAL W 6.1 7 3 3 3 4 0 99 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-27 Road: 27-36 ExtrInn: 3-7 vsRHP: 36-50 vsLHP: 23-13 1-Run: 13-19 vsEast: 11-17 vsCntrl:21-30 vsWest: 14-11 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 15 BAL L 2-11 59-63 3rd 9.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 15, 2008 BAL 11 @DET 2 W:Lance Cormier (2-3), L: Nate Robertson (7-9), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 3-2; 2007 - DET won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 1019-925

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 5.59

MIL 4.67

WSN 3.69

RA/G

TOR 3.95

MIN 4.62

TEX 6.10

C. Jones .366

D. Erstad .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .462

S. Schumaker .362

T. Pena .180

SLG

L. Berkman .607

J. Werth .482

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.060

T. Hunter .834

T. Pena .386

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

J. Maine 3.97

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.11

P. Maholm 6.32

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 62.Beltran
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 7/.762 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 83/56 .195/.222/.260/.482 .588/.430 .468 72/.541 0/0 1/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 14/.929 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.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 3/.333 1/no AB 8/.661 17/.744 8/.250 3/2.167 6/.500 3/.000 383/286 .256/.312/.417/.728 .757/.718 .670 83/.967 0/0 12/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 7/.714 23/.962 7/.486 5/2.467 6/.000 2/1.000 513/362 .303/.361/.550/.910 .744/.982 .873 117/.988 2/0 25/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 5/.800 11/.182 7/.829 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/.000 544/382 .303/.403/.495/.897 .936/.880 .955 121/.932 10/6 17/

15.Millar G/S/vP 9/.873 1/no AB 15/1.133 20/1.183 4/.750 15/.871 7/.829 2/.000 495/361 .248/.337/.424/.761 .808/.744 .686 111/.887 0/1 18/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 24/11 .375/.375/.542/.917 .846/1.000 .889 24/.917 0/0 1/

6.Mora G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 10/.800 32/.745 4/.500 9/.111 9/1.556 2/3.000 481/348 .276/.334/.468/.802 1.043/.711 .723 110/1.084 2/7 18/

16.Payton G/S/vP 12/.500 1/.000 11/.586 12/.258 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 265/179 .246/.289/.371/.660 .892/.544 .707 68/.659 4/1 6/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/94 .202/.272/.288/.560 .868/.487 .505 27/.499 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 8/1.042 37/.491 5/1.100 8/.750 3/.666 4/1.500 543/388 .294/.376/.471/.848 .938/.812 .820 121/.819 30/10 8/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/no AB ··· 1/5.000 404/323 .267/.354/.500/.854 .756/.879 .747 91/.900 2/1 19/

IP 158.1 7.2 50.0 24.0 41.2 54.0 25.0 41.0 TOTAL .270/.336/.439/.775 .810/.763 .739 .854 62/33 138/72

ERA-K/9

4.77/7.0

3.52/7.0

3.96/8.8

5.25/6.8

4.97/3.0

3.00/6.5

4.68/10.4

2.85/8.8

4.50/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 678/.237 35/.207 210/.267 106/.313 193/.298 229/.259 110/.178 170/.247 .266 Markakis
Payton
Scott
Montanez 0/0/120/12
65/19/2/4
83/0/0/2
9/1/0/0

OPS .680 .722 .868 .846 .827 .716 .666 .697 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 310/.700 11/.597 101/.964 50/.619 89/.844 79/.834 52/.778 91/.733 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.662 24/.746 109/.787 56/1.059 104/.813 150/.652 58/.555 79/.657 .754

Home 362/.666 23/.517 111/.849 39/.669 111/.873 112/.583 40/.396 89/.719 .744

Last 28d days 132/.762 11/.182 40/.957 41/.838 25/1.090 69/.851 65/.548 43/.630

HR/SB/CS 15/6/5 1/0/0 14/6/6 1/0/1 5/2/0 5/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 117/53/25

Usage ····X··· o·X····· ···X··X· X···o··· X······· X···X··· ·o···X·· ···X··X·

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sarfate
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.308 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 517/390 .292/.356/.515/.871 .894/.864 .880 119/1.013 1/0 24/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 11/.614 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 444/337 .297/.361/.494/.855 .770/.883 .841 128/.876 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 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 267/205 .216/.316/.419/.734 .637/.763 .840 81/.709 1/2 10/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/161 .269/.333/.550/.883 .899/.881 .969 69/.758 0/0 10/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 460/346 .319/.380/.488/.868 .886/.862 1.012 115/.890 0/4 15/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 492/354 .309/.355/.427/.781 .878/.744 .717 118/.936 6/0 7/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 144/78 .244/.308/.405/.712 .787/.645 .791 45/.597 2/1 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 438/327 .267/.320/.357/.677 .881/.611 .806 97/.819 3/3 6/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 87/69 .328/.458/.478/.935 .991/.921 .965 22/.687 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 2/1.500 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 336/252 .223/.324/.392/.716 .758/.702 .718 102/.807 7/1 12/

33.Thames G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· 262/157 .237/.294/.539/.833 .844/.827 .923 50/.487 0/3 21/

IP 61.0 21.2 20.0 15.2 2.0 46.0 64.0 50.1 27.0 TOTAL .274/.342/.442/.784 .815/.774 .845 .818 46/23 144/89

ERA-K/9

5.16/9.1

3.32/5.4

3.60/9.9

2.87/7.5

13.50/13.5

4.70/6.5

2.11/4.9

4.47/9.7

5.00/6.7

4.80/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.221 104/.295 86/.236 65/.193 10/.250 208/.287 256/.204 224/.238 121/.309 .270 Ordonez
Granderson
Raburn
Inge
Thames
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/99/5
0/100/0/4
23/5/16/2
2/11/0/2
53/0/6/2
32/0/19/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .726 .775 .768 .643 .675 .765 .509 .722 .941 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.706 46/.825 36/.768 19/.708 2/1.500 90/.716 116/.554 67/.577 70/1.049 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.741 58/.733 50/.765 46/.612 8/.417 118/.800 140/.473 157/.785 51/.784 .771

Road 169/.735 54/.696 32/.875 43/.805 7/1.029 143/.756 144/.593 109/.757 70/1.250 .766

Last 28d days 82/.899 47/.895 54/.897 59/.617 10/.675 60/.967 46/.733 46/.841 24/.900

HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/0/0 4/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/4/2 0/3/2 6/3/0 8/1/1 136/97/30

Usage ····X··· ····XX·· ·X·o·XX· ·X··X·o· ·oo·o·o· X····X·· XX·X···o X·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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Game Preview: BAL @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 16, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Dennis Sarfate (27, RHP, 4-2, 5.16)

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 8-13, 4.77)

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