BAL @ KCR, Saturday, May 10, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 18-18, 3rd, 4 GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 1-0, 2.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 13 8 3 3 6 13 0 2.08 2007 (1-3) 32.1 42 28 28 28 28 4 7.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 36 39 27 27 26 33 2 6.75 42 2008-05-05 @OAK ND 6.1 4 1 1 1 7 0 96 67 2008-04-29 TBR W 6.2 4 2 2 5 6 0 104 59 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 2007-08-22 TEX ND 5 5 6 6 3 6 0 107 36 2007-08-17 @TOR L 2.2 6 5 5 4 1 1 74 23 2007-08-11 BOS L 6.1 8 4 4 6 6 0 115 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-6 Road: 8-12 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 15-13 vsLHP: 3-5 1-Run: 8-5 vsEast: 6-7 vsCntrl: 4-3 vsWest: 8-8 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 37 Fri, May 9 @KCR W 7-4 18-18 3rd 4.0 gb 36 Thu, May 8 @KCR W 4-1 17-18 4th 5.0 gb 35 Wed, May 7 @OAK L 5-6 (10) 16-18 5th 5.0 gb 34 Tue, May 6 @OAK L 2-4 16-17 4th 5.0 gb 33 Mon, May 5 @OAK L 1-2 (10) 16-16 4th 4.0 gb 32 Sun, May 4 @LAA L 5-6 16-15 2nd 3.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @LAA L 1-3 16-14 2nd 2.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @LAA W 4-3 16-13 2nd 1.0 gb 29 Thu, May 1 TBR L 2-4 15-13 3rd 1.0 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 TBR L 1-8 15-12 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-11 Last 30:12-17
Kansas City Royals, 15-20, 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Brett Tomko (35, RHP, 1-3, 4.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 34.1 39 20 19 11 21 2 4.98 2007 (4-12) 131.1 149 89 81 48 105 18 5.55 2006 (8-7) 112.1 123 67 59 29 76 17 4.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 36.2 43 24 23 12 25 2 5.65 44 2008-05-05 LAA ND 7 2 0 0 2 7 0 96 78 2008-04-29 @TEX ND 3.1 7 5 5 3 3 0 89 26 2008-04-24 CLE L 4 11 7 6 2 2 0 108 14 2008-04-17 @LAA L 7 6 5 5 1 3 0 100 47 2008-04-12 MIN L 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 92 52 2008-04-06 @MIN W 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 92 57 2007-09-30 @MIL L 4.1 5 5 5 2 6 1 99 37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 0-0 5.1 9 5 5 0 2 0 8.44 32 2003-06-06 BAL ND 5.1 9 5 5 0 2 0 97 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-11 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 10-15 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 3-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl: 7-7 vsWest: 4-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Fri, May 9 BAL L 4-7 15-20 4th 3.5 gb 34 Thu, May 8 BAL L 1-4 15-19 4th 2.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 LAA W 9-4 15-18 4th 2.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 LAA L 3-5 14-18 4th 2.5 gb 31 Mon, May 5 LAA L 0-4 14-17 3rd 2.5 gb 30 Sun, May 4 @CLE W 2-0 14-16 3rd 2.0 gb 29 Sat, May 3 @CLE W 4-2 13-16 4th 2.0 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @TEX L 1-2 12-16 5th 3.0 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @TEX L 9-11 12-15 5th 2.5 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @TEX W 9-5 12-14 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 09, 2008 BAL 7 @KCR 4 W:Steve Trachsel (2-4), L: Gil Meche (2-5), S: George Sherrill (12) Thu, May 08, 2008 BAL 4 @KCR 1 W:Daniel Cabrera (3-1), L: Luke Hochevar (2-2), S: none Mon, Sep 24, 2007 BAL 3 KCR 2 W:Jamie Walker (3-2), L: Gil Meche (9-13), S: Chad Bradford (2) Wed, May 30, 2007 BAL 3 @KCR 0 W:Erik Bedard (4-3), L: Gil Meche (3-4), S: Chris Ray (12) Tue, May 29, 2007 BAL 6 @KCR 2 W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-1), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-5), S: none Mon, May 28, 2007 BAL 9 @KCR 1 W:Steve Trachsel (4-3), L: Scott Elarton (1-1), S: none Sat, Apr 14, 2007 BAL 6 KCR 4 W:Scott Williamson (1-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-1), S: Chris Ray (3) Fri, Apr 13, 2007 BAL 8 KCR 1 W:Erik Bedard (2-1), L: Brandon Duckworth (0-1), S: none Thu, Apr 12, 2007 BAL 2 KCR 1 (10) W:Chris Ray (1-1), L: Jason Standridge (0-1), S: none Thu, Jul 27, 2006 BAL 6 @KCR 4 W:Rodrigo Lopez (7-11), L: Brandon Duckworth (1-5), S: Chris Ray (26) Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 2-0; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; 2006 - BAL won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 235-175

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

CHC 5.66

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.31

RA/G

OAK 3.59

SEA 4.46

PIT 5.54

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

T. Redding 3.83

N. Robertson 6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

T. Redding 6.04

J. Garland 2.07

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 25.Tomko
G/S/vB 41.Gobble*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 57.Peralta
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 27.Yabuta
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/7 .500/.500/.625/1.125 .000/1.286 1.125 8/1.125 0/0 0/

2.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/63 .243/.304/.257/.561 .463/.589 .498 57/.516 2/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 11/.546 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 115/97 .215/.243/.364/.608 .801/.572 .608 80/.688 0/0 3/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/.666 16/.938 7/.715 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 147/108 .271/.340/.474/.814 .667/.870 .798 105/.792 2/0 6/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 133/108 .228/.278/.358/.636 .809/.597 .542 101/.621 3/1 2/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 156/114 .279/.404/.473/.877 .667/.957 .953 113/.872 6/2 7/

15.Millar G/S/vP 5/2.000 10/.956 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 152/114 .224/.309/.336/.645 .797/.595 .478 110/.607 0/1 4/

6.Mora G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.667 7/1.738 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 158/123 .252/.308/.420/.727 .824/.702 .842 119/.712 2/3 5/

16.Payton G/S/vP 13/1.000 5/.400 5/1.400 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 73/49 .232/.264/.333/.597 .792/.493 .631 54/.603 3/0 2/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/23 .192/.323/.346/.669 1.089/.515 .782 26/.727 0/0 1/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.715 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 163/120 .252/.337/.399/.736 .744/.733 .693 120/.690 11/4 3/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 120/99 .267/.350/.390/.740 .510/.785 .599 87/.560 1/1 1/

IP 34.1 6.2 17.0 13.1 10.1 15.2 13.1 16.0 TOTAL .246/.318/.387/.705 .736/.695 .686 .684 30/12 35/23

ERA-K/9

4.98/5.5

5.40/13.4

2.65/7.9

2.03/7.4

6.97/9.6

1.15/10.9

0.00/10.2

7.31/6.8

4.44/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (24-9-1)
Quiroz (8-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.285 31/.231 75/.273 53/.174 44/.262 62/.237 48/.091 80/.338 .265 Markakis
Jones
Scott
Payton 0/0/36/4
0/35/0/1
26/0/0/1
21/3/1/1

OPS .730 .707 .712 .472 .867 .562 .263 1.004 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.817 18/.402 33/.846 23/.499 21/.812 32/.873 21/.248 38/.596 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.612 13/1.205 42/.607 30/.450 23/.913 30/.237 27/.274 42/1.363 .715

Home 75/.663 17/.878 29/.691 25/.652 29/.903 31/.427 17/.369 44/1.077 .744

Last 28d days 124/.714 25/.900 56/.771 37/.536 44/.867 50/.557 31/.233 65/1.036

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 34/16/4

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

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Olson*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 31.McCrory
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
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

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.933 104/77 .258/.346/.382/.728 .884/.678 .667 70/.782 0/1 2/

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 139/107 .272/.338/.352/.690 .956/.615 .601 98/.597 0/0 1/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/47 .298/.389/.362/.751 1.429/.640 .618 40/.673 0/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 7/.286 88/59 .304/.364/.430/.794 .738/.824 .713 87/.804 1/2 3/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 87/70 .244/.267/.280/.548 .353/.598 .627 44/.636 8/2 0/

3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 22/9 .053/.143/.053/.195 .258/.111 .298 17/.192 1/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 101/86 .266/.310/.298/.608 .400/.646 .624 61/.542 1/2 0/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 147/109 .286/.354/.459/.812 .469/.931 .949 105/.786 2/2 5/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 112/88 .301/.351/.359/.711 .590/.742 .753 77/.636 1/1 0/

11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 10/.786 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 133/102 .189/.226/.339/.564 .773/.502 .497 90/.651 0/0 3/

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.000 8/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 62/41 .250/.274/.533/.808 1.183/.619 .683 57/.826 0/0 4/

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/74 .167/.182/.208/.390 .401/.386 .396 72/.501 2/0 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 144/103 .264/.340/.364/.705 .479/.798 .644 102/.581 0/1 1/

IP 13.0 26.1 13.0 3.2 19.1 0.2 15.2 15.1 11.0 TOTAL .253/.309/.356/.665 .660/.666 .647 .660 16/13 19/16

ERA-K/9

2.08/9.0

2.39/4.4

1.38/5.5

2.45/7.3

0.93/3.3

54.00/0.0

4.02/9.7

4.11/6.5

4.09/5.7

4.09/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (15-2-0)
Olivo (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 52/.174 105/.204 54/.260 14/.091 72/.152 8/.667 71/.232 66/.182 47/.326 .240 Guillen
DeJesus
Teahen
Callaspo
Gathright 10/0/20/2
6/17/0/2
20/0/15/1
2/0/0/0
0/25/0/0

OPS .465 .515 .622 .649 .378 1.524 .707 .617 .906 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.625 52/.424 18/.918 6/.333 32/.301 6/1.333 32/.991 21/.396 32/1.021 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.399 53/.607 36/.469 8/.821 40/.436 2/2.000 39/.494 45/.730 15/.607 .715

Road 24/.382 42/.623 31/.663 14/.649 40/.511 / 34/.561 34/.613 21/1.574 .676

Last 28d days 52/.465 83/.569 41/.676 14/.649 72/.378 8/1.524 51/.805 53/.733 29/.846

HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 39/32/12

Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· ··o·o··o ··o··X·· o···Xoo· ········ ··o··X·· X·X····X o·o·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: BAL @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 1-0, 2.08)

SP: Brett Tomko (35, RHP, 1-3, 4.98)

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