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Game Preview: BAL @ NYY, 1:05pm, Saturday, September 20, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Baltimore Orioles, 67-85, 5th, 24 GB, 22½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 7-9, 6.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-9)            121   159  88  85  49  60 17    6.32      
 2007 (6-8)            121   140  81  80  66  96 14    5.95      
 2006 (0-0)              8     6   2   2   1   6  1    2.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  34    52  28  27  17  18  5    7.15   36 
 2008-08-31   @TBR   L   5     9   7   7   4   4  0     105   21 
 2008-08-26    CHW   L   5    10   6   5   1   1  1     102   25 
 2008-07-25    LAA   L   1.2   7   5   5   1   1  2      51   21 
 2008-07-20    DET   L   5.1   6   3   3   4   5  2     109   45 
 2008-07-11   @BOS   W   6.1   6   3   3   3   2  0     100   48 
 2008-07-05    TEX  ND   5.2   9   3   3   1   2  0      73   40 
 2008-06-30    KCR  ND   5     5   1   1   3   3  0      95   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-2  27.2  35  17  17   9  17  5    5.53   43 
 2008-05-27    NYY  ND   3.2  10   8   8   0   0  4      61    9 
 2008-05-22   @NYY  ND   7.2   6   1   1   0   5  0      99   68 
 2008-04-19    NYY   W   5.2   5   0   0   4   2  0      88   57 
 2007-09-30    NYY   L   3.1   9   6   6   2   3  0      93   19 
 2007-09-19   @NYY   L   7.1   5   2   2   3   7  1     114   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-37   Road:   31-48   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  52-55   vsLHP:  15-30   1-Run:  20-28
 vsEast: 21-42   vsCntrl:20-18   vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Fri, Sep 19  @NYY  L   2-3       67-85  5th 24.0 gb
151 Thu, Sep 18  @TOR  L   2-3       67-84  5th 23.0 gb
150 Wed, Sep 17  @TOR  L   7-8       67-83  5th 23.0 gb
149 Tue, Sep 16  @TOR  W   2-0       67-82  5th 22.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 14   MIN  W   7-3       66-82  5th 22.5 gb
147 Sat, Sep 13   MIN  L   6-12      65-82  5th 23.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 13   MIN  L   2-12      65-81  5th 23.5 gb
145 Thu, Sep 11   CLE  W   6-3       65-80  5th 22.5 gb
144 Wed, Sep 10   CLE  L   1-7       64-80  5th 23.0 gb
143 Tue, Sep  9   CLE  L   1-6       64-79  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23
New York Yankees, 83-71, 3rd, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Alfredo Aceves (25, RHP, 1-0, 1.80)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             20    15   4   4   3  12  2    1.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0  13    10   3   3   1   5  1    2.08   61 
 2008-09-15    CHW  ND   6     5   2   2   1   3  1      87   56 
 2008-09-09   @LAA   W   7     5   1   1   0   2  0      89   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL    Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-33   Road:   37-38   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  61-49   vsLHP:  22-22   1-Run:  26-17
 vsEast: 34-30   vsCntrl:21-19   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Fri, Sep 19   BAL  W   3-2       83-71  3rd  9.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 18   CHW  W   9-2       82-71  3rd  9.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17   CHW  W   5-1       81-71  3rd 10.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16   CHW  L   2-6       80-71  3rd 10.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 15   CHW  W   4-2       80-70  3rd  9.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14   TBR  W   8-4       79-70  4th 10.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13   TBR  W   6-5       78-70  4th 11.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 13   TBR  L   1-7       77-70  4th 11.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10  @LAA  L   2-4       77-69  4th 11.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9  @LAA  W   7-1       77-68  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 NYY  3  BAL  2        W:Carl Pavano (4-1), L: Radhames Liz (6-6), S: Mariano Rivera (37)
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 NYY  8 @BAL  7        W:Edwar Ramirez (4-1), L: Jamie Walker (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (31)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 NYY  5 @BAL  3        W:Carl Pavano (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-10), S: Mariano Rivera (30)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 NYY  9 @BAL  4        W:Jose Veras (4-2), L: Jamie Walker (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (29)
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 NYY 13  BAL  3        W:Joba Chamberlain (4-3), L: Dennis Sarfate (4-2), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 BAL  7 @NYY  6        W:Daniel Cabrera (7-6), L: Darrell Rasner (5-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 BAL 13 @NYY  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-8), L: Mike Mussina (13-7), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 NYY  4 @BAL  2        W:Andy Pettitte (5-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-6), S: Mariano Rivera (13)
Tue, May 27, 2008 BAL 10  NYY  9 (11)   W:Matt Albers (3-1), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 BAL  6  NYY  1        W:Garrett Olson (4-1), L: Darrell Rasner (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 9-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYY won 12-7; All-Time - NYY leads 1207-833

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  5.53

ATL  4.62

SDP  3.94

RA/G

TOR  3.83

SFG  4.64

TEX  6.03

BA

R. Furcal  .366

G. Anderson  .292

J. Towles  .139

OBP

C. Jones  .466

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .179

SLG

A. Pujols  .641

M. Cameron  .490

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.098

J. Damon  .844

T. Pena  .383

ERA

C. Lee  2.41

A. Cook  4.00

N. Robertson  6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.14

J. Shields  6.61

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 91.Aceves
G/S/vB
39.Britton
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Coke*
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
34.Marte*
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
77.Sanchez
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 165/109 .192/.239/.265/.504 .508/.502 .545 61/.537 0/0 2/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 131/90 .281/.315/.364/.679 .604/.710 .630 27/.653 0/2 1/
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 102/78 .229/.260/.344/.604 .523/.628 .480 10/.533 0/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 3/.666 21/.683 1/.000 ··· 6/1.267 484/341 .258/.308/.412/.720 .687/.735 .675 78/.655 0/0 15/
17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 11/.955 5/.900 19/1.363 1/3.000 ··· 2/5.000 634/433 .313/.369/.572/.941 .780/1.017 .910 93/1.087 4/0 32/
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 484/362 .271/.313/.403/.716 .658/.734 .698 54/.647 9/3 9/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 6/.900 ··· ··· 6/.334 5/.650 9/1.111 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 669/456 .301/.404/.492/.896 .855/.915 .970 95/.900 10/6 20/
15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 5/.600 22/.864 3/1.667 ··· 6/.500 592/424 .235/.324/.398/.722 .731/.719 .665 73/.428 0/1 20/
3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 94/48 .311/.330/.456/.785 .682/.887 .676 63/.712 0/0 2/
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/1.000 9/.444 22/.231 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 556/392 .283/.342/.485/.827 .993/.756 .760 46/.806 3/7 23/
16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 12/.614 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 351/241 .248/.296/.356/.652 .765/.599 .680 60/.726 7/1 7/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 141/114 .181/.252/.260/.512 .755/.455 .488 20/.206 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 8/1.125 14/.891 2/.500 ··· 7/.762 675/474 .298/.378/.456/.834 .867/.820 .813 103/.727 37/10 9/
19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/34 .268/.373/.571/.945 .624/1.263 .881 48/.969 0/0 5/
63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 8/.536 4/.500 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 509/394 .267/.348/.492/.840 .722/.875 .769 76/.687 2/2 23/
IP 20.0 22.0 31.2 97.0 10.2 42.2 64.0 54.1 66.1 26.2 1.0 55.1 TOTAL .269/.336/.436/.771 .761/.776 .746 .726 76/35 171/90
ERA-K/9 1.80/5.4 4.09/4.5 1.99/8.5 2.51/10.6 0.00/6.7 3.16/5.9 3.94/10.0 3.98/10.1 1.49/9.9 6.08/10.8 0.00/9.0 3.58/9.6 4.33/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (93-24-9)
 Quiroz (28-9-4)
 Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 77/.203 97/.287 127/.156 401/.231 36/.088 181/.221 266/.210 230/.214 245/.174 117/.277 3/.000 241/.239 .268  Markakis
 Payton
 Jones
 Scott
 Montanez
0/0/149/16
69/37/3/8
0/120/0/4
102/0/0/3
22/4/4/0
OPS .572 .879 .508 .612 .257 .607 .601 .692 .448 .737 .000 .732 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.684 47/1.032 55/.432 204/.661 20/.308 100/.590 91/.657 133/.711 126/.391 55/.701 2/.000 109/.729 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.425 50/.738 72/.558 197/.562 16/.192 81/.626 175/.573 97/.665 119/.508 62/.767 1/.000 132/.734 .745
Home 29/.564 55/.941 48/.351 208/.585 22/.332 120/.550 140/.549 129/.618 139/.523 62/.765 3/.000 131/.728 .711
Last 28d days 77/.572 37/1.003 46/.342 31/.525 36/.257 23/1.058 34/.282 46/.992 37/.301 19/1.068 3/.000 52/1.080
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 4/0/0 2/3/0 5/8/4 0/0/0 3/9/1 5/3/1 7/2/4 4/6/1 3/4/3 0/0/0 7/4/3 139/108/55
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· o·o··o·· o·o·X·o· X·X·o·X· ···X··X· o····Xo· ··o··o·· X···ooX· ···X···· ·o······ ·o·X·X··
New York Yankees Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Burres*
G/S/vB
51.Bierd
G/S/vB
23.Castillo*
G/S/vB
57.Cherry
G/S/vB
54.Cormier
G/S/vB
41.McCrory
G/S/vB
31.Mickolio
G/S/vB
25.Miller
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
58.Simon
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 15/.767 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 8/.700 ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 11/.910 653/462 .298/.372/.474/.846 .833/.852 .906 106/.912 19/11 19/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 181/138 .262/.289/.424/.713 .677/.725 .766 14/.929 0/1 6/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 17/.698 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 10/.522 443/300 .243/.296/.337/.633 .578/.663 .633 3/.667 9/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/.619 1/3.000 3/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 9/.000 ··· 10/1.100 598/420 .264/.298/.404/.702 .796/.663 .764 95/.710 1/4 14/
64.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 18/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.389 ··· 21/.783 598/422 .310/.381/.463/.844 .706/.901 .850 110/.904 29/7 15/
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/89 .190/.255/.250/.505 .182/.590 .521 28/.519 10/1 0/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 8/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 18/.355 532/383 .251/.378/.514/.892 .883/.895 .947 100/.923 2/1 31/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 21/.777 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 4/.500 657/465 .305/.368/.415/.782 .850/.755 .781 115/.875 11/5 11/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/1.169 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 10/.900 375/262 .293/.371/.425/.796 .753/.815 .785 74/.575 0/0 9/
66.Miranda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.333 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.550 91/62 .220/.297/.317/.614 .510/.659 .463 7/.286 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 13/.462 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 286/194 .213/.263/.302/.565 .450/.619 .612 28/.228 0/0 2/
22.Nady G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 571/434 .310/.363/.519/.882 .858/.888 .847 107/.637 1/1 24/
29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .333/.385/.667/1.051 .839/1.231 .638 25/.697 0/0 2/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 18/.611 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/2.114 574/416 .302/.392/.582/.974 .878/1.009 1.050 108/.925 17/3 35/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 4/.500 425/320 .279/.322/.398/.721 .724/.719 .818 57/.596 10/1 7/
IP 121.0 34.2 23.2 14.0 69.2 3.1 5.1 6.1 51.1 3.1 37.2 TOTAL .271/.342/.428/.770 .735/.785 .793 .771 109/38 172/78
ERA-K/9 6.32/4.5 4.93/6.0 3.80/7.2 5.79/8.4 3.88/5.7 21.60/5.5 8.44/10.2 0.00/8.6 4.91/9.6 8.10/5.5 5.97/5.5 5.14/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (0-0-0)
 Moeller (14-8-0)
 Molina (40-33-7)
 Rodriguez (51-25-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.319 168/.313 110/.247 67/.255 306/.269 24/.467 25/.300 33/.333 232/.242 16/.357 170/.306 .278  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Gardner
 Matsui
 Damon
41/0/88/12
0/0/144/10
3/117/2/7
17/15/0/4
21/0/3/2
83/32/0/2
OPS .875 .868 .761 .919 .706 1.142 .775 .814 .732 1.366 .948 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.894 74/.852 42/.853 29/.795 138/.616 14/.946 9/1.016 17/.962 69/.559 10/1.200 94/.893 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.866 94/.881 68/.704 38/.989 168/.774 10/1.381 16/.641 16/.670 163/.808 6/1.667 76/1.019 .803
Road 245/.725 71/.690 65/.948 33/1.095 189/.756 9/.778 5/1.500 17/1.038 112/.747 / 105/1.151 .792
Last 28d days 73/1.076 52/1.051 28/1.150 37/1.024 70/.574 16/1.000 18/.525 33/.814 8/1.025 16/1.366 34/1.011
HR/SB/CS 17/9/2 3/0/0 3/2/0 3/0/1 4/5/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 12/1/1 176/121/33
Usage ······X· ······X· ······o· ··o···X· X·X····· ······X· ··o···X· ·X···o·· o····X·· ······X· ·Xo·····

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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