BAL @ NYY, Sunday, September 21, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 67-86, 5th, 25 GB, 22½ GB in WC	SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 3-3, 4.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 53 55 30 28 23 25 6 4.75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 41 47 24 22 17 17 4 4.83 44 2008-09-16 @TOR W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 106 80 2008-09-10 CLE L 5.2 9 5 5 2 6 1 109 35 2008-09-05 OAK L 5.1 5 3 3 3 2 0 88 45 2008-08-30 @TBR ND 4.1 8 5 5 4 2 0 81 25 2008-08-25 CHW L 7 5 4 3 2 2 1 90 53 2008-08-20 BOS W 5 8 5 4 3 1 1 108 31 2008-08-15 @DET ND 4.2 8 2 2 1 1 1 95 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-37 Road: 31-49 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 52-56 vsLHP: 15-30 1-Run: 20-29 vsEast: 21-43 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 153 Sat, Sep 20 @NYY L 0-1 67-86 5th 25.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 7-23
New York Yankees, 84-71, 3rd, 9 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 13-14, 4.57) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-14) 199 226 109 101 54 155 19 4.57 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 42.2 53 27 26 13 36 2 5.48 45 2008-09-16 CHW L 6 6 4 4 3 4 1 77 45 2008-09-10 @LAA L 4.2 9 4 3 1 5 0 100 36 2008-09-05 @SEA L 7 7 3 3 1 9 0 99 59 2008-08-31 TOR L 6.1 10 6 6 1 4 1 112 32 2008-08-26 BOS L 4.2 10 6 6 3 3 0 101 20 2008-08-20 @TOR W 7 5 1 1 0 4 0 83 67 2008-08-15 KCR ND 7 6 3 3 4 7 0 102 56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 4-1 33.1 35 15 14 9 17 3 3.78 51 2008-05-28 @BAL W 6.2 8 2 2 1 3 1 96 52 2008-04-20 @BAL W 7 4 0 0 0 5 0 89 74 2007-09-29 @BAL W 5 8 9 8 3 0 2 80 14 2007-09-19 BAL W 7.2 7 1 1 2 4 0 104 63 2007-07-27 @BAL L 7 8 3 3 3 5 0 104 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-33 Road: 37-38 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 61-49 vsLHP: 23-22 1-Run: 27-17 vsEast: 35-30 vsCntrl:21-19 vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 155 Sat, Sep 20 BAL W 1-0 84-71 3rd 9.0 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 20, 2008 NYY 1 BAL 0 W:Mariano Rivera (6-5), L: Jim Miller (0-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 10-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYY won 12-7; All-Time - NYY leads 1208-833

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 5.52

ATL 4.61

SDP 3.95

RA/G

TOR 3.83

MIN 4.65

TEX 6.04

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .293

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .466

R. Ludwick .368

T. Pena .179

SLG

A. Pujols .637

N. Markakis .490

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.093

T. Glaus .846

T. Pena .383

ERA

C. Lee 2.41

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.14

M. Mussina 6.70

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 165/109 .192/.239/.265/.504 .508/.502 .545 58/.561 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 135/94 .274/.313/.355/.668 .604/.693 .615 30/.630 0/2 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 1/.000 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 26/.804 ··· 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 74/.664 0/0 15/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 29/.433 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 12/.872 5/.900 19/1.363 1/3.000 ··· 2/5.000 638/436 .311/.367/.568/.934 .776/1.010 .899 93/1.065 4/0 32/

10.Jones G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 488/366 .271/.313/.401/.714 .658/.732 .695 58/.636 9/3 9/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 21/.904 ··· 7/.286 6/.900 ··· ··· 7/.286 5/.650 9/1.111 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 673/459 .300/.403/.490/.893 .851/.913 .964 94/.887 10/6 20/

15.Millar G/S/vP 32/.571 1/.000 4/.500 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 5/.600 22/.864 3/1.667 ··· 6/.500 595/427 .236/.324/.398/.722 .731/.719 .665 72/.429 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 95/49 .308/.326/.451/.777 .682/.869 .660 64/.701 0/0 2/

6.Mora G/S/vP 40/.958 ··· 5/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/1.000 9/.444 22/.231 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 556/392 .283/.342/.485/.827 .993/.756 .760 42/.852 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 35/.560 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 56/.667 7/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 144/117 .178/.254/.256/.509 .755/.453 .485 23/.224 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 51/.662 ··· 6/.167 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 8/1.125 14/.891 2/.500 ··· 7/.762 679/478 .298/.380/.458/.838 .867/.826 .821 102/.775 37/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/37 .283/.380/.567/.947 .604/1.266 .894 52/.971 0/1 5/

63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 8/.536 4/.500 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 513/398 .265/.345/.488/.833 .722/.865 .756 76/.647 2/2 23/

IP 199.0 22.0 32.2 97.0 10.2 42.2 65.0 54.1 67.1 26.2 1.0 55.1 TOTAL .268/.335/.434/.770 .760/.774 .743 .723 76/36 171/91

ERA-K/9

4.57/7.0

4.09/4.5

1.93/8.3

2.51/10.6

0.00/6.7

3.16/5.9

3.88/9.8

3.98/10.1

1.47/9.9

6.08/10.8

0.00/9.0

3.58/9.6

4.30/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (93-24-9)
Quiroz (30-9-4)
Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 857/.289 97/.287 132/.159 401/.231 36/.088 181/.221 269/.207 230/.214 248/.172 117/.277 3/.000 241/.239 .268 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/150/16
69/37/3/8
0/121/0/4
103/0/0/3
22/4/4/0

OPS .759 .879 .513 .612 .257 .607 .594 .692 .442 .737 .000 .732 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.532 47/1.032 57/.436 204/.661 20/.308 100/.590 93/.642 133/.711 128/.384 55/.701 2/.000 109/.729 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 615/.850 50/.738 75/.562 197/.562 16/.192 81/.626 176/.570 97/.665 120/.504 62/.767 1/.000 132/.734 .745

Home 428/.788 55/.941 53/.379 208/.585 22/.332 120/.550 143/.537 129/.618 142/.512 62/.765 3/.000 131/.728 .709

Last 28d days 135/.860 37/1.003 44/.385 31/.525 36/.257 23/1.058 37/.258 46/.992 37/.301 19/1.068 3/.000 48/1.138

HR/SB/CS 19/19/8 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 7/4/3 139/108/56

Usage ····X··· ··X····X Xo·o··o· ·o·o·X·o ·X·X·o·X ····X··X oo····Xo ···o··o· oX···ooX ····X··· ··o····· ··o·X·X·

New York Yankees Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Waters*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 18/.807 3/.666 2/1.500 8/.700 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.600 ··· 11/.910 657/463 .298/.373/.475/.848 .836/.853 .909 106/.959 19/11 19/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 182/139 .260/.287/.422/.709 .677/.719 .758 15/.867 0/1 6/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 17/.698 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 ··· 1/3.000 18/.513 3/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 9/.000 ··· 11/1.182 602/420 .264/.298/.402/.700 .789/.663 .761 95/.710 1/4 14/

64.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 21/.985 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.389 ··· 21/.783 602/423 .307/.378/.460/.838 .693/.899 .838 109/.879 29/7 15/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/89 .190/.255/.250/.505 .182/.590 .521 28/.519 11/1 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.091 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 19/.336 536/383 .249/.375/.509/.884 .856/.895 .931 100/.842 2/1 31/

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 24/.673 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.167 ··· 4/.500 661/466 .304/.367/.413/.780 .836/.757 .776 115/.869 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 70/.533 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 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.550 93/62 .214/.290/.310/.600 .476/.659 .442 9/.222 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 13/.462 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 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 575/434 .309/.362/.516/.878 .843/.888 .839 107/.631 1/1 24/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/15 .296/.345/.593/.937 .718/1.143 .556 28/.616 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 21/.715 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/2.114 578/417 .304/.393/.581/.974 .888/1.006 1.049 108/.919 18/3 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 53/.643 10/1 7/

IP 53.0 34.2 128.0 23.2 14.0 69.2 3.1 5.1 7.2 51.1 3.1 38.0 TOTAL .271/.341/.426/.768 .729/.785 .788 .759 111/38 172/78

ERA-K/9

4.75/4.2

4.93/6.0

5.98/4.4

3.80/7.2

5.79/8.4

3.88/5.7

21.60/5.5

8.44/10.2

1.17/9.4

4.91/9.6

8.10/5.5

5.92/5.7

5.11/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (0-0-0)
Moeller (14-9-0)
Molina (40-33-7)
Rodriguez (51-25-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.264 168/.313 587/.309 110/.247 67/.255 306/.269 24/.467 25/.300 39/.290 232/.242 16/.357 173/.308 .277 Nady
Abreu
Cabrera
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 42/0/88/12
0/0/145/10
3/117/2/7
17/15/0/4
21/0/3/2
83/33/0/2

OPS .779 .868 .848 .761 .919 .706 1.142 .775 .750 .732 1.366 .953 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.969 74/.852 177/.848 42/.853 29/.795 138/.616 14/.946 9/1.016 20/.874 69/.559 10/1.200 96/.895 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.722 94/.881 410/.847 68/.704 38/.989 168/.774 10/1.381 16/.641 19/.628 163/.808 6/1.667 77/1.027 .801

Road 109/.620 71/.690 270/.682 65/.948 33/1.095 189/.756 9/.778 5/1.500 23/.866 112/.747 / 108/1.154 .788

Last 28d days 140/.714 52/1.051 98/.854 27/1.204 37/1.024 63/.608 16/1.000 18/.525 39/.750 8/1.025 16/1.366 37/1.028

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 3/0/0 17/9/2 3/2/0 3/0/1 4/5/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/2/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 12/2/1 176/123/33

Usage ····X··· ·······X X······X ·······o ···o···X ·X·X···· ·······X ···o···X X·X···o· ·o····X· ·······X o·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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Game Preview: BAL @ NYY, 8:05pm, Sunday, September 21, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 3-3, 4.75)

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 13-14, 4.57)

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