Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > BAL @ TBR, Friday, April 11, 2008

Game Preview: BAL @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, April 11, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Baltimore Orioles, 6-3, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 0-1, 5.11)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             12.1  15   8   7   3   4  2    5.11      
 2007 (7-5)            175.1 165  78  72  47 123 23    3.70      
 2006 (0-0)             19.1  24  15  15  15  14  2    6.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  41    53  25  23  14  24  6    5.05   44 
 2008-04-06    SEA  ND   7     6   2   2   2   2  1     101   57 
 2008-03-31    TBR   L   5.1   9   6   5   1   2  1      78   29 
 2007-09-27    TOR  ND   5     6   3   3   1   3  0      80   45 
 2007-09-09    BOS  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0     105   48 
 2007-09-04    TBD  ND   6     8   3   3   4   5  0     100   45 
 2007-08-30    TBD   L   6     8   6   5   3   6  2      98   37 
 2007-08-24    MIN  ND   6.2   9   3   3   1   1  2      93   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-1    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @TEX  L   4-5        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Thu, Apr 10  @TEX  L   1-3        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Tue, Apr  8  @TEX  W   8-1        6-1   1st  2.0 up
  6 Mon, Apr  7   SEA  W   5-4        5-1   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sun, Apr  6   SEA  W   3-2        4-1   1st  0.5 up
  4 Sat, Apr  5   SEA  W   6-4        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Fri, Apr  4   SEA  W   7-4        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2   TBR  W   9-6        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   TBR  L   2-6        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-3    Last 20: 6-3    Last 30: 6-3 
Tampa Bay Rays, 4-5, 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 1-1, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             12    13   4   4   4   7  1    3.00      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  50.1  47  17  14  10  37  4    2.50   59 
 2008-04-06    NYY   L   5     8   2   2   1   5  1      96   47 
 2008-03-31    BAL   W   7     5   2   2   3   2  0      85   58 
 2007-09-14    SEA  ND   8     4   1   1   2   5  0      99   73 
 2007-09-09    TOR   W   7     4   2   2   0   5  1     106   66 
 2007-09-03    BAL   W   7     7   4   1   1   6  0      97   58 
 2007-08-29    BAL  ND   8    10   4   4   2   6  1     112   50 
 2007-08-24    OAK   W   8.1   9   2   2   1   8  1     114   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      2-1  37.2  31  13  10  10  24  2    2.39   61 
 2008-03-31    BAL   W   7     5   2   2   3   2  0      85   58 
 2007-09-03    BAL   W   7     7   4   1   1   6  0      97   58 
 2007-08-29    BAL  ND   8    10   4   4   2   6  1     112   50 
 2007-08-03    BAL   L   6.2   6   3   3   3   6  1     108   53 
 2007-05-09    BAL  ND   9     3   0   0   1   4  0     104   84 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Thu, Apr 10   SEA  W   7-0        4-5   4th  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   SEA  L   1-7        3-5   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   SEA  L   5-6        3-4   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Mon, Apr  7  @NYY  L   1-6        3-3   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sun, Apr  6  @NYY  L   0-2        3-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  5  @NYY  W   6-3        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Fri, Apr  4  @NYY  W  13-4        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @BAL  L   6-9        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @BAL  W   6-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 4-5    Last 30: 4-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 BAL  9  TBR  6        W:Jamie Walker (1-0), L: Al Reyes (0-1), S: George Sherrill (1)
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 TBR  6 @BAL  2        W:James Shields (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TBD 17  BAL  2        W:Andy Sonnanstine , L: Radhames Liz , S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 BAL  8 @TBD  4        W:Chad Bradford , L: Dan Wheeler , S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 TBD  9  BAL  7        W:James Shields , L: James Hoey , S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2007 TBD  8 @BAL  6        W:Scott Kazmir , L: Jeremy Guthrie , S: Al Reyes 
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 TBD  5 @BAL  4 (12)   W:Grant Balfour , L: Rob Bell , S: Al Reyes 
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TBD 15 @BAL  8        W:Scott Dohmann , L: James Hoey , S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 BAL 11 @TBD  3        W:Erik Bedard , L: Andy Sonnanstine , S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 TBD  9  BAL  2        W:Scott Kazmir , L: Brian Burres , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; All-Time - BAL leads 94-76

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
11.Ryu
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 56/47 .167/.196/.222/.419 .000/.501 .231 / 2/1 0/1
2.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/49 .290/.300/.362/.662 .833/.592 .412 / 2/2 1/3
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 21/.293 7/2.547 7/.572 ··· 2/.000 8/.125 4/2.750 1/2.000 8/.250 409/299 .258/.333/.382/.714 .754/.700 .682 / 1/3 9/7
17.Huff* G/S/vP 19/.842 2/.000 8/.536 ··· 6/1.500 3/.333 5/1.350 2/1.500 3/.666 603/461 .280/.337/.442/.778 .779/.778 .749 / 1/1 15/4
10.Jones G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 71/40 .246/.300/.400/.700 .941/.506 .842 / 2/1 2/2
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 27/.907 3/.333 3/2.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 710/496 .300/.362/.485/.848 .775/.880 .819 / 18/6 23/2
15.Millar G/S/vP 24/1.209 4/.000 5/2.000 2/2.000 7/1.143 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 562/397 .254/.365/.420/.785 .806/.776 .740 / 1/1 17/1
9.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/51 .231/.236/.327/.563 .000/.609 .290 / 0/1 1/0
6.Mora G/S/vP 22/.747 ··· 6/.533 3/1.334 2/.000 6/1.000 4/2.417 ··· 4/.500 527/393 .274/.341/.418/.759 .762/.757 .784 / 9/3 14/10
16.Payton G/S/vP 11/.364 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 470/334 .256/.292/.376/.668 .776/.624 .672 / 5/2 7/7
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.455/.500/.955 1.667/.750 1.056 / 0/0 0/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 29/.796 3/.666 3/.666 3/.666 6/1.667 8/1.893 5/1.933 1/.000 1/.000 716/500 .290/.377/.432/.808 .727/.841 .841 / 50/7 12/7
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 425/358 .255/.351/.504/.855 .850/.856 .993 / 3/1 18/3
IP 215.0 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 60.2 23.1 74.2 TOTAL .264/.343/.432/.775 .896/.743 .722 .775 8/3 10/4
ERA-K/9 3.85/7.7 3.31/7.2 4.89/5.9 7.59/8.6 4.86/8.9 1.80/8.1 4.90/10.4 7.33/5.4 5.30/9.9 4.38/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (68-20-9)
 Quiroz (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.247 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 254/.215 110/.326 321/.256 .252  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
 Fahey
 Moore
 Hernandez
 Millar
0/0/161/13
5/3/101/8
123/17/6/3
26/7/6/2
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .697 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .714 .913 .757 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 413/.673 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 136/.796 57/.998 144/.773 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.718 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 118/.622 53/.824 177/.745 .631
Home 487/.685 64/.619 180/.811 109/.704 118/.773 77/.402 139/.632 68/.965 149/.800 .670
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/9/6 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 13/2/0 2/2/2 11/4/0 7/6/1
Usage ····X··· ··XX··o· ··Xo···· ·X··X··· o····Xo· ··o··o·· ··X··o·· ·X······ ··X··oo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
35.Aquino
G/S/vB
51.Bierd
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
56.Burres*
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .684 / 23/3 5/26
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 17/.882 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 11/1.091 ··· 3/.666 11/.382 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 / 50/10 11/4
20.Difelice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .500 / 0/0 0/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 7/2.071 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.619 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 394/285 .244/.322/.460/.782 .918/.730 .746 / 12/4 17/0
37.Haynes* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 / 1/2 0/0
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.834 ··· ··· 4/.250 12/.606 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 / 3/0 6/3
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 7/1.262 ··· 2/.500 6/.000 559/383 .285/.359/.411/.770 .862/.728 .779 / 12/8 7/7
43.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Pena* G/S/vP 13/1.038 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 9/1.555 ··· 4/.000 6/.167 612/452 .282/.411/.627/1.037 .953/1.068 1.103 / 1/0 46/8
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/2
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .667 / 0/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 12/1.053 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.000 8/.700 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.600 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .843 / 22/8 24/14
IP 175.1 110.2 14.0 64.2 121.0 8.1 45.2 61.1 TOTAL .236/.313/.393/.706 .748/.687 .721 .706 11/4 11/6
ERA-K/9 3.70/6.3 5.86/5.8 4.50/7.7 /0.0 3.34/4.0 5.95/7.1 1.08/15.2 2.36/11.0 3.23/6.0 3.76/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 723/.249 508/.291 59/.245 / 289/.294 559/.288 31/.172 182/.179 258/.244 .231  Upton
 Gomes
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Haynes
 Ruggiano
0/79/0/11
26/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
24/0/12/1
8/12/13/1
1/3/1/0
OPS .713 .859 .744 .687 .813 .435 .553 .658 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 373/.756 226/.859 25/.882 / 94/.797 153/.855 12/.439 106/.529 122/.594 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.666 282/.858 34/.639 / 195/.636 406/.797 19/.433 76/.587 136/.715 .720
Road 357/.647 281/.902 30/.778 / 131/.553 303/.800 12/.523 93/.474 121/.656 .677
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/4/5 18/11/3 2/0/0 // 1/4/1 14/11/5 0/0/0 4/0/0 6/2/1 11/7/3
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· o·o···X· X···X··· o····Xo· ··X····· o··oo·X· ···o·oo· o··o·oo·

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.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > BAL @ TBR, Friday, April 11, 2008
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page