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Game Preview: BAL @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Baltimore Orioles, 63-72, 5th, 20½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 7-8, 5.79)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-8)            112   146  75  72  40  54 17    5.79      
 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         2-3  34.2  50  24  23  15  17  7    5.97   39 
 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 
 2008-06-19    HOU   W   5.2   7   3   3   2   3  2      87   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-31   Road:   30-41   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  49-49   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  20-24
 vsEast: 20-35   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30  @TBR  L   9-10      63-72  5th 20.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @TBR  L   3-14      63-71  5th 19.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CHW  W  11-3       63-70  5th 18.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CHW  L   3-8       62-70  5th 18.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   CHW  L   3-4       62-69  5th 18.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   NYY  L   7-8       62-68  5th 17.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   NYY  L   3-5       62-67  5th 17.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   NYY  L   4-9       62-66  5th 16.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20   BOS  W  11-6       62-65  5th 15.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19   BOS  L   2-7       61-65  5th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Tampa Bay Rays, 83-51, 1st, 4½ up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 11-8, 3.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-8)           177.2 175  82  74  33 139 20    3.75      
 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         3-2  48.1  52  21  21   9  35  6    3.91   53 
 2008-08-26    TOR   L   6.2   9   4   4   2   4  0     104   42 
 2008-08-19    LAA   W   8     9   2   2   1   7  1     103   62 
 2008-08-14   @OAK  ND   5     5   4   4   5   3  1      94   39 
 2008-08-08   @SEA   W   6.2   9   3   3   0   5  1     106   49 
 2008-08-03    DET  ND   6.1   9   2   2   1   4  0     111   50 
 2008-07-28   @TOR   L   7.1   5   3   3   0   5  1      94   61 
 2008-07-23    OAK   W   8.1   6   3   3   0   7  2     104   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      2-0  36    37  19  12   8  21  2    3.00   53 
 2008-05-25    BAL  ND   8     8   4   3   1   3  1      92   54 
 2008-04-11    BAL  ND   6     7   5   2   1   4  0      95   47 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-19   Road:   32-32   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  60-32   vsLHP:  23-19   1-Run:  26-15
 vsEast: 32-20   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Aug 30   BAL  W  10-9       83-51  1st  4.5 up
133 Fri, Aug 29   BAL  W  14-3       82-51  1st  4.5 up
132 Thu, Aug 28   TOR  W   3-2       81-51  1st  4.5 up
131 Wed, Aug 27   TOR  W   1-0       80-51  1st  3.5 up
130 Tue, Aug 26   TOR  L   2-6       79-51  1st  3.5 up
129 Sun, Aug 24  @CHW  L   5-6 (10)  79-50  1st  4.5 up
128 Sat, Aug 23  @CHW  W   5-3       79-49  1st  5.5 up
127 Fri, Aug 22  @CHW  W   9-4       78-49  1st  4.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 20   LAA  L   4-5       77-49  1st  4.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 19   LAA  W   4-2       77-48  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 TBR 10  BAL  9        W:Dan Wheeler (3-5), L: Rocky Cherry (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 TBR 14  BAL  3        W:Scott Kazmir (10-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-11), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 TBR  5  BAL  4        W:Troy Percival (1-0), L: George Sherrill (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 TBR 11  BAL  4        W:Edwin Jackson (3-3), L: Steve Trachsel (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 TBR  2  BAL  0        W:Matt Garza (3-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-5), S: Troy Percival (14)
Thu, May 01, 2008 TBR  4 @BAL  2        W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Brian Burres (3-2), S: Troy Percival (6)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 TBR  8 @BAL  1        W:Andy Sonnanstine (4-1), L: Matt Albers (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 BAL  7  TBR  4        W:Garrett Olson (1-0), L: Jason Hammel (2-2), S: George Sherrill (10)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 TBR  6  BAL  2        W:Jeff Niemann (1-0), L: Brian Burres (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 BAL  3 @TBR  2        W:Chad Bradford (1-1), L: Dan Wheeler (0-1), S: George Sherrill (5)
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 10-3; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; All-Time - BAL leads 96-85

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  5.49

LAA  4.63

WSN  3.82

RA/G

TOR  3.88

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.96

BA

A. Pujols  .362

M. Fontenot  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

C. Pena  .365

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .644

R. Howard  .487

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.113

B. Abreu  .837

T. Pena  .400

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

G. Smith  3.90

N. Robertson  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
52.Salas
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 125/86 .193/.236/.254/.490 .547/.464 .489 70/.587 0/0 1/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 115/78 .271/.297/.355/.652 .577/.685 .584 38/.533 0/1 1/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 27/.392 ··· 1/no AB 14/1.429 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.167 9/.778 430/316 .258/.308/.416/.724 .731/.721 .687 86/.694 0/0 14/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 25/.840 1/no AB 3/1.666 8/1.500 2/1.500 12/.650 5/2.000 4/.500 572/401 .309/.367/.574/.941 .771/1.016 .906 117/1.038 3/0 30/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 34/.815 1/no AB ··· 14/1.072 7/.453 1/2.000 4/.000 5/1.850 602/422 .307/.407/.496/.903 .889/.909 .991 115/1.010 10/6 18/
15.Millar G/S/vP 30/1.023 3/.000 7/.286 13/.408 5/.650 7/1.143 2/.000 4/.000 549/399 .242/.332/.411/.743 .785/.727 .664 106/.631 0/1 19/
3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/29 .347/.385/.469/.854 .757/.932 .815 50/.848 0/0 1/
6.Mora G/S/vP 29/.633 4/.250 9/.222 16/.875 7/.619 2/.000 4/.000 6/.334 530/380 .284/.343/.494/.837 1.014/.766 .777 102/1.250 3/7 23/
16.Payton G/S/vP 17/.544 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 4/1.250 3/1.000 4/.000 318/221 .259/.304/.377/.681 .847/.605 .729 100/.702 7/1 7/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 127/104 .191/.256/.278/.534 .828/.469 .498 23/.312 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 36/.905 1/.000 3/.666 18/1.063 8/1.071 6/1.667 5/.000 3/.000 607/434 .298/.378/.466/.844 .919/.814 .819 122/.866 35/10 9/
19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/6 .222/.263/.611/.874 .321/2.000 1.000 / 0/0 2/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 459/360 .271/.359/.499/.858 .737/.892 .773 89/1.015 2/2 21/
IP 177.2 43.2 49.1 69.1 74.1 33.2 3.0 59.0 TOTAL .272/.339/.442/.781 .793/.776 .754 .850 72/34 156/82
ERA-K/9 3.75/7.0 1.44/13.2 2.19/3.1 4.15/4.8 2.66/9.2 4.54/8.8 15.00/15.0 2.59/7.0 3.71/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (83-24-9)
 Quiroz (22-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 728/.257 169/.131 201/.280 306/.269 313/.204 147/.250 14/.385 231/.175 .245  Markakis
 Payton
 Scott
 Montanez
0/0/133/15
65/32/2/6
93/0/0/2
14/4/2/0
OPS .719 .418 .653 .762 .617 .703 1.044 .569 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.736 61/.446 64/.815 137/.863 110/.566 88/.594 6/1.467 89/.604 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.703 108/.403 137/.580 169/.681 203/.643 59/.864 8/.750 142/.547 .698
Home 419/.616 79/.425 98/.712 118/.641 164/.549 81/.613 10/1.100 112/.499 .650
Last 28d days 144/.836 58/.569 45/.638 49/.660 52/.705 31/.635 14/1.044 45/.699
HR/SB/CS 20/7/6 1/2/0 2/2/3 8/10/1 6/10/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 8/1/1 126/60/23
Usage ····X··· ··oo··oX o·o·o··o ·X··o·o· X···X·o· o·o·o··· ·X······ o·oo··Xo
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Burres*
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
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 275/160 .250/.321/.415/.736 .810/.683 .721 97/.889 2/1 8/
5.Baldelli G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 5/1.850 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 39/15 .294/.385/.529/.914 .917/.905 .830 39/.914 0/0 2/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 7/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 6/.000 395/280 .270/.308/.333/.641 .820/.567 .677 64/.808 18/5 0/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 225/215 .269/.356/.477/.832 .550/.845 .998 61/1.038 1/0 10/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 313/254 .238/.339/.424/.762 .629/.795 .921 80/.924 3/2 11/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 2/no AB 13/.558 368/314 .252/.337/.492/.829 .454/.893 .749 67/.723 9/3 19/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 13/.930 3/1.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.000 9/.222 597/412 .282/.353/.385/.738 .704/.754 .785 117/.794 6/5 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 383/279 .290/.347/.403/.750 .703/.777 .770 72/.617 0/4 6/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 15/1.186 4/.500 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 11/1.073 493/317 .246/.365/.499/.864 .688/.963 .856 115/1.107 1/1 27/
9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 140/77 .220/.290/.398/.688 .770/.624 .606 36/.556 0/0 6/
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 54/16 .212/.241/.308/.548 .588/.450 .729 21/.190 1/0 1/
2.Upton G/S/vP 13/1.316 3/2.334 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 4/1.417 6/1.667 570/398 .272/.381/.399/.780 .785/.777 .790 111/.819 39/14 8/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 154/93 .223/.299/.417/.716 .681/.740 .730 74/.649 3/0 7/
IP 112.0 29.0 27.0 20.1 9.2 56.2 67.2 73.0 32.2 TOTAL .260/.338/.421/.759 .720/.776 .785 .812 125/45 148/68
ERA-K/9 5.79/4.3 3.72/5.9 5.00/9.3 2.66/8.0 4.66/10.2 4.61/6.0 2.26/4.9 5.05/9.4 5.79/5.8 4.99/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (34-20-6)
 Riggans (22-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.315 140/.308 124/.274 87/.208 46/.237 256/.282 275/.218 330/.221 146/.311 .275  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
 Zobrist
 Baldelli
 Riggans
0/126/0/11
2/17/97/7
22/0/48/3
15/5/10/2
6/3/1/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .865 .797 .901 .637 .743 .755 .535 .727 .952 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.902 64/.815 50/1.015 31/.603 19/.778 110/.676 125/.566 151/.727 81/.991 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.849 76/.782 74/.826 56/.655 27/.713 146/.808 150/.510 179/.726 65/.902 .786
Road 220/.683 68/.724 58/.930 49/.802 25/.768 165/.768 144/.593 201/.782 87/1.177 .781
Last 28d days 27/1.199 58/.935 56/.926 51/.683 40/.737 68/.819 49/.869 95/.901 44/1.016
HR/SB/CS 17/7/2 1/0/0 8/4/2 2/2/0 1/0/0 4/5/2 0/3/2 8/5/2 10/1/1 159/105/32
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ·X··XX·· o··o···o X··o··o· X··X···X ·····oo· X·····X· ·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.

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