BAL @ TEX, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 6-1, 1st, Tied	SP: Steve Trachsel (37, RHP, 1-0, 3.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 1 3.18 2007 (7-11) 158 176 89 86 76 56 19 4.90 2006 (15-8) 164.2 185 94 91 78 79 23 4.97 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 36.1 38 21 20 15 15 4 4.95 46 2008-04-04 SEA W 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 1 83 52 2007-09-27 FLA L 4.1 5 5 5 2 4 1 77 35 2007-09-13 HOU W 5 7 2 2 3 4 2 88 46 2007-09-09 PIT L 2 6 6 6 1 0 0 47 19 2007-09-04 LAD L 6 7 3 3 1 3 0 78 48 2007-08-29 TBD ND 6 5 1 1 4 3 0 109 57 2007-08-23 MIN L 7.1 4 2 1 2 0 0 102 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 1-1 21.2 29 21 17 9 10 5 7.06 36 2003-06-10 TEX L 3.1 8 7 6 3 1 2 91 16 2000-08-27 TEX W 6 6 3 3 2 4 1 109 50 2000-08-04 TEX ND 6.1 6 5 4 3 4 1 115 44 2000-05-16 TEX ND 6 9 6 4 1 1 1 104 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 5-1 Road: 1-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 5-1 vsLHP: 1-0 1-Run: 2-0 vsEast: 1-1 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 5-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 7 Tue, Apr 8 @TEX W 8-1 6-1 1st Tied 6 Mon, Apr 7 SEA W 5-4 5-1 1st Tied 5 Sun, Apr 6 SEA W 3-2 4-1 1st Tied 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 TBD W 9-6 1-1 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 TBD L 2-6 0-1 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 6-1 Last 20: 6-1 Last 30: 6-1
Texas Rangers, 3-4, 1st, Tied	SP: Kason Gabbard (26, LHP, 1-0, 0.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 7 7 0 0 2 4 0 0.00 2007 (6-1) 81.1 68 42 42 41 55 8 4.65 2006 (1-3) 25.2 24 11 10 16 15 0 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-0 35.2 34 19 19 21 22 4 4.79 47 2008-04-04 LAA W 7 7 0 0 2 4 0 92 65 2007-09-14 OAK ND 4 5 7 7 7 4 1 94 21 2007-09-02 LAA ND 6 5 5 5 5 3 1 102 40 2007-08-28 CHW ND 4.2 4 3 3 3 3 2 91 44 2007-08-22 BAL W 6 7 3 3 1 3 0 89 48 2007-08-17 MIN ND 6.2 5 1 1 3 3 0 102 60 2007-08-12 TBD ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 10.2 12 3 3 5 5 0 2.53 50 2007-08-22 BAL W 6 7 3 3 1 3 0 89 48 2006-09-12 BAL ND 4.2 5 0 0 4 2 0 87 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-1 Road: 3-3 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 3-2 vsLHP: 0-2 1-Run: 1-1 vsEast: 0-1 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 3-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 7 Tue, Apr 8 BAL L 1-8 3-4 1st Tied 6 Sun, Apr 6 @LAA W 10-4 3-3 1st Tied 5 Sat, Apr 5 @LAA L 1-2 2-3 3rd 0.5 gb 4 Fri, Apr 4 @LAA W 11-6 2-2 1st Tied 3 Wed, Apr 2 @SEA L 1-4 1-2 1st Tied 2 Tue, Apr 1 @SEA W 5-4 1-1 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 @SEA L 2-5 0-1 1st Tied Last 10: 3-4 Last 20: 3-4 Last 30: 3-4
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Apr 08, 2008 BAL 8 @TEX 1 W:Brian Burres (1-0), L: Jason Jennings (0-2), S: none Sun, Sep 23, 2007 TEX 3 BAL 0 W:Kevin Millwood , L: Jon Leicester , S: C.J. Wilson Sat, Sep 22, 2007 BAL 11 @TEX 9 W:James Hoey , L: Wes Littleton , S: Jamie Walker Fri, Sep 21, 2007 TEX 3 BAL 2 W:Luis Mendoza , L: Victor Santos , S: Joaquin Benoit Thu, Sep 20, 2007 BAL 6 @TEX 3 (10) W:Jamie Walker , L: John Rheinecker , S: none Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TEX 9 @BAL 7 W:Joaquin Benoit , L: James Hoey , S: C.J. Wilson Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TEX 30 @BAL 3 W:Kason Gabbard , L: Daniel Cabrera , S: Wes Littleton Tue, Aug 21, 2007 BAL 6 TEX 2 W:Erik Bedard , L: Vicente Padilla , S: none Sun, Jul 08, 2007 TEX 2 BAL 1 W:Kevin Millwood , L: Daniel Cabrera , S: Eric Gagne Sat, Jul 07, 2007 BAL 3 @TEX 0 W:Erik Bedard , L: Brandon McCarthy , S: none Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 1-0; 2007 - TEX won 6-4; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - BAL leads 354-228

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

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

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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 (5.71 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 14.Fukumori
G/S/vB 54.German
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 56/47 .167/.196/.222/.419 .000/.501 .231 / 2/1 0/1

2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 71/49 .290/.300/.362/.662 .833/.592 .412 / 2/2 1/3

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 11/.311 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 11/.819 409/299 .258/.333/.382/.714 .754/.700 .682 / 1/3 9/7

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 19/1.464 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/1.167 2/1.500 603/461 .280/.337/.442/.778 .779/.778 .749 / 1/1 15/4

10.Jones G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 71/40 .246/.300/.400/.700 .941/.506 .842 / 2/1 2/2

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/1.417 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 3/.666 710/496 .300/.362/.485/.848 .775/.880 .819 / 18/6 23/2

15.Millar G/S/vP 5/.650 10/1.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 8/1.071 562/397 .254/.365/.420/.785 .806/.776 .740 / 1/1 17/1

9.Moore* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 55/51 .231/.236/.327/.563 .000/.609 .290 / 0/1 1/0

6.Mora G/S/vP 6/.833 19/1.009 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 527/393 .274/.341/.418/.759 .762/.757 .784 / 9/3 14/10

16.Payton G/S/vP 4/.750 8/.250 ··· 4/.500 7/.143 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.550 7/1.096 470/334 .256/.292/.376/.668 .776/.624 .672 / 5/2 7/7

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.455/.500/.955 1.667/.750 1.056 / 0/0 0/2

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 6/1.833 15/.457 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 6/2.233 1/.000 716/500 .290/.377/.432/.808 .727/.841 .841 / 50/7 12/7

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 425/358 .255/.351/.504/.855 .850/.856 .993 / 3/1 18/3

IP 81.1 82.0 13.2 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .285/.359/.474/.832 1.061/.793 .986 .832 7/2 9/2

ERA-K/9

4.65/6.1

2.85/9.5

/0.0

7.24/5.3

5.56/7.5

/0.0

3.03/8.3

3.62/4.6

3.90/5.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.231 337/.225 / / 62/.286 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259 .299 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 .706 .641 .857 .743 .602 .743 .803

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.698 146/.489 / / 14/1.179 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .843

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.708 191/.760 / / 48/.767 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .767

Home 151/.588 185/.584 / / 38/.900 116/.696 / 163/.635 151/.639 .986

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 6/2/2 // // 2/0/0 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 6/4/3

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ····o··· o···o··· ····o··o ····X··· X······· ··o····o X·····X·

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

Texas Rangers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Trachsel
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/1.214 3/1.167 ··· 8/.250 8/.250 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .999 / 4/1 10/6

29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .664 / 1/0 2/0

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 11/.489 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/3.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 4/1.250 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .930 / 5/2 13/2

23.Broussard* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.933 ··· 5/1.000 18/1.194 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .733 / 2/0 7/2

22.Byrd G/S/vP 14/.748 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 4/1.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 454/339 .307/.355/.459/.814 .826/.809 .916 / 5/3 10/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.875 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .943 / 2/1 11/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 6/.583 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .989 / 3/3 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .921 / 23/2 20/17

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.334 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .663 / 6/2 9/12

2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .481 / 0/0 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 .776 / 0/0 2/1

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .608 / 1/0 8/7

10.Young G/S/vP 2/4.500 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 26/.384 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .808 / 13/3 9/19

IP 158.0 110.2 14.0 64.2 121.0 8.1 45.2 61.1 TOTAL .251/.332/.427/.759 .854/.732 .618 .759 2/1 8/7

ERA-K/9

4.90/3.2

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

3.71/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (59-39-9)
Melhuse (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 702/.289 508/.291 59/.245 / 289/.294 559/.288 31/.172 182/.179 258/.244 .224 Byrd
Hamilton
Murphy
Bradley
Botts
Catalanotto
Laird
Broussard 18/63/40/9
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0

OPS .814 .859 .744 .687 .813 .435 .553 .658 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 322/.745 226/.859 25/.882 / 94/.797 153/.855 12/.439 106/.529 122/.594 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.867 282/.858 34/.639 / 195/.636 406/.797 19/.433 76/.587 136/.715 .669

Road 378/.883 281/.902 30/.778 / 131/.553 303/.800 12/.523 93/.474 121/.656 .618

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 19/19/7 18/11/3 2/0/0 // 1/4/1 14/11/5 0/0/0 4/0/0 6/2/1 10/4/3

Usage ····X··· X··X···· o···X··· ··X···X· ···Xo·o· X······· ·oo·X··· ·o·oo·X· ·o·oo·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 @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Steve Trachsel (37, RHP, 1-0, 3.18)

SP: Kason Gabbard (26, LHP, 1-0, 0.00)

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