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Game Preview: BAL @ TEX, 5:05pm, Thursday, April 10, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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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:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-0  IL: 1-1 

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   TBR  W   9-6        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31   TBR  L   2-6        0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-1    Last 20: 6-1    Last 30: 6-1 
Texas Rangers, 3-4, 1st, Tied

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 0-2, 1.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             14    16   4   2   4   9  0    1.29      
 2007 (10-14)          172.2 213 111  99  67 123 19    5.16      
 2006 (16-12)          215   228 114 108  53 157 23    4.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  40.2  53  20  15  12  22  2    3.32   48 
 2008-04-05    LAA   L   8    12   2   2   1   5  0     106   54 
 2008-03-31    SEA   L   6     4   2   0   3   4  0      89   61 
 2007-09-29    SEA   L   7    11   5   4   3   1  1     119   35 
 2007-09-23    BAL   W   7     7   0   0   0   5  0     104   68 
 2007-09-18    MIN   L   6.2  10   4   2   2   0  0     110   40 
 2007-09-13    OAK   L   4.2   8   6   6   3   4  1      92   25 
 2007-09-09    OAK  ND   1.1   1   1   1   0   3  0      27   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      5-0  37    28   8   7   7  21  1    1.70   65 
 2007-09-23    BAL   W   7     7   0   0   0   5  0     104   68 
 2007-07-08    BAL   W   6     5   1   1   3   4  0      93   59 
 2006-08-29    BAL   W   9     8   4   3   0   8  0     106   65 
 2006-07-14    BAL   W   6     4   1   1   2   3  0      78   61 
 2006-05-04    BAL   W   9     4   2   2   2   1  1      99   70 
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

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

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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 33.Millwood
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Fahey* G/S/vP 12/.282 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 3/.000 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 14/.286 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 9/.222 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 2/1.000 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 15/.467 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 39/1.036 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 3/.000 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 15/.434 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 32/.282 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 21/.809 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 3/.666 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 172.2 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 5.16/6.4 2.85/9.5 /0.0 /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 788/.301 337/.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 .812 .641 .857 .743 .602 .743 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 360/.843 146/.489 / / 14/1.179 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 428/.788 191/.760 / / 48/.767 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .767
Home 375/.763 185/.584 / / 38/.900 116/.696 / 163/.635 151/.639 .986
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 19/14/5 6/2/2 // // 2/0/0 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 6/4/3
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·····o·· ·o···o·· ·····o·· ·····X·· ·X······ ···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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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