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Game Preview: BAL @ LAA, 10:05pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Orioles, 35-43, 5th, 13 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (30, RHP, 6-7, 5.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-7) 91.2 99 58 52 28 57 17 5.11
2008 (10-12) 190.2 176 82 77 58 120 24 3.63
2007 (7-5) 175.1 165 78 72 47 123 23 3.70
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.0 41 23 20 9 26 6 4.74 48
2009-06-27 WSN W 5.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 95 44
2009-06-21 @PHI W 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 108 69
2009-06-16 NYM L 6.1 6 5 3 2 4 0 107 47
2009-06-10 SEA L 6.0 6 4 3 0 2 2 104 48
2009-06-05 @OAK L 0.2 7 6 6 0 0 1 29 14
2009-05-30 DET ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 10 2 113 55
2009-05-25 TOR W 7.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 108 62
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-20   Road:   11-23   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-29   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 11-18   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  5-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jul  1   BOS  L   5-6 (11)  35-43  5th 13.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30   BOS  W  11-10      35-42  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   BOS  L   0-4       34-42  5th 13.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   WSN  L   3-5       34-41  5th 12.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   WSN  W   6-3       34-40  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   WSN  W  11-1       33-40  5th 12.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @FLA  L   3-11      32-40  5th 12.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @FLA  L   2-5       32-39  5th 12.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @FLA  L   6-7 (12)  32-38  5th 11.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @PHI  W   2-1       32-37  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Angels, 42-34, 1st, ½ up

SP: John Lackey (30, RHP, 2-3, 5.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 53.1 66 33 30 15 42 6 5.06
2008 (12-5) 163.1 161 71 68 40 130 26 3.75
2007 (19-9) 224.0 219 87 75 52 179 18 3.01
Last 7 GS 1-3 48.1 59 27 25 15 39 5 4.66 48
2009-06-27 @ARI ND 7.0 5 1 0 3 9 0 106 71
2009-06-21 LAD L 8.0 9 4 4 4 5 1 111 49
2009-06-15 @SFG W 7.0 10 3 3 0 10 1 106 55
2009-06-10 @TBR L 5.0 11 9 8 2 2 2 98 11
2009-06-04 @TOR ND 7.0 7 2 2 3 6 0 114 58
2009-05-29 SEA L 7.1 10 5 5 2 2 1 106 38
2009-05-23 @LAD ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 106 55
Last 5 v.BAL 3-1 36.2 33 11 11 7 27 3 2.70 60
2007-09-13 @BAL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 112 54
2007-07-01 @BAL W 7.1 4 3 3 3 5 1 99 60
2007-06-01 BAL W 7.1 5 2 2 2 4 1 97 62
2006-09-05 BAL ND 7.0 9 1 1 1 5 0 121 59
2006-04-16 @BAL W 8.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 90 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-15   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  29-24   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  15-9 
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest: 10-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Wed, Jul  1  @TEX  L   7-9       42-34  1st  0.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 30  @TEX  L   5-9       42-33  1st  1.5 up
 74 Mon, Jun 29  @TEX  W   5-2       42-32  1st  2.5 up
 73 Sun, Jun 28  @ARI  W  12-8       41-32  1st  1.5 up
 72 Sat, Jun 27  @ARI  W   2-1       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Fri, Jun 26  @ARI  W  12-3       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   COL  W  11-3       38-32  1st    Tied
 69 Tue, Jun 23   COL  W   4-3       37-32  1st    Tied
 68 Mon, Jun 22   COL  L   1-11      36-32  2nd  1.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 21   LAD  L   3-5       36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 LAA  3 @BAL  2        W:Shane Loux (1-2), L: Koji Uehara (2-2), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 LAA  7 @BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (3-1), L: Adam Eaton (1-3), S: Brian Fuentes (4)

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 LAA  9  BAL  4        W:Ervin Santana (13-5), L: Garrett Olson (8-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 BAL  3 @LAA  0        W:Chris Waters (1-0), L: Jon Garland (10-7), S: George Sherrill (31)
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 LAA  6  BAL  5        W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-2), L: George Sherrill (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 BAL  5  LAA  2        W:Garrett Olson (7-5), L: Ervin Santana (11-5), S: George Sherrill (30)
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 LAA 11 @BAL  6        W:Jon Garland (9-6), L: Radhames Liz (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 LAA  6 @BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (13-5), L: Brian Burres (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (43)
Sun, May 04, 2008 LAA  6  BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (6-0), L: Steve Trachsel (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13)
Sat, May 03, 2008 LAA  3  BAL  1        W:Jon Garland (4-3), L: Daniel Cabrera (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 2-0; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 7-3; All-Time - BAL leads 327-269

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 2009 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

TBR  5.59

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.75

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .383

M. Cabrera  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .455

C. Iannetta  .360

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .743

B. Phillips  .473

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

T. Tulowitzki  .815

N. Punto  .546

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Harang  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Volstad  6.61

J. Garland  3.33

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Orioles Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 55.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 59.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 33.Speier
G/S/vB		 63.Thompson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/89 .248/.276/.314/.590 .711/.536 .451 80/.596 2/2 1/4
17.Huff* G/S/vP 27/.228 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 14/.891 ··· 316/193 .275/.342/.450/.792 .731/.831 .662 85/.778 0/5 10/4
10.Jones G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 306/199 .305/.359/.509/.868 .749/.932 .867 93/.563 5/3 12/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/.627 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 341/206 .300/.358/.459/.817 .644/.932 .758 101/.780 2/1 8/3
6.Mora G/S/vP 26/.490 ··· 3/.000 ··· 12/.633 ··· ··· 16/1.114 ··· 228/141 .266/.326/.324/.650 .655/.646 .520 80/.600 2/2 2/6
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 114/102 .235/.304/.363/.666 .182/.722 .606 15/1.038 1/3 2/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/96 .296/.375/.533/.908 1.020/.844 .771 79/.955 0/0 9/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 25/.653 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.365 ··· ··· 9/.536 ··· 347/234 .279/.347/.436/.783 .723/.811 .802 100/.740 16/5 7/6
26.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/17 .417/.417/.542/.958 1.143/.882 .727 24/.958 0/0 1/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 224/159 .298/.379/.561/.940 1.151/.848 .787 81/.726 0/0 15/0
15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/52 .247/.297/.388/.685 .479/.837 .502 69/.755 0/0 2/3
23.Wigginton G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· 7/2.143 ··· 200/125 .266/.305/.388/.693 .672/.706 .611 44/1.019 1/1 6/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 18/.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 12/.606 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· 160/115 .246/.350/.377/.727 .619/.768 .773 24/1.433 0/0 3/4
IP 53.1 33.0 27.1 12.1 34.0 18.0 20.2 29.2 13.1 TOTAL .274/.336/.425/.760 .715/.784 .668 .756 37/22 79/56
ERA-K/9 5.06/7.1 4.64/9.3 3.62/9.9 11.68/4.4 2.91/6.1 3.00/6.5 6.97/3.9 4.55/9.1 4.73/10.8 4.68/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 239/.317 139/.226 116/.245 59/.434 141/.281 75/.254 103/.383 125/.220 60/.283 .277
OPS .832 .743 .658 1.003 .745 .803 1.013 .646 .886 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.975 68/.912 36/.520 36/1.031 56/.741 35/.622 51/1.174 54/.907 27/1.130 .832
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.640 71/.582 80/.723 23/.952 85/.746 40/.958 52/.853 71/.451 33/.670 .727
Home 68/.908 73/.716 58/.812 26/.808 51/.690 23/1.146 69/.998 62/.756 22/1.018
Last 28d days 151/.821 47/.792 32/.387 30/.900 49/.938 75/.803 28/1.069 34/.439 39/.970
HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 5/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 2/2/3 4/1/0 3/1/0 3/3/0 4/5/0 80/63/21
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ··ooX··· o··o···· ··o·oo·o ··X····· ·X·····X o·Xo···X ·X······
Angels Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 28.Baez
G/S/vB		 35.Bergesen
G/S/vB		 49.Berken
G/S/vB		 27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB		 63.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 37.Ray
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 17/.635 1/no AB 8/1.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.833 5/.600 299/220 .298/.395/.420/.814 .810/.815 .742 95/.850 17/3 4/5
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/4.000 3/.666 233/160 .271/.316/.367/.683 .696/.677 .616 85/.614 5/2 2/4
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 23/.360 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.167 12/.705 339/242 .309/.386/.395/.781 .635/.840 .744 110/.850 24/7 1/7
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 10/.300 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 22/1.009 ··· 1/no AB 8/1.792 3/.000 155/122 .277/.303/.372/.675 .556/.707 .665 85/.691 2/1 2/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/1.547 ··· 18/.944 ··· ··· 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 292/220 .306/.384/.576/.960 1.004/.946 1.010 81/.920 13/3 17/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.000 185/160 .291/.348/.400/.748 1.160/.708 .740 66/1.021 6/2 2/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 131/100 .207/.305/.288/.593 .378/.657 .752 43/.691 0/1 2/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 10/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 8/.900 158/124 .229/.285/.333/.618 .587/.627 .664 35/.481 1/0 2/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 286/235 .281/.336/.531/.866 .436/.966 .944 84/.964 0/2 13/4
44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 207/158 .297/.372/.516/.888 1.476/.710 .859 49/1.053 2/3 10/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 15/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 63/21 .213/.238/.279/.517 .386/.783 .541 24/.477 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· ··· 11/1.272 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.661 274/207 .302/.343/.506/.849 1.291/.713 .836 102/.958 0/0 14/1
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/8 .118/.211/.294/.505 .182/.875 .650 19/.505 0/0 1/0
IP 91.2 31.2 41.0 91.2 36.1 51.1 19.1 37.2 20.1 32.1 TOTAL .278/.341/.428/.769 .772/.768 .783 .819 76/25 73/46
ERA-K/9 5.11/5.6 3.41/6.5 4.17/5.3 3.53/4.5 6.44/5.5 5.08/5.8 4.19/5.6 2.87/5.7 9.74/10.2 2.51/8.6 5.04/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 400/.273 143/.292 160/.210 346/.260 170/.300 235/.302 90/.333 154/.243 106/.374 128/.197 .281
OPS .824 .749 .630 .706 .833 .881 .862 .653 1.025 .599 .811
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.827 62/.850 80/.604 172/.686 90/.877 74/.779 43/.855 75/.555 51/1.385 36/.288 .817
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.822 81/.675 80/.657 174/.723 80/.781 161/.928 47/.869 79/.737 55/.702 92/.721 .805
Road 144/.922 62/.729 64/.852 129/.698 41/.943 127/.818 39/.908 75/.604 52/1.101 56/.566
Last 28d days 108/.745 62/.597 44/.771 110/.503 118/.893 62/.779 38/.909 36/.472 24/1.125 39/.431
HR/SB/CS 17/3/1 1/3/1 5/3/0 9/0/2 3/5/0 9/9/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 4/2/0 3/2/0 97/56/11
Usage ····X··· ·X··oX·X X··o·o·· X····X·· ··X····X ·X·X··XX ···X···· o···o··· ··oo··X· XX··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.