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Game Preview: BAL @ LAA, 9:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Orioles, 36-44, 5th, 12½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jason Berken (25, RHP, 1-5, 6.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-5) 36.1 45 27 26 14 22 3 6.44
Last 7 GS 1-5 36.1 45 27 26 14 22 3 6.44 41
2009-06-29 BOS L 5.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 99 36
2009-06-24 @FLA L 5.0 4 3 2 2 3 0 81 50
2009-06-18 NYM ND 6.2 7 4 4 1 8 0 107 51
2009-06-12 ATL L 4.1 8 4 4 1 3 1 75 33
2009-06-06 @OAK L 3.1 7 9 9 3 0 0 73 7
2009-05-31 DET L 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 1 102 65
2009-05-26 TOR W 5.0 7 2 2 3 3 0 89 45
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-20   Road:   12-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-30   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 11-18   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  6-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @LAA  W   6-4       36-44  5th 12.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @LAA  L   2-5       35-44  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Angels, 43-35, 1st, Tied

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (21, RHP, 2-0, 3.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-0) 18.0 17 6 6 6 13 4 3.00
Last 7 GS 2-0 18.0 17 6 6 6 13 4 3.00 55
2009-06-29 @TEX W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 2 90 55
2009-06-23 COL ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 2 101 43
2009-06-16 @SFG W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 98 67
Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-16   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  30-25   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  15-9 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest: 10-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Fri, Jul  3   BAL  L   4-6       43-35  1st    Tied
 77 Thu, Jul  2   BAL  W   5-2       43-34  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 LAA  5  BAL  2        W:John Lackey (3-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (6-8), S: Brian Fuentes (23)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 3-1; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 7-3; All-Time - BAL leads 328-270

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

NYY  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Orioles Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
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 ··· ··· ··· 133/95 .252/.278/.315/.593 .711/.544 .470 83/.623 2/3 1/4
17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/.500 ··· 14/.891 ··· 325/201 .270/.335/.439/.775 .742/.795 .657 90/.756 0/5 11/4
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 310/203 .300/.355/.502/.857 .749/.913 .839 94/.557 5/3 12/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 350/214 .294/.351/.453/.804 .639/.910 .738 107/.764 2/1 8/3
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 12/.633 ··· 16/1.114 ··· 228/141 .266/.326/.324/.650 .655/.646 .520 77/.597 2/2 2/6
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 119/107 .234/.299/.355/.654 .182/.706 .606 19/.921 1/3 2/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/103 .287/.363/.510/.873 1.001/.803 .757 86/.895 1/0 9/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.365 ··· 9/.536 ··· 356/243 .275/.344/.428/.772 .723/.794 .780 105/.695 16/5 7/6
26.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .400/.400/.520/.920 1.143/.833 .667 25/.920 0/0 1/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 232/166 .298/.379/.580/.960 1.133/.886 .809 86/.762 0/0 16/0
15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/55 .250/.298/.386/.684 .479/.827 .514 69/.755 0/0 2/3
23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 7/2.143 ··· 207/132 .263/.304/.397/.701 .672/.718 .606 48/1.077 1/1 6/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 12/.606 ··· 6/.500 ··· 164/119 .239/.341/.366/.708 .619/.740 .773 28/1.208 0/0 3/4
IP 18.0 33.0 28.1 13.1 34.0 20.2 29.2 14.1 TOTAL .271/.332/.421/.754 .714/.774 .662 .746 39/22 82/58
ERA-K/9 3.00/6.5 4.64/9.3 3.49/9.5 10.80/4.7 2.91/6.1 6.97/3.9 4.55/9.1 4.40/10.1 4.71/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 75/.254 139/.226 120/.245 62/.446 141/.281 103/.383 129/.232 60/.283 .276
OPS .803 .743 .652 1.020 .745 1.013 .690 .886 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.622 68/.912 39/.532 37/1.058 56/.741 51/1.174 56/.993 27/1.130 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.958 71/.582 81/.713 25/.956 85/.746 52/.853 73/.467 33/.670 .725
Home 23/1.146 73/.716 62/.789 26/.808 51/.690 69/.998 62/.756 22/1.018
Last 28d days 75/.803 47/.792 30/.334 33/.939 46/.832 28/1.069 33/.585 39/.970
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 5/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 2/2/3 3/1/0 4/3/0 4/5/0 83/65/21
Usage ····X··· ·····X·X ·o··ooX· X·o··o·· ····o·oo ··o·Xo·· X··X····
Angels Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Berken
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 28.Baez
G/S/vB		 35.Bergesen
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 ··· 1/no AB 8/1.125 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.833 5/.600 308/229 .299/.399/.441/.840 .810/.850 .796 100/.918 17/3 6/5
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/4.000 3/.666 240/166 .271/.315/.364/.679 .685/.677 .596 83/.648 5/2 2/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 23/.360 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.167 12/.705 348/251 .318/.394/.411/.805 .635/.871 .765 109/.927 24/8 1/7
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 22/1.009 ··· 1/no AB 8/1.792 3/.000 164/131 .282/.311/.378/.689 .556/.723 .636 85/.720 2/1 2/
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· ··· 18/.944 ··· 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 301/229 .304/.382/.570/.952 1.004/.936 .995 82/.889 13/3 17/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 6/.167 3/.000 193/167 .291/.344/.407/.751 1.105/.718 .775 73/.991 7/2 2/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 134/103 .202/.298/.281/.578 .378/.636 .752 43/.657 0/1 2/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 8/.900 158/124 .229/.285/.333/.618 .587/.627 .664 34/.496 1/0 2/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 295/243 .280/.336/.522/.858 .466/.947 .930 85/.976 0/2 14/4
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 212/162 .292/.373/.508/.881 1.444/.709 .853 50/.988 2/3 10/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 15/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 63/21 .213/.238/.279/.517 .386/.783 .541 21/.449 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· 11/1.272 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.661 283/216 .307/.346/.519/.865 1.291/.740 .850 103/1.019 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 36.1 31.2 41.0 91.2 51.1 26.0 39.0 21.1 33.1 TOTAL .279/.343/.432/.775 .770/.776 .788 .844 79/26 76/46
ERA-K/9 6.44/5.5 3.41/6.5 4.17/5.3 3.53/4.5 5.08/5.8 4.15/4.8 3.00/5.5 9.28/9.7 2.43/8.6 5.04/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.300 143/.292 170/.216 374/.251 235/.302 90/.333 156/.248 110/.379 135/.207 .281
OPS .833 .749 .635 .676 .881 .862 .688 1.023 .628 .810
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.877 62/.850 84/.636 188/.646 74/.779 43/.855 75/.555 53/1.369 39/.348 .819
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.781 81/.675 86/.633 186/.703 161/.928 47/.869 81/.800 57/.713 96/.742 .803
Road 41/.943 62/.729 64/.852 129/.698 127/.818 39/.908 75/.604 56/1.092 56/.566
Last 28d days 118/.893 57/.616 54/.757 138/.466 48/.800 38/.909 38/.615 28/1.107 46/.535
HR/SB/CS 3/5/0 1/3/1 5/3/0 9/0/2 9/9/0 1/3/1 3/1/0 4/2/0 3/2/0 100/57/11
Usage ····X··· ···X··oX ··X··o·o ··X····X ···X·X·· X····X·· X·o···o· ·o··oo·· o·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.