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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

RedSox, 47-29, 1st, 3½ up

SP: John Smoltz (42, RHP, 0-1, 9.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 5.0 7 5 5 1 5 0 9.00
2008 (3-2) 28.0 25 8 8 8 36 2 2.57
2007 (14-8) 205.2 196 78 71 47 197 18 3.11
Last 7 GS 3-4 36.0 36 17 16 9 49 4 4.00 54
2009-06-25 @WSN L 5.0 7 5 5 1 5 0 92 37
2008-04-27 @NYM L 4.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 83 35
2008-04-22 WSN L 7.0 5 1 1 0 10 0 105 73
2008-04-17 @FLA W 5.0 3 0 0 2 10 0 81 69
2008-04-12 @WSN W 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 90 61
2008-04-06 NYM W 5.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 78 67
2007-09-27 @PHI L 4.0 7 6 5 0 8 2 67 34
Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 18.1 19 11 11 3 17 3 5.40 51
2005-06-26 BAL W 9.0 5 1 1 0 7 1 118 80
1999-06-13 BAL L 2.1 7 7 7 2 2 1 54 15
1997-06-14 BAL ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 8 1 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-10   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  29-21   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast: 21-8    vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  5-10 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @BAL  W   4-0       47-29  1st  3.5 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @ATL  L   1-2       46-29  1st  3.0 up
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @ATL  W   1-0       46-28  1st  4.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @ATL  W   4-1       45-28  1st  4.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @WSN  L   3-9       44-28  1st  4.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @WSN  W   6-4       44-27  1st  5.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @WSN  W  11-3       43-27  1st  5.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 21   ATL  W   6-5       42-27  1st  4.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20   ATL  W   3-0       41-27  1st  3.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19   ATL  L   2-8       40-27  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Orioles, 34-42, 5th, 13 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Hill (29, LHP, 3-2, 6.03)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 37.1 37 26 25 24 34 3 6.03
2008 (1-0) 19.2 13 9 9 18 15 2 4.12
2007 (11-8) 195.0 170 89 85 63 183 27 3.92
Last 7 GS 2-2 31.2 30 24 23 22 28 3 6.54 44
2009-06-25 @FLA L 4.1 8 6 6 1 6 2 89 28
2009-06-19 @PHI W 6.2 5 2 2 4 5 0 111 57
2009-06-13 ATL ND 4.0 5 4 4 3 1 0 80 34
2009-06-07 @OAK L 0.2 1 3 3 4 0 0 39 34
2009-06-01 @SEA W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 106 77
2009-05-27 TOR ND 3.1 6 7 6 3 3 0 73 22
2009-05-22 @WSN ND 5.2 3 2 2 4 6 1 98 57
Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-19   Road:   11-23   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  21-28   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 10-17   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  5-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @PHI  W   6-5       31-37  5th 10.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @PHI  W   7-2       30-37  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 BOS 12  BAL  1        W:Justin Masterson (1-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 BOS  2  BAL  1        W:Jon Lester (1-2), L: Koji Uehara (2-1), S: Takashi Saito (1)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 BOS  6  BAL  4        W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Adam Eaton (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 BOS 10  BAL  8        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-0), L: Danys Baez (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (3)

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 BOS  5  BAL  4        W:Justin Masterson (5-4), L: Jim Miller (0-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 BOS 14  BAL  2        W:Jon Lester (13-5), L: Radhames Liz (5-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 BOS  7  BAL  4        W:Paul Byrd (10-11), L: Garrett Olson (8-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (35)
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 BAL 11  BOS  6        W:Chris Waters (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (2-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 BOS  7 @BAL  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-2), L: Daniel Cabrera (8-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 BOS  6 @BAL  3        W:Jon Lester (12-4), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (33)
Season Series: 2009 - BOS leads 5-0; 2008 - BOS won 12-6; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; All-Time - BOS leads 1121-917

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  5.64

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.86

 RA/G

SFG  3.81

NYM  4.57

WSN  5.68

 BA

J. Mauer  .394

K. Suzuki  .283

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Young  .358

D. Navarro  .239

 SLG

A. Pujols  .722

J. Bruce  .466

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.173

J. Varitek  .817

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

L. Hernandez  4.04

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

D. Bush  6.56

J. Garland  3.33

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RedSox Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Hill*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 14/.445 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 77/25 .286/.351/.500/.851 .926/.689 .916 30/1.067 0/0 4/2
44.Bay G/S/vP 16/.259 8/.661 2/1.500 ··· ··· 13/.581 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 319/228 .277/.386/.566/.951 .980/.939 .991 102/.768 5/1 19/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/no AB 2/.000 266/202 .255/.380/.464/.843 .819/.851 .817 85/.871 2/2 10/1
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 312/211 .297/.345/.388/.733 .681/.757 .741 83/.818 33/6 3/1
22.Green G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 190/138 .276/.332/.425/.757 .704/.777 .650 76/.718 1/3 4/9
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 13/.962 ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.310 40/32 .289/.325/.395/.720 .250/.842 .616 40/.720 0/1 1/0
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/59 .227/.289/.364/.653 .319/.745 .523 25/.775 0/0 0/1
25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/3.000 3/.666 7/.762 ··· ··· 10/.400 ··· 6/1.267 7/.429 2/1.000 282/202 .282/.319/.470/.789 .898/.747 .711 77/.595 0/1 10/8
23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 8/.625 ··· ··· 8/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 3/.333 109/80 .292/.361/.385/.747 1.043/.640 .778 25/.867 1/0 1/6
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 20/1.056 ··· ··· 26/.581 ··· 4/1.250 6/1.500 9/.333 286/195 .220/.315/.392/.707 .693/.712 .588 78/1.069 0/2 8/1
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 333/232 .288/.367/.380/.748 .795/.728 .728 106/.537 13/5 2/4
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 13/1.162 ··· ··· 20/.744 ··· 5/.400 8/1.000 3/1.334 229/164 .235/.332/.485/.817 .960/.772 .777 70/.739 0/0 11/1
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· ··· 14/.940 ··· 8/1.071 3/1.167 3/.333 262/182 .313/.443/.573/1.016 1.056/.999 .965 101/.799 4/1 12/1
IP 37.1 30.0 38.2 83.2 36.1 48.1 19.1 37.2 20.1 30.2 TOTAL .267/.351/.445/.797 .837/.780 .754 .761 56/22 89/48
ERA-K/9 6.03/8.2 3.60/6.3 4.19/5.3 3.76/4.3 6.44/5.5 5.21/5.8 4.19/5.6 2.39/5.7 9.74/10.2 2.05/7.9 5.01/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.264 135/.292 160/.210 346/.260 144/.289 222/.300 90/.333 154/.243 102/.379 123/.195 .279
OPS .781 .755 .630 .706 .794 .880 .862 .653 1.036 .596 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.638 60/.818 80/.604 172/.686 75/.752 69/.786 43/.855 75/.555 50/1.417 36/.288 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.815 75/.705 80/.657 174/.723 69/.842 153/.924 47/.869 79/.737 52/.682 87/.724 .806
Home 38/.899 73/.777 96/.493 217/.711 103/.738 95/.963 51/.824 79/.700 50/.969 67/.620
Last 28d days 78/.924 58/.605 44/.771 140/.541 92/.849 54/.803 65/.940 45/.660 20/1.200 34/.399
HR/SB/CS 3/5/1 1/3/1 5/3/0 9/0/2 2/2/0 9/9/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 4/2/0 3/2/0 94/51/11
Usage ····X··· ··oX·X·· ·o·o··X· ···X···· X····X·· ·X··XX·· ·X······ ··o···X· oo··X·X· ··oo····
Orioles Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Smoltz
G/S/vB		 60.Bard
G/S/vB		 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB		 63.Masterson
G/S/vB		 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 36.Penny
G/S/vB		 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 24.Saito
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Andino G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 121/85 .243/.273/.313/.586 .694/.537 .705 75/.587 2/2 1/4
17.Huff* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 10/.200 3/.333 12/.334 7/.715 10/.100 1/.000 1/2.000 307/188 .279/.345/.460/.805 .757/.835 .918 84/.821 0/5 10/4
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 3/1.667 4/.833 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 301/197 .309/.362/.516/.878 .772/.934 .887 96/.607 5/3 12/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.441 3/.666 14/.703 7/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 332/202 .299/.358/.460/.818 .638/.936 .868 100/.750 2/1 8/3
6.Mora G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 11/.489 1/.000 6/.900 7/.286 6/1.467 1/no AB ··· 222/138 .272/.330/.332/.662 .680/.651 .777 82/.633 2/2 2/5
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 110/98 .224/.296/.337/.633 .182/.687 .656 12/1.045 1/3 2/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/91 .286/.371/.540/.910 1.023/.847 1.078 76/.932 0/0 9/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 9/.476 3/.000 7/1.171 10/.786 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 338/228 .284/.353/.446/.799 .744/.825 .797 99/.727 15/5 7/5
26.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .364/.364/.364/.727 1.000/.625 .727 22/.727 0/0 0/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.167 4/.833 4/.000 4/.500 5/1.800 3/1.000 2/.000 220/156 .292/.373/.549/.921 1.121/.835 1.011 83/.717 0/0 14/0
15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/48 .234/.289/.390/.679 .416/.867 .824 68/.727 0/0 2/3
23.Wigginton G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 22/1.055 1/.000 4/.500 195/123 .261/.303/.386/.688 .672/.698 .766 42/1.005 1/1 5/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 5/1.600 14/.630 5/.200 1/.000 2/.000 160/115 .246/.350/.377/.727 .619/.768 .688 24/1.433 0/0 3/4
IP 5.0 18.1 30.1 59.0 33.2 33.1 82.2 34.0 27.1 TOTAL .273/.336/.425/.760 .718/.782 .839 .745 37/22 78/55
ERA-K/9 9.00/9.0 3.44/8.4 2.08/6.8 3.66/7.6 2.41/9.6 1.89/8.9 4.79/6.0 1.85/5.6 2.96/8.6 4.07/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.318 82/.235 132/.246 256/.274 134/.179 146/.228 372/.290 128/.174 119/.235 .261
OPS .784 .661 .652 .737 .590 .678 .826 .556 .692 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/.762 42/.773 75/.576 134/.793 62/.452 85/.560 201/.814 64/.704 66/.536 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/.800 40/.547 57/.748 122/.677 72/.718 61/.840 171/.841 64/.419 53/.888 .754
Road 24/.784 58/.731 65/.774 151/.815 82/.470 79/.805 198/.849 73/.484 64/.812
Last 28d days 24/.784 47/.712 35/.665 42/.619 44/.615 48/.685 124/.715 30/.802 40/.615
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/2/0 0/3/1 4/7/4 4/0/0 4/8/0 10/13/1 4/3/0 3/4/0 66/72/14
Usage ····X··· ·o··X·X· o·o···o· ··o··X·· o··X·oo· o·Xo·o·· ·X····X· X···o··· ·X··X·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.