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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

RedSox, 21-21, 21-21 4th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Doubront (24, LHP, 4-1, 4.09)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-1) 44.0 44 23 20 21 44 3 4.09
2011 (0-0) 10.1 12 7 7 8 6 1 6.10
2010 (2-2) 25.0 27 16 12 10 23 3 4.32
Last 7 GS 4-1 39.0 40 21 18 18 38 3 4.15 50
2012-05-17 @TBR W 5.2 6 2 1 4 7 0 97 54
2012-05-12 CLE W 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 109 65
2012-05-07 @KCR W 6.1 7 5 3 3 2 0 111 42
2012-05-01 OAK L 4.0 6 5 5 2 8 0 94 36
2012-04-26 @CHW W 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 1 110 49
2012-04-21 NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 7 1 99 64
2012-04-15 TBR ND 5.0 9 4 4 1 7 1 96 39
Has never faced BAL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-11   Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Mon, May 21  @BAL  W   8-6       21-21  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @PHI  W   5-1       20-21  5th  6.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @PHI  W   7-5       19-21  5th  7.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @PHI  L   4-6       18-21  5th  7.5 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @TBR  W   5-3       18-20  5th  6.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @TBR  L   1-2       17-20  5th  6.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 15   SEA  W   5-0       17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 14   SEA  W   6-1       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   CLE  W  12-1       15-19  5th  6.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   CLE  W   4-1       14-19  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Orioles, 27-16, 27-16 1st, 2 up

SP: Brian Matusz (25, LHP, 3-4, 5.36)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-4) 43.2 56 31 26 18 29 5 5.36
2011 (1-9) 49.2 81 60 59 24 38 18 10.69
2010 (10-12) 175.2 173 88 84 63 143 19 4.30
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 50 27 22 14 28 5 4.99 44
2012-05-17 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 98 47
2012-05-12 TBR W 5.2 7 3 2 1 5 1 95 49
2012-05-07 TEX L 5.0 10 7 7 2 4 1 103 21
2012-05-01 @NYY W 6.1 6 1 1 1 4 1 97 60
2012-04-26 TOR ND 6.0 4 2 0 2 3 0 92 61
2012-04-20 @LAA L 5.0 9 6 4 3 6 0 100 32
2012-04-15 @TOR L 5.2 7 5 5 4 4 2 106 35
Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 25.1 21 11 11 13 25 3 3.91 53
2011-09-19 @BOS L 1.2 6 6 6 2 0 1 49 17
2010-09-20 @BOS ND 5.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 102 58
2010-08-31 BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 98 57
2010-07-04 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 111 78
2010-06-06 BOS ND 5.2 4 2 2 4 7 1 117 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-10   Road:   15-6    ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  21-13   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   8-3 
 vsEast: 13-8    vsCntrl: 8-1    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Mon, May 21   BOS  L   6-8       27-16  1st  2.0 up
 42 Sun, May 20  @WSN  L   3-9       27-15  1st  2.0 up
 41 Sat, May 19  @WSN  W   6-5       27-14  1st  2.0 up
 40 Fri, May 18  @WSN  W   2-1 (11)  26-14  1st  2.0 up
 39 Thu, May 17  @KCR  W   5-3       25-14  1st  1.0 up
 38 Wed, May 16  @KCR  W   4-3 (15)  24-14  1st    Tied
 37 Tue, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Mon, May 14   NYY  L   5-8       22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Sun, May 13   TBR  L   8-9       22-13  1st  1.0 up
 34 Sat, May 12   TBR  W   5-3       22-12  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 21, 2012 BOS  8 @BAL  6        W:Andrew Miller (1-0), L: Kevin Gregg (2-2), S: Alfredo Aceves (10)
Sun, May 06, 2012 BAL  9 @BOS  6 (17)   W:Chris Davis (1-0), L: Darnell McDonald (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 BAL  8 @BOS  2        W:Jason Hammel (4-1), L: Aaron Cook (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 BAL  6 @BOS  4 (13)   W:Troy Patton (1-0), L: Franklin Morales (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (8)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 BAL  4  BOS  3        W:Jim Johnson (6-5), L: Jonathan Papelbon (4-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 BOS  8 @BAL  7        W:Alfredo Aceves (10-2), L: Zach Britton (11-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (31)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 BAL  6  BOS  3        W:Troy Patton (2-1), L: Josh Beckett (13-7), S: none
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 BAL  6 @BOS  4        W:Clay Rapada (2-0), L: Josh Beckett (13-6), S: Jim Johnson (9)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 BAL  7 @BOS  5        W:Willie Eyre (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-9), S: Jim Johnson (8)
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 BOS 18  BAL  9        W:Scott Atchison (1-0), L: Brian Matusz (1-8), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 3-1; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1152-939

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 2012 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

TEX  5.49

CHW  4.14

PIT  2.93

 RA/G

WSN  3.29

SEA  4.02

MIN  5.49

 BA

D. Wright  .415

F. Freeman  .261

R. Weeks  .155

 OBP

D. Wright  .515

T. Hunter  .328

C. Barmes  .200

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .765

T. Hunter  .413

M. Byrd  .246

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.197

J. Kipnis  .749

M. Byrd  .485

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.33

J. Garcia  3.55

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

I. Kennedy  7.19

D. Lowe  2.30

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

RedSox Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 16.Chen*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 40.Patton*
G/S/vB		 47.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.600 6/.833 3/.000 4/.500 182/124 .279/.306/.494/.800 1.102/.664 .855 117/.729 5/3 8/3
23.Byrd G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 135/96 .206/.239/.246/.485 .844/.336 .622 79/.620 0/3 1/2
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 5/2.333 6/.333 3/.666 11/.582 8/.536 2/2.500 8/1.196 1/2.000 189/117 .271/.339/.416/.754 .722/.775 .748 118/.727 0/0 3/0
67.Lin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 2.000/.000 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 77/48 .297/.325/.581/.906 .847/.941 1.000 77/.906 2/1 5/3
66.Nava# G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/30 .343/.479/.543/1.022 .635/1.267 .450 48/1.022 1/0 1/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 10/.300 7/.000 3/.000 11/.384 10/.700 4/.000 6/.833 2/.500 179/115 .333/.402/.616/1.019 1.008/1.023 .867 109/.901 0/1 10/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/.572 7/1.171 3/1.667 7/1.171 15/.967 10/.775 4/1.250 1/.000 195/136 .305/.359/.480/.839 .704/.896 .836 123/.856 3/2 5/1
5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 47/37 .135/.298/.162/.460 .550/.435 .568 29/.321 0/0 0/1
7.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.143 3/1.833 6/.834 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 152/105 .271/.349/.534/.883 .987/.837 .901 88/.864 0/1 8/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/2.500 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.000 5/.000 113/96 .278/.301/.565/.866 .647/.905 .944 73/.929 0/0 7/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/1.089 5/1.417 2/.500 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/32 .259/.355/.444/.799 .804/.795 .501 37/.641 1/0 1/1
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/.800 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 130/112 .311/.341/.443/.784 .294/.861 .862 75/.608 0/0 0/1
IP 43.2 22.0 48.1 14.0 19.2 21.1 20.2 23.2 TOTAL .275/.333/.463/.796 .818/.786 .769 .778 13/11 53/18
ERA-K/9 5.36/6.0 1.64/5.7 3.35/6.9 4.50/7.7 0.92/6.4 1.27/8.9 4.35/7.0 1.14/7.6 3.58/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (19-3-2)
 Shoppach (7-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.309 92/.212 209/.249 62/.255 76/.174 80/.167 86/.244 89/.147 .247  Ross
 Byrd
 Nava
 Sweeney
 Gonzalez
 Lin
18/7/19/3
0/38/0/1
12/0/0/1
0/7/29/0
0/0/2/0
0/1/2/0
OPS .827 .558 .713 .763 .515 .554 .718 .501 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.418 45/.616 46/.833 28/.731 41/.552 31/.488 41/.569 40/.611 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.922 47/.499 163/.680 34/.791 35/.469 49/.596 45/.859 49/.415 .692
Home 96/.810 48/.633 112/.614 29/.899 24/.513 30/.577 46/.703 44/.552
Last 28d days 127/.741 59/.628 132/.728 35/.422 41/.439 51/.455 52/.617 47/.456
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 1/3/0 5/4/2 1/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 46/19/13
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··X ·X····X· X··o·X·· ··X·oXo· ·X·o·o·o X·oo·X·· ··ooo·X·
Orioles Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 1/.000 13/.000 7/.143 4/.500 1/.000 7/.533 1/.000 4/1.750 165/128 .263/.313/.368/.681 .790/.649 .691 102/.626 0/2 3/7
13.Avery* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/35 .278/.366/.417/.783 .629/.805 .653 42/.783 1/0 0/0
24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.167 129/89 .220/.279/.415/.694 .536/.762 .717 87/.748 0/1 6/7
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.444 5/.200 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 146/116 .299/.336/.482/.817 .600/.876 .865 90/.874 0/2 6/3
25.Exposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .071/.235/.071/.307 .452/.200 .222 18/.307 0/0 0/0
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/45 .152/.167/.217/.384 1.000/.327 .502 42/.440 0/0 1/0
35.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.889 1/.000 16/.606 3/.000 ··· 14/.665 10/2 .167/.500/.667/1.167 1.300/.500 1.229 10/1.167 0/0 1/0
2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 15/.266 12/.878 7/.000 12/1.100 9/.472 1/2.000 6/.666 193/154 .251/.295/.469/.765 1.059/.689 .817 120/.861 0/0 9/2
36.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 8/.583 1/no AB 8/.000 70/57 .183/.300/.350/.650 .795/.616 .764 44/.977 2/0 2/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 2/1.000 14/1.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 10/.425 2/.000 10/1.100 188/144 .307/.351/.602/.953 .843/.987 .914 116/.960 6/3 14/1
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 1/2.000 17/.669 2/.000 6/.666 3/1.167 10/.325 3/.333 18/1.793 193/145 .259/.337/.465/.801 .649/.852 .909 118/.862 1/1 8/1
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/4 .308/.308/.462/.769 1.111/.000 1.000 14/.769 0/0 0/2
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 2/.500 11/.495 2/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 9/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 160/123 .245/.325/.476/.801 .772/.809 .810 102/.664 0/0 8/4
IP 44.0 20.1 18.1 24.0 8.2 8.0 14.0 18.1 TOTAL .249/.310/.437/.748 .803/.731 .767 .762 12/12 65/40
ERA-K/9 4.09/9.0 4.43/9.8 1.47/4.9 1.13/6.8 2.08/7.2 0.00/11.2 4.50/6.4 5.40/8.9 4.63/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Exposito (1-1-0)
 Wieters (16-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 197/.256 91/.247 69/.190 92/.198 35/.167 27/.120 65/.304 81/.293 .266  Markakis
 Jones
 Avery
 Hall
 Betemit
 Flaherty
0/0/41/2
0/43/0/1
9/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .726 .669 .562 .496 .486 .268 .760 .799 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.750 50/.697 32/.646 46/.585 22/.439 17/.243 29/.595 39/.573 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.711 41/.633 37/.494 46/.406 13/.558 10/.311 36/.885 42/1.020 .774
Road 107/.694 39/.730 31/.715 27/.296 10/1.100 12/.267 25/.588 48/.631
Last 28d days 127/.681 67/.512 45/.395 47/.484 35/.486 27/.268 35/.759 46/.659
HR/SB/CS 3/6/0 1/2/0 2/1/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 45/26/5
Usage ····X··· ooX·X·o· ···X·o·· ····oo·· X·o·o·o· X···oX·· ···X·X·· ooX·X···

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.