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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 16, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

RedSox, 57-61, 57-61 4th, 13½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 10-3, 4.24)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-3)			131.2	126	67	62	42	86	17	4.24
2011 (6-3)			82.2	76	34	32	31	60	10	3.48
2010 (17-7)			173.2	142	55	45	67	120	9	2.33

Last 7 GS		3-1	51.1	36	17	14	9	31	3	2.45	63
2012-08-10	@CLE	W	9.0	2	2	1	0	6	1	104	83
2012-08-04	MIN	ND	7.0	7	1	0	1	3	0	103	63
2012-07-30	DET	W	8.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	108	64
2012-07-24	@TEX	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	105	63
2012-07-19	CHW	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	107	71
2012-07-14	@TBR	L	6.1	3	4	4	1	8	0	87	58
2012-06-19	MIA	W	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	87	36

Last 5 v.BAL		1-1	30.2	33	15	14	14	22	4	4.11	49
2012-06-07	BAL	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	125	84
2012-05-21	@BAL	ND	5.1	6	5	5	4	2	1	94	34
2012-05-06	BAL	ND	3.2	7	5	5	4	4	3	81	27
2011-04-26	@BAL	L	6.2	12	4	4	2	5	0	104	37
2010-09-21	BAL	ND	6.0	4	1	0	3	5	0	113	64

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-34   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  34-46   vsLHP:  23-15   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 18-26   vsCntrl:21-15   vsWest:  7-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Wed, Aug 15  @BAL  L   3-5       57-61  4th 13.5 gb
117 Tue, Aug 14  @BAL  L   1-7       57-60  4th 12.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12  @CLE  W  14-1       57-59  4th 11.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11  @CLE  L   2-5       56-59  4th 12.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10  @CLE  W   3-2       56-58  4th 11.0 gb
113 Thu, Aug  9  @CLE  L   3-5       55-58  4th 11.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   TEX  L   9-10      55-57  4th 10.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   TEX  L   3-6       55-56  4th  9.0 gb
110 Mon, Aug  6   TEX  W   9-2       55-55  4th  9.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  5   MIN  W   6-4       54-55  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Orioles, 64-53, 64-53 2nd, 6 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Chris Tillman (24, RHP, 5-2, 3.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-2)			39.2	37	24	15	12	30	5	3.40
2011 (3-5)			62.0	77	41	38	25	46	5	5.52
2010 (2-5)			53.2	51	37	35	31	31	9	5.87

Last 7 GS		5-2	39.2	37	24	15	12	30	5	3.40	52
2012-08-11	KCR	L	5.2	6	6	6	2	5	3	109	36
2012-08-06	SEA	W	7.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	99	68
2012-07-31	@NYY	W	5.0	8	5	4	0	3	1	95	36
2012-07-26	TBR	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	100	55
2012-07-21	@CLE	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	4	1	116	61
2012-07-16	@MIN	L	0.2	5	7	1	2	1	0	49	25
2012-07-04	@SEA	W	8.1	2	2	0	2	7	0	125	80

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	6.1	10	4	4	5	4	0	5.68	42
2011-05-16	@BOS	ND	5.0	5	0	0	3	2	0	88	56
2010-06-04	BOS	L	1.1	5	4	4	2	2	0	57	28

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-28   Road:   32-25   ExtrInn:12-2 
 vsRHP:  46-40   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  22-6 
 vsEast: 24-19   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 11-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Wed, Aug 15   BOS  W   5-3       64-53  2nd  6.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   BOS  W   7-1       63-53  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12   KCR  W   5-3       62-53  3rd  5.5 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11   KCR  L   3-7       61-53  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10   KCR  W   7-1       61-52  2nd  5.5 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   KCR  L   2-8       60-52  2nd  5.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   SEA  W   9-2       60-51  2nd  4.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   SEA  W   8-7 (14)  59-51  2nd  4.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   SEA  W   3-1       58-51  2nd  5.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @TBR  W   1-0 (10)  57-51  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 BAL  5  BOS  3        W:Miguel Gonzalez (5-2), L: Aaron Cook (3-6), S: Jim Johnson (35)
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 BAL  7  BOS  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (11-7), L: Josh Beckett (5-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 BOS  7  BAL  0        W:Clay Buchholz (6-2), L: Brian Matusz (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 BAL  2 @BOS  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (5-2), L: Josh Beckett (4-6), S: Jim Johnson (18)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 BAL  8 @BOS  6 (10)   W:Jim Johnson (1-0), L: Alfredo Aceves (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 BOS  6 @BAL  5        W:Daniel Bard (4-5), L: Jake Arrieta (2-5), S: Alfredo Aceves (11)
Tue, May 22, 2012 BAL  4  BOS  1        W:Brian Matusz (4-4), L: Felix Doubront (4-2), S: Jim Johnson (16)
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
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 8-3; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1154-944

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 5.02 CIN 4.31 MIA 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.56 TEX 4.40 COL 5.77	BA A. McCutchen .358 Y. Alonso .273 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 A. Beltre .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG D. Ortiz .609 C. Davis .434 J. Carroll .289	OPS J. Votto 1.069 I. Kinsler .766 J. Smoak .575	ERA J. Weaver 2.22 C. Lee 3.85 J. Guthrie 5.75	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.02

CIN 4.31

MIA 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.56

TEX 4.40

COL 5.77

A. McCutchen .358

Y. Alonso .273

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. Beltre .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

C. Davis .434

J. Carroll .289

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

I. Kinsler .766

J. Smoak .575

ERA

J. Weaver 2.22

C. Lee 3.85

J. Guthrie 5.75

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.29

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RedSox Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Tillman
G/S/vB 38.Ayala
G/S/vB 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Johnson
G/S/vB 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 48.Romero*
G/S/vB 47.Strop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 10/.100 5/.000 3/.666 7/.429 ··· 3/.000 7/.715 1/.000 6/.334 444/312 .252/.283/.392/.675 .763/.638 .671 71/.549 11/4 11/11

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 98/64 .326/.333/.463/.796 .818/.785 .698 58/.702 6/0 1/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 14/1.357 5/.400 3/1.334 3/.333 15/.871 9/.333 ··· 2/.500 6/1.166 9/.666 2/4.000 107/68 .283/.311/.495/.806 .901/.750 .608 91/.784 3/0 3/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 4/1.000 3/1.000 3/.333 15/.453 ··· ··· 6/1.166 6/1.166 ··· 164/101 .270/.317/.382/.699 .597/.765 .683 103/.700 6/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.629 9/.444 4/.500 12/.705 10/.422 ··· 6/.400 3/2.667 5/.200 2/1.000 495/319 .306/.352/.471/.823 .832/.817 .725 104/.984 0/0 13/4

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 26/14 .125/.192/.167/.359 .432/.297 .364 26/.359 0/0 0/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/1.100 9/.873 9/1.194 5/.400 7/1.171 16/.905 ··· 2/.500 13/.840 3/1.167 3/.000 446/303 .280/.337/.421/.758 .772/.751 .784 104/.870 9/4 9/3

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 10/.833 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 10/.522 3/.666 78/66 .377/.405/.464/.869 .764/.887 .836 8/.661 6/1 1/0

5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 136/115 .200/.299/.270/.568 .405/.598 .687 14/.286 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 6/1.700 3/.000 6/.834 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 3/.000 353/246 .274/.341/.525/.866 1.168/.737 .713 99/.741 1/1 18/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 5/2.667 3/.666 3/.666 5/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/3.000 2/.000 7/.000 332/288 .229/.283/.471/.754 .591/.779 .763 66/.681 0/1 20/6

23.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 141/96 .194/.206/.299/.504 .533/.491 .344 38/.534 0/1 2/4

IP 39.2 56.2 146.0 61.1 37.0 49.2 8.0 33.1 47.2 9.2 52.2 TOTAL .267/.325/.436/.761 .787/.749 .711 .720 58/18 132/66

ERA-K/9

3.40/6.8

2.54/5.4

3.70/7.3

3.38/6.9

4.14/7.5

3.26/5.1

3.38/12.4

2.43/7.0

2.45/9.1

8.38/4.6

1.20/7.3

4.04/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (64-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.239 244/.261 616/.244 253/.236 168/.286 200/.223 34/.207 143/.254 191/.222 49/.348 210/.178 .258 Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Podsednik
Ellsbury 21/7/59/5
0/0/18/1
0/1/2/0
26/0/0/0
8/16/1/0
0/38/0/0

OPS .704 .695 .707 .731 .791 .586 .717 .645 .664 .975 .509 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.692 121/.681 178/.744 149/.772 80/.902 119/.581 28/.472 61/.858 69/.724 23/.867 102/.583 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 48/.733 123/.709 438/.692 104/.673 88/.694 81/.592 6/1.867 82/.495 122/.630 26/1.065 108/.441 .740

Home 77/.732 128/.721 341/.720 118/.841 90/.829 84/.658 34/.717 81/.763 107/.654 35/.619 114/.517

Last 28d days 127/.748 47/.676 129/.729 153/.776 45/.922 42/.766 25/.628 48/.667 39/.316 8/.500 40/.339

HR/SB/CS 5/2/2 6/4/0 18/10/3 10/2/1 4/2/1 3/2/1 2/0/0 1/5/0 4/2/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 135/52/24

Usage ····X··· o··o··o· ·X····X· X····X·· ······X· o··o···· ·······X ·o··X·o· ·X····o· oo······ o··o·o··

Orioles Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP 15/.557 14/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 7/.533 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 322/223 .223/.288/.312/.600 .608/.597 .600 21/.349 4/4 5/12

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 364/270 .264/.327/.429/.755 .414/.873 .812 74/.850 0/1 12/15

19.Davis* G/S/vP 12/.969 9/.444 3/.333 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 406/321 .253/.303/.434/.736 .677/.752 .802 96/.644 0/3 18/5

51.Ford G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 30/12 .148/.207/.222/.429 .528/.273 .452 30/.429 0/0 0/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP 10/1.400 17/.236 3/.666 5/.200 1/.000 9/.472 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 514/387 .224/.270/.372/.642 .756/.606 .695 107/.700 0/0 16/5

10.Jones G/S/vP 24/.761 15/.933 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 10/.425 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 499/376 .295/.343/.524/.866 .816/.883 .882 106/.816 11/6 24/7

13.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 23/16 .304/.304/.826/1.130 1.571/.938 1.130 23/1.130 0/0 3/0

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 34/.405 17/.669 4/1.250 12/.583 1/.000 10/.325 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 376/264 .283/.348/.470/.819 .810/.822 .889 117/.841 1/1 13/2

9.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.400 ··· ··· 97/82 .191/.258/.247/.505 .421/.519 .610 35/.718 2/0 0/0

35.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 157/111 .287/.344/.427/.771 .628/.831 .834 77/.817 0/1 4/5

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 12/.583 10/1.625 4/.500 2/3.000 2/2.500 13/1.442 14/.377 3/4.000 2/1.500 351/254 .216/.333/.402/.735 .832/.699 .750 89/.775 1/2 11/10

31.Teagarden G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 34/19 .097/.125/.226/.351 .000/.673 .413 24/.227 0/0 1/0

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 24/.756 13/.413 5/.400 4/.250 2/.000 9/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 432/319 .247/.326/.429/.755 .881/.709 .817 89/.741 3/0 16/9

IP 131.2 58.2 0.1 50.0 30.1 30.0 68.1 28.1 21.2 TOTAL .244/.307/.408/.715 .718/.714 .752 .755 36/24 146/90

ERA-K/9

4.24/5.9

4.14/8.0

0.00/30.0

2.70/8.5

7.12/7.1

3.00/10.2

3.29/9.2

1.59/6.0

1.66/7.9

4.33/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Teagarden (3-1-0)
Wieters (43-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 552/.256 244/.227 2/.000 207/.226 134/.283 118/.192 285/.209 109/.177 93/.307 .255 Jones
Markakis
Ford
Davis
Andino
Betemit
McLouth 0/117/0/6
0/0/80/2
9/0/0/2
11/0/17/1
1/1/0/0
5/0/0/0
19/5/3/0

OPS .744 .652 .500 .655 .847 .580 .632 .580 .735 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.804 134/.666 1/ 92/.605 59/.920 76/.376 105/.456 56/.481 35/.735 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.662 110/.635 1/.000 115/.695 75/.788 42/.949 180/.732 53/.666 58/.734 .748

Road 238/.679 103/.555 2/.500 93/.559 56/.751 55/.616 152/.502 39/.499 31/.934

Last 28d days 115/.526 44/.667 2/.500 46/.517 57/.944 33/.539 67/.559 34/.649 49/.875

HR/SB/CS 17/5/1 6/3/0 0/0/0 5/2/2 7/0/1 3/0/0 7/7/2 3/3/2 1/2/1 127/83/24

Usage ·····X·· ···o···o ·o······ o···o·X· ·X··o··· o···o·o· ····X··· X··Xo··X o··X··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.