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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 1:10pm, Saturday, May 5, 2012 @Fenway Park

Orioles, 17-9, 17-9 2nd, 1½ GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (29, RHP, 3-1, 1.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-1)			32.0	23	7	7	10	30	2	1.97
2011 (7-13)			170.1	175	100	90	68	94	21	4.76
2010 (10-9)			177.2	201	97	95	47	141	18	4.81

Last 7 GS		3-1	46.0	32	11	10	12	39	3	1.96	64
2012-04-30	@NYY	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	101	57
2012-04-25	TOR	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	105	75
2012-04-19	@CHW	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	10	0	108	59
2012-04-14	@TOR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	97	49
2012-04-08	MIN	W	8.0	2	1	1	3	5	0	97	76
2011-09-24	@HOU	ND	7.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	98	65
2011-09-06	ARI	ND	7.0	6	2	1	1	6	0	95	64

Last 5 v.BOS		0-2	13.1	17	11	11	5	11	2	7.43	40
2010-06-24	BOS	ND	4.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	87	35
2007-07-27	BOS	L	5.1	1	2	2	2	4	0	88	60
2006-09-26	@BOS	L	4.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	89	25

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

 Home:    8-4    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  14-8    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 6-1    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Fri, May  4  @BOS  W   6-4 (13)  17-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Wed, May  2  @NYY  W   5-0       16-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  1  @NYY  W   7-1       15-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @NYY  L   1-2       14-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29   OAK  W   5-2       14-8   1st    Tied
 21 Sat, Apr 28   OAK  W  10-1       13-8   1st    Tied
 20 Fri, Apr 27   OAK  L   2-5       12-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26   TOR  W   5-2       12-7   1st    Tied
 18 Wed, Apr 25   TOR  W   3-0       11-7   1st    Tied
 17 Tue, Apr 24   TOR  W   2-1       10-7   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-9

RedSox, 11-14, 11-14 5th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (33, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-10)			97.0	127	67	65	37	48	9	6.03
2010 (6-8)			127.2	147	77	72	52	62	11	5.08
2009 (11-6)			158.0	175	76	73	47	78	19	4.16

Last 7 GS		1-4	40.1	50	30	29	15	27	5	6.47	41
2011-09-21	SDP	L	5.0	6	4	4	2	8	0	78	45
2011-09-04	@SDP	L	6.0	4	3	3	4	2	0	93	50
2011-08-30	@ARI	L	4.1	7	6	6	2	6	1	76	29
2011-08-24	HOU	ND	5.0	11	6	5	1	3	1	76	25
2011-08-17	FLA	W	7.2	9	3	3	0	3	2	93	52
2011-08-12	@STL	L	5.2	9	6	6	3	1	0	89	25
2011-08-07	WSN	ND	6.2	4	2	2	3	4	1	79	59

Has never faced BAL as starter.

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

 Home:    4-8    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-11   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Fri, May  4   BAL  L   4-6 (13)  11-14  5th  7.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2   OAK  L   2-4       11-13  5th  5.5 gb
 23 Tue, May  1   OAK  L   3-5       11-12  5th  4.5 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   OAK  W  11-6       11-11  5th  3.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29  @CHW  L   1-4       10-11  5th  3.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 28  @CHW  W   1-0       10-10  5th  2.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 27  @CHW  W  10-3        9-10  5th  3.5 gb
 18 Thu, Apr 26  @CHW  W  10-3        8-10  5th  3.5 gb
 17 Wed, Apr 25  @MIN  W   7-6        7-10  5th  3.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 24  @MIN  W  11-2        6-10  5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 BAL  6 @BOS  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-17), L: Kyle Weiland (0-3), S: Jim Johnson (7)
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 BOS  4 @BAL  0        W:Andrew Miller (4-1), L: Jake Arrieta (9-7), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 BAL  6  BOS  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (4-13), L: Kyle Weiland (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (1)
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 1-0; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1151-937

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 STL 5.46 CHW 4.00 PIT 2.88	RA/G WSN 2.77 TOR 4.00 MIN 5.56	BA M. Kemp .411 P. Polanco .261 B. Ryan .149	OBP D. Wright .505 A. Rios .330 M. Byrd .213	SLG M. Kemp .856 M. Teixeira .406 M. Byrd .181	OPS M. Kemp 1.356 M. Saunders .748 M. Byrd .394	ERA R. Dempster .95 S. Marcum 3.19 C. Buchholz 8.69	K/9IP G. Gonzalez 10.30 M. Cain 7.05 D. Lowe 2.56

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

STL 5.46

CHW 4.00

PIT 2.88

RA/G

WSN 2.77

TOR 4.00

MIN 5.56

M. Kemp .411

P. Polanco .261

B. Ryan .149

OBP

D. Wright .505

A. Rios .330

M. Byrd .213

SLG

M. Kemp .856

M. Teixeira .406

M. Byrd .181

OPS

M. Kemp 1.356

M. Saunders .748

M. Byrd .394

ERA

R. Dempster .95

S. Marcum 3.19

C. Buchholz 8.69

K/9IP

G. Gonzalez 10.30

M. Cain 7.05

D. Lowe 2.56

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Orioles Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Cook
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.000 6/.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 91/75 .337/.389/.434/.823 .750/.840 .862 84/.820 0/1 1/3

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 9/1.413 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 66/48 .246/.303/.459/.762 .646/.803 .649 63/.767 0/0 3/4

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 14/.643 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.282 52/50 .128/.180/.149/.329 1.000/.300 .343 52/.329 0/1 0/0

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 93/75 .318/.366/.576/.942 .889/.955 .859 90/.975 0/1 5/2

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/18 .158/.190/.158/.348 1.000/.184 .000 22/.348 0/0 0/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 13/.308 11/.964 5/.000 11/1.212 ··· ··· 6/.666 113/95 .194/.248/.350/.597 .690/.579 .567 105/.599 0/0 4/1

36.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/1.833 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 39/30 .114/.205/.200/.405 1.056/.238 .513 35/.454 1/0 0/1

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 13/1.077 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.000 111/91 .301/.351/.553/.905 .776/.933 .884 103/.896 4/3 6/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 16/.625 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 18/1.793 115/92 .245/.313/.402/.715 .360/.806 .610 107/.575 0/0 3/1

28.Paulino G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 20/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 29/18 .310/.310/.345/.655 .818/.556 .250 25/.400 0/0 0/0

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 23/.927 8/1.518 3/.000 6/.583 3/.000 14/.377 ··· 10/.422 83/69 .157/.277/.271/.549 1.471/.384 .497 76/.586 0/1 1/4

32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 10/.550 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 93/75 .305/.387/.622/1.009 .911/1.030 1.075 86/.994 0/0 7/3

IP 9.2 12.0 15.0 2.2 9.0 3.0 9.2 TOTAL .254/.312/.435/.748 .822/.730 .733 .734 6/7 35/25

ERA-K/9

/0.0

7.45/13.0

1.50/3.8

1.80/7.8

3.38/10.0

6.00/7.0

0.00/18.0

8.38/10.2

5.38/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Paulino (2-1-1)
Wieters (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 47/.282 46/.209 61/.232 11/.222 42/.306 10/.100 45/.293 .273 Chavez
Markakis
Betemit
Jones
Flaherty 13/0/1/1
0/0/24/1
1/0/0/0
0/26/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .827 .563 .566 .697 .714 .200 .892 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 23/.952 19/.984 26/.599 6/1.000 16/.464 6/.333 17/.706 .826

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 24/.704 27/.296 35/.541 5/.400 26/.871 4/.000 28/1.012 .761

Home / 26/.741 29/.538 37/.731 7/.429 25/.970 10/.200 23/1.288

Last 28d days / 45/.785 41/.502 55/.555 11/.697 40/.743 10/.200 42/.821

HR/SB/CS // 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 32/13/1

Usage X···X·X· X·oX···X o··Xoo·· o··X·X·· X···o·o· ··X····· o···o·o·

RedSox Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB 38.Ayala
G/S/vB 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 40.Patton*
G/S/vB 47.Strop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 109/78 .267/.308/.475/.784 1.104/.665 .824 103/.832 3/2 5/3

23.Byrd G/S/vP 11/.955 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/63 .169/.213/.181/.394 .775/.310 .278 81/.394 0/1 0/1

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 27/.644 5/.400 3/.666 9/.666 7/.619 4/.666 2/2.500 5/1.550 1/2.000 113/73 .265/.336/.378/.714 .643/.753 .662 105/.697 0/0 2/0

54.McDonald G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 53/29 .178/.283/.400/.683 .746/.624 .687 52/.698 1/0 2/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/6 .333/.400/.556/.956 .750/1.100 .956 10/.956 1/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 10/1.500 6/.000 3/.000 10/.311 10/.700 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 2/.500 108/73 .371/.426/.670/1.096 1.186/1.050 1.345 101/1.117 0/1 6/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/2.583 6/1.417 3/1.667 5/.933 14/1.038 ··· 8/.393 3/.667 1/.000 115/81 .299/.348/.477/.824 .594/.916 .778 107/.845 2/1 3/1

5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 30/25 .174/.333/.217/.551 .900/.478 .357 30/.551 0/0 0/1

7.Ross G/S/vP 10/.200 6/.167 3/1.833 4/1.250 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 96/70 .267/.323/.523/.846 .829/.852 .948 88/.929 0/1 5/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 61/58 .237/.262/.492/.754 .000/.794 .700 55/.782 0/0 4/1

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.650 5/1.417 2/.500 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/21 .242/.375/.394/.769 .550/.979 1.169 40/.734 1/0 0/0

12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 81/71 .360/.395/.547/.942 .300/1.037 .888 73/.885 0/0 0/1

IP 32.0 14.0 29.1 5.2 10.2 10.2 12.2 12.0 15.0 TOTAL .271/.330/.451/.782 .795/.777 .832 .804 8/5 29/9

ERA-K/9

1.97/8.4

0.00/4.5

2.76/7.1

7.94/6.3

0.00/6.7

0.00/9.3

0.71/9.2

3.75/3.0

1.80/8.4

2.79/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (10-1-1)
Shoppach (3-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.200 56/.180 130/.250 30/.348 44/.162 42/.211 46/.150 48/.239 58/.180 .228 McDonald
Ross
Byrd
Sweeney 13/2/3/2
14/7/9/1
0/24/0/0
0/0/21/0

OPS .560 .455 .686 1.109 .468 .525 .552 .684 .601 .658

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.626 26/.599 30/.586 13/1.112 21/.549 18/.978 17/.376 21/.636 27/.878 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.494 30/.322 100/.718 17/1.088 23/.384 24/.212 29/.659 27/.721 31/.376 .614

Road 71/.724 26/.330 74/.678 13/1.442 33/.466 27/.431 28/.542 27/.667 28/.494

Last 28d days 125/.560 53/.482 130/.686 30/1.109 40/.433 37/.486 46/.552 45/.585 54/.609

HR/SB/CS 2/0/2 0/3/0 2/3/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 23/12/7

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