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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 6, 2012 @Fenway Park

Orioles, 18-9, 18-9 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ up in WC

SP: Tommy Hunter (25, RHP, 2-1, 4.26)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 31.2 31 18 15 11 18 8 4.26
2011 (4-4) 84.2 100 50 44 15 45 12 4.68
2010 (13-4) 128.0 126 55 53 33 68 21 3.73
Last 7 GS 2-1 43.1 47 24 20 15 24 9 4.15 48
2012-04-29 OAK ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 1 103 56
2012-04-24 TOR W 6.0 3 1 1 3 3 1 103 62
2012-04-18 @CHW L 5.2 9 8 8 4 8 2 101 23
2012-04-13 @TOR ND 6.0 6 5 4 2 2 4 84 42
2012-04-07 MIN W 7.0 6 2 0 1 3 0 98 63
2011-09-26 BOS ND 5.0 7 2 1 3 2 1 90 46
2011-09-21 @BOS ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 4 0 97 43
Last 5 v.BOS 2-0 27.1 31 13 12 7 9 7 3.95 47
2011-09-26 BOS ND 5.0 7 2 1 3 2 1 90 46
2011-09-21 @BOS ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 4 0 97 43
2010-08-13 BOS ND 3.0 6 4 4 0 0 4 50 31
2010-07-15 @BOS W 6.2 5 2 2 2 1 2 108 55
2009-07-21 BOS W 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 85 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-4    Road:   10-5    ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-8    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl: 6-1    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Sat, May  5  @BOS  W   8-2       18-9   2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-9 
RedSox, 11-15, 11-15 5th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 3-1, 8.69)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-1) 29.0 40 29 28 15 16 7 8.69
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 5-1 41.0 45 31 30 20 27 7 6.59 42
2012-04-30 OAK W 6.2 7 6 6 5 5 1 99 36
2012-04-25 @MIN W 5.1 10 5 5 3 2 0 107 27
2012-04-20 NYY L 6.0 9 6 5 2 2 5 103 32
2012-04-14 TBR W 7.0 6 5 5 3 5 1 104 47
2012-04-08 @DET ND 4.0 8 7 7 2 2 0 78 18
2011-06-16 @TBR W 5.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 81 61
2011-06-10 @TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 100 71
Last 5 v.BAL 3-1 34.2 29 6 5 10 18 1 1.30 62
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
2010-06-04 @BAL W 9.0 5 0 0 1 2 0 101 78
2009-09-18 @BAL W 6.0 5 1 1 3 1 1 95 56
2009-09-08 BAL W 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 106 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-9    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-12   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Sat, May  5   BAL  L   2-8       11-15  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 2-0; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1151-938

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
Orioles Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB
91.Aceves
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
48.Atchison
G/S/vB
35.Cook
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
46.Morales*
G/S/vB
59.Mortensen
G/S/vB
44.Padilla
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 8/.125 11/.000 6/.167 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 95/79 .322/.372/.414/.786 .750/.794 .798 85/.792 0/1 1/3
24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 11/1.525 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 70/52 .266/.329/.469/.797 .646/.848 .721 63/.807 0/0 3/4
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 16/.688 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 11/.282 57/55 .135/.182/.154/.336 1.000/.310 .351 53/.322 0/2 0/1
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.333 8/.500 5/.200 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 97/79 .326/.371/.573/.944 .889/.957 .868 91/.987 0/1 5/2
25.Exposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
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 7/.000 2/.500 11/1.212 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 118/100 .187/.246/.336/.582 .690/.562 .542 106/.555 0/0 4/1
36.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.833 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 39/30 .114/.205/.200/.405 1.056/.238 .513 31/.435 1/0 0/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 16/1.033 13/1.077 1/.000 3/1.334 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.000 115/95 .299/.348/.570/.918 .776/.948 .908 103/.907 4/3 7/1
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 29/.401 16/.625 1/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 18/1.793 119/96 .245/.311/.396/.707 .360/.792 .603 107/.570 0/0 3/1
28.Paulino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 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 7/.476 8/1.518 3/.000 7/.486 24/.883 3/.000 14/.377 2/4.000 10/.422 87/73 .176/.287/.338/.625 1.471/.483 .628 80/.668 0/1 2/4
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 15/1.038 10/.550 2/.000 5/.600 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 97/79 .302/.381/.616/.998 .911/1.015 1.048 86/1.032 0/0 7/3
IP 29.0 9.2 12.0 18.0 2.2 2.2 9.0 6.1 9.2 TOTAL .255/.313/.438/.750 .822/.734 .738 .740 6/8 37/26
ERA-K/9 8.69/5.0 7.45/13.0 1.50/3.8 1.50/7.0 20.25/0.0 3.38/10.0 6.00/7.0 1.42/15.7 8.38/10.2 5.44/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 140/.331 47/.282 46/.209 71/.200 16/.533 11/.222 42/.306 22/.136 45/.293 .274  Chavez
 Markakis
 Betemit
 Jones
 Flaherty
14/0/1/1
0/0/25/1
1/0/0/0
0/27/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .964 .827 .563 .501 1.363 .697 .714 .455 .892 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/1.063 23/.952 19/.984 31/.540 10/1.500 6/1.000 16/.464 12/.167 17/.706 .824
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.810 24/.704 27/.296 40/.470 6/1.133 5/.400 26/.871 10/.800 28/1.012 .764
Home 89/.959 26/.741 29/.538 47/.594 16/1.363 7/.429 25/.970 22/.455 23/1.288
Last 28d days 118/.947 42/.603 41/.502 65/.485 16/1.363 11/.697 33/.847 22/.455 28/1.109
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 34/13/2
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·X ·X·oX··· Xo··Xoo· X······· ·o··X·X· ·X···o·o X··X···· ·o···o·o
RedSox Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Hunter
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.310 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 113/82 .257/.297/.457/.754 1.104/.631 .768 101/.768 3/2 5/3
23.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.800 2/.000 ··· ··· 92/66 .163/.207/.174/.381 .775/.296 .258 80/.399 0/1 0/1
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 9/1.127 5/.400 3/.666 9/.666 7/.619 4/.666 2/2.500 6/1.633 1/2.000 117/76 .284/.350/.402/.752 .677/.794 .739 102/.704 0/0 2/0
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 53/29 .178/.283/.400/.683 .746/.624 .687 46/.719 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 16/1.063 6/.000 3/.000 10/.311 10/.700 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 2/.500 112/76 .360/.420/.650/1.070 1.152/1.027 1.278 99/1.083 0/1 6/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 11/1.055 6/1.417 3/1.667 5/.933 14/1.038 ··· 9/.708 3/.667 1/.000 119/85 .306/.353/.486/.839 .594/.932 .812 104/.866 2/1 3/1
5.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 34/29 .148/.294/.185/.479 .900/.406 .278 27/.307 0/0 0/1
7.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.167 3/1.833 5/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 100/74 .267/.320/.511/.831 .829/.832 .913 90/.889 0/1 5/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 3/.000 4/.000 65/62 .238/.262/.492/.754 .000/.791 .706 58/.794 0/0 4/1
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 5/1.417 2/.500 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/21 .242/.375/.394/.769 .550/.979 1.169 35/.767 1/0 0/0
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 9/.708 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 5/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 85/75 .354/.388/.544/.933 .300/1.021 .873 73/.899 0/0 0/1
IP 31.2 14.0 29.1 6.2 10.2 11.0 13.1 12.1 15.0 TOTAL .270/.328/.448/.776 .797/.768 .816 .787 8/5 29/9
ERA-K/9 4.26/5.1 0.00/4.5 2.76/7.1 6.75/5.4 0.00/6.7 0.00/9.0 0.68/9.5 3.65/2.9 1.80/8.4 2.76/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (10-2-2)
 Shoppach (3-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.261 56/.180 130/.250 33/.308 44/.162 43/.205 51/.200 50/.250 58/.180 .228  McDonald
 Ross
 Byrd
 Sweeney
13/2/3/2
15/7/9/1
0/25/0/0
0/0/22/0
OPS .810 .455 .686 .993 .468 .512 .665 .697 .601 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.962 26/.599 30/.586 15/.949 21/.549 18/.978 19/.505 23/.668 27/.878 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.636 30/.322 100/.718 18/1.017 23/.384 25/.203 32/.764 27/.721 31/.376 .610
Road 55/1.102 26/.330 74/.678 16/1.108 33/.466 28/.414 33/.715 29/.690 28/.494
Last 28d days 105/.880 53/.482 130/.686 33/.993 37/.471 38/.472 51/.665 47/.603 54/.609
HR/SB/CS 8/0/1 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·· oo···o·· X···X·X· oX······ ·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.