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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, June 5, 2012 @Fenway Park

Orioles, 30-24, 30-24 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (29, RHP, 6-2, 3.06)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-2) 61.2 54 22 21 19 58 7 3.06
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 4-2 42.2 40 17 16 12 40 6 3.38 55
2012-05-30 @TOR L 6.2 9 4 4 2 5 4 105 43
2012-05-25 KCR W 6.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 104 68
2012-05-19 @WSN W 5.1 6 4 4 2 5 0 94 43
2012-05-14 NYY ND 5.0 7 5 4 3 3 1 95 35
2012-05-05 @BOS W 6.2 4 2 2 1 8 0 115 65
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
Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 20.0 21 13 13 6 19 2 5.85 46
2012-05-05 @BOS W 6.2 4 2 2 1 8 0 115 65
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:   14-13   Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  22-18   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl: 9-3    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @TBR  L   4-8       30-24  2nd  1.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @TBR  W   2-1       30-23  1st    Tied
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @TBR  L   0-5       29-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @TOR  L   1-4       29-22  1st    Tied
 50 Tue, May 29  @TOR  L   6-8       29-21  1st    Tied
 49 Mon, May 28  @TOR  L   2-6       29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Sun, May 27   KCR  L   2-4       29-19  1st    Tied
 47 Sat, May 26   KCR  L   3-4       29-18  1st  1.0 up
 46 Fri, May 25   KCR  W   8-2       29-17  1st  1.0 up
 45 Wed, May 23   BOS  L   5-6       28-17  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
RedSox, 28-26, 28-26 4th, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 3-4, 4.79)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-4) 67.2 71 39 36 22 48 7 4.79
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 48 23 20 9 32 5 4.12 50
2012-05-30 DET ND 6.2 10 4 4 0 7 0 120 45
2012-05-25 TBR L 4.0 6 7 7 3 4 3 81 23
2012-05-19 @PHI W 6.0 8 4 4 1 3 1 90 42
2012-05-14 SEA W 9.0 8 1 1 0 6 0 119 73
2012-05-09 @KCR L 5.0 6 4 1 1 3 0 108 47
2012-05-04 BAL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 1 99 49
2012-04-28 @CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 122 73
Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 33.0 26 13 13 13 29 3 3.55 57
2012-05-04 BAL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 1 99 49
2011-09-28 @BAL ND 6.0 4 2 2 4 5 1 93 57
2011-04-28 @BAL W 8.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 108 68
2010-09-01 @BAL W 6.0 8 5 5 2 10 0 120 44
2010-07-03 BAL W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 100 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-14   Road:   15-12   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @TOR  L   1-5       28-26  4th  3.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @TOR  W   7-4       28-25  4th  2.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @TOR  W   7-2       27-25  4th  3.0 gb
 51 Thu, May 31   DET  L   3-7       26-25  5th  3.0 gb
 50 Wed, May 30   DET  W   6-4       26-24  5th  2.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29   DET  W   6-3       25-24  5th  3.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28   DET  W   7-4       24-24  5th  4.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 27   TBR  L   3-4       23-24  5th  5.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 26   TBR  W   3-2       23-23  5th  5.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 25   TBR  L   4-7       22-23  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 4-2; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1153-940

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  5.51

SEA  4.25

PIT  3.06

 RA/G

WSN  3.27

ARI  4.33

MIN  5.39

 BA

C. Ruiz  .368

N. Cruz  .266

I. Davis  .164

 OBP

J. Votto  .476

N. Markakis  .333

I. Davis  .227

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .717

A. De Aza  .429

K. Suzuki  .256

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.124

C. Lee  .759

K. Suzuki  .506

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.87

J. Garcia  3.78

M. Minor  6.98

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.70

E. Jackson  7.30

H. Alvarez  2.63

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

Orioles Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 13/.847 13/.000 8/.125 4/.500 1/.000 7/.533 1/.000 5/1.267 210/154 .245/.303/.339/.641 .637/.643 .612 100/.454 2/2 3/7
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 5/1.850 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.143 168/111 .220/.292/.393/.685 .486/.785 .610 89/.590 0/1 7/8
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.282 80/72 .120/.154/.187/.341 .250/.351 .328 15/.333 1/2 1/1
19.Davis* G/S/vP 14/.071 9/.444 5/.200 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 186/141 .295/.333/.497/.830 .756/.855 .758 74/.831 0/3 9/4
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/54 .148/.175/.204/.379 .800/.338 .200 30/.422 0/0 1/0
2.Hardy G/S/vP 9/1.556 15/.266 13/.808 7/.000 12/1.100 9/.472 1/2.000 6/.666 238/181 .267/.311/.466/.777 .942/.724 .695 104/.796 0/0 10/2
36.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 9/1.190 1/no AB 8/.000 83/67 .181/.289/.403/.692 1.021/.620 .528 39/1.041 2/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 43/.569 14/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 10/.425 2/.000 11/1.272 234/174 .315/.363/.602/.965 .905/.986 1.021 104/1.047 9/4 16/4
28.Paulino G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 20/1.167 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 37/21 .306/.324/.389/.713 .842/.619 .469 7/1.095 0/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 10/1.150 9/1.569 4/.250 8/.417 4/.250 13/1.442 14/.377 11/.673 134/103 .216/.343/.378/.722 .972/.648 .810 33/.858 1/1 3/7
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 33/10 .267/.313/.433/.746 .914/.400 .397 33/.746 0/0 1/3
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 30/.796 12/.450 3/.333 6/1.000 1/2.000 9/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 200/149 .244/.330/.449/.779 .795/.773 .808 87/.541 0/0 9/6
IP 67.2 26.2 22.1 31.1 12.2 11.2 20.2 22.0 TOTAL .248/.312/.430/.742 .771/.732 .715 .721 21/15 78/51
ERA-K/9 4.79/6.4 4.73/9.8 2.01/5.7 0.86/7.5 2.84/7.1 2.31/11.5 3.48/7.4 4.91/8.6 4.53/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (2-1-1)
 Wieters (19-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.273 115/.222 88/.213 120/.205 53/.217 43/.154 93/.263 95/.287 .263  Jones
 Chavez
 Betemit
 Tolleson
 Pearce
 Flaherty
0/54/0/1
20/0/1/1
5/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .763 .669 .634 .501 .603 .466 .717 .785 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.665 67/.596 39/.796 59/.530 32/.541 27/.465 42/.590 46/.588 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.806 48/.763 49/.516 61/.472 21/.697 16/.464 51/.817 49/.974 .776
Home 125/.911 69/.709 46/.501 86/.562 37/.462 26/.392 50/.885 40/.929
Last 28d days 134/.818 60/.587 33/.713 43/.500 35/.627 38/.531 44/.746 36/.649
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 3/2/0 3/1/1 1/2/0 0/4/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 64/38/10
Usage ·····X·· ··o··oXo ··o·oo·· ·o·X··oX ·X··X·o· ··o··oo· ·X··X··· ··o···o·
RedSox Batters (5.24 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.37 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		 37.Eveland*
G/S/vB		 50.Gonzalez
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 7/.715 3/.000 5/.400 233/165 .262/.283/.434/.717 .961/.619 .676 101/.668 6/3 8/4
23.Byrd G/S/vP 13/.802 4/.833 2/.000 13/.901 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 149/102 .209/.243/.245/.488 .784/.348 .360 41/.678 0/3 1/3
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 30/.756 7/.629 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 11/.582 9/.472 2/2.500 9/1.056 1/2.000 239/149 .269/.322/.417/.739 .711/.756 .757 105/.744 0/0 4/1
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 106/69 .314/.340/.559/.898 .908/.893 .899 83/.751 2/1 6/4
66.Nava# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 99/70 .303/.444/.513/.958 .702/1.066 1.031 99/.958 2/0 2/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 13/1.288 8/.000 3/.000 7/.929 ··· 11/.384 11/.637 4/.000 7/.715 2/.500 230/148 .315/.391/.596/.987 1.007/.973 1.175 103/.840 0/1 13/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 9/1.810 8/1.000 3/1.667 13/.917 ··· 7/1.171 16/.905 11/.697 4/1.250 1/.000 220/154 .295/.350/.450/.800 .711/.837 .817 82/.656 3/2 5/1
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 13/.558 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.833 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 30/28 .370/.370/.556/.926 2.000/.885 1.000 30/.926 3/0 1/0
5.Punto# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 74/61 .180/.292/.262/.554 .413/.585 .310 37/.629 2/0 1/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 4/.500 4/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.000 6/.000 146/124 .265/.308/.559/.867 .694/.896 .902 74/.984 0/0 10/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.650 6/2.300 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 78/42 .277/.382/.538/.920 .798/1.027 1.100 28/1.227 1/0 3/1
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 9/.708 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.800 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 154/136 .313/.346/.438/.784 .294/.847 .723 59/.567 0/0 0/2
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.417 7/.629 ··· 12/1.667 ··· 5/.400 15/1.236 8/.536 ··· 1/no AB 115/88 .245/.322/.402/.724 1.063/.630 .795 43/.872 0/0 4/2
IP 61.2 25.1 60.0 18.1 3.1 15.1 23.0 26.1 25.1 27.1 TOTAL .273/.332/.458/.791 .806/.784 .813 .794 20/11 68/28
ERA-K/9 3.06/8.5 2.13/5.0 3.75/7.0 3.93/3.9 2.70/13.6 4.11/8.2 0.78/5.5 1.71/9.9 3.55/8.5 1.32/7.9 3.72/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (26-5-2)
 Shoppach (12-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 251/.234 108/.230 258/.250 84/.265 14/.286 68/.263 87/.163 100/.185 100/.219 106/.159 .248  Nava
 Sweeney
 Byrd
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
24/0/0/3
0/9/36/2
0/44/2/1
0/9/0/0
0/0/9/0
OPS .673 .601 .729 .763 .643 .754 .471 .596 .635 .524 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.677 50/.642 69/.778 34/.729 5/.400 32/.697 47/.479 37/.693 50/.506 50/.647 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.669 58/.565 189/.711 50/.785 9/.778 36/.804 40/.459 63/.540 50/.769 56/.420 .713
Road 149/.770 50/.506 122/.830 41/.714 14/.643 39/.640 57/.467 53/.507 48/.654 51/.445
Last 28d days 102/.863 46/.782 128/.772 84/.763 14/.643 28/.613 36/.500 40/.436 44/.538 42/.431
HR/SB/CS 7/3/2 2/3/0 7/4/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 61/22/14
Usage ·····X·· ·o····o· ···X···· ·X·····X ······X· ···o···X ··oo···· ·o···o·· ·X·o···· ··o··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.