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Game Preview: BAL @ DET, 7:08pm, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @Comerica Park

Orioles, 40-31, 40-31 2nd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Zach Britton (25, LHP, 0-1, 9.00)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 6.0 10 6 6 2 2 1 9.00
2012 (5-3) 60.1 61 37 34 32 53 6 5.07
2011 (11-11) 154.1 162 93 79 62 97 12 4.61
Last 7 GS 4-3 42.0 40 19 19 18 37 2 4.07 52
2013-04-29 @SEA L 6.0 10 6 6 2 2 1 101 28
2012-09-15 @OAK L 4.0 4 5 5 4 4 1 86 34
2012-09-09 NYY L 3.1 5 5 5 5 2 0 81 27
2012-09-04 @TOR W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 108 75
2012-08-30 CHW W 8.0 7 1 1 0 10 0 104 74
2012-08-24 TOR W 6.2 4 2 2 2 6 0 101 62
2012-08-18 @DET W 7.0 6 0 0 3 5 0 103 67
Last 5 v.DET 2-0 12.0 12 5 5 7 6 1 3.75 50
2012-08-18 @DET W 7.0 6 0 0 3 5 0 103 67
2011-09-22 @DET W 5.0 6 5 5 4 1 1 78 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-15   Road:   20-16   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  28-23   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Mon, Jun 17  @DET  L   1-5       40-31  2nd  2.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 16   BOS  W   6-3       40-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 15   BOS  L   4-5       39-30  2nd  2.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 14   BOS  W   2-0       39-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 13   BOS  W   5-4 (13)  38-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 12   LAA  L   5-9       37-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 11   LAA  W   3-2       37-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun 10   LAA  W   4-3       36-28  3rd  3.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  9  @TBR  W  10-7       35-28  3rd  3.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  8  @TBR  L   0-8       34-28  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Tigers, 39-29, 39-29 1st, 5 up

SP: Justin Verlander (30, RHP, 8-4, 3.41)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-4) 87.0 85 35 33 28 101 5 3.41
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.2 47 26 25 15 51 4 5.53 49
2013-06-12 @KCR ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 117 77
2013-06-07 CLE W 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 108 55
2013-06-01 @BAL W 7.0 8 3 3 1 5 2 112 53
2013-05-27 PIT W 7.0 7 3 3 2 13 0 110 62
2013-05-22 @CLE W 5.0 10 5 5 1 9 1 110 35
2013-05-16 @TEX L 2.2 6 8 8 2 3 1 70 15
2013-05-11 CLE L 5.0 6 4 3 5 7 0 110 43
Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 36.0 29 14 14 10 34 6 3.50 60
2013-06-01 @BAL W 7.0 8 3 3 1 5 2 112 53
2012-08-17 BAL ND 6.0 6 3 3 4 6 1 116 50
2012-07-15 @BAL W 8.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 117 82
2011-09-24 BAL ND 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 120 46
2011-04-06 @BAL W 8.0 4 3 3 2 9 1 108 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-10   Road:   16-19   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  32-22   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Mon, Jun 17   BAL  W   5-1       39-29  1st  5.0 up
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @MIN  W   5-2       38-29  1st  4.5 up
 66 Sat, Jun 15  @MIN  L   3-6       37-29  1st  4.5 up
 65 Fri, Jun 14  @MIN  W   4-0       37-28  1st  4.5 up
 64 Wed, Jun 12  @KCR  L   2-3 (10)  36-28  1st  4.5 up
 63 Tue, Jun 11  @KCR  W   3-2       36-27  1st  5.5 up
 62 Mon, Jun 10  @KCR  L   2-3       35-27  1st  5.5 up
 61 Sun, Jun  9   CLE  W   4-1       35-26  1st  5.5 up
 60 Sat, Jun  8   CLE  W   6-4       34-26  1st  4.5 up
 59 Fri, Jun  7   CLE  W   7-5       33-26  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 DET  5  BAL  1        W:Max Scherzer (10-0), L: Jake Arrieta (1-2), S: Drew Smyly (2)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 BAL  4  DET  2        W:Brian Matusz (2-0), L: Rick Porcello (2-3), S: Jim Johnson (18)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 DET 10 @BAL  3        W:Justin Verlander (7-4), L: Jason Hammel (7-3), S: none
Fri, May 31, 2013 BAL  7  DET  5        W:Darren O'Day (3-0), L: Jose Valverde (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 19, 2012 BAL  7 @DET  5        W:Wei-Yin Chen (12-7), L: Doug Fister (7-8), S: Jim Johnson (37)
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 BAL  3 @DET  2        W:Zach Britton (2-1), L: Rick Porcello (9-8), S: Jim Johnson (36)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 DET  5  BAL  3        W:Joaquin Benoit (2-3), L: Darren O'Day (6-1), S: Jose Valverde (23)
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 DET  4 @BAL  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-5), L: Miguel Gonzalez (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 BAL  8  DET  6 (13)   W:Kevin Gregg (3-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 DET  7 @BAL  2        W:Doug Fister (3-6), L: Jason Hammel (8-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - Tied 3-3; 2011 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 1040-944

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 2013 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 (4.82 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 23/.317 8/.393 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.666 80/32 .211/.266/.282/.548 .566/.517 .530 30/.633 5/1 0/0
19.Davis* G/S/vP 16/.527 2/.000 10/1.600 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.500 294/199 .337/.415/.706/1.121 .890/1.235 1.135 110/1.200 0/0 24/2
36.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 81/74 .253/.272/.456/.727 .286/.770 .593 45/.451 3/1 4/0
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/144 .161/.231/.245/.476 .697/.457 .525 55/.501 2/0 2/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 32/.697 4/1.250 4/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 12/.334 292/210 .264/.306/.458/.764 .829/.740 .810 107/.904 0/1 13/6
10.Jones G/S/vP 25/.203 9/.347 8/.542 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.267 310/226 .302/.326/.513/.839 .803/.852 .883 111/.857 9/0 14/2
13.Machado G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 327/237 .322/.354/.489/.843 .719/.891 .889 119/.814 5/3 5/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 43/.620 8/.875 16/.750 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 8/1.232 312/212 .294/.340/.420/.759 .664/.806 .671 106/.809 0/2 7/0
9.McLouth* G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.000 5/.450 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 258/221 .283/.371/.399/.770 .845/.758 .803 96/.700 23/3 4/0
28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 90/36 .235/.311/.383/.694 .723/.649 .676 34/.577 1/0 3/0
31.Teagarden G/S/vP 8/.393 1/5.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 23/19 .043/.043/.043/.087 .000/.105 .000 10/.200 0/0 0/1
35.Valencia G/S/vP 15/.718 8/.250 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 52/21 .286/.327/.633/.960 1.075/.790 .967 44/1.024 0/0 4/
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 18/.751 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.650 264/185 .239/.293/.416/.709 .794/.672 .708 96/.736 1/0 9/3
IP 87.0 30.0 19.2 25.1 8.0 5.0 41.2 18.1 TOTAL .272/.324/.450/.774 .754/.783 .785 .797 50/12 93/24
ERA-K/9 3.41/10.4 1.80/10.5 5.49/8.2 3.91/11.0 2.25/7.9 3.60/1.8 1.94/9.1 3.93/8.9 3.47/9.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (5-2-0)
 Wieters (13-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.253 116/.198 81/.265 106/.240 34/.207 20/.350 164/.199 76/.191 .236  Markakis
 Jones
 Dickerson
 McLouth
 Pearce
0/0/65/4
0/67/0/2
9/4/5/1
55/0/0/0
8/0/1/0
OPS .674 .572 .694 .721 .613 .950 .549 .688 .649
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 227/.639 69/.573 34/.457 48/.714 13/.432 9/1.111 62/.280 44/.780 .619
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.730 47/.570 47/.864 58/.728 21/.722 11/.818 102/.719 32/.564 .683
Home 173/.682 54/.702 33/.610 42/.989 11/.773 / 66/.422 39/.564
Last 28d days 140/.719 43/.603 24/.435 25/1.186 24/.742 5/1.600 54/.658 42/1.000
HR/SB/CS 5/9/1 2/4/0 1/0/1 3/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 1/4/2 5/4/0 46/49/16
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o··X· ·····o·· ··X····· ··o····· ··X····· X··X·o·· ···X·oX·
Tigers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
29.Hunter
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
66.McFarland*
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.500 9/1.111 9/.985 6/2.583 2/2.500 8/.833 4/.833 4/1.750 315/251 .358/.451/.638/1.089 1.312/1.032 1.075 113/1.025 2/0 19/6
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 4/1.500 1/.000 228/191 .238/.291/.338/.629 .523/.649 .690 90/.474 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.667 3/2.667 2/.000 1/3.000 2/2.500 1/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 307/219 .292/.391/.500/.891 1.074/.818 .911 110/.853 0/1 12/3
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 73/41 .279/.315/.441/.756 .650/.840 .791 63/.764 0/1 2/0
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.333 20/.900 6/.533 12/1.000 ··· 10/.600 1/.000 4/.500 279/222 .292/.339/.405/.744 .630/.773 .716 91/.705 1/0 3/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 253/181 .308/.340/.418/.758 .796/.743 .977 95/.697 3/1 4/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 6/1.000 6/.334 2/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.500 3/1.000 183/142 .287/.346/.395/.741 .713/.749 .787 17/1.096 6/0 3/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 103/84 .227/.340/.386/.726 .705/.731 .923 40/.966 2/0 3/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 7/.572 16/1.433 2/.500 1/.000 5/.200 4/.250 278/196 .231/.281/.335/.615 .530/.652 .658 98/.672 0/0 5/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.267 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 98/46 .283/.309/.391/.701 .520/.904 .596 43/.691 0/1 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.000 9/.333 9/.583 12/.533 2/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 6/1.167 267/200 .332/.387/.485/.873 1.120/.791 .993 94/.933 2/2 6/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 55/38 .163/.226/.265/.492 .580/.452 .327 20/.528 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 83/28 .333/.470/.515/.985 .857/1.189 1.067 29/.983 0/0 2/0
IP 6.0 38.2 34.1 28.1 35.0 31.1 32.0 20.0 TOTAL .281/.349/.428/.777 .786/.774 .829 .771 21/6 71/27
ERA-K/9 9.00/3.0 1.86/7.0 3.93/6.8 4.13/7.6 3.60/8.5 1.44/9.8 4.22/5.9 7.20/9.4 4.45/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (15-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 30/.370 147/.188 138/.244 114/.221 156/.261 127/.191 138/.298 99/.244 .259  Dirks
 Hunter
 Jackson
 Tuiasosopo
 Garcia
 Kelly
52/3/3/5
0/0/60/3
0/38/0/1
27/0/0/0
1/22/3/0
15/20/8/0
OPS 1.006 .550 .659 .608 .708 .580 .811 .834 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.643 73/.760 76/.724 60/.487 63/.743 55/.863 50/.912 45/.860 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.781 74/.335 62/.576 54/.745 93/.681 72/.379 88/.748 54/.810 .751
Road 30/1.006 75/.744 55/.656 54/.715 60/.615 68/.547 73/1.002 51/.664
Last 28d days / 54/.558 47/.528 53/.805 63/.764 38/.432 50/.807 18/1.433
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 5/1/3 3/0/1 3/1/1 3/3/1 2/2/1 4/0/0 4/0/0 99/21/17
Usage ·o·oX··X ·o·oo·Xo ·X··XX·· ··X·X··· ···oX··o 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.