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Baltimore Orioles, 50-56, 4th, 14½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (28, RHP, 7-3, 2.89)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-3)            124.2  98  44  40  30  88 12    2.89      
 2006 (0-0)             19.1  24  15  15  15  14  2    6.98      
 2005 (0-0)              6     9   4   4   2   3  2    6.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43    39  19  18  16  32  7    3.77   53 
 2007-07-27    NYY   W   6     6   2   2   3   4  0     101   53 
 2007-07-22    OAK   W   7     2   0   0   3   6  0      99   76 
 2007-07-17    SEA   W   6     6   2   2   3   3  1      94   52 
 2007-07-12    CHW   L   3.2   9   6   5   3   3  2      81   21 
 2007-07-06    TEX  ND   6     5   3   3   3   3  1      98   50 
 2007-07-01    LAA   L   8     4   4   4   0   7  2     108   65 
 2007-06-26    NYY  ND   6.1   7   2   2   1   6  1      94   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-0   8.1   3   1   0   2   2  0    0.00   75 
 2007-05-13    BOS  ND   8.1   3   1   0   2   2  0      91   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   23-32   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  32-41   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:   9-22
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Wed, Aug  1  @BOS  L   4-5       50-56  4th 14.5 gb
105 Tue, Jul 31  @BOS  W   5-3       50-55  4th 13.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29   NYY  L   6-10      49-55  4th 14.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28   NYY  W   7-5       49-54  4th 14.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27   NYY  W   4-2       48-54  4th 14.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 26   TBD  W  10-7       47-54  4th 14.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 25   TBD  W   6-1       46-54  4th 14.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24   TBD  W   3-0       45-54  4th 15.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22  @OAK  W   2-0       44-54  4th 15.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @OAK  L   3-4       43-54  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox, 65-42, 1st, 7 up

SP: Tim Wakefield (40, RHP, 12-9, 4.59)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-9)           131.1 130  69  67  47  74 15    4.59      
 2006 (7-11)           140   135  80  72  51  90 19    4.63      
 2005 (16-12)          225.1 210 113 104  68 151 35    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  43    52  26  26  11  22  6    5.44   44 
 2007-07-27    TBD   W   6     6   1   1   3   7  0     101   60 
 2007-07-22    CHW   W   6.1   6   4   4   2   2  0      96   45 
 2007-07-17    KCR   L   6.1   9   6   6   0   1  0      78   32 
 2007-07-12    TOR   W   6     9   4   4   0   2  2      89   40 
 2007-07-04    TBD   W   6.1   7   4   4   2   2  1      90   43 
 2007-06-29    TEX   W   6.2   7   1   1   4   4  0     101   56 
 2007-06-23    SDP   L   5.1   8   6   6   0   4  3      75   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      2-2  30    35  15  13  11  18  3    3.90   48 
 2006-09-30    BAL  ND   6     5   3   3   2   3  0      86   51 
 2006-09-13    BAL   L   5    10   4   3   2   2  1      79   33 
 2006-05-17    BAL   L   7     8   4   4   3   6  1     110   48 
 2006-05-06    BAL   W   6     7   3   3   2   3  1     100   47 
 2006-04-09    BAL   W   6     5   1   0   2   4  0      93   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-20   Road:   30-22   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  49-26   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 24-13   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  1   BAL  W   5-4       65-42  1st  7.0 up
106 Tue, Jul 31   BAL  L   3-5       64-42  1st  7.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 29  @TBD  L   2-5       64-41  1st  8.0 up
104 Sat, Jul 28  @TBD  W  12-6 (12)  64-40  1st  9.0 up
103 Fri, Jul 27  @TBD  W   7-1       63-40  1st  8.0 up
102 Thu, Jul 26  @CLE  W  14-9       62-40  1st  7.0 up
101 Wed, Jul 25  @CLE  L   0-1       61-40  1st  6.0 up
100 Tue, Jul 24  @CLE  W   1-0       61-39  1st  7.0 up
 99 Mon, Jul 23  @CLE  W   6-2       60-39  1st  7.0 up
 98 Sun, Jul 22   CHW  W   8-5       59-39  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 BOS  5  BAL  4    W:Javier Lopez (2-1), L: John Parrish (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 BAL  5 @BOS  3    W:Erik Bedard (11-4), L: Josh Beckett (13-5), S: Jamie Walker (4)
Sun, May 13, 2007 BOS  6  BAL  5    W:J.C. Romero (1-0), L: Chris Ray (3-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 BOS 13  BAL  4    W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Jon Leicester (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2007 BAL  6 @BOS  3    W:Brian Burres (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (1-4), S: Chris Ray (8)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 BOS  5 @BAL  2    W:Josh Beckett (5-0), L: Chris Ray (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7)
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 BOS  6 @BAL  1    W:Curt Schilling (3-1), L: Daniel Cabrera (1-2), S: none

Sun, Oct 01, 2006 BOS  9  BAL  0 (5)   W:Devern Hansack (1-1), L: Hayden Penn (0-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 30, 2006 BAL  5 @BOS  4    W:Chris Ray (4-4), L: Mike Timlin (6-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 29, 2006 BOS  4  BAL  3    W:Julian Tavarez (5-4), L: Erik Bedard (15-11), S: Mike Timlin (9)
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 5-2; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; 2005 - BOS won 10-8; All-Time - BOS leads 1097-907

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 2007 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

NYY  5.79

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.84

RA/G

SDP  3.86

CLE  4.77

TBD  6.22

BA

I. Suzuki  .351

X. Nady  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .490

J. Morneau  .362

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .646

T. Wigginton  .458

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.041

A. Beltre  .818

D. Navarro  .540

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Washburn  4.11

M. Maroth  6.67

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Penny  6.27

S. Trachsel  3.23

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
83.Gagne
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
39.Snyder
G/S/vB
51.Tavarez
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 137/115 .215/.301/.273/.574 .523/.584 .538 16/.771 0/1 1/3
12.Fahey* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 39/33 .243/.282/.324/.606 .000/.720 .400 20/.824 1/1 0/0
31.Gibbons* G/S/vP 44/1.003 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.000 4/.000 9/.347 10/.700 272/226 .220/.265/.346/.611 .767/.580 .676 56/.643 0/0 6/2
14.Gomez G/S/vP 45/1.034 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 22/1.056 7/.929 177/106 .311/.349/.398/.747 .697/.780 .783 70/.849 1/2 1/3
2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/23 .344/.364/.406/.770 .844/.739 .665 34/.770 1/0 0/0
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 35/.994 3/1.167 5/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 13/.607 13/.385 11/.920 252/180 .259/.353/.380/.733 .730/.734 .634 72/.736 1/2 5/6
19.Huff* G/S/vP 46/.508 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 4/.750 12/1.000 18/.745 399/297 .247/.291/.368/.659 .719/.639 .583 83/.537 0/0 6/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 9/.222 4/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 10/1.200 6/.666 465/320 .291/.353/.450/.803 .694/.853 .805 96/.992 13/2 11/0
15.Millar G/S/vP 18/1.619 2/.000 7/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.000 5/2.600 12/1.278 7/1.238 342/228 .273/.386/.444/.830 .732/.880 .793 89/.773 0/1 10/0
17.Patterson* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.833 13/.693 5/.000 366/252 .266/.308/.377/.685 .822/.624 .565 94/.869 27/7 5/3
16.Payton G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.000 7/.286 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.750 10/.200 4/.000 314/221 .270/.313/.381/.694 .767/.663 .709 71/.665 4/2 4/5
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 35/.347 1/no AB 4/.750 5/.400 1/.000 3/.333 5/1.850 10/.844 12/.733 478/326 .316/.401/.467/.868 .690/.949 .894 101/.899 32/6 9/5
10.Tejada G/S/vP 69/.959 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 15/.667 15/.708 27/.684 334/244 .308/.360/.430/.790 .935/.737 .791 21/.931 2/0 8/8
IP 131.1 20.1 33.1 30.1 52.2 38.2 40.1 106.0 32.2 TOTAL .272/.336/.406/.742 .747/.741 .725 93/27 82/50
ERA-K/9 4.59/5.1 2.66/8.9 2.16/7.8 2.97/5.9 1.03/7.5 2.09/13.0 2.68/6.5 5.09/5.3 3.31/3.9 3.73/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (19-5-6)
 Hernandez (37-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 557/.261 82/.197 132/.192 129/.239 198/.169 153/.165 175/.218 478/.288 127/.237 .247  Markakis
 Patterson
 Payton
 Gibbons
 Millar
0/0/106/8
0/101/0/5
79/17/1/2
43/0/2/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .753 .580 .540 .683 .456 .515 .646 .786 .687 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.716 33/.690 62/.382 67/.726 64/.405 83/.447 71/.449 240/.759 44/.471 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.779 49/.512 70/.685 62/.636 134/.479 70/.594 104/.786 238/.812 83/.803 .713
Home 295/.807 43/.592 80/.653 66/.716 97/.467 77/.657 115/.701 203/.812 65/.525 .735
Last 28d days 104/.785 49/.642 35/.814 36/.490 45/.631 27/.696 45/.634 111/1.018 43/.238
HR/SB/CS 15/25/5 2/2/2 2/0/0 1/0/1 3/1/0 4/3/0 2/4/1 11/0/0 5/0/2 92/63/20
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o·X·· ········ oo··o·o· o···o·o· o···o··· X···XX·· X··Xo·X· ········
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB
28.Baez
G/S/vB
30.Bell
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
52.Doyne
G/S/vB
36.Parrish*
G/S/vB
23.Shuey
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 165/148 .253/.306/.404/.710 .544/.731 .561 28/.333 1/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.250 3/2.667 6/1.500 5/1.350 ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/.777 406/300 .279/.343/.403/.746 .810/.723 .774 107/.904 18/5 5/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.900 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 362/265 .248/.354/.375/.729 .615/.770 .753 75/.553 1/2 6/4
12.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.347 16/1.125 6/.834 ··· 7/.619 1/no AB 11/.473 131/117 .204/.305/.416/.721 .599/.736 .818 37/.672 1/0 4/3
25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.250 11/1.566 6/.333 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 416/295 .305/.356/.499/.855 .833/.863 .990 101/.828 2/2 15/14
23.Lugo G/S/vP 7/.000 5/1.000 5/.400 7/.286 ··· 6/.833 2/no AB 3/.000 425/307 .222/.289/.325/.614 .731/.570 .761 101/.833 26/3 6/10
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 5/1.400 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 3/.667 104/89 .183/.262/.301/.563 .453/.579 .518 26/.760 0/0 3/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 4/.833 18/1.083 22/1.559 1/.000 ··· 10/1.000 5/.200 11/1.909 431/292 .321/.434/.567/1.001 .737/1.131 1.023 90/1.145 1/0 18/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 356/239 .318/.391/.433/.824 .817/.827 .867 97/.754 3/0 4/3
22.Pena G/S/vP 1/.000 3/3.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 159/91 .221/.289/.393/.682 .821/.579 .433 37/.768 0/1 5/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/.000 21/.538 20/1.450 14/1.357 ··· 10/1.133 1/2.000 4/2.000 448/325 .296/.393/.511/.904 1.180/.804 .907 105/1.074 0/0 18/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 4/.000 10/1.357 15/1.015 18/1.149 ··· 5/.900 5/2.050 13/.581 340/239 .272/.368/.421/.789 .754/.803 .822 75/.726 1/1 9/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.333 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 427/311 .304/.400/.472/.872 .852/.880 .886 84/.664 2/2 11/3
IP 124.2 36.1 20.0 43.2 2.1 39.0 15.1 41.1 TOTAL .276/.359/.437/.796 .803/.794 .829 57/17 107/55
ERA-K/9 2.89/6.4 5.70/6.0 3.15/5.8 2.68/4.7 23.14/3.9 5.77/8.1 8.22/5.3 2.40/6.1 4.32/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mirabelli (27-8-5)
 Varitek (36-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.218 160/.221 86/.224 184/.262 16/.538 190/.247 71/.333 171/.233 .247  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Hinske
94/0/0/7
0/98/0/5
19/12/32/3
0/0/86/1
16/0/9/0
OPS .625 .741 .696 .601 1.409 .741 .912 .577 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.679 61/.915 33/1.115 54/.777 12/1.409 79/.728 21/1.212 78/.601 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.567 99/.632 53/.453 130/.529 4/1.250 111/.747 50/.797 93/.556 .682
Road 249/.542 71/.874 42/.833 85/.550 / 106/.670 44/1.093 84/.602 .716
Last 28d days 125/.791 28/.414 44/.800 44/.450 14/1.488 36/.892 32/.964 38/.437
HR/SB/CS 12/1/3 6/4/0 2/2/0 0/2/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/1 1/2/1 95/65/24
Usage ·····X·· o··Xo··o ·o·o··X· XX···o·o ····X·Xo o··XXo·· o··X·oo· ·o··ooo·

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.

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