BAL @ BOS, Sunday, September 2, 2007 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 59-75, 4th, 21 GB, 16 GB in WC	SP: Daniel Cabrera (26, RHP, 9-13, 5.08) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (9-13) 175.1 163 103 99 91 139 22 5.08 2006 (9-10) 148 130 82 78 104 157 11 4.74 2005 (10-13) 161.1 144 92 81 87 157 14 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 43 35 22 21 23 32 4 4.40 51 2007-08-28 TBD ND 6 5 3 3 4 8 1 114 54 2007-08-22 TEX L 5 9 6 6 1 4 2 96 28 2007-08-14 NYY W 6.2 2 0 0 6 5 0 111 69 2007-08-09 SEA L 5.1 8 8 7 1 4 1 99 25 2007-08-03 TBD W 7 4 1 1 1 3 0 114 67 2007-07-29 NYY L 6 6 4 4 5 5 0 110 44 2007-07-24 TBD W 7 1 0 0 5 3 0 107 73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-5 23 27 24 21 23 24 2 8.22 37 2007-04-25 BOS L 6.2 5 3 3 5 5 1 117 52 2006-09-12 BOS L 5.2 8 3 3 3 8 0 109 46 2006-08-13 BOS L 4 5 7 7 5 3 1 83 22 2006-04-07 BOS L 1.1 3 7 7 7 1 0 60 14 2005-09-23 BOS L 5.1 6 4 1 3 7 0 105 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-37 Road: 29-38 ExtrInn: 7-7 vsRHP: 41-54 vsLHP: 18-21 1-Run: 11-25 vsEast: 28-24 vsCntrl:15-19 vsWest: 10-20 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Sat, Sep 1 @BOS L 0-10 59-75 4th 21.0 gb 133 Fri, Aug 31 @BOS W 9-8 59-74 4th 20.0 gb 132 Thu, Aug 30 TBD L 6-8 58-74 4th 21.0 gb 131 Wed, Aug 29 TBD L 4-5 (12) 58-73 4th 21.0 gb 130 Tue, Aug 28 TBD L 8-15 58-72 4th 21.0 gb 129 Sun, Aug 26 MIN L 3-11 58-71 4th 21.0 gb 128 Sat, Aug 25 MIN L 1-8 58-70 4th 20.0 gb 127 Fri, Aug 24 MIN L 4-7 58-69 4th 19.0 gb 126 Thu, Aug 23 MIN L 2-5 58-68 4th 17.5 gb 125 Wed, Aug 22 TEX L 7-9 58-67 4th 17.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:10-20
Boston Red Sox, 81-55, 1st, 5 up	SP: Jon Lester (23, LHP, 2-0, 5.67) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (2-0) 33.1 33 21 21 14 24 6 5.67 2006 (7-2) 81.1 91 43 43 43 60 7 4.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 38.1 39 24 24 18 26 6 5.63 46 2007-08-21 TBD W 5.1 4 5 5 4 4 2 97 40 2007-08-14 TBD ND 7 2 1 1 1 4 0 97 72 2007-08-08 LAA ND 3.1 8 5 5 3 3 0 93 24 2007-08-03 SEA ND 5 8 4 4 2 4 1 99 37 2007-07-28 TBD ND 6.2 6 4 4 1 3 2 97 48 2007-07-23 CLE W 6 5 2 2 3 6 1 96 57 2006-08-23 LAA W 5 6 3 3 4 2 0 96 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 5 9 4 4 2 3 1 7.20 34 2006-08-13 BAL W 5 9 4 4 2 3 1 102 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-24 Road: 40-31 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 58-34 vsLHP: 23-21 1-Run: 18-21 vsEast: 31-21 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sat, Sep 1 BAL W 10-0 81-55 1st 5.0 up 135 Fri, Aug 31 BAL L 8-9 80-55 1st 5.0 up 134 Thu, Aug 30 @NYY L 0-5 80-54 1st 5.0 up 133 Wed, Aug 29 @NYY L 3-4 80-53 1st 6.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 28 @NYY L 3-5 80-52 1st 7.0 up 131 Sun, Aug 26 @CHW W 11-1 80-51 1st 7.5 up 130 Sat, Aug 25 @CHW W 14-2 79-51 1st 6.5 up 129 Fri, Aug 24 @CHW W 10-1 78-51 1st 6.5 up 128 Fri, Aug 24 @CHW W 11-3 77-51 1st 6.5 up 127 Wed, Aug 22 @TBD L 1-2 76-51 1st 5.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 01, 2007 BOS 10 BAL 0 W:Clay Buchholz (2-0), L: Garrett Olson (1-3), S: none Fri, Aug 31, 2007 BAL 9 @BOS 8 W:Kurt Birkins (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (7-10), S: Danys Baez (3) Sun, Aug 12, 2007 BAL 6 BOS 3 (10) W:Chad Bradford (1-4), L: Kyle Snyder (2-3), S: none Sat, Aug 11, 2007 BOS 6 @BAL 2 W:Josh Beckett (15-5), L: Garrett Olson (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (27) Fri, Aug 10, 2007 BAL 6 BOS 5 W:James Hoey (1-0), L: Hideki Okajima (3-1), S: none Thu, Aug 02, 2007 BOS 7 BAL 4 W:Tim Wakefield (13-9), L: Rob Bell (3-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 8-5; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; 2005 - BOS won 10-8; All-Time - BOS leads 1100-910

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 5.88

BAL 4.61

WSN 3.96

RA/G

SDP 3.95

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.93

J. Keppinger .358

N. Markakis .293

J. LaRue .140

OBP

B. Bonds .484

J. Varitek .361

J. LaRue .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez .639

C. Crawford .469

N. Punto .254

OPS

B. Bonds 1.061

M. Lamb .827

J. LaRue .507

ERA

J. Peavy 2.10

C. Zambrano 4.06

A. Eaton 6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

D. Lowe 6.38

S. Trachsel 2.88

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.666 164/137 .205/.282/.260/.542 .499/.551 .526 24/.299 0/1 1/4

3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 61/48 .276/.311/.500/.811 1.045/.749 .920 11/.636 5/1 2/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.167 5/.000 2/3.000 2/.000 3/.667 14/.557 12/1.017 331/242 .241/.326/.348/.675 .681/.672 .617 71/.429 1/2 6/7

40.House G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/10 .167/.211/.333/.544 .222/.856 1.000 19/.544 0/0 1/0

19.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/2.000 5/.800 2/.000 3/.000 5/.900 18/.745 503/381 .269/.320/.433/.753 .766/.749 .711 92/1.066 0/0 14/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 2/2.500 5/1.300 2/2.000 4/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.500 7/1.286 591/411 .293/.359/.464/.823 .762/.850 .822 115/.913 16/5 16/1

15.Millar G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 10/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 7/2.571 7/1.238 453/314 .260/.373/.428/.801 .744/.826 .755 99/.748 0/1 14/1

43.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

6.Mora G/S/vP 3/2.000 5/.650 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 4/.750 21/.838 432/324 .262/.333/.423/.755 .773/.749 .773 94/.639 8/2 13/10

17.Patterson* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.750 7/.286 4/1.167 4/.250 5/1.850 6/.000 491/338 .269/.305/.383/.689 .782/.647 .543 112/.714 36/9 7/3

16.Payton G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 8/.500 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 5/1.000 5/.000 394/281 .257/.296/.365/.660 .781/.612 .695 68/.561 4/2 5/6

13.Redman* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 29/27 .357/.379/.464/.844 .000/.907 .929 29/.844 2/1 0/0

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 4/.750 6/.334 3/1.000 4/.500 6/1.500 14/.721 608/422 .302/.391/.451/.842 .743/.882 .847 121/.744 39/7 10/6

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.833 3/1.167 6/1.700 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.333 16/.625 28/.769 456/341 .304/.360/.467/.828 .966/.781 .757 110/1.024 2/1 17/13

IP 33.1 32.2 43.1 34.2 62.1 47.1 49.1 46.0 TOTAL .270/.334/.410/.744 .755/.740 .723 116/35 115/68

ERA-K/9

5.67/6.5

2.20/8.8

3.74/8.7

2.86/5.2

1.59/7.7

1.71/13.7

3.65/6.4

3.52/4.3

3.75/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (26-5-6)
Hernandez (49-17-7)
House (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.268 133/.195 183/.246 147/.238 241/.182 185/.145 217/.230 184/.241 .246 Markakis
Patterson
Payton
Bynum
Redman
Millar 0/0/134/10
0/129/0/7
104/17/3/3
14/4/0/0
8/3/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .785 .609 .671 .669 .482 .467 .703 .693 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/1.027 58/.699 86/.578 76/.719 83/.512 104/.375 90/.623 77/.543 .686

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.710 75/.543 97/.755 71/.614 158/.466 81/.585 127/.761 107/.797 .709

Home 24/.261 59/.750 100/.729 72/.683 110/.466 93/.605 128/.696 81/.641 .719

Last 28d days 67/.714 49/.688 40/.981 15/.690 40/.602 27/.190 42/.937 48/.594

HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 3/2/2 3/1/0 1/0/1 3/4/0 4/4/0 5/5/2 7/1/2 117/87/28

Usage ·X··X·o· ······X· ·X·oo··o ··X····· ·o····o· ·Xo····X ·X·X····

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Cabrera
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 25.Birkins*
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 38.Cherry
G/S/vB 12.Hoey
G/S/vB 52.Leicester
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

54.Breslow* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 19/5 .143/.368/.214/.583 .381/1.300 .000 19/.583 0/0 0/1

3.Clayton G/S/vP 8/1.250 12/.733 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 210/147 .254/.304/.344/.648 .633/.655 .615 / 2/1 1/7

13.Cora* G/S/vP 19/1.555 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 204/180 .254/.308/.392/.700 .467/.734 .634 35/.619 1/1 2/4

41.Corey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.664 4/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.350 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 10/.900 519/366 .266/.331/.378/.709 .731/.700 .762 100/.582 22/5 5/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 4/.500 455/338 .256/.356/.385/.741 .632/.779 .743 86/.831 2/2 7/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/19 .350/.435/.450/.885 .750/.911 .885 5/.900 1/0 0/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 26/.594 11/.586 1/.000 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.606 168/149 .213/.333/.418/.752 .868/.737 .878 33/.744 3/0 5/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP ··· 7/.400 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 74/25 .262/.311/.338/.649 .619/.697 .438 34/.820 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 9/1.556 5/.650 3/1.167 7/.286 5/1.100 1/3.000 3/.000 5/.200 1/.000 543/380 .329/.381/.510/.891 .905/.886 .992 114/1.057 2/2 17/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.594 7/.714 4/1.833 9/.444 4/1.250 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 536/377 .237/.293/.346/.639 .672/.626 .777 103/.722 28/6 6/16

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 117/99 .212/.293/.385/.678 .694/.675 .680 9/1.083 0/0 5/1

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/7 .200/.333/.200/.533 .650/.452 .833 12/.533 0/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 20/.664 18/1.083 3/1.667 2/.000 7/.821 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 14/1.643 556/370 .320/.433/.583/1.016 .777/1.142 1.039 111/1.057 2/0 26/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 473/309 .322/.392/.444/.836 .838/.835 .907 102/.870 5/1 6/5

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/.585 21/.538 2/.500 15/1.266 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/2.000 548/388 .292/.385/.495/.880 1.092/.796 .889 87/.771 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 16/.544 11/1.205 1/.000 19/1.079 6/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 13/.581 432/303 .259/.361/.409/.770 .797/.758 .797 84/.690 1/1 12/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 12/1.278 4/.250 2/.000 4/1.167 6/.900 1/5.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 558/396 .291/.394/.462/.856 .836/.864 .813 116/.815 3/2 15/3

IP 175.1 46.0 18.0 54.0 93.1 15.1 11.1 2.2 50.1 TOTAL .278/.362/.439/.801 .800/.801 .833 70/21 133/72

ERA-K/9

5.08/7.1

6.46/5.3

8.00/7.5

3.67/4.5

5.59/7.4

5.28/7.6

11.12/6.4

23.63/3.3

2.86/6.1

4.86/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (3-2-0)
Mirabelli (31-9-5)
Varitek (53-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 773/.248 211/.261 87/.329 244/.300 428/.276 71/.258 55/.302 17/.400 215/.260 .261 Ramirez
Crisp
Hinske
Drew
Kielty
Moss
Ellsbury 115/0/0/8
0/125/0/5
23/0/12/1
0/3/110/1
6/1/13/1
4/0/2/0
5/4/0/0

OPS .746 .819 .910 .685 .782 .822 .837 1.063 .659 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 376/.823 85/1.006 29/1.003 73/.778 115/.804 18/.690 20/1.167 7/.500 103/.649 .806

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.674 126/.696 58/.863 171/.646 313/.774 53/.860 35/.657 10/1.225 112/.669 .711

Road 314/.658 90/.858 44/.851 110/.572 222/.801 20/1.367 11/.455 15/1.198 99/.623 .728

Last 28d days 109/.746 48/1.116 28/.593 60/.941 61/.987 5/2.800 49/.802 6/1.250 40/1.117

HR/SB/CS 22/18/3 7/5/0 2/0/0 0/2/1 9/10/5 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 3/2/1 129/85/26

Usage ····X··· ·o·X···· ·X·oX··· ·o·Xo··· X·X·X··X X······· ··X·X··· ·oo····· ·o·oo···

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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SP: Daniel Cabrera (26, RHP, 9-13, 5.08)

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