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Baltimore Orioles, 59-76, 4th, 22 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Kurt Birkins (26, LHP, 1-1, 8.00)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-1)             18    26  16  16   5  15  2    8.00      
 2006 (5-2)             31    25  19  17  16  27  4    4.94      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBD    Has never faced TBD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-37   Road:   29-39   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  41-54   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  11-26
 vsEast: 28-25   vsCntrl:15-19   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sun, Sep  2  @BOS  L   2-3       59-76  4th 22.0 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 56-81, 5th, 26 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (25, RHP, 10-8, 4.10)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-8)           193   187  91  88  33 168 27    4.10      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  47    47  16  16   8  47  4    3.06   58 
 2007-08-29    BAL  ND   8    10   4   4   2   6  1     112   50 
 2007-08-24    OAK   W   8.1   9   2   2   1   8  1     114   64 
 2007-08-19    CLE  ND   6     6   2   2   1   6  0     103   57 
 2007-08-13    BOS   L   6     5   1   1   0   5  0     106   63 
 2007-08-08    DET   W   7     5   1   1   0   9  1     103   72 
 2007-08-03    BAL   L   6.2   6   3   3   3   6  1     108   53 
 2007-07-28    BOS  ND   5     6   3   3   1   7  0      97   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      0-1  37    33  14  14   9  25  6    3.41   57 
 2007-08-29    BAL  ND   8    10   4   4   2   6  1     112   50 
 2007-08-03    BAL   L   6.2   6   3   3   3   6  1     108   53 
 2007-05-09    BAL  ND   9     3   0   0   1   4  0     107   84 
 2007-04-16    BAL  ND   6.1   9   5   5   2   5  2     107   38 
 2006-08-26    BAL  ND   7     5   2   2   1   4  2      90   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-38   Road:   25-43   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  39-57   vsLHP:  17-24   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 21-33   vsCntrl:14-24   vsWest: 14-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Sep  2  @NYY  W   8-2       56-81  5th 26.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  1  @NYY  L   6-9       55-81  5th 26.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31  @NYY  W   9-1       55-80  5th 25.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 30  @BAL  W   8-6       54-80  5th 26.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29  @BAL  W   5-4 (12)  53-80  5th 27.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28  @BAL  W  15-8       52-80  5th 28.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 27  @CHW  L   4-5       51-80  5th 29.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   OAK  W   7-4       51-79  5th 28.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   OAK  W  14-3       50-79  5th 28.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   OAK  W  12-2       49-79  5th 28.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 30, 2007 TBD  8 @BAL  6    W:Scott Kazmir (11-8), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-5), S: Al Reyes (22)
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 TBD  5 @BAL  4 (12)   W:Grant Balfour (1-2), L: Rob Bell (3-3), S: Al Reyes (21)
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TBD 15 @BAL  8    W:Scott Dohmann (3-0), L: James Hoey (1-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 BAL 11 @TBD  3    W:Erik Bedard (12-4), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 TBD  9  BAL  2    W:Scott Kazmir (8-7), L: Brian Burres (5-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 BAL  3 @TBD  1    W:Daniel Cabrera (8-11), L: James Shields (8-7), S: Danys Baez (1)
Thu, Jul 26, 2007 BAL 10  TBD  7    W:Rob Bell (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 BAL  6  TBD  1    W:Erik Bedard (10-4), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 BAL  3  TBD  0    W:Daniel Cabrera (7-10), L: Scott Kazmir (7-7), S: Jamie Walker (2)
Thu, May 10, 2007 BAL 11  TBD  6    W:Daniel Cabrera (3-3), L: Casey Fossum (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - BAL leads 10-5; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; 2005 - BAL won 12-6; All-Time - BAL leads 92-73

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  5.85

BAL  4.59

WSN  3.95

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.77

TBD  5.91

BA

J. Keppinger  .361

M. Lamb  .292

J. LaRue  .140

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

J. Varitek  .361

J. LaRue  .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .635

C. Young  .470

N. Punto  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.058

M. Lamb  .827

J. LaRue  .507

ERA

J. Peavy  2.10

C. Gaudin  4.06

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

M. Belisle  6.37

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (5.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
53.Salas
G/S/vB
41.Stokes
G/S/vB
52.Switzer*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
45.Witasick
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.900 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 164/137 .205/.282/.260/.542 .499/.551 .526 19/.272 0/1 1/4
3.Bynum* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 64/48 .262/.297/.475/.772 .842/.749 .855 14/.500 5/1 2/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 15/.414 ··· 6/2.467 6/.666 2/2.000 3/1.167 3/1.667 1/2.000 7/.286 10/.333 335/243 .241/.325/.357/.683 .718/.669 .632 75/.474 1/2 7/7
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 13/1.077 1/no AB 2/.000 8/.536 3/.666 3/2.334 3/4.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 507/381 .271/.321/.434/.755 .774/.749 .715 91/1.005 0/0 14/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 21/.931 1/no AB 3/.333 3/2.334 3/.000 4/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 595/411 .292/.359/.464/.823 .762/.850 .821 114/.913 16/5 16/1
15.Millar G/S/vP 18/1.156 3/.000 4/.000 5/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/.200 457/314 .260/.374/.427/.801 .746/.826 .757 103/.752 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 16/.908 4/.250 ··· 6/.533 1/5.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.900 436/325 .262/.332/.421/.753 .769/.747 .767 93/.596 8/2 13/10
17.Patterson* G/S/vP 14/.297 1/.000 5/1.600 6/.334 5/.600 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.666 5/.500 1/.000 491/338 .269/.305/.383/.689 .782/.647 .543 107/.699 36/9 7/3
16.Payton G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.833 398/281 .255/.295/.362/.657 .766/.612 .688 67/.539 4/2 5/6
13.Redman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 6/.666 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 9/.819 1/no AB 33/27 .323/.364/.419/.783 .167/.907 .804 33/.783 2/1 0/0
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 22/.739 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/2.750 4/.000 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/1.167 609/423 .302/.390/.450/.840 .743/.879 .844 117/.740 39/7 10/6
10.Tejada G/S/vP 20/.733 4/.500 2/.000 12/1.400 6/2.167 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.810 18/.804 460/341 .304/.362/.467/.828 .963/.781 .759 109/1.018 2/1 17/13
IP 193.0 18.2 23.0 66.0 50.2 30.1 59.1 11.0 63.1 26.1 TOTAL .270/.334/.409/.743 .754/.740 .722 116/35 116/68
ERA-K/9 4.10/7.8 4.82/10.6 2.35/6.3 5.45/5.6 4.44/11.0 3.56/6.8 7.28/5.2 9.82/7.4 4.97/9.8 6.15/5.1 5.62/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (26-5-6)
 Hernandez (51-17-7)
 House (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 793/.252 86/.261 95/.244 294/.303 213/.220 141/.229 280/.351 53/.362 267/.244 127/.273 .292  Markakis
 Patterson
 Payton
 Bynum
 Redman
 Millar
0/0/135/10
0/129/0/7
105/17/3/3
14/4/0/0
8/4/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .716 .739 .711 .875 .691 .731 .935 .926 .740 .835 .830
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 379/.698 42/.864 48/.651 131/.882 113/.774 71/.630 137/.960 19/.513 113/.697 47/.973 .828
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 414/.734 44/.617 47/.769 163/.869 100/.597 70/.841 143/.911 34/1.145 154/.771 80/.754 .832
Home 433/.704 42/.810 48/.601 158/.850 112/.533 85/.705 160/.912 26/.899 125/.789 56/.731 .802
Last 28d days 139/.676 49/.640 57/.650 51/1.273 45/.851 44/.748 33/.815 41/.852 52/.768 /
HR/SB/CS 27/7/6 1/3/0 3/3/1 11/5/1 9/2/0 4/2/1 10/3/1 0/0/1 9/3/0 2/1/1 169/81/35
Usage ····X··· X·o·X·o· X··X·X·o X····X·X ···oXo·X ·X···o·· ·X······ ·X···o·· o··oo·XX ········
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Birkins*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 5/1.250 13/1.154 5/1.250 3/2.000 8/1.125 ··· ··· ··· 10/.300 577/391 .314/.356/.467/.823 .844/.813 .752 125/.838 46/9 10/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 7/.619 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 310/214 .246/.319/.467/.787 .888/.741 .762 89/.687 8/1 14/0
29.Guzman G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .300/.417/.500/.917 .667/1.016 1.016 12/.917 0/0 0/0
16.Harris G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.833 5/1.350 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 520/369 .286/.346/.412/.758 .844/.724 .749 111/.620 4/1 8/12
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 6/.000 451/301 .282/.359/.410/.769 .841/.732 .783 121/.731 10/7 6/7
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.667 356/266 .215/.271/.336/.607 .668/.586 .559 69/.917 3/1 7/7
14.Norton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 175/155 .219/.343/.315/.658 .472/.683 .628 36/.950 1/0 3/0
8.Paul G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 108/74 .194/.240/.245/.485 .628/.413 .606 38/.393 1/0 1/2
23.Pena* G/S/vP 4/.833 12/1.800 4/.833 3/1.334 6/1.166 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 499/370 .274/.392/.597/.988 .877/1.028 1.015 119/1.012 1/0 34/7
2.Upton G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.833 2/.000 5/1.500 5/.933 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 5/1.600 449/323 .313/.395/.544/.939 .882/.960 .854 123/.884 14/7 22/13
9.Wilson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 231/153 .249/.306/.364/.669 .646/.681 .695 84/.712 6/0 2/19
26.Young G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.250 2/1.500 5/.800 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 576/421 .296/.326/.412/.739 .798/.717 .702 115/.735 7/3 10/7
IP 18.0 46.0 18.0 54.0 93.1 15.1 11.1 4.0 51.0 TOTAL .268/.334/.432/.766 .805/.750 .748 110/39 156/102
ERA-K/9 8.00/7.5 6.46/5.3 8.00/7.5 3.67/4.5 5.59/7.4 5.28/7.6 11.12/6.4 15.75/4.5 2.82/6.2 4.85/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (57-23-5)
 Paul (13-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 87/.329 211/.261 87/.329 244/.300 428/.276 71/.258 55/.302 21/.286 217/.258 .260  Young
 Upton
 Crawford
 Gomes
 Norton
0/27/110/15
0/58/0/10
128/0/0/3
11/0/28/2
2/0/4/0
OPS .910 .819 .910 .685 .782 .822 .837 .807 .653 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/1.003 85/1.006 29/1.003 73/.778 115/.804 18/.690 20/1.167 9/.375 104/.643 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.863 126/.696 58/.863 171/.646 313/.774 53/.860 35/.657 12/1.000 113/.663 .709
Road 44/.851 90/.858 44/.851 110/.572 222/.801 20/1.367 11/.455 19/.885 101/.611 .727
Last 28d days 28/.593 44/1.129 28/.593 54/.983 61/.987 5/2.800 49/.802 10/.675 42/1.057
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 7/5/0 2/0/0 0/2/1 9/10/5 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 3/2/1 130/87/26
Usage ··X·oX·· ··o·X··· ··X·oX·· ··o·Xo·· ·X·X·X·· ·X······ ···X·X·· X·oo···· X·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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