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Game Preview: BAL @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, September 21, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Baltimore Orioles, 65-87, 4th, 24½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Victor Santos (30, RHP, 1-5, 5.95)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-5)             56    65  37  37  26  47 13    5.95      
 2006 (5-9)            115.1 150  80  73  42  81 16    5.70      
 2005 (4-13)           141.2 153  87  72  60  89 20    4.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  32    54  28  26  12  22  6    7.31   36 
 2007-09-16    TOR  ND   4.1   7   4   4   3   2  2      81   32 
 2007-09-11    LAA   L   2.2   7   5   5   0   1  1      68   25 
 2006-09-05    CHC  ND   3.1   9   4   4   1   2  0      72   27 
 2006-08-30    CHC  ND   5.2   9   5   3   0   4  0      89   39 
 2006-08-25    HOU   L   6     8   3   3   3   4  1     107   45 
 2006-08-20    CIN   L   5    10   5   5   2   7  2      95   32 
 2006-08-14    MIL   W   5     4   2   2   3   2  0      79   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-42   Road:   33-45   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  46-62   vsLHP:  19-25   1-Run:  11-29
 vsEast: 32-34   vsCntrl:15-19   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Thu, Sep 20  @TEX  W   6-3 (10)  65-87  4th 24.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 19  @NYY  L   1-2       64-87  4th 25.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 18  @NYY  L   0-12      64-86  4th 25.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 17  @NYY  L   5-8       64-85  4th 25.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 16  @TOR  W   8-6 (12)  64-84  4th 25.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 15  @TOR  L   3-8       63-84  4th 26.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 14  @TOR  W   6-2       63-83  4th 25.0 gb
145 Thu, Sep 13   LAA  W   3-0       62-83  4th 26.0 gb
144 Wed, Sep 12   LAA  L   6-18      61-83  4th 26.5 gb
143 Tue, Sep 11   LAA  L   5-10      61-82  4th 25.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22
Texas Rangers, 70-83, 4th, 21 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (23, RHP, 0-0, 2.08)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-0)              4.1   5   1   1   0   1  0    2.08      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   2     2   0   0   0   0  0    0.00   52 
 2007-09-08    OAK  ND   2     2   0   0   0   0  0      30   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL    Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-33   Road:   28-50   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  49-58   vsLHP:  21-25   1-Run:  24-18
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:17-25   vsWest: 24-27 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Thu, Sep 20   BAL  L   3-6 (10)  70-83  4th 21.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 19  @MIN  L   2-4       70-82  4th 20.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 18  @MIN  L   2-4       70-81  4th 19.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 17  @MIN  L   4-5       70-80  4th 18.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 16  @OAK  W  11-9       70-79  4th 17.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 15  @OAK  L   3-7       69-79  4th 18.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 14  @OAK  L   9-11      69-78  4th 17.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 13  @OAK  L   5-6       69-77  4th 17.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 12  @DET  L   1-5       69-76  4th 17.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 11  @DET  L   1-4       69-75  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 BAL  6 @TEX  3 (10)   W:Jamie Walker (2-2), L: John Rheinecker (3-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TEX  9 @BAL  7    W:Joaquin Benoit (6-3), L: James Hoey (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (7)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TEX 30 @BAL  3    W:Kason Gabbard (6-1), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-13), S: Wes Littleton (1)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 BAL  6  TEX  2    W:Erik Bedard (13-4), L: Vicente Padilla (3-9), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 TEX  2  BAL  1    W:Kevin Millwood (6-7), L: Daniel Cabrera (6-10), S: Eric Gagne (12)
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 BAL  3 @TEX  0    W:Erik Bedard (7-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TEX  4  BAL  3 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (3-2), L: Paul Shuey (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 31, 2006 TEX  7  BAL  5    W:Adam Eaton (4-4), L: Daniel Cabrera (7-9), S: Akinori Otsuka (29)
Wed, Aug 30, 2006 BAL  7 @TEX  4 (10)   W:LaTroy Hawkins (3-2), L: Ron Mahay (1-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 29, 2006 TEX  9  BAL  4    W:Kevin Millwood (13-9), L: Rodrigo Lopez (9-14), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - TEX leads 4-3; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; 2005 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BAL leads 352-226

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

OAK  4.63

WSN  4.10

RA/G

SDP  3.97

MIL  4.78

TBD  5.80

BA

M. Ordonez  .353

J. Rollins  .294

J. LaRue  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

T. Glaus  .366

J. LaRue  .247

SLG

C. Ross  .667

G. Atkins  .478

A. Gonzalez  .254

OPS

C. Ross  1.080

R. Cano  .837

J. LaRue  .530

ERA

J. Peavy  2.39

J. Maine  4.04

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

K. Wells  6.49

S. Trachsel  3.04

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Mendoza
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
46.Galarraga
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
32.Mendoza
G/S/vB
47.Murray*
G/S/vB
48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB
35.White*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
29.Wood
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 171/143 .203/.276/.255/.531 .481/.542 .525 11/.191 0/1 1/4
3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 85/68 .259/.286/.457/.743 .790/.730 .858 32/.645 6/1 2/1
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 52/43 .180/.212/.240/.452 .000/.548 .250 11/.000 2/1 0/1
2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 54/39 .327/.340/.365/.705 .742/.692 .490 16/.625 2/2 0/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 11/.819 383/277 .249/.329/.367/.696 .708/.686 .679 76/.794 1/3 8/7
40.House G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 29/20 .185/.241/.333/.575 .222/.744 .863 17/.435 0/0 1/0
19.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 18/1.556 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.167 8/.804 1/.000 578/437 .285/.339/.447/.786 .785/.787 .774 104/1.012 1/1 15/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 2/1.000 668/463 .291/.355/.472/.827 .721/.875 .814 115/.915 17/6 20/2
15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 9/.873 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.929 524/367 .252/.363/.421/.784 .778/.786 .723 104/.689 0/1 16/1
63.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/15 .083/.115/.083/.199 .091/.276 .067 6/.333 0/0 0/0
43.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/32 .188/.206/.313/.518 .000/.552 .284 29/.612 0/0 1/0
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 18/.977 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.467 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 485/360 .274/.340/.425/.764 .769/.762 .776 79/.719 9/2 14/10
17.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 17/.860 503/346 .269/.304/.386/.690 .795/.644 .554 51/.749 37/9 8/3
16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/1.550 4/.250 7/1.096 441/312 .253/.289/.356/.645 .756/.599 .679 69/.543 4/2 5/6
13.Redman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.888 102/79 .320/.353/.485/.837 .401/.965 .746 79/.822 5/1 2/1
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 15/.457 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 6/1.833 ··· 4/2.417 12/.350 ··· 676/470 .291/.380/.439/.819 .723/.858 .837 108/.624 46/7 12/7
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 15/.421 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.167 ··· 4/.500 10/1.600 3/.666 524/391 .298/.354/.447/.800 .923/.759 .721 104/.845 2/1 17/15
IP 4.1 79.0 37.0 57.1 4.0 45.0 4.1 16.0 48.1 5.2 66.1 47.0 73.0 TOTAL .270/.332/.410/.742 .742/.743 .722 133/40 131/76
ERA-K/9 2.08/2.1 2.73/9.7 6.08/4.4 4.71/7.4 2.25/4.5 3.80/4.6 2.08/2.1 5.63/4.5 5.59/7.1 4.76/11.1 3.12/8.6 4.98/4.6 3.82/4.6 4.80/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (27-5-7)
 Hernandez (64-19-8)
 House (2-1-1)
 Molina (3-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 18/.278 321/.220 185/.291 262/.260 19/.250 192/.260 18/.278 72/.242 227/.293 27/.238 278/.206 217/.327 316/.265 .275  Markakis
 Patterson
 Payton
 Bynum
 Redman
 Millar
 Fahey
 Moore
0/0/152/12
0/132/0/8
117/17/5/3
20/4/0/2
9/19/0/0
3/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .667 .627 .847 .766 .806 .739 .667 .833 .851 .836 .603 .915 .766 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.125 137/.481 73/.924 118/.715 12/.879 74/.682 8/1.125 25/1.028 71/.625 13/.641 114/.384 120/1.006 136/.906 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/.300 184/.738 112/.799 144/.805 7/.629 118/.775 10/.300 47/.709 156/.957 14/1.056 164/.758 97/.806 180/.666 .773
Home 8/.625 175/.563 85/.562 148/.768 / 96/.904 8/.625 20/.879 159/.805 12/.879 156/.638 117/.839 137/.679 .744
Last 28d days 18/.667 50/.623 23/.635 41/.733 19/.806 59/.670 18/.667 32/.999 44/.626 27/.836 49/.997 59/1.109 97/.603
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 6/1/1 3/6/2 3/4/3 1/0/0 6/2/1 0/0/0 3/0/0 9/0/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 8/1/1 6/3/4 147/87/42
Usage ·····o·· o··XX·X· ········ ······o· ·X···o·· X·o··oX· ·····o·· ·····X·· X···X·oX ··oo·o·X o··oX··X ····X·X· X···X···
Texas Rangers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Santos
G/S/vB
28.Baez
G/S/vB
30.Bell
G/S/vB
25.Birkins*
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
23.Cabrera
G/S/vB
38.Cherry
G/S/vB
39.Hoey
G/S/vB
58.Liz
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 3/1.167 2/.000 9/.611 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 210/158 .296/.357/.534/.892 .788/.924 .960 52/1.090 3/1 8/6
19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 160/116 .239/.338/.348/.685 .797/.642 .667 80/.718 1/0 2/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 425/315 .307/.355/.455/.810 .833/.802 .904 107/.714 5/3 9/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/1.167 15/.929 4/1.750 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 360/343 .267/.345/.460/.805 .701/.808 .985 65/.824 2/1 11/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 305/201 .221/.277/.354/.631 .553/.671 .682 57/.561 1/4 7/4
4.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 5.000/ 1/5.000 0/0 1/0
3.Hairston G/S/vP 10/.450 7/.572 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 184/98 .189/.249/.289/.538 .566/.512 .496 11/.282 5/1 3/3
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 526/396 .262/.351/.444/.796 1.025/.721 .912 116/.953 21/2 19/16
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.334 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 427/311 .219/.273/.332/.604 .624/.597 .609 50/.458 6/2 8/12
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 154/92 .237/.280/.403/.683 .719/.658 .655 32/.541 0/0 3/7
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 92/72 .365/.413/.600/1.013 1.134/.979 .782 67/.938 0/0 2/1
16.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .429/.500/.571/1.071 1.667/.800 .000 8/1.071 0/0 0/1
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 305/185 .266/.308/.423/.731 .629/.798 .739 71/.722 0/0 11/10
21.Sosa G/S/vP 16/.792 3/.000 20/.929 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 442/306 .253/.308/.467/.774 .994/.681 .726 43/.984 0/0 20/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 331/244 .237/.309/.383/.693 .489/.765 .628 62/.664 1/0 8/7
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 380/274 .233/.316/.471/.787 .845/.764 .882 70/.801 4/1 20/5
10.Young G/S/vP 1/.000 15/.134 5/.000 1/.000 25/.400 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 664/501 .314/.366/.417/.783 .810/.774 .810 112/.825 12/2 8/19
IP 56.0 50.1 44.2 27.1 61.1 39.2 28.2 20.1 14.0 57.1 TOTAL .262/.328/.425/.753 .754/.751 .782 83/22 168/117
ERA-K/9 5.95/7.6 6.44/5.2 6.65/5.2 9.22/7.3 3.38/4.1 7.94/10.4 4.40/7.2 8.41/6.7 7.71/7.1 3.30/6.3 5.07/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (56-34-9)
 Quiroz (4-0-0)
 Saltalamacchia (30-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.300 233/.259 214/.332 137/.355 273/.293 193/.302 128/.210 98/.289 71/.291 245/.249 .265  Byrd
 Cruz
 Murphy
 Hairston
 Catalanotto
 Wilkerson
 Botts
 Sosa
 Laird
 Guzman
18/56/40/9
16/0/73/5
25/9/13/3
21/22/6/3
64/0/0/2
36/1/19/2
21/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
OPS .926 .820 .921 .956 .670 .954 .706 .853 .901 .664 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.933 95/.992 91/1.098 51/.876 86/.760 83/1.212 50/.669 37/1.192 36/.897 118/.597 .827
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.922 138/.703 123/.796 86/1.002 187/.629 110/.780 78/.728 61/.652 35/.900 127/.726 .717
Road 129/.980 93/.827 102/.936 79/1.047 127/.528 82/1.057 48/.950 37/.888 40/1.069 118/.674 .751
Last 28d days 36/1.347 39/1.042 80/1.059 69/.898 45/.775 36/1.121 62/.733 60/1.010 71/.901 43/.702
HR/SB/CS 13/4/2 8/6/0 7/7/0 3/1/0 0/4/1 9/4/4 3/1/0 2/3/0 2/1/1 5/2/1 152/103/29
Usage ····X··· ········ ··X·XX·· ···X·X·· oo··X··o X·X·o··· o·X·X··· X··XX·oX ···o·X·· X···X·Xo

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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