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Game Preview: BAL @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, August 4, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Baltimore Orioles, 53-57, 5th, 13 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Dennis Sarfate (27, RHP, 4-2, 4.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             54    37  28  24  42  57  4    4.00      
 2007 (1-0)              8.1   5   1   1   1  14  0    1.08      
 2006 (0-0)              8.1   9   4   4   4  11  0    4.32      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   4     2   5   3   3   5  1    6.75   44 
 2008-07-30   @NYY   L   4     2   5   3   3   5  1      68   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA    Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-23   Road:   24-34   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  42-40   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 19-28   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 12-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  3  @SEA  L   4-8       53-57  5th 13.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @SEA  W   3-1       53-56  5th 12.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @SEA  W  10-5       52-56  5th 12.0 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30  @NYY  L   3-13      51-56  5th 12.0 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29  @NYY  W   7-6       51-55  5th 11.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28  @NYY  W  13-4       50-55  5th 11.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27   LAA  W   5-2       49-55  5th 12.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26   LAA  L   6-11      48-55  5th 13.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 25   LAA  L   5-6       48-54  5th 12.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24   TOR  L   1-7       48-53  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 69-42, 1st, 11½ up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-5, 3.09)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-5)           139.2 122  55  48  39  68 17    3.09      
 2007 (8-5)            107.1 129  56  53  34  69 11    4.44      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45.2  39  20  16  16  22  6    3.15   54 
 2008-07-30   @BOS   W   6     5   2   2   3   2  1     103   53 
 2008-07-25   @BAL   W   6.2   6   4   3   2   2  1     103   48 
 2008-07-19    BOS  ND   6.2   6   2   2   3   1  1     111   52 
 2008-07-08   @TEX   L   8     6   3   3   0   5  1     109   63 
 2008-07-02    OAK   W   6.1   6   4   2   2   5  0     111   52 
 2008-06-27   @LAD   L   5     5   3   2   4   4  1      92   47 
 2008-06-21   @PHI   W   7     5   2   2   2   3  1      93   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      4-0  22.2  32  14  13   6   6  3    5.16   41 
 2008-07-25   @BAL   W   6.2   6   4   3   2   2  1     103   48 
 2008-05-04    BAL   W   5    12   4   4   0   1  1      85   28 
 2007-09-11   @BAL   W   5    10   4   4   1   3  1      87   33 
 2007-06-02    BAL   W   6     4   2   2   3   0  0      99   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-21   Road:   38-21   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  49-35   vsLHP:  20-7    1-Run:  21-13
 vsEast: 22-12   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  3  @NYY  L   9-14      69-42  1st 11.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  2  @NYY  L   2-8       69-41  1st 12.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  1  @NYY  W   1-0       69-40  1st 12.5 up
108 Thu, Jul 31  @NYY  W  12-6       68-40  1st 12.5 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @BOS  W   9-2       67-40  1st 11.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @BOS  W   6-2       66-40  1st 11.5 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @BOS  W   7-5       65-40  1st 11.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @BAL  L   2-5       64-40  1st 10.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @BAL  W  11-6       64-39  1st 10.5 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @BAL  W   6-5       63-39  1st 10.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 BAL  5  LAA  2        W:Garrett Olson (7-5), L: Ervin Santana (11-5), S: George Sherrill (30)
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 LAA 11 @BAL  6        W:Jon Garland (9-6), L: Radhames Liz (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 LAA  6 @BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (13-5), L: Brian Burres (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (43)
Sun, May 04, 2008 LAA  6  BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (6-0), L: Steve Trachsel (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13)
Sat, May 03, 2008 LAA  3  BAL  1        W:Jon Garland (4-3), L: Daniel Cabrera (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Fri, May 02, 2008 BAL  4 @LAA  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (1-3), L: Jered Weaver (2-4), S: George Sherrill (11)

Thu, Sep 13, 2007 BAL  3  LAA  0        W:Jon Leicester (2-1), L: John Lackey (16-9), S: Jamie Walker (5)
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 LAA 18 @BAL  6        W:Kelvim Escobar (17-7), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-16), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 LAA 10 @BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (8-3), L: Victor Santos (1-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 LAA  4 @BAL  3        W:John Lackey (11-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (24)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 4-2; 2007 - LAA won 7-3; 2006 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - BAL leads 326-265

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 2008 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

TEX  5.63

MIL  4.63

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.88

MIN  4.63

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .369

D. Wright  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Uggla  .359

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .614

C. Blake  .475

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

D. DeJesus  .818

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

T. Wellemeyer  6.12

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
53.O'Day
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 53/36 .143/.176/.204/.381 .243/.441 .428 42/.456 0/0 1/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.800 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 79/50 .284/.303/.392/.695 .605/.743 .491 5/.800 0/1 1/
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 3/1.167 92/72 .241/.267/.345/.611 .358/.683 .480 44/.596 0/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 11/.819 1/no AB ··· 18/1.257 8/.375 19/.941 7/.453 343/259 .253/.307/.426/.733 .767/.722 .670 71/.980 0/0 12/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 9/1.112 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.167 10/.200 14/.891 459/326 .304/.362/.551/.912 .748/.982 .888 99/1.079 2/0 22/
10.Jones G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 430/334 .279/.320/.405/.725 .689/.734 .713 97/.739 8/3 7/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 490/347 .295/.396/.476/.872 .988/.823 .915 104/.841 10/6 15/
15.Millar G/S/vP 12/2.194 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 8/1.089 11/1.936 14/.453 445/329 .251/.348/.423/.771 .851/.744 .707 92/.800 0/1 16/
6.Mora G/S/vP 12/1.383 ··· ··· 12/.633 11/.573 9/1.334 16/1.114 431/316 .252/.315/.424/.739 .925/.672 .647 93/.878 2/7 15/
16.Payton G/S/vP 14/1.126 ··· 2/.500 6/1.667 12/.334 8/.946 4/1.250 222/148 .243/.277/.381/.658 .895/.535 .744 39/.692 4/0 6/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/88 .219/.292/.313/.605 .961/.523 .539 22/.618 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 12/.349 1/.000 ··· 9/.365 8/.500 5/.000 7/.733 489/352 .287/.368/.474/.842 .875/.829 .851 103/.754 28/10 8/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 372/297 .255/.339/.485/.823 .718/.851 .690 83/.772 2/1 18/
IP 139.2 32.0 37.1 49.1 48.1 42.1 46.0 TOTAL .264/.331/.432/.763 .793/.753 .728 .803 60/32 126/64
ERA-K/9 3.09/4.4 1.13/8.2 4.34/5.8 3.28/4.9 2.42/9.3 2.98/9.6 4.89/7.0 3.90/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (70-20-6)
 Quiroz (21-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 560/.237 129/.197 167/.293 203/.281 200/.181 173/.232 206/.250 .257  Markakis
 Jones
 Payton
 Scott
0/0/109/11
0/106/0/3
65/8/2/3
76/0/0/2
OPS .671 .536 .745 .742 .601 .655 .813 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.618 57/.473 77/.792 84/.832 98/.690 86/.468 95/.999 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 428/.686 72/.587 90/.706 119/.677 102/.519 87/.836 111/.651 .716
Home 267/.724 57/.686 76/.691 108/.634 85/.595 79/.679 91/.798 .729
Last 28d days 110/.721 56/.676 44/.684 47/.684 50/.827 42/.746 45/.802
HR/SB/CS 17/11/6 2/2/1 2/2/1 3/4/2 4/6/0 4/5/1 10/5/1 112/80/24
Usage ····X··· X··o··X· ·X·o···o X··Xo··· ··o···o· X·····X· ·X··X··X
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
51.Bierd
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
26.Cabrera
G/S/vB
23.Castillo*
G/S/vB
54.Cormier
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 11/.989 2/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 13/1.129 10/.633 415/332 .285/.320/.427/.747 .688/.762 .799 91/.880 6/3 11/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 257/188 .285/.320/.406/.726 .734/.723 .631 48/.904 6/2 3/
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 10/.730 7/.572 335/258 .287/.383/.332/.715 .766/.700 .725 97/.712 21/8 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 9/1.000 5/1.933 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 428/326 .282/.346/.479/.825 .760/.846 .755 94/.824 2/2 18/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 4/3.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 7/1.738 424/322 .281/.342/.495/.837 .841/.835 .905 81/1.161 10/4 18/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 311/243 .263/.324/.352/.676 .652/.691 .672 66/.740 10/2 3/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 263/198 .332/.357/.482/.839 .909/.816 .869 95/.953 8/3 3/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 247/184 .213/.293/.360/.653 .903/.573 .624 81/.653 2/1 8/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 4/2.500 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 7/1.071 4/1.000 375/280 .225/.304/.332/.636 .702/.613 .616 42/.322 6/2 7/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 112/65 .262/.313/.320/.633 .666/.609 .724 14/.571 1/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 148/94 .231/.291/.403/.694 .594/.753 .793 75/.818 0/0 6/
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.750 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.833 6/.666 474/313 .281/.390/.506/.897 .881/.904 .957 91/1.010 1/0 21/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 86/71 .185/.341/.231/.572 .457/.593 .675 11/1.067 1/0 0/
IP 54.0 18.1 39.1 15.0 8.2 40.2 59.1 44.2 23.1 TOTAL .262/.324/.402/.726 .745/.720 .728 .814 81/30 105/65
ERA-K/9 4.00/9.5 1.47/5.4 2.52/3.0 4.80/10.8 2.08/8.3 4.43/7.1 1.97/4.9 4.23/9.9 4.63/7.3 4.73/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (44-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.198 82/.264 157/.278 68/.255 35/.167 182/.269 231/.191 197/.240 105/.316 .269  Anderson
 Guerrero
 Matthews
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
61/0/0/5
0/0/72/5
30/18/31/4
0/95/0/3
18/1/10/2
14/6/15/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .657 .703 .652 .877 .586 .750 .479 .714 .914 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.593 37/.836 50/.756 30/.945 12/.750 81/.669 110/.544 62/.592 63/1.144 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.706 45/.581 107/.605 38/.821 23/.471 101/.813 121/.422 135/.770 42/.539 .767
Road 128/.607 37/.695 72/.557 26/1.042 16/.822 129/.752 123/.559 88/.802 57/1.221 .758
Last 28d days 60/.721 25/.750 21/.381 55/.973 35/.586 54/1.049 48/.568 31/.970 8/.500
HR/SB/CS 4/5/2 1/0/0 2/0/3 4/2/1 1/1/0 3/3/1 0/3/2 5/3/0 6/1/1 124/91/28
Usage ····X··· ······X· o······o ····X··· ····X··· ··X···X· X····X·o ·····X·o o·····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.

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