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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 13, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Baltimore Orioles, 45-47, 4th, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Daniel Cabrera (27, RHP, 6-4, 4.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-4)            124.2 120  61  61  51  69 15    4.40      
 2007 (9-18)           204.1 207 133 126 108 166 25    5.55      
 2006 (9-10)           148   130  82  78 104 157 11    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  44.2  50  29  29  19  25  5    5.84   44 
 2008-07-08   @TOR  ND   6.1   6   4   4   4   3  0     101   44 
 2008-07-02    KCR   W   9     7   2   2   0   2  1     105   67 
 2008-06-27   @WSN   L   6.1   9   4   4   3   4  0      91   40 
 2008-06-21   @MIL   L   6     7   3   3   3   8  1      98   51 
 2008-06-15    PIT  ND   6     6   4   4   5   2  1     109   41 
 2008-06-10   @BOS  ND   5     7   6   6   4   3  2      95   28 
 2008-06-04   @MIN   L   6     8   6   6   0   3  0     102   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-2  28.2  34  17  17  12  19  5    5.34   45 
 2008-06-10   @BOS  ND   5     7   6   6   4   3  2      95   28 
 2008-05-30    BOS  ND   7     6   2   2   2   2  0     113   57 
 2008-05-14    BOS   W   7    10   3   3   0   3  2     103   48 
 2007-09-07    BOS   L   3.2   6   3   3   2   4  0      75   39 
 2007-09-02   @BOS   L   6     5   3   3   4   7  1     117   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-16   Road:   20-31   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  36-32   vsLHP:   9-15   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 16-23   vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  9-10 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Sat, Jul 12  @BOS  L   1-12      45-47  4th  9.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 11  @BOS  W   7-3       45-46  4th  9.5 gb
 91 Thu, Jul 10  @TOR  L   5-6       44-46  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul  9  @TOR  L   8-9       44-45  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  8  @TOR  L   6-7       44-44  4th 10.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6   TEX  L  10-11      44-43  4th 11.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   TEX  L   3-5       44-42  4th 10.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   TEX  W  10-4       44-41  3rd  9.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  3   KCR  L   7-10      43-41  4th  9.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2   KCR  W   5-2       43-40  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Boston Red Sox, 56-40, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 9-1, 2.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-1)             82.1  61  29  26  52  70  5    2.84      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  34.2  33  16  13  22  30  2    3.38   51 
 2008-07-07    MIN  ND   7.1   6   0   0   3   5  0     108   68 
 2008-07-02   @TBR  ND   5     2   1   1   5   5  0     101   59 
 2008-06-27   @HOU   W   5     2   0   0   3   4  0      87   64 
 2008-06-21    STL   L   1     6   7   7   3   1  1      48   11 
 2008-05-27   @SEA  ND   4     4   3   2   0   2  0      65   46 
 2008-05-22    KCR   W   5.2   6   3   3   6   7  0     118   46 
 2008-05-17    MIL   W   6.2   7   2   0   2   6  1     103   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      0-1   9.2  10   9   9   7   9  2    8.38   41 
 2007-09-08   @BAL   L   2.2   6   8   8   3   2  2      72   13 
 2007-08-10   @BAL  ND   7     4   1   1   4   7  0     113   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-11   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  42-35   vsLHP:  14-5    1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast: 19-19   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 11-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sat, Jul 12   BAL  W  12-1       56-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 11   BAL  L   3-7       55-40  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul  9   MIN  W  18-5       55-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul  8   MIN  W   6-5       54-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul  7   MIN  W   1-0       53-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul  6  @NYY  L   4-5 (10)  52-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul  5  @NYY  L   1-2       52-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul  4  @NYY  W   6-4       52-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  3  @NYY  W   7-0       51-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  2  @TBR  L   6-7       50-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 BOS 12  BAL  1        W:Tim Wakefield (6-6), L: Radhames Liz (3-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 BAL  7 @BOS  3        W:Brian Burres (7-5), L: Clay Buchholz (2-4), S: George Sherrill (28)
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 BOS  9  BAL  2        W:Jon Lester (5-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 BOS  6  BAL  3        W:Bartolo Colon (4-1), L: Garrett Olson (5-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (19)
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 BAL 10 @BOS  6        W:Dennis Sarfate (4-1), L: Hideki Okajima (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 BAL  6  BOS  3        W:Jim Johnson (1-2), L: Hideki Okajima (1-1), S: George Sherrill (18)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 BOS  9 @BAL  4        W:Bartolo Colon (3-0), L: Brian Burres (4-5), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 BOS  6 @BAL  3        W:David Aardsma (2-1), L: Lance Cormier (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (16)
Fri, May 30, 2008 BOS  5 @BAL  2 (13)   W:Mike Timlin (3-3), L: Chad Bradford (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (15)
Wed, May 14, 2008 BAL  6  BOS  3        W:Daniel Cabrera (4-1), L: Craig Hansen (0-2), S: George Sherrill (15)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 6-5; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1110-916

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  5.54

CLE  4.53

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIL  4.52

TEX  5.77

BA

C. Jones  .378

R. Winn  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .473

J. Hardy  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .656

J. Crede  .466

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.098

L. Scott  .815

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Sanchez  3.97

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.63

M. Garza  6.07

L. Hernandez  3.36

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 118/101 .183/.226/.229/.455 .235/.495 .551 24/.182 2/3 0/
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 65/51 .230/.254/.344/.598 .368/.661 .492 38/.687 0/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 7/.629 6/1.167 3/1.667 4/.833 4/.500 15/.795 291/224 .239/.286/.381/.667 .740/.645 .620 84/.763 0/0 8/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 7/.286 1/2.000 7/.858 8/.500 4/.000 22/.814 382/272 .282/.346/.526/.872 .778/.911 .829 100/1.194 2/0 18/
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 6/.334 5/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.400 354/275 .277/.317/.405/.723 .703/.728 .676 100/.832 8/2 5/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 5/.200 3/.333 8/1.025 2/1.000 8/.393 10/.856 5/.000 10/1.711 409/287 .301/.399/.494/.893 .985/.853 .915 117/.962 9/4 14/
15.Millar G/S/vP 5/.400 1/3.000 8/.125 4/.000 3/1.167 7/.310 4/.000 10/1.167 374/275 .240/.340/.393/.732 .790/.712 .639 94/.621 0/1 12/
6.Mora G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 8/.542 4/1.750 2/.000 5/1.100 6/.334 23/.776 358/262 .238/.306/.394/.700 .856/.644 .665 92/.595 2/6 11/
16.Payton G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/1.400 4/.500 6/.000 189/123 .243/.283/.373/.656 .851/.546 .758 52/.610 3/0 6/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/66 .211/.286/.316/.602 .961/.490 .572 20/.762 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 6/1.100 4/.500 6/.333 2/.500 8/.250 5/1.350 8/.375 14/.721 408/290 .293/.373/.489/.861 .878/.854 .829 114/.955 27/9 7/
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 304/242 .257/.336/.480/.815 .676/.852 .743 82/.621 2/1 14/
IP 82.1 39.0 38.1 26.1 37.0 37.2 39.2 25.2 TOTAL .259/.326/.423/.749 .779/.739 .712 .777 57/27 101/54
ERA-K/9 2.84/7.7 2.77/9.5 4.70/8.7 5.47/7.5 2.19/5.1 2.87/8.6 2.27/11.3 6.31/5.3 3.83/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (61-16-5)
 Quiroz (16-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.203 168/.203 167/.247 124/.236 153/.259 164/.259 155/.201 121/.308 .243  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
0/0/91/9
63/0/0/2
57/6/2/2
0/90/0/1
OPS .645 .628 .704 .668 .725 .698 .551 .866 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.743 73/.596 72/.613 49/.783 81/.734 64/.586 88/.535 57/1.003 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.546 95/.654 95/.776 75/.595 72/.716 100/.772 67/.571 64/.744 .695
Home 201/.754 90/.775 79/.647 70/.700 92/.735 72/.843 80/.424 57/.884 .711
Last 28d days 84/.702 35/.467 44/.710 40/.715 50/.797 45/.866 36/.493 27/.839
HR/SB/CS 5/9/2 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 83/69/20
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··· ·X·o··X· o··X···· ·o·X··oX ·····oX· ····XoX· oo·X···o
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Cabrera
G/S/vB
35.Aquino
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
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.715 3/1.334 2/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 134/109 .363/.410/.460/.870 .902/.862 .975 37/.836 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 101/80 .242/.307/.374/.681 .873/.631 .670 21/.886 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 30/1.059 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 65/58 .276/.354/.362/.716 1.071/.674 .745 15/.533 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 18/.675 ··· 6/1.467 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.000 234/187 .259/.309/.410/.719 .983/.651 .775 55/.862 13/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 15/1.400 3/1.167 7/.762 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 333/269 .302/.411/.571/.982 .984/.981 1.015 101/.979 2/1 17/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 17/1.236 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 359/278 .273/.342/.379/.721 .604/.755 .832 110/.631 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 23/1.360 2/.000 11/.489 2/.000 ··· 10/.900 6/1.267 2/.000 2/1.000 324/263 .301/.364/.514/.878 1.033/.844 .896 110/.980 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .283/.314/.435/.749 1.318/.571 .646 4/.000 0/0 1/
44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/63 .295/.337/.462/.799 .664/.842 .750 50/.797 1/1 2/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/1.192 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 430/335 .312/.356/.458/.814 .987/.765 .808 118/1.167 9/0 9/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 22/.935 ··· 18/1.333 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.900 2/.500 5/.600 376/308 .292/.388/.520/.908 .725/.951 .923 95/.820 1/0 18/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 27/.724 ··· 20/1.017 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 3/.666 3/1.334 284/227 .220/.299/.358/.658 .662/.657 .721 82/.387 0/0 7/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 26/.846 1/2.000 8/1.071 3/.666 ··· 6/1.333 5/.650 2/5.000 3/.333 370/312 .316/.381/.555/.936 1.061/.915 .943 93/.997 3/4 15/
IP 124.2 9.1 33.1 6.2 1.0 34.1 52.1 40.0 39.2 TOTAL .282/.355/.452/.807 .832/.801 .853 .823 78/22 108/55
ERA-K/9 4.40/5.0 12.54/8.7 2.70/3.0 0.00/9.4 0.00/9.0 3.15/6.8 2.06/4.8 3.60/9.7 4.08/9.7 4.57/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (29-11-11)
 Varitek (40-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.258 54/.415 139/.286 27/.208 5/.250 148/.244 203/.184 179/.203 174/.221 .264  Ramirez
 Drew
 Crisp
 Moss
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
59/0/0/6
0/1/78/5
0/70/0/3
11/0/14/2
48/41/12/2
0/0/2/0
OPS .745 1.114 .681 .546 .650 .684 .468 .663 .695 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 293/.816 23/.879 44/.770 13/.657 2/1.000 65/.544 96/.525 85/.591 52/.525 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.661 31/1.296 95/.641 14/.445 3/.333 83/.792 107/.418 94/.721 122/.767 .750
Road 339/.688 26/.862 71/.566 19/.566 5/.650 120/.665 110/.532 103/.639 81/.763 .751
Last 28d days 145/.734 17/.937 45/.643 27/.546 5/.650 71/.733 64/.542 52/.662 49/1.022
HR/SB/CS 15/16/4 1/1/0 2/0/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 0/2/2 2/5/1 5/2/0 101/77/24
Usage ····X··· X··o···X ·o··o·o· X··X··X· o···o··· X··X···o ·Xo·X·X· ····o··X ·oo···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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