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Game Preview: BAL @ CLE, 7:05pm, Monday, August 11, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Baltimore Orioles, 56-60, 5th, 14½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Dennis Sarfate (27, RHP, 4-2, 4.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             57    43  33  29  45  58  5    4.58      
 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   7     8  10   8   6   6  2   10.29   35 
 2008-08-04   @LAA  ND   3     6   5   5   3   1  1      71   25 
 2008-07-30   @NYY   L   4     2   5   3   3   5  1      68   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-24   Road:   25-36   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  45-41   vsLHP:  11-19   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 19-28   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 10   TEX  L   7-15      56-60  5th 14.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   TEX  W   9-0       56-59  5th 13.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   TEX  W   9-1       55-59  5th 13.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @LAA  L   4-9       54-59  5th 14.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @LAA  W   3-0       54-58  5th 13.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @LAA  L   5-6       53-58  5th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Cleveland Indians, 52-64, 5th, 13 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 5-4, 4.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             70.2  69  39  35  47  31  2    4.46      
 2007 (19-8)           215   199  78  73  61 137 16    3.06      
 2006 (1-10)            74.2  88  46  45  31  58  9    5.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  36    35  27  25  21  18  1    6.25   43 
 2008-08-05   @TBR   L   4     3   4   4   5   4  0      83   39 
 2008-07-31    DET   W   6.1   5   4   2   1   3  0      99   53 
 2008-07-26    MIN   L   2.1   7   9   9   3   1  1      69    5 
 2008-05-23    TEX   L   2     5   6   6   3   1  0      56   20 
 2008-05-17   @CIN  ND   7.1   4   1   1   0   4  0      99   70 
 2008-05-12    TOR   W   9     5   0   0   4   3  0     108   76 
 2008-05-06   @NYY  ND   5     6   3   3   5   2  0      91   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      2-1  20.2  21  10   9   6   4  3    3.92   49 
 2007-05-07   @BAL   W   7     7   1   0   1   2  0     105   62 
 2007-04-29    BAL   W   8.1   6   1   1   2   1  1     104   66 
 2006-04-20   @BAL   L   5.1   8   8   8   3   1  2      85   18 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-26   Road:   23-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  40-46   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-8    vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sun, Aug 10  @TOR  W   4-0       52-64  5th 13.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9  @TOR  W   4-2       51-64  5th 13.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8  @TOR  W   5-2       50-64  5th 14.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @TBR  L   7-10      49-64  5th 14.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @TBR  L   4-8       49-63  5th 13.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4  @TBR  W   5-2       49-62  5th 12.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @MIN  L   2-6       48-62  5th 13.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @MIN  W   5-1       48-61  5th 13.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @MIN  L   1-4       47-61  5th 14.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31   DET  W   9-4       47-60  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 07, 2007 CLE 10 @BAL  1        W:Fausto Carmona (3-1), L: Chad Bradford (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 CLE  9 @BAL  6        W:C.C. Sabathia (5-0), L: Brian Burres (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (11)
Sat, May 05, 2007 BAL  8  CLE  2        W:Daniel Cabrera (2-3), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2007 BAL  3  CLE  2 (10)   W:Chris Ray (3-2), L: Tom Mastny (2-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 CLE  6  BAL  1        W:Fausto Carmona (2-1), L: Jaret Wright (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 28, 2007 BAL  7 @CLE  4        W:Jamie Walker (1-0), L: Fernando Cabrera (1-1), S: Chris Ray (7)
Fri, Apr 27, 2007 CLE  5  BAL  4        W:Jake Westbrook (1-2), L: Steve Trachsel (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (9)
Sun, Jul 09, 2006 BAL  5 @CLE  4        W:Kurt Birkins (4-1), L: Fausto Carmona (1-3), S: Chris Ray (22)
Sat, Jul 08, 2006 BAL  7 @CLE  4        W:Erik Bedard (10-6), L: Jeremy Sowers (1-2), S: Chris Ray (21)
Fri, Jul 07, 2006 CLE  9  BAL  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (7-4), L: Kris Benson (9-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; 2006 - BAL won 4-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1094-829

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  5.61

CLE  4.66

WSN  3.76

RA/G

TOR  3.97

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .370

A. Rowand  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

T. Wigginton  .361

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .618

G. Atkins  .480

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.080

A. Lind  .831

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

E. Jackson  4.07

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Donnelly
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
27.Reyes
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Castro G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 67/48 .177/.200/.226/.426 .217/.506 .340 56/.491 0/0 1/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 5/.700 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 89/57 .274/.291/.369/.660 .544/.721 .518 15/.533 0/1 1/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.167 9/.985 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.600 361/274 .252/.306/.416/.722 .764/.709 .651 69/.975 0/0 12/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 7/1.000 8/.964 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 487/347 .303/.361/.547/.908 .761/.970 .865 100/1.036 2/0 23/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 518/368 .297/.398/.484/.882 .952/.852 .930 104/.840 10/6 17/
15.Millar G/S/vP 7/.571 2/.000 8/.375 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.071 472/349 .246/.339/.422/.761 .815/.742 .678 97/.874 0/1 18/
3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .500/.500/.800/1.300 1.333/1.286 1.750 10/1.300 0/0 1/
6.Mora G/S/vP 11/1.101 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 455/333 .265/.327/.450/.777 .987/.701 .667 92/1.110 2/7 17/
16.Payton G/S/vP 9/.888 9/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 247/168 .249/.286/.382/.668 .948/.533 .729 54/.719 4/1 6/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 115/93 .204/.274/.291/.566 .868/.493 .513 26/.519 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 12/1.117 3/2.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.733 517/373 .295/.377/.481/.858 .927/.832 .836 104/.834 29/10 8/
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 391/313 .262/.345/.496/.841 .708/.875 .716 83/.963 2/1 19/
IP 70.2 47.1 49.2 45.1 22.2 59.1 21.0 38.0 TOTAL .267/.333/.437/.770 .801/.759 .726 .857 61/33 135/65
ERA-K/9 4.46/3.9 6.27/8.9 /0.0 4.17/6.0 4.17/6.2 6.35/6.3 2.88/9.3 3.86/6.0 6.63/6.4 4.36/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (74-20-7)
 Quiroz (22-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 318/.261 211/.296 / 211/.258 208/.274 98/.278 238/.222 88/.280 180/.308 .272  Markakis
 Payton
 Scott
 Montanez
0/0/115/12
65/14/2/3
80/0/0/2
5/0/0/0
OPS .733 .875 .717 .786 .839 .617 .749 .887 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.789 96/.824 / 97/.817 108/.788 45/.846 100/.548 41/.561 84/.949 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.658 115/.917 / 114/.632 100/.783 53/.831 138/.665 47/.928 96/.832 .734
Home 194/.742 122/.808 / 126/.607 107/.767 54/.810 105/.583 41/.791 93/.832 .704
Last 28d days 63/.887 26/1.124 / 29/1.288 59/.670 29/1.022 61/.422 27/.638 35/.914
HR/SB/CS 2/5/1 11/7/1 // 8/2/0 4/1/0 4/0/0 6/2/3 2/1/0 7/4/1 126/47/20
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ····o··· ··X··X·· ····oX·· o·X·X·o· ··X····· ·····o·X
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
51.Bierd
G/S/vB
26.Cabrera
G/S/vB
23.Castillo*
G/S/vB
57.Cherry
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
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 262/203 .206/.307/.291/.599 .661/.592 .613 77/.768 2/2 3/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· 281/198 .266/.343/.332/.675 .614/.701 .890 33/.593 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 207/165 .264/.353/.438/.791 .645/.830 .865 80/.827 4/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.333 295/282 .253/.315/.430/.745 .077/.777 .624 50/.971 2/2 10/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/23 .310/.382/.414/.796 .750/.807 .921 20/.691 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 349/265 .274/.333/.455/.789 .684/.822 .909 87/.660 3/3 11/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 398/303 .244/.317/.354/.671 .746/.647 .672 70/.684 0/0 8/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 20/6 .200/.400/.200/.600 .722/.333 .762 20/.600 0/1 0/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 302/206 .218/.262/.350/.612 .684/.579 .659 72/.716 4/2 5/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/119 .185/.236/.285/.521 .766/.431 .487 78/.576 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 6/1.500 462/356 .276/.317/.499/.816 .792/.823 .719 94/.928 3/0 19/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 257/187 .270/.340/.513/.853 .881/.842 .934 75/1.090 0/0 12/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 6/1.667 526/381 .269/.378/.525/.903 .815/.935 1.047 104/.859 27/3 27/
IP 57.0 21.0 18.2 12.2 1.0 43.2 60.1 48.1 25.1 TOTAL .254/.327/.413/.740 .732/.743 .760 .800 56/19 120/58
ERA-K/9 4.58/9.2 3.43/5.6 3.86/10.1 1.42/7.1 0.00/9.0 4.95/6.6 1.94/4.8 4.66/9.7 4.26/6.8 4.76/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (4-3-1)
 Shoppach (23-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 254/.214 100/.294 82/.246 48/.140 3/.000 201/.292 235/.192 216/.242 111/.297 .269  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Choo
 Dellucci
 Carroll
58/2/26/11
7/9/70/3
0/108/0/2
10/0/35/2
48/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .697 .772 .791 .462 .000 .784 .485 .734 .861 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.643 44/.866 35/.793 15/.600 1/.000 89/.724 111/.538 65/.596 65/1.107 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.739 56/.698 47/.786 33/.385 2/.000 112/.827 124/.438 151/.795 46/.489 .768
Road 147/.685 50/.684 28/.958 26/.569 / 136/.782 123/.559 101/.787 60/1.159 .758
Last 28d days 67/.852 43/.900 55/.919 42/.401 3/.000 53/1.068 29/.653 42/.891 14/.286
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 1/0/0 4/3/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 0/3/2 6/3/0 6/1/1 131/96/28
Usage ······X· X·····X· XX····o· ·o··X·o· ·o······ X···X··· ··o····X X····oX· ··o·o··o

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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