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Game Preview: BAL @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Baltimore Orioles, 56-61, 5th, 15 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 8-6, 6.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-6)            101   126  69  68  42  58 14    6.06      
 2007 (1-3)             32.1  42  28  28  28  28  4    7.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  36.2  56  35  34  18  15  7    8.35   32 
 2008-08-06   @LAA   L   2.2   7   6   6   2   3  2      65   21 
 2008-08-01   @SEA   W   8.1  11   3   3   1   1  0     117   49 
 2008-07-27    LAA   W   6     7   2   2   2   1  0      97   49 
 2008-07-22    TOR  ND   4.2   9   6   6   3   1  1     108   20 
 2008-07-17    DET   L   6     7   5   5   4   5  2      91   39 
 2008-07-09   @TOR   L   3.2   7   7   7   4   2  0      76   17 
 2008-07-03    KCR  ND   5.1   8   6   5   2   2  2      89   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-24   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  45-42   vsLHP:  11-19   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 19-28   vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 11  @CLE  L   8-13      56-61  5th 15.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Cleveland Indians, 53-64, 5th, 12½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 1-6, 5.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-6)             71    85  53  45  26  40 13    5.70      
 2007 (1-6)             67.1  84  49  48  21  24 10    6.42      
 2006 (7-4)             88.1  85  36  35  20  35 10    3.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  39.1  38  31  24  16  25  7    5.49   45 
 2008-08-06   @TBR  ND   6     6   4   3   3   2  1     101   45 
 2008-08-01   @MIN   L   6.2   6   4   4   0   4  1      96   50 
 2008-07-27    MIN  ND   8     3   2   2   1   5  0     101   72 
 2008-07-19   @SEA   W   6     5   4   4   3   3  1     103   46 
 2008-07-13    TBR  ND   4     3   2   2   7   8  0      93   49 
 2008-07-08   @DET   L   5.2  10   7   6   0   1  2      93   24 
 2008-06-30   @CHW   L   3     5   8   3   2   2  2      63   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      0-2  11.2  18  16  15   8   1  2   11.57   28 
 2007-05-05   @BAL   L   2     5   6   6   3   0  1      44   19 
 2007-04-28    BAL  ND   6     6   3   2   2   1  0      98   49 
 2006-07-08    BAL   L   3.2   7   7   7   3   0  1      81   16 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-26   Road:   23-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  41-46   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 16-8    vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Mon, Aug 11   BAL  W  13-8       53-64  5th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 CLE 13  BAL  8        W:Edward Mujica (1-1), L: Rocky Cherry (0-1), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 1-0; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; 2006 - BAL won 4-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1095-829

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

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.74

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .370

C. Utley  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

M. Aviles  .360

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

S. Drew  .481

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

J. Willingham  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

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 (4.93 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
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 2/1.000 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 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 93/61 .276/.300/.368/.668 .544/.730 .538 19/.594 0/1 1/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 7/1.629 3/1.167 10/.875 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.600 365/278 .254/.310/.417/.727 .764/.716 .663 73/.992 0/0 12/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 2/1.000 8/.964 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 492/352 .302/.360/.550/.909 .761/.971 .868 105/1.035 2/0 24/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 523/373 .301/.400/.494/.894 .952/.870 .953 109/.900 10/6 17/
15.Millar G/S/vP 6/.750 2/.000 9/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.071 476/353 .244/.336/.418/.754 .815/.733 .666 101/.838 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 7/1.229 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 460/338 .263/.323/.446/.769 .987/.691 .654 97/1.058 2/7 17/
16.Payton G/S/vP 5/.400 9/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 251/172 .251/.293/.383/.676 .948/.547 .744 58/.754 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 8/1.417 3/2.500 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.733 522/378 .294/.375/.478/.854 .927/.826 .828 109/.812 29/10 8/
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 395/317 .262/.344/.493/.837 .708/.870 .711 87/.939 2/1 19/
IP 71.0 47.1 1.0 49.2 46.1 23.1 59.1 21.0 38.0 TOTAL .267/.333/.437/.770 .801/.760 .727 .856 61/33 136/66
ERA-K/9 5.70/5.1 6.27/8.9 0.00/9.0 4.17/6.0 4.08/6.0 6.56/6.6 2.88/9.3 3.86/6.0 6.63/6.4 4.39/6.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 318/.296 211/.296 5/.250 211/.258 212/.273 101/.283 238/.222 88/.280 180/.308 .272  Markakis
 Payton
 Scott
 Montanez
0/0/116/12
65/15/2/3
81/0/0/2
5/0/0/0
OPS .864 .875 .650 .717 .786 .860 .617 .749 .887 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.818 96/.824 2/1.000 97/.817 111/.794 47/.901 100/.548 41/.561 84/.949 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.883 115/.917 3/.333 114/.632 101/.774 54/.826 138/.665 47/.928 96/.832 .733
Home 127/.755 122/.808 5/.650 126/.607 111/.767 57/.851 105/.583 41/.791 93/.832 .706
Last 28d days 104/.630 26/1.124 5/.650 29/1.288 63/.676 32/1.075 61/.422 27/.638 35/.914
HR/SB/CS 13/4/4 11/7/1 0/0/0 8/2/0 4/1/0 4/0/0 6/2/3 2/1/0 7/4/1 127/47/20
Usage ·····X·· ······X· X······· ·····o·· X··X··X· o····oX· ·o·X·X·o ···X···· ······o·
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Olson*
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 267/206 .211/.313/.313/.626 .695/.617 .668 82/.846 2/2 4/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· 283/200 .266/.344/.332/.676 .614/.702 .891 35/.605 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 212/168 .264/.354/.440/.793 .645/.834 .867 85/.831 4/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.286 300/285 .252/.313/.433/.747 .067/.783 .631 55/.955 2/2 10/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 38/25 .323/.405/.419/.825 .808/.827 .962 23/.753 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 354/268 .277/.337/.465/.803 .731/.825 .938 92/.719 3/3 12/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 402/306 .248/.318/.357/.675 .760/.649 .681 74/.707 0/0 8/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 21/6 .250/.429/.438/.866 1.133/.333 1.357 21/.866 0/1 1/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 302/206 .218/.262/.350/.612 .684/.579 .659 72/.716 4/2 5/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/121 .182/.232/.279/.511 .748/.423 .466 81/.554 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 7/1.738 467/359 .278/.320/.501/.822 .806/.826 .732 99/.948 3/0 19/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 259/189 .272/.341/.513/.854 .881/.843 .935 77/1.087 0/0 12/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 7/1.404 532/385 .267/.378/.520/.898 .802/.933 1.033 110/.834 27/3 27/
IP 101.0 21.2 18.2 14.2 1.1 43.2 60.1 48.1 26.1 TOTAL .255/.328/.416/.744 .741/.745 .769 .819 56/19 123/58
ERA-K/9 6.06/5.2 3.32/5.4 3.86/10.1 1.23/8.0 20.25/6.9 4.95/6.6 1.94/4.8 4.66/9.7 5.13/6.5 4.83/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.305 104/.295 82/.246 57/.140 7/.333 201/.292 235/.192 216/.242 118/.315 .270  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Choo
 Dellucci
 Carroll
59/2/27/11
7/9/71/3
0/109/0/2
10/0/35/2
49/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .842 .775 .791 .466 .786 .784 .485 .734 .952 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.815 46/.825 35/.793 18/.575 2/1.500 89/.724 111/.538 65/.596 68/1.056 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 353/.851 58/.733 47/.786 39/.408 5/.450 112/.827 124/.438 151/.795 50/.801 .774
Road 237/.869 54/.696 28/.958 35/.548 4/1.500 136/.782 123/.559 101/.787 67/1.279 .765
Last 28d days 131/.968 47/.895 55/.919 51/.416 7/.786 53/1.068 29/.653 42/.891 21/.952
HR/SB/CS 14/14/2 1/0/0 4/3/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 0/3/2 6/3/0 8/1/1 134/96/28
Usage ·····X·· XX·····X ·XX····o X·o··X·o o·o····· ·X···X·· ···o···· ·X····oX X··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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