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Game Preview: BAL @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, May 23, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Baltimore Orioles, 24-22, 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 2-4, 3.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             63    60  31  27  20  39  9    3.86      
 2007 (7-5)            175.1 165  78  72  47 123 23    3.70      
 2006 (0-0)             19.1  24  15  15  15  14  2    6.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  44.1  37  21  18  16  31  6    3.65   54 
 2008-05-18    WSN   L   7     5   1   1   3   0  1      99   60 
 2008-05-13    BOS   W   6     8   3   2   1   7  0     115   52 
 2008-05-07   @OAK  ND   5.2   5   4   4   3   6  1     106   46 
 2008-05-02   @LAA   W   7     3   2   2   2   6  0     109   67 
 2008-04-27   @CHW   L   5     5   3   3   2   5  2      93   48 
 2008-04-22   @SEA   L   7.2   5   4   3   4   5  0     116   56 
 2008-04-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   3   1   2  2     103   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-7    Road:   10-15   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  19-16   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Thu, May 22  @NYY  L   1-2       24-22  3rd  5.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @NYY  L   0-8       24-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @NYY  W  12-2       24-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18   WSN  L   1-2       23-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 17   WSN  W   6-5       23-19  3rd  1.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 16   WSN  W   5-3       22-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14   BOS  W   6-3       21-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 13   BOS  W   5-4       20-19  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Sun, May 11  @KCR  L   0-4       19-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 10  @KCR  W   6-5       19-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-15
Tampa Bay Rays, 27-20, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 2-1, 4.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             37    41  21  20  16  15  4    4.86      
 2007 (5-7)             83    96  44  34  32  67  8    3.69      
 2006 (3-6)             50    62  33  32  23  38  6    5.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  37    41  21  20  16  15  4    4.86   45 
 2008-05-17   @STL  ND   4.1  10   7   6   2   1  1      85   16 
 2008-05-12    NYY   W   7     5   0   0   1   3  0     108   69 
 2008-05-07   @TOR   L   6.2   6   1   1   3   2  0     106   57 
 2008-05-01   @BAL   W   6     3   2   2   2   3  1      98   59 
 2008-04-25    BOS  ND   5     5   3   3   3   1  0      84   43 
 2008-04-08    SEA  ND   2.2   6   3   3   3   2  0      70   33 
 2008-04-02   @BAL  ND   5.1   6   5   5   2   3  2      87   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      4-0  28    25  12  11  12  13  6    3.54   51 
 2008-05-01   @BAL   W   6     3   2   2   2   3  1      98   59 
 2008-04-02   @BAL  ND   5.1   6   5   5   2   3  2      87   37 
 2007-08-25   @BAL   W   5     5   1   1   4   2  0      91   51 
 2006-09-24   @BAL   W   5.2   6   3   3   3   4  3      99   46 
 2006-08-23   @BAL   W   6     5   1   0   1   1  0      84   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-8    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  20-13   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 21  @OAK  L   1-9       27-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @OAK  W   3-2       27-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 19  @OAK  W   7-6 (13)  26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @STL  L   4-5       25-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @STL  L   8-9 (10)  25-18  1st    Tied
 42 Fri, May 16  @STL  W   3-1       25-17  1st  1.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       24-17  1st  1.0 up
 40 Wed, May 14   NYY  L   1-2       23-17  1st  0.5 up
 39 Tue, May 13   NYY  W   2-1 (11)  23-16  1st  0.5 up
 38 Mon, May 12   NYY  W   7-1       22-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 01, 2008 TBR  4 @BAL  2        W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Brian Burres (3-2), S: Troy Percival (6)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 TBR  8 @BAL  1        W:Andy Sonnanstine (4-1), L: Matt Albers (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 BAL  7  TBR  4        W:Garrett Olson (1-0), L: Jason Hammel (2-2), S: George Sherrill (10)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 TBR  6  BAL  2        W:Jeff Niemann (1-0), L: Brian Burres (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 BAL  3 @TBR  2        W:Chad Bradford (1-1), L: Dan Wheeler (0-1), S: George Sherrill (5)
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 TBR 10  BAL  5        W:Al Reyes (1-1), L: Dennis Sarfate (2-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 BAL  9  TBR  6        W:Jamie Walker (1-0), L: Al Reyes (0-1), S: George Sherrill (1)
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 TBR  6 @BAL  2        W:James Shields (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TBD 17  BAL  2        W:Andy Sonnanstine (5-9), L: Radhames Liz (0-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 BAL  8 @TBD  4        W:Chad Bradford (3-6), L: Dan Wheeler (1-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 5-3; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; All-Time - BAL leads 96-80

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

CHC  5.68

LAA  4.51

SDP  3.39

RA/G

CLE  3.64

KCR  4.49

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .412

C. Delgado  .218

C. Pena  .206

OBP

C. Jones  .482

C. Delgado  .301

K. Greene  .269

SLG

L. Berkman  .770

G. Matthews  .347

O. Cabrera  .289

OPS

L. Berkman  1.236

C. Delgado  .665

O. Cabrera  .563

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

D. McGowan  4.21

J. Washburn  6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

B. Tomko  6.30

J. Garland  1.96

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 37/32 .286/.324/.400/.724 .400/.777 .795 37/.724 0/1 0/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 7/.572 4/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 10/6 .556/.600/.556/1.156 1.000/1.267 .833 10/1.156 0/1 0/
2.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/71 .244/.299/.256/.555 .463/.579 .498 41/.582 2/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.572 14/1.429 1/.000 2/.000 8/.125 5/2.100 9/.778 135/112 .208/.244/.336/.580 .623/.572 .601 64/.577 0/0 3/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 8/1.232 8/.536 8/1.500 1/.000 9/.904 4/.250 5/1.350 3/.666 188/138 .246/.314/.409/.723 .587/.775 .731 104/.660 2/0 6/
10.Jones G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 169/134 .259/.302/.380/.682 .787/.654 .593 89/.661 4/1 2/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 15/.481 4/2.417 14/1.072 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/.833 199/146 .257/.377/.431/.808 .793/.813 .847 105/.650 6/2 8/
15.Millar G/S/vP 14/.453 6/2.067 12/.444 4/.833 7/1.143 5/.000 5/.400 4/.000 192/143 .241/.323/.365/.688 .766/.661 .600 99/.700 0/1 6/
6.Mora G/S/vP 11/.182 7/.929 16/.875 6/.733 2/.000 8/.750 4/2.417 6/.334 186/144 .250/.310/.411/.720 .921/.665 .767 94/.732 2/4 5/
16.Payton G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 96/62 .220/.253/.363/.615 .853/.473 .621 60/.511 3/0 4/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 48/36 .220/.304/.317/.621 1.053/.465 .654 30/.606 0/0 1/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 15/.795 4/.500 17/1.129 7/1.238 6/1.667 10/1.489 5/1.933 2/.000 198/145 .263/.354/.421/.775 .717/.796 .704 102/.800 13/4 3/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 150/122 .263/.340/.436/.776 .494/.839 .585 71/.663 1/1 4/
IP 37.0 13.2 34.1 29.2 15.1 19.0 8.0 24.1 TOTAL .248/.317/.386/.703 .739/.692 .673 .669 33/15 43/27
ERA-K/9 4.86/3.6 3.95/5.3 4.98/5.0 2.73/7.6 4.11/8.2 2.84/8.5 5.63/6.8 2.22/6.7 3.81/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (26-9-2)
 Quiroz (12-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 162/.285 65/.278 155/.281 121/.202 63/.241 71/.134 34/.241 94/.153 .244  Markakis
 Jones
 Scott
 Payton
0/0/46/7
0/45/0/1
31/0/0/1
28/3/1/1
OPS .754 .724 .837 .583 .635 .511 .703 .553 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.764 30/.747 77/1.065 42/.464 31/.497 42/.449 12/1.144 36/.323 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.745 35/.705 78/.616 79/.643 32/.763 29/.600 22/.439 58/.686 .686
Home 64/.684 53/.772 53/.702 54/.578 32/.326 42/.294 15/.733 39/.405 .600
Last 28d days 123/.688 22/1.079 49/1.049 76/.557 35/.674 44/.691 11/.182 52/.691
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/0/0 4/5/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 39/26/8
Usage ·····X·· ···oXo·X ·X·X···· ···XoX·· ·o··oo·o ··XX··oo ····XX·· ··o·oo·o
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
54.Cormier
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 12/.533 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 167/118 .245/.282/.284/.566 .785/.477 .460 91/.620 5/3 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 20/.850 4/.000 3/2.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.500 4/.500 14/.594 214/150 .276/.308/.387/.695 .694/.696 .784 115/.683 12/3 4/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/2.350 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 45/42 .286/.333/.476/.810 .000/.870 .838 28/.582 0/0 2/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 10/1.500 ··· 8/.536 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 93/46 .225/.323/.438/.760 .831/.685 .709 38/.560 5/1 4/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 116/107 .221/.345/.337/.682 .222/.725 .745 58/.753 2/1 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 12/.977 4/1.833 8/.875 ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB 4/.250 13/.558 143/107 .254/.343/.532/.874 .476/1.005 .742 77/.687 3/1 8/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 14/.368 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 4/.250 8/.250 211/151 .275/.338/.376/.714 .600/.758 .774 114/.891 2/2 3/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/109 .240/.322/.426/.749 .432/.859 .849 102/.661 3/0 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.666 3/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.667 4/1.250 104/79 .365/.408/.458/.866 .749/.930 .919 84/.821 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 16/1.313 4/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.000 9/1.333 196/129 .206/.306/.382/.688 .801/.634 .745 106/.627 0/0 9/
9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 56/32 .235/.286/.431/.717 .494/.877 .640 15/.795 0/0 3/
2.Upton G/S/vP 15/1.181 4/.000 8/1.142 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/no AB 5/1.600 196/140 .287/.374/.413/.788 .773/.793 .748 102/.773 11/5 3/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/7 .273/.333/.455/.788 .400/1.095 .333 12/.788 1/0 0/
IP 63.0 30.1 15.2 7.2 25.0 19.0 21.0 13.0 TOTAL .260/.327/.396/.724 .673/.744 .730 .707 46/21 45/21
ERA-K/9 3.86/5.6 2.08/5.0 2.87/4.6 2.35/7.0 1.44/5.4 3.79/10.4 3.43/6.9 4.15/7.6 4.01/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (12-6-0)
 Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 270/.244 121/.194 68/.295 30/.160 96/.153 87/.243 86/.176 61/.364 .250  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Zobrist
 Gomes
0/45/0/4
2/14/24/3
46/0/0/1
0/0/19/1
0/1/0/0
2/0/4/0
OPS .710 .489 .726 .620 .407 .712 .566 .982 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.703 58/.414 24/1.006 13/.585 41/.476 40/.833 26/.361 38/1.171 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.716 63/.559 44/.577 17/.635 55/.357 47/.608 60/.658 23/.627 .708
Road 134/.663 46/.564 34/.664 30/.620 52/.492 48/.578 39/.649 30/1.567 .686
Last 28d days 131/.651 68/.557 39/.857 30/.620 67/.499 49/.678 48/.545 30/.933
HR/SB/CS 9/6/2 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/1/1 1/3/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 45/38/12
Usage ····X··· ·o····X· ····Xo·· ·XX····· X····Xo· ·X···o·· ·····oo· ·X··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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