BAL @ TBR, Saturday, August 30, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 63-71, 5th, 19½ GB, 15 GB in WC	SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 2-1, 4.71) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 28.2 29 17 15 12 12 5 4.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 28.2 29 17 15 12 12 5 4.71 46 2008-08-25 CHW L 7 5 4 3 2 2 1 90 53 2008-08-20 BOS W 5 8 5 4 3 1 1 108 31 2008-08-15 @DET ND 4.2 8 2 2 1 1 1 95 40 2008-08-10 TEX ND 4 7 6 6 3 5 2 90 26 2008-08-05 @LAA W 8 1 0 0 3 3 0 104 80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-31 Road: 30-40 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 49-48 vsLHP: 14-23 1-Run: 20-23 vsEast: 20-34 vsCntrl:17-14 vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 @TBR L 3-14 63-71 5th 19.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CHW W 11-3 63-70 5th 18.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CHW L 3-8 62-70 5th 18.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 CHW L 3-4 62-69 5th 18.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 NYY L 7-8 62-68 5th 17.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 NYY L 3-5 62-67 5th 17.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 NYY L 4-9 62-66 5th 16.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 BOS W 11-6 62-65 5th 15.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 BOS L 2-7 61-65 5th 16.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 BOS L 3-6 61-64 5th 15.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Tampa Bay Rays, 82-51, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 13-6, 4.42) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-6) 158.2 181 84 78 28 96 16 4.42 2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 44.2 45 20 20 8 27 5 4.03 52 2008-08-24 @CHW ND 6.1 9 4 4 1 1 2 81 39 2008-08-18 LAA W 5.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 104 47 2008-08-13 @OAK W 6 6 2 2 1 6 0 91 57 2008-08-07 @SEA ND 7.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 85 68 2008-08-02 DET W 6 7 2 2 1 6 0 102 55 2008-07-27 @KCR L 6.2 8 5 5 2 2 1 94 38 2008-07-22 OAK L 7 5 3 3 1 5 1 92 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 2-2 23.2 30 15 15 7 16 1 5.70 44 2008-04-30 @BAL W 8 6 1 1 2 5 0 102 69 2007-09-05 BAL W 6 9 2 2 0 6 0 83 52 2007-08-05 BAL L 3.2 8 7 7 2 1 1 75 16 2007-07-25 @BAL L 6 7 5 5 3 4 0 106 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 50-19 Road: 32-32 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 60-32 vsLHP: 22-19 1-Run: 25-15 vsEast: 31-20 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Fri, Aug 29 BAL W 14-3 82-51 1st 4.5 up 132 Thu, Aug 28 TOR W 3-2 81-51 1st 4.5 up 131 Wed, Aug 27 TOR W 1-0 80-51 1st 3.5 up 130 Tue, Aug 26 TOR L 2-6 79-51 1st 3.5 up 129 Sun, Aug 24 @CHW L 5-6 (10) 79-50 1st 4.5 up 128 Sat, Aug 23 @CHW W 5-3 79-49 1st 5.5 up 127 Fri, Aug 22 @CHW W 9-4 78-49 1st 4.5 up 126 Wed, Aug 20 LAA L 4-5 77-49 1st 4.5 up 125 Tue, Aug 19 LAA W 4-2 77-48 1st 4.5 up 124 Mon, Aug 18 LAA W 6-4 76-48 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 29, 2008 TBR 14 BAL 3 W:Scott Kazmir (10-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-11), S: none Sun, May 25, 2008 TBR 5 BAL 4 W:Troy Percival (1-0), L: George Sherrill (1-1), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 TBR 11 BAL 4 W:Edwin Jackson (3-3), L: Steve Trachsel (2-5), S: none Fri, May 23, 2008 TBR 2 BAL 0 W:Matt Garza (3-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-5), S: Troy Percival (14) 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 Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 9-3; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; 2006 - BAL won 13-6; All-Time - BAL leads 96-84

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 5.51

ARI 4.63

WSN 3.79

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.98

C. Jones .358

J. Bay .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .464

K. Fukudome .366

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .632

R. Howard .482

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.096

H. Matsui .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

O. Perez 3.90

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

V. Padilla 6.37

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 122/84 .198/.242/.261/.503 .562/.476 .515 71/.579 0/0 1/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 114/77 .274/.300/.358/.658 .577/.694 .592 37/.548 0/1 1/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 14/1.429 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 9/.778 426/313 .254/.304/.413/.716 .719/.716 .673 86/.649 0/0 14/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 11/.764 1/no AB 3/1.666 8/1.500 1/.000 11/.717 5/2.000 3/.666 567/398 .308/.367/.568/.935 .762/1.010 .892 116/1.024 3/0 29/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 8/.536 1/no AB ··· 14/1.072 6/.533 ··· 4/.000 4/.833 597/419 .303/.404/.485/.889 .888/.889 .965 115/.921 10/6 17/

15.Millar G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 6/.334 13/.408 4/.833 7/1.143 2/.000 4/.000 545/396 .244/.334/.415/.749 .791/.733 .674 106/.651 0/1 19/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/26 .356/.396/.489/.885 .792/.965 .870 46/.880 0/0 1/

6.Mora G/S/vP 9/.347 4/.250 9/.222 16/.875 7/.619 2/.000 4/.000 6/.334 530/380 .284/.343/.494/.837 1.014/.766 .777 106/1.249 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/1.000 3/1.000 3/.000 313/218 .257/.302/.366/.669 .844/.589 .706 95/.661 7/1 6/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 127/104 .191/.256/.278/.534 .828/.469 .498 23/.312 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 11/.855 1/.000 3/.666 18/1.063 7/1.238 6/1.667 5/.000 2/.000 602/430 .298/.378/.467/.844 .925/.813 .820 122/.862 35/10 9/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 455/357 .273/.363/.504/.866 .745/.900 .787 89/1.015 2/2 21/

IP 158.2 43.2 47.2 69.1 71.2 33.1 3.0 58.0 TOTAL .272/.339/.440/.779 .793/.774 .751 .838 72/34 153/81

ERA-K/9

4.42/5.4

1.44/13.2

2.27/3.2

4.15/4.8

2.64/9.0

4.32/8.6

15.00/15.0

2.48/6.8

3.68/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (83-24-9)
Quiroz (22-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 671/.287 169/.131 196/.287 306/.269 304/.203 144/.240 14/.385 227/.173 .244 Markakis
Payton
Scott
Montanez 0/0/132/15
65/31/2/5
93/0/0/2
13/4/2/0

OPS .770 .418 .669 .762 .619 .688 1.044 .556 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.749 61/.446 62/.844 137/.863 107/.551 86/.584 6/1.467 86/.564 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.787 108/.403 134/.591 169/.681 197/.654 58/.842 8/.750 141/.551 .698

Home 330/.745 79/.425 93/.748 118/.641 155/.548 78/.582 10/1.100 108/.468 .645

Last 28d days 128/.699 58/.569 40/.714 56/.611 43/.738 28/.558 14/1.044 41/.644

HR/SB/CS 16/1/3 1/2/0 2/2/3 8/10/1 6/10/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 7/1/1 123/60/23

Usage ·····X·· ·oo··oXo ·o·o··oo X··o·o·o ···X·o·X ·o·o···· X······· ·oo··Xo·

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Waters*
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 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 270/159 .246/.316/.414/.730 .790/.688 .706 96/.839 2/1 8/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· 2/.500 33/13 .258/.303/.484/.787 .850/.692 .000 33/.787 0/0 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.000 390/277 .269/.306/.332/.639 .817/.566 .674 63/.871 18/5 0/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 225/215 .269/.356/.477/.832 .550/.845 .998 61/1.038 1/0 10/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 310/251 .241/.342/.429/.771 .629/.805 .942 80/.971 3/2 11/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 2/no AB 13/.558 368/314 .252/.337/.492/.829 .454/.893 .749 67/.723 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 9/.222 591/409 .279/.350/.380/.729 .680/.751 .768 116/.755 6/5 5/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 378/277 .290/.347/.402/.748 .692/.777 .766 67/.597 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/2.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 11/1.073 487/315 .245/.361/.498/.859 .689/.953 .846 114/1.071 1/1 27/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 140/77 .220/.290/.398/.688 .770/.624 .606 40/.611 0/0 6/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 52/16 .220/.250/.320/.570 .621/.450 .783 19/.211 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 6/1.667 564/395 .271/.380/.394/.774 .780/.771 .779 110/.797 39/14 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 149/91 .228/.295/.426/.722 .693/.741 .745 69/.659 3/0 7/

IP 28.2 29.0 27.0 20.0 8.1 56.0 67.2 71.1 32.2 TOTAL .259/.336/.420/.756 .714/.775 .780 .809 125/45 148/67

ERA-K/9

4.71/3.8

3.72/5.9

5.00/9.3

2.70/7.7

4.32/9.8

4.34/6.1

2.26/4.9

4.92/9.3

5.79/5.8

4.95/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (34-20-6)
Riggans (22-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 126/.257 140/.308 124/.274 84/.211 38/.250 252/.276 275/.218 321/.219 146/.311 .275 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Baldelli
Riggans
Zobrist 0/125/0/10
2/17/96/7
22/0/48/3
15/5/9/2
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
5/3/1/0

OPS .811 .797 .901 .628 .748 .740 .535 .718 .952 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/1.328 64/.815 50/1.015 30/.578 14/.883 108/.677 125/.566 145/.711 81/.991 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.682 76/.782 74/.826 54/.655 24/.673 144/.783 150/.510 176/.723 65/.902 .783

Road 51/.601 68/.724 58/.930 46/.795 17/.796 161/.745 144/.593 192/.769 87/1.177 .776

Last 28d days 126/.811 58/.935 56/.926 48/.669 32/.741 64/.766 49/.869 86/.885 44/1.016

HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 1/0/0 8/4/2 2/2/0 1/0/0 4/5/2 0/3/2 8/5/2 10/1/1 159/105/32

Usage ····X··· X··X···· X··XX··o ··o···oX ··o··o·o ··X···X· ····oo·· ·····X·X o···oo·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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Game Preview: BAL @ TBR, 3:55pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 2-1, 4.71)

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 13-6, 4.42)

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