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Game Preview: BAL @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, July 5, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Orioles, 36-45, 5th, 12½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Hill (29, LHP, 3-2, 7.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 40.2 46 35 32 27 37 5 7.08
2008 (1-0) 19.2 13 9 9 18 15 2 4.12
2007 (11-8) 195.0 170 89 85 63 183 27 3.92
Last 7 GS 2-2 29.1 36 31 28 21 25 4 8.59 37
2009-06-30 BOS ND 3.1 9 9 7 3 3 2 95 10
2009-06-25 @FLA L 4.1 8 6 6 1 6 2 89 28
2009-06-19 @PHI W 6.2 5 2 2 4 5 0 111 57
2009-06-13 ATL ND 4.0 5 4 4 3 1 0 80 34
2009-06-07 @OAK L 0.2 1 3 3 4 0 0 39 34
2009-06-01 @SEA W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 106 77
2009-05-27 TOR ND 3.1 6 7 6 3 3 0 73 22
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-20   Road:   12-25   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-31   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 11-18   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  6-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @LAA  L   4-11      36-45  5th 12.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @LAA  W   6-4       36-44  5th 12.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @LAA  L   2-5       35-44  5th 13.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1   BOS  L   5-6 (11)  35-43  5th 13.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30   BOS  W  11-10      35-42  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   BOS  L   0-4       34-42  5th 13.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   WSN  L   3-5       34-41  5th 12.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   WSN  W   6-3       34-40  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   WSN  W  11-1       33-40  5th 12.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @FLA  L   3-11      32-40  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Angels, 44-35, 1st, Tied

SP: Joe Saunders (28, LHP, 8-5, 4.24)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-5) 102.0 99 50 48 34 59 18 4.24
2008 (17-7) 198.0 187 82 75 53 103 21 3.41
2007 (8-5) 107.1 129 56 53 34 69 11 4.44
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 46 27 27 18 30 11 5.74 45
2009-06-30 @TEX L 3.2 6 8 8 5 2 4 100 14
2009-06-24 COL W 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 103 65
2009-06-19 LAD ND 6.1 6 4 4 3 4 2 102 46
2009-06-13 SDP W 8.1 7 1 1 1 5 1 113 69
2009-06-07 @DET ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 5 0 112 42
2009-06-02 @TOR L 5.1 9 6 6 0 4 1 92 30
2009-05-26 CHW L 6.2 7 3 3 3 4 2 114 49
Last 5 v.BAL 4-0 28.2 44 17 14 6 9 3 4.40 41
2009-04-28 @BAL W 6.0 10 4 2 1 1 0 89 40
2008-08-04 BAL ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 98 56
2008-07-25 @BAL W 6.2 6 4 3 2 2 1 103 48
2008-05-04 BAL W 5.0 12 4 4 0 1 1 85 28
2007-09-11 @BAL W 5.0 10 4 4 1 3 1 87 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-16   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  15-9 
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest: 10-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Sat, Jul  4   BAL  W  11-4       44-35  1st    Tied
 78 Fri, Jul  3   BAL  L   4-6       43-35  1st    Tied
 77 Thu, Jul  2   BAL  W   5-2       43-34  1st  1.0 up
 76 Wed, Jul  1  @TEX  L   7-9       42-34  1st  0.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 30  @TEX  L   5-9       42-33  1st  1.5 up
 74 Mon, Jun 29  @TEX  W   5-2       42-32  1st  2.5 up
 73 Sun, Jun 28  @ARI  W  12-8       41-32  1st  1.5 up
 72 Sat, Jun 27  @ARI  W   2-1       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Fri, Jun 26  @ARI  W  12-3       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   COL  W  11-3       38-32  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 BAL  6 @LAA  4        W:David Hernandez (2-2), L: Ervin Santana (1-4), S: George Sherrill (18)
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 LAA  5  BAL  2        W:John Lackey (3-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (6-8), S: Brian Fuentes (23)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 LAA  3 @BAL  2        W:Shane Loux (1-2), L: Koji Uehara (2-2), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 LAA  7 @BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (3-1), L: Adam Eaton (1-3), S: Brian Fuentes (4)

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 LAA  9  BAL  4        W:Ervin Santana (13-5), L: Garrett Olson (8-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 BAL  3 @LAA  0        W:Chris Waters (1-0), L: Jon Garland (10-7), S: George Sherrill (31)
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 LAA  6  BAL  5        W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-2), L: George Sherrill (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 BAL  5  LAA  2        W:Garrett Olson (7-5), L: Ervin Santana (11-5), S: George Sherrill (30)
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 LAA 11 @BAL  6        W:Jon Garland (9-6), L: Radhames Liz (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 LAA  6 @BAL  5        W:Joe Saunders (13-5), L: Brian Burres (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (43)
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 4-1; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 7-3; All-Time - BAL leads 328-271

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 2009 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

NYY  5.51

CHW  4.48

SDP  3.76

RA/G

SFG  3.70

COL  4.57

WSN  5.71

BA

J. Mauer  .390

B. Gardner  .286

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .464

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .242

SLG

A. Pujols  .748

C. Granderson  .474

N. Punto  .234

OPS

A. Pujols  1.208

N. Johnson  .817

N. Punto  .544

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.00

R. Porcello  3.90

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Orioles Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
65.Jepsen
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
55.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 137/99 .246/.277/.308/.585 .711/.534 .460 83/.639 2/3 1/4
17.Huff* G/S/vP 15/.934 ··· 4/.833 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 14/.891 ··· 330/206 .273/.339/.451/.790 .742/.819 .695 91/.824 0/5 11/4
10.Jones G/S/vP 12/.533 1/.000 1/5.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 315/208 .301/.359/.500/.859 .749/.915 .845 95/.544 6/3 12/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/.444 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 355/219 .297/.355/.456/.811 .639/.919 .756 107/.778 2/1 8/3
6.Mora G/S/vP 18/1.244 ··· 3/.000 ··· 12/.633 ··· 16/1.114 1/2.000 233/146 .269/.328/.330/.658 .655/.659 .545 78/.613 2/2 2/6
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 119/107 .234/.299/.355/.654 .182/.706 .606 18/.974 1/3 2/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/108 .279/.358/.497/.854 1.001/.778 .728 88/.826 1/0 9/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 19/.498 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 9/.365 ··· 9/.536 1/.000 361/248 .274/.342/.425/.766 .723/.786 .767 105/.716 16/5 7/7
26.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .400/.400/.520/.920 1.143/.833 .667 25/.920 0/0 1/0
30.Scott* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 237/171 .295/.376/.576/.952 1.133/.878 .798 87/.741 0/0 16/0
15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 98/59 .253/.306/.385/.691 .479/.830 .543 73/.760 0/0 2/3
23.Wigginton G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 7/2.143 ··· 207/132 .263/.304/.397/.701 .672/.718 .606 48/1.077 1/1 6/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 12/.367 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 12/.606 ··· 6/.500 ··· 164/119 .239/.341/.366/.708 .619/.740 .773 24/1.342 0/0 3/4
IP 102.0 34.1 28.1 14.1 35.0 23.2 29.2 14.1 TOTAL .271/.333/.422/.755 .714/.775 .668 .752 39/23 83/58
ERA-K/9 4.24/5.2 4.46/9.2 3.49/9.5 10.05/4.4 2.83/6.4 3.80/5.7 4.55/9.1 4.40/10.1 4.70/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 434/.254 139/.226 120/.245 67/.424 141/.281 75/.254 129/.232 65/.293 .276
OPS .759 .743 .652 .986 .745 .803 .690 .878 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.575 68/.912 39/.532 40/1.016 56/.741 35/.622 56/.993 30/1.081 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.824 71/.582 81/.713 27/.936 85/.746 40/.958 73/.467 35/.690 .724
Home 220/.707 73/.716 62/.789 31/.766 51/.690 23/1.146 62/.756 27/.971
Last 28d days 136/.840 43/.795 30/.334 38/.893 39/.804 75/.803 33/.585 44/.949
HR/SB/CS 18/8/5 5/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 2/2/3 4/1/0 4/3/0 4/5/0 84/65/22
Usage ····X··· o·····X· ··o··ooX oX·o··o· X····o·o X····X·· ···o·Xo· ·X··X···
Angels Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Hill*
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
28.Baez
G/S/vB
35.Bergesen
G/S/vB
49.Berken
G/S/vB
27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
63.Hernandez
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
37.Ray
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/1.125 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 4/.833 5/.600 312/233 .295/.397/.436/.833 .810/.841 .783 100/.900 17/3 6/5
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 3/.666 243/169 .267/.311/.359/.670 .685/.664 .578 86/.624 5/2 2/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 23/.360 4/.250 1/no AB 6/1.167 12/.705 352/255 .315/.392/.407/.799 .635/.862 .753 109/.902 24/8 1/7
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 22/1.009 3/.666 2/.500 8/1.792 3/.000 168/135 .281/.310/.375/.685 .556/.716 .631 85/.744 2/1 3/
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· ··· 18/.944 ··· ··· 6/.367 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 305/233 .300/.377/.562/.939 1.004/.919 .966 82/.850 13/3 17/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 3/1.667 ··· 6/.167 4/.500 197/170 .301/.352/.420/.772 1.145/.736 .818 74/1.079 7/2 2/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 138/106 .203/.296/.280/.576 .365/.637 .737 47/.642 0/1 2/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 8/.900 158/124 .229/.285/.333/.618 .587/.627 .664 34/.496 1/0 2/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 299/247 .280/.338/.531/.869 .466/.960 .952 86/1.047 0/2 14/4
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 213/162 .290/.371/.505/.876 1.413/.709 .843 48/1.033 2/3 10/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 15/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 63/21 .213/.238/.279/.517 .386/.783 .541 21/.449 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· ··· 11/1.272 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 8/.661 287/220 .310/.348/.522/.871 1.291/.749 .863 104/1.059 0/0 14/1
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/8 .118/.211/.294/.505 .182/.875 .650 19/.505 0/0 1/0
IP 40.2 33.2 42.0 91.2 40.1 51.2 26.0 39.0 21.1 33.1 TOTAL .278/.342/.432/.774 .770/.775 .786 .855 79/27 77/47
ERA-K/9 7.08/8.2 3.21/6.7 4.50/5.1 3.53/4.5 6.25/5.6 5.05/5.7 4.15/4.8 3.00/5.5 9.28/9.7 2.43/8.6 5.03/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.288 143/.292 170/.216 374/.251 170/.300 235/.302 118/.308 161/.248 110/.379 138/.210 .280
OPS .860 .749 .635 .676 .833 .881 .825 .687 1.023 .629 .809
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.842 62/.850 84/.636 188/.646 90/.877 74/.779 59/.843 77/.557 53/1.369 39/.348 .819
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.864 81/.675 86/.633 186/.703 80/.781 161/.928 59/.809 84/.795 57/.713 99/.739 .800
Road 130/.746 62/.729 64/.852 129/.698 41/.943 127/.818 67/.825 80/.607 56/1.092 59/.571
Last 28d days 101/1.042 57/.616 51/.803 138/.466 98/.808 48/.800 54/.842 43/.621 28/1.107 45/.520
HR/SB/CS 5/7/1 1/3/1 5/3/0 9/0/2 3/5/0 9/9/0 2/3/1 3/1/1 4/2/0 3/2/0 101/57/12
Usage ····X··· X···X··o X··X··o· ···X···· X····X·· o···X·X· ·X····X· ·X·o···o ··o··oo· ·o·XX··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.