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Game Preview: TEX @ BAL, 4:10pm, Saturday, September 5, 2009 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Rangers, 76-58, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (34, RHP, 10-8, 3.61)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-8) 167.0 163 71 67 61 101 21 3.61
2008 (9-10) 168.2 220 104 95 49 125 18 5.07
2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16
Last 7 GS 2-1 37.0 39 17 17 17 22 4 4.14 48
2009-08-30 @MIN ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 2 1 114 52
2009-08-25 @NYY W 5.2 7 5 5 5 2 2 107 32
2009-08-19 MIN L 5.2 7 5 5 3 4 0 113 36
2009-08-14 BOS ND 5.2 3 1 1 5 4 0 110 58
2009-08-08 @LAA ND 6.0 9 2 2 1 5 1 101 50
2009-07-26 @KCR ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 43 56
2009-07-20 BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 111 54
Last 5 v.BAL 5-0 34.0 32 11 8 8 21 1 2.12 58
2008-07-06 @BAL W 5.0 9 5 3 0 2 1 83 35
2008-04-10 BAL W 7.0 3 1 1 5 2 0 105 64
2007-09-23 BAL W 7.0 7 0 0 0 5 0 104 68
2007-07-08 BAL W 6.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 93 59
2006-08-29 BAL W 9.0 8 4 3 0 8 0 106 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-25   Road:   32-33   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  48-36   vsLHP:  28-22   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 25-17   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  4  @BAL  W   5-1       76-58  2nd  3.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2   TOR  W   6-4       75-58  2nd  3.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1   TOR  W   5-2       74-58  2nd  4.5 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1   TOR  W   5-2       73-58  2nd  4.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31   TOR  L  10-18      72-58  2nd  6.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30  @MIN  L   3-5       72-57  2nd  5.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @MIN  W   3-0       72-56  2nd  4.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @MIN  L   2-3       71-56  2nd  5.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @NYY  W   7-2       71-55  2nd  4.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26  @NYY  L   2-9       70-55  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Orioles, 54-81, 5th, 32 GB, 24½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (22, LHP, 3-2, 5.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 30.2 42 19 18 11 31 5 5.28
Last 7 GS 3-2 30.2 42 19 18 11 31 5 5.28 45
2009-08-30 CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 97 72
2009-08-25 @MIN ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 99 42
2009-08-20 @TBR W 5.1 7 4 4 0 7 1 91 45
2009-08-15 LAA L 5.2 11 5 4 3 7 0 98 33
2009-08-09 @TOR L 2.2 7 5 5 2 1 3 62 23
2009-08-04 @DET W 5.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 99 53
Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-37   Road:   22-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  34-51   vsLHP:  20-30   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 16-34   vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest: 10-23 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Sep  4   TEX  L   1-5       54-81  5th 32.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  2   NYY  L   2-10      54-80  5th 31.5 gb
133 Tue, Sep  1   NYY  L   6-9       54-79  5th 30.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31   NYY  L   1-5       54-78  5th 29.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30   CLE  W   5-2       54-77  5th 28.5 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29   CLE  L   3-5       53-77  5th 28.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28   CLE  W  13-4       53-76  5th 27.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27   CLE  L   4-5       52-76  5th 27.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @MIN  W   5-1       52-75  5th 27.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @MIN  L   6-7       51-75  5th 27.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 TEX  6 @BAL  4        W:Matt Harrison (1-2), L: Matt Albers (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (5)
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 BAL  8  TEX  5        W:Danys Baez (1-1), L: Jason Jennings (0-1), S: George Sherrill (4)
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 TEX  6 @BAL  5        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-3), S: Frank Francisco (4)
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 TEX  5 @BAL  4        W:C.J. Wilson (1-2), L: George Sherrill (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 TEX 19  BAL  6        W:Kris Benson (1-1), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 BAL  7 @TEX  5 (10)   W:Jim Johnson (1-0), L: Eddie Guardado (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 BAL 10 @TEX  9        W:Koji Uehara (2-0), L: Vicente Padilla (1-1), S: George Sherrill (3)

Sun, Aug 10, 2008 TEX 15 @BAL  7        W:Matt Harrison (4-2), L: Randor Bierd (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 BAL  9  TEX  0        W:Daniel Cabrera (8-7), L: Vicente Padilla (12-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 BAL  9  TEX  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-8), L: Luis Mendoza (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 5-3; 2008 - TEX won 5-4; 2007 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BAL leads 360-238

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  5.77

ATL  4.55

SDP  3.91

RA/G

SFG  3.72

NYM  4.69

WSN  5.42

BA

J. Mauer  .367

F. Gutierrez  .289

A. Miles  .174

OBP

A. Pujols  .441

C. Gonzalez  .363

A. Miles  .217

SLG

A. Pujols  .667

S. Choo  .476

A. Miles  .235

OPS

A. Pujols  1.108

K. Fukudome  .838

A. Miles  .451

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.28

J. Lackey  3.92

B. Penny  5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

R. Wolf  6.89

J. Lannan  3.73

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Rangers Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Matusz*
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
28.Baez
G/S/vB
25.Bass
G/S/vB
49.Berken
G/S/vB
24.Castillo*
G/S/vB
46.Guthrie
G/S/vB
27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
63.Hernandez
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
26.Meredith
G/S/vB
31.Mickolio
G/S/vB
37.Ray
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
54.Tillman
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 421/293 .268/.331/.386/.717 .729/.711 .590 86/.844 24/3 6/17
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 3/.833 11/.637 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 10/.311 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.914 2/.000 ··· 439/317 .238/.278/.470/.747 .683/.773 .813 73/.574 2/0 23/5
29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/60 .368/.429/.456/.885 .500/.912 .523 60/.929 12/1 1/2
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 8/.929 6/.933 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 495/341 .274/.317/.468/.785 .736/.807 .682 96/.784 8/3 15/2
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 432/301 .270/.345/.556/.901 .677/.994 .816 52/1.032 17/4 31/4
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 8/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 314/212 .215/.264/.423/.688 .552/.753 .705 37/.810 0/0 17/3
6.German G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 14/10 .167/.286/.167/.452 .500/.425 .452 9/.583 1/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 7/.486 1/2.000 7/1.571 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 9/.666 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· 355/237 .270/.318/.426/.745 .906/.664 .839 106/.887 8/3 10/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 6/1.467 2/.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.500 6/3.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 527/377 .254/.327/.509/.836 1.093/.733 .672 82/1.055 28/4 29/8
14.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/2.133 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 374/291 .266/.342/.440/.782 .645/.822 .760 80/.634 7/4 12/1
61.Richardson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .000/1.333 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 6/.666 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 385/303 .253/.289/.394/.683 .861/.634 .697 67/.808 1/2 9/4
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 307/205 .236/.293/.375/.668 .677/.663 .581 9/.250 0/2 9/7
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 176/131 .201/.263/.365/.628 .824/.556 .606 57/.648 0/0 6/5
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 17/1.329 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 160/126 .299/.348/.389/.737 1.000/.663 .714 29/.810 4/0 1/0
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 17/.118 8/.625 ··· ··· 13/1.135 14/.857 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.000 3/.333 ··· 572/407 .322/.376/.524/.900 .862/.915 .857 107/.779 8/3 22/9
IP 30.2 56.1 62.1 77.1 96.1 4.1 160.0 80.0 79.1 60.2 57.0 12.2 38.2 13.1 46.1 TOTAL .260/.321/.456/.777 .770/.780 .714 .796 124/27 199/92
ERA-K/9 5.28/9.1 5.43/6.4 4.04/5.3 4.89/5.6 6.07/5.0 2.08/4.2 5.18/5.0 4.61/5.8 4.54/5.7 3.86/6.4 4.42/5.4 2.84/9.2 6.75/8.1 8.10/6.8 4.66/4.7 5.07/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 141/.326 251/.307 259/.234 361/.309 447/.316 17/.214 692/.274 357/.294 354/.272 255/.257 250/.309 54/.217 184/.335 65/.327 170/.282 .286
OPS .913 .803 .654 .846 .883 .567 .820 .823 .856 .725 .777 .557 .933 1.004 .886 .820
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.684 116/.898 128/.747 171/.827 240/.898 11/.664 343/.930 128/.724 198/.881 119/.650 114/.726 25/.295 79/1.236 28/1.012 88/.790 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.969 135/.723 131/.563 190/.863 207/.865 6/.333 349/.713 229/.880 156/.826 136/.784 136/.818 29/.779 105/.702 37/.997 82/.979 .803
Home 56/.698 140/.849 147/.531 211/.909 263/.841 13/.657 363/.827 184/.890 175/.970 135/.792 134/.779 18/.978 93/1.001 36/.934 67/.937
Last 28d days 117/.926 30/1.192 41/.650 65/.869 122/.945 4/.000 133/.779 53/.735 120/.952 42/.752 56/.974 36/.656 53/.838 8/1.464 122/.810
HR/SB/CS 5/6/1 2/8/2 7/4/0 10/3/4 14/10/3 0/0/1 30/6/2 11/14/0 17/5/2 7/3/1 3/9/1 0/0/0 7/4/1 3/2/1 10/1/2 173/98/27
Usage ·····X·· X··X···· ··o··X·· ··o·X·X· ··X····X o·oo···· ····X··· ··o·X··X ···X···· ··X··o·· X··o··oo ··X····X ···o··X· ··Xo···· X·····X·
Orioles Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
G/S/vB
35.Hunter
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
52.Mathis
G/S/vB
20.McCarthy
G/S/vB
58.Moscoso
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
64.Strop
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/129 .225/.273/.277/.550 .527/.560 .707 16/.732 3/3 1/7
9.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/17 .353/.389/.471/.859 .000/.912 .000 18/.859 0/0 0/0
70.Fiorentino* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 321/220 .257/.287/.339/.626 .761/.561 .761 95/.596 11/3 2/6
10.Jones G/S/vP 8/1.125 7/.143 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 519/331 .277/.335/.457/.792 .665/.864 .811 78/.449 10/4 19/5
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 21/.770 7/1.096 ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 5/1.400 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.293 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 6/.833 598/356 .304/.355/.474/.829 .710/.912 .857 112/.862 5/2 16/6
16.Moeller G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 75/61 .250/.311/.456/.767 .237/.880 .924 21/1.172 0/0 2/0
6.Mora G/S/vP 19/.336 4/.583 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 411/252 .259/.320/.348/.667 .680/.659 .799 81/.799 3/3 6/10
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 213/186 .276/.336/.469/.805 .512/.848 .888 69/1.132 1/3 8/1
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 369/230 .277/.371/.461/.832 .830/.833 .881 101/.892 8/2 13/4
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 25/.960 10/.775 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.200 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 13/.968 595/400 .284/.348/.460/.808 .763/.829 .765 107/.907 27/7 14/10
30.Scott* G/S/vP 9/.347 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.500 ··· 5/3.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 417/289 .261/.348/.489/.837 .829/.840 .944 89/.732 0/0 21/1
15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/159 .263/.309/.371/.679 .565/.759 .750 90/.611 0/0 5/5
23.Wigginton G/S/vP 27/.850 8/1.339 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 14/.631 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 350/217 .267/.314/.390/.704 .640/.741 .794 65/.623 1/2 8/5
IP 167.0 156.2 22.0 40.2 40.1 33.1 112.0 80.1 9.2 36.0 70.1 8.1 53.0 49.2 2.0 62.0 TOTAL .269/.332/.420/.752 .685/.787 .815 .772 69/34 135/94
ERA-K/9 3.61/5.4 3.62/5.2 0.41/11.5 3.32/10.2 4.91/8.7 4.32/4.6 5.63/7.0 3.14/5.4 9.31/3.7 3.00/4.8 4.61/5.9 4.32/6.5 3.91/7.3 1.81/8.9 18.00/13.5 3.19/10.0 4.23/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.255 616/.249 66/.078 165/.216 186/.277 143/.262 491/.280 328/.229 52/.317 143/.235 303/.257 40/.324 233/.248 196/.198 11/.250 270/.226 .258
OPS .746 .690 .231 .652 .797 .820 .833 .683 .998 .642 .763 .959 .698 .548 .830 .646 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 358/.731 333/.655 34/.395 86/.669 87/.792 52/1.029 134/.828 172/.868 23/1.311 56/.632 156/.876 11/1.136 127/.797 58/.727 5/.600 94/.465 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.760 283/.731 32/.063 79/.632 99/.800 91/.698 357/.834 156/.485 29/.732 87/.649 147/.647 29/.887 106/.581 138/.469 6/1.000 176/.738 .732
Road 352/.801 312/.648 43/.215 87/.653 80/.666 43/.497 228/.700 128/.612 24/.870 33/.524 163/.860 / 145/.722 89/.606 3/.000 134/.839
Last 28d days 133/.866 103/.674 50/.203 46/.904 19/1.326 5/2.000 128/.807 130/.711 / 32/.695 22/.427 / 123/.786 36/.540 11/.830 58/.456
HR/SB/CS 21/13/7 15/13/6 1/1/0 5/1/0 4/4/1 7/4/2 21/8/1 9/7/2 2/0/0 3/0/0 11/2/1 1/1/0 6/9/1 3/7/3 0/0/0 3/3/1 147/84/35
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· X··X··X· ··oX··X· ····oX·· ········ ····X··· ··X····X ········ ····X··· ···X···· ········ ···X···· ···XX··· ····X··o ··oX·XX·

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.