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Game Preview: BAL @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 @Comerica Park

Orioles, 44-61, 5th, 19 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: (2009, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced DET.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-26   Road:   16-35   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  27-39   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 14-27   vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  8-17 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Aug  3  @DET  L   5-6       44-61  5th 19.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   BOS  L  10-18      44-60  5th 18.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   BOS  L   0-4       44-59  5th 17.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   BOS  L   5-6       44-58  5th 17.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   KCR  W   7-3       44-57  5th 17.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29   KCR  W   7-3       43-57  5th 18.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28   KCR  L   3-4 (11)  42-57  5th 18.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27   KCR  L   3-5       42-56  5th 18.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @BOS  W   6-2       42-55  5th 17.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @BOS  L   2-7       41-55  5th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Tigers, 55-49, 1st, 2 up

SP: Jarrod Washburn (34, LHP, 8-6, 2.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-6)			133.0	109	42	39	33	79	11	2.64
2008 (5-14)			153.2	174	87	80	50	87	19	4.69
2007 (10-15)			193.2	201	102	93	67	114	23	4.32

Last 7 GS		5-1	49.2	34	9	9	9	25	4	1.63	65
2009-07-28	TOR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	102	61
2009-07-23	@DET	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	93	74
2009-07-18	@CLE	W	6.2	8	1	1	0	3	0	105	57
2009-07-11	TEX	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	93	66
2009-07-06	BAL	W	9.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	110	88
2009-07-01	@NYY	L	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	3	100	50
2009-06-25	SDP	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	102	57

Last 5 v.BAL		1-3	30.2	28	12	12	9	14	2	3.52	53
2009-07-06	BAL	W	9.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	110	88
2009-06-01	BAL	L	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	102	63
2008-08-01	BAL	L	4.2	9	6	6	4	2	0	96	20
2008-04-24	BAL	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	2	1	97	46
2008-04-04	@BAL	L	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	103	46

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-16   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  35-36   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 17-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Mon, Aug  3   BAL  W   6-5       55-49  1st  2.0 up
103 Sun, Aug  2  @CLE  L   1-11      54-49  1st  1.5 up
102 Sat, Aug  1  @CLE  W   4-3 (12)  54-48  1st  1.5 up
101 Fri, Jul 31  @CLE  L   5-6 (13)  53-48  1st  1.5 up
100 Wed, Jul 29  @TEX  W  13-5       53-47  1st  2.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @TEX  L   3-7       52-47  1st  2.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @TEX  L   2-5       52-46  1st  2.0 up
 97 Sun, Jul 26   CHW  L   1-5       52-45  1st  2.0 up
 96 Sat, Jul 25   CHW  W   4-3 (10)  52-44  1st  3.0 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   CHW  W   4-3       51-44  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 31, 2009 DET  3 @BAL  0        W:Edwin Jackson (5-3), L: Jason Berken (1-1), S: Fernando Rodney (10)
Sat, May 30, 2009 DET  6 @BAL  3        W:Justin Verlander (6-2), L: Matt Albers (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (9)
Fri, May 29, 2009 BAL  7  DET  2        W:Brad Bergesen (2-2), L: Dontrelle Willis (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 28, 2009 BAL  5  DET  1        W:David Hernandez (1-0), L: Armando Galarraga (3-5), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 BAL 16 @DET  8        W:Fernando Cabrera (2-1), L: Casey Fossum (2-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 DET  5  BAL  3        W:Justin Verlander (9-13), L: Dennis Sarfate (4-3), S: Fernando Rodney (4)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 BAL 11 @DET  2        W:Lance Cormier (2-3), L: Nate Robertson (7-9), S: none
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 DET  5 @BAL  1        W:Justin Verlander (8-9), L: Brian Burres (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 BAL 11  DET 10 (10)   W:George Sherrill (3-4), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 BAL  7  DET  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-7), L: Armando Galarraga (7-4), S: George Sherrill (29)
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 3-2; 2008 - BAL won 4-3; 2007 - DET won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 1023-928

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

LAA 5.73

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.74

RA/G

SFG 3.64

HOU 4.60

WSN 5.50

I. Suzuki .364

A. McCutchen .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .438

T. Gwynn .365

R. Cedeno .221

SLG

A. Pujols .661

Y. Escobar .471

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.099

C. Crawford .836

A. Casilla .464

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

A. Cook 3.88

T. Wellemeyer 5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

K. Correia 6.73

J. Lannan 3.66

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Orioles Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Washburn*
G/S/vB 41.Fien
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 35.Verlander
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/118 .224/.263/.276/.539 .557/.530 .417 22/.333 2/3 1/5

17.Huff* G/S/vP 46/.683 ··· 6/2.583 11/.384 16/.713 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 4/.833 14/.220 427/256 .253/.316/.409/.725 .642/.781 .592 85/.563 0/6 12/4

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 18/.529 ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 7/1.142 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 212/146 .260/.292/.330/.622 .833/.520 .381 53/.628 9/1 1/6

10.Jones G/S/vP 13/.968 ··· 8/.500 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 423/271 .302/.357/.504/.861 .725/.937 .817 96/.872 8/4 18/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 21/.879 ··· 6/.500 9/1.223 4/1.250 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 5/.600 16/.583 464/276 .296/.353/.463/.816 .673/.917 .796 97/.894 3/1 12/5

6.Mora G/S/vP 39/.615 ··· 6/1.500 5/.400 9/1.079 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.556 2/3.000 13/.585 316/192 .256/.321/.330/.650 .681/.631 .578 72/.714 3/3 3/7

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/127 .240/.307/.352/.659 .182/.703 .611 20/.683 1/3 2/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 247/152 .281/.368/.465/.834 .904/.791 .772 74/.884 6/0 10/3

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 37/.464 ··· 8/.500 10/.933 8/.542 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.666 4/1.500 14/.297 465/312 .285/.349/.437/.786 .783/.788 .811 91/.818 20/6 9/8

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/1.666 9/.889 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 9/1.111 316/220 .275/.358/.518/.875 .979/.828 .776 71/.625 0/0 18/0

15.Wieters# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 163/92 .275/.319/.386/.705 .574/.802 .611 58/.632 0/0 3/4

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 268/168 .264/.310/.408/.718 .671/.744 .604 53/.838 1/1 8/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 23/.826 ··· 8/.125 16/.717 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 193/144 .248/.358/.382/.739 .591/.789 .868 26/.912 0/0 4/5

IP 133.0 4.0 119.0 139.2 50.1 57.0 13.1 34.2 105.1 46.0 33.2 153.1 TOTAL .270/.333/.417/.750 .703/.775 .680 .757 53/27 104/75

ERA-K/9

2.64/5.3

9.00/13.5

5.22/5.7

2.64/7.0

3.22/5.9

4.58/6.6

2.70/10.2

3.63/8.3

4.36/4.7

3.52/8.2

3.21/6.7

3.29/10.6

4.14/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 531/.223 21/.333 519/.279 568/.223 203/.210 254/.277 53/.271 149/.232 448/.277 187/.224 137/.210 599/.233 .258

OPS .610 1.040 .843 .658 .662 .793 .800 .713 .778 .667 .589 .654 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.476 9/.472 279/.926 320/.654 88/.583 103/.643 31/.809 65/.849 241/.815 107/.682 85/.578 330/.686 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 391/.658 12/1.483 240/.750 248/.663 115/.714 151/.894 22/.792 84/.609 207/.736 80/.645 52/.608 269/.616 .731

Home 286/.547 7/.143 259/.780 253/.633 75/.624 115/.961 16/.750 77/.589 209/.845 100/.573 61/.611 252/.527

Last 28d days 104/.469 21/1.040 112/.792 111/.812 33/.345 37/.678 33/.800 25/.615 77/.738 37/.520 37/.774 147/.617

HR/SB/CS 11/3/3 1/0/0 20/2/4 14/15/7 5/2/2 6/3/1 2/0/0 4/3/2 17/7/2 4/0/0 2/0/0 12/4/6 113/49/27

Usage ······X· ·X·o·X·· ·X·····X ···X···· ···X·X·· ··XX··X· ·X·X···X ··oo···o ··X····· o·oX···· ··oo···· X····X··

Tigers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Albers
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 25.Bass
G/S/vB 49.Berken
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 54.Tillman
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 6/.533 13/.968 3/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· 428/313 .332/.395/.544/.939 .991/.918 1.147 94/1.008 1/2 21/7

4.Everett G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 260/169 .243/.291/.322/.613 .722/.553 .629 47/.333 4/2 2/12

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.000 3/1.666 9/1.681 4/.500 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 463/321 .257/.341/.467/.808 .517/.936 .681 94/.833 19/6 22/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 13/.917 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 7/.929 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 140/106 .218/.293/.298/.591 .465/.632 .540 39/.800 1/0 2/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 1/2.000 13/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 8/1.000 8/.000 3/.333 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 404/300 .255/.352/.470/.822 1.058/.744 .815 78/.634 2/4 21/12

8.Laird G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.666 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/241 .229/.309/.343/.653 .751/.623 .742 67/.504 2/0 4/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 2/1.000 23/.724 4/1.250 3/.000 7/1.428 11/.637 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 335/232 .258/.328/.354/.683 .874/.595 .763 48/.678 3/0 5/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.833 ··· 9/.236 6/.167 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 419/295 .263/.317/.392/.709 .787/.674 .796 92/.770 4/1 7/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/90 .263/.330/.450/.780 .762/.793 .901 56/.562 3/3 6/5

55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/14 .160/.276/.200/.476 .350/.593 .697 12/.432 0/1 0/0

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.166 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/153 .252/.300/.413/.713 .565/.737 .885 35/.450 0/2 6/6

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 189/118 .257/.333/.503/.836 .919/.789 .840 70/.827 0/2 11/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.666 1/3.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/149 .264/.337/.448/.785 .764/.790 .810 55/.920 1/0 7/2

IP 46.2 51.2 61.1 63.2 122.1 67.2 49.1 49.1 43.1 4.2 22.2 10.2 TOTAL .257/.327/.413/.740 .763/.732 .790 .718 53/26 117/77

ERA-K/9

4.24/6.6

4.35/5.4

4.55/6.2

6.93/4.7

5.37/5.4

4.92/6.0

3.28/4.9

3.28/6.4

3.74/5.4

0.00/7.7

8.74/9.1

6.75/5.9

5.04/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.296 207/.226 280/.297 300/.315 532/.270 303/.293 216/.270 205/.250 186/.305 18/.133 118/.376 20/.368 .282

OPS .761 .649 .843 .857 .839 .842 .763 .723 .712 .356 1.032 1.295 .810

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.862 103/.673 134/.794 165/.851 262/.922 100/.719 116/.744 99/.606 84/.714 9/.111 57/1.321 11/1.555 .824

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.682 104/.624 146/.888 135/.865 270/.760 203/.905 100/.786 106/.824 102/.709 9/.619 61/.765 9/1.000 .798

Road 94/.727 80/.857 107/.751 109/.940 246/.888 159/.764 142/.667 99/.667 91/.773 11/.398 58/1.110 /

Last 28d days 53/.733 31/.612 54/.826 110/.911 101/.855 60/.765 98/.689 44/.857 31/.566 15/.433 6/1.000 20/1.295

HR/SB/CS 1/5/2 6/4/0 10/2/3 7/5/1 26/6/2 11/11/0 6/4/1 6/1/1 1/8/1 0/0/0 4/2/0 3/0/1 131/73/19

Usage ·X·o·X·X X·X···XX ·X·····X ·X····X· ···X···· ·XX·X·o· ··X····· ·o···Xo· XX·o···o ··X····· ··X····· X····X··

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.