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Game Preview: BAL @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, August 6, 2009 @Comerica Park

Orioles, 45-62, 5th, 20 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: David Hernandez (24, RHP, 3-3, 3.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			49.1	53	18	18	19	27	6	3.28

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.0	44	17	17	15	20	6	3.73	49
2009-08-01	BOS	L	4.1	7	2	2	4	4	2	102	41
2009-07-26	@BOS	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	110	65
2009-07-20	@NYY	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	103	63
2009-07-08	@SEA	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	111	55
2009-07-03	@LAA	W	6.2	6	3	3	2	2	1	107	50
2009-06-28	WSN	L	5.2	8	3	3	3	3	1	110	41
2009-06-02	@SEA	L	5.1	10	5	5	1	2	0	90	29

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	5.2	5	1	1	4	3	0	1.59	54
2009-05-28	DET	W	5.2	5	1	1	4	3	0	108	54

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

 Home:   28-26   Road:   17-36   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  27-40   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 14-27   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  8-17 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  5  @DET  L   2-4       45-62  5th 20.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @DET  W   8-2       45-61  5th 19.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Tigers, 56-50, 1st, 1 up

SP: Rick Porcello (20, RHP, 9-7, 4.36)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-7)			105.1	114	56	51	35	55	17	4.36

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.1	49	27	23	14	17	7	5.54	40
2009-08-01	@CLE	ND	8.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	91	72
2009-07-26	CHW	L	5.1	5	5	5	2	1	2	98	37
2009-07-21	SEA	W	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	86	32
2009-07-05	@MIN	L	4.0	7	6	4	2	3	1	90	29
2009-06-29	@OAK	L	4.1	9	5	5	2	0	1	78	23
2009-06-24	CHC	ND	5.0	7	2	2	4	3	1	97	44
2009-06-18	@STL	W	5.2	8	3	1	2	3	0	97	46

Has never faced BAL.

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

 Home:   33-17   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  36-36   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  6-14   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 17-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Wed, Aug  5   BAL  W   4-2       56-50  1st  1.0 up
105 Tue, Aug  4   BAL  L   2-8       55-50  1st  1.0 up
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 BAL  8 @DET  2        W:Brian Matusz (1-0), L: Jarrod Washburn (8-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 03, 2009 DET  6  BAL  5        W:Fernando Rodney (2-2), L: Danys Baez (4-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 4-3; 2008 - BAL won 4-3; 2007 - DET won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 1024-929

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 5.71

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.72

RA/G

SFG 3.62

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.47

I. Suzuki .364

C. Counsell .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .443

C. Blake .363

R. Cedeno .219

SLG

A. Pujols .682

I. Suzuki .476

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.125

C. Blake .839

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

N. Blackburn 3.83

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

J. Cueto 6.75

J. Lannan 3.66

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Orioles Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 40.Lambert
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 53.Washburn*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 167/118 .224/.263/.276/.539 .557/.530 .417 16/.393 2/3 1/5

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 6/2.583 11/.384 ··· 16/.713 6/1.833 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.833 18/.398 49/.710 436/261 .256/.321/.409/.730 .646/.787 .609 84/.619 0/6 12/4

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 7/1.142 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.334 20/.737 220/152 .264/.295/.346/.641 .882/.526 .440 61/.697 9/1 2/6

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 8/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 16/.780 432/276 .298/.352/.495/.847 .705/.927 .790 95/.816 9/4 19/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 9/1.223 ··· 4/1.250 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· 7/.953 5/.600 20/.566 24/1.067 473/281 .299/.355/.472/.827 .697/.918 .818 96/.964 3/1 13/5

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 5/.400 ··· 9/1.079 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.556 2/3.000 13/.585 41/.584 321/194 .255/.319/.328/.646 .664/.635 .573 68/.642 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 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 9/.583 256/158 .277/.367/.455/.823 .890/.781 .756 74/.875 6/0 10/3

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 10/.933 ··· 8/.542 5/.900 ··· 1/no AB 6/.666 4/1.500 18/.653 40/.510 474/318 .286/.349/.444/.793 .787/.796 .825 99/.856 21/6 9/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.666 9/.889 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/5.000 12/1.235 3/.666 320/224 .276/.359/.519/.879 .979/.833 .786 66/.512 0/0 18/0

15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 8/.250 171/98 .269/.316/.375/.691 .586/.767 .592 62/.612 0/0 3/4

23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 11/.091 276/174 .265/.312/.409/.720 .670/.747 .614 51/.842 1/1 8/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 16/.717 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 23/.826 193/144 .248/.358/.382/.739 .591/.789 .868 22/.925 0/0 4/5

IP 105.1 119.0 147.2 50.1 59.1 14.2 34.2 47.0 33.2 153.1 138.1 TOTAL .270/.333/.418/.751 .707/.775 .685 .759 53/28 107/75

ERA-K/9

4.36/4.7

5.22/5.7

2.62/7.1

/0.0

3.22/5.9

4.70/6.7

2.45/9.2

3.63/8.3

3.45/8.4

3.21/6.7

3.29/10.6

2.93/5.3

4.18/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.277 519/.279 568/.223 / 203/.210 269/.284 57/.250 149/.232 190/.220 137/.210 632/.236 554/.226 .258

OPS .778 .843 .658 .662 .806 .741 .713 .655 .589 .659 .627 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.815 279/.926 320/.654 / 88/.583 111/.687 33/.755 65/.849 110/.662 85/.578 351/.695 146/.529 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.736 240/.750 248/.663 / 115/.714 158/.889 24/.725 84/.609 80/.645 52/.608 281/.614 408/.662 .729

Home 209/.845 259/.780 253/.633 / 75/.624 130/.970 20/.600 77/.589 103/.555 61/.611 285/.554 309/.583

Last 28d days 77/.738 112/.792 111/.812 / 27/.269 52/.782 35/.752 25/.615 32/.499 34/.803 154/.620 127/.569

HR/SB/CS 17/7/2 20/2/4 14/15/7 // 5/2/2 6/3/1 2/0/0 4/3/2 4/0/0 2/0/0 13/4/7 13/3/3 116/49/28

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

Tigers Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Hernandez
G/S/vB 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 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 26.Meredith
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/.000 4/.250 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 6/.533 13/.968 3/.000 7/.453 2/.000 3/2.667 437/319 .333/.396/.553/.949 1.006/.927 1.161 95/1.025 1/2 21/7

4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 264/171 .245/.294/.326/.620 .740/.554 .646 47/.375 4/2 2/12

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 3/1.666 9/1.681 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 468/326 .256/.340/.468/.808 .517/.934 .684 90/.857 19/6 22/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.917 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 7/.929 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 144/110 .219/.292/.297/.589 .465/.627 .537 43/.770 1/0 2/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 14/.308 1/.000 3/1.167 8/1.000 8/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 412/306 .252/.348/.465/.813 1.068/.729 .795 78/.614 2/4 21/12

8.Laird G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 322/247 .227/.308/.338/.646 .749/.615 .723 68/.464 2/0 4/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.334 23/.724 4/1.250 3/.000 7/1.428 11/.637 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· 340/234 .261/.329/.355/.684 .868/.599 .764 49/.749 3/0 6/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.833 ··· 9/.236 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 428/301 .263/.318/.392/.709 .784/.675 .792 92/.692 4/1 7/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 181/91 .264/.333/.448/.781 .750/.807 .899 56/.600 3/3 6/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 8/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 182/158 .252/.303/.409/.712 .565/.735 .872 37/.512 0/2 6/6

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 7/.286 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/.666 197/123 .257/.330/.497/.827 .923/.772 .820 70/.825 0/2 11/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/5.000 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.666 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 189/156 .268/.346/.464/.810 .764/.820 .859 58/1.021 1/0 7/2

IP 49.1 48.0 51.2 61.1 63.2 129.2 68.0 49.1 43.2 25.1 10.2 TOTAL .256/.327/.414/.741 .764/.732 .789 .721 53/26 119/77

ERA-K/9

3.28/4.9

4.31/6.4

4.35/5.4

4.55/6.2

6.93/4.7

5.28/5.3

4.90/6.0

3.28/6.4

3.92/5.4

7.82/8.9

6.75/5.9

5.02/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.270 215/.293 214/.228 280/.297 300/.315 532/.270 303/.293 205/.250 190/.304 128/.355 48/.318 .281

OPS .763 .755 .662 .843 .857 .839 .842 .723 .707 .974 1.080 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.744 95/.858 106/.704 134/.794 165/.851 262/.922 100/.719 99/.606 86/.722 58/1.296 24/1.179 .825

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.786 120/.675 108/.619 146/.888 135/.865 270/.760 203/.905 106/.824 104/.694 70/.710 24/.986 .796

Road 142/.667 100/.715 87/.872 107/.751 109/.940 246/.888 159/.764 99/.667 95/.761 68/.986 28/.917

Last 28d days 73/.695 56/.755 35/.752 45/.901 110/.911 88/.832 49/.809 40/.828 35/.558 16/.583 48/1.080

HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 1/5/2 7/4/0 10/2/3 7/5/1 26/6/2 11/11/0 6/1/1 1/8/1 4/2/0 4/0/1 133/73/19

Usage ····X··· ·X·X·o·X ··X·X··· ···X···· ···X···· X····X·· o··XX·X· ···o···X o·XX·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.