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Game Preview: BAL @ TBR, 7:08pm, Thursday, August 20, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Orioles, 48-72, 5th, 27½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (22, LHP, 1-2, 6.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			13.1	24	11	10	8	13	3	6.75

Last 7 GS		1-2	13.1	24	11	10	8	13	3	6.75	36
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 TBR.

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

 Home:   30-31   Road:   18-41   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  29-47   vsLHP:  19-25   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast: 15-31   vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest: 10-22 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 19  @TBR  L   1-3       48-72  5th 27.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @TBR  L   4-5       48-71  5th 26.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17   LAA  L   5-8       48-70  5th 25.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   LAA  L   8-17(13)  48-69  5th 25.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   LAA  L   1-5       48-68  5th 25.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   LAA  W  16-6       48-67  5th 24.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   OAK  L   3-6       47-67  5th 24.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   OAK  W   3-2       47-66  5th 23.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10   OAK  L   1-9       46-66  5th 23.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @TOR  L   3-7       46-65  5th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22

Rays, 65-54, 3rd, 10 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (27, RHP, 7-9, 3.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-9)			167.0	178	80	72	40	118	21	3.88
2008 (14-8)			215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	3.56
2007 (12-8)			215.0	202	98	92	36	184	28	3.85

Last 7 GS		1-3	44.1	48	28	26	15	30	7	5.28	46
2009-08-14	TOR	L	8.0	8	5	5	0	7	2	111	53
2009-08-08	@SEA	W	5.1	8	4	3	3	6	1	112	41
2009-08-02	KCR	L	7.1	2	2	1	4	6	0	107	70
2009-07-27	NYY	L	5.1	9	5	5	3	2	2	98	29
2009-07-22	@CHW	ND	6.2	4	2	2	3	4	1	111	59
2009-07-17	@KCR	ND	5.1	11	7	7	1	3	1	105	20
2009-07-12	OAK	ND	6.1	6	3	3	1	2	0	89	50

Last 5 v.BAL		3-0	35.0	32	12	8	6	19	2	2.06	60
2009-04-12	@BAL	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	88	73
2008-09-23	@BAL	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	8	1	102	60
2008-08-31	BAL	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	101	60
2008-05-25	BAL	ND	8.0	8	4	3	1	3	1	92	54
2008-04-11	BAL	ND	6.0	7	5	2	1	4	0	95	51

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

 Home:   40-19   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  43-32   vsLHP:  22-22   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 27-17   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  8-17 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 19   BAL  W   3-1       65-54  3rd 10.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   BAL  W   5-4       64-54  3rd 10.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   TOR  W   5-2       63-54  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   TOR  W   8-3       62-54  3rd 11.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   TOR  L   2-5       61-54  3rd 11.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @LAA  L   5-10      61-53  3rd 10.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @LAA  L   0-6       61-52  3rd  9.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @LAA  L   7-8       61-51  3rd  8.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @SEA  L   2-11      61-50  3rd  8.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @SEA  W  10-4       61-49  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 TBR  5  BAL  4        W:David Price (6-5), L: Jason Berken (2-11), S: J.P. Howell (13)
Wed, May 13, 2009 TBR  8 @BAL  6        W:Jeff Niemann (3-3), L: Brad Bergesen (1-1), S: J.P. Howell (1)
Tue, May 12, 2009 BAL  7  TBR  5        W:Brian Bass (2-1), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-4), S: George Sherrill (6)
Tue, May 05, 2009 TBR  6  BAL  3        W:Matt Garza (3-2), L: Koji Uehara (2-3), S: Troy Percival (4)
Mon, May 04, 2009 BAL  8 @TBR  4        W:Danys Baez (2-1), L: Scott Kazmir (3-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 TBR 11 @BAL  3        W:James Shields (1-1), L: Adam Eaton (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 BAL  6  TBR  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-0), L: Jeff Niemann (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 BAL  5  TBR  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (1-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (0-1), S: George Sherrill (2)

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 TBR 11 @BAL  6        W:Edwin Jackson (13-11), L: Brian Burres (7-10), S: Trever Miller (2)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 TBR  7 @BAL  5        W:Jeff Niemann (2-1), L: Jamie Walker (1-3), S: J.P. Howell (3)
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 5-4; 2008 - TBR won 15-3; 2007 - BAL won 11-7; All-Time - BAL leads 100-95

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 5.80

DET 4.62

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.65

BAL 5.42

J. Mauer .383

J. Fox .292

A. Casilla .180

OBP

J. Mauer .448

M. Bourn .363

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .676

S. Victorino .478

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.117

B. Butler .843

A. Casilla .493

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.27

D. Braden 3.89

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.45

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Orioles Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 37.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 22.Garza
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 52.Shouse*
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 180/127 .228/.272/.281/.554 .553/.553 .428 22/.581 3/3 1/6

9.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 2.000 1/2.000 0/0 0/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 8/.393 ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 5/.650 3/.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 263/180 .268/.296/.356/.652 .795/.582 .459 79/.768 10/1 2/6

10.Jones G/S/vP 15/1.067 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/1.255 4/.000 6/.750 9/.583 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 488/313 .288/.340/.478/.818 .689/.889 .796 111/.697 9/4 19/5

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 44/.807 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 22/.377 9/.819 21/1.313 10/1.389 6/.900 4/.000 1/.000 5/1.850 532/318 .308/.361/.486/.846 .721/.932 .819 114/.955 4/2 15/6

16.Moeller G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 60/50 .214/.267/.375/.642 .100/.747 .480 6/.833 0/0 1/0

6.Mora G/S/vP 31/.591 5/.200 1/3.000 2/1.000 18/.112 10/.633 34/.427 9/1.158 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.286 364/223 .260/.320/.335/.655 .654/.655 .551 77/.578 3/3 4/7

18.Pie* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 163/150 .243/.304/.378/.683 .167/.727 .589 40/.836 1/3 3/1

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 304/187 .273/.362/.446/.808 .825/.797 .748 92/.875 7/1 10/4

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 44/.826 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 23/.737 11/.764 42/.847 10/.956 6/.833 5/1.467 ··· 3/.000 530/355 .289/.355/.452/.808 .793/.814 .814 113/.908 25/6 11/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP 16/.501 2/1.000 3/2.000 4/.500 8/.250 4/.500 5/.600 4/.750 6/.333 3/.667 ··· ··· 362/253 .270/.356/.514/.870 .939/.840 .764 76/.633 0/0 20/0

15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 216/128 .264/.310/.378/.688 .617/.736 .611 83/.710 0/0 4/5

23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/1.238 6/.000 2/1.500 5/.650 6/1.667 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 7/.453 309/194 .260/.304/.394/.699 .621/.742 .617 67/.726 1/1 8/3

IP 167.0 55.0 21.1 63.1 152.0 57.2 97.2 133.1 77.0 19.1 45.1 44.1 TOTAL .270/.332/.419/.751 .699/.779 .681 .762 63/30 117/86

ERA-K/9

3.88/6.4

4.42/9.0

4.64/6.3

2.70/4.5

3.73/8.1

2.18/10.8

6.36/7.1

3.71/5.8

5.03/8.3

4.66/5.1

3.97/9.7

3.45/6.3

4.28/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.271 236/.242 88/.259 260/.239 643/.231 230/.193 450/.284 531/.258 352/.271 83/.289 206/.302 167/.204 .258

OPS .760 .662 .701 .640 .687 .588 .825 .716 .815 .855 .805 .644 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 356/.765 93/.733 50/.558 128/.612 343/.634 73/.741 112/.934 268/.716 79/.796 50/.620 84/.956 53/1.018 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.755 143/.612 38/.895 132/.666 300/.744 157/.515 338/.789 263/.715 273/.820 33/1.235 122/.706 114/.468 .748

Home 402/.712 128/.626 41/.838 93/.612 359/.651 117/.660 256/.840 190/.670 195/.682 48/.945 112/.598 85/.736

Last 28d days 115/.793 45/.716 27/1.004 52/.610 135/.743 41/.771 130/.722 105/.716 121/.843 21/.965 43/.707 31/.567

HR/SB/CS 21/2/2 3/4/0 3/1/1 4/4/0 20/2/2 5/3/2 14/3/1 12/19/5 13/6/4 4/1/0 6/4/0 7/4/0 133/64/20

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

Rays Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Matusz*
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

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 236/148 .267/.357/.455/.813 .852/.790 .842 46/.747 0/0 10/7

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 6/1.500 ··· 17/.639 6/.833 ··· 4/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 390/267 .342/.395/.538/.934 .947/.927 .901 93/1.004 21/3 11/12

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 65/47 .254/.277/.365/.642 .111/.851 .803 4/.000 1/2 0/2

5.Burrell G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 2/3.000 3/2.334 3/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 325/224 .224/.326/.388/.714 .626/.748 .808 77/.716 2/0 12/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 16/1.038 3/.000 3/1.334 26/.731 24/.936 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 518/344 .323/.379/.479/.858 .769/.903 .881 106/1.017 54/11 12/3

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.250 3/2.334 4/1.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 254/230 .265/.378/.423/.801 1.206/.764 .793 50/.697 6/3 6/3

27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· ··· 21/.754 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 175/49 .242/.320/.425/.745 .942/.272 .801 40/.472 4/2 4/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 6/.834 3/.000 6/.833 10/1.800 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 488/341 .276/.363/.524/.887 .870/.893 .795 104/.896 5/0 24/11

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 6/.500 ··· 12/.500 7/.572 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 327/211 .220/.252/.336/.588 .772/.489 .569 48/.636 3/1 7/5

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 14/1.682 6/1.500 3/.000 25/1.247 13/.846 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 2/.500 5/.650 ··· 494/320 .211/.344/.502/.847 .703/.927 .931 91/.762 2/3 31/9

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 3/.000 3/3.667 21/1.087 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 495/341 .240/.316/.370/.686 .557/.741 .729 88/.646 35/11 9/1

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 5/.733 3/1.000 5/.000 18/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 ··· 218/169 .255/.358/.420/.778 .591/.830 .717 35/.830 0/0 6/5

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 3/.666 3/.000 6/1.417 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 423/279 .286/.400/.529/.929 1.035/.875 .997 99/.672 14/3 20/5

IP 13.1 56.0 71.2 80.1 140.0 73.1 64.1 55.1 51.1 6.2 33.0 30.0 TOTAL .267/.349/.452/.800 .798/.802 .833 .789 158/40 151/83

ERA-K/9

6.75/8.8

4.18/5.1

4.65/5.6

6.72/4.9

5.66/5.1

4.66/6.0

4.20/4.9

2.93/6.2

4.73/5.6

0.00/10.7

6.27/8.2

4.80/5.1

5.15/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 69/.400 232/.225 330/.304 374/.322 614/.282 327/.292 285/.283 228/.244 224/.310 25/.095 155/.336 100/.275 .286

OPS 1.104 .651 .839 .906 .846 .832 .845 .700 .760 .295 .906 .889 .822

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/.167 114/.711 156/.818 202/.862 299/.940 112/.732 154/.846 107/.655 101/.702 13/.154 67/1.165 49/.827 .833

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/1.191 118/.593 174/.857 172/.959 315/.758 215/.887 131/.844 121/.736 123/.804 12/.450 88/.711 51/.945 .813

Road 39/1.226 99/.866 135/.716 160/.997 273/.864 165/.776 160/.744 107/.664 102/.768 18/.294 77/.968 54/.752

Last 28d days 69/1.104 46/.638 75/.868 112/1.049 143/.931 60/.889 118/.963 44/.687 54/.782 11/.282 43/.589 100/.889

HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 7/4/0 10/2/4 13/7/3 28/6/2 11/14/0 12/4/1 6/1/1 2/9/1 0/0/0 4/4/0 6/0/2 154/85/24

Usage ····X··· ···o···· ··XX···X ·X·····X ···X···· ·o·oX··o ··X····· ···Xo··· X·X·X··o ·X······ o·oX·o·· 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.