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Game Preview: NYY @ BAL, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 29, 2010 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Yankees, 13-7, 13-72nd, 2½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (33, RHP, 2-0, 3.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			25.1	28	10	9	8	16	1	3.20
2009 (13-9)			207.0	193	99	93	97	195	25	4.04
2008 (18-10)			221.1	211	109	100	86	231	19	4.07

Last 7 GS		4-0	42.1	45	16	13	15	38	2	2.76	54
2010-04-23	@LAA	ND	6.1	9	4	4	2	3	0	103	40
2010-04-17	TEX	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	111	70
2010-04-11	@TBR	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	92	55
2010-04-06	@BOS	ND	5.0	7	4	3	1	5	1	94	43
2009-10-04	@TBR	W	5.0	7	2	1	1	3	1	84	49
2009-09-29	KCR	ND	6.1	3	2	1	3	8	0	108	66
2009-09-23	@LAA	W	5.2	7	2	2	3	11	0	101	55

Last 5 v.BAL		3-1	29.2	37	17	17	8	25	5	5.16	46
2009-09-12	BAL	L	7.0	7	6	6	2	4	2	108	41
2009-09-01	@BAL	ND	5.1	11	6	6	2	2	2	109	22
2009-07-22	BAL	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	104	60
2009-04-09	@BAL	W	5.1	7	2	2	1	6	1	98	51
2008-07-23	@BAL	W	5.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	80	58

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

 Home:    5-1    Road:    8-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Wed, Apr 28  @BAL  W   8-3       13-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 27  @BAL  L   4-5       12-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @LAA  L   4-8       12-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @LAA  W   7-1       12-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @LAA  L   4-6       11-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22  @OAK  L   2-4       11-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21  @OAK  W   3-1       11-3   1st  0.5 up
 13 Tue, Apr 20  @OAK  W   7-3       10-3   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 18   TEX  W   5-2        9-3   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 17   TEX  W   7-3        8-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:13-7

Orioles, 4-17, 4-175th, 12 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (23, LHP, 2-0, 4.38)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			24.2	22	12	12	10	27	1	4.38
2009 (5-2)			44.2	52	24	23	14	38	6	4.63

Last 7 GS		5-0	45.2	36	18	18	14	42	2	3.55	58
2010-04-24	@BOS	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	102	49
2010-04-18	@OAK	W	6.1	8	3	3	1	8	0	102	52
2010-04-13	TBR	ND	7.1	6	4	4	1	8	0	99	57
2010-04-08	@TBR	W	5.0	2	2	2	5	7	0	97	57
2009-09-12	@NYY	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	106	66
2009-09-05	TEX	W	7.0	6	4	4	1	4	1	93	52
2009-08-30	CLE	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	97	72

Last 5 v.NYY		1-0	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	1.29	66
2009-09-12	@NYY	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	106	66

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

 Home:    1-7    Road:    3-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   3-11   vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  3-11   vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 28   NYY  L   3-8        4-17  5th 12.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27   NYY  W   5-4        4-16  5th 11.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @BOS  W   7-6 (10)   3-16  5th 11.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @BOS  L   6-7        2-16  5th 11.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @BOS  L   3-4        2-15  5th 10.0 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 21  @SEA  L   1-4        2-14  5th 10.0 gb
 15 Tue, Apr 20  @SEA  L   1-3        2-13  5th  9.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 19  @SEA  L   2-8        2-12  5th  8.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18  @OAK  W   8-3        2-11  5th  7.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17  @OAK  L   3-4        1-11  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 4-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 NYY  8 @BAL  3        W:CC Sabathia (3-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (0-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 BAL  5  NYY  4        W:Alberto Castillo (1-0), L: David Robertson (0-1), S: Alfredo Simon (1)

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 NYY 13  BAL  3        W:CC Sabathia (17-7), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-14), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 BAL  7 @NYY  3        W:Brian Matusz (5-2), L: A.J. Burnett (11-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 BAL 10 @NYY  4        W:Chris Tillman (2-3), L: Damaso Marte (1-2), S: Mark Hendrickson (1)
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 NYY 10 @BAL  2        W:CC Sabathia (16-7), L: Kameron Mickolio (0-2), S: Phil Hughes (2)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 NYY  9 @BAL  6        W:Damaso Marte (1-1), L: Chris Ray (0-3), S: Mariano Rivera (38)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 NYY  5 @BAL  1        W:Andy Pettitte (12-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (9-13), S: Mariano Rivera (37)
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 NYY  6  BAL  4        W:A.J. Burnett (9-4), L: Jason Berken (1-8), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 NYY  6  BAL  4        W:Sergio Mitre (1-0), L: Rich Hill (3-3), S: Mariano Rivera (27)
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 1-1; 2009 - NYY won 13-5; 2008 - NYY won 11-7; All-Time - NYY leads 1223-839

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Yankees Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 26.Meredith
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.600 2/.000 9/1.112 2/.000 ··· 674/444 .320/.352/.520/.871 .876/.869 .832 86/1.132 5/7 25/12

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 101/71 .298/.309/.372/.682 .724/.663 .697 22/1.024 0/3 1/1

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 284/219 .270/.345/.379/.724 .781/.708 .759 67/.756 26/5 3/2

14.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 710/511 .249/.327/.453/.780 .484/.897 .861 80/.743 20/6 30/3

2.Jeter G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.334 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 1/.000 716/513 .334/.406/.465/.871 1.010/.817 .836 90/.792 30/5 18/8

26.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/1.225 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 574/408 .291/.426/.405/.831 .883/.809 .814 78/.617 2/4 8/12

19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 121/95 .287/.317/.383/.699 .274/.817 .788 9/.222 4/1 1/5

20.Posada# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 438/299 .285/.363/.522/.885 .836/.909 .760 65/1.049 1/0 22/7

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.250 ··· 7/.572 2/1.000 1/2.000 535/388 .286/.402/.532/.933 .939/.931 .938 90/.810 14/2 30/9

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.100 1/2.000 1/3.000 607/398 .249/.371/.498/.869 .868/.866 .945 79/.877 0/0 29/6

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.833 9/1.158 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 707/499 .292/.383/.565/.948 .911/.951 .882 92/.547 2/0 39/4

22.Winn# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 3/1.334 ··· 14/.517 ··· 597/472 .262/.318/.353/.671 .384/.751 .749 13/.154 16/2 2/0

IP 44.2 67.0 74.1 70.0 65.1 13.2 TOTAL .271/.365/.448/.813 .879/.784 .772 .813 19/6 24/9

ERA-K/9

4.63/7.7

5.51/6.6

2.42/10.9

4.11/6.3

3.99/5.1

2.63/9.2

4.71/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (13-10-0)
Posada (80-31-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.292 309/.303 315/.209 300/.270 283/.294 59/.220 .283 Winn
Granderson
Gardner
Swisher 54/22/104/5
0/160/0/4
0/99/0/3
8/0/130/2

OPS .823 .797 .658 .747 .747 .565 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.708 139/.929 107/.581 145/.746 126/.691 28/.301 .866

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.850 170/.694 208/.699 155/.747 157/.790 31/.795 .730

Home 83/.712 179/.788 141/.710 153/.766 149/.720 23/.908

Last 28d days 103/.606 46/.853 15/1.532 41/.791 22/1.014 19/1.046

HR/SB/CS 6/9/2 3/9/3 7/7/2 8/4/1 4/10/1 0/0/0 20/8/6

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 65.Hughes
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 45.Mitre
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP 6/.900 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 215/149 .222/.274/.288/.562 .580/.554 .660 / 3/3 2/8

25.Atkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.800 5/.800 18/.556 ··· ··· 399/239 .226/.308/.342/.650 .790/.559 .680 65/.563 0/0 9/9

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 16/.388 2/1.000 3/.667 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 412/276 .256/.294/.328/.622 .705/.580 .773 62/.633 12/4 2/8

10.Jones G/S/vP 23/.682 6/1.167 11/1.182 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 6/.334 3/1.666 519/331 .277/.335/.457/.792 .665/.864 .811 97/.599 10/4 19/5

Lugo G/S/vP 19/.616 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 12/.567 18/.591 1/2.000 293/180 .280/.352/.405/.756 .748/.761 .737 30/.274 9/0 3/11

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 38/.713 6/.666 18/.860 3/.000 9/.222 4/1.000 1/.000 12/.833 2/.500 711/426 .293/.347/.453/.801 .682/.882 .812 95/.836 6/2 18/6

18.Pie* G/S/vP 9/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 281/236 .266/.326/.437/.763 .623/.789 .819 22/1.105 1/3 9/2

14.Reimold G/S/vP 6/2.333 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/2.000 411/261 .279/.365/.466/.831 .815/.841 .873 64/.646 8/2 15/5

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 44/.889 6/.733 14/.374 2/3.000 6/.334 3/2.333 3/.000 16/.775 3/1.667 717/473 .283/.356/.451/.807 .781/.820 .766 16/.464 30/7 16/11

30.Scott* G/S/vP 19/1.459 5/.200 9/1.417 3/.667 9/.472 6/.733 3/.666 9/.000 1/2.000 506/348 .258/.340/.488/.828 .837/.823 .925 68/.688 0/0 25/1

65.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/71 .162/.250/.221/.471 .167/.495 .587 7/.286 0/0 1/1

9.Tejada G/S/vP 17/.745 1/.000 9/.111 ··· 6/.750 ··· 20/.500 24/.598 ··· 674/524 .313/.340/.455/.795 .831/.785 .879 73/.805 5/2 14/21

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.500 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 385/235 .288/.340/.412/.753 .671/.804 .813 81/.723 0/0 9/5

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 27/.768 2/1.000 6/1.166 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 5/.400 8/.250 1/no AB 436/275 .273/.314/.400/.714 .650/.750 .787 69/1.084 1/2 11/8

IP 207.0 84.0 86.0 17.1 13.1 51.2 83.1 66.1 43.2 TOTAL .247/.309/.383/.692 .695/.691 .687 .692 6/4 18/18

ERA-K/9

4.04/8.5

3.54/7.4

3.03/10.0

5.19/5.2

9.45/8.8

6.79/5.6

4.43/7.9

1.76/9.8

3.30/13.0

3.72/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Tatum (7-4-0)
Wieters (65-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 896/.247 337/.220 351/.217 82/.292 62/.278 241/.321 362/.264 257/.197 191/.216 .238 Markakis
Jones
Reimold
Pie
Wigginton
Andino
Scott 0/0/161/13
0/119/0/9
88/0/2/7
44/41/0/5
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
26/0/0/0

OPS .729 .629 .635 .767 .861 .872 .715 .549 .685 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 482/.654 161/.559 164/.740 44/.626 28/.494 103/1.140 177/.752 130/.511 83/.601 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 414/.816 176/.694 187/.546 38/.932 34/1.175 138/.671 185/.680 127/.586 108/.751 .633

Road 449/.757 148/.785 191/.565 35/.512 26/.552 122/.884 188/.704 102/.537 107/.810

Last 28d days 107/.772 36/.649 69/.402 12/.717 21/.793 17/.435 23/.826 24/.390 26/1.045

HR/SB/CS 25/23/12 10/10/2 8/5/2 1/4/0 3/1/0 10/3/1 5/2/2 7/2/1 4/2/2 15/18/3

Usage ·····X·· ·X·o···· ·X·····X ·o·X···· ···Xo··· o··X···· ········ ·······X ·X···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.