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Game Preview: OAK @ BAL, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Athletics, 23-22, 23-222nd, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 4-4, 3.45)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-4)			60.0	50	23	23	9	35	6	3.45
2009 (8-9)			136.2	144	63	59	42	81	9	3.89
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14

Last 7 GS		3-4	47.0	41	19	19	7	23	5	3.64	55
2010-05-19	DET	L	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	79	53
2010-05-14	@LAA	L	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	98	56
2010-05-09	TBR	W	9.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	109	93
2010-05-03	TEX	L	7.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	97	46
2010-04-28	@TBR	L	4.0	8	6	6	3	1	0	88	20
2010-04-22	NYY	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	2	81	53
2010-04-16	BAL	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	92	66

Last 5 v.BAL		4-1	32.0	19	7	6	7	23	2	1.69	64
2010-04-16	BAL	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	92	66
2009-06-05	BAL	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	101	70
2008-09-05	@BAL	W	5.0	4	2	1	1	3	0	67	55
2007-07-22	BAL	L	7.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	104	64
2007-04-24	@BAL	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	86	67

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

 Home:   18-9    Road:    5-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   8-2 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest: 11-10 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 23   SFG  W   3-0       23-22  2nd  2.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 22   SFG  W   1-0       22-22  2nd  3.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 21   SFG  W   6-1       21-22  2nd  4.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 20   DET  L   2-5       20-22  2nd  4.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 19   DET  L   1-5       20-21  2nd  3.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 18   SEA  W   6-5 (10)  20-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 17   SEA  W   8-4       19-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 16  @LAA  L   0-4       18-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 15  @LAA  L   3-12      18-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 14  @LAA  L   0-4       18-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Orioles, 14-31, 14-315th, 18 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (31, RHP, 2-4, 3.86)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-4)			58.1	53	27	25	10	33	7	3.86
2009 (10-17)			200.0	224	120	112	60	110	35	5.04
2008 (10-12)			190.2	176	82	77	58	120	24	3.63

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.0	37	21	19	8	22	6	3.80	54
2010-05-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	7	1	1	0	3	1	90	57
2010-05-14	CLE	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	5	0	113	78
2010-05-08	@MIN	W	6.2	5	3	3	1	5	2	110	56
2010-05-03	@NYY	L	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	116	49
2010-04-28	NYY	L	4.2	6	7	6	1	4	1	98	29
2010-04-23	@BOS	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	104	48
2010-04-17	@OAK	ND	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	99	58

Last 5 v.OAK		1-2	24.2	31	17	16	8	17	2	5.84	43
2010-04-17	@OAK	ND	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	99	58
2009-08-10	OAK	L	4.2	11	5	5	1	2	0	107	23
2009-06-05	@OAK	L	0.2	7	6	6	0	0	1	29	14
2008-05-07	@OAK	ND	5.2	5	4	4	3	6	1	106	46
2007-07-22	@OAK	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	6	0	99	76

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

 Home:    8-12   Road:    6-19   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  10-21   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  3-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 23  @WSN  L   3-4 (10)  14-31  5th 18.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 22  @WSN  L   6-7       14-30  5th 17.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 21  @WSN  W   5-3       14-29  5th 16.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 20  @TEX  L   7-13      13-29  5th 17.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 19  @TEX  L   3-4       13-28  5th 16.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 18   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  13-27  5th 15.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 17   KCR  L   3-4       12-27  5th 15.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 16   CLE  L   1-5       12-26  5th 14.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 15   CLE  L   2-8       12-25  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 14   CLE  W   8-1       12-24  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 BAL  8 @OAK  3        W:Brian Matusz (2-0), L: Brett Anderson (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (1)
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 OAK  4  BAL  3        W:Jerry Blevins (2-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 OAK  4  BAL  2        W:Dallas Braden (2-0), L: Kevin Millwood (0-2), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 OAK  6  BAL  2        W:Ben Sheets (1-0), L: David Hernandez (0-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 12, 2009 OAK  6 @BAL  3        W:Vin Mazzaro (4-8), L: Jason Berken (2-10), S: Andrew Bailey (17)
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 BAL  3  OAK  2        W:David Hernandez (4-4), L: Trevor Cahill (6-12), S: Jim Johnson (4)
Mon, Aug 10, 2009 OAK  9 @BAL  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (4-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-12), S: none
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 OAK  3  BAL  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Rich Hill (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (4)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 OAK  9  BAL  4        W:Trevor Cahill (3-5), L: Jason Berken (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 OAK  9  BAL  1        W:Dallas Braden (5-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-5), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 3-1; 2009 - OAK won 5-1; 2008 - OAK won 5-0; All-Time - OAK leads 971-915

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.59

CHC 4.51

HOU 3.00

RA/G

TBR 3.20

TEX 4.49

ARI 6.11

J. Morneau .383

C. Pena .191

OBP

J. Morneau .497

J. Lopez .240

SLG

J. Morneau .701

C. Figgins .252

OPS

J. Morneau 1.199

J. Lopez .503

ERA

U. Jimenez .99

F. Hernandez 3.80

J. Beckett 7.29

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.80

C. Wilson 6.75

N. Blackburn 2.50

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Athletics Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS	46.Guthrie G/S/vB	37.Albers G/S/vB	26.Meredith G/S/vB	13.Ohman* G/S/vB	PA/vRH	BA/OBP/SLG/OPS	vLH/RH	Rd	Last 28d	SB/CS	HR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP	6/.400	1/.000	···	2/.500	198/137	.266/.380/.399/.779	.723/.804	.627	108/.716	0/1	2/7
4.Crisp# G/S/vP	24/.885	1/.000	1/2.000	···	8/4	.333/.250/.500/.750	1.500/.000		8/.750	0/1	0/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP	10/1.067	1/.000	2/.500	1/.000	28/22	.304/.429/.304/.733	1.267/.586	.762	28/.733	0/0	0/1
11.Davis G/S/vP	8/.750	4/.000	2/4.000	1/.000	157/105	.247/.288/.308/.597	.641/.576	.576	74/.691	15/2	1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP	13/.826	1/.000	3/1.667	···	41/32	.278/.350/.333/.683	.804/.654	.593	7/.167	0/0	0/0
50.Fox G/S/vP	···	1/.000	1/.000	···	80/36	.205/.263/.315/.578	.686/.441	.621	41/.617	0/0	1/1
18.Gross* G/S/vP	10/.600	7/1.238	2/.500	3/.000	68/47	.238/.269/.270/.538	.361/.615	.468	33/.450	1/0	0/0
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP	3/.000	6/.167	···	3/.000	180/128	.265/.294/.359/.653	.697/.636	.588	94/.678	0/0	3/4
1.Patterson* G/S/vP	3/.333	1/.000	···	···	79/62	.219/.269/.493/.762	.301/.892	.737	58/.735	2/0	4/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP	5/.400	···	2/.000	···	183/131	.231/.313/.356/.669	.689/.661	.662	105/.534	5/2	3/4
7.Rosales G/S/vP	3/1.000	···	1/2.000	···	150/104	.271/.336/.376/.712	.744/.698	.885	97/.683	0/0	3/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP	10/1.500	5/.000	2/2.500	···	99/73	.261/.343/.443/.787	.735/.799	.285	32/.654	0/0	4/3
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP	8/1.825	···	1/3.000	4/.833	173/129	.308/.353/.390/.743	.638/.775	.587	84/.760	0/1	1/0
IP	58.1	20.1	14.0	14.2	TOTAL	.253/.317/.362/.678	.671/.681	.631	.656	25/7	25/30
ERA-K/9	3.86/5.1	5.31/5.3	5.79/4.5	0.00/9.2	4.60/6.2	Catcher Def. (SB-CS-PB) Fox (1-1-0) Suzuki (14-6-2)		OF G: LF / CF / RF - A
BF/BA	240/.241	92/.260	62/.304	59/.200	.282			Sweeney Cust Gross Davis Rosales Crisp Patterson Fox		0/0/41/3 6/0/0/2 13/5/10/1 2/40/0/1 1/0/0/0 0/2/0/0 18/5/0/0 5/0/0/0
OPS	.694	.782	.934	.545	.792
vs LHB (BF-OPS)	138/.840	37/.920	20/.850	38/.508	.849
vs RHB (BF-OPS)	102/.500	55/.685	42/.973	21/.611	.744
Home	78/.684	35/.676	33/1.039	28/.668
Last 28d days	133/.665	50/.690	46/.857	35/.445
HR/SB/CS	7/2/0	3/2/0	4/2/0	0/0/1	51/17/13
Usage	`·····X··`	`·o·X·X··`	`·o·ooo··`	`·o·o·ooo`

Orioles Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 66.Ross
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Atkins G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 17/1.118 6/.900 2/2.000 120/86 .219/.258/.281/.539 .458/.569 .416 59/.544 0/0 0/1

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 24/.250 3/1.167 ··· 129/94 .228/.299/.246/.545 .523/.525 .443 71/.490 4/4 0/2

10.Jones G/S/vP 11/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 192/148 .254/.281/.400/.681 .520/.728 .668 100/.741 1/3 5/2

2.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 64/40 .213/.250/.213/.463 .839/.250 .305 34/.627 3/1 0/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 15/.276 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 9/.444 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 202/143 .304/.406/.427/.833 .970/.768 .889 112/.890 1/1 2/0

16.Montanez G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 44/29 .163/.182/.163/.345 .205/.414 .000 20/.358 1/0 0/1

40.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

6.Patterson* G/S/vP 5/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 41/.494 ··· ··· 57/45 .286/.375/.469/.844 .606/.913 .996 57/.844 4/1 2/1

30.Scott* G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.250 1/.000 19/.754 3/.333 2/1.500 145/117 .273/.338/.538/.876 .747/.907 1.116 78/1.025 0/0 9/1

15.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .250/.280/.250/.530 .571/.513 .333 18/.627 0/0 0/0

9.Tejada G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/.489 1/.000 ··· 177/133 .265/.305/.386/.691 .865/.632 .821 108/.649 0/0 4/6

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 166/120 .257/.319/.362/.681 .713/.668 .540 89/.611 0/1 4/1

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 7/1.262 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 39/1.068 5/.400 2/.000 171/125 .294/.359/.601/.960 .755/1.038 1.126 106/.875 0/1 13/7

IP 60.0 17.2 15.0 1.0 17.0 26.2 55.1 5.2 20.1 TOTAL .253/.314/.385/.699 .698/.699 .724 .710 16/12 42/32

ERA-K/9

3.45/5.2

1.02/5.1

6.00/9.6

9.00/18.0

2.65/9.0

4.39/7.1

5.04/7.3

3.18/4.7

2.66/5.3

3.92/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Tatum (2-2-0)
Wieters (15-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.226 69/.194 71/.302 5/.250 69/.194 110/.290 242/.278 24/.238 82/.211 .246 Montanez
Jones
Patterson
Markakis
Scott 14/1/0/2
0/44/0/2
12/1/0/1
0/0/45/1
8/0/0/0

OPS .613 .476 .839 .650 .630 .720 .850 .638 .615 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.658 31/.404 28/.509 1/ 32/.452 55/.740 132/.758 9/.873 27/.973 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.598 38/.535 43/1.078 4/.500 37/.793 55/.699 110/.947 15/.500 55/.442 .718

Road 79/.775 19/.583 30/.857 / 33/.618 46/.925 96/1.125 6/.000 31/.996

Last 28d days 137/.620 44/.390 32/1.181 5/.650 38/.361 64/.864 122/.775 24/.638 43/.685

HR/SB/CS 6/0/0 0/2/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 7/11/7 0/0/0 2/1/1 43/26/14

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

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.