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Game Preview: BAL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, July 30, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Orioles, 32-70, 32-70 5th, 33½ GB, 31½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Arrieta (24, RHP, 3-3, 5.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-3)			48.1	51	32	29	28	21	6	5.40

Last 7 GS		1-3	35.1	44	28	25	22	12	5	6.37	38
2010-07-25	MIN	L	4.0	7	5	5	4	0	1	87	24
2010-07-20	TBR	ND	5.1	4	5	5	4	1	2	96	37
2010-07-11	@TEX	W	6.1	6	1	1	2	3	1	90	58
2010-07-06	@DET	ND	6.1	7	1	1	2	4	0	96	57
2010-07-01	OAK	L	6.0	7	4	3	4	2	0	99	42
2010-06-25	WSN	ND	4.1	8	6	5	3	2	0	95	24
2010-06-20	@SDP	L	3.0	5	6	5	3	0	1	56	24

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   18-33   Road:   14-37   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  22-46   vsLHP:  10-24   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 10-35   vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest:  9-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 29  @KCR  W   6-5 (11)  32-70  5th 33.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 28  @TOR  L   0-5       31-70  5th 33.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 27  @TOR  L   2-8       31-69  5th 32.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 26  @TOR  L   5-9       31-68  5th 32.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25   MIN  L   4-10      31-67  5th 31.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24   MIN  L   2-7       31-66  5th 30.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23   MIN  W   3-2       31-65  5th 30.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 22   MIN  L   0-5       30-65  5th 30.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 21   TBR  L   4-5       30-64  5th 29.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 20   TBR  W  11-10(13)  30-63  5th 28.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Royals, 42-60, 42-60 4th, 15½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (22, RHP, 1-1, 4.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			18.0	14	8	8	4	9	3	4.00
2009 (4-2)			51.2	60	34	34	16	29	12	5.92

Last 7 GS		2-3	30.2	35	29	29	10	20	11	8.51	39
2010-07-25	@NYY	L	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	2	90	36
2010-07-20	@NYY	W	6.0	2	2	2	3	4	1	85	61
2009-09-29	TEX	W	5.0	3	2	2	0	3	1	65	56
2009-08-21	@TOR	L	1.0	4	4	4	3	1	1	49	27
2009-08-16	@BAL	ND	4.0	7	6	6	2	3	3	93	25
2009-08-10	TBR	ND	4.2	6	6	6	2	3	2	91	29
2009-08-05	@CHW	L	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	95	42

Last 5 v.BAL		0-0	9.2	16	10	10	2	5	3	9.31	31
2009-08-16	@BAL	ND	4.0	7	6	6	2	3	3	93	25
2009-07-04	BAL	ND	5.2	9	4	4	0	2	0	94	37

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

 Home:   20-29   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  33-45   vsLHP:   9-15   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:16-22   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 29   BAL  L   5-6 (11)  42-60  4th 15.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 28   MIN  L   4-6       42-59  4th 14.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-11      42-58  4th 13.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 26   MIN  L   1-19      42-57  4th 12.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25  @NYY  L   6-12      42-56  4th 11.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24  @NYY  W   7-4       42-55  4th 11.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23  @NYY  L   1-7       41-55  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 22  @NYY  L   4-10      41-54  4th 11.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 21   TOR  W   5-2       41-53  4th 11.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 20   TOR  L   1-13      40-53  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 BAL  6 @KCR  5 (11)   W:David Hernandez (5-7), L: Blake Wood (0-2), S: Alfredo Simon (15)
Tue, May 18, 2010 BAL  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Alfredo Simon (1-1), L: Bryan Bullington (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 KCR  4 @BAL  3        W:Kyle Davies (3-2), L: Brad Bergesen (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (10)

Thu, Jul 30, 2009 BAL  7  KCR  3        W:Brad Bergesen (7-5), L: Luke Hochevar (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 BAL  7  KCR  3        W:Matt Albers (2-4), L: Rob Tejeda (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (2)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 KCR  4 @BAL  3 (11)   W:Jamey Wright (1-3), L: Danys Baez (4-4), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 KCR  5 @BAL  3        W:Rob Tejeda (1-0), L: Matt Albers (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Sun, May 17, 2009 KCR  7  BAL  4        W:Juan Cruz (3-0), L: Jim Johnson (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 BAL  3 @KCR  2        W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Kyle Davies (2-2), S: George Sherrill (7)
Fri, May 15, 2009 KCR  8  BAL  1        W:Zack Greinke (7-1), L: Adam Eaton (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - BAL over 2-1; 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - BAL won 5-3; All-Time - BAL leads 244-183

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 5.50

LAD 4.44

SEA 3.31

RA/G

SDP 3.43

SEA 4.39

ARI 5.68

J. Hamilton .362

J. Reyes .280

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

O. Hudson .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .653

C. Young .463

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.076

V. Martinez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

B. Cecil 3.89

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

K. Millwood 6.87

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Orioles Batters (3.60 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Bell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .263/.263/.263/.526 1.000/.471 .364 11/.545 0/0 0/1

47.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/68 .224/.263/.381/.644 .571/.740 .715 42/.810 0/0 5/2

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 326/216 .243/.292/.283/.575 .547/.585 .615 85/.687 7/5 1/5

10.Jones G/S/vP 6/1.267 ··· 3/2.667 4/.833 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 424/313 .269/.300/.435/.736 .722/.740 .685 95/.696 3/5 15/6

2.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 28/.753 18/.411 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 209/126 .258/.309/.295/.604 .755/.510 .701 54/.737 5/6 0/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/.967 1/2.000 3/.333 7/.858 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 445/310 .293/.378/.438/.815 .920/.767 .850 101/.773 4/1 7/0

40.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/89 .209/.274/.337/.611 .286/.631 .619 32/.495 3/0 3/3

6.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 252/180 .278/.331/.419/.749 .479/.862 .696 72/.741 18/3 6/4

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 92/76 .259/.308/.412/.719 .598/.743 .616 70/.599 0/1 2/1

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 6/1.833 ··· 3/.000 9/.904 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 39/31 .216/.256/.297/.554 .250/.635 .611 23/.609 2/0 0/1

30.Scott* G/S/vP 5/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 300/228 .283/.353/.558/.912 .777/.956 .687 47/1.145 1/0 17/2

15.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/64 .271/.347/.306/.653 .404/.775 .607 44/.689 1/0 0/3

9.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 9/.583 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 428/309 .269/.308/.362/.670 .651/.677 .589 99/.593 0/0 7/15

32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 315/225 .248/.324/.376/.700 .594/.745 .739 38/1.125 0/1 8/3

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/1.000 6/1.333 12/.917 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 395/284 .250/.325/.443/.767 .703/.792 .738 92/.675 0/1 16/14

IP 18.0 5.0 69.0 43.2 37.2 27.2 42.0 45.0 30.2 TOTAL .256/.315/.384/.699 .649/.719 .681 .723 45/23 88/84

ERA-K/9

4.00/4.5

7.20/5.4

4.83/7.0

2.27/7.2

5.02/5.5

9.76/6.2

2.36/10.1

4.60/5.0

6.16/3.8

5.17/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fox (2-3-0)
Tatum (21-2-1)
Wieters (34-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.209 30/.391 304/.267 179/.230 174/.297 137/.319 179/.241 202/.303 137/.307 .278 Jones
Patterson
Markakis
Pie
Fox
Scott 0/100/0/6
49/3/1/4
0/0/100/3
21/1/0/1
11/0/0/1
14/0/0/0

OPS .671 1.055 .765 .615 .809 1.001 .663 .759 .851 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.704 15/1.167 86/.791 84/.659 76/.669 57/.945 94/.689 90/.806 67/1.085 .801

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.636 15/.938 218/.755 95/.575 98/.911 80/1.039 85/.632 112/.722 70/.638 .789

Home 14/.445 21/1.086 151/.755 92/.607 86/.808 60/1.179 97/.590 96/.739 78/.722

Last 28d days 44/.785 7/.762 124/.868 43/.618 60/.904 63/1.468 53/.714 59/.927 44/1.116

HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 1/1/1 7/5/4 2/4/3 3/1/1 8/1/0 4/0/0 1/2/2 3/7/2 120/85/32

Usage ····X··· ·X······ ··X····X X·o··o·· ··XXX·Xo ··XXo·X· Xo···X·· ···XX·o· X··XX··X

Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Arrieta
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 50.Mata
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/66 .250/.302/.455/.757 .412/.917 .890 27/.909 1/0 4/2

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 265/190 .292/.325/.372/.697 .630/.722 .670 74/.514 2/4 2/8

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 368/282 .257/.279/.391/.671 .766/.642 .683 82/.684 0/1 7/13

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 98/61 .349/.429/.593/1.022 1.186/.929 .954 62/.813 0/0 4/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 120/59 .243/.280/.360/.640 .777/.505 .752 40/.546 6/3 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 433/342 .312/.381/.457/.838 .742/.862 .814 92/.765 0/0 9/4

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 397/305 .274/.305/.403/.708 .645/.733 .719 66/.647 3/1 8/7

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 394/287 .318/.384/.443/.827 .725/.864 .857 59/.613 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 143/114 .248/.317/.287/.604 .980/.512 .751 28/.742 11/1 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/51 .182/.286/.273/.558 1.167/.394 .584 25/.408 0/1 1/5

6.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 414/320 .269/.329/.452/.781 .642/.819 .747 78/.692 1/0 16/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 393/307 .271/.337/.317/.654 .743/.628 .727 88/.696 9/7 0/10

12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 252/202 .250/.324/.357/.681 .737/.666 .639 43/.622 0/1 3/3

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 47/32 .195/.277/.244/.520 .552/.503 .553 14/.500 2/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 439/327 .308/.352/.397/.749 .697/.768 .714 99/.862 31/12 5/4

IP 48.1 52.1 6.2 17.1 29.0 TOTAL .280/.334/.399/.733 .728/.734 .741 .697 68/34 66/81

ERA-K/9

5.40/3.9

4.30/5.9

6.75/8.1

7.79/4.7

3.41/9.0

5.16/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (80-31-4)
Pena (5-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.273 226/.251 33/.280 85/.324 132/.278 .286 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Guillen
Ankiel
Betemit
Podsednik
Gordon
Callaspo 2/19/70/5
6/59/6/3
4/8/13/2
0/0/21/1
0/24/0/1
1/0/0/0
93/2/0/0
2/0/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .814 .715 .806 .900 .784 .811

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.997 84/.860 11/1.010 31/.913 72/.650 .876

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.609 142/.626 22/.693 54/.891 60/.952 .764

Road 96/.688 122/.683 21/.667 34/1.048 64/.826

Last 28d days 99/.827 67/.455 18/.347 25/.838 24/1.089

HR/SB/CS 6/6/0 6/4/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 3/2/1 122/56/17

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