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Game Preview: BAL @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, April 8, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Orioles, 0-2, 0-25th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (23, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-2) 44.2 52 24 23 14 38 6 4.63
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.2 46 23 22 11 33 6 4.99 48
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
2009-08-25 @MIN ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 99 42
2009-08-20 @TBR W 5.1 7 4 4 0 7 1 91 45
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
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 5.1 7 4 4 0 7 1 6.75 45
2009-08-20 @TBR W 5.1 7 4 4 0 7 1 91 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @TBR  L   3-4        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  6  @TBR  L   3-4        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2 
Rays, 2-0, 2-01st, ½ up

SP: Jeff Niemann (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (13-6) 180.2 185 84 79 59 125 17 3.94
2008 (2-2) 16.0 18 12 9 8 14 3 5.06
Last 7 GS 1-1 41.0 47 19 19 12 36 3 4.17 50
2009-10-03 NYY W 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 87 51
2009-09-28 BAL ND 3.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 89 30
2009-09-22 SEA ND 6.2 4 3 3 4 5 1 108 55
2009-09-15 @BAL L 4.1 11 6 6 1 6 0 83 22
2009-09-09 @NYY ND 7.0 8 1 1 1 8 0 110 64
2009-09-04 DET ND 7.2 6 1 1 2 6 1 115 67
2009-08-30 @DET ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 96 62
Last 5 v.BAL 2-2 25.1 39 19 19 12 19 4 6.75 38
2009-09-28 BAL ND 3.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 89 30
2009-09-15 @BAL L 4.1 11 6 6 1 6 0 83 22
2009-08-19 BAL W 7.1 7 1 1 1 5 1 103 64
2009-05-13 @BAL W 5.0 8 2 2 3 2 1 88 42
2009-04-11 @BAL L 5.1 6 6 6 4 3 1 94 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-0    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  7   BAL  W   4-3        2-0   1st  0.5 up
  1 Tue, Apr  6   BAL  W   4-3        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 TBR  4  BAL  3        W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (1)
Tue, Apr 06, 2010 TBR  4  BAL  3        W:Rafael Soriano (1-0), L: Mike Gonzalez (0-1), S: none

Thu, Oct 01, 2009 BAL  3 @TBR  2        W:Chris Waters (1-0), L: Matt Garza (8-12), S: Jim Johnson (9)
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 TBR  5  BAL  3        W:James Shields (11-12), L: David Hernandez (4-10), S: Russ Springer (1)
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 TBR  3  BAL  1        W:Wade Davis (2-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-17), S: Grant Balfour (3)
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 TBR  7  BAL  6        W:Lance Cormier (3-3), L: Chris Ray (0-4), S: Grant Balfour (2)
Thu, Sep 17, 2009 TBR  3 @BAL  0        W:Wade Davis (1-1), L: Mark Hendrickson (5-5), S: none
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 BAL  4  TBR  2        W:Jim Johnson (4-5), L: Russ Springer (0-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 BAL 10  TBR  5        W:Jason Berken (5-11), L: Jeff Niemann (12-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 14, 2009 TBR  8 @BAL  4        W:David Price (8-7), L: David Hernandez (4-8), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TBR leads 2-0; 2009 - TBR won 10-8; 2008 - TBR won 15-3; All-Time - BAL leads 104-102

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

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

BA

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.

Orioles Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB
29.Soriano
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 215/149 .222/.274/.288/.562 .580/.554 .476 / 3/3 2/8
25.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/3.000 4/.250 399/239 .226/.308/.342/.650 .790/.559 .624 8/.750 0/0 9/9
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 12/.606 2/.000 6/.666 10/.522 ··· 5/.650 10/.522 5/1.100 3/.000 412/276 .256/.294/.328/.622 .705/.580 .468 7/.762 12/4 2/8
10.Jones G/S/vP 12/.432 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 8/2.607 2/.000 6/.000 519/331 .277/.335/.457/.792 .665/.864 .772 9/1.333 10/4 19/5
Lugo G/S/vP ··· 10/1.467 2/.500 8/1.071 ··· 5/.200 11/.700 6/.167 3/.000 293/180 .280/.352/.405/.756 .748/.761 .770 / 9/0 3/11
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/1.132 3/.667 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 11/.788 20/.633 1/no AB 5/1.850 711/426 .293/.347/.453/.801 .682/.882 .789 9/.778 6/2 18/6
18.Pie* G/S/vP 9/.444 3/.333 2/.000 8/.804 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 281/236 .266/.326/.437/.763 .623/.789 .698 4/.750 1/3 9/2
14.Reimold G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 411/261 .279/.365/.466/.831 .815/.841 .798 4/.500 8/2 15/5
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 20/1.500 4/.000 4/.500 7/1.881 ··· 13/.917 23/.768 13/.432 3/.000 717/473 .283/.356/.451/.807 .781/.820 .850 10/.000 30/7 16/11
30.Scott* G/S/vP 12/.614 3/.666 6/1.000 6/.533 ··· 5/.400 12/.614 2/.000 ··· 506/348 .258/.340/.488/.828 .837/.823 .727 8/.821 0/0 25/1
65.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/71 .162/.250/.221/.471 .167/.495 .316 / 0/0 1/1
9.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 13/1.356 9/.847 674/524 .313/.340/.455/.795 .831/.785 .709 9/.347 5/2 14/21
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 8/1.607 1/.000 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 385/235 .288/.340/.412/.753 .671/.804 .695 8/1.375 0/0 9/5
23.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/1.667 4/.000 ··· 8/1.071 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 9/.347 436/275 .273/.314/.400/.714 .650/.750 .646 1/.000 1/2 11/8
IP 180.2 67.1 36.1 77.1 18.1 66.2 99.2 75.2 57.2 TOTAL .239/.299/.437/.735 .000/.767 .735 .735 1/0 3/0
ERA-K/9 3.94/6.2 4.81/9.2 3.47/6.9 3.26/4.2 6.38/9.3 2.84/10.7 6.77/5.4 2.97/12.1 3.28/7.0 2.50/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 769/.266 289/.235 142/.214 331/.249 83/.292 278/.197 459/.311 307/.194 219/.199 .239  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 .728 .681 .588 .679 .806 .627 .889 .586 .659 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 412/.753 112/.701 83/.385 180/.671 42/.752 86/.772 276/.746 145/.746 64/1.020 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.701 177/.667 59/.880 151/.688 41/.855 192/.561 183/1.108 162/.445 155/.511 .757
Home 317/.717 156/.611 75/.635 133/.674 32/1.030 147/.684 199/.853 152/.466 119/.707
Last 28d days / / 3/.000 2/.000 / / / 11/1.055 /
HR/SB/CS 17/24/6 6/6/1 4/2/1 6/6/1 3/4/0 7/3/2 19/1/2 6/3/0 11/5/0 3/1/0
Usage

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

Rays Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.00 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
94.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 336/215 .253/.331/.416/.747 .882/.674 .830 / 1/0 12/8
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.762 2/no AB 5/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 567/389 .320/.389/.490/.879 .930/.856 .796 9/.819 30/7 14/20
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 93/72 .278/.301/.444/.746 .145/.918 .806 3/1.333 2/2 1/2
5.Burrell G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.143 3/.000 7/.000 2/1.000 476/333 .221/.315/.367/.682 .588/.719 .777 8/.536 2/0 14/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.334 1/3.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 672/462 .305/.364/.452/.816 .704/.868 .827 9/.708 60/16 15/4
37.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/33 .188/.270/.500/.770 .750/.773 1.022 / 1/0 3/0
19.Kapler G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 238/64 .239/.329/.439/.768 .931/.357 .794 / 5/2 8/2
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/.583 ··· 8/.625 3/2.667 1/.000 671/474 .281/.364/.526/.889 .909/.881 .849 8/1.625 9/0 33/13
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/.858 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 410/254 .218/.261/.322/.583 .740/.489 .572 3/1.333 5/2 8/5
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· 5/.400 2/2.500 3/.333 570/374 .227/.356/.537/.893 .814/.936 .984 8/.875 3/3 39/10
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 29/14 .200/.276/.440/.716 .630/.786 .650 4/.500 0/0 2/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 327/257 .214/.335/.399/.734 1.045/.652 .577 4/.750 0/0 12/4
2.Upton G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.555 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 4/1.167 626/437 .241/.313/.373/.686 .572/.734 .741 8/.661 42/14 11/4
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 599/398 .297/.405/.543/.948 1.035/.905 1.027 8/.875 17/6 27/7
IP 44.2 67.0 74.1 70.0 65.1 13.2 TOTAL .338/.375/.515/.890 1.069/.865 .890 .890 0/1 2/1
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 4.41/9.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (61-22-6)
 Shoppach (49-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.292 309/.303 315/.209 300/.270 283/.294 59/.220 .338  Crawford
 Upton
 Zobrist
 Kapler
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Burrell
154/0/0/6
0/144/0/6
9/7/59/5
14/12/66/5
3/2/2/0
0/4/5/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .823 .797 .658 .747 .747 .565 .890
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.708 139/.929 107/.581 145/.746 126/.691 28/.301 .984
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.850 170/.694 208/.699 155/.747 157/.790 31/.795 .826
Road 113/.906 130/.809 174/.615 147/.727 134/.778 36/.351
Last 28d days / 4/.500 5/2.050 3/.000 4/1.750 /
HR/SB/CS 6/9/2 3/9/3 7/7/2 8/4/1 4/10/1 0/0/0 2/0/1
Usage

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.