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Game Preview: BAL @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, May 20, 2010 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Orioles, 13-28, 13-285th, 16½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (23, LHP, 2-3, 4.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-3) 47.1 53 24 22 18 39 2 4.18
2009 (5-2) 44.2 52 24 23 14 38 6 4.63
Last 7 GS 1-3 42.1 51 22 20 13 32 2 4.25 48
2010-05-15 CLE ND 7.0 7 0 0 4 6 0 107 65
2010-05-09 @MIN L 3.2 9 6 6 1 2 0 80 20
2010-05-04 @NYY L 6.0 6 3 1 3 2 0 100 51
2010-04-29 NYY L 6.0 9 3 3 0 2 1 97 44
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
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 5.14 52
2009-09-05 TEX W 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 93 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-12   Road:    5-16   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  10-19   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  3-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 35 Thu, May 13   SEA  W   6-5       11-24  5th 13.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 12   SEA  W   5-2       10-24  5th 14.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11   SEA  L   1-5        9-24  5th 14.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  9  @MIN  L   0-6        9-23  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Rangers, 23-18, 23-181st, 3 up

SP: Scott Feldman (27, RHP, 1-4, 5.89)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-4) 44.1 54 36 29 17 27 5 5.89
2009 (17-8) 189.2 178 87 86 65 113 18 4.08
2008 (6-8) 151.1 161 103 89 56 74 22 5.29
Last 7 GS 1-4 37.1 49 33 26 17 24 3 6.27 39
2010-05-15 @TOR L 7.1 9 5 5 1 5 1 119 44
2010-05-09 KCR ND 4.0 6 4 4 2 4 1 100 36
2010-05-04 @OAK L 7.0 10 7 7 3 4 1 111 30
2010-04-29 CHW ND 6.0 2 3 1 4 4 0 101 60
2010-04-24 DET L 3.2 8 8 4 4 1 0 93 18
2010-04-17 @NYY L 2.1 7 4 4 2 2 0 73 27
2010-04-11 SEA W 7.0 7 2 1 1 4 0 117 60
Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 17.2 13 5 5 7 4 0 2.55 55
2009-09-04 @BAL W 6.2 4 1 1 2 2 0 102 62
2009-04-25 @BAL W 5.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 79 56
2008-07-05 @BAL W 6.0 5 3 3 4 0 0 93 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-7    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Wed, May 19   BAL  W   4-3       23-18  1st  3.0 up
 40 Tue, May 18   LAA  W   8-7       22-18  1st  2.0 up
 39 Mon, May 17   LAA  W   4-3       21-18  1st  2.0 up
 38 Sun, May 16  @TOR  L   2-5       20-18  1st  2.0 up
 37 Sat, May 15  @TOR  L   0-6       20-17  1st  2.0 up
 36 Fri, May 14  @TOR  L  10-16      20-16  1st  2.0 up
 35 Thu, May 13   OAK  W   2-1 (12)  20-15  1st  2.0 up
 34 Wed, May 12   OAK  W  10-1       19-15  1st  1.0 up
 33 Tue, May 11   OAK  L   6-7 (13)  18-15  1st    Tied
 32 Sun, May  9   KCR  W   6-4       18-14  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 19, 2010 TEX  4  BAL  3        W:Frank Francisco (5-3), L: Cla Meredith (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 06, 2009 BAL  7  TEX  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-13), L: Derek Holland (7-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 05, 2009 BAL  5  TEX  4        W:Brian Matusz (4-2), L: Kevin Millwood (10-9), S: Jim Johnson (8)
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 TEX  5 @BAL  1        W:Scott Feldman (15-4), L: Chris Tillman (1-3), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 TEX  6 @BAL  4        W:Matt Harrison (1-2), L: Matt Albers (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (5)
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 BAL  8  TEX  5        W:Danys Baez (1-1), L: Jason Jennings (0-1), S: George Sherrill (4)
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 TEX  6 @BAL  5        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-3), S: Frank Francisco (4)
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 TEX  5 @BAL  4        W:C.J. Wilson (1-2), L: George Sherrill (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 TEX 19  BAL  6        W:Kris Benson (1-1), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 BAL  7 @TEX  5 (10)   W:Jim Johnson (1-0), L: Eddie Guardado (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX leads 1-0; 2009 - Tied 5-5; 2008 - TEX won 5-4; All-Time - BAL leads 362-239

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  5.78

ATL  4.48

HOU  3.05

RA/G

TBR  3.05

TEX  4.49

PIT  6.03

BA

I. Suzuki  .349

  

M. Teixeira  .213

OBP

K. Youkilis  .459

  

E. Aybar  .299

SLG

V. Wells  .611

  

E. Aybar  .298

OPS

K. Youkilis  1.026

  

E. Aybar  .598

ERA

U. Jimenez  1.12

J. Guthrie  3.86

J. Beckett  7.29

K/9IP

B. Morrow  11.85

S. Marcum  6.53

N. Blackburn  2.51

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Orioles Batters (3.41 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
48.Lewis
G/S/vB
58.Moscoso
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
28.Oliver*
G/S/vB
49.Ray
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Atkins G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 119/85 .221/.261/.283/.544 .458/.576 .642 63/.508 0/0 0/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.398 1/2.000 4/1.250 116/83 .226/.278/.245/.524 .517/.495 .605 71/.508 2/4 0/2
10.Jones G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 177/137 .251/.277/.363/.639 .411/.705 .611 106/.694 1/3 3/2
2.Lugo G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/.125 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 11/.637 3/.666 2/.500 60/38 .211/.250/.211/.461 .921/.211 .619 32/.603 2/1 0/1
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 10/.744 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 5/.650 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· 6/.833 182/133 .299/.401/.435/.836 1.025/.754 .786 112/.888 1/1 2/0
16.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 36/22 .114/.139/.114/.253 .220/.273 .305 24/.127 1/0 0/1
6.Patterson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 5/1.150 1/.000 1/.000 37/34 .290/.389/.548/.937 .667/.965 .600 37/.937 2/0 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/3.250 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 127/105 .267/.331/.552/.882 .797/.901 .642 75/1.068 0/0 9/0
15.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .150/.150/.150/.300 .000/.400 .250 16/.375 0/0 0/0
9.Tejada G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 6/.167 12/.444 ··· ··· 3/.000 20/.522 ··· 7/.286 157/121 .272/.312/.401/.713 1.007/.626 .592 107/.714 0/0 4/6
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 154/110 .262/.325/.376/.701 .714/.694 .822 92/.685 0/1 4/1
23.Wigginton G/S/vP 8/1.339 1/.000 4/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 7/.619 2/.000 3/1.667 152/111 .301/.364/.625/.989 .815/1.056 .858 106/.981 0/1 12/6
IP 44.1 21.0 17.2 51.1 22.2 16.2 20.2 18.2 53.0 TOTAL .251/.311/.386/.697 .716/.690 .671 .731 11/11 39/30
ERA-K/9 5.89/5.5 3.43/9.9 5.09/9.7 3.68/9.5 /0.0 5.16/8.7 0.54/5.4 1.74/9.1 2.89/5.3 2.55/6.6 4.05/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Tatum (2-2-0)
 Wieters (14-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.292 82/.208 79/.288 212/.197 / 105/.281 63/.200 76/.211 77/.179 219/.218 .245  Montanez
 Jones
 Patterson
 Markakis
 Scott
13/1/0/2
0/40/0/1
8/0/0/1
0/0/41/1
8/0/0/0
OPS .809 .607 .793 .618 .857 .565 .591 .659 .582 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.871 43/.286 32/.945 122/.638 / 51/.960 19/.892 33/.492 37/.785 54/.292 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.757 39/.968 47/.689 90/.590 / 54/.764 44/.420 43/.672 40/.519 165/.678 .724
Home 120/.751 59/.830 49/.782 83/.696 / 63/.894 35/.544 33/.333 47/.798 136/.594
Last 28d days 134/.853 57/.717 50/.558 137/.599 / 62/.856 40/.509 43/.414 52/.644 138/.604
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 2/0/0 2/2/1 5/2/1 // 4/7/0 1/0/0 2/2/1 3/2/0 2/4/3 48/27/10
Usage ····X··· ·Xo···X· oo·o··X· ···X···· ·oo··Xo· Xo··o··X ··oo··o· Xo·o·oX· ·X····X·
Rangers Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
53.Castillo*
G/S/vB
26.Meredith
G/S/vB
13.Ohman*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/3.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 172/122 .321/.421/.371/.792 .708/.829 .724 112/.793 14/7 0/6
14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/41 .321/.333/.377/.711 .846/.667 .793 13/.538 1/0 0/1
3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/22 .211/.268/.211/.479 .440/.511 .542 27/.613 0/1 0/1
29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 125/95 .227/.246/.269/.515 .284/.584 .520 75/.625 6/1 0/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/66 .301/.390/.675/1.065 1.038/1.079 1.326 38/.761 7/2 7/1
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/1.417 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 167/117 .340/.371/.536/.907 1.056/.843 1.101 107/.976 4/2 8/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 7/.486 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 172/118 .280/.343/.516/.859 .569/.988 1.023 110/.870 3/1 8/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.238 ··· 2/.500 ··· 83/67 .313/.446/.448/.894 1.255/.807 1.006 83/.894 2/3 1/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/2.334 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 108/80 .220/.245/.360/.605 .328/.707 .722 87/.642 0/1 2/1
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/22 .348/.448/.652/1.100 1.262/1.043 .951 29/1.100 0/0 2/1
12.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/73 .174/.301/.349/.650 .327/.782 .672 103/.650 1/0 4/1
15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 92/64 .203/.281/.253/.534 .538/.525 .559 66/.504 0/0 1/2
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 186/130 .309/.371/.424/.795 .881/.757 .944 121/.909 1/1 4/6
IP 47.1 18.0 5.2 12.1 13.2 TOTAL .265/.334/.399/.733 .653/.768 .820 .766 40/19 37/28
ERA-K/9 4.18/7.4 5.00/5.5 7.94/11.1 5.11/5.1 0.00/8.5 4.36/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (7-3-0)
 Treanor (15-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.286 81/.250 24/.364 54/.292 55/.196 .275  Hamilton
 Murphy
 Borbon
 Cruz
 Guerrero
34/8/0/4
12/1/20/2
0/36/0/1
1/0/23/1
0/0/5/0
OPS .726 .722 1.280 .902 .548 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.791 32/.795 16/1.504 19/.898 36/.539 .851
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.706 49/.675 8/.804 35/.904 19/.566 .716
Road 123/.765 46/.758 9/.583 21/.662 27/.396
Last 28d days 132/.822 48/.723 24/1.280 41/.769 33/.482
HR/SB/CS 2/2/3 2/2/0 3/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/1 45/16/13
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· o··o···· o··oX··· ooo·oX·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.