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Game Preview: BAL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, August 4, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Orioles, 43-64, 43-64 5th, 24 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Zach Britton (23, LHP, 6-8, 4.56)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-8) 104.2 110 65 53 40 65 9 4.56
Last 7 GS 1-4 29.0 42 34 25 13 24 2 7.76 37
2011-07-30 @NYY L 0.1 7 9 6 1 1 0 43 7
2011-07-08 @BOS L 0.2 6 8 7 2 1 1 42 9
2011-07-03 @ATL ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 4 0 92 44
2011-06-28 STL L 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 90 40
2011-06-22 @PIT L 6.0 7 5 3 1 5 0 84 46
2011-06-17 @WSN ND 5.0 5 4 1 2 4 0 81 49
2011-06-08 OAK W 6.1 4 1 1 2 6 0 79 65
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 6.0 9 3 3 2 2 1 4.50 42
2011-05-24 KCR ND 6.0 9 3 3 2 2 1 101 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-28   Road:   17-36   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  32-44   vsLHP:  11-20   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 13-29   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  3  @KCR  L   2-6       43-64  5th 24.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @KCR  W   8-2       43-63  5th 23.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31  @NYY  L   2-4       42-63  5th 23.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30  @NYY  L   3-17      42-62  5th 22.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 30  @NYY  L   3-8       42-61  5th 22.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 29  @NYY  W   4-2       42-60  5th 21.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 28  @TOR  L   5-8       41-60  5th 22.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 27  @TOR  L   0-3       41-59  5th 22.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 26  @TOR  W  12-4       41-58  5th 21.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 24   LAA  L   3-9       40-58  5th 21.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22
Royals, 47-63, 47-63 5th, 12 GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (30, LHP, 4-11, 4.38)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-11) 135.2 154 70 66 26 70 12 4.38
2010 (4-6) 104.1 119 61 58 23 67 11 5.00
2008 (4-10) 143.2 164 84 80 49 94 21 5.01
Last 7 GS 1-4 44.1 41 18 17 6 27 3 3.45 55
2011-07-29 @CLE W 8.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 115 79
2011-07-23 TBR ND 5.0 9 3 3 2 6 0 104 41
2011-07-16 @MIN L 7.1 7 4 4 1 2 1 106 49
2011-07-10 DET L 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 96 61
2011-07-04 @CHW ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 95 54
2011-06-27 @SDP L 5.0 5 4 3 1 1 1 85 43
2011-06-22 ARI L 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 99 57
Last 5 v.BAL 0-2 24.2 29 17 17 8 22 5 6.20 45
2011-05-26 @BAL ND 6.0 9 5 5 1 4 2 97 37
2011-05-03 BAL ND 5.2 6 5 5 4 4 1 110 37
2007-06-08 @BAL L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 100 52
2005-06-19 @BAL L 6.0 7 3 3 2 8 1 104 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-30   Road:   18-33   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  37-44   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 11-11   vsCntrl:17-25   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Wed, Aug  3   BAL  W   6-2       47-63  5th 12.0 gb
109 Tue, Aug  2   BAL  L   2-8       46-63  5th 12.0 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @CLE  W   5-3       46-62  5th 11.0 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @CLE  L   2-5       45-62  5th 11.0 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @CLE  W  12-0       45-61  5th 11.0 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28  @BOS  W   4-3       44-61  5th 11.0 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27  @BOS  L   5-12      43-61  5th 12.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @BOS  L   9-13      43-60  5th 12.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25  @BOS  W   3-1 (14)  43-59  5th 11.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 24   TBR  L   0-5       42-59  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 KCR  6  BAL  2        W:Luke Hochevar (8-8), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-15), S: Greg Holland (1)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 BAL  8 @KCR  2        W:Alfredo Simon (3-4), L: Bruce Chen (5-5), S: none
Thu, May 26, 2011 BAL  6  KCR  5 (12)   W:Jeremy Accardo (3-1), L: Louis Coleman (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 BAL  9  KCR  2        W:Jake Arrieta (6-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 BAL  5  KCR  3        W:Alfredo Simon (1-0), L: Joakim Soria (3-1), S: none
Thu, May 05, 2011 KCR  9  BAL  1        W:Bruce Chen (4-1), L: Chris Tillman (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 BAL  3 @KCR  2        W:Jake Arrieta (4-1), L: Kyle Davies (1-4), S: Kevin Gregg (6)
Tue, May 03, 2011 KCR  6  BAL  5 (10)   W:Tim Collins (2-1), L: Jason Berken (0-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 01, 2010 KCR  5  BAL  4        W:Bruce Chen (6-5), L: Kevin Millwood (2-11), S: Joakim Soria (29)
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 KCR  4  BAL  3        W:Zack Greinke (7-10), L: David Hernandez (5-8), S: Joakim Soria (28)
Season Series: 2011 - BAL over 5-3; 2010 - KCR won 4-2; 2009 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - BAL leads 249-189

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 2011 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
Orioles Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
59.Paulino
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
38.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 286/182 .267/.342/.327/.668 .778/.605 .666 60/.726 5/2 2/7
50.Bell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/10 .182/.182/.182/.364 2.000/.200 .000 11/.364 0/0 0/0
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 94/72 .236/.277/.404/.681 .887/.618 .763 37/.486 0/0 4/3
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 10/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 4/2.750 3/1.000 369/262 .284/.320/.401/.721 .606/.768 .703 50/.808 1/1 9/
2.Hardy G/S/vP 14/.774 2/.000 5/1.200 2/1.500 1/no AB 348/266 .265/.314/.489/.803 .742/.821 .775 97/.640 0/0 18/5
10.Jones G/S/vP 6/1.267 2/.000 ··· 6/1.133 4/.750 446/327 .293/.333/.483/.816 .725/.849 .697 91/.958 10/1 18/5
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 9/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 5/.000 479/337 .282/.336/.390/.726 .621/.768 .734 94/.736 9/1 10/0
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 158/141 .220/.255/.280/.535 .243/.570 .496 38/.579 2/2 0/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP 3/4.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 129/77 .221/.310/.416/.726 .838/.652 .511 56/.590 1/2 6/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 27/.924 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/2.000 422/318 .222/.334/.480/.814 .844/.805 .895 87/.686 5/2 24/21
15.Tatum G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 51/36 .273/.327/.295/.622 1.033/.454 .536 21/.476 0/0 0/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 367/271 .253/.313/.390/.703 .895/.637 .628 78/.579 1/0 10/2
IP 135.2 36.0 81.1 45.2 44.0 TOTAL .255/.316/.405/.721 .720/.721 .700 .708 44/15 125/71
ERA-K/9 4.38/4.6 1.50/11.8 4.20/8.5 4.14/8.1 3.68/8.2 4.48/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Tatum (13-4-0)
 Wieters (37-27-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.284 139/.172 347/.290 193/.254 187/.241 .271  Jones
 Markakis
 Pie
 Reimold
 Bell
 Andino
0/105/0/11
0/0/105/9
63/6/3/1
32/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .736 .526 .764 .715 .664 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.539 60/.558 173/.783 101/.646 88/.633 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.793 79/.503 174/.745 92/.786 99/.690 .761
Home 296/.663 66/.364 134/.767 120/.557 93/.514
Last 28d days 106/.656 53/.537 76/.736 36/.771 40/.686
HR/SB/CS 12/13/4 3/0/0 7/10/2 6/0/1 4/3/3 116/80/38
Usage ·····X·· X··X··X· ····X··· ···XX·o· ·····o··
Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
39.Hunter
G/S/vB
36.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
40.Patton*
G/S/vB
55.Simon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 ··· 5/.933 449/334 .296/.376/.462/.838 .975/.792 .844 99/.925 1/1 13/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 4/.750 492/339 .302/.337/.463/.800 .746/.825 .726 96/.907 14/5 13/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 419/310 .251/.287/.334/.622 .604/.628 .524 80/.643 15/7 2/12
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.500 14/1.196 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 456/342 .267/.320/.455/.775 1.008/.700 .781 91/.819 18/5 14/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 391/291 .254/.314/.283/.597 .641/.582 .632 87/.547 19/7 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 483/333 .305/.378/.499/.876 .818/.903 .953 101/1.022 9/6 14/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 78/49 .254/.359/.343/.702 .618/.754 .717 18/.284 1/0 0/0
24.Navarro G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 44/30 .250/.318/.375/.693 .973/.559 .689 30/.603 0/0 1/2
27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 198/141 .258/.298/.363/.661 .619/.678 .490 52/.500 0/0 3/2
IP 104.2 36.0 41.0 16.1 51.2 62.0 8.2 51.2 TOTAL .267/.328/.400/.728 .716/.733 .718 .745 106/38 83/66
ERA-K/9 4.56/5.6 5.50/7.8 3.73/8.6 3.31/5.5 6.10/6.4 2.47/6.1 4.15/11.4 3.83/6.3 4.88/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (40-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 449/.276 169/.293 182/.243 67/.237 239/.329 250/.256 36/.235 218/.266 .278  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Navarro
 Maier
102/0/0/17
0/0/106/11
7/101/2/10
3/0/0/0
7/5/8/0
OPS .721 .883 .779 .593 .917 .648 .631 .735 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.661 77/.620 96/.936 29/1.100 112/1.000 133/.652 13/.718 112/.755 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.745 92/1.123 86/.608 38/.220 127/.844 117/.640 23/.581 106/.713 .809
Road 192/.860 76/.953 67/.782 19/.721 117/.918 110/.779 19/.579 120/.831
Last 28d days 20/1.859 29/.585 38/.972 45/.652 47/.883 45/.562 26/.549 126/.658
HR/SB/CS 9/5/3 7/4/0 5/3/2 1/3/1 8/1/2 3/2/2 1/1/0 3/3/3 137/55/31
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·o ·X···X·· ·o··X·XX ···X··o· ····X··X ·X·····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.