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Game Preview: BAL @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, May 27, 2011 @Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Orioles, 24-24, 24-24 4th, 3 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Chris Tillman (23, RHP, 2-3, 4.95)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 43.2 51 24 24 17 30 2 4.95
2010 (2-5) 53.2 51 37 35 31 31 9 5.87
2009 (2-5) 65.0 77 40 39 24 39 15 5.40
Last 7 GS 2-3 33.0 45 20 20 12 21 1 5.45 43
2011-05-22 WSN ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 97 53
2011-05-16 @BOS ND 5.0 5 0 0 3 2 0 88 56
2011-05-11 SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 112 64
2011-05-05 @KCR L 3.2 10 8 8 1 3 0 79 11
2011-04-30 @CHW W 5.0 6 1 1 2 0 0 88 49
2011-04-18 MIN L 6.2 6 3 3 0 5 0 96 55
2011-04-13 @NYY L 1.2 9 6 6 1 2 1 57 14
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-14   Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Thu, May 26   KCR  W   6-5 (12)  24-24  4th  3.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   KCR  W   9-2       23-24  4th  3.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   KCR  W   5-3       22-24  5th  3.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 22   WSN  W   2-1       21-24  5th  4.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 21   WSN  W   8-3       20-24  5th  4.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 20   WSN  L   5-17      19-24  5th  5.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 19   NYY  L   2-13      19-23  5th  5.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 18   NYY  L   1-4 (15)  19-22  5th  5.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 16  @BOS  L   7-8       19-21  5th  4.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 15  @TBR  W   9-3       19-20  5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Athletics, 24-27, 24-27 4th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (25, LHP, 5-2, 2.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-2) 57.1 46 16 14 23 56 4 2.20
2010 (15-9) 200.2 171 75 72 92 171 15 3.23
2009 (6-7) 98.2 113 68 63 56 109 14 5.75
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.1 36 15 13 17 48 3 2.64 59
2011-05-22 @SFG ND 6.2 8 2 1 2 8 0 113 58
2011-05-17 LAA W 7.0 1 0 0 1 7 0 93 81
2011-05-06 @KCR W 7.0 4 2 2 4 6 1 110 63
2011-05-01 TEX W 6.2 5 2 2 2 7 0 105 61
2011-04-25 @LAA L 5.0 8 5 4 1 5 0 95 37
2011-04-20 BOS L 6.0 8 4 4 1 9 2 104 48
2011-04-14 DET ND 6.0 2 0 0 6 6 0 103 68
Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 12.1 13 3 3 4 11 0 2.19 57
2010-05-27 @BAL ND 6.1 6 3 3 3 6 0 108 52
2009-08-10 @BAL W 6.0 7 0 0 1 5 0 85 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-12   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  15-22   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest: 12-10 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Thu, May 26  @LAA  W   4-3       24-27  4th  2.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 25  @LAA  L   1-4       23-27  4th  3.0 gb
 49 Tue, May 24  @LAA  W   6-1       23-26  4th  2.0 gb
 48 Mon, May 23  @LAA  L   1-4       22-26  4th  3.0 gb
 47 Sun, May 22  @SFG  L   4-5 (11)  22-25  4th  2.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 21  @SFG  L   0-3       22-24  3rd  1.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 20  @SFG  L   1-2 (10)  22-23  3rd  1.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 19   MIN  L   1-11      22-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 18   MIN  L   3-4 (10)  22-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 17   LAA  W  14-0       22-20  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 OAK  8 @BAL  1        W:Trevor Cahill (8-2), L: Jake Arrieta (2-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 BAL  9  OAK  6        W:Matt Albers (3-3), L: Cedrick Bowers (0-1), S: Alfredo Simon (10)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 OAK  4 @BAL  2        W:Vin Mazzaro (3-2), L: Brian Matusz (2-9), S: Andrew Bailey (15)
Thu, May 27, 2010 OAK  7 @BAL  5        W:Michael Wuertz (2-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-3), S: Andrew Bailey (9)
Wed, May 26, 2010 OAK  6 @BAL  1        W:Trevor Cahill (3-2), L: Brian Matusz (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 25, 2010 BAL  5  OAK  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-4), L: Tyson Ross (1-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - OAK won 7-3; 2009 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - OAK leads 975-917

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 (4.19 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
56.Breslow*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
29.Purcey*
G/S/vB
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 114/65 .268/.366/.330/.696 .869/.558 .858 67/.648 2/0 1/5
9.Fox G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/21 .196/.245/.413/.658 .291/1.170 .910 26/.709 0/0 2/0
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 22/.465 6/1.000 4/.000 ··· 5/1.933 1/3.000 7/.858 14/.559 200/145 .302/.325/.427/.752 .668/.784 .627 100/.826 0/0 5/
2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 13/.398 2/.000 86/64 .243/.329/.392/.721 1.066/.607 .731 69/.728 0/0 2/0
10.Jones G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/2.167 4/.750 7/.310 1/.000 200/148 .293/.337/.459/.795 .818/.786 .583 108/.872 5/0 6/3
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.333 10/.700 1/2.000 5/.200 12/1.283 2/2.500 2/no AB 216/148 .258/.324/.340/.664 .586/.700 .749 112/.752 4/0 4/0
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 68/60 .250/.250/.338/.588 .375/.617 .381 48/.625 1/0 0/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/5.000 12/3 .545/.583/1.455/2.038 2.111/1.667 12/2.038 0/1 3/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/1.917 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 187/140 .200/.305/.381/.686 .430/.771 .816 96/.792 2/0 6/8
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 5/2.400 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 153/125 .241/.327/.429/.755 .463/.822 .680 87/.707 0/1 6/1
15.Tatum G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/1.000 4/.500 0/0 0/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 6/1.100 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 7/1.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 164/120 .265/.335/.401/.737 .785/.727 .751 83/.648 0/0 4/0
IP 57.1 22.2 19.0 3.0 21.1 15.0 12.2 16.0 TOTAL .252/.317/.387/.704 .687/.711 .695 .730 21/3 46/29
ERA-K/9 2.20/8.8 3.18/11.1 4.26/4.7 0.00/3.0 5.06/6.3 3.60/6.0 2.13/9.9 1.69/7.9 2.87/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fox (5-0-2)
 Tatum (0-0-0)
 Wieters (15-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.219 95/.205 82/.338 11/.182 97/.250 64/.211 50/.140 69/.250 .244  Jones
 Markakis
 Pie
 Andino
 Reimold
 Fox
 Scott
0/47/0/6
0/0/47/4
30/3/1/1
3/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
31/0/0/0
OPS .634 .631 .856 .455 .646 .595 .408 .560 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.675 44/.585 34/.928 6/.500 26/.668 22/.855 22/.540 18/.819 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.619 51/.669 48/.804 5/.400 71/.636 42/.458 28/.302 51/.469 .629
Home 130/.585 51/.480 41/1.161 / 51/.802 38/.596 32/.291 31/.722
Last 28d days 109/.564 50/.606 47/.824 11/.455 41/.724 36/.717 44/.468 31/.700
HR/SB/CS 4/3/2 3/0/0 2/0/4 0/1/0 1/3/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 0/1/0 29/25/21
Usage ····X··· X···X·X· ··o·oo·X ··o·oo·· ···oo·X· ·X·····X ···Xo·X· ··o··oXo
Athletics Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Tillman
G/S/vB
37.Accardo
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
57.Rapada*
G/S/vB
55.Simon
G/S/vB
19.Uehara
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 207/144 .206/.319/.269/.587 .801/.496 .609 100/.507 1/1 0/6
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.750 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 184/131 .269/.297/.406/.702 .591/.747 .828 92/.669 14/5 2/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 9/.875 2/3.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/2.000 183/141 .258/.330/.405/.735 .271/.879 .798 86/.957 0/1 4/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 184/140 .205/.239/.275/.514 .552/.501 .582 84/.507 6/1 0/1
28.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 121/70 .262/.339/.346/.685 .868/.548 .843 65/.604 2/0 1/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 122/97 .198/.238/.333/.571 .588/.567 .513 40/.497 2/0 3/7
21.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/62 .233/.298/.302/.600 .823/.487 .493 62/.547 0/0 0/5
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 2/1.000 5/1.150 7/1.286 2/1.500 ··· 6/.000 165/124 .230/.279/.355/.634 .639/.632 .599 70/.566 0/0 3/
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 176/133 .252/.305/.333/.638 .744/.604 .497 92/.686 5/5 3/4
11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 46/34 .220/.304/.293/.597 .432/.657 .830 19/.368 0/0 0/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 175/130 .252/.320/.377/.697 .795/.664 .779 91/.731 1/1 4/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 82/76 .314/.415/.400/.815 .000/.885 .932 50/.879 1/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.650 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 179/123 .229/.313/.401/.714 .753/.697 .664 86/.685 3/1 7/1
IP 43.2 23.2 15.2 19.1 28.0 8.1 1.0 21.2 TOTAL .238/.303/.347/.650 .665/.645 .675 .647 35/15 27/38
ERA-K/9 4.95/6.2 4.18/5.3 8.04/8.6 3.72/7.0 3.21/7.4 8.64/9.8 0.00/9.0 2.49/10.8 4.45/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (2-3-0)
 Suzuki (23-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 197/.288 105/.284 75/.328 87/.257 113/.245 39/.265 3/.000 84/.179 .262  Sweeney
 Willingham
 Jackson
 DeJesus
 Crisp
13/6/5/3
37/0/0/2
8/0/16/2
0/8/36/1
0/41/0/0
OPS .758 .797 1.015 .788 .676 .830 .000 .547 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.692 59/.772 39/.650 49/.818 66/.609 28/.294 2/.000 44/.555 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.857 46/.828 36/1.472 38/.743 47/.766 11/2.443 1/.000 40/.534 .786
Road 102/.836 34/.882 31/.900 23/.990 38/.980 13/1.218 / 30/.530
Last 28d days 114/.771 59/.921 46/.931 48/.851 66/.626 26/.781 3/.000 53/.560
HR/SB/CS 2/4/3 2/3/0 5/1/0 2/1/2 3/1/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 60/20/14
Usage ····X··· X·X·o··· ·o····X· X···X·X· ·X··oX·· o·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.