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Game Preview: BAL @ ATL, 7:35pm, Friday, June 15, 2012 @Turner Field

Orioles, 37-26, 37-26 2nd, ½ GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (25, LHP, 5-6, 4.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-6) 65.1 71 42 35 30 50 8 4.82
2011 (1-9) 49.2 81 60 59 24 38 18 10.69
2010 (10-12) 175.2 173 88 84 63 143 19 4.30
Last 7 GS 4-3 38.1 39 24 21 16 32 5 4.93 48
2012-06-07 @BOS L 2.0 4 5 4 5 0 0 67 25
2012-06-02 @TBR W 7.1 2 1 1 3 7 0 97 74
2012-05-27 KCR L 6.0 7 4 3 3 5 2 100 46
2012-05-22 BOS W 6.1 2 1 1 1 9 1 101 73
2012-05-17 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 98 47
2012-05-12 TBR W 5.2 7 3 2 1 5 1 95 49
2012-05-07 TEX L 5.0 10 7 7 2 4 1 103 21
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-14   Road:   18-12   ExtrInn: 9-2 
 vsRHP:  26-20   vsLHP:  11-6    1-Run:  11-5 
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl: 9-3    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Thu, Jun 14   PIT  W  12-6       37-26  2nd  0.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13   PIT  W   7-1       36-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12   PIT  W   8-6       35-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   PHI  W   5-4 (10)  34-26  3rd  1.0 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9   PHI  W   6-4 (12)  33-26  3rd  1.0 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8   PHI  L   6-9       32-26  3rd  1.0 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7  @BOS  L   0-7       32-25  1st    Tied
 56 Wed, Jun  6  @BOS  W   2-1       32-24  1st  0.5 up
 55 Tue, Jun  5  @BOS  W   8-6 (10)  31-24  1st    Tied
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @TBR  L   4-8       30-24  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Braves, 34-29, 34-29 3rd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hanson (25, RHP, 7-4, 3.55)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-4) 76.0 73 31 30 27 67 10 3.55
2011 (11-7) 130.0 106 55 52 46 142 17 3.60
2010 (10-11) 202.2 182 86 75 56 173 14 3.33
Last 7 GS 4-2 42.1 39 16 16 13 36 8 3.40 55
2012-06-09 TOR W 8.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 111 67
2012-06-03 @WSN W 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 2 84 63
2012-05-28 STL L 3.1 8 6 6 3 6 2 92 23
2012-05-23 @CIN ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 93 63
2012-05-18 @TBR W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 106 58
2012-05-13 @STL W 5.0 5 1 1 3 9 1 97 59
2012-05-07 @CHC L 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 2 91 55
Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 5.2 9 2 2 5 5 0 3.18 43
2009-06-12 @BAL W 5.2 9 2 2 5 5 0 104 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-15   Road:   20-14   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  23-17   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Wed, Jun 13   NYY  L   2-3       34-29  2nd  5.0 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 12   NYY  L   4-6       34-28  2nd  4.0 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 11   NYY  L   0-3       34-27  2nd  3.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   TOR  L   4-12      34-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9   TOR  W   5-2       34-25  2nd  1.0 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8   TOR  W   4-3 (10)  33-25  2nd  1.0 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7  @MIA  W   8-2       32-25  2nd  1.0 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6  @MIA  W   2-1       31-25  2nd  2.0 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5  @MIA  W  11-0       30-25  4th  2.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @WSN  W   3-2       29-25  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 03, 2011 BAL  5 @ATL  4        W:Jim Johnson (5-1), L: Scott Proctor (1-2), S: Kevin Gregg (15)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 ATL  5  BAL  4        W:Tim Hudson (7-6), L: Jake Arrieta (9-5), S: Craig Kimbrel (24)
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 ATL  4  BAL  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (11-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-10), S: none
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 BAL 11  ATL  2        W:Brad Bergesen (4-2), L: Derek Lowe (7-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 BAL  8  ATL  4        W:Brian Bass (4-1), L: Eric O'Flaherty (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 ATL  7 @BAL  2        W:Tommy Hanson (1-0), L: Jason Berken (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 ATL 10  BAL  3        W:Horacio Ramirez (4-2), L: Kris Benson (9-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 BAL  7 @ATL  4        W:Kurt Birkins (3-1), L: Tim Hudson (6-8), S: none
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 ATL  5  BAL  3        W:Chuck James (2-0), L: Kurt Birkins (2-1), S: Jorge Sosa (2)
Sun, Jun 26, 2005 ATL  8  BAL  1        W:John Smoltz (8-5), L: Rodrigo Lopez (7-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - ATL won 2-1; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - ATL leads 19-14

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 2012 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

TEX  5.23

MIL  4.30

PIT  3.29

 RA/G

WSN  3.25

KCR  4.28

COL  5.81

 BA

P. Konerko  .364

J. Peralta  .267

B. Ryan  .157

 OBP

J. Votto  .485

M. Moustakas  .335

A. Ramirez  .238

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .674

B. Zobrist  .429

B. Ryan  .241

 OPS

J. Votto  1.142

J. Peralta  .759

A. Ramirez  .507

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.98

H. Alvarez  3.87

L. Hochevar  6.27

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.69

C. Lewis  7.48

H. Alvarez  2.72

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

Orioles Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 32.Durbin
G/S/vB		 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 50.Martinez
G/S/vB		 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 39.Venters*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 241/175 .239/.293/.324/.617 .588/.628 .600 89/.502 3/2 3/9
24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 14/1.044 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 190/131 .231/.300/.408/.708 .490/.804 .614 73/.664 0/1 8/8
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/165 .308/.350/.542/.893 .915/.885 .755 79/1.087 0/3 12/4
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/71 .186/.216/.229/.445 .667/.425 .415 28/.558 0/0 1/0
2.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.333 6/.900 10/1.225 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 282/212 .261/.301/.451/.752 .902/.703 .668 102/.712 0/0 11/2
36.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.750 6/.533 20/.308 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 89/73 .195/.303/.403/.706 1.021/.643 .547 25/.820 2/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 7/.953 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 275/202 .306/.353/.580/.933 .872/.955 .941 99/.913 9/4 18/5
28.Paulino G/S/vP 6/.000 7/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.333 46/24 .289/.304/.356/.660 .699/.625 .457 16/.713 0/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 28/14 .320/.333/.520/.853 .978/.718 .536 28/.853 0/0 1/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.000 12/1.167 2/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 168/124 .245/.369/.439/.808 1.020/.734 .800 60/1.070 1/1 5/7
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 4/1.167 11/.705 14/1.129 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 15/11 .286/.267/.286/.552 1.000/.382 15/.552 0/0 0/0
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/13 .220/.273/.415/.687 .858/.308 .301 35/.590 0/0 2/4
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 240/175 .258/.338/.451/.788 .981/.716 .777 88/.729 0/0 9/7
IP 76.0 25.0 31.0 24.0 32.2 22.2 24.1 TOTAL .253/.315/.432/.747 .799/.728 .700 .737 22/15 89/57
ERA-K/9 3.55/7.9 3.96/7.9 4.94/5.5 1.50/15.0 4.13/8.5 3.97/7.9 /0.0 4.44/11.9 4.07/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (3-1-1)
 Wieters (23-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 322/.255 107/.234 136/.331 94/.131 134/.268 100/.279 / 118/.327 .254  Pearce
 Jones
 Betemit
 Flaherty
 Tolleson
6/0/2/1
0/63/0/1
5/0/0/0
5/0/8/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .720 .746 .862 .366 .755 .776 .924 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.901 40/.572 64/.915 44/.185 63/.592 36/.319 / 41/.819 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.543 67/.857 72/.815 50/.519 71/.897 64/1.035 / 77/.980 .730
Home 123/.824 58/.565 77/.903 45/.372 66/.732 34/.934 / 59/1.059
Last 28d days 101/.752 42/.411 40/1.170 30/.067 50/.798 33/.630 / 49/1.104
HR/SB/CS 10/10/3 5/2/1 5/1/1 0/3/0 4/2/0 3/1/1 // 4/2/0 66/41/18
Usage ·····X·· ·X·oX·oX ····X··· ·X···oo· ··X·X·XX ······XX ·oXo··oo
Braves Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 16.Chen*
G/S/vB		 37.Eveland*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 40.Patton*
G/S/vB		 47.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 291/189 .319/.368/.459/.827 .718/.885 .847 102/.869 17/7 6/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/26 .254/.325/.394/.719 .889/.366 .761 35/.560 0/0 2/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/76 .229/.250/.438/.688 .598/.716 .839 38/.658 0/1 5/4
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/145 .250/.296/.434/.730 .618/.799 .678 63/.460 0/0 8/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 235/155 .250/.333/.447/.780 .561/.899 .734 81/.762 10/3 8/1
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 94/80 .214/.287/.274/.561 .297/.608 .568 42/.274 0/0 1/1
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 12/1.267 ··· 4/1.417 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/89 .304/.377/.461/.838 1.039/.748 .739 17/.697 0/0 5/5
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 ··· 3/2.000 10/.200 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 203/142 .243/.320/.414/.735 .710/.745 .886 64/.643 1/0 8/1
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 271/185 .320/.383/.465/.848 1.063/.745 .891 101/.769 7/1 4/3
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/36 .241/.339/.407/.746 1.200/.458 .675 29/.556 0/0 2/1
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/26 .289/.372/.474/.846 .753/.906 .798 43/.846 0/0 1/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 3/.000 9/1.569 ··· 3/.333 3/2.334 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 272/185 .260/.386/.471/.857 .994/.795 .838 97/1.010 0/2 11/8
2.Wilson G/S/vP 2/1.000 9/.236 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 66/41 .167/.190/.183/.374 .426/.342 .437 17/.517 0/0 0/1
IP 65.1 29.2 73.1 23.1 17.2 28.2 31.1 29.2 31.1 TOTAL .259/.325/.404/.729 .733/.727 .745 .678 37/14 62/34
ERA-K/9 4.82/6.9 1.82/6.1 3.68/6.8 3.47/5.0 4.58/7.1 1.26/5.3 1.72/9.2 3.64/8.5 1.44/7.8 3.82/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (32-13-4)
 Ross (9-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 295/.272 124/.226 315/.256 103/.244 79/.269 106/.153 119/.182 119/.223 126/.181 .250  Prado
 Heyward
 Diaz
 Bourn
 Hinske
47/0/0/3
0/1/58/3
11/0/6/2
0/62/0/1
1/0/4/0
OPS .770 .582 .724 .698 .785 .465 .579 .627 .561 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.404 57/.615 82/.713 40/.606 37/.851 59/.502 45/.633 57/.470 60/.662 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.888 67/.553 233/.728 63/.754 42/.732 47/.413 74/.545 62/.772 66/.472 .711
Road 149/.764 53/.536 150/.780 41/.714 43/.627 68/.498 58/.572 56/.688 60/.450
Last 28d days 93/.643 40/.696 129/.846 54/.696 24/.988 34/.450 44/.553 43/.384 40/.681
HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 2/3/0 8/6/2 1/1/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 70/27/15
Usage ·······X ··X··Xo· ··X····· X·····X· ··o···Xo ··o·oo·· o···XX·X ·o··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.