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Game Preview: OAK @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, April 27, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Athletics, 10-10, 10-10 2nd, 5½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (28, RHP, 0-3, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 32.0 40 15 12 7 18 3 3.38
2011 (9-9) 170.2 168 73 63 25 123 11 3.32
2009 (7-4) 97.1 96 55 50 36 65 13 4.62
Last 7 GS 0-4 47.0 54 20 17 7 25 5 3.26 52
2012-04-21 CLE L 7.0 10 2 2 3 4 0 113 50
2012-04-16 @LAA L 7.0 11 5 5 0 4 1 99 39
2012-04-11 KCR ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 1 102 54
2012-04-06 SEA L 5.0 7 5 2 2 3 0 95 40
2012-03-28 SEA ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 3 1 82 64
2011-09-26 @SEA L 8.0 8 4 4 0 6 2 114 56
2011-09-21 TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 79 62
Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 27.0 31 13 12 12 14 5 4.00 47
2011-08-17 BAL W 6.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 99 41
2009-04-26 @BAL ND 5.0 9 4 4 3 1 1 91 31
2009-04-14 BAL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 2 92 52
2007-09-20 BAL ND 4.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 67 52
2007-07-07 BAL L 6.0 4 2 1 2 3 1 97 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-7    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Wed, Apr 25   CHW  W   5-4 (14)  10-10  2nd  5.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 24   CHW  W   2-0        9-10  2nd  5.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 23   CHW  L   0-4        8-10  2nd  5.5 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 22   CLE  W   5-1        8-9   2nd  5.5 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 21   CLE  L   1-5        7-9   2nd  5.5 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 20   CLE  L   3-4        7-8   2nd  5.0 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 19  @LAA  W   4-2        7-7   2nd  4.5 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 18  @LAA  W   6-0        6-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 17  @LAA  W   5-3        5-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 11 Mon, Apr 16  @LAA  L   0-6        4-7   4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10
Orioles, 12-7, 12-7 1st, Tied

SP: Jake Arrieta (26, RHP, 1-1, 4.01)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 24.2 20 13 11 7 21 2 4.01
2011 (10-8) 119.1 115 70 67 59 93 21 5.05
2010 (6-6) 100.1 106 57 52 48 52 9 4.66
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.2 39 24 20 15 33 6 4.32 50
2012-04-21 @LAA L 4.1 6 5 5 3 5 0 86 33
2012-04-16 @CHW ND 6.2 7 4 2 1 7 1 114 54
2012-04-11 NYY ND 6.2 5 4 4 1 5 1 109 52
2012-04-06 MIN W 7.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 97 75
2011-07-31 @NYY L 5.0 5 4 2 6 4 0 106 43
2011-07-26 @TOR W 5.0 5 4 4 2 4 2 103 43
2011-07-20 BOS L 7.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 111 51
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 6.0 7 4 3 4 2 0 4.50 42
2010-07-01 OAK L 6.0 7 4 3 4 2 0 99 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    6-4    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  10-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 6-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Thu, Apr 26   TOR  W   5-2       12-7   1st    Tied
 18 Wed, Apr 25   TOR  W   3-0       11-7   1st    Tied
 17 Tue, Apr 24   TOR  W   2-1       10-7   1st    Tied
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @LAA  W   3-2 (10)   9-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-6        8-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @LAA  L   3-6        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @CHW  W   5-3        8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @CHW  L   1-8        7-5   1st  0.5 up
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @CHW  W   3-2        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @CHW  W  10-4 (10)   6-4   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-7    Last 30:12-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 OAK  6  BAL  5        W:Brandon McCarthy (6-6), L: Alfredo Simon (3-6), S: Andrew Bailey (15)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 OAK  8  BAL  4        W:Guillermo Moscoso (6-6), L: Brian Matusz (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 BAL  6 @OAK  2        W:Tommy Hunter (2-2), L: Gio Gonzalez (9-11), S: none
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 BAL  3  OAK  2        W:Zach Britton (6-4), L: Josh Outman (1-1), S: Kevin Gregg (12)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 BAL  4  OAK  0        W:Chris Jakubauskas (1-0), L: Guillermo Moscoso (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 BAL  4  OAK  2        W:Brian Matusz (1-0), L: Gio Gonzalez (5-4), S: Kevin Gregg (11)
Sun, May 29, 2011 OAK  6  BAL  4        W:Guillermo Moscoso (2-0), L: Zach Britton (5-3), S: Brian Fuentes (11)
Sat, May 28, 2011 OAK  4  BAL  2        W:Josh Outman (1-0), L: Brad Bergesen (1-6), S: Brian Fuentes (10)
Fri, May 27, 2011 OAK  6  BAL  2        W:Brad Ziegler (1-0), L: Alfredo Simon (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 OAK  8 @BAL  1        W:Trevor Cahill (8-2), L: Jake Arrieta (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - OAK leads 980-921

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (2.95 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Arrieta
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 49.Berken
G/S/vB		 16.Chen*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 40.Patton*
G/S/vB		 47.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 280/191 .212/.325/.267/.592 .720/.533 .595 49/.583 2/1 0/8
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 72/.853 / /
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 5/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 583/386 .264/.314/.379/.693 .593/.749 .653 43/.456 49/9 8/1
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 9/.722 2/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 372/264 .209/.325/.389/.714 .863/.654 .734 37/.751 7/3 14/2
35.Hughes G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 317/214 .223/.289/.338/.627 .608/.636 .638 17/.243 3/2 7/5
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/70 .195/.295/.317/.612 .453/.672 .661 35/.765 0/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 570/401 .264/.319/.369/.687 .670/.693 .764 66/.469 14/9 8/22
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .639 10/.543 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 5/.800 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 278/234 .280/.327/.457/.784 .766/.787 .829 73/.612 1/2 7/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 533/430 .284/.347/.483/.830 .576/.891 .814 59/.617 10/2 15/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/61 .200/.243/.329/.572 .154/.652 .687 40/.542 0/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 4/.833 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 515/366 .237/.301/.385/.686 .617/.713 .706 59/.570 2/2 14/7
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 437/293 .303/.340/.421/.761 .704/.787 .727 82/.620 22/11 2/13
IP 119.1 56.0 47.0 59.2 91.0 54.0 16.2 30.0 22.0 TOTAL .205/.274/.318/.591 .612/.582 .582 .589 18/6 15/14
ERA-K/9 5.05/7.0 2.09/6.3 5.36/7.9 /0.0 4.37/8.0 2.67/5.7 3.00/6.0 5.40/9.7 3.00/6.6 2.05/8.6 3.12/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (5-0-0)
 Suzuki (98-38-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.253 233/.256 223/.318 / 275/.254 366/.238 226/.256 74/.262 119/.223 90/.197 .241  Smith
 Reddick
 Crisp
 Gomes
25/0/107/5
21/3/56/5
0/133/0/2
73/0/11/1
OPS .791 .708 .943 .773 .628 .661 .929 .567 .519 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 286/.856 121/.694 100/1.120 / 145/.855 186/.567 92/.698 31/.900 56/.550 42/.515 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.715 112/.723 123/.804 / 130/.684 180/.690 134/.636 43/.938 63/.582 48/.521 .668
Home 267/.793 114/.681 118/1.106 / 156/.779 195/.542 121/.690 64/.898 73/.606 35/.565
Last 28d days 101/.588 37/.476 / 77/.687 27/1.256 35/.603 34/.594 35/.599 34/.869 46/.592
HR/SB/CS 21/11/4 5/4/0 10/1/0 // 7/6/2 5/4/2 3/10/2 7/4/0 2/1/0 0/3/0 17/9/5
Usage ·····X·· o·X··Xo· ····X··· ········ ····X··X ·o···X·X X·o·o·X· ··o··o·· ·oX·X··X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.McCarthy
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 53.Miller
G/S/vB		 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 359/263 .285/.343/.452/.795 .607/.865 .778 45/.663 4/1 8/11
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.800 ··· 1/.000 274/228 .301/.323/.426/.749 .818/.735 .685 41/.372 10/5 5/1
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 210/168 .266/.305/.402/.707 .906/.657 .748 63/.834 1/0 5/8
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 14/.413 / /
2.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 567/431 .269/.310/.491/.801 .794/.803 .856 81/.576 0/0 30/6
36.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· / /// / 30/.133 / /
10.Jones G/S/vP 9/.833 7/.286 5/1.600 ··· ··· 5/2.267 ··· ··· 618/454 .280/.319/.466/.785 .665/.829 .873 80/.995 12/4 25/8
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 14/.993 8/.250 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 716/504 .284/.351/.406/.756 .628/.809 .708 83/.758 12/3 15/0
28.Paulino G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 248/145 .268/.312/.351/.663 .752/.602 .592 21/.810 0/0 2/7
14.Reimold G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 305/207 .247/.328/.453/.781 .680/.830 .896 52/1.091 7/2 13/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.333 ··· ··· 620/467 .221/.323/.483/.806 .781/.814 .716 63/.506 6/4 37/31
32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 551/405 .262/.328/.450/.778 1.124/.662 .844 66/.974 1/0 22/5
IP 170.2 62.0 28.1 7.2 58.1 7.0 6.2 TOTAL .246/.303/.436/.739 .799/.724 .768 .739 6/6 28/22
ERA-K/9 3.32/6.5 2.47/8.6 2.86/8.3 7.04/8.2 /0.0 3.70/6.5 2.57/6.4 8.10/5.4 2.71/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (47-12-6)
 Wieters (58-34-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 690/.258 242/.199 122/.235 41/.333 / 250/.237 29/.130 35/.308 .236  Jones
 Markakis
 Reimold
 Chavez
0/148/0/16
0/0/157/14
73/0/8/5
12/66/6/3
OPS .659 .605 .688 .797 .656 .546 .803 .662
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.675 119/.579 50/.759 19/.734 / 90/.688 7/.643 13/.795 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.640 123/.630 72/.636 22/.853 / 160/.637 22/.508 22/.807 .601
Road 349/.684 106/.648 71/.729 13/.938 / 133/.579 11/.398 25/1.100
Last 28d days 114/.833 36/.518 29/1.037 27/.313 8/.542 31/.823 2/1.500 41/.535
HR/SB/CS 11/11/4 8/1/0 2/1/0 0/3/0 // 6/6/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 14/8/11
Usage ·····X·· ·oX·o··o ·X·o··X· ·X··o··X ···X·o·· ·o···X·X ·o······ ·X··o·Xo

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.