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Game Preview: DET @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 15, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Tigers, 45-43, 45-43 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 9-5, 2.58)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-5) 132.2 96 44 38 30 128 11 2.58
2011 (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
2010 (18-9) 224.1 190 89 84 71 219 14 3.37
Last 7 GS 4-2 51.1 40 19 15 14 46 7 2.63 62
2012-07-04 MIN W 9.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 115 81
2012-06-29 @TBR L 6.0 6 4 4 1 8 3 120 51
2012-06-24 @PIT W 9.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 117 75
2012-06-19 STL W 7.0 5 3 1 4 3 0 108 58
2012-06-14 @CHC W 8.0 5 2 2 0 8 0 103 72
2012-06-09 @CIN ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 9 0 127 58
2012-06-03 NYY L 6.1 9 5 3 4 4 2 114 39
Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 37.0 35 18 18 6 39 5 4.38 57
2011-09-24 BAL ND 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 120 46
2011-04-06 @BAL W 8.0 4 3 3 2 9 1 108 69
2010-09-12 BAL W 8.0 5 2 2 1 11 0 122 74
2009-08-03 BAL ND 8.0 9 5 5 1 8 1 119 51
2009-05-30 @BAL W 6.0 9 3 3 1 5 1 112 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  32-29   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest:  5-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @BAL  L   6-8 (13)  45-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @BAL  W   7-2       45-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   KCR  W   7-1       44-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   KCR  W   8-7       43-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   KCR  W   4-2       42-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5   MIN  W   7-3       41-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4   MIN  W   5-1       40-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3   MIN  L   6-8       39-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2   MIN  L   4-6       39-41  3rd  3.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  1  @TBR  W   5-3       39-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Orioles, 46-41, 46-41 2nd, 8 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Miguel Gonzalez (28, RHP, 1-0, 1.93)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 18.2 13 4 4 7 18 1 1.93
Last 7 GS 1-0 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 1.29 71
2012-07-06 @LAA W 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 100 71
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-21   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn:10-2 
 vsRHP:  33-32   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  16-6 
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  7-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sat, Jul 14   DET  W   8-6 (13)  46-41  2nd  8.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 13   DET  L   2-7       45-41  2nd  8.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  8  @LAA  L   0-6       45-40  2nd  7.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7  @LAA  L   0-3       45-39  2nd  6.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6  @LAA  W   3-2       45-38  2nd  5.5 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  5  @LAA  L   7-9       44-38  2nd  5.5 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4  @SEA  W   4-2       44-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3  @SEA  W   5-4       43-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2  @SEA  L   3-6       42-37  2nd  6.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   CLE  L   2-6       42-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 BAL  8  DET  6 (13)   W:Kevin Gregg (3-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 DET  7 @BAL  2        W:Doug Fister (3-6), L: Jason Hammel (8-6), S: none

Sun, Sep 25, 2011 DET 10  BAL  6        W:Brad Penny (11-11), L: Brian Matusz (1-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 BAL  6 @DET  5        W:Pedro Strop (2-1), L: Daniel Schlereth (2-2), S: Kevin Gregg (22)
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 DET  4  BAL  3 (11)   W:Ryan Perry (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (2-2), S: none
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 BAL  6 @DET  5        W:Zach Britton (11-10), L: David Pauley (5-6), S: Kevin Gregg (21)
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 BAL  8  DET  5        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (6-9), L: Doug Fister (4-13), S: Jim Johnson (2)
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 DET  6 @BAL  5        W:Max Scherzer (12-7), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-16), S: Jose Valverde (35)
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 DET  5 @BAL  4        W:Brad Penny (8-9), L: Troy Patton (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (34)
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 BAL  9  DET  5        W:Jim Johnson (1-0), L: Brad Thomas (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 1036-940

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
Tigers Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
38.Ayala
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.200 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/.000 228/166 .246/.344/.390/.733 .664/.757 .665 67/.649 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 179/132 .297/.381/.406/.787 .617/.849 .769 90/.729 12/0 1/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 325/229 .247/.280/.370/.650 .569/.683 .781 61/.691 3/2 8/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 12/1.674 3/.666 3/1.334 8/.833 2/2.000 5/1.100 1/.000 3/1.667 391/278 .329/.386/.564/.950 .942/.951 .842 97/1.068 3/1 19/8
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 382/245 .301/.380/.503/.883 .839/.907 .866 96/.844 1/0 15/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.333 7/.857 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 2/.000 301/206 .323/.401/.529/.930 .921/.934 .893 104/.865 7/3 9/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 106/96 .183/.283/.247/.530 .425/.540 .490 11/.495 1/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 112/55 .297/.351/.416/.767 .618/.923 .762 23/.791 0/0 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 13/.581 8/.661 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 4/1.250 310/217 .266/.333/.414/.747 .760/.741 .703 79/.720 1/1 6/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 5/1.400 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 196/119 .171/.226/.254/.480 .444/.503 .582 48/.534 1/1 1/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 202/151 .222/.299/.306/.604 .615/.601 .518 74/.576 1/0 2/4
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/33 .193/.277/.228/.505 .583/.426 .619 2/1.500 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.900 4/.500 3/.333 10/.650 1/.000 4/.000 326/223 .271/.298/.413/.710 .835/.650 .702 92/.782 0/1 10/2
IP 18.2 41.1 109.0 25.2 38.1 20.2 36.0 40.1 39.2 TOTAL .269/.333/.420/.753 .727/.765 .741 .764 33/9 84/56
ERA-K/9 1.93/8.7 2.83/5.4 3.80/6.9 3.86/7.7 1.41/5.4 2.61/7.4 2.50/9.0 3.35/8.3 1.59/7.5 4.06/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (37-16-6)
 Laird (27-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.194 177/.256 457/.241 114/.237 145/.173 93/.256 144/.233 163/.224 160/.191 .255  Kelly
 Berry
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Jackson
 Young
14/8/24/3
23/17/5/2
0/0/76/2
23/0/21/2
0/66/0/2
26/0/0/1
OPS .569 .698 .711 .734 .492 .626 .720 .652 .552 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.594 81/.657 126/.766 51/.742 81/.533 38/.827 52/.704 83/.594 77/.634 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.552 96/.732 331/.689 63/.729 64/.435 55/.493 92/.729 80/.709 83/.476 .735
Home 19/.743 98/.739 238/.683 58/.825 62/.576 49/.824 79/.728 95/.582 86/.588
Last 28d days 44/.580 48/1.032 117/.717 35/.619 36/.615 34/.757 24/1.364 39/.765 33/.536
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 5/4/0 15/7/2 3/1/0 3/1/1 0/5/0 4/0/1 5/1/0 1/0/1 99/38/18
Usage ········ ·X····X· X·····X· oo····o· X······· XX····o· o······· oX······ oo·····o
Orioles Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
64.Below*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
20.Dotel
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
49.Marte
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
60.Villarreal
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.000 ··· 299/215 .232/.294/.327/.621 .640/.614 .658 54/.650 4/3 5/12
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 6/.900 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 7/.453 ··· 271/199 .258/.321/.430/.751 .502/.839 .900 70/.864 0/1 10/13
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 7/1.096 ··· 113/97 .162/.200/.210/.410 .400/.411 .404 2/ 2/2 1/2
19.Davis* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 10/1.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 294/235 .270/.313/.467/.780 .839/.764 .895 65/.517 0/3 14/4
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/95 .213/.242/.277/.519 .571/.515 .492 25/.737 1/0 2/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 22/.382 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 10/.400 1/.000 385/295 .220/.258/.380/.638 .780/.594 .737 91/.351 0/0 13/4
10.Jones G/S/vP 16/.126 1/2.000 8/.393 8/.542 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· 372/280 .290/.333/.529/.862 .797/.884 .895 86/.601 11/5 20/7
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 32/.581 1/.000 8/.875 14/.714 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 236/174 .263/.339/.469/.808 .670/.857 .928 11/1.255 1/1 8/1
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/44 .262/.324/.462/.786 1.033/.587 .879 37/.725 0/1 3/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 2/.500 243/179 .200/.333/.370/.703 .763/.682 .676 64/.476 1/2 7/9
31.Teagarden G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2 .500/.500/2.000/2.500 /2.500 2.500 2/2.500 0/0 1/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 63/1.107 2/1.000 7/.953 9/.873 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.722 ··· 106/81 .226/.321/.419/.740 .805/.717 .454 42/.583 0/0 5/1
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/17 .204/.259/.352/.610 .777/.235 .874 14/.368 1/0 2/4
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 12/.584 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 327/244 .254/.333/.436/.770 1.013/.687 .795 79/.741 1/0 12/8
IP 132.2 38.0 41.0 39.1 29.1 5.1 17.1 36.2 29.0 TOTAL .240/.303/.403/.706 .749/.692 .761 .599 32/21 109/77
ERA-K/9 2.58/8.7 2.61/5.9 2.85/11.6 2.97/8.0 3.68/13.2 0.00/11.9 3.63/7.3 4.17/6.6 1.55/12.4 4.01/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (0-0-0)
 Wieters (32-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.200 146/.241 170/.221 172/.307 120/.218 20/.063 74/.242 163/.228 118/.178 .262  Jones
 Markakis
 Chavez
 Pearce
 Davis
 Andino
 Betemit
 Tolleson
 Flaherty
0/87/0/2
0/0/50/2
23/0/7/2
17/0/8/1
2/0/16/1
0/1/0/0
5/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
7/0/15/0
OPS .566 .592 .683 .765 .614 .313 .779 .682 .553 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.563 70/.648 79/.661 84/.656 41/.709 9/.000 31/.926 86/.843 40/.833 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.570 76/.540 91/.702 88/.874 79/.564 11/.597 43/.679 77/.513 78/.428 .711
Road 282/.635 54/.825 79/.781 88/.832 65/.630 5/.600 44/.695 89/.630 47/.636
Last 28d days 118/.558 37/.878 42/.874 43/.692 45/.637 20/.313 29/.649 35/.547 38/.704
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 3/5/1 6/1/0 1/4/2 2/7/3 0/1/0 4/0/0 2/11/0 2/2/0 89/73/21
Usage ········ X······· Xo·····o Xo····oo XX····X· X······o o······· Xo·····X ·······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.