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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 7:10 pm, Friday, May 4, 2012 @Fenway Park

Orioles, 16-9, 16-9 2nd, 1½ GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (26, LHP, 2-0, 2.22)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-0)			24.1	24	8	6	8	19	2	2.22

Last 7 GS		2-0	24.1	24	8	6	8	19	2	2.22	56
2012-04-28	OAK	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	107	63
2012-04-22	@LAA	ND	6.1	5	1	1	3	5	0	96	61
2012-04-17	@CHW	W	5.1	6	2	2	2	4	0	99	50
2012-04-10	NYY	ND	5.2	7	4	2	1	6	1	101	48

Has never faced BOS as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    8-4    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-8    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl: 6-1    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Wed, May  2  @NYY  W   5-0       16-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  1  @NYY  W   7-1       15-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @NYY  L   1-2       14-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29   OAK  W   5-2       14-8   1st    Tied
 21 Sat, Apr 28   OAK  W  10-1       13-8   1st    Tied
 20 Fri, Apr 27   OAK  L   2-5       12-8   2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-9

RedSox, 11-13, 11-13 5th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 1-2, 4.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-2)			31.0	28	16	16	14	23	2	4.65
2011 (15-9)			191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	3.47
2010 (19-9)			208.0	167	81	75	83	225	14	3.25

Last 7 GS		1-3	39.2	40	26	26	19	31	4	5.90	47
2012-04-28	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	122	73
2012-04-23	@MIN	ND	7.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	112	45
2012-04-17	TEX	L	2.0	8	7	7	4	2	1	80	10
2012-04-11	@TOR	L	8.0	3	3	3	2	6	0	116	68
2012-04-05	@DET	ND	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	107	62
2011-09-28	@BAL	ND	6.0	4	2	2	4	5	1	93	57
2011-09-24	@NYY	L	2.2	8	8	8	1	3	1	55	12

Last 5 v.BAL		4-0	33.1	25	10	10	13	31	2	2.70	61
2011-09-28	@BAL	ND	6.0	4	2	2	4	5	1	93	57
2011-04-28	@BAL	W	8.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	108	68
2010-09-01	@BAL	W	6.0	8	5	5	2	10	0	120	44
2010-07-03	BAL	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	100	69
2010-06-05	@BAL	W	6.1	4	0	0	3	4	0	102	66

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    4-7    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-11   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Wed, May  2   OAK  L   2-4       11-13  5th  5.5 gb
 23 Tue, May  1   OAK  L   3-5       11-12  5th  4.5 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   OAK  W  11-6       11-11  5th  3.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29  @CHW  L   1-4       10-11  5th  3.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 28  @CHW  W   1-0       10-10  5th  2.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 27  @CHW  W  10-3        9-10  5th  3.5 gb
 18 Thu, Apr 26  @CHW  W  10-3        8-10  5th  3.5 gb
 17 Wed, Apr 25  @MIN  W   7-6        7-10  5th  3.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 24  @MIN  W  11-2        6-10  5th  3.5 gb
 15 Mon, Apr 23  @MIN  W   6-5        5-10  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 28, 2011 BAL  4  BOS  3        W:Jim Johnson (6-5), L: Jonathan Papelbon (4-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 BOS  8 @BAL  7        W:Alfredo Aceves (10-2), L: Zach Britton (11-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (31)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 BAL  6  BOS  3        W:Troy Patton (2-1), L: Josh Beckett (13-7), S: none
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 BAL  6 @BOS  4        W:Clay Rapada (2-0), L: Josh Beckett (13-6), S: Jim Johnson (9)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 BAL  7 @BOS  5        W:Willie Eyre (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-9), S: Jim Johnson (8)
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 BOS 18  BAL  9        W:Scott Atchison (1-0), L: Brian Matusz (1-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 BAL  6 @BOS  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-17), L: Kyle Weiland (0-3), S: Jim Johnson (7)
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 BOS  4 @BAL  0        W:Andrew Miller (4-1), L: Jake Arrieta (9-7), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 BAL  6  BOS  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (4-13), L: Kyle Weiland (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (1)
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 BOS 15 @BAL 10        W:Dan Wheeler (2-1), L: Mike Gonzalez (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1151-936

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 STL 5.52 CHW 4.00 PIT 2.96	RA/G WSN 2.76 TOR 4.15 MIN 5.71	BA M. Kemp .411 D. Uggla .265 B. Ryan .125	OBP M. Kemp .500 E. Thames .333 C. Barmes .215	SLG M. Kemp .856 R. Tejada .411 M. Byrd .188	OPS M. Kemp 1.356 A. Gordon .756 M. Byrd .408	ERA R. Dempster .95 J. Samardzija 3.41 C. Buchholz 8.69	K/9IP F. Doubront 10.38 J. Williams 6.76 H. Alvarez 2.51

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

STL 5.52

CHW 4.00

PIT 2.96

RA/G

WSN 2.76

TOR 4.15

MIN 5.71

M. Kemp .411

D. Uggla .265

B. Ryan .125

OBP

M. Kemp .500

E. Thames .333

C. Barmes .215

SLG

M. Kemp .856

R. Tejada .411

M. Byrd .188

OPS

M. Kemp 1.356

A. Gordon .756

M. Byrd .408

ERA

R. Dempster .95

J. Samardzija 3.41

C. Buchholz 8.69

K/9IP

F. Doubront 10.38

J. Williams 6.76

H. Alvarez 2.51

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Orioles Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB Cook
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP 10/.900 10/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 85/72 .342/.388/.443/.831 .769/.843 .882 82/.838 0/1 1/2

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 9/1.413 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 60/46 .241/.267/.466/.732 .500/.805 .578 57/.736 0/0 3/4

9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 14/.643 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.282 51/49 .109/.163/.130/.294 1.000/.263 .290 51/.294 0/1 0/0

19.Davis* G/S/vP 11/.091 7/.286 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 87/73 .316/.368/.595/.963 1.000/.954 .883 84/.999 0/1 5/2

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/18 .158/.190/.158/.348 1.000/.184 .000 22/.348 0/0 0/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP 6/2.067 11/.364 11/.964 5/.000 ··· 11/1.212 ··· ··· 5/.800 107/92 .196/.252/.361/.613 .695/.599 .595 103/.591 0/0 4/1

36.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.833 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 39/30 .086/.179/.143/.322 .611/.238 .384 39/.322 1/0 0/1

10.Jones G/S/vP 40/.582 12/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 105/89 .316/.362/.582/.944 .875/.955 .955 101/.951 4/3 6/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 55/.563 15/.667 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 18/1.793 109/91 .260/.330/.427/.757 .465/.816 .675 105/.680 0/0 3/0

28.Paulino G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 20/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.666 25/16 .360/.360/.400/.760 1.000/.625 .333 25/.760 0/0 0/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP 15/.884 11/.282 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/51 .313/.333/.627/.960 1.076/.922 1.468 65/1.021 1/0 5/3

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 8/.536 7/1.762 2/.000 5/.650 23/.927 3/.000 14/.377 ··· 9/.111 77/65 .136/.260/.197/.457 1.056/.356 .326 74/.477 0/1 0/3

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 27/.730 9/.619 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/73 .303/.391/.618/1.009 .701/1.060 1.085 84/1.049 0/0 7/3

IP 31.0 7.0 10.0 14.1 2.1 8.1 3.0 9.0 TOTAL .254/.312/.438/.750 .806/.738 .735 .751 6/7 34/22

ERA-K/9

4.65/6.7

10.29/10.3

1.80/4.5

1.88/8.2

/0.0

3.86/11.7

4.32/7.6

0.00/18.0

8.00/11.0

5.45/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Paulino (2-0-0)
Wieters (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.248 37/.300 39/.243 59/.236 / 10/.250 37/.281 10/.100 41/.289 .276 Chavez
Markakis
Reimold
Jones
Flaherty 13/0/1/1
0/0/23/1
15/0/0/0
0/25/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .700 .932 .633 .580 .775 .664 .200 .868 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.540 18/1.000 16/1.080 26/.599 / 5/1.267 14/.381 6/.333 17/.706 .844

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.766 19/.868 23/.348 33/.565 / 5/.400 23/.835 4/.000 24/.988 .761

Home 17/1.629 16/.938 22/.654 35/.762 / 6/.500 20/.938 10/.200 19/1.307

Last 28d days 101/.709 35/.883 39/.633 59/.580 / 10/.775 35/.694 10/.200 38/.788

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 // 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 31/13/1

Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·· ·oX···X· ··Xoo··· ··X·X··· ···o·o·· ·X······ ···o·o··

RedSox Batters (5.50 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 38.Ayala
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 103/76 .281/.317/.500/.817 1.215/.683 .895 100/.843 3/1 5/3

23.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/62 .175/.221/.188/.408 .890/.315 .301 82/.404 0/1 0/1

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 9/.666 7/.619 4/.666 2/2.500 4/1.417 ··· 107/71 .250/.327/.370/.697 .603/.746 .619 103/.691 0/0 2/0

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 47/25 .200/.298/.450/.748 .749/.741 .800 47/.748 1/0 2/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .667/.750/1.000/1.750 /1.750 1.750 4/1.750 1/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 10/.311 10/.700 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 102/71 .391/.441/.707/1.148 1.346/1.057 1.485 98/1.157 0/1 6/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 5/.933 14/1.038 ··· 8/.393 2/no AB ··· 109/79 .294/.339/.471/.810 .497/.920 .741 105/.812 2/1 3/1

5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 30/25 .174/.333/.217/.551 .900/.478 .357 30/.551 0/0 0/1

7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 90/67 .268/.322/.512/.834 .733/.869 .936 86/.876 0/1 5/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 60/58 .241/.267/.500/.767 .000/.794 .724 57/.808 0/0 4/1

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/19 .258/.378/.419/.798 .544/1.036 1.313 37/.798 1/0 0/0

12.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 78/69 .361/.397/.556/.953 .333/1.038 .911 74/.921 0/0 0/1

IP 24.1 12.0 5.2 9.2 9.2 12.2 10.0 13.0 TOTAL .276/.334/.461/.795 .812/.789 .867 .808 8/4 29/9

ERA-K/9

2.22/7.0

0.00/5.2

7.94/6.3

0.00/6.5

0.00/9.3

0.71/9.2

4.50/3.6

2.08/9.7

2.83/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (10-1-1)
Shoppach (3-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.250 47/.182 30/.348 41/.176 39/.229 46/.150 41/.256 51/.182 .230 McDonald
Ross
Byrd
Sweeney 12/2/3/2
14/6/8/1
0/23/0/0
0/0/20/0

OPS .665 .439 1.109 .506 .568 .552 .754 .621 .665

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.652 23/.590 13/1.112 20/.578 18/.978 17/.376 18/.631 25/.804 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.670 24/.297 17/1.088 21/.425 21/.243 29/.659 23/.850 26/.453 .622

Road 50/.631 17/.235 13/1.442 30/.519 24/.488 28/.542 20/.800 21/.506

Last 28d days 106/.665 47/.439 30/1.109 37/.471 34/.531 46/.552 38/.642 51/.621

HR/SB/CS 2/3/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 23/12/6

Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·o ······o· ·X·o···· ···o··o· ··X·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.