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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 7:10pm, Thursday, June 7, 2012 @Fenway Park

Orioles, 32-24, 32-24 1st, ½ up

SP: Brian Matusz (25, LHP, 5-5, 4.41)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-5) 63.1 67 37 31 25 50 8 4.41
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 5-2 42.2 41 20 18 12 36 6 3.80 53
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
2012-05-01 @NYY W 6.1 6 1 1 1 4 1 97 60
Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 26.0 19 10 10 10 27 3 3.46 57
2012-05-22 BOS W 6.1 2 1 1 1 9 1 101 73
2011-09-19 @BOS L 1.2 6 6 6 2 0 1 49 17
2010-09-20 @BOS ND 5.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 102 58
2010-08-31 BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 98 57
2010-07-04 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 111 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-13   Road:   18-11   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  10-5 
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl: 9-3    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @TBR  W   2-1       30-23  1st    Tied
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @TBR  L   0-5       29-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @TOR  L   1-4       29-22  1st    Tied
 50 Tue, May 29  @TOR  L   6-8       29-21  1st    Tied
 49 Mon, May 28  @TOR  L   2-6       29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Sun, May 27   KCR  L   2-4       29-19  1st    Tied
 47 Sat, May 26   KCR  L   3-4       29-18  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
RedSox, 28-28, 28-28 5th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 5-2, 6.58)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-2) 64.1 81 49 47 30 40 13 6.58
2011 (6-3) 82.2 76 34 32 31 60 10 3.48
2010 (17-7) 173.2 142 55 45 67 120 9 2.33
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.0 48 26 25 20 29 7 5.36 45
2012-06-01 @TOR W 8.0 6 2 2 2 7 2 108 67
2012-05-27 TBR ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 111 58
2012-05-21 @BAL ND 5.1 6 5 5 4 2 1 94 34
2012-05-16 @TBR L 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 87 51
2012-05-11 CLE W 6.1 8 4 3 3 0 0 111 40
2012-05-06 BAL ND 3.2 7 5 5 4 4 3 81 27
2012-04-30 OAK W 6.2 7 6 6 5 5 1 99 36
Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 30.2 34 15 14 14 18 4 4.11 48
2012-05-21 @BAL ND 5.1 6 5 5 4 2 1 94 34
2012-05-06 BAL ND 3.2 7 5 5 4 4 3 81 27
2011-04-26 @BAL L 6.2 12 4 4 2 5 0 104 37
2010-09-21 BAL ND 6.0 4 1 0 3 5 0 113 64
2010-06-04 @BAL W 9.0 5 0 0 1 2 0 101 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-16   Road:   15-12   ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  18-20   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast: 10-15   vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Wed, Jun  6   BAL  L   1-2       28-28  5th  4.0 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5   BAL  L   6-8 (10)  28-27  5th  3.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @TOR  L   1-5       28-26  4th  3.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @TOR  W   7-4       28-25  4th  2.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @TOR  W   7-2       27-25  4th  3.0 gb
 51 Thu, May 31   DET  L   3-7       26-25  5th  3.0 gb
 50 Wed, May 30   DET  W   6-4       26-24  5th  2.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29   DET  W   6-3       25-24  5th  3.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28   DET  W   7-4       24-24  5th  4.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 27   TBR  L   3-4       23-24  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 BAL  2 @BOS  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (5-2), L: Josh Beckett (4-6), S: Jim Johnson (18)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 BAL  8 @BOS  6 (10)   W:Jim Johnson (1-0), L: Alfredo Aceves (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 BOS  6 @BAL  5        W:Daniel Bard (4-5), L: Jake Arrieta (2-5), S: Alfredo Aceves (11)
Tue, May 22, 2012 BAL  4  BOS  1        W:Brian Matusz (4-4), L: Felix Doubront (4-2), S: Jim Johnson (16)
Mon, May 21, 2012 BOS  8 @BAL  6        W:Andrew Miller (1-0), L: Kevin Gregg (2-2), S: Alfredo Aceves (10)
Sun, May 06, 2012 BAL  9 @BOS  6 (17)   W:Chris Davis (1-0), L: Darnell McDonald (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 BAL  8 @BOS  2        W:Jason Hammel (4-1), L: Aaron Cook (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 BAL  6 @BOS  4 (13)   W:Troy Patton (1-0), L: Franklin Morales (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (8)

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)
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 6-2; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1153-942

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  5.42

SEA  4.25

PIT  3.16

 RA/G

WSN  3.31

ATL  4.25

COL  5.46

 BA

M. Cabrera  .366

Y. Alonso  .267

R. Weeks  .163

 OBP

J. Votto  .475

J. Bautista  .335

A. Ramirez  .237

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .700

L. Duda  .428

B. Ryan  .252

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.100

J. Hardy  .770

A. Ramirez  .513

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.87

A. Harang  3.90

M. Minor  6.98

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  11.40

J. Weaver  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.63

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

Orioles Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 12/.705 14/.000 9/.111 5/.800 1/.000 7/.533 1/.000 5/1.267 219/160 .249/.304/.338/.642 .639/.644 .616 101/.512 3/2 3/7
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.850 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.143 171/114 .222/.292/.392/.685 .486/.782 .612 85/.576 0/1 7/8
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.258 89/78 .155/.184/.214/.398 .545/.377 .407 24/.542 1/2 1/1
19.Davis* G/S/vP 8/1.089 9/.444 5/.200 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 189/144 .295/.333/.494/.828 .756/.851 .755 74/.838 0/3 9/4
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/58 .172/.197/.224/.421 .800/.386 .333 29/.327 0/0 1/0
2.Hardy G/S/vP 6/2.334 17/.236 13/.808 8/.268 12/1.100 9/.472 1/2.000 7/.572 248/188 .264/.306/.463/.770 .962/.707 .688 106/.776 0/0 10/2
36.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/1.417 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 9/1.190 1/no AB 8/.000 83/67 .181/.289/.403/.692 1.021/.620 .528 38/1.072 2/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 21/.900 15/.933 2/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 10/.425 2/.000 12/1.167 243/180 .307/.354/.582/.936 .893/.951 .963 105/.969 9/4 16/4
28.Paulino G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 7/.000 1/.000 20/1.167 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 42/23 .293/.310/.366/.675 .705/.652 .457 12/.788 0/0 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 9/3 .286/.250/.286/.536 .367/1.000 .536 9/.536 0/0 0/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 9/.666 10/1.625 5/.650 8/.417 4/.250 13/1.442 14/.377 11/.673 142/108 .222/.352/.376/.728 .989/.648 .813 34/.941 1/1 3/7
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 37/11 .235/.278/.382/.660 .798/.364 .301 34/.660 0/0 1/4
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 20/.921 13/.413 3/.333 7/1.096 1/2.000 9/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 208/153 .246/.332/.448/.780 .847/.752 .808 88/.596 0/0 9/6
IP 64.1 28.2 24.0 31.2 12.2 11.2 20.2 23.0 TOTAL .249/.312/.426/.738 .771/.726 .709 .716 22/15 78/52
ERA-K/9 6.58/5.6 5.02/9.7 1.88/5.6 1.42/7.4 2.84/7.1 2.31/11.5 3.48/7.4 4.70/8.2 4.50/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (2-1-1)
 Wieters (19-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.314 125/.234 94/.221 124/.217 53/.217 43/.154 93/.263 98/.278 .264  Jones
 Chavez
 Betemit
 Tolleson
 Pearce
 Flaherty
0/56/0/1
20/0/3/1
5/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/3/0
OPS .906 .680 .636 .528 .603 .466 .717 .760 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.954 70/.631 40/.774 59/.530 32/.541 27/.465 42/.590 47/.575 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.825 55/.739 54/.543 65/.525 21/.697 16/.464 51/.817 51/.934 .767
Home 166/.959 79/.722 52/.521 90/.598 37/.462 26/.392 50/.885 43/.862
Last 28d days 136/.752 64/.597 39/.705 39/.585 32/.689 33/.553 39/.758 39/.596
HR/SB/CS 13/4/1 3/3/0 3/1/1 1/2/0 0/4/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 64/39/10
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··o ·X··o·oo ·o·o·X·· ···X··X· ····o··o ···X··X· o···o···
RedSox Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.34 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		 50.Gonzalez
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
3.Aviles G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 7/.143 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 6/.500 7/.715 4/.500 6/.334 242/169 .266/.285/.432/.717 .929/.628 .678 101/.672 6/3 8/5
23.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.700 4/.833 5/.400 13/.901 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 152/102 .211/.245/.246/.492 .777/.348 .374 37/.642 0/3 1/3
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 8/1.583 7/.629 6/.666 1/3.000 ··· 11/.582 10/.422 2/2.500 10/.944 1/2.000 247/153 .263/.316/.406/.722 .702/.735 .724 104/.691 0/0 4/1
54.McDonald G/S/vP 14/.665 1/.000 5/1.167 4/.750 ··· 3/.000 6/.533 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 68/35 .190/.284/.379/.663 .695/.631 .693 4/1.000 1/1 2/0
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 110/70 .321/.345/.557/.902 .940/.880 .905 78/.826 2/1 6/4
66.Nava# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 105/75 .305/.438/.500/.938 .702/1.014 .988 101/.913 2/0 2/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 13/.231 8/.000 6/.000 7/.929 ··· 11/.384 12/.750 4/.000 8/.625 3/.667 239/153 .310/.389/.581/.970 .959/.974 1.129 103/.871 0/1 13/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 10/.400 8/1.000 6/.833 13/.917 ··· 7/1.171 16/.905 11/.697 5/1.300 3/.000 229/159 .285/.341/.435/.775 .687/.812 .768 82/.587 3/2 5/1
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.833 4/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 3/.666 37/34 .387/.394/.548/.942 1.500/.920 1.006 37/.942 3/1 1/0
5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 74/61 .180/.292/.262/.554 .413/.585 .310 36/.608 2/0 1/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 5/.200 5/2.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/1.000 1/3.000 5/.000 6/.000 155/129 .278/.323/.583/.906 .661/.953 .967 78/1.052 0/0 11/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/1.089 6/2.300 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 78/42 .277/.382/.538/.920 .798/1.027 1.100 25/1.226 1/0 3/1
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 8/.393 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.572 3/.666 3/.333 2/.000 160/141 .302/.340/.423/.762 .343/.816 .688 56/.524 0/0 0/2
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/1.122 8/.542 3/.666 12/1.667 ··· 5/.400 16/1.152 8/.536 ··· 2/no AB 124/94 .236/.315/.382/.696 1.017/.602 .731 52/.781 0/0 4/2
IP 63.1 26.0 67.0 18.1 3.1 15.1 26.0 26.1 26.2 29.1 TOTAL .273/.331/.454/.785 .797/.780 .801 .791 20/12 69/29
ERA-K/9 4.41/7.1 2.08/5.2 3.49/6.9 3.93/3.9 2.70/13.6 4.11/8.2 1.38/5.5 1.71/9.9 4.05/8.8 1.23/8.0 3.69/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (27-5-2)
 Shoppach (12-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 280/.267 111/.233 286/.252 84/.265 14/.286 68/.263 98/.165 100/.185 108/.228 115/.158 .248  Nava
 Sweeney
 McDonald
 Byrd
 Gonzalez
 Podsednik
25/0/0/3
0/9/37/2
16/2/5/2
0/45/2/1
0/0/10/0
1/10/0/0
OPS .753 .613 .713 .763 .643 .754 .491 .596 .655 .521 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.350 52/.676 75/.740 34/.729 5/.400 32/.697 56/.529 37/.693 55/.525 54/.661 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.880 59/.555 211/.703 50/.785 9/.778 36/.804 42/.436 63/.540 53/.792 61/.403 .708
Road 134/.728 53/.536 150/.780 41/.714 14/.643 39/.640 68/.498 53/.507 56/.688 60/.450
Last 28d days 129/.624 45/.754 126/.792 84/.763 14/.643 28/.613 43/.465 40/.436 52/.590 47/.454
HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 2/3/0 7/4/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 62/22/15
Usage ····X··· ·o·o···· X····X·· ···X···· ········ ·····o·· XX··oo·· ···o···o ·X·X·o·· Xo··o··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.