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Game Preview: BAL @ BOS, 7:10pm, Friday, September 21, 2012 @Fenway Park

Orioles, 85-64, 85-64 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Miguel Gonzalez (28, RHP, 6-4, 3.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-4)			85.2	78	34	34	31	66	12	3.57

Last 7 GS		3-2	45.1	39	14	14	15	30	3	2.78	57
2012-09-12	TBR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	5	4	1	104	51
2012-09-05	@TOR	L	6.1	7	5	5	0	4	1	94	43
2012-08-31	@NYY	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	97	77
2012-08-20	@TEX	L	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	101	34
2012-08-15	BOS	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	94	53
2012-08-10	KCR	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	103	70
2012-08-05	@TBR	ND	7.0	2	0	0	4	4	0	104	73

Last 5 v.BOS		1-0	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	3.00	53
2012-08-15	BOS	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	94	53

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

 Home:   42-32   Road:   43-32   ExtrInn:15-2 
 vsRHP:  61-49   vsLHP:  24-15   1-Run:  27-8 
 vsEast: 35-24   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 16-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Wed, Sep 19  @SEA  W   3-1 (11)  85-64  2nd  0.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18  @SEA  W   4-2 (18)  84-64  1st    Tied
147 Mon, Sep 17  @SEA  W  10-4       83-64  2nd  0.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 16  @OAK  W   9-5       82-64  2nd  1.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 15  @OAK  L   2-5       81-64  2nd  1.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep 14  @OAK  L   2-3       81-63  1st    Tied
143 Thu, Sep 13   TBR  W   3-2 (14)  81-62  1st    Tied
142 Wed, Sep 12   TBR  W   3-2       80-62  1st    Tied
141 Tue, Sep 11   TBR  W   9-2       79-62  1st    Tied
140 Sun, Sep  9   NYY  L   3-13      78-62  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9

RedSox, 68-83, 68-83 4th, 19 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 9-12, 4.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-12)			187.1	196	109	103	63	157	23	4.95
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		4-2	46.1	41	19	19	21	40	5	3.69	55
2012-09-16	@TOR	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	7	1	101	63
2012-09-11	NYY	ND	5.1	5	3	3	7	5	0	102	44
2012-09-04	@SEA	W	6.0	9	3	3	2	4	2	111	44
2012-08-30	@LAA	L	8.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	121	43
2012-08-24	KCR	W	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	93	55
2012-08-18	@NYY	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	105	65
2012-08-12	@CLE	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	12	0	101	72

Last 5 v.BAL		2-0	32.0	29	16	14	13	27	3	3.94	53
2012-06-05	BAL	ND	6.0	8	4	2	1	5	0	99	48
2012-05-04	BAL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	99	49
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

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

 Home:   33-43   Road:   35-40   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  42-62   vsLHP:  26-21   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 25-36   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  8-24 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Thu, Sep 20  @TBR  L   4-7       68-83  4th 19.0 gb
150 Wed, Sep 19  @TBR  L   3-13      68-82  4th 18.0 gb
149 Tue, Sep 18  @TBR  W   7-5       68-81  4th 16.5 gb
148 Mon, Sep 17  @TBR  W   5-2       67-81  5th 17.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @TOR  L   0-5       66-81  5th 17.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @TOR  W   3-2       66-80  4th 16.5 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14  @TOR  W   8-5       65-80  5th 16.5 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13   NYY  L   0-2       64-80  5th 17.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12   NYY  L   4-5       64-79  5th 16.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11   NYY  W   4-3       64-78  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 16, 2012 BOS  6 @BAL  3        W:Clay Buchholz (11-3), L: Luis Ayala (4-4), S: Alfredo Aceves (24)
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 BAL  5  BOS  3        W:Miguel Gonzalez (5-2), L: Aaron Cook (3-6), S: Jim Johnson (35)
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 BAL  7  BOS  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (11-7), L: Josh Beckett (5-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 BOS  7  BAL  0        W:Clay Buchholz (6-2), L: Brian Matusz (5-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 8-4; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 1155-944

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 5.09 BAL 4.38 HOU 3.59	RA/G WSN 3.58 LAA 4.27 COL 5.48	BA M. Cabrera .346 C. Ross .274 C. Pena .196	OBP J. Mauer .417 A. Gonzalez .336 J. Smoak .269	SLG M. Cabrera .613 D. Jeter .443 J. Weeks .305	OPS M. Cabrera 1.011 J. Upton .782 J. Smoak .602	ERA D. Price 2.58 J. Johnson 3.84 R. Romero 5.72	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 R. Halladay 7.33 H. Alvarez 3.53

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

BAL 4.38

HOU 3.59

RA/G

WSN 3.58

LAA 4.27

COL 5.48

M. Cabrera .346

C. Ross .274

C. Pena .196

OBP

J. Mauer .417

A. Gonzalez .336

J. Smoak .269

SLG

M. Cabrera .613

D. Jeter .443

J. Weeks .305

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.011

J. Upton .782

J. Smoak .602

ERA

D. Price 2.58

J. Johnson 3.84

R. Romero 5.72

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

R. Halladay 7.33

H. Alvarez 3.53

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Orioles Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 52.Carpenter
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP 16/.813 14/.000 5/.800 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.533 2/.000 5/1.267 ··· 413/288 .209/.280/.304/.584 .597/.578 .545 78/.556 4/5 7/12

70.Avery* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 107/86 .223/.305/.340/.645 .521/.669 .713 4/.000 6/3 1/2

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 376/280 .261/.322/.422/.744 .405/.859 .692 12/.417 0/1 12/15

27.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 12/.258 ··· 158/135 .209/.245/.291/.536 .455/.550 .537 29/.678 3/2 2/2

19.Davis* G/S/vP 14/.071 10/.400 4/.000 3/.333 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 514/408 .258/.313/.462/.775 .734/.786 .698 80/.826 1/3 26/5

59.Exposito G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .056/.190/.056/.246 .393/.154 .375 1/.000 0/0 0/0

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 137/127 .216/.256/.312/.568 .444/.577 .653 6/.900 1/0 4/2

51.Ford G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 5/.400 ··· 69/23 .172/.221/.359/.580 .726/.279 .395 35/.683 1/0 3/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP 12/1.500 17/.236 8/.268 3/.666 5/.200 ··· 12/1.100 1/.000 9/.472 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 656/496 .236/.282/.394/.676 .829/.626 .591 112/.801 0/0 21/6

10.Jones G/S/vP 46/.576 15/.933 5/.800 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 10/.425 2/1.000 12/1.167 ··· 643/490 .286/.336/.506/.842 .819/.849 .819 111/.815 14/6 30/8

13.Machado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 153/116 .264/.276/.426/.702 .770/.680 .749 102/.644 2/0 4/2

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 58/.532 17/.669 6/.666 4/1.250 12/.583 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 10/.325 1/.000 19/1.808 ··· 471/330 .298/.363/.471/.834 .877/.816 .833 61/.836 1/1 13/2

9.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.804 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 240/187 .248/.319/.374/.693 .580/.723 .639 110/.843 8/1 4/1

35.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 189/140 .244/.314/.363/.677 .589/.710 .531 16/.133 0/1 4/6

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 13/1.162 11/1.455 8/.417 4/.500 2/3.000 ··· 4/.250 2/2.500 13/1.442 3/4.000 11/.673 2/1.500 486/358 .228/.348/.444/.791 .746/.807 .796 106/1.005 1/3 21/11

31.Teagarden G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 56/34 .140/.204/.320/.524 .455/.571 .267 17/.953 0/0 2/0

6.Tolleson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/19 .188/.233/.319/.552 .619/.368 .318 4/.500 1/0 2/4

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 33/.878 13/.413 7/1.096 5/.400 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 9/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 548/408 .248/.330/.436/.766 .915/.716 .719 89/.970 3/0 22/10

IP 187.1 77.1 48.1 12.0 59.2 4.1 17.2 40.0 38.1 35.1 47.0 39.0 TOTAL .247/.311/.414/.725 .737/.721 .688 .786 50/28 192/99

ERA-K/9

4.95/7.5

5.00/8.0

1.68/6.5

6.75/9.0

2.87/8.6

2.08/4.2

2.04/8.1

6.98/7.4

3.29/11.0

2.55/8.2

4.79/9.6

1.62/9.5

4.62/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Exposito (1-1-1)
Teagarden (5-2-1)
Wieters (51-27-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 803/.271 329/.239 188/.216 54/.286 247/.227 21/.143 72/.197 176/.270 158/.191 143/.206 207/.303 157/.250 .259 Jones
Markakis
Chavez
Ford
Davis
McLouth
Avery
Andino
Flaherty
Tolleson
Betemit 0/149/0/7
0/0/102/3
35/3/13/2
13/0/5/2
11/0/20/2
51/10/3/1
27/0/0/1
1/1/0/0
7/0/17/0
7/0/0/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .772 .709 .541 .740 .654 .614 .582 .804 .579 .628 .865 .613 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.738 172/.761 86/.496 26/1.070 110/.619 9/1.225 41/.559 77/.942 95/.392 66/.542 100/.828 60/.582 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 587/.784 157/.653 102/.577 28/.442 137/.681 12/.250 31/.608 99/.697 63/.862 77/.694 107/.898 97/.633 .751

Home 427/.884 168/.814 126/.627 25/.711 136/.724 9/.250 47/.499 106/.778 77/.561 91/.624 101/.827 95/.599

Last 28d days 117/.753 65/.775 7/.286 39/.788 35/.614 21/.614 15/.267 31/.805 30/.661 19/.618 26/1.283 46/.386

HR/SB/CS 23/12/3 10/6/1 2/2/0 1/1/1 5/2/2 0/2/0 0/5/1 8/0/1 3/0/0 4/4/2 7/4/1 1/4/1 169/121/30

Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·o··o··· X·o··Xo· ··o··o·o ·X····o· ···o···· ···X···X ·o··o··· ··X···X· o·o···X· o·oo··oX

RedSox Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.45 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 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 58.Phillips*
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 5/.000 3/.000 10/.100 7/.429 ··· 7/.715 ··· 6/.334 537/381 .250/.283/.384/.666 .750/.632 .684 73/.583 14/6 13/14

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 228/161 .294/.313/.394/.707 .771/.680 .854 98/.533 15/0 2/8

56.De Jesus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/21 .231/.279/.308/.587 .377/.807 .728 6/.000 1/1 0/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.650 4/1.000 15/.453 1/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 305/200 .277/.321/.382/.704 .680/.717 .801 104/.775 14/3 4/3

50.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/50 .309/.352/.481/.834 .602/1.010 .917 48/.977 0/0 2/5

58.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/27 .128/.261/.231/.492 .689/.326 .333 48/.492 1/0 1/2

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 103/87 .229/.272/.260/.532 .775/.487 .542 18/.742 3/2 0/4

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 125/85 .177/.240/.292/.532 .495/.550 .498 81/.606 0/0 2/2

22.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 441/346 .254/.298/.339/.637 .522/.668 .630 82/.597 0/3 5/6

66.Nava# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 276/197 .238/.350/.368/.718 .513/.800 .780 29/.364 3/0 4/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/.400 10/1.000 9/1.194 16/.905 1/.000 13/.840 1/.000 3/.000 581/405 .286/.341/.447/.788 .842/.766 .819 97/.872 16/5 15/5

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 191/153 .295/.315/.341/.656 .778/.626 .798 82/.392 8/2 1/0

62.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

7.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.393 6/1.700 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 483/346 .274/.338/.500/.838 1.058/.754 .962 100/.779 2/1 21/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/2.667 3/.666 5/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.000 418/366 .229/.292/.466/.758 .537/.790 .774 64/.801 0/1 24/7

IP 85.2 70.1 181.0 62.2 28.1 63.0 5.0 63.2 TOTAL .264/.319/.423/.742 .771/.730 .801 .658 92/25 159/96

ERA-K/9

3.57/6.9

2.69/5.8

3.98/7.3

2.73/5.3

1.91/11.8

2.43/9.4

7.20/5.4

2.26/7.9

3.99/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (25-3-0)
Quiroz (0-0-1)
Saltalamacchia (77-17-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.245 302/.271 765/.246 248/.226 110/.165 251/.209 25/.318 270/.211 .254 Ross
Nava
Podsednik
Ellsbury
Ciriaco
Kalish 22/7/85/8
65/0/4/5
30/18/4/3
0/69/0/1
2/3/2/0
3/20/9/0

OPS .733 .720 .717 .575 .546 .636 1.082 .595 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.730 143/.765 215/.676 140/.592 58/.478 89/.696 12/1.591 135/.645 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.736 159/.680 550/.734 108/.553 52/.622 162/.602 13/.580 135/.545 .735

Road 213/.660 140/.736 348/.716 136/.492 29/.516 122/.630 14/.676 127/.544

Last 28d days 79/.675 43/.717 126/.696 36/.714 64/.431 45/.486 18/.748 44/1.066

HR/SB/CS 12/2/2 7/5/0 26/11/3 3/3/2 3/0/3 6/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 171/62/31

Usage ········ ·o·X···X ··X····X ·oo·o··X ··X··X·· ·oX·X··o ···X·o·· ·XX·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.