Saturday, August 18, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: BAL @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 18, 2012 @Comerica Park

Orioles, 64-55, 64-55 3rd, 7 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Zach Britton (24, LHP, 1-1, 8.10)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			23.1	31	24	21	16	17	5	8.10
2011 (11-11)			154.1	162	93	79	62	97	12	4.61

Last 7 GS		2-2	32.2	44	34	31	22	20	8	8.54	34
2012-08-07	SEA	ND	5.0	8	7	4	2	6	2	87	33
2012-08-01	@NYY	L	2.2	7	7	7	3	3	1	80	16
2012-07-27	OAK	ND	5.2	6	6	6	3	2	2	101	32
2012-07-22	@CLE	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	104	67
2012-07-17	@MIN	ND	4.0	6	4	4	6	1	0	100	29
2011-09-27	BOS	L	4.1	7	5	5	2	2	2	84	29
2011-09-22	@DET	W	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	1	78	32

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	1	9.00	32
2011-09-22	@DET	W	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	1	78	32

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

 Home:   32-29   Road:   32-26   ExtrInn:12-2 
 vsRHP:  46-42   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  22-6 
 vsEast: 24-20   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 11-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Fri, Aug 17  @DET  L   3-5       64-55  3rd  7.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   BOS  L   3-6       64-54  2nd  6.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   BOS  W   5-3       64-53  2nd  6.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   BOS  W   7-1       63-53  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12   KCR  W   5-3       62-53  3rd  5.5 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11   KCR  L   3-7       61-53  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10   KCR  W   7-1       61-52  2nd  5.5 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   KCR  L   2-8       60-52  2nd  5.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   SEA  W   9-2       60-51  2nd  4.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   SEA  W   8-7 (14)  59-51  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Tigers, 64-55, 64-55 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 9-7, 4.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-7)			134.2	172	78	70	31	77	10	4.68
2011 (14-9)			182.0	210	103	96	46	104	18	4.75
2010 (10-12)			162.2	188	96	89	38	84	18	4.92

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.2	56	27	25	8	20	2	5.40	42
2012-08-12	@TEX	L	6.0	9	6	4	0	1	1	90	35
2012-08-07	NYY	W	6.2	8	3	3	0	3	1	101	49
2012-08-01	@BOS	W	5.2	8	4	4	2	6	0	88	41
2012-07-27	@TOR	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	89	39
2012-07-21	CHW	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	94	72
2012-07-16	LAA	ND	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	0	89	35
2012-07-05	MIN	ND	3.2	12	3	3	1	0	0	77	24

Last 5 v.BAL		1-2	24.0	34	12	12	5	13	2	4.50	45
2011-09-23	BAL	ND	7.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	108	50
2011-04-04	@BAL	L	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	81	32
2010-10-01	@BAL	L	6.1	12	2	2	0	4	1	96	45
2009-08-06	BAL	W	5.2	4	2	2	3	1	0	85	51

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

 Home:   34-23   Road:   30-32   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  46-39   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:26-17   vsWest:  9-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Fri, Aug 17   BAL  W   5-3       64-55  2nd  1.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 15  @MIN  W   5-1       63-55  2nd  2.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 14  @MIN  W   8-4       62-55  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Mon, Aug 13  @MIN  L   3-9       61-55  2nd  2.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12  @TEX  L   3-8       61-54  2nd  2.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11  @TEX  L   1-2       61-53  2nd  1.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10  @TEX  W   6-2       61-52  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   NYY  L   3-4       60-52  2nd  1.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   NYY  L   8-12      60-51  2nd  0.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   NYY  W   6-5       60-50  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 DET  5  BAL  3        W:Joaquin Benoit (2-3), L: Darren O'Day (6-1), S: Jose Valverde (23)
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 DET  4 @BAL  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-5), L: Miguel Gonzalez (1-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 3-1; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 1038-940

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.03 CIN 4.33 CHC 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.56 DET 4.40 COL 5.75	BA A. McCutchen .360 C. Johnson .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Votto .465 D. Pedroia .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG D. Ortiz .609 T. Hunter .438 J. Carroll .288	OPS J. Votto 1.069 K. Morales .775 J. Smoak .574	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.38 C. Lee 3.83 J. Guthrie 5.75	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

CIN 4.33

CHC 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.56

DET 4.40

COL 5.75

A. McCutchen .360

C. Johnson .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

D. Pedroia .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

T. Hunter .438

J. Carroll .288

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

K. Morales .775

J. Smoak .574

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.38

C. Lee 3.83

J. Guthrie 5.75

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.29

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Orioles Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP 9/1.056 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.000 ··· 322/223 .223/.288/.312/.600 .608/.597 .600 21/.349 4/4 5/12

19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 10/1.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 414/329 .251/.302/.428/.730 .677/.744 .675 96/.611 1/3 18/5

51.Ford G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 30/12 .148/.207/.222/.429 .528/.273 .400 30/.429 0/0 0/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/1.666 3/.333 4/.500 ··· ··· 11/.364 1/.000 523/396 .227/.274/.374/.648 .756/.614 .589 106/.731 0/0 16/5

10.Jones G/S/vP 9/.444 8/.393 8/.542 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 507/384 .293/.341/.520/.861 .816/.876 .836 105/.810 11/6 24/8

13.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 31/24 .333/.355/.800/1.155 1.571/1.029 1.250 31/1.155 0/0 3/1

54.Mahoney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 13/1.280 8/.875 14/.714 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.619 1/.000 385/273 .284/.348/.472/.821 .810/.825 .756 117/.864 1/1 13/2

9.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 105/90 .188/.257/.250/.507 .421/.521 .342 43/.685 3/0 0/0

35.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 164/118 .277/.341/.412/.754 .628/.805 .644 84/.782 0/1 4/5

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 8/1.357 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 2/.500 358/261 .218/.332/.409/.742 .832/.708 .710 88/.834 1/2 12/10

31.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/19 .097/.125/.226/.351 .000/.673 .250 24/.227 0/0 1/0

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 11/1.045 2/.000 5/.200 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 440/327 .245/.325/.431/.756 .881/.712 .710 88/.775 3/0 17/9

IP 134.2 53.0 46.2 41.2 13.1 7.1 49.2 37.1 TOTAL .244/.307/.408/.715 .718/.715 .677 .747 38/24 148/92

ERA-K/9

4.68/5.1

3.40/10.2

3.86/7.9

3.02/11.7

2.03/10.8

8.59/7.4

3.62/6.7

2.41/11.6

4.02/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Teagarden (3-1-0)
Wieters (45-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 592/.312 214/.220 211/.328 162/.197 52/.191 41/.400 211/.219 157/.209 .263 Jones
Markakis
Ford
McLouth
Davis
Andino 0/119/0/6
0/0/82/2
9/0/0/2
21/5/3/1
11/0/17/1
1/1/0/0

OPS .799 .719 .845 .565 .588 .961 .640 .593 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.857 109/.737 106/.662 58/.676 20/.200 22/1.055 114/.774 54/.752 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.736 105/.700 105/1.033 104/.504 32/.856 19/.849 97/.490 103/.518 .717

Home 304/.802 121/.712 100/.767 75/.460 38/.588 10/1.056 102/.667 95/.536

Last 28d days 104/.799 31/.913 39/1.184 38/.421 23/.579 / 35/.582 33/.788

HR/SB/CS 10/16/3 11/1/0 4/5/2 2/7/3 1/1/1 0/1/0 3/11/0 2/5/1 124/97/33

Usage ·····X·· o·o·X··· ····o·X· o·X····X ····oX·· ········ X··X···o ·····XX·

Tigers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 38.Ayala
G/S/vB 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Johnson
G/S/vB 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 48.Romero*
G/S/vB 47.Strop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 5/.200 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 329/252 .256/.357/.399/.755 .632/.790 .825 81/.842 2/0 7/4

18.Baker G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 155/48 .262/.297/.434/.731 .745/.701 .723 31/.419 4/1 4/2

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 263/209 .274/.355/.374/.729 .573/.770 .738 62/.692 16/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 429/309 .248/.287/.384/.670 .598/.698 .649 79/.620 4/3 11/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.667 13/1.698 3/.666 3/.000 3/1.334 8/.833 1/5.000 2/2.000 6/1.167 2/no AB 3/1.667 524/381 .329/.391/.592/.984 .861/1.024 1.101 104/1.103 4/1 31/10

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 198/160 .330/.386/.514/.900 .748/.934 .950 52/.915 1/0 5/1

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.333 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 513/336 .311/.404/.521/.924 .796/.996 1.010 102/1.081 1/0 22/8

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.629 ··· ··· 6/.750 2/.000 11/.546 ··· 433/318 .289/.311/.447/.758 .846/.726 .724 89/.748 11/2 10/13

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/5.000 7/.857 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 439/315 .306/.391/.503/.894 .952/.872 .875 108/.836 10/6 13/0

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 135/60 .295/.351/.410/.761 .612/.947 .764 15/.667 0/0 2/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 3/.666 13/.581 8/.661 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/1.667 9/.985 4/1.250 420/301 .261/.327/.414/.741 .759/.734 .804 83/.668 1/1 8/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.667 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/.000 241/184 .213/.295/.284/.580 .546/.591 .625 24/.377 1/0 2/5

21.Young G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.900 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 10/.650 ··· 4/.000 440/306 .265/.295/.405/.700 .817/.646 .682 89/.734 0/2 13/2

IP 23.1 57.2 146.0 61.1 37.1 49.2 10.0 34.1 49.1 10.0 52.2 TOTAL .270/.338/.428/.765 .719/.784 .794 .811 43/15 121/74

ERA-K/9

8.10/6.6

2.97/5.5

3.70/7.3

3.38/6.9

4.10/7.5

3.26/5.1

2.70/13.5

2.36/7.1

2.55/9.1

9.00/4.5

1.20/7.3

4.07/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (58-25-7)
Laird (30-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 116/.313 251/.272 616/.244 253/.236 171/.289 200/.223 41/.194 147/.254 197/.215 51/.354 210/.178 .258 Boesch
Jackson
Berry
Young
Dirks
Baker 0/0/103/4
0/97/0/3
47/19/5/2
27/0/0/1
35/1/9/1
2/0/18/0

OPS .971 .718 .707 .731 .797 .586 .664 .641 .650 1.038 .509 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/1.037 125/.712 178/.744 149/.772 82/.897 119/.581 33/.495 64/.848 71/.702 25/1.009 102/.583 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.930 126/.725 438/.692 104/.673 89/.710 81/.592 8/1.357 83/.489 126/.620 26/1.065 108/.441 .741

Road 65/.902 116/.666 275/.691 135/.638 78/.745 116/.533 / 62/.492 90/.644 16/1.958 96/.501

Last 28d days 93/.962 54/.787 129/.729 125/.735 44/1.027 38/.795 32/.583 46/.621 45/.298 10/.900 37/.368

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 6/5/0 18/10/3 10/2/1 4/2/1 3/2/1 2/0/0 1/5/0 4/2/1 4/1/0 1/0/1 138/54/25

Usage ·Xo··o·· ···X···· ··X····X ·X······ ··o··o·· ·X······ ·o·o··X· X··X···· o·oo···· ··o··o·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.