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Game Preview: BAL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 @Target Field

Orioles, 46-43, 46-43 2nd, 9 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Britton (24, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-11) 154.1 162 93 79 62 97 12 4.61
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.1 34 21 21 18 25 3 4.81 49
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
2011-09-17 LAA W 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 105 72
2011-09-12 TBR L 5.0 5 4 4 4 2 0 100 39
2011-09-07 @NYY ND 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 0 85 41
2011-09-02 @TBR W 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 0 97 59
2011-08-28 NYY W 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 120 73
Last 5 v.MIN 2-0 11.0 11 4 4 7 7 1 3.27 51
2011-08-22 @MIN W 5.0 6 1 1 4 4 0 98 51
2011-04-20 MIN W 6.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 88 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-22   Road:   23-21   ExtrInn:10-2 
 vsRHP:  33-33   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  16-6 
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  7-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Mon, Jul 16  @MIN  L   7-19      46-43  2nd  9.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 15   DET  L   0-4       46-42  2nd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Twins, 37-52, 37-52 5th, 12 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Samuel Deduno (28, RHP, 0-0, 5.06)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 5.06
2011 (0-0) 3.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 3.00
2010 (0-0) 2.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3.38
Last 7 GS 0-0 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 5.06 44
2012-07-07 @TEX ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 83 44
Has never faced BAL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-28   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  25-39   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Mon, Jul 16   BAL  W  19-7       37-52  5th 12.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 15   OAK  L   4-9       36-52  5th 13.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 14   OAK  L   3-9       36-51  5th 12.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 13   OAK  L   3-6       36-50  5th 12.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  8  @TEX  L   3-4 (13)  36-49  5th 11.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7  @TEX  L   3-4 (10)  36-48  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6  @TEX  W   5-1       36-47  5th 10.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  5  @DET  L   3-7       35-47  5th 10.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4  @DET  L   1-5       35-46  5th  9.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3  @DET  W   8-6       35-45  5th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 MIN 19  BAL  7        W:Scott Diamond (8-3), L: Chris Tillman (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 BAL  3  MIN  1        W:Jason Hammel (1-0), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (2)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 BAL  8  MIN  2        W:Tommy Hunter (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 BAL  4  MIN  2        W:Jake Arrieta (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (1)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BAL  6 @MIN  1        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (7-10), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 BAL  6 @MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-16), L: Kevin Slowey (0-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 BAL  8 @MIN  1        W:Alfredo Simon (4-6), L: Brian Duensing (8-13), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 BAL  4 @MIN  1        W:Zach Britton (7-9), L: Carl Pavano (6-10), S: Kevin Gregg (18)
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 MIN  3 @BAL  1        W:Scott Baker (1-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-3), S: Matt Capps (3)
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 BAL  5  MIN  4        W:Zach Britton (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (2)
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 3-1; 2011 - BAL won 6-2; 2010 - MIN won 5-3; All-Time - BAL leads 952-936

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

TEX  5.06

PHI  4.24

SDP  3.52

 RA/G

WSN  3.43

SDP  4.32

COL  5.60

 BA

A. McCutchen  .372

J. Reddick  .268

B. Ryan  .186

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

T. Hunter  .337

J. Hardy  .255

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .649

N. Walker  .428

B. Ryan  .275

 OPS

A. McCutchen  1.073

A. Gonzalez  .759

C. Pennington  .556

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.86

H. Bailey  3.93

J. Arrieta  6.13

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.57

V. Worley  7.54

D. Lowe  3.26

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

Orioles Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 38.De Vries
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 301/217 .230/.292/.325/.617 .640/.608 .588 53/.664 4/3 5/12
24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 2/.000 7/.786 ··· 22/.728 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/.958 278/203 .255/.317/.422/.739 .509/.821 .600 73/.778 0/1 10/13
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 114/98 .170/.207/.245/.452 .400/.461 .479 3/5.000 2/2 2/2
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 302/240 .262/.305/.454/.759 .798/.748 .656 69/.486 0/3 14/4
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/97 .208/.238/.271/.508 .571/.504 .549 26/.708 1/0 2/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 6/.967 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.166 393/300 .216/.255/.373/.628 .770/.584 .534 91/.342 0/0 13/4
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 7/.310 ··· 3/1.334 380/285 .293/.337/.530/.866 .826/.880 .849 87/.669 11/5 20/7
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/1.298 ··· 6/.900 245/180 .266/.339/.463/.802 .702/.838 .700 20/.979 1/1 8/1
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/45 .246/.308/.435/.742 .939/.573 .619 35/.772 0/1 3/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 8/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 250/183 .213/.340/.396/.736 .899/.677 .786 64/.690 1/2 8/10
31.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 6/6 .200/.333/.800/1.133 /1.133 .000 6/1.133 0/0 1/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 15/.831 ··· 2/2.500 110/85 .247/.336/.443/.780 .805/.770 .870 46/.692 0/0 5/1
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/18 .207/.258/.362/.620 .720/.389 .302 15/.552 1/0 2/4
32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 331/245 .254/.332/.434/.766 1.000/.684 .737 76/.697 1/0 12/8
IP 5.1 44.1 36.1 28.1 35.0 48.0 4.1 38.1 38.2 7.0 65.2 TOTAL .241/.303/.403/.706 .754/.689 .659 .632 32/21 111/78
ERA-K/9 5.06/5.1 2.84/3.9 2.48/8.4 3.81/5.7 4.37/6.2 5.06/5.4 0.00/4.2 4.70/4.5 3.03/10.2 5.14/12.9 4.25/5.6 4.98/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (0-0-0)
 Wieters (33-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 22/.333 183/.233 146/.197 115/.234 145/.235 203/.273 15/.133 175/.266 169/.276 29/.296 275/.281 .282  Jones
 Markakis
 Chavez
 Pearce
 Davis
 Andino
 Betemit
 Tolleson
 Flaherty
0/89/0/2
0/0/52/2
23/1/7/2
18/0/8/1
3/0/16/1
0/1/0/0
5/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
7/0/15/0
OPS 1.151 .621 .573 .666 .774 .758 .267 .771 .719 .718 .765 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 5/1.400 69/.448 56/.822 57/.429 67/.598 75/.501 4/.500 67/.869 56/.717 18/.715 124/.744 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/1.053 114/.715 90/.426 58/.899 78/.918 128/.909 11/.182 108/.710 113/.720 11/.727 151/.783 .807
Home / 81/.531 83/.609 75/.820 67/.801 100/.807 11/.182 95/.711 101/.841 24/.596 148/.765
Last 28d days 22/1.151 50/.686 40/.494 14/.901 78/.719 67/1.144 15/.267 43/.959 48/.753 29/.718 66/.703
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/5/0 4/3/0 5/3/0 9/1/1 6/0/0 0/0/0 5/4/1 3/1/2 1/0/1 9/0/1 121/56/14
Usage ········ ·o·X···· ·X······ X·o····· ··X····· ·X······ ·X·o···· ·XX····· ·X······ ·oX····· X·X·····
Twins Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.75 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		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 40.Patton*
G/S/vB		 58.Socolovich
G/S/vB		 47.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/53 .227/.282/.348/.630 .170/.789 .459 20/.650 0/0 1/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 325/241 .236/.321/.278/.599 .739/.550 .677 69/.410 6/3 0/6
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 193/149 .236/.271/.303/.574 .811/.504 .744 33/.350 10/1 0/5
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 ··· ··· 4/1.750 3/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 279/198 .287/.341/.453/.794 .689/.838 .800 69/1.010 0/0 7/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 240/187 .246/.278/.344/.622 .909/.538 .688 79/.669 6/2 4/13
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/52 .268/.350/.352/.702 .779/.659 .753 34/.873 9/2 1/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 350/239 .328/.414/.454/.868 .870/.866 .878 92/.937 4/1 6/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.650 4/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 296/196 .257/.318/.450/.767 .391/.968 .684 86/.785 1/0 11/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 272/190 .257/.327/.535/.862 1.127/.755 .966 96/.780 0/3 19/9
11.Revere* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 247/172 .319/.350/.371/.721 .801/.686 .792 102/.704 19/5 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 365/253 .283/.345/.389/.734 .687/.754 .947 88/.684 9/5 3/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/1.166 11/.573 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.500 4/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 365/264 .271/.384/.562/.946 1.172/.860 1.054 95/1.028 2/1 22/2
IP 42.2 109.0 24.1 27.2 38.2 21.1 37.0 41.1 4.0 39.2 TOTAL .263/.329/.401/.730 .782/.709 .807 .766 67/24 78/54
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.74/5.5 3.80/6.9 2.59/7.8 3.90/7.5 2.56/5.3 2.53/7.2 3.16/8.8 3.27/8.1 9.00/4.5 1.59/7.5 4.16/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (13-4-2)
 Doumit (16-5-2)
 Mauer (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 183/.259 457/.241 100/.216 123/.248 151/.196 95/.262 151/.252 166/.219 18/.313 160/.191 .258  Willingham
 Revere
 Span
 Plouffe
 Mastroianni
 Doumit
79/0/0/6
2/9/43/2
0/79/0/2
2/0/15/2
10/1/14/1
0/0/6/0
OPS .697 .711 .662 .740 .550 .634 .751 .639 .889 .552 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 85/.649 126/.766 44/.688 56/.786 84/.575 39/.860 55/.730 85/.579 10/1.067 77/.634 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 98/.738 331/.689 56/.640 67/.703 67/.514 56/.484 96/.763 81/.700 8/.661 83/.476 .743
Road / 79/.647 219/.742 55/.511 65/.663 89/.531 46/.434 72/.777 71/.715 11/1.121 74/.510
Last 28d days / 54/.989 117/.717 70/.712 38/.562 42/.810 36/.772 31/1.373 42/.707 18/.889 33/.536
HR/SB/CS // 5/4/0 15/7/2 2/1/0 3/2/1 3/1/1 0/5/0 4/0/1 5/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 102/39/19
Usage ·X·X···· ··X····· ·X······ X·oo···· X·X····· o·XX···· X·o····· o·oX···· X·X····· ··oo····

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.