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Game Preview: BAL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, May 18, 2012 @Nationals Park

Orioles, 25-14, 25-14 1st, 1 up

SP: Jake Arrieta (26, RHP, 2-4, 5.21)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-4)			48.1	48	30	28	12	42	7	5.21
2011 (10-8)			119.1	115	70	67	59	93	21	5.05
2010 (6-6)			100.1	106	57	52	48	52	9	4.66

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.1	46	30	28	10	38	7	6.10	45
2012-05-13	TBR	L	3.2	10	7	7	2	6	0	79	17
2012-05-08	TEX	L	6.1	9	6	6	1	3	3	97	33
2012-05-02	@NYY	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	9	0	111	81
2012-04-27	OAK	L	5.2	4	4	4	2	3	2	105	46
2012-04-21	@LAA	L	4.1	6	5	5	3	5	0	86	33
2012-04-16	@CHW	ND	6.2	7	4	2	1	7	1	114	54
2012-04-11	NYY	ND	6.2	5	4	4	1	5	1	109	52

Last 5 v.WSN		0-1	8.0	14	12	11	6	5	1	12.38	25
2011-05-20	WSN	L	3.2	6	6	6	3	3	1	91	25
2010-06-25	WSN	ND	4.1	8	6	5	3	2	0	95	24

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

 Home:   12-9    Road:   13-5    ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  20-11   vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl: 8-1    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Thu, May 17  @KCR  W   5-3       25-14  1st  1.0 up
 38 Wed, May 16  @KCR  W   4-3 (15)  24-14  1st    Tied
 37 Tue, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Mon, May 14   NYY  L   5-8       22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Sun, May 13   TBR  L   8-9       22-13  1st  1.0 up
 34 Sat, May 12   TBR  W   5-3       22-12  1st  2.0 up
 33 Fri, May 11   TBR  W   4-3       21-12  1st  1.0 up
 32 Thu, May 10   TEX  L   3-7       20-12  1st    Tied
 31 Thu, May 10   TEX  W   6-5       20-11  1st    Tied
 30 Tue, May  8   TEX  L   3-10      19-11  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Nationals, 23-15, 23-15 2nd, ½ GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (28, RHP, 1-1, 3.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			43.2	35	18	18	9	38	6	3.71
2011 (12-9)			199.2	225	92	84	62	148	16	3.79
2010 (10-12)			209.1	214	111	104	78	181	21	4.47

Last 7 GS		1-1	43.2	35	18	18	9	38	6	3.71	57
2012-05-13	@CIN	ND	5.0	5	3	3	0	4	2	77	49
2012-05-08	@PIT	ND	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	2	91	67
2012-05-02	ARI	ND	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	92	41
2012-04-26	@SDP	ND	6.2	6	0	0	3	6	0	105	65
2012-04-19	HOU	L	5.0	7	5	5	0	5	0	89	38
2012-04-14	CIN	W	9.0	2	1	1	1	9	0	92	87
2012-04-09	@NYM	ND	5.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	78	51

Last 5 v.BAL		4-0	35.1	24	10	9	8	35	2	2.29	65
2010-08-26	BAL	W	8.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	109	84
2010-08-09	@BAL	ND	6.0	6	2	1	1	7	1	95	60
2009-08-05	BAL	W	8.0	3	2	2	2	8	1	117	74
2009-05-31	@BAL	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	101	84
2008-09-24	@BAL	W	5.1	10	6	6	2	3	0	111	25

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

 Home:   14-6    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  18-11   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  6-2    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Thu, May 17   PIT  L   3-5       23-15  2nd  0.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   PIT  W   7-4       23-14  1st  0.5 up
 36 Tue, May 15   SDP  L   1-6       22-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 14   SDP  W   8-5       22-13  1st  0.5 up
 34 Sun, May 13  @CIN  L   6-9       21-13  2nd  0.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @CIN  W   2-1       21-12  1st  0.5 up
 32 Fri, May 11  @CIN  W   7-3       20-12  1st  0.5 up
 31 Thu, May 10  @PIT  W   4-2       19-12  1st  0.5 up
 30 Wed, May  9  @PIT  L   2-4       18-12  1st    Tied
 29 Tue, May  8  @PIT  L   4-5       18-11  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 19, 2011 BAL  7 @WSN  4        W:Chris Jakubauskas (2-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (2-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2011 WSN  4  BAL  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (5-6), L: Brian Matusz (1-2), S: Drew Storen (17)
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 WSN  8  BAL  4        W:Sean Burnett (3-3), L: Jeremy Accardo (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 22, 2011 BAL  2  WSN  1        W:Jim Johnson (3-1), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-5), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Sat, May 21, 2011 BAL  8  WSN  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-6), L: John Lannan (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 20, 2011 WSN 17 @BAL  5        W:Henry Rodriguez (1-0), L: Jake Arrieta (5-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 27, 2010 BAL  4  WSN  3        W:David Hernandez (3-6), L: Tyler Clippard (8-5), S: Alfredo Simon (9)
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 BAL  6  WSN  5        W:Jason Berken (1-1), L: Sean Burnett (0-4), S: Alfredo Simon (8)
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 BAL  7  WSN  6        W:Alfredo Simon (2-1), L: Tyler Clippard (8-4), S: none
Sun, May 23, 2010 WSN  4  BAL  3 (10)   W:Doug Slaten (2-0), L: Cla Meredith (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - BAL won 4-2; All-Time - WSN leads 26-25

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 5.64 CHW 4.05 PIT 2.92	RA/G WSN 3.32 TBR 4.08 COL 5.35	BA D. Wright .411 J. Hardy .261 B. Ryan .153	OBP D. Wright .513 A. Gordon .333 C. Barmes .190	SLG J. Hamilton .826 T. Hunter .413 B. Morel .195	OPS J. Hamilton 1.278 C. Johnson .751 B. Morel .420	ERA B. Beachy 1.33 B. Norris 3.58 C. Buchholz 7.77	K/9IP G. Gonzalez 11.09 D. Haren 7.35 D. Lowe 2.22

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.64

CHW 4.05

PIT 2.92

RA/G

WSN 3.32

TBR 4.08

COL 5.35

D. Wright .411

J. Hardy .261

B. Ryan .153

OBP

D. Wright .513

A. Gordon .333

C. Barmes .190

SLG

J. Hamilton .826

T. Hunter .413

B. Morel .195

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.278

C. Johnson .751

B. Morel .420

ERA

B. Beachy 1.33

B. Norris 3.58

C. Buchholz 7.77

K/9IP

G. Gonzalez 11.09

D. Haren 7.35

D. Lowe 2.22

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Orioles Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Jackson
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 148/117 .272/.322/.382/.704 .782/.683 .707 95/.664 0/2 3/5

13.Avery* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/21 .238/.304/.381/.685 1.167/.618 .522 24/.685 0/0 0/0

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 113/79 .233/.292/.456/.748 .535/.837 .765 78/.861 0/1 6/7

19.Davis* G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 134/107 .296/.336/.472/.808 .667/.845 .814 88/.780 0/2 5/3

25.Exposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .077/.143/.077/.220 .333/.125 .200 15/.220 0/0 0/0

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/45 .152/.167/.217/.384 1.000/.327 .133 45/.420 0/0 1/0

35.Hall G/S/vP ··· 10/1.125 ··· 23/.872 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/2 .200/.500/.800/1.300 1.500/.500 8/1.300 0/0 1/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 3/3.000 3/.333 29/1.214 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 175/140 .261/.309/.491/.799 1.006/.747 .755 115/.872 0/0 9/2

36.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/no AB 10/1.925 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 63/51 .167/.286/.352/.638 .875/.583 .548 40/.934 2/0 2/1

10.Jones G/S/vP 15/.696 3/.000 3/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 2/2.500 171/132 .296/.345/.604/.949 .663/1.035 .963 111/.940 6/3 13/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/.833 5/.200 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 176/133 .253/.335/.435/.770 .549/.841 .636 114/.788 1/1 6/1

6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/2 .400/.400/.600/1.000 1.250/.000 10/1.000 0/0 0/2

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 9/.000 2/1.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 3/.000 3/.666 147/114 .260/.340/.511/.852 .808/.864 .903 97/.797 0/0 8/4

IP 43.2 11.0 17.0 17.0 18.0 4.2 16.2 22.0 TOTAL .251/.312/.445/.757 .789/.748 .744 .756 11/12 61/38

ERA-K/9

3.71/7.8

0.82/10.6

3.71/10.1

4.76/5.8

2.00/6.0

15.43/3.8

4.32/11.9

1.64/9.4

2.97/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Exposito (1-0-0)
Wieters (15-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 174/.216 42/.200 75/.203 77/.286 75/.239 24/.455 73/.153 87/.192 .216 Markakis
Jones
Avery
Hall
Betemit
Flaherty 0/0/37/2
0/39/0/1
5/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
3/0/1/0

OPS .678 .513 .559 .779 .650 1.273 .567 .506 .613

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.775 19/.526 36/.547 28/.854 21/.770 15/1.226 34/.544 28/.368 .647

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.606 23/.499 39/.568 49/.736 54/.604 9/1.333 39/.588 59/.576 .592

Home 79/.644 16/.313 34/.638 46/.765 47/.714 24/1.273 36/.286 46/.404

Last 28d days 101/.750 26/.481 42/.438 39/.660 42/.575 24/1.273 43/.750 52/.475

HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 0/0/0 0/4/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 1/2/0 2/1/1 1/1/0 23/25/7

Usage ····X··· o··oX·o· ·X·o·X·o ··X·o··· o···X·Xo ··X····· ·o·XXo·X o··X··X·

Nationals Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Arrieta
G/S/vB 38.Ayala
G/S/vB 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 37.Eveland*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/85 .250/.313/.386/.699 .455/.732 .754 74/.629 1/2 2/0

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/83 .224/.306/.382/.687 .000/.714 .814 46/.775 4/1 2/0

20.Desmond G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 175/144 .268/.291/.435/.726 .677/.736 .806 108/.720 3/1 5/7

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 2/4.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 155/125 .213/.294/.316/.610 .647/.601 .495 93/.601 3/3 3/3

26.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 58/42 .235/.281/.275/.555 .259/.668 .633 38/.424 0/0 0/0

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/56 .227/.316/.439/.755 .876/.708 1.008 76/.755 1/1 2/2

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.450 ··· 3/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 144/111 .336/.424/.600/1.024 1.058/1.013 .735 77/1.186 1/1 7/3

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/59 .318/.392/.394/.786 .258/.936 .967 56/.668 0/0 0/2

49.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/5 .143/.143/.143/.286 .222/.400 .286 14/.286 0/0 0/0

21.Nady G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 ··· 6/.533 4/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 72/45 .147/.194/.294/.489 .608/.414 .577 34/.520 1/0 3/1

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/41 .293/.362/.561/.923 1.500/.827 1.079 36/1.034 0/0 3/0

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/.666 1/4.000 ··· 2/2.500 18/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 112/98 .223/.339/.309/.648 .298/.699 .622 44/.614 2/1 1/1

IP 48.1 20.1 44.0 10.2 12.0 18.2 18.1 17.2 22.0 TOTAL .243/.316/.383/.699 .612/.721 .713 .718 19/10 34/24

ERA-K/9

5.21/7.8

1.77/5.3

2.45/6.5

3.38/3.4

3.75/7.5

0.48/6.3

1.47/9.8

4.58/6.1

1.23/7.8

3.41/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (6-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.255 84/.195 186/.231 49/.222 52/.227 72/.169 71/.190 74/.257 81/.145 .242 Ankiel
Nady
Lombardozzi
Bernadina
Moore
Harper 0/28/0/1
17/0/6/0
3/0/0/0
16/8/0/0
4/0/0/0
7/4/10/0

OPS .712 .526 .639 .686 .710 .470 .631 .783 .496 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.867 40/.592 40/.695 20/.807 23/.754 38/.596 26/.591 37/.631 35/.668 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.523 44/.461 146/.624 29/.607 29/.671 34/.316 45/.654 37/.942 46/.371 .663

Road 78/.591 36/.382 74/.678 10/.200 30/.658 48/.446 41/.671 37/.797 37/.432

Last 28d days 124/.813 60/.563 135/.607 49/.686 25/.203 41/.390 44/.533 48/.736 50/.473

HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 1/3/0 3/4/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/1 40/18/9

Usage ····X··· X··X·o·o ··X····X ·X·X··X· ·X··X··· oXo··ooX ·o·oo·o· ·X··X··· o·X··Xoo

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.