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Game Preview: TEX @ BAL, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Rangers, 53-37, 53-37 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Josh Lindblom (26, RHP, 1-2, 4.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 26.0 26 13 13 7 20 3 4.50
2012 (3-5) 71.0 61 31 28 35 70 13 3.55
2011 (1-0) 29.2 21 9 9 10 28 0 2.73
Last 7 GS 0-2 21.2 25 13 13 5 14 3 5.40 46
2013-06-20 OAK ND 5.0 8 2 2 2 2 0 98 43
2013-06-15 TOR L 6.0 5 4 4 0 2 2 87 48
2013-06-10 CLE ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 101 55
2013-05-20 OAK L 4.2 7 4 4 2 4 1 88 36
Has never faced BAL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-19   Road:   26-18   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  35-26   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:  16-8 
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 25-13 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Tue, Jul  9  @BAL  W   8-4       53-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  8  @BAL  W   8-5       52-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  7   HOU  W   5-4       51-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  6   HOU  L   5-9       50-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  5   HOU  W  10-5       50-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  4   SEA  W   5-4       49-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  3   SEA  L   2-4 (10)  48-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  2   SEA  L   2-9       48-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 30   CIN  W   3-2       48-34  1st  0.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 29   CIN  L   4-6 (11)  47-34  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Orioles, 49-42, 49-42 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (27, LHP, 3-3, 3.04)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 47.1 45 16 16 12 27 3 3.04
2012 (12-11) 192.2 186 97 86 57 154 29 4.02
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.2 38 14 14 12 23 3 3.02 54
2013-05-12 @MIN W 5.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 73 60
2013-05-07 KCR ND 6.1 9 2 2 0 2 0 78 49
2013-05-01 @SEA L 4.0 8 5 5 3 6 1 93 29
2013-04-26 @OAK W 8.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 106 81
2013-04-20 LAD W 6.0 3 1 1 4 2 0 94 60
2013-04-14 @NYY L 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 92 49
2013-04-08 @BOS L 6.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 107 52
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 7.2 6 2 1 1 5 0 1.17 65
2012-05-10 TEX W 7.2 6 2 1 1 5 0 103 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-19   Road:   24-23   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  35-28   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Tue, Jul  9   TEX  L   4-8       49-42  3rd  5.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  8   TEX  L   5-8       49-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  7  @NYY  W   2-1       49-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  6  @NYY  L   4-5       48-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  5  @NYY  L   2-3       48-39  2nd  5.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  4  @CHW  L   2-3       48-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  3  @CHW  W   4-2       48-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  2  @CHW  L   2-5       47-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 30   NYY  W   4-2       47-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 29   NYY  W  11-3       46-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 TEX  8 @BAL  4        W:Martin Perez (3-1), L: Zach Britton (2-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 TEX  8 @BAL  5        W:Derek Holland (7-4), L: Scott Feldman (7-7), S: Joe Nathan (30)

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 TEX 12  BAL  3        W:Derek Holland (8-6), L: Tommy Hunter (4-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 BAL  5 @TEX  3        W:Chris Tillman (6-2), L: Scott Feldman (6-9), S: Jim Johnson (38)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 TEX  5  BAL  1        W:Ryan Dempster (7-6), L: Miguel Gonzalez (5-3), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2012 TEX  7 @BAL  3        W:Derek Holland (3-2), L: Tommy Hunter (2-2), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2012 BAL  6  TEX  5        W:Wei-Yin Chen (3-0), L: Colby Lewis (3-2), S: Jim Johnson (9)
Tue, May 08, 2012 TEX 10 @BAL  3        W:Neftali Feliz (2-1), L: Jake Arrieta (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 07, 2012 TEX 14 @BAL  3        W:Matt Harrison (4-2), L: Brian Matusz (1-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 TEX 13  BAL  5        W:Alexi Ogando (9-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-11), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 2-0; 2012 - TEX won 5-2; 2011 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 371-254

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 2013 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
Rangers Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
29.Hunter
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
66.McFarland*
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
40.Patton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.650 3/.333 16/.875 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 393/276 .250/.305/.290/.594 .544/.614 .678 104/.540 18/3 0/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 14/1.714 7/1.547 14/.900 ··· 9/.555 ··· 378/284 .319/.362/.551/.913 1.019/.878 .883 106/1.010 0/0 20/9
43.Beltre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 14/12 .357/.357/.357/.714 1.000/.667 .857 14/.714 1/1 0/0
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/15 .154/.214/.231/.445 .237/.624 .808 15/.205 0/0 0/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.100 3/.666 10/1.800 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 364/262 .277/.335/.529/.864 .812/.883 .872 106/.966 5/1 22/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.334 7/1.000 10/1.200 1/.000 4/1.417 1/3.000 285/195 .291/.366/.438/.804 .706/.851 .784 105/.688 4/6 8/9
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 237/180 .292/.342/.440/.782 .536/.864 .618 88/.874 18/3 5/2
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 279/174 .261/.315/.482/.798 .741/.832 .760 63/.438 0/0 12/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 4/1.750 11/1.345 1/3.000 2/.000 2/1.000 323/221 .222/.282/.384/.666 .562/.714 .569 88/.722 1/4 10/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.833 10/1.100 12/.633 7/.572 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 261/165 .278/.314/.433/.747 .683/.783 .796 88/.670 0/1 8/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 136/85 .246/.323/.364/.688 .571/.751 .682 56/.579 0/3 3/6
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 99/63 .184/.276/.356/.632 .348/.802 .409 16/.625 0/1 4/2
IP 47.1 48.1 41.1 35.2 47.0 39.2 37.2 TOTAL .263/.324/.423/.747 .716/.762 .733 .705 56/25 108/51
ERA-K/9 3.04/5.1 2.05/7.1 3.92/7.4 3.53/7.3 4.21/7.9 2.27/9.3 3.82/6.0 4.43/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)
 Pierzynski (30-7-4)
 Soto (9-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 188/.260 183/.180 174/.253 142/.211 210/.269 165/.226 159/.282 .261  Martin
 Murphy
 Profar
 Beltre
 Cruz
4/64/9/5
86/0/0/5
1/0/0/0
0/4/1/0
0/0/83/0
OPS .667 .543 .692 .574 .728 .657 .757 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.610 93/.785 97/.744 80/.424 83/.770 67/.876 65/.756 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.686 90/.286 77/.629 62/.769 127/.697 98/.515 94/.755 .755
Home 50/.613 91/.319 101/.689 77/.491 116/.802 75/.751 77/.606
Last 28d days / 46/.402 45/.672 40/.511 69/.659 46/.753 31/.484
HR/SB/CS 3/2/2 7/1/3 3/0/1 3/1/1 4/5/1 4/3/1 4/0/0 119/29/20
Usage ·o···Xo· ··o·X·X· Xo·o···· ·oX····· o·o·o·o· ·Xo·o···
Orioles Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Lindblom
G/S/vB
57.Burns
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
28.Soria
G/S/vB
55.Wolf
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 ··· 96/36 .233/.277/.337/.614 .580/.673 .616 20/.737 6/1 1/0
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.350 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 374/249 .313/.390/.696/1.087 .847/1.208 1.064 103/1.016 0/0 33/3
36.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/96 .253/.282/.424/.706 .286/.737 .820 29/.572 4/1 4/0
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 195/178 .212/.273/.346/.620 .517/.629 .542 54/.920 2/0 6/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/1.000 4/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 370/262 .254/.293/.431/.724 .719/.726 .696 100/.580 1/1 15/7
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 15/.583 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 8/1.089 ··· 393/282 .288/.310/.472/.783 .724/.805 .726 106/.613 9/1 16/2
13.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 413/291 .315/.343/.478/.821 .789/.835 .823 110/.788 6/4 7/6
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.500 10/.550 5/.933 1/5.000 ··· 8/.125 ··· 397/263 .289/.338/.405/.742 .604/.817 .774 109/.690 0/2 8/0
9.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 334/270 .284/.356/.416/.772 .846/.755 .743 95/.757 24/4 6/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/79 .191/.252/.322/.574 .633/.533 .509 14/.500 0/1 4/0
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.422 18/.833 8/.286 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 44/22 .225/.256/.325/.581 .577/.586 .495 32/.444 1/0 1/0
31.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 36/26 .111/.111/.278/.389 .700/.269 .118 16/.875 0/1 2/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 4/.250 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 326/226 .231/.289/.418/.708 .708/.708 .738 84/.689 1/0 12/3
IP 26.0 5.2 24.2 25.1 39.2 40.2 44.0 2.0 27.2 TOTAL .267/.316/.444/.760 .710/.782 .751 .712 55/17 122/29
ERA-K/9 4.50/6.9 3.18/6.3 1.09/11.3 2.49/10.3 1.36/9.5 2.66/9.1 1.84/5.9 0.00/4.5 1.95/1.9 3.69/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (6-3-1)
 Wieters (20-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 109/.255 22/.158 100/.195 104/.215 148/.149 176/.248 175/.201 6/.000 115/.257 .248  Markakis
 Jones
 Reimold
 McLouth
 Dickerson
0/0/85/4
0/87/0/3
11/0/0/2
72/0/0/2
10/5/5/1
OPS .715 .483 .553 .644 .435 .673 .602 .000 .608 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.889 11/.489 51/.712 32/.433 79/.504 66/.911 85/.660 4/.000 64/.616 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.333 11/.455 49/.392 72/.736 69/.359 110/.533 90/.547 2/.000 51/.595 .667
Road / 3/.000 40/.506 51/.707 76/.539 73/.706 81/.480 3/.000 45/.629
Last 28d days 62/.687 5/.000 53/.617 28/.526 46/.382 46/.823 51/.839 6/.000 42/.596
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 3/3/0 2/2/1 3/1/0 4/1/3 0/0/0 0/0/0 87/39/12
Usage ···X·o·X o·o····· ··X··Xo· o·o·oo·· ·XX··Xo· ···X··X· o··o·Xo· ·Xo····· ·o··X··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.