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Game Preview: BAL @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 12, 2013 @Target Field

Orioles, 22-15, 22-15 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (27, LHP, 2-3, 3.40)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-3) 42.1 40 16 16 12 24 3 3.40
2012 (12-11) 192.2 186 97 86 57 154 29 4.02
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 40 16 16 12 24 3 3.40 53
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
2013-04-03 @TBR ND 5.2 7 2 2 0 4 0 84 51
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 3.86 57
2012-07-19 @MIN W 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 108 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-6    Road:   13-9    ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  7-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sat, May 11  @MIN  L   5-8       22-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 10  @MIN  W   9-6 (10)  22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Thu, May  9   KCR  L   2-6       21-14  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May  8   KCR  W   5-3       21-13  1st    Tied
 33 Tue, May  7   KCR  W   4-3       20-13  2nd  1.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  5  @LAA  W   8-4       19-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  4  @LAA  W   5-4 (10)  18-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  3  @LAA  L   0-4       17-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  2  @LAA  W   5-1       17-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  1  @SEA  L   3-8       16-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Twins, 17-16, 17-16 4th, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Scott Diamond (26, LHP, 3-2, 3.03)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 29.2 31 11 10 3 15 2 3.03
2012 (12-9) 173.0 184 76 68 31 90 17 3.54
2011 (1-5) 39.0 51 25 22 17 19 3 5.08
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.0 42 15 13 4 19 3 2.79 54
2013-05-07 @BOS W 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 96 73
2013-05-01 @DET W 6.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 88 58
2013-04-26 TEX L 6.1 12 3 3 0 4 1 97 41
2013-04-21 @CHW W 6.0 4 2 1 2 5 0 97 61
2013-04-13 NYM L 4.1 8 4 4 0 1 1 78 32
2012-10-03 @TOR L 5.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 80 51
2012-09-28 DET ND 7.1 6 2 1 0 1 1 86 61
Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 7.50 36
2012-07-16 BAL W 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 100 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-7    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  15-14   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Sat, May 11   BAL  W   8-5       17-16  4th  2.5 gb
 32 Fri, May 10   BAL  L   6-9 (10)  16-16  4th  3.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  9  @BOS  W   5-3       16-15  4th  2.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  8  @BOS  W  15-8       15-15  4th  3.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  7  @BOS  W   6-1       14-15  4th  4.5 gb
 28 Mon, May  6  @BOS  L   5-6 (11)  13-15  4th  5.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  5  @CLE  W   4-2       13-14  4th  4.5 gb
 26 Sat, May  4  @CLE  L   3-7       12-14  4th  4.5 gb
 25 Fri, May  3  @CLE  L   6-7 (10)  12-13  4th  3.5 gb
 24 Wed, May  1  @DET  W   6-2       12-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 11, 2013 MIN  8  BAL  5        W:Vance Worley (1-4), L: Steve Johnson (0-1), S: Jared Burton (1)
Fri, May 10, 2013 BAL  9 @MIN  6 (10)   W:Tommy Hunter (3-1), L: Anthony Swarzak (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (14)
Sun, Apr 07, 2013 MIN  4 @BAL  3        W:Anthony Swarzak (1-0), L: Jason Hammel (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (2)
Sat, Apr 06, 2013 MIN  6 @BAL  5        W:Josh Roenicke (1-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 BAL  9  MIN  5        W:Luis Ayala (1-0), L: Casey Fien (0-1), S: none

Thu, Jul 19, 2012 BAL  4 @MIN  3        W:Wei-Yin Chen (8-5), L: Alex Burnett (3-3), S: Jim Johnson (28)
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 BAL  2 @MIN  1        W:Tommy Hunter (4-4), L: Francisco Liriano (3-9), S: Jim Johnson (27)
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 MIN  6  BAL  4        W:Alex Burnett (3-2), L: Luis Ayala (2-3), S: Jared Burton (3)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - MIN over 3-2; 2012 - BAL won 5-2; 2011 - BAL won 6-2; All-Time - BAL leads 956-940

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 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
Orioles Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
57.Pressly
G/S/vB
20.Roenicke
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 42/14 .231/.268/.282/.550 .546/.558 .488 30/.491 4/0 0/0
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 149/98 .315/.409/.653/1.063 .814/1.197 1.209 99/.914 0/0 10/1
36.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 22/21 .333/.364/.429/.792 .000/.831 1.038 18/.778 1/1 0/0
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 95/90 .131/.223/.202/.426 .250/.432 .501 70/.461 1/0 1/0
2.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.333 8/.250 5/1.350 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 8/1.089 152/113 .217/.252/.378/.629 .889/.544 .608 103/.606 0/1 6/3
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.400 6/.334 2/3.000 7/.310 ··· 3/.666 5/1.600 162/117 .323/.352/.490/.842 .679/.902 .843 110/.770 5/0 4/1
13.Machado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 171/126 .323/.363/.513/.876 .639/.964 .931 115/.984 4/1 5/3
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.666 8/.250 2/.500 13/1.248 ··· 4/1.750 8/.708 169/116 .283/.337/.382/.719 .481/.835 .647 114/.680 0/1 3/0
9.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 136/122 .288/.378/.441/.818 .599/.844 .857 92/.879 11/1 3/0
28.Pearce G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 40/13 .235/.350/.382/.732 .644/.916 .638 26/1.119 0/0 1/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.666 113/79 .188/.257/.327/.583 .689/.533 .615 79/.552 0/1 4/0
48.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/4 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.250 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/5.000 5/1.800 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 138/100 .248/.314/.430/.744 .898/.684 .686 92/.813 0/0 5/2
IP 29.2 16.0 14.2 15.2 12.2 15.2 16.1 20.0 TOTAL .263/.324/.424/.748 .676/.775 .769 .745 27/6 42/11
ERA-K/9 3.03/4.5 1.69/10.1 1.84/6.7 4.60/8.0 3.55/14.2 1.72/6.3 3.31/6.1 3.60/6.8 4.19/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Snyder (1-1-0)
 Wieters (6-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 115/.282 65/.190 60/.231 63/.214 50/.182 69/.246 70/.226 81/.289 .286  Dickerson
 Reimold
 Markakis
 McLouth
 Jones
2/1/4/1
9/0/0/1
0/0/33/1
29/0/0/0
0/36/0/0
OPS .732 .536 .555 .619 .578 .678 .750 .668 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.801 32/.435 30/.456 25/.536 19/.513 33/.480 30/1.040 37/.946 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.704 33/.626 30/.658 38/.670 31/.615 36/.858 40/.547 44/.442 .786
Home 47/1.128 32/.531 24/.360 28/.218 21/.745 31/.715 30/.895 34/.656
Last 28d days 95/.662 50/.569 39/.378 38/.700 35/.641 43/.633 38/.842 60/.697
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 0/2/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/1 27/10/9
Usage ····X··· ooX··oo· X·XX·X·· oX·X·X·· ··Xo··X· ···X···o ·X··X·o· ·X···X·X
Twins Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 16.Chen*
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
47.Strop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/57 .301/.338/.507/.845 .718/.889 .669 77/.845 0/1 3/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 6/.334 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 47/40 .256/.319/.279/.598 .286/.656 .665 38/.656 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.833 6/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 112/78 .222/.295/.394/.689 .916/.590 .658 66/.818 1/0 3/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 113/91 .225/.270/.314/.584 .540/.592 .687 78/.651 2/1 1/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 53/39 .320/.358/.460/.818 .890/.793 .907 38/.714 0/1 1/1
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 73/54 .250/.319/.344/.663 .354/.766 .633 49/.598 3/0 1/4
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 117/88 .137/.239/.216/.455 .609/.407 .475 71/.663 3/1 1/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/1.167 13/.923 4/.500 10/.522 2/1.500 1/no AB 5/.650 5/.400 149/115 .333/.409/.485/.894 .851/.907 .974 99/.950 0/0 2/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.250 5/.800 6/.834 3/.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 3/.666 141/106 .283/.326/.394/.720 .580/.770 .937 95/.692 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 109/86 .213/.303/.330/.633 .685/.617 .384 73/.586 1/1 3/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.650 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 121/99 .238/.317/.429/.745 1.055/.674 .767 79/.736 1/0 4/4
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 34/22 .290/.303/.355/.658 .348/.831 .596 23/.729 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/.666 12/1.053 5/.650 7/1.262 2/.500 2/2.000 4/1.833 3/.333 125/100 .208/.392/.438/.830 .924/.803 .834 77/.793 1/0 5/0
IP 42.1 18.1 19.0 14.1 16.1 17.0 16.0 13.0 TOTAL .248/.324/.383/.708 .713/.706 .720 .736 13/6 26/17
ERA-K/9 3.40/5.1 1.47/6.9 0.95/8.1 3.14/8.8 2.76/10.5 1.59/9.5 3.38/3.4 4.85/9.0 4.06/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (6-3-0)
 Mauer (4-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.258 66/.175 71/.197 52/.146 71/.258 71/.186 70/.259 62/.188 .244  Hicks
 Arcia
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Ramirez
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/30/0/6
9/0/5/3
0/0/26/3
23/0/0/1
2/5/3/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .680 .545 .511 .482 .658 .571 .759 .661 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.602 29/.966 40/.487 27/.379 27/.872 28/.849 25/.812 29/.797 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.705 37/.194 31/.544 25/.598 44/.520 43/.395 45/.721 33/.517 .688
Road 120/.705 39/.652 35/.552 32/.550 28/.481 43/.556 43/.998 35/.623
Last 28d days 101/.650 48/.386 48/.539 37/.503 52/.803 49/.696 56/.822 42/.704
HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 3/1/1 1/0/1 2/0/1 1/2/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 42/8/10
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··X ·o·oX··o o··oo·o· ·Xo····· ···X··XX X··o··X· 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.