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Baltimore Orioles vs. Texas Rangers, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, July 3, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Tickets:
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Game #:
85
On This Date:
25-26
Orioles
Manager:
Game #:
85
On This Date:
45-59
Season Series
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 BAL  8 @TEX  3     
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 BAL  6 @TEX  5     
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 TEX  8  BAL  6     
Mon, Jun 30, 2014 BAL  7  TEX  1     
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 BAL  8  TEX  3     
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 BAL  6  TEX  4     

Thu, Jul 03, 2014 TEX    @BAL  7:05pm

                         All times ET
37-47, 4th, 14 GB, 10½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-23   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-34   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @BAL  L   4-6       37-47  4th 14.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @BAL  L   3-8       37-46  4th 14.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @BAL  L   1-7       37-45  4th 14.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   MIN  L   2-3       37-44  4th 14.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   MIN  W   5-0       37-43  4th 13.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   MIN  W   5-4       36-43  4th 13.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26   DET  L   0-6       35-43  4th 13.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   DET  L   6-8       35-42  4th 12.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   DET  L   2-8       35-41  4th 11.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22  @LAA  L   2-5       35-40  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
45-39, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   23-18   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  33-27   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 22-16   vsCntrl: 9-14   vsWest: 10-6  IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  2   TEX  W   6-4       45-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1   TEX  W   8-3       44-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30   TEX  W   7-1       43-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   TBR  L   7-12      42-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   TBR  L   4-5       42-38  2nd  1.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   TBR  W   4-1       42-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27   TBR  L   2-5       41-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   CHW  W   5-4 (12)  41-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   CHW  L   2-4       40-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 23   CHW  W   6-4       40-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 BAL  6  TEX  4        W:Brad Brach (2-0), L: Neal Cotts (2-5), S: Zach Britton (11)
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 BAL  8  TEX  3        W:T.J. McFarland (1-1), L: Nick Martinez (1-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 30, 2014 BAL  7  TEX  1        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-8), L: Joe Saunders (0-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 TEX  8  BAL  6        W:Robbie Ross (2-4), L: Brian Matusz (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 BAL  6 @TEX  5        W:Bud Norris (4-5), L: Nick Martinez (1-2), S: Zach Britton (5)
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 BAL  8 @TEX  3        W:Brian Matusz (2-1), L: Alexi Ogando (2-3), S: none

Sun, Jul 21, 2013 BAL  4 @TEX  2        W:Chris Tillman (12-3), L: Martin Perez (3-3), S: Darren O'Day (2)
Sat, Jul 20, 2013 BAL  7 @TEX  4        W:Miguel Gonzalez (8-3), L: Ross Wolf (1-3), S: Jim Johnson (35)
Fri, Jul 19, 2013 BAL  3 @TEX  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (5-3), L: Derek Holland (8-5), S: Jim Johnson (34)
Thu, Jul 11, 2013 BAL  3  TEX  1        W:Miguel Gonzalez (7-3), L: Ross Wolf (1-2), S: Jim Johnson (31)
Season Series: 2014 - BAL over 5-1; 2013 - BAL won 5-2; 2012 - TEX won 5-2; All-Time - BAL leads 381-255

SP: Yu Darvish (27, RHP, 8-4, 2.42)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-4) 104.1 86 32 28 37 128 7 2.42
2013 (13-9) 209.2 145 68 66 80 277 26 2.83
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 5-2 50.0 43 18 14 21 63 4 2.52 62
2014-06-28 MIN W 8.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 110 83
2014-06-22 @LAA L 6.0 5 5 4 4 9 2 105 49
2014-06-17 @OAK L 5.0 8 7 4 5 8 0 99 32
2014-06-11 MIA W 9.0 6 0 0 3 10 0 117 82
2014-06-06 CLE W 7.0 9 4 4 3 8 2 110 48
2014-06-01 @WSN W 8.0 5 0 0 2 12 0 102 82
2014-05-22 @DET W 7.0 6 2 2 3 6 0 106 60
Has never faced BAL as starter.

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (28, LHP, 7-3, 4.19)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (7-3) 92.1 104 44 43 16 65 15 4.19
2013 (7-7) 137.0 142 62 62 39 104 17 4.07
2012 (12-11) 192.2 186 97 86 57 154 29 4.02
Last 7 GS 2-1 39.1 39 19 19 6 31 11 4.35 51
2014-06-28 TBR L 3.1 7 5 5 2 2 3 82 26
2014-06-23 CHW ND 5.2 6 3 3 2 3 1 98 46
2014-06-16 @TBR ND 6.2 6 3 3 1 3 2 106 52
2014-06-11 BOS W 7.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 87 76
2014-06-06 OAK ND 6.1 5 2 2 0 4 2 102 59
2014-06-01 @HOU W 5.1 4 1 1 1 6 0 97 61
2014-05-27 @MIL ND 5.0 7 5 5 0 6 3 76 39
Last 5 v.TEX 3-0 21.0 17 4 3 6 12 0 1.29 62
2013-07-19 @TEX W 6.1 8 1 1 2 3 0 102 54
2013-07-10 TEX W 7.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 100 68
2012-05-10 TEX W 7.2 6 2 1 1 5 0 103 65
Rangers Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 16.Chen*
G/S/vB
35.Brach
G/S/vB
53.Britton*
G/S/vB
29.Hunter
G/S/vB
17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
66.McFarland*
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
48.Ramirez
G/S/vB
58.Webb
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/1.000 7/.762 7/.453 18/.771 5/.000 6/.334 3/1.667 ··· 359/265 .262/.312/.335/.647 .792/.598 .657 104/.619 18/7 2/10
29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.222 3/1.666 6/2.000 16/1.625 14/.900 2/.000 13/.641 1/no AB 2/1.000 291/224 .335/.381/.508/.889 .878/.892 .805 98/.925 1/1 9/8
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/130 .248/.282/.430/.713 .727/.707 .743 57/.852 0/0 7/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 214/146 .176/.248/.321/.569 .699/.512 .605 69/.452 1/0 8/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 8/.393 12/.916 12/.533 5/.400 2/2.500 3/no AB 1/.000 338/235 .253/.373/.381/.754 .729/.764 .821 101/.549 3/3 7/3
60.Gimenez G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 72/61 .299/.347/.418/.765 .636/.789 .833 38/.557 0/0 0/1
2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 295/228 .275/.332/.370/.702 .521/.754 .611 80/.693 17/8 3/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 127/92 .198/.270/.333/.603 .761/.545 .755 25/.473 0/1 4/0
73.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 140/105 .271/.301/.411/.712 .560/.765 .810 69/.679 2/3 3/3
21.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 1/.000 14/1.055 12/.350 ··· 3/.000 8/1.214 5/1.850 31/26 .100/.129/.200/.329 .000/.394 .000 31/.329 0/0 1/0
51.Rios G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 9/.666 14/.840 8/.625 2/1.000 7/.453 8/.500 2/2.000 339/260 .305/.336/.434/.770 1.121/.668 .789 91/.615 13/8 3/4
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/27 .224/.269/.265/.535 .720/.347 .525 24/.725 1/2 0/1
9.Rosales G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 14/1.000 3/1.667 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/1 .200/.200/.400/.600 .750/.000 .600 5/.600 0/0 0/
IP 92.1 26.0 43.1 27.1 29.2 31.2 35.0 1.0 37.1 TOTAL .260/.319/.383/.702 .758/.682 .712 .643 58/34 57/60
ERA-K/9 4.19/6.3 3.81/8.0 1.45/7.1 4.61/6.3 5.16/7.3 2.84/5.1 1.29/8.7 0.00/18.0 2.65/7.2 3.94/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (22-21-4)
 Gimenez (4-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 388/.287 107/.245 161/.179 119/.296 140/.298 136/.290 142/.230 4/.000 147/.219 .259  Martin
 Choice
 Rios
 Choo
 Robertson
0/79/0/5
32/7/8/4
0/0/76/3
53/0/0/3
12/8/3/2
OPS .797 .689 .493 .810 .920 .743 .631 .250 .544 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.854 42/.976 60/.392 57/.721 59/.706 52/.757 47/.693 2/.000 52/.488 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.779 65/.514 101/.557 62/.893 81/1.084 84/.735 95/.599 2/.500 95/.571 .735
Home 227/.775 45/.644 85/.360 68/.838 63/.849 102/.829 68/.526 4/.250 66/.599
Last 28d days 117/.851 38/.566 45/.466 43/.458 43/1.211 70/.544 48/.661 4/.250 45/.529
HR/SB/CS 15/2/1 2/3/2 2/0/0 3/3/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 1/5/0 85/52/20
Usage ····X··· o···XX·o oo···o·X ·o·oX··o ···X···X ·X··X··· oX··o··o ··o····· ·X··o··X
Orioles Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB
25.Baker
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
36.Mikolas
G/S/vB
49.Poreda*
G/S/vB
39.Rowen
G/S/vB
28.Soria
G/S/vB
37.Tolleson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 13/1.000 2/1.000 13/1.162 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 3/2.334 355/262 .280/.346/.569/.916 1.142/.839 .776 109/.632 1/4 26/0
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 2/.000 8/1.225 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 295/199 .206/.327/.401/.727 .690/.745 .691 103/.606 2/0 13/3
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 146/122 .214/.290/.344/.633 .857/.586 .693 39/.816 0/0 4/4
2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 9/.778 1/2.000 12/.833 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 3/.000 309/225 .297/.322/.376/.698 .677/.707 .649 102/.721 0/0 2/8
40.Hundley G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/92 .252/.274/.346/.620 .340/.684 .626 35/.681 0/0 2/1
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 14/.517 5/.400 18/.818 2/2.500 ··· ··· 8/1.089 3/.333 364/265 .307/.330/.510/.840 1.271/.686 .852 109/.991 3/0 16/4
36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 108/57 .163/.248/.304/.552 .491/.608 .624 61/.677 0/0 3/2
9.Lough* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 131/117 .191/.268/.287/.555 .000/.622 .403 20/.728 5/2 2/1
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 24/.536 9/1.238 10/.550 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 9/.111 1/.000 388/267 .291/.353/.402/.755 .690/.785 .698 118/.689 4/2 7/0
28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 169/113 .322/.385/.599/.983 1.222/.869 .993 88/1.116 2/0 10/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 262/181 .224/.265/.337/.603 .516/.641 .452 71/.545 0/0 6/8
27.Young G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 16/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 13/.558 ··· 114/70 .327/.351/.455/.805 .705/.870 .860 28/1.179 0/0 3/0
IP 104.1 40.1 35.2 26.2 5.1 18.1 8.0 27.2 40.1 TOTAL .265/.319/.423/.742 .772/.731 .711 .761 20/9 105/43
ERA-K/9 2.42/11.0 5.80/6.0 3.79/10.6 2.36/9.4 5.06/6.8 3.44/6.9 2.25/7.9 2.93/12.7 3.35/8.5 4.62/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hundley (21-2-3)
 Joseph (12-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.222 164/.252 153/.255 112/.227 20/.167 78/.306 34/.276 109/.173 168/.215 .280  Markakis
 Jones
 Pearce
 Lough
 Young
 Cruz
 Flaherty
0/0/77/6
0/81/0/3
20/0/2/3
48/7/1/3
8/0/1/2
38/0/8/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .615 .764 .697 .623 .583 .803 .644 .461 .730 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 264/.679 85/.753 59/.791 45/.548 7/.452 28/.766 10/1.000 64/.605 62/.710 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.515 79/.777 94/.636 67/.671 13/.647 50/.824 24/.499 45/.252 106/.740 .783
Road 199/.749 86/.719 82/.758 56/.903 20/.583 37/.696 28/.468 51/.396 82/.749
Last 28d days 147/.688 72/.748 48/.633 30/.741 20/.583 20/.563 34/.644 29/.669 52/.727
HR/SB/CS 7/8/0 8/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 9/2/2 84/35/25
Usage ····X··· ··o···X· X··ooo·X Xo···o·o X······· ·o·X···· o·Xo···· ···X·X·· ·XX····X

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 2014 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

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.