Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > BAL @ DET, Saturday, April 5, 2014

Game Preview: BAL @ DET, 1:08pm, Saturday, April 5, 2014 @Comerica Park

Orioles, 1-3, 1-3 5th, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-12) 176.2 196 89 82 67 147 17 4.18
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-1 36.0 48 22 22 16 40 4 5.50 44
2013-09-25 TOR ND 4.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 96 39
2013-09-08 CHW L 4.1 9 4 4 1 6 1 100 34
2013-09-02 @CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 92 72
2013-08-28 @BOS ND 5.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 105 59
2013-08-23 OAK ND 4.2 9 7 7 3 7 2 109 22
2013-08-17 COL W 5.2 9 4 4 3 5 0 95 37
2013-08-11 @SFG ND 5.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 98 47
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 12.0 14 9 9 4 9 2 6.75 43
2013-05-13 @DET L 5.0 9 7 7 1 2 2 71 22
2013-05-03 DET ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 7 0 111 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @DET  L   4-10       1-3   5th  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   BOS  L   3-4        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   BOS  L   2-6        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   BOS  W   2-1        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-3    Last 20: 1-3    Last 30: 1-3
Tigers, 3-0, 3-0 1st, ½ up

SP: Rick Porcello (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-8) 177.0 185 87 85 42 142 18 4.32
2012 (10-12) 176.1 226 101 90 44 107 16 4.59
2011 (14-9) 182.0 210 103 96 46 104 18 4.75
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.2 41 23 22 14 41 6 4.53 52
2013-09-21 CHW ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 9 0 101 63
2013-09-16 SEA W 6.0 5 1 1 2 10 1 105 66
2013-09-10 @CHW W 9.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 105 73
2013-09-04 @BOS L 5.0 7 9 8 4 4 3 102 19
2013-08-30 CLE W 5.2 5 2 2 2 3 0 100 52
2013-08-25 @NYM W 7.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 102 58
2013-08-20 MIN L 4.1 7 5 5 2 6 1 87 33
Last 5 v.BAL 0-4 30.0 40 20 20 4 25 5 6.00 44
2013-06-19 BAL L 6.0 9 6 6 0 4 2 93 34
2013-06-02 @BAL L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 99 54
2012-08-18 BAL L 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 97 51
2011-09-23 BAL ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 108 50
2011-04-04 @BAL L 5.0 9 5 5 1 4 1 81 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Fri, Apr  4   BAL  W  10-4        3-0   1st  0.5 up
  2 Wed, Apr  2   KCR  W   2-1 (10)   2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31   KCR  W   4-3        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-0    Last 20: 3-0    Last 30: 3-0 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 DET 10  BAL  4        W:Drew Smyly (1-0), L: Miguel Gonzalez (0-1), S: none

Wed, Jun 19, 2013 BAL 13 @DET  3        W:Chris Tillman (8-2), L: Rick Porcello (4-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 BAL  5 @DET  2        W:Zach Britton (1-1), L: Justin Verlander (8-5), S: Jim Johnson (26)
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 DET  5  BAL  1        W:Max Scherzer (10-0), L: Jake Arrieta (1-2), S: Drew Smyly (2)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 BAL  4  DET  2        W:Brian Matusz (2-0), L: Rick Porcello (2-3), S: Jim Johnson (18)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 DET 10 @BAL  3        W:Justin Verlander (7-4), L: Jason Hammel (7-3), S: none
Fri, May 31, 2013 BAL  7  DET  5        W:Darren O'Day (3-0), L: Jose Valverde (0-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 BAL  7 @DET  5        W:Wei-Yin Chen (12-7), L: Doug Fister (7-8), S: Jim Johnson (37)
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 BAL  3 @DET  2        W:Zach Britton (2-1), L: Rick Porcello (9-8), S: Jim Johnson (36)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 DET  5  BAL  3        W:Joaquin Benoit (2-3), L: Darren O'Day (6-1), S: Jose Valverde (23)
Season Series: 2014 - DET over 1-0; 2013 - BAL won 4-2; 2012 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 1041-946

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (2.75 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (2.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 39.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Clevenger* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 24/21 .217/.250/.261/.511 .667/.488 .708 4/1.000 0/0 0/1
23.Cruz G/S/vP 16/.500 2/1.000 9/1.931 6/.167 ··· 8/1.238 1/2.000 2/2.500 6/1.133 8/.700 456/339 .266/.327/.506/.833 .821/.837 .838 15/1.150 5/1 27/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 12/1.416 ··· 12/.878 10/1.600 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 2/3.000 3/.000 673/434 .286/.370/.634/1.004 .763/1.142 .954 15/.718 4/1 53/6
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 271/246 .224/.293/.390/.683 .641/.687 .641 15/.000 2/0 10/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 15/.867 1/.000 5/1.400 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 644/453 .263/.306/.433/.738 .783/.720 .745 12/.500 2/1 25/12
10.Jones G/S/vP 18/.334 1/.000 17/.765 8/.542 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/1.100 3/.000 689/470 .285/.318/.493/.811 .732/.846 .796 15/.564 14/3 33/2
12.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 307/227 .259/.278/.338/.616 .659/.601 .543 7/.857 4/3 2/3
9.Lough* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.453 3/1.000 335/265 .286/.311/.413/.724 .745/.718 .815 7/.286 5/2 5/2
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 22/1.087 ··· 14/.917 17/.706 ··· 5/.933 1/2.000 ··· 5/.600 4/.000 700/451 .271/.329/.356/.685 .651/.704 .635 18/.333 1/2 10/0
28.Pearce G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 138/50 .261/.362/.420/.782 .802/.749 .657 2/.000 1/0 4/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 15/12 .286/.333/.500/.833 1.167/.750 11/.364 0/0 1/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 14/.955 1/2.000 10/.775 5/.200 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.500 579/401 .235/.287/.417/.704 .872/.628 .710 11/1.000 2/0 22/3
27.Young G/S/vP 23/.982 5/.650 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 361/259 .260/.307/.407/.715 .684/.724 .838 7/.452 0/0 11/5
IP 177.0 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 29.2 23.1 182.0 76.0 TOTAL .214/.259/.298/.557 .536/.575 .584 .557 1/0 2/1
ERA-K/9 4.32/7.2 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 1.39/10.2 3.03/8.5 4.24/6.6 2.57/10.0 2.37/9.6 2.25/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (2-0-1)
 Wieters (44-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 736/.270 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 250/.162 127/.261 105/.301 746/.229 303/.219 .196  Jones
 Lough
 Markakis
 Young
 Cruz
 Lombardozzi
 Pearce
0/156/0/11
15/7/74/8
0/0/155/7
0/0/65/4
0/0/102/1
23/0/0/1
15/0/3/0
OPS .709 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .677 .775 .616 .601 .530
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.806 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 133/.515 55/.562 47/.760 413/.681 129/.471 .412
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.603 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 117/.407 72/.766 58/.782 333/.536 174/.699 .647
Home 374/.713 128/.599 107/.892 90/.816 62/.797 130/.425 56/.643 59/.666 378/.606 141/.601
Last 28d days / 8/.500 7/1.429 / 3/.000 9/.500 / 3/.000 17/.508 11/.282
HR/SB/CS 18/12/5 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 2/4/1 4/2/0 2/5/2 9/25/1 4/8/2 0/3/0
Usage ··o·o··· X······· o······· ··X·o··· ····o··· X······· X·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Norris
G/S/vB		 53.Britton*
G/S/vB		 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 60.Stinson
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 8/.700 8/.500 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .808 13/.542 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.500 9/1.445 8/1.125 9/1.111 6/2.583 1/.000 9/.730 2/2.000 1/5.000 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.081 13/1.212 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .500 12/1.000 0/0 0/0
18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/.000 / /
20.Davis G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.625 12/1.151 13/.885 17/.620 ··· 7/.857 5/1.000 2/1.000 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .726 7/.952 45/6 6/2
28.Gonzalez G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 118/80 .177/.203/.230/.433 .267/.514 .393 8/1.000 0/0 1/5
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .754 / 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/.500 6/.533 6/1.500 20/.900 12/1.000 ··· 11/.546 1/2.000 1/2.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .861 13/.808 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 9/.804 5/3.333 6/.334 6/.900 1/2.000 4/1.417 2/.000 2/1.000 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .724 13/1.212 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 5/.600 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .744 0/ 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.334 13/1.008 7/.286 10/1.200 1/2.000 5/1.100 1/2.000 1/.000 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .779 14/.929 15/11 13/13
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/1.166 6/.167 5/.400 3/.000 16/1.433 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .817 13/.692 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .610 4/.500 1/0 0/4
IP 176.2 40.0 171.1 86.1 51.0 62.0 17.0 80.1 TOTAL .301/.363/.524/.887 .670/.964 .887 .887 1/1 5/3
ERA-K/9 4.18/7.5 4.95/4.0 3.78/6.3 2.81/7.1 3.53/8.8 /0.0 2.18/8.6 3.18/6.4 2.91/6.1 5.40/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-15-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 773/.283 182/.321 712/.243 336/.223 208/.230 / 247/.210 63/.169 332/.244 .340  Hunter
 Jackson
 Davis
 Castellanos
 Kelly
0/0/143/9
0/129/0/5
57/16/35/4
9/0/0/0
38/25/22/0
OPS .779 .837 .713 .617 .616 .617 .612 .695 .905
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 448/.889 55/.849 356/.689 177/.857 112/.502 / 92/.922 23/.221 141/.714 .647
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.629 127/.832 356/.736 159/.344 96/.747 / 155/.443 40/.843 191/.681 1.079
Road 304/.786 94/.835 370/.709 173/.696 103/.641 / 132/.537 15/.000 181/.699
Last 28d days / 14/.522 20/1.600 6/.533 2/.000 10/.543 3/.667 16/.708 15/1.248
HR/SB/CS 17/16/5 4/2/1 24/2/3 11/3/4 3/1/1 // 7/6/4 4/0/0 5/14/2 6/1/0
Usage ·X··X··· X······· o···X··· ··o·o··· ·X··X··· ··o····· X·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.