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Game Preview: BAL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, May 2, 2014 @Target Field

Orioles, 14-12, 14-12 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (30, RHP, 0-4, 6.59)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-4) 27.1 33 20 20 17 21 5 6.59
2013 (13-9) 182.2 163 75 67 80 194 16 3.30
2012 (9-17) 176.2 190 116 106 95 143 25 5.40
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.1 43 23 23 21 41 5 5.13 48
2014-04-25 KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 4 3 0 104 43
2014-04-20 @BOS ND 5.1 4 3 3 3 5 1 107 50
2014-04-13 TOR L 5.1 10 5 5 2 3 2 98 29
2014-04-07 @NYY L 4.2 8 4 4 5 4 0 109 31
2014-04-02 BOS L 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 2 96 49
2013-09-29 @MIN W 6.2 5 1 1 1 13 0 106 72
2013-09-24 CHW ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 7 0 98 59
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 33.1 29 12 10 12 37 1 2.70 59
2013-09-29 @MIN W 6.2 5 1 1 1 13 0 106 72
2013-08-23 MIN L 6.0 5 2 2 3 10 0 114 61
2012-07-29 @MIN L 6.1 6 5 5 3 6 1 104 44
2011-09-16 @MIN W 6.1 5 3 1 3 4 0 106 56
2010-06-17 @MIN W 8.0 8 1 1 2 4 0 110 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  13-9    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Thu, May  1   PIT  W   6-5 (10)  14-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Thu, May  1   PIT  W   5-1       13-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Sun, Apr 27   KCR  L   3-9       12-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26   KCR  W   3-2 (10)  12-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25   KCR  L   0-5       11-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @TOR  W  11-4       11-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @TOR  W  10-8       10-10  3rd  1.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TOR  L   3-9        9-10  4th  2.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @BOS  W   7-6        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20  @BOS  L   5-6        8-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-12
Twins, 12-14, 12-14 4th, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (31, RHP, 2-2, 6.67)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-2) 29.2 43 22 22 9 13 5 6.67
2013 (13-11) 199.1 195 90 82 46 165 17 3.70
2012 (12-13) 191.0 214 100 95 47 125 18 4.48
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 60 34 34 10 25 6 7.59 36
2014-04-24 @TBR W 6.0 10 6 6 2 1 1 96 27
2014-04-18 @KCR L 5.2 11 5 5 0 3 1 108 30
2014-04-12 KCR W 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 106 71
2014-04-06 @CLE ND 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 91 25
2014-03-31 @CHW L 6.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 93 34
2013-09-25 @SFG L 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 95 35
2013-09-19 @ARI ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 5 0 74 30
Last 5 v.BAL 2-1 21.0 23 10 7 2 17 3 3.00 55
2010-06-23 @BAL W 7.0 8 4 4 1 8 2 119 52
2009-06-24 BAL W 7.0 7 2 0 1 7 0 101 65
2006-06-21 @BAL L 7.0 8 4 3 0 2 1 95 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-8    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Thu, May  1   LAD  L   3-4 (12)  12-14  4th  3.5 gb
 25 Thu, May  1   LAD  L   4-9       12-13  4th  3.5 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 30   LAD  L   4-6       12-12  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26   DET  W   5-3       12-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25   DET  L   6-10      11-11  2nd  2.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @TBR  W   9-7       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @TBR  W   6-4 (12)  10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   3-7        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @KCR  W   8-3        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5        8-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 12, 2013 BAL  6 @MIN  0        W:Wei-Yin Chen (3-3), L: Scott Diamond (3-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - BAL won 5-2; All-Time - BAL leads 957-940

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 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
Orioles Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
21.Deduno
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
53.Johnson*
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/24 .261/.370/.522/.892 .000/1.017 1.295 23/.865 0/0 0/0
23.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 5/1.000 11/.728 3/.000 ··· 5/.900 13/.539 ··· ··· 110/93 .289/.373/.557/.929 1.465/.846 1.088 95/.898 0/1 7/0
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/60 .194/.270/.239/.509 .593/.489 .623 59/.647 0/0 0/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 4/1.000 8/.250 3/.666 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/1.194 ··· ··· 74/58 .265/.288/.309/.596 .259/.686 .574 62/.617 0/0 0/0
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/.400 3/1.666 6/.334 2/3.000 ··· 7/.310 6/1.334 ··· ··· 112/86 .262/.286/.364/.650 1.114/.518 .865 97/.661 2/0 1/1
9.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 8/.453 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 66/59 .164/.215/.230/.445 .000/.492 .690 59/.465 4/0 0/1
13.Machado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 10/.000 3/1.666 3/2.000 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 13/1.248 9/.619 ··· ··· 120/91 .306/.367/.417/.783 .570/.854 .788 102/.869 2/1 2/0
28.Pearce G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 15/10 .333/.333/.467/.800 .600/.900 .000 13/.923 0/0 0/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/67 .235/.279/.395/.674 .273/.775 .792 75/.722 0/0 2/4
1.Weeks# G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 13/12 .273/.273/.455/.727 /.727 13/.727 0/0 0/0
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 6/.900 2/5.000 3/1.167 5/1.800 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 86/67 .342/.372/.582/.954 .822/.992 1.001 75/.948 0/1 5/1
27.Young G/S/vP 6/1.000 5/.200 5/1.000 11/.728 4/1.000 ··· 10/.200 12/.969 ··· ··· 45/30 .333/.378/.476/.854 .933/.807 .875 38/.923 0/0 1/0
IP 29.2 10.1 18.2 13.1 11.0 4.1 12.0 15.1 8.1 8.0 TOTAL .268/.321/.399/.720 .661/.736 .819 .748 11/3 20/11
ERA-K/9 6.67/3.9 8.71/5.2 2.89/8.7 2.03/3.4 2.45/7.4 0.00/10.5 3.75/13.5 5.28/4.1 2.16/5.4 2.25/6.8 5.09/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (5-1-0)
 Wieters (6-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 134/.347 48/.289 83/.278 52/.229 41/.154 22/.250 49/.200 69/.290 34/.276 35/.241 .285  Lough
 Young
 Markakis
 Jones
 Cruz
 Pearce
 Flaherty
17/2/0/3
3/0/0/2
0/0/22/2
0/25/0/1
9/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .961 .943 .667 .691 .400 .705 .578 .766 .708 .703 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/1.149 23/.949 46/.777 20/.596 19/.596 6/.333 12/.333 29/.789 16/.517 10/1.200 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.776 25/.931 37/.535 32/.748 22/.232 16/.863 37/.664 40/.746 18/.905 25/.450 .794
Home 30/.510 23/1.272 57/.675 27/.948 15/.333 22/.705 18/.520 43/.641 13/.308 24/.875
Last 28d days 107/.904 44/.902 73/.639 46/.741 28/.218 22/.705 37/.483 60/.697 24/.500 31/.733
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/3/0 23/15/1
Usage ·······X o····o·X X······· XX······ X·····o· X······· X····X·o Xo····X· o·····oo Xo····Xo
Twins Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Jimenez
G/S/vB
53.Britton*
G/S/vB
29.Hunter
G/S/vB
17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
40.Patton*
G/S/vB
58.Webb
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/73 .290/.343/.470/.813 .884/.779 .711 94/.737 0/2 3/1
2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/.819 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 129/88 .226/.357/.434/.791 .620/.876 .877 109/.853 8/1 7/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 38/27 .324/.351/.412/.763 .664/.804 .885 34/.861 0/0 0/1
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 62/36 .111/.200/.167/.367 .376/.359 .481 52/.370 4/0 0/1
1.Fuld* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 64/50 .259/.328/.466/.794 .824/.784 .794 54/.723 2/0 1/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/24 .120/.185/.120/.305 .000/.345 .170 27/.305 0/0 0/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 89/54 .178/.315/.260/.575 .716/.482 .525 72/.547 2/0 1/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.750 8/1.214 3/.000 2/.500 4/.750 1/.000 1/no AB 96/65 .299/.365/.425/.790 .612/.875 .841 88/.793 0/0 1/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.250 6/1.467 14/1.071 10/.522 ··· 2/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 126/77 .292/.397/.349/.746 .629/.822 .833 107/.798 1/0 1/0
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/57 .219/.370/.438/.808 .756/.837 .777 87/.791 0/0 5/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/.111 5/1.800 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.500 120/84 .277/.383/.436/.819 .727/.861 .638 101/.783 0/0 1/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/2.667 6/.533 21/.715 15/.800 1/5.000 9/.111 2/1.000 2/4.000 82/54 .299/.383/.403/.786 .819/.762 .497 68/.740 0/0 1/2
IP 27.1 16.1 9.2 9.2 11.2 11.0 0.1 11.0 TOTAL .247/.346/.375/.721 .668/.748 .695 .724 17/4 20/16
ERA-K/9 6.59/6.9 1.10/6.1 2.79/7.4 4.66/7.4 6.94/6.9 0.82/6.5 27.00/0.0 4.09/9.0 4.35/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pinto (8-0-0)
 Suzuki (7-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.300 65/.172 40/.297 49/.333 56/.289 46/.268 3/.667 46/.250 .282  Fuld
 Hicks
 Colabello
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Escobar
2/9/4/3
0/23/0/3
0/0/13/2
19/0/2/0
2/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .871 .520 .784 .987 .863 .738 1.667 .624 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.749 26/.274 22/.673 24/.899 31/.764 17/.728 1/.000 15/.690 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/1.030 39/.697 18/.918 25/1.076 25/.996 29/.745 2/2.500 31/.591 .836
Road 48/.842 26/.683 18/1.007 34/1.113 21/.708 25/.922 / 23/.625
Last 28d days 103/.878 51/.519 34/.824 47/1.036 46/.922 43/.744 3/1.667 31/.328
HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 29/11/2
Usage ······X· X····o·o o····X·· X····o·· X···Xo·· X····o·· o······· X···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.