MLB Baseball Matchup of Sunday, August 19, 2012 Comerica Park

Match Up: Baltimore Orioles VS Detroit Tigers

BALTIMOREORIOLES (41-31)

DETROITTIGERS (39-30)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
BAL	41-31	$1090	12-8	29-23	17-13	24-18	36-32-4
DET	39-30	-$660	7-8	32-22	38-26	1-4	36-32-1

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BAL	TEAM	DET
4.82	RUNS	4.97
4.61	RUNS AGAINST	3.72
0.21	DIFF	1.25
$1,090	MONEY	-$660
4.41	TEAM ERA	3.50
9.53	OFF HITS	10.00
2.64	OFF WALKS	3.58
6.75	OFF Ks	6.68
8.82	DEF HIT	8.01
3.03	DEF WALKS	2.67
6.83	DEF Ks	9.64

INJURIES

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Wilson Betemit	DH	60-Day Disabled List
Wei-Yin Chen	P	15-Day Disabled List
Miguel Gonzalez	P	Paternity Leave List
Jason Hammel	P	Day-to-Day (illness)
Steve Johnson	P	15-Day Disabled List
Nolan Reimold	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Brian Roberts	2B	60-Day Disabled List

DETROIT TIGERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Alex Avila	C	15-Day Disabled List
Octavio Dotel	P	60-Day Disabled List
Anibal Sanchez	P	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

BALTIMORE	DETROIT
Baltimore Sun	Detroit Free Press

BETTING TRENDS

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

No trends to report

DETROIT TIGERS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

WEI-YIN CHEN (L) ERA: 3.04 W/L: 3-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/12/2013	MIN	W	6-0	U	5	100
05/07/2013	KC	W	4-3	U	6⅓	100
05/01/2013	SEA	L	3-8	O	4	-128

DOUG FISTER (R) ERA: 3.21 W/L: 6-4

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/16/2013	MIN	W	5-2	U	7⅔	100
06/10/2013	KC	L	2-3	U	8	-141
06/05/2013	TB	L	0-3	U	8⅓	-144

Baltimore Orioles's relievers have pitched 8⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Detroit Tigers's relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/18/2012	Sat	BAL	3	DET	2	BAL	-185	9½	U	Z Britton	R Porcello
08/17/2012	Fri	BAL	3	DET	5	DET	-280	7½	O	T Hunter	J Verlander
07/15/2012	Sun	DET	4	BAL	0	DET	161	8½	U	J Verlander	M Gonzalez
07/14/2012	Sat	DET	6	BAL	8	BAL	118	9	O	M Scherzer	W Chen
07/13/2012	Fri	DET	7	BAL	2	DET	-105	9	P	D Fister	J Hammel
09/25/2011	Sun	BAL	6	DET	10	DET	-152	10½	O	B Matusz	B Penny
09/24/2011	Sat	BAL	6	DET	5	BAL	-255	7½	O	J Guthrie	J Verlander
09/23/2011	Fri	BAL	3	DET	4	DET	-171	9½	U	A Simon	R Porcello
09/22/2011	Thu	BAL	6	DET	5	BAL	-145	9½	O	Z Britton	J Turner
08/14/2011	Sun	DET	5	BAL	8	BAL	122	9½	O	D Fister	J Reyes

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

ORIOLES

Orioles are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.8 runs per game.

Orioles have the second best hits stat in the league at 9.5 per game.

Orioles are third last in the league in striking out opponents with 6.8 per game.

TIGERS

Tigers are the second highest scoring team in the league at 5.0 runs per game.

Tigers lead the league in hits with 10.0 per game.

Tigers have the third-most base on balls in the league at 3.6 per game.

Tigers are second best in K's per game with 6.7.

Tigers have the second stingiest defence in the league at 3.7 runs per game.

Tigers have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 8.0 per game.

Tigers lead the league in K's with 9.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/18/2012	Sat	3	at DET	2	W	-185	9½	Z Britton	7	R Porcello
08/17/2012	Fri	3	at DET	5	L	-280	7½	T Hunter	6	J Verlander
08/16/2012	Thu	3	BOS	6	L	122	8½	C Tillman	4⅔	C Buchholz
08/15/2012	Wed	5	BOS	3	W	-128	9	M Gonzalez	6	A Cook
08/14/2012	Tue	7	BOS	1	W	-108	8½	W Chen	6	J Beckett

DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/18/2012	Sat	2	BAL	3	L	-185	9½	R Porcello	6	Z Britton
08/17/2012	Fri	5	BAL	3	W	-280	7½	J Verlander	6	T Hunter
08/15/2012	Wed	5	at MIN	1	W	135	9½	M Scherzer	7	C De Vries
08/14/2012	Tue	8	at MIN	4	W	148	9	D Fister	8	B Duensing
08/13/2012	Mon	3	at MIN	9	L	124	9½	A Sanchez	5⅓	S Deduno

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Baltimore's Overall Scoring vs Detroit's Overall Defense	4.8	3	3.7	2
Baltimore's Away Scoring vs Detroit's Home Defense	5.0	2	3.5	1
Baltimore's Road ERA vs Detroit's Home ERA Allowed	4.4	11	5.5	1
Detroit's Overall Scoring vs Baltimore's Overall Defense	5.0	2	4.6	12
Detroit's Home Scoring vs Baltimore's Road Defense	5.6	1	4.6	11
Detroit's Home ERA vs Baltimore's Road ERA Allowed	3.4	4	4.7	2

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	41-31	20-15	21-16	17-13	24-18	36-32-4	12-8	29-23
vs Div	17-15	9-7	8-8	6-3	11-12	14-14-4	7-4	10-11
Last 10	7-3	5-2	2-1	3-2	4-1	2-7-1	4-0	3-3
vs AL	36-27	16-12	20-15	13-9	23-18	30-29-4	10-8	26-19
vs NL	5-4	4-3	1-1	4-4	1-0	6-3	2-0	3-4

DETROIT TIGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	39-30	23-11	16-19	38-26	1-4	36-32-1	7-8	32-22
vs Div	16-10	10-5	6-5	16-10	0-0	10-16	2-1	14-9
Last 10	6-4	3-1	3-3	6-4	0-0	2-8	1-1	5-3
vs AL	35-25	19-10	16-15	34-21	1-4	30-29-1	4-7	31-18
vs NL	4-5	4-1	0-4	4-5	0-0	6-3	3-1	1-4

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

WEI-YIN CHEN VS. DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/19/2012	7-5	BAL	5	7	5	5	2	4	W
07/14/2012	8-6	BAL	6	2	1	1	2	5	ND

DOUG FISTER VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/19/2012	7-5	BAL	3⅔	8	7	7	3	6	L
07/13/2012	7-2	DET	7	3	1	1	0	8	W
08/14/2011	8-5	BAL	5⅔	12	8	6	1	5	L
05/30/2011	4-3	SEA	7⅓	7	3	3	1	9	W
08/16/2010	5-4	BAL	5	10	3	3	0	4	ND