vs. D-RAYS, 6/24

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15 OUTS: 5 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 3 Lineouts, 2 Strikeouts, 2 Flyouts, 1 Popout, 1 Foulout

CHRISTOPHER STEVEN TILLMAN O (vs. D-RAYS, 6/25)

IP:l 5

H:;; 10 ll(1 Home Run, 4 Doubles, 5 Singles)

R:l) 6

BB:)2

SO:)2

Pitches: 95 (64 Strikes, 31 Balls)

2016 ERA: 3.52

PITCHES BY INNING

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15 (12 Strikes, 31 Balls)

16 (11 Strikes, 51 Balls)

37 (22 Strikes, 15 Balls)

10 (61 Strikes, 41 Balls)

17 (13 Strikes, 41 Balls)

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DOWN ON THE AAA FARM

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18 OUTS: 8 Flyouts, 5 Groundouts, 3 Strikeouts, 1 Lineout, 1 Out Trying to Stretch a Single into a Double

DENNIS MICHAEL WRIGHT O (vs. AAA-Lehigh Valley, 6/22)

IP:. 6

H:;; 5 ll(1 Double, 4 Singles)

R:l) 1

BB: 2

SO: 3

Pitches: 96 (58 Strikes, 38 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.50 (AAA-Norfolk)

PITCHES BY INNING

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17 (10 Strikes, 71 Balls)

19 (91 Strikes, 10 Balls)

15 (81 Strikes, 71 Balls)

17 (12 Strikes, 51 Balls)

19 (13 Strikes, 61 Balls)

91 (61 Strikes, 31 Balls)

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Just to raise me up a crop of

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By myself I wouldn't

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Game 1 (7:05)

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Team Records

41-30 |=======| 31-39

1st, +1.0 |=======| 5th, -9.5

Streaks / L10

-2, Lost 3 of 5 / 4-6 |=======| -7, Lost 8 of 11 / 3-7

Team Offensive Rankings (AL)

BA: .266 (4th) |=======| BA: .235 (15th)

OPS: .790 (2nd) |=======| OPS: .727 (10th)

Runs: 346 (4th) |=======| Runs: 281 (14th)

HR: 111 (1st) |=======| HR: 100 (4th)

Last 7 Days

BA: .316 (1st) |=======| BA: .182 (15th)

OPS: .853 (4th) |=======| OPS: .554 (15th)

Runs: 44 (3rd) |=======| Runs: 18 (14th)

HR: 10 (6th) |=======| HR: 7 (13th)

Team Pitching Rankings (AL)

ERA: 4.22 (10th) |=======| ERA: 4.15 (8th)

WHIP: 1.39 (13th) |=======| WHIP: 1.30 (7th)

BAA: .264 (12th) |=======| BAA: .254 (6th)

TB: 1039 (9th) |=======| TB: 986 (4th)

Last 7 Days

ERA: 5.14 (12th) |=======| ERA: 4.56 (11th)

WHIP: 1.43 (11th) |=======| WHIP: 1.38 (9th)

BAA: .266 (8th) |=======| BAA: .279 (11th)

TB: 123 (11th) |=======| TB: 131 (13th)

Starters

ERA: 4.93 (13th) |=======| ERA: 4.18 (5th)

WHIP: 1.43 (13th) |=======| WHIP: 1.28 (4th)

BAA: .274 (13th) |=======| BAA: .252 (5th)

TB: 690 (7th) |=======| TB: 656 (2nd)

Relievers

ERA: 3.07 (2nd) |=======| ERA: 4.08 (11th)

WHIP: 1.32 (9th) |=======| WHIP: 1.34 (11th)

BAA: .248 (8th) |=======| BAA: .257 (11th)

TB: 349 (11th) |=======| TB: 330 (8th)

NEW: Quality Start minimum requirements (experimental, suggestions welcome)

- 6 IP, 2ER

- 7 IP, 3ER

- Game ERA must be 4.00 or less

Yovani Gallardo

(2-1)

6.26 (1.70/.308)

14K / 11BB, 2HR

QS: 0

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Gallardo was able to get through five innings allowing two runs against Toronto, but allowed nine baserunners as well which has been a problem with him all too often on top of bad pitch efficiency and not being able to get through six innings more times than not. He has also walked 11 batters in 23 innings this season, but at least he's not giving up many home runs. He has had success against the Rays in the past over three starts and has good home numbers this season helped along greatly by his April start against the Twins. Gallardo seems to be on the edge of imploding in almost every start he makes and manages to get out of it sometimes, but gives up four or more runs most times at least so far.

Splits & Sits

50 vs. left: .311/.360/.480, 2HR

56 vs. right: .304/.382/.357

Bases Empty: .298

RISP: .200

RISP w/2 outs: .000

Men on w/2 outs: .158

Man on 3rd, < 2 outs: .400

2016 Home (2 starts)

(2-0) 2.70 (1.40/.206), HR, 7BB in 10IP

Career vs. TB (3 starts)

(2-1) 3.06 (1.25/.261), HR

vs. Batter

Logan Morrison (19 AB) .053

Logan Forsythe (10 AB) .300

Evan Longoria 1/9, RBI

Brad Miller 2/7, 2B, 3B

Desmond Jennings 2/6, 3B

Corey Dickerson 2/3, 2B, 2RBI

Curt Casali 0/2

Tim Beckham 0/1, BB

VS

Matt Moore

(3-4)

4.90 (1.38/.276)

78K / 25BB, 15HR

QS: 5

Last 2 starts (13 IP): (1-0) 1.38 (0.86), HR, 15K / 3BB

Moore had a really rough month of May putting up a 7.36 ERA, but had ERA under four in April (3.66) and June (3.96) helped along by his last two starts. Moore has averaged 6.2 innings per start over the last three and seems to have gotten himself together over the last two starts against the Astros and Giants and although Moore has legitimately struggled on the road this season as all five of his QS came at home, he has been pretty good pitching at Camden Yards for his career and has had success against the Orioles in general. In his last start of April just before he got out of whack, he allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in seven innings against the Orioles with nine strikeouts. All three runs came from a Joey Rickard three run homer in the fifth inning. The Orioles didn't do squat against him otherwise.

Splits & Sits

89 vs. left: .268/.318/.360, 3HR

267 vs. right: .278/.338/.431, 12HR

Bases Empty: .266

RISP: .265

RISP w/2 outs: .241

Men on w/2 outs: .275

Man on 3rd, < 2 outs: .182

2016 Away (5 starts)

(0-2) 6.35 (1.76/.342), 6HR

Career @ Camden Yards (4 starts, 1 relief)

(2-2) 3.09 (1.37/.233), 3HR

Career vs Baltimore (10 starts, 1 relief)

(4-5) 3.84 (1.38/.257), 7HR

vs. Batter

J.J. Hardy (28 AB) .250, 2 2B, HR, 5RBI

Adam Jones (27 AB) .407, 2B, 2HR, 7RBI

Chris Davis (21 AB) .143, 2B, 3BB

Matt Wieters (20 AB) .400, 2B, 2HR, 3RBI, 3BB, 9K

Manny Machado (19 AB) .158, 2B, 3B, RBI

Mark Trumbo (14 AB) .214, 2B, HR, 2RBI, 6K

Nolan Reimold (10 AB0 .300, 2 2B, 2RBI, 2BB, 6K

Jonathan Schoop 3/6

Ryan Flaherty 0/3

Joey Rickard 1/3, 3-R HR

While it's true that the Rays have lost seven in a row and were swept in two straight series, it should be noted that those teams (SF and CLE) have some of the best pitching staffs in baseball and I don't need to tell you that the Orioles, well, don't. The Rays don't have the best pitching, but their rotation is a hell of a lot better than ours ranking 12th in MLB in ERA while the Orioles rank 27th. I guess what I'm saying is it may not be a good idea to look past them or start tallying up the wins just yet. The Orioles did allow the Padres to put up 10 runs, after all. Then again, the Rays have been hit hard with injuries lately as well losing Pearce, Mahtook, Souza Jr, Guyer and of course Kiermaier over the last month. Even still, all losing streaks come to an end eventually. Hopefully, it won't be during this four game series.

It seems Moore has gotten himself together lately which could be bad for us and Gallardo is Gallardo and will probably pitch himself into jams all night, but will he be able to pitch himself out of them as well is the question.

Boston may have snapped out of their funk today beating the White Sox 8-7 in 10 innings on a game winning RBI single from Bogaerts. Boston scored all eight runs after the fourth inning and Chicago blew a lead twice in this game which moves the Red Sox to 1.5 back of the division lead. Toronto won as well sitting 2.5 back and the Yankees six back. Cleveland won their sixth straight and KC lost their second in a row sliding to three back while the Tigers have won four in a row and are four back. In the West, Texas now has a 10 game lead in the division though Houston has moved into second place now with five straight wins while Seattle has lost six in a row and eight of 10.

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Not a good start

Rickard should be off this team. Trumbo can do just as bad out there and he can hit.

ridiculous

2 run hr by a .202 hitter