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| 971 | BALTIMORE | +120 | Ov 7,-110 | +125 | Ov 7,+115 | | 972 | SEATTLE | -130 | Un 7,-110 | -135 | Un 7,-135 |
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| All Games | 55-45 | +13.7 | 45-53 | 4.3 | 0.262 | 0.310 | 4.0 | 0.256 | 0.319 | | Road Games | 29-22 | +14.1 | 30-21 | 5.0 | 0.271 | 0.319 | 4.2 | 0.261 | 0.324 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 41-32 | +12.2 | 36-35 | 4.4 | 0.263 | 0.312 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.319 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.9 | 3-4 | 3.9 | 0.216 | 0.266 | 3.9 | 0.241 | 0.299 | | Grass Games | 48-43 | +7.1 | 39-50 | 4.2 | 0.261 | 0.308 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.318 | | Night Games | 39-25 | +17.4 | 28-34 | 4.5 | 0.269 | 0.319 | 3.6 | 0.237 | 0.299 |
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| All Games | 4.3 | 0.262 | 0.310 | 100 | 3475 | 909 | 290 | 122 | 0.04 | 415 | 244 | 756 | 29 | 696 | 84 | 49 | 108 | 55 | | Road Games | 5.0 | 0.271 | 0.319 | 51 | 1831 | 496 | 166 | 67 | 0.04 | 251 | 130 | 395 | 17 | 359 | 38 | 29 | 52 | 29 | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.263 | 0.312 | 73 | 2556 | 673 | 206 | 82 | 0.03 | 314 | 181 | 560 | 26 | 518 | 57 | 37 | 72 | 43 |
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| All Games | 3.52 | 1.256 | 320 | 135 | 125 | 297 | 29 | 105 | 262 | 17-15 | 31 | 14 | 68.9% | | Road Games | 3.74 | 1.315 | 159 | 72 | 66 | 160 | 16 | 49 | 132 | 8-11 | 20 | 9 | 69% |
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| All Games | 53-48 | +4.6 | 40-57 | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.295 | 3.4 | 0.226 | 0.287 | | Home Games | 25-28 | -8.5 | 18-31 | 3.4 | 0.236 | 0.283 | 3.3 | 0.221 | 0.282 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 22-13 | +11.5 | 13-19 | 3.8 | 0.246 | 0.283 | 3.2 | 0.223 | 0.280 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.4 | 1-6 | 2.7 | 0.239 | 0.277 | 3.3 | 0.222 | 0.284 | | Grass Games | 50-47 | +1.3 | 39-54 | 3.9 | 0.246 | 0.296 | 3.4 | 0.227 | 0.287 | | Night Games | 33-35 | -4.4 | 30-36 | 4.0 | 0.248 | 0.296 | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.295 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.295 | 101 | 3438 | 844 | 258 | 81 | 0.02 | 379 | 241 | 799 | 54 | 649 | 68 | 49 | 91 | 54 | | Home Games | 3.4 | 0.236 | 0.283 | 53 | 1702 | 402 | 123 | 48 | 0.03 | 170 | 110 | 419 | 22 | 308 | 41 | 26 | 47 | 30 | | Lefty Starters | 3.8 | 0.246 | 0.283 | 35 | 1182 | 291 | 75 | 23 | 0.02 | 123 | 60 | 293 | 17 | 218 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 16 |
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| All Games | 2.39 | 1.137 | 297.4 | 87 | 79 | 229 | 18 | 109 | 290 | 13-15 | 30 | 10 | 75% | | Home Games | 2.31 | 1.121 | 151.7 | 41 | 39 | 117 | 12 | 53 | 144 | 5-5 | 13 | 3 | 81.3% |
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| 7/10/2014 | CHEN(L) | WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 4-3 | W | +100 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | | 7/11/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 3-2 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 7/12/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | 0-3 | L | -150 | 9 ev | U | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | NY YANKEES | WHITLEY(R) | 3-1 | W | -140 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | | 7/18/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | @ OAKLAND | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 4-5 | L | 150 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 7/19/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ OAKLAND | HAMMEL(R) | 8-4 | W | 145 | 7.5 un | O | 13 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 7/20/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 2-10 | L | 140 | 7.5 un | O | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | | 7/21/2014 | NORRIS(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 4-2 | W | 120 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 7/22/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 4-2 | W | 125 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | 7/23/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | 2-3 | L | 160 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | | 7/24/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | | | 7/25/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | @ SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | | | 7/26/2014 | NORRIS(R) | @ SEATTLE | YOUNG(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | @ SEATTLE | ELIAS(L) | | | 7/29/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | | | 7/30/2014 | CHEN(L) | LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | | | 7/31/2014 | | LA ANGELS | | |
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| 7/10/2014 | WILHELMSEN(R) | MINNESOTA | PINO(R) | 2-4 | L | -160 | 7.5 ev | U | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 7/11/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | OAKLAND | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 3-2 | W | -145 | 6 ov | U | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 7/12/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | 6-2 | W | -105 | 7 un | O | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | YOUNG(R) | OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 1-4 | L | +140 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 7/18/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | @ LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | 2-3 | L | 120 | 7.5 un | U | 15 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | | 7/19/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | 3-2 | W | -105 | 6.5 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | | 7/20/2014 | YOUNG(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SKAGGS(L) | 5-6 | L | 160 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | | 7/21/2014 | ELIAS(L) | NY METS | NIESE(L) | 5-2 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 7/22/2014 | RAMIREZ(L) | NY METS | DEGROM(R) | 1-3 | L | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 7/23/2014 | WALKER(R) | NY METS | COLON(R) | 2-3 | L | -125 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | | 7/24/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | | | 7/25/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | | | 7/26/2014 | YOUNG(R) | BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | ELIAS(L) | BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | | | 7/29/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | | | 7/30/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | | 7/31/2014 | | @ CLEVELAND | | |
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| |  | BALTIMORE: BALTIMORE (AP) - The transformation of the Baltimore Orioles clubhouse under manager Buck Showalter is complete.
No longer do the Orioles hope to win. They expect it.
When Showalter took over in July 2010, he inherited a team with the worst record in the majors. Having gone without a winning season since 1997, Baltimore could only hope Showalter's knack for orchestrating quick turnarounds would take hold in a town that had switched its allegiance from baseball to football.
By 2012, the Orioles were back. Baltimore won 93 games, beat Texas in the wild-card matchup and took the New York Yankees to the limit before falling in the AL division series.
After missing the postseason last year, the Orioles are poised for a return. They maintained the nucleus of a team that went 85-77 and was in contention to the final week, then added right-handed starter Ubaldo Jimenez and slugger Nelson Cruz to an already potent lineup that led the majors in home runs in 2013.
''When you have talent, you have confidence,'' right fielder Nick Markakis said. ''Put them together and good things usually happen. We've got that right now. We know we have a good team and we're going to roll with it.''
Although Jimenez and Cruz didn't come aboard until after the start of spring training, Showalter never wavered in his belief that the Orioles would challenge the defending champion Boston Red Sox and retooled Yankees in the AL East.
''I felt that way whether or not we added Nelson and Jimenez,'' he said. ''That's a poor reflection on me and my staff if we thought we needed more to win.''
| | SEATTLE: SEATTLE (AP) - Robinson Cano was just the start. The Seattle Mariners didn't stop with one major splash in trying to catch up with the best in the AL West.
Even so, there remain many questions about whether Seattle's additions as a whole can improve a team coming off a 71-win season.
The moves made by Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik were in hopes of improving the Mariners and solidifying his own future after a shaky offseason that started with Eric Wedge's decision not to return as manager.
Lloyd McClendon is getting his second shot as a major league manager nine years after he was last leading a club in Pittsburgh. Along with Cano, Seattle signed outfielder Corey Hart, closer Fernando Rodney and traded for designated hitter Logan Morrison.
Despite those moves, there remain concerns about the depth of Seattle's rotation beyond ace Felix Hernandez and whether players the Mariners have been waiting for to finally pop can establish themselves as reliable, everyday starters.
Yet the Mariners believe they will be competitive in one of baseball's toughest divisions.
''We're ready to win. That's what it's all about,'' Hernandez said. ''We're ready to win ballgames in Seattle. We're ready to be in the playoffs, we're ready to do that.''
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*Orioles-Mariners Preview* ==========================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Baltimore (55-45) at Seattle (53-48), 10:10 p.m. EDT
The Baltimore Orioles' offense is sputtering, and that can't be very comforting to Wei-Yin Chen.
Facing Hisashi Iwakuma may only increase the burden on Chen.
While the Orioles try to solve their recent funk at the plate against Iwakuma, Chen looks to win a career-high fourth straight start in the opener of a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on Thursday night.
Baltimore (55-45) leads the AL East by three games, but its lineup will likely need to show some improvement if that gap is going to widen.
The Orioles are batting a big league-worst .205 since July 9 and .167 in their past four games, a tremendous departure from their season mark of .262 that ranks fifth in the majors.
Those recent issues continued Wednesday, when they mustered six hits - five singles - before reliever Brian Matusz walked in the decisive run in the eighth inning of a 3-2 defeat to the Los Angeles Angels.
Manny Machado missed a second straight game with back spasms, and it's unclear if he will return Thursday. He hit .360 with four doubles and two homers in six meetings with Seattle last year.
"It's a lot better," manager Buck Showalter told MLB's official website before Wednesday's game. "I look for him to be back shortly, depending on how you define the word shortly."
The drop in offensive production could be a concern for Chen (10-3, 4.21 ERA), who owns the highest ERA for any AL pitcher with at least 10 wins and the league's highest run support average of 6.36.
The left-hander has needed the help while winning three straight starts behind a 4.32 ERA, capitalizing on 14 runs of support. He got half of them Saturday, when he allowed three runs in five innings of an 8-4 win at Oakland.
Things may get tougher against the Mariners (53-48) since he's 0-2 with a 4.56 ERA in four starts against them while being backed by six total runs. He surrendered five runs in four innings of an 8-3 defeat in his most recent visit to Seattle on May 1, 2013.
Run support may be tough to come by with the Mariners turning to Iwakuma (8-4, 2.95) following Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the New York Mets.
The right-hander is 3-0 over his last four starts with a 1.57 ERA, no walks and 28 strikeouts in 28 2-3 innings.
Iwakuma allowed two runs in seven innings of a 3-2, 16-inning defeat to the Angels on Friday.
That start came on five days' rest, as will this one, and he's 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA in four starts this year with that much time between outings.
"The feel of pitching is just not the same after four days off," Iwakuma said. "It's just different. Totally different."
He didn't get a decision in his only start against Baltimore on July 2, 2012, when the only runs he allowed came on a three-run homer by Chris Davis before exiting after the fifth inning of a 6-3 win at Safeco.
Davis, though, is 2 for 13 with no home runs and eight strikeouts in his last four games, and he's 3 for 22 over his last six at Safeco.
Dustin Ackley is giving Seattle some offensive punch, batting .458 with four doubles during a six-game hitting streak. However, he's 1 for 7 versus Chen.
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