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MLB : ATS Matchup
Thursday 4/24/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
BALTIMORE  NORRIS )
 
TORONTO  HUTCHISON )
+1.5  -170

-1.5  +150
+125

-135

9un
 
11
Final
4

BALTIMORE (10 - 10) at TORONTO (11 - 10)
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Thursday, 4/24/2014 7:05 PM
BUD NORRIS (R) vs. DREW HUTCHISON (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
917BALTIMORE+110Ov 9,-110+125Ov 9,-110
918TORONTO-120Un 9,-110-135Un 9,-110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
BALTIMORE - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games10-10+1.110-94.50.2700.3214.70.2840.343
Road Games6-6+1.59-35.70.2950.3555.70.3040.360
vs Right-handed Starters9-7+3.19-65.10.2820.3374.60.2740.337
Past 7 Games4-3+1.65-25.40.2810.3565.30.2760.351
Turf Games1-1+0.12-06.50.2900.3728.50.3330.398
Night Games5-5+0.25-44.50.2770.3314.50.2660.330
Division9-8+1.78-84.60.2750.3244.50.2750.340
BALTIMORE - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.50.2700.3212070118959150.0289531508141178247
Road Games5.70.2950.3551243012742110.03694090588115136
Righty Starters5.10.2820.3371657016150120.0281471186117137187
BALTIMORE - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.801.45364302769824503-27277.8%
Road Games4.341.60737.3211847613361-25183.3%

TORONTO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games11-10+0.812-94.50.2490.3224.10.2490.335
Home Games4-4-1.36-25.50.2670.3314.60.2720.341
vs Right-handed Starters9-7+2.69-74.80.2550.3304.00.2490.333
Past 7 Games3-4-1.44-34.90.2640.3435.30.2540.367
Turf Games4-4-1.36-25.50.2670.3314.60.2720.341
Night Games7-6+0.68-54.70.2460.3304.20.2550.339
Division6-6+17-54.40.2430.3064.10.2610.333
TORONTO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.50.2490.3222172017958240.03907815581521671719
Home Games5.50.2670.33182707232140.054226662526169
Righty Starters4.80.2550.3301655414142170.03736212081171351313
TORONTO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.961.43172.7343260744763-46275%
Home Games2.611.323319926315361-120100%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
BALTIMORE - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/11/2014TILLMAN(R)TORONTOMCGOWAN(R)0-2L-1508.5 unU582330
4/12/2014NORRIS(R)TORONTOHUTCHISON(R)2-1W-1109 unU980790
4/13/2014JIMENEZ(R)TORONTOBUEHRLE(L)3-11L+1009 unO8701781
4/14/2014CHEN(L)TAMPA BAYARCHER(R)7-1W+1058 ovP1370650
4/16/2014GONZALEZ(R)TAMPA BAYODORIZZI(R)3-0W-1058.5 unU670691
4/18/2014TILLMAN(R)@ BOSTONLACKEY(R)8-4W1157.5 ovO1511011120
4/19/2014NORRIS(R)@ BOSTONDOUBRONT(L)2-4L1259 unU571631
4/20/2014JIMENEZ(R)@ BOSTONPEAVY(R)5-6L1458 unO12113890
4/21/2014CHEN(L)@ BOSTONBUCHHOLZ(R)7-6W1458 unO10301180
4/22/2014GONZALEZ(R)@ TORONTODICKEY(R)3-9L1359.5 unO8101970
4/23/2014TILLMAN(R)@ TORONTOMCGOWAN(R)10-8W1058.5 evO125016100
4/24/2014NORRIS(R)@ TORONTOHUTCHISON(R) 
4/25/2014JIMENEZ(R)KANSAS CITYVENTURA(R) 
4/26/2014CHEN(L)KANSAS CITYGUTHRIE(R) 
4/27/2014GONZALEZ(R)KANSAS CITYSHIELDS(R) 
4/29/2014TILLMAN(R)PITTSBURGHMORTON(R) 
4/30/2014NORRIS(R)PITTSBURGHCOLE(R) 

TORONTO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/10/2014DICKEY(R)HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L)4-6L-2009 unO870841
4/11/2014MCGOWAN(R)@ BALTIMORETILLMAN(R)2-0W1408.5 unU330582
4/12/2014HUTCHISON(R)@ BALTIMORENORRIS(R)1-2L1009 unU790980
4/13/2014BUEHRLE(L)@ BALTIMOREJIMENEZ(R)11-3W-1109 unO1781870
4/15/2014MORROW(R)@ MINNESOTAHUGHES(R)9-3W-1257.5 ovO14917111
4/17/2014DICKEY(R)@ MINNESOTAGIBSON(R)0-7L-1207.5 unU4421082
4/17/2014MCGOWAN(R)@ MINNESOTAPELFREY(R)5-9L-1308 unO81108102
4/18/2014HUTCHISON(R)@ CLEVELANDMASTERSON(R)3-2W1307.5 evU99010121
4/19/2014BUEHRLE(L)@ CLEVELANDKLUBER(R)5-0W1107.5 unU980470
4/20/2014MORROW(R)@ CLEVELANDCARRASCO(R)4-6L-1158.5 ovO990540
4/22/2014DICKEY(R)BALTIMOREGONZALEZ(R)9-3W-1459.5 unO9708101
4/23/2014MCGOWAN(R)BALTIMORETILLMAN(R)8-10L-1158.5 evO161001250
4/24/2014HUTCHISON(R)BALTIMORENORRIS(R) 
4/25/2014BUEHRLE(L)BOSTONPEAVY(R) 
4/26/2014MORROW(R)BOSTONBUCHHOLZ(R) 
4/27/2014DICKEY(R)BOSTONLESTER(L) 
4/29/2014MCGOWAN(R)@ KANSAS CITYVARGAS(L) 
4/30/2014HUTCHISON(R)@ KANSAS CITYCHEN(L) 
5/1/2014 @ KANSAS CITY  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.''
TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - All winter long, the Blue Jays' primary concern was upgrading the starting pitching. The biggest story in Toronto this spring, though, is the one about the free agent arm that got away.
After months of inaction, the Blue Jays thought they'd landed right-hander Ervin Santana on a one-year deal in early March. But when injury concerns flared up in Atlanta, Santana signed a similar deal with the Braves instead.
''I think it's pretty obvious we were involved, it didn't work out. I'm trying to take the high road here,'' general manager Alex Anthopoulos said after Santana turned him down, saying he'd rather pitch in a spacious National League park than face AL East foes in Toronto's hitter-friendly dome.
Anthopoulos, who'd previously come ''extremely close'' to acquiring a starter through trade, must now start the season with almost the same staff he took north last year. Right-handed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young winner, will be the opening-day starter again, while left-hander Mark Buehrle gets the third slot.
But none of the other three leading contenders, right-handers Brandon Morrow and Drew Hutchison, and left-hander J.A. Happ, have ever pitched 200 innings, and all three are coming off injuries. Morrow was limited to 10 starts last year by a nerve problem in his forearm, Hutchison hasn't pitched in the majors since elbow surgery in 2012, and Happ missed most of 2013 after being hit in the head by a line drive. Happ dimmed his own chances with an awful spring.
Santana, who has topped the 200-inning mark five times, would have given the Blue Jays valuable depth. Without him, there's more chance they'll need starts from touted but untested youngsters like Kyle Drabek, Sean Nolin, and Marcus Stroman.
Still, a confident Dickey insisted Santana would have been more ''bonus'' than ''necessity'' to Toronto. ''I feel like we have what we need,'' he said.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (BALTIMORE-TORONTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Orioles-Blue Jays Preview* ===========================

By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer

Baltimore (9-10) at Toronto (11-9), 7:07 p.m. EDT

Nelson Cruz is on a tear, and that's especially true at Rogers Centre.

He'll look for another big effort at the plate Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays and try to help the Baltimore Orioles end a seven-game trip above .500.

Cruz is batting .400 with four homers and 14 RBIs over the past six games, getting at least one hit and one RBI in each. He's trying to become the first Orioles player to drive in a run in seven straight games since Mark Reynolds did it from Sept. 15-22, 2012.

He's among baseball's leaders with six homers and 21 RBIs over his first 19 games with Baltimore (10-10) after signing a one-year, free-agent contract in February.

"They welcomed me really well and embraced me, which makes it so much easier for me," Cruz told the team's official website. "I feel like I've been here forever."

Cruz also seems rather comfortable in Toronto (11-10), where he's 6 for 13 with four homers and 10 RBIs in three games. He's driven in eight runs while homering on three of his four hits in the series, connecting for two with five RBIs in Wednesday's 10-8 win.

"We all know what he's capable of," manager Buck Showalter said.

The Blue Jays surely share that sentiment since Cruz's success against them isn't limited to the road. He's accumulated 35 RBIs over his past 23 overall meetings, including a career-best eight in two different matchups while with Texas.

Another strong offensive display may be needed since the Orioles are slated to turn to Bud Norris (0-2, 4.42), who is seeking his first win since Sept. 2 at Cleveland.

The right-hander is 0-4 with a 5.28 ERA in six games - five starts - since, losing all three on the road behind a 6.59 ERA while giving up a .304 average to opposing batters.

Norris' struggles as the visitor continued Saturday when he gave up four runs with seven strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings of a 4-2 defeat at Boston. That came a week after he tossed seven scoreless innings in a 2-1 win in 12 at home against the Blue Jays.

This time, Norris will have to face Jose Reyes, who is 6 for 16 (.375) against him. The star shortstop has five hits in four games since returning from a left hamstring injury suffered on opening day. He's also coming off his first homer of the season, a two-run shot that powered the Jays' six-run second inning Wednesday.

Reyes owns a .342 career average against the Orioles, while Brett Lawrie and Melky Cabrera are also hitting Baltimore hard.

Lawrie is 6 for 13 with seven RBIs in three games against the AL East rival. The third baseman has homered once in each contest after launching a three-run shot among his three hits Wednesday.

Cabrera, meanwhile, is 8 for 22 with three doubles, one homer and three RBIs over the previous four matchups. He's also 3 for 7 with a double off Norris, though Lawrie is 0 for 4 with two walks.

Expected to get the ball for Toronto is Drew Hutchison (1-1, 3.60), who is 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA in three starts against the Orioles and has also held Cruz to one hit in six career at-bats.

The right-hander has tossed 13 consecutive scoreless innings against Baltimore over the past two meetings, including six while yielding four hits in the April 12 loss opposite Norris.

Hutchison followed that up Friday by throwing five scoreless innings before giving up a two-run homer and leaving with one out in the sixth while not getting a decision in a 3-2 victory at Cleveland.


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