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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, June 28, 2007 @Jacobs Field

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Oakland Athletics, 40-37, 3rd, 8 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.19)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-4)            113   100  43  40  22  77 10    3.19      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
 2005 (12-12)          201.1 178  86  79  67 116 23    3.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  50.2  45  19  17   8  28  4    3.02   58 
 2007-06-23    NYM  ND   8     5   0   0   1   6  0     107   77 
 2007-06-18    CIN   W   8     7   1   1   0   5  0     106   69 
 2007-06-13    HOU   W   7     8   3   3   1   3  0      98   51 
 2007-06-07    BOS   L   7.1   4   1   1   3   2  1     122   65 
 2007-06-02    MIN   W   9     3   0   0   0   6  0     108   87 
 2007-05-27    BAL   L   6    10   8   8   1   2  3     110   21 
 2007-05-21    CHW   L   5.1   8   6   4   2   4  0     100   34 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  19    18   9   9   7  15  3    4.26   52 
 2007-05-11    CLE   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1      99   64 
 2006-06-07    CLE   L   5    10   6   6   3   3  2      98   23 
 2005-07-26    CLE   L   7     3   1   1   4   7  0     103   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-18   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  26-26   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:10-12   vsWest:  8-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jun 27  @CLE  W  13-7       40-37  3rd  8.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 26  @CLE  L   5-8       39-37  3rd  9.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 25  @CLE  L   2-5       39-36  3rd  9.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 24  @NYM  L   2-10      39-35  3rd  9.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 23  @NYM  L   0-1       39-34  2nd  8.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 22  @NYM  L   1-9       39-33  2nd  7.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 20   CIN  W   5-3       39-32  2nd  6.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 19   CIN  L   2-5       38-32  2nd  6.0 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 18   CIN  W   6-1       38-31  2nd  6.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 17   STL  L   6-10      37-31  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Cleveland Indians, 45-32, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 6-3, 4.74)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-3)             79.2 110  45  42   5  46 12    4.74      
 2006 (10-9)           179   232 120  97  38  88 26    4.88      
 2005 (12-11)          204.1 216  95  85  28 102 22    3.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41    65  28  27   2  23  6    5.93   40 
 2007-06-23    WSN  ND   6.2   7   3   3   1   4  0      94   51 
 2007-06-16    ATL   L   5    10   5   5   0   7  0      95   34 
 2007-06-11    SEA  ND   4    11   7   7   0   0  3      66   12 
 2007-06-06    KCR   L   6    10   4   4   1   4  1      96   39 
 2007-05-30    BOS   W   6     9   2   1   0   1  0      77   49 
 2007-05-25    DET   W   6.1   9   4   4   0   4  1      73   43 
 2007-05-20    CIN   W   7     9   3   3   0   3  1      82   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  32    35  13  11   3  16  5    3.09   53 
 2006-06-07    OAK   W   7     8   2   2   1   4  0     105   56 
 2006-05-03    OAK   W   7     7   3   3   1   3  1      95   53 
 2005-09-28    OAK   L   6     6   5   3   1   3  2     100   46 
 2005-08-11    OAK  ND   6     8   0   0   0   2  0     104   58 
 2005-07-20    OAK   L   6     6   3   3   0   4  2     102   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-12   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  31-22   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:17-7    vsWest:  9-7  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jun 27   OAK  L   7-13      45-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 26   OAK  W   8-5       45-31  1st    Tied
 75 Mon, Jun 25   OAK  W   5-2       44-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 24  @WSN  L   1-3       43-31  2nd  2.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 23  @WSN  W   4-3       43-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 22  @WSN  L   1-4       42-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 20   PHI  W  10-6       42-29  1st    Tied
 70 Tue, Jun 19   PHI  L   6-9       41-29  1st    Tied
 69 Mon, Jun 18   PHI  W  10-1       41-28  1st  1.0 up
 68 Sun, Jun 17   ATL  W   5-2       40-28  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 OAK 13 @CLE  7    W:Lenny DiNardo (3-4), L: Fausto Carmona (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 CLE  8  OAK  5    W:Rafael Betancourt (1-0), L: Alan Embree (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 CLE  5  OAK  2    W:C.C. Sabathia (11-2), L: Chad Gaudin (6-3), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 OAK 10  CLE  7    W:Jay Witasick (1-0), L: Joe Borowski (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 CLE  6 @OAK  3    W:Fausto Carmona (4-1), L: Dallas Braden (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (12)
Fri, May 11, 2007 OAK  8  CLE  2    W:Joe Blanton (4-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (5-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 21, 2006 OAK  7  CLE  4    W:Chad Gaudin (3-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (11-11), S: Huston Street (36)
Wed, Sep 20, 2006 OAK  4  CLE  3    W:Esteban Loaiza (11-8), L: Fernando Cabrera (3-3), S: Huston Street (35)
Tue, Sep 19, 2006 OAK  7  CLE  3    W:Chad Gaudin (2-2), L: Cliff Lee (12-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 18, 2006 CLE  7 @OAK  2    W:Jake Westbrook (13-10), L: Danny Haren (14-12), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; 2005 - CLE won 6-3; All-Time - CLE leads 995-867

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 2007 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET  6.05

COL  4.60

WSN  3.77

RA/G

SDP  3.36

CHW  4.73

TBD  6.03

BA

M. Ordonez  .377

S. Hatteberg  .284

D. Navarro  .188

OBP

B. Bonds  .504

S. Spiezio  .358

D. Navarro  .252

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .694

G. Matthews  .452

A. Kennedy  .258

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.123

J. Willingham  .810

J. Kendall  .513

ERA

D. Haren  1.91

T. Glavine  4.12

V. Padilla  6.69

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.85

J. Blanton  6.13

A. Cook  2.86

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
56.Cabrera
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/166 .283/.385/.489/.874 1.152/.790 1.004 73/.808 1/1 6/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 21/.952 4/3.333 1/2.000 2/2.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/.500 315/200 .243/.305/.444/.749 .700/.777 .668 100/.892 4/2 12/6
7.Crosby G/S/vP 12/.916 5/.900 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 292/203 .234/.284/.352/.636 .730/.595 .619 99/.517 7/2 6/10
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 172/110 .273/.407/.612/1.019 1.000/1.025 .825 77/1.015 0/2 13/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 16/.679 4/1.750 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 288/202 .275/.348/.431/.779 .881/.740 .730 100/.992 6/2 8/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 11/.546 4/1.500 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 238/141 .254/.366/.416/.782 .790/.776 .903 98/.551 0/0 6/3
18.Kendall G/S/vP 43/.875 5/.200 13/.924 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 266/186 .215/.254/.259/.513 .350/.583 .577 86/.683 3/1 1/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 29/1.328 2/3.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 97/72 .233/.289/.344/.633 .247/.766 .650 97/.633 0/0 1/0
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 125/87 .241/.290/.371/.661 .751/.622 .703 38/.757 1/0 4/3
24.Stewart G/S/vP 24/.485 11/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 282/191 .292/.363/.395/.758 .779/.748 .833 57/.960 6/0 6/3
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .385/.429/.923/1.352 .333/1.546 1.262 14/1.352 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 14/.929 4/.750 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 316/216 .280/.410/.461/.871 .971/.825 .976 112/.688 1/1 10/0
IP 79.2 33.1 28.0 28.1 31.0 6.1 20.2 TOTAL .256/.336/.403/.739 .761/.729 .761 31/12 80/43
ERA-K/9 4.74/5.2 1.35/8.6 6.11/8.0 4.76/11.1 5.23/8.1 5.68/8.6 0.87/10.9 4.50/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (51-13-6)
 Suzuki (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.323 120/.181 126/.310 129/.257 143/.281 26/.240 82/.169 .276  Buck
 Stewart
 Kotsay
 Cust
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Kendall
14/0/43/2
61/5/0/2
0/23/0/2
6/0/4/0
0/24/26/0
6/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .839 .459 .805 .823 .784 .669 .480 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.880 43/.622 64/.732 57/1.103 55/.730 12/.606 30/.312 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.798 77/.369 62/.881 72/.627 88/.815 14/.714 52/.575 .752
Home 188/.898 51/.451 53/.667 85/.700 70/.822 16/.521 50/.479 .749
Last 28d days 105/.949 40/.361 38/.921 38/.736 55/1.071 9/.778 62/.469
HR/SB/CS 12/8/0 1/0/2 3/3/1 6/4/2 3/2/1 1/1/0 2/1/1 83/53/18
Usage ····X··· ·o·····X ····o··· ·····X·· ·o·oo··X X······· ·X··o··o
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
47.Flores*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
40.Harden
G/S/vB
46.Lewis
G/S/vB
45.Lugo
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 289/211 .263/.286/.350/.636 .598/.650 .668 102/.668 6/3 2/10
1.Blake G/S/vP 9/.111 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 10/.200 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 329/228 .273/.360/.465/.825 .906/.790 .788 113/.770 2/3 11/6
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/3.333 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 241/164 .292/.361/.463/.824 .771/.849 .796 78/.599 0/1 9/2
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 58/30 .273/.310/.491/.801 .913/.696 .903 53/.841 2/0 4/0
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 6/.167 7/1.572 2/1.000 1/.000 9/2.167 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 326/206 .259/.400/.448/.848 .832/.857 .833 96/.737 1/0 12/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.777 10/1.389 2/3.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 305/187 .315/.377/.530/.907 .925/.896 .897 113/.946 0/0 14/2
8.Michaels G/S/vP 6/1.467 5/2.133 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 159/75 .303/.354/.469/.823 .912/.728 .902 59/.980 1/3 5/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 9/.583 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 238/186 .239/.332/.327/.659 .577/.682 .630 70/.490 0/0 2/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.444 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 318/234 .283/.360/.480/.840 .941/.804 1.041 112/.809 3/2 13/12
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 55/46 .122/.204/.143/.347 .000/.419 .347 14/.237 1/0 0/1
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/55 .382/.455/.676/1.131 1.441/1.024 1.163 19/1.415 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 9/.958 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 361/240 .281/.396/.470/.866 .716/.944 .950 121/.883 22/2 13/2
IP 113.0 36.0 15.0 15.2 21.0 19.0 12.1 26.2 TOTAL .272/.352/.438/.790 .798/.786 .828 40/16 94/47
ERA-K/9 3.19/6.1 4.25/7.0 2.40/7.8 0.57/10.3 1.29/10.3 9.95/3.3 13.14/7.3 5.74/3.4 3.58/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (37-15-2)
 Shoppach (16-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 452/.235 153/.270 63/.200 60/.164 77/.183 90/.350 73/.386 124/.290 .245  Nixon
 Blake
 Michaels
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Gutierrez
0/0/58/3
0/0/7/2
37/1/19/2
0/76/0/1
1/0/1/0
4/3/19/0
OPS .621 .669 .647 .433 .543 .979 1.146 .818 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.619 51/.766 21/.348 20/.368 41/.815 29/1.501 41/1.146 51/.617 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.622 102/.620 42/.801 40/.462 36/.230 61/.736 32/1.143 73/.959 .687
Road 248/.720 79/.791 41/.823 38/.520 31/.264 61/1.035 36/1.321 47/1.034 .711
Last 28d days 145/.485 60/.640 46/.865 60/.433 6/.000 57/.847 12/1.383 30/1.065
HR/SB/CS 10/10/2 2/2/1 1/0/0 0/3/0 2/1/1 4/0/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 61/57/16
Usage ····X··· ·XX····X ···X·X·· XX··o··· ··X··o·· X··X·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.

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