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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, August 10, 2007 @Comerica Park

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Oakland Athletics, 55-60, 3rd, 12 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 9-8, 3.71)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-8)            167.1 170  74  69  28  98 11    3.71      
 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         2-4  48    64  28  26   5  18  1    4.88   44 
 2007-08-04    LAA   W   7     8   1   1   2   0  0     105   55 
 2007-07-30    DET   L   6.2   9   5   5   0   5  0     110   41 
 2007-07-25    LAA  ND   6    11   5   5   0   3  0      96   33 
 2007-07-20    BAL   L   5.2  10   6   5   1   3  0     108   29 
 2007-07-14    MIN   L   7.2  10   4   4   1   2  0     106   44 
 2007-07-08    SEA   L   6    12   6   5   0   1  1      92   27 
 2007-07-03    TOR   W   9     4   1   1   1   4  0     122   78 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-2  23    37  21  20   3   9  1    7.83   33 
 2007-07-30    DET   L   6.2   9   5   5   0   5  0     110   41 
 2006-07-22    DET   W   5     9   5   5   0   0  0      83   29 
 2006-07-03    DET   W   7     9   3   3   0   1  1      98   48 
 2006-04-19    DET   L   4.1  10   8   7   3   3  0      88   13 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-30   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  37-42   vsLHP:  18-18   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:12-18   vsWest: 17-21 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Wed, Aug  8  @TEX  W   6-3       55-60  3rd 12.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  7  @TEX  L   6-8       54-60  3rd 13.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  6  @TEX  W   9-7 (13)  54-59  3rd 12.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  5   LAA  L   3-4       53-59  3rd 12.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  4   LAA  W   2-1       53-58  3rd 11.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  3   LAA  W   8-4       52-58  3rd 12.0 gb
109 Thu, Aug  2   LAA  L   4-6       51-58  3rd 13.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  1   DET  W   3-2       51-57  3rd 12.0 gb
107 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   7-3       50-57  3rd 13.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 30   DET  L   2-5       49-57  3rd 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19
Detroit Tigers, 63-51, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Tata (25, RHP, 1-1, 3.75)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-1)             12    11   5   5   6   7  0    3.75      
 2006 (0-0)             14.2  14  11  10   7   6  1    6.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  12    11   5   5   6   7  0    3.75   52 
 2007-08-05    CHW   L   5     5   3   3   4   2  0      79   43 
 2007-07-30    OAK   W   7     6   2   2   2   5  0     106   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-0   7     6   2   2   2   5  0    2.57   60 
 2007-07-30    OAK   W   7     6   2   2   2   5  0     106   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-26   Road:   35-25   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  41-39   vsLHP:  22-12   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:23-23   vsWest: 11-13 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  9   TBD  L   1-8       63-51  2nd  1.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8   TBD  L   1-7       63-50  2nd  0.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7   TBD  W   9-6       63-49  2nd  0.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6   TBD  W   6-4       62-49  2nd  0.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   CHW  L   1-3       61-49  2nd  0.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   CHW  L   5-7       61-48  2nd  0.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   CHW  L   4-7       61-47  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @OAK  L   2-3       61-46  1st  1.0 up
106 Tue, Jul 31  @OAK  L   3-7       61-45  1st  1.0 up
105 Mon, Jul 30  @OAK  W   5-2       61-44  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 OAK  3  DET  2    W:Andrew Brown (1-0), L: Nate Robertson (6-9), S: Alan Embree (12)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 OAK  7  DET  3    W:Danny Haren (13-3), L: Justin Verlander (11-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 DET  5 @OAK  2    W:Jordan Tata (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (8-8), S: Todd Jones (28)

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 DET  8  OAK  4    W:Nate Robertson (9-6), L: Esteban Loaiza (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 OAK  9 @DET  5    W:Joe Blanton (10-8), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 DET  7  OAK  4    W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Danny Haren (6-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 05, 2006 DET 10 @OAK  4    W:Kenny Rogers (11-3), L: Kirk Saarloos (3-5), S: Roman Colon (1)
Tue, Jul 04, 2006 OAK  2  DET  1 (10)   W:Chad Gaudin (1-2), L: Fernando Rodney (4-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 03, 2006 OAK  5  DET  3    W:Joe Blanton (8-7), L: Nate Robertson (8-4), S: Huston Street (19)
Thu, Apr 20, 2006 DET  4 @OAK  3    W:Fernando Rodney (1-0), L: Justin Duchscherer (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - OAK leads 2-1; 2006 - DET won 5-4; 2005 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 962-882

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

NYY  5.95

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.81

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Encarnacion  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Taguchi  .361

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

M. Mora  .463

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

G. Dobbs  .820

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Francis  4.06

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Tata
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 150/104 .222/.324/.389/.713 .798/.674 .863 20/.904 1/2 4/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 307/240 .279/.367/.462/.829 1.013/.776 .884 93/.728 3/1 7/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 301/202 .263/.402/.521/.923 .881/.943 .762 82/.794 0/2 17/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 450/321 .267/.330/.435/.765 .934/.701 .758 117/.824 7/3 15/4
8.Furmaniak G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 353/211 .231/.346/.407/.753 .735/.765 .842 71/.471 0/0 11/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 4/.500 ··· 2/5.000 4/.250 2/.000 209/162 .226/.292/.316/.608 .310/.694 .734 74/.652 1/1 1/2
12.Murphy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 61/40 .236/.311/.455/.766 1.118/.581 .818 55/.855 0/0 2/3
31.Piazza G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 13/.770 ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/133 .287/.333/.388/.721 .731/.716 .894 80/.725 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 223/159 .236/.311/.342/.653 .788/.600 .670 89/.630 1/0 5/9
24.Stewart G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 12/.650 5/.400 8/.750 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 432/298 .298/.360/.399/.759 .755/.761 .823 100/.679 10/1 9/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/71 .238/.330/.363/.693 .488/.764 .833 70/.582 0/0 2/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 465/321 .250/.392/.425/.817 .922/.772 .893 107/.732 2/2 14/1
IP 12.0 27.2 103.1 55.0 47.1 30.2 26.0 30.1 32.1 TOTAL .251/.333/.395/.728 .753/.716 .763 43/16 117/69
ERA-K/9 3.75/5.2 3.25/11.0 4.44/5.1 5.89/6.9 4.56/4.6 4.11/7.9 2.77/4.8 5.04/7.7 3.06/5.9 4.59/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (30-4-3)
 Suzuki (19-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.256 116/.247 450/.263 250/.288 205/.273 146/.264 114/.293 138/.248 131/.252 .272  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/51/0/5
97/5/0/4
17/2/62/3
0/36/40/1
6/0/4/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .792 .787 .759 .786 .699 .741 .754 .781 .683 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.112 41/.834 215/.756 78/.800 114/.727 61/.666 40/.596 58/.822 70/.596 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/.519 75/.762 235/.763 172/.780 91/.664 85/.797 74/.841 80/.751 61/.784 .787
Home 22/1.102 48/.787 165/.887 126/.987 101/.713 81/.853 38/.744 82/.848 63/.566 .787
Last 28d days 51/.792 26/.775 72/.684 70/.714 41/.544 53/.804 43/.840 6/.167 39/.873
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/2/1 15/5/1 5/0/2 2/1/0 3/1/0 1/1/3 5/5/1 1/1/1 121/56/20
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ·X······ ·Xo··X·· ··oo··o· ·X·o··X· ·o·o··X· ···oo··· ·X··oX··
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.63 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
45.Lugo
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 9/1.194 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 377/321 .293/.355/.396/.751 .763/.749 .776 90/.727 2/1 3/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 14/1.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 482/382 .299/.354/.555/.909 .527/1.008 .814 111/.994 14/1 16/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 11/1.155 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 423/326 .310/.374/.517/.891 .992/.871 .932 102/.654 10/6 14/21
24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/19 .179/.273/.286/.559 .517/.596 .350 33/.559 0/0 1/0
20.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 153/89 .267/.296/.342/.638 .735/.571 .647 40/.634 4/1 2/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 11/.626 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 412/312 .242/.319/.394/.713 .829/.677 .711 102/.576 6/1 12/14
27.Monroe G/S/vP 12/1.394 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 364/267 .220/.264/.375/.639 .883/.549 .587 67/.556 0/3 11/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 12/.666 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 478/363 .351/.426/.575/1.001 1.282/.914 1.032 115/.845 2/1 18/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 13/1.461 ··· 4/1.250 6/.167 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 456/335 .348/.389/.470/.859 .812/.877 .934 97/1.021 4/2 7/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 121/105 .284/.325/.394/.719 .842/.700 .579 39/.959 0/0 0/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/32 .358/.393/.623/1.016 .820/1.162 .957 56/.997 2/0 3/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 3/1.667 6/.834 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 375/264 .280/.291/.427/.718 .711/.720 .725 74/.585 0/2 9/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 8/.708 ··· 2/.000 8/1.518 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 460/351 .290/.396/.522/.918 .970/.902 1.029 89/.705 18/4 23/0
IP 167.1 17.0 35.2 52.0 33.2 17.1 32.0 25.2 TOTAL .289/.347/.464/.811 .845/.800 .822 62/23 131/78
ERA-K/9 3.71/5.3 2.12/10.6 5.80/7.3 3.29/7.3 2.94/9.1 9.35/7.8 5.63/3.4 3.16/10.2 3.87/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (17-7-3)
 Rodriguez (39-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 686/.261 62/.169 160/.275 212/.236 139/.206 95/.342 149/.283 106/.202 .253  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Sheffield
 Hessman
 Infante
0/111/0/9
95/0/1/6
0/0/102/3
6/5/7/1
7/0/7/1
1/0/0/0
1/12/6/0
OPS .658 .396 .763 .606 .606 1.040 .807 .567 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 333/.686 29/.421 55/.675 62/.645 56/.630 49/1.024 58/.654 53/.581 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 353/.631 33/.373 105/.808 150/.589 83/.592 46/1.057 91/.907 53/.551 .713
Road 336/.732 24/.212 70/.653 109/.751 83/.740 58/1.082 52/.990 61/.681 .730
Last 28d days 146/.777 62/.396 49/.870 47/.356 63/.842 17/.760 14/.846 37/.767
HR/SB/CS 11/17/4 0/2/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 4/8/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 1/3/2 86/87/22
Usage ·····X·· ···XX··o ···XX··X ·X·X·oo· ·oXo··X· ··XX···· ········ ·o·o·oX·

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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