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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 12, 2007 @Comerica Park

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Oakland Athletics, 56-61, 3rd, 13 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (23, LHP, 1-6, 5.12)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-6)             51    55  34  29  17  41  6    5.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  36.2  41  26  21  13  27  1    5.15   45 
 2007-08-06    TEX  ND   5     6   3   2   1   7  0      96   51 
 2007-08-01    DET  ND   5.1   4   2   2   2   3  0      92   53 
 2007-07-27    SEA   L   4     7   7   4   2   3  1      93   27 
 2007-07-22    BAL   L   7     4   1   1   4   3  0     104   64 
 2007-07-16    TEX   L   6     8   4   4   2   7  0     107   45 
 2007-05-17    KCR   L   5.1   6   5   5   1   1  0      95   36 
 2007-05-12    CLE   L   4     6   4   3   1   3  0      83   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-0   5.1   4   2   2   2   3  0    3.38   53 
 2007-08-01    DET  ND   5.1   4   2   2   2   3  0      92   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-30   Road:   27-31   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  38-43   vsLHP:  18-18   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest: 17-21 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug 11  @DET  L   2-5       56-61  3rd 13.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 10  @DET  W  16-10      56-60  3rd 12.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Detroit Tigers, 64-52, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (29, LHP, 6-9, 4.94)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-9)            114.2 141  66  63  38  75 14    4.94      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
 2005 (7-16)           196.2 202 113  98  65 122 28    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  43.2  52  26  25  12  37  5    5.15   47 
 2007-08-07    TBD  ND   7.2   9   3   3   0   9  1      96   58 
 2007-08-01    OAK   L   6     9   3   3   1   2  1      96   43 
 2007-07-27    LAA   L   5.2  10   8   8   2   6  0     109   21 
 2007-07-22    KCR   L   6    11   5   4   1   5  1      96   36 
 2007-07-17    MIN   W   7     3   0   0   2   5  0     102   74 
 2007-07-08    BOS   W   6.1   4   4   4   4   2  2     107   47 
 2007-07-03    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   8  0     108   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-3  34    32  20  20   8  16  6    5.29   49 
 2007-08-01    OAK   L   6     9   3   3   1   2  1      96   43 
 2006-07-23    OAK   W   7     5   4   4   0   3  2      87   54 
 2006-07-03    OAK   L   7     7   5   5   4   3  1     108   42 
 2005-08-23    OAK   W   8     2   1   1   2   6  0     116   78 
 2005-07-30    OAK   L   6     9   7   7   1   2  2      87   27 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-27   Road:   35-25   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  42-40   vsLHP:  22-12   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:23-23   vsWest: 12-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug 11   OAK  W   5-2       64-52  2nd  0.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   OAK  L  10-16      63-52  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 DET  5  OAK  2    W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Danny Haren (13-4), S: Todd Jones (31)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 OAK 16 @DET 10    W:Ruddy Lugo (3-0), L: Macay McBride (1-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2007 - OAK leads 3-2; 2006 - DET won 5-4; 2005 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 963-883

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  5.99

NYM  4.66

WSN  3.90

RA/G

SDP  3.88

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.09

BA

M. Ordonez  .355

R. Winn  .292

R. Langerhans  .155

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Hermida  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .661

M. Reynolds  .464

N. Punto  .269

OPS

B. Bonds  1.087

X. Nady  .820

R. Langerhans  .543

ERA

C. Young  2.02

J. Blanton  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

J. Guthrie  6.31

A. Cook  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
36.De La Cruz
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
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 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 150/104 .222/.324/.389/.713 .798/.674 .863 16/1.169 1/2 4/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 318/250 .289/.380/.478/.858 1.022/.812 .945 100/.861 3/1 7/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 310/208 .265/.400/.530/.930 .911/.939 .787 79/.918 0/2 18/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 15/.866 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 ··· 459/329 .263/.326/.430/.756 .925/.692 .742 115/.841 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 9/.361 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 353/211 .231/.346/.407/.753 .735/.765 .842 59/.421 0/0 11/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.417 4/.500 ··· 4/2.667 4/.250 2/.000 218/170 .217/.284/.303/.587 .303/.669 .684 76/.580 1/1 1/2
12.Murphy G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 70/48 .250/.314/.500/.814 1.064/.701 .881 64/.896 1/0 3/3
31.Piazza G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 13/.770 ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/134 .285/.332/.385/.717 .731/.710 .885 81/.716 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 12/.933 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 232/167 .237/.312/.343/.655 .775/.609 .673 98/.638 1/0 5/10
24.Stewart G/S/vP 22/.642 1/no AB ··· 12/.650 6/.334 8/.750 ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 443/308 .301/.364/.403/.767 .760/.771 .835 102/.733 10/1 9/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 103/78 .239/.324/.375/.699 .467/.775 .822 75/.630 0/0 2/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 16/.259 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 476/331 .248/.392/.420/.812 .925/.763 .879 106/.746 2/2 14/1
IP 114.2 27.2 6.2 103.1 56.1 48.1 13.1 28.2 32.1 32.2 TOTAL .252/.333/.397/.730 .753/.720 .766 44/16 119/70
ERA-K/9 4.94/5.9 3.25/11.0 6.75/6.7 4.44/5.1 5.91/7.0 4.47/4.5 4.05/3.4 3.77/5.0 4.73/8.1 3.03/6.1 4.68/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.305 126/.257 32/.357 450/.263 258/.292 208/.268 56/.250 128/.304 144/.236 136/.250 .273  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/53/0/5
99/5/0/4
17/2/64/3
0/36/40/1
6/0/4/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .828 .796 .974 .759 .804 .688 .675 .770 .746 .671 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.701 45/.826 15/.733 215/.756 81/.828 116/.713 25/.710 45/.603 61/.778 71/.588 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 394/.867 81/.778 17/1.159 235/.763 177/.794 92/.656 31/.647 83/.859 83/.721 65/.765 .787
Home 320/.813 58/.808 23/1.302 165/.887 134/1.009 104/.692 30/.773 52/.786 88/.786 68/.553 .794
Last 28d days 143/.848 36/.810 / 63/.756 75/.812 39/.468 2/.000 56/.869 12/.083 41/.823
HR/SB/CS 14/4/3 3/2/1 1/0/0 15/5/1 5/0/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/3 5/5/1 1/1/1 124/58/20
Usage ····X··· ··X·o·X· ········ ···X···· ·X·Xo··X o···oo·· o······· ·X·o·o·· Xo···oo· o·oX··oX
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.66 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Braden*
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 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 9/1.194 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 386/330 .292/.355/.393/.748 .763/.745 .767 90/.706 2/1 3/2
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.833 ··· 4/.000 492/391 .299/.353/.554/.907 .520/1.005 .814 110/.924 14/1 16/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 435/336 .307/.370/.510/.880 .968/.864 .907 102/.651 10/6 14/21
20.Infante G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 161/95 .263/.294/.336/.630 .734/.559 .627 40/.737 4/1 2/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 416/316 .242/.319/.398/.717 .829/.682 .718 94/.592 6/1 12/14
27.Monroe G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 367/268 .221/.265/.375/.640 .864/.555 .588 65/.585 0/3 11/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 490/372 .355/.427/.584/1.011 1.245/.940 1.054 115/.972 2/1 19/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 4/1.250 6/.167 1/no AB 4/.583 ··· 3/.666 465/341 .347/.388/.470/.858 .817/.873 .927 102/1.006 4/2 7/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 125/109 .274/.314/.381/.695 .842/.672 .537 41/.906 0/0 0/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/36 .333/.365/.567/.932 .726/1.086 .800 58/.904 2/0 3/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 6/.834 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 383/270 .279/.290/.426/.716 .699/.722 .719 72/.490 0/2 9/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 8/1.518 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 473/361 .289/.393/.522/.915 .960/.901 1.015 88/.649 18/4 24/0
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 177/109 .265/.305/.548/.853 .876/.838 .968 24/1.114 2/1 13/1
IP 51.0 19.0 35.2 52.0 35.0 19.1 32.1 26.2 TOTAL .288/.346/.465/.811 .834/.802 .821 64/23 135/79
ERA-K/9 5.12/7.2 1.89/10.4 5.80/7.3 3.29/7.3 3.34/9.0 8.84/7.0 5.57/3.3 3.04/10.1 3.94/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (18-7-3)
 Rodriguez (40-13-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.275 68/.154 160/.275 212/.236 146/.220 105/.338 150/.281 109/.196 .254  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Raburn
 Infante
 Thames
0/113/0/9
96/0/1/6
0/0/105/3
7/0/7/1
6/6/7/1
1/12/6/0
17/0/9/0
OPS .778 .360 .763 .606 .637 1.046 .802 .551 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.479 33/.370 55/.675 62/.645 58/.644 53/1.061 59/.643 53/.581 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.857 35/.352 105/.808 150/.589 88/.633 52/1.032 91/.907 56/.520 .721
Road 84/.762 30/.169 70/.653 109/.751 90/.779 68/1.085 53/.970 64/.647 .736
Last 28d days 120/.712 66/.372 43/.795 45/.327 66/.909 27/.885 13/.658 40/.705
HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 0/2/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 4/8/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 1/3/2 90/87/22
Usage ·····X·· ·X···XX· ·····XX· ···X·X·o X··oXo·· ·X··XX·· o······· ·o·o·o·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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