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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, September 2, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Detroit Tigers, 73-63, 2nd, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (29, LHP, 7-11, 5.04)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-11)           139.1 166  81  78  49  93 17    5.04      
 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         1-4  44    53  29  29  14  35  5    5.93   44 
 2007-08-28    KCR   L   4.1   6   6   6   4   2  1      92   25 
 2007-08-23    CLE  ND   8.2   4   0   0   0   3  0      91   79 
 2007-08-17    NYY   L   6    10   5   5   2   7  1     109   37 
 2007-08-12    OAK   W   5.2   5   4   4   5   6  1     105   44 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      3-2  33.2  28  17  17  12  20  5    4.54   52 
 2007-08-12    OAK   W   5.2   5   4   4   5   6  1     105   44 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-31   Road:   39-32   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  49-50   vsLHP:  24-13   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 14-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Sep  1  @OAK  W   6-1       73-63  2nd  5.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31  @OAK  L   4-5 (10)  72-63  2nd  5.5 gb
134 Thu, Aug 30  @KCR  W   6-1       72-62  2nd  4.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29  @KCR  L   0-5       71-62  2nd  4.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28  @KCR  L   3-6       71-61  2nd  3.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 27   NYY  W  16-0       71-60  2nd  2.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   NYY  W   5-4       70-60  2nd  2.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   NYY  L   2-7       69-60  2nd  2.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   NYY  W   9-6 (11)  69-59  2nd  1.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 23   CLE  L   1-3 (10)  68-59  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Oakland Athletics, 67-70, 3rd, 14 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (23, LHP, 1-7, 6.32)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-7)             52.2  62  42  37  18  42  8    6.32      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  34.1  42  30  26  13  25  3    6.82   41 
 2007-08-12    DET   L   1.2   7   8   8   1   1  2      49    9 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1   7    11  10  10   3   4  2   12.86   31 
 2007-08-12    DET   L   1.2   7   8   8   1   1  2      49    9 
 2007-08-01    DET  ND   5.1   4   2   2   2   3  0      92   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-35   Road:   32-35   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  48-49   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  22-19
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:19-23   vsWest: 17-21 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sat, Sep  1   DET  L   1-6       67-70  3rd 14.0 gb
136 Fri, Aug 31   DET  W   5-4 (10)  67-69  3rd 14.0 gb
135 Wed, Aug 29   TOR  W   5-4 (11)  66-69  3rd 14.0 gb
134 Tue, Aug 28   TOR  L   4-5       65-69  3rd 14.0 gb
133 Mon, Aug 27   TOR  L   2-6 (12)  65-68  3rd 13.0 gb
132 Sun, Aug 26  @TBD  L   4-7       65-67  3rd 12.0 gb
131 Sat, Aug 25  @TBD  L   3-14      65-66  3rd 11.0 gb
130 Fri, Aug 24  @TBD  L   2-12      65-65  3rd 11.0 gb
129 Thu, Aug 23  @TBD  W  12-2       65-64  3rd 10.0 gb
128 Wed, Aug 22  @TOR  W   4-1       64-64  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 DET  6 @OAK  1    W:Justin Verlander (15-5), L: Danny Haren (14-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 OAK  5  DET  4 (10)   W:Huston Street (3-2), L: Joel Zumaya (1-3), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 OAK  7 @DET  2    W:Chad Gaudin (9-8), L: Chad Durbin (7-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 DET 11  OAK  6    W:Nate Robertson (7-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-7), S: none
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
Season Series: 2007 - OAK leads 5-4; 2006 - DET won 5-4; 2005 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 965-885

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  5.88

BAL  4.61

WSN  3.96

RA/G

SDP  3.95

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.93

BA

J. Keppinger  .358

N. Markakis  .293

J. LaRue  .140

OBP

B. Bonds  .484

J. Varitek  .361

J. LaRue  .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .639

C. Crawford  .469

N. Punto  .254

OPS

B. Bonds  1.061

M. Lamb  .827

J. LaRue  .507

ERA

J. Peavy  2.10

C. Zambrano  4.06

A. Eaton  6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

D. Lowe  6.38

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.54 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.47 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
46.Lewis
G/S/vB
45.Lugo
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 9/1.194 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 445/381 .283/.339/.378/.718 .829/.699 .714 83/.603 2/2 3/2
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.833 3/.000 4/.000 579/461 .299/.355/.554/.910 .482/1.018 .975 115/.903 17/1 19/5
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 3/.333 4/.250 15/.897 6/.167 1/.000 2/1.000 524/413 .301/.361/.519/.880 .989/.859 .824 119/.847 11/7 19/23
24.Hessman G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/19 .179/.273/.286/.558 .516/.596 .675 4/.000 0/0 1/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 6/.334 2/2.000 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 3/.000 488/375 .237/.315/.379/.695 .860/.646 .665 90/.577 8/2 12/15
4.Maybin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/31 .176/.243/.353/.596 .000/.719 .503 37/.596 2/0 1/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 4/3.417 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 3/.667 7/1.143 5/.900 1/.000 4/.000 581/450 .357/.428/.596/1.024 1.261/.957 .954 121/1.141 4/1 26/1
19.Perez* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 27/26 .375/.444/.542/.986 2.000/.945 1.119 19/1.232 1/0 0/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 5/1.000 7/.786 1/no AB ··· 5/.733 1/no AB 4/.500 531/398 .343/.389/.466/.856 .840/.861 .817 93/.884 5/3 8/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/132 .265/.308/.360/.669 .745/.658 .824 37/.472 0/0 0/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 112/69 .320/.360/.515/.875 .859/.883 .912 70/.744 2/0 3/1
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 6/.834 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 442/320 .274/.288/.415/.703 .721/.696 .715 75/.608 1/2 10/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 23/21 .300/.364/.300/.664 /.600 .667 23/.664 0/0 0/0
33.Thames G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 239/163 .242/.276/.485/.761 .849/.719 .661 74/.660 2/1 15/2
IP 52.2 29.0 40.2 61.2 43.2 25.2 32.2 39.2 38.2 TOTAL .285/.343/.460/.803 .840/.791 .790 79/27 155/86
ERA-K/9 6.32/7.2 4.34/10.2 5.75/6.9 3.65/7.3 4.12/9.1 8.06/4.6 6.34/6.1 6.81/4.1 3.49/11.9 4.10/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (24-8-3)
 Rodriguez (45-16-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.292 116/.231 185/.293 256/.251 185/.224 122/.318 162/.281 189/.300 154/.197 .257  Granderson
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Thames
 Hessman
 Perez
 Maybin
1/133/0/10
0/0/121/3
6/10/10/1
26/0/9/1
1/0/0/0
4/0/2/0
9/1/0/0
OPS .830 .609 .819 .655 .662 .894 .876 .811 .567 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.479 53/.623 61/.708 71/.659 68/.669 36/1.237 78/.916 75/.696 73/.757 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.917 63/.597 124/.870 185/.654 117/.658 86/.752 84/.840 114/.889 81/.406 .720
Home 138/.787 64/.630 96/.832 132/.582 83/.407 55/.756 67/.817 109/.726 75/.491 .683
Last 28d days 37/.991 68/.707 36/1.194 57/.888 58/.862 / 84/.676 40/.825 57/.571
HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 0/3/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 5/8/0 5/1/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 4/3/2 113/93/25
Usage ········ o···Xo·X ·······o ·o·o·XX· X··Xo··X ········ o··X·X·· ·······X ·X·X·XX·
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
40.Bazardo
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
41.Capellan
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bowen# G/S/vP 6/.750 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 166/116 .239/.348/.391/.739 .832/.698 .521 21/1.486 1/2 4/5
18.Brown* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 2/2.000 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 397/271 .269/.406/.541/.947 .822/1.003 1.077 111/1.034 0/2 23/3
37.Davanon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 83/73 .200/.301/.271/.573 .944/.520 .700 50/.595 1/1 0/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 18/.889 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.834 4/.500 ··· 5/.700 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 541/396 .262/.319/.422/.741 .950/.669 .732 113/.727 8/3 16/4
8.Furmaniak G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/14 .200/.368/.267/.635 .900/.539 .000 18/.675 0/0 0/1
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/58 .259/.386/.483/.868 1.235/.784 .692 71/.868 1/0 3/1
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 12/.531 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/1.000 412/260 .232/.347/.414/.762 .761/.762 .685 78/.753 0/0 14/4
4.Melhuse# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .481 12/.000 0/0 1/0
31.Piazza G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.333 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 3/.000 13/.770 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 267/192 .278/.315/.413/.727 .681/.744 .610 93/.697 0/0 6/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 15/1.467 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 5/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 297/222 .256/.328/.376/.704 .882/.647 .680 92/.826 1/1 7/13
24.Stewart G/S/vP 25/.558 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 15/.900 9/.444 10/.600 2/2.000 6/.750 1/.000 1/.000 523/369 .284/.347/.387/.734 .722/.739 .655 109/.641 10/1 10/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 4/1.750 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/129 .259/.337/.434/.771 .649/.808 .650 83/.863 0/0 5/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 18/.347 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 560/394 .263/.392/.445/.837 .924/.801 .787 117/.847 2/2 17/4
IP 139.1 7.0 35.1 21.1 119.0 69.2 53.1 42.0 40.1 39.2 21.1 TOTAL .254/.334/.404/.738 .767/.728 .704 47/17 144/79
ERA-K/9 5.04/6.0 2.57/7.7 3.82/10.5 4.22/7.2 4.76/4.9 4.91/6.7 4.39/4.6 3.21/6.2 3.79/9.4 2.72/6.8 4.64/8.0 4.68/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (31-5-3)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Suzuki (24-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.299 30/.214 162/.252 93/.241 522/.265 311/.272 229/.271 181/.275 173/.216 165/.241 96/.225 .270  Stewart
 Swisher
 Davanon
 Brown
 Furmaniak
 Cust
 Scutaro
117/6/0/4
0/41/48/2
2/12/7/1
2/0/4/0
1/0/1/0
13/0/25/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .820 .662 .766 .721 .770 .743 .693 .711 .680 .653 .687 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.770 11/1.091 62/.831 25/.741 254/.768 106/.739 129/.711 69/.511 78/.688 88/.567 35/1.096 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 463/.837 19/.393 100/.725 68/.713 268/.773 205/.744 100/.668 112/.835 95/.674 77/.756 61/.455 .778
Road 244/.884 12/.917 87/.726 33/.641 310/.704 151/.528 119/.713 106/.715 75/.608 82/.807 40/.890 .764
Last 28d days 137/.771 12/.523 55/.672 / 93/.843 72/.697 31/.558 72/.643 41/.279 42/.611 19/.780
HR/SB/CS 17/6/4 1/0/0 3/2/1 4/3/0 19/5/1 5/1/2 2/1/0 2/3/3 5/6/1 1/1/1 2/2/0 145/69/24
Usage ····X··· ········ ·o·o···o ········ ·o····X· ·X··X··X o·····o· X··X·X·· ·Xoo···· o··X··X· ·oo···X·

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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