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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 2:05pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Oakland Athletics, 9-5, 1st, 1 up

SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 1-0, 0.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             13.1   9   1   1   4  13  0    0.68      
 2007 (1-0)              5     8   8   8   5   3  0   14.40      
 2006 (0-3)             27.2  39  25  25  16  32  4    8.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  34.2  41  23  23  16  37  3    5.97   45 
 2008-04-10    TOR  ND   6.1   3   0   0   3   6  0      95   70 
 2008-04-05    CLE   W   7     6   1   1   1   7  0     101   67 
 2007-09-01    COL  ND   2.2   5   5   5   2   2  0      59   28 
 2006-06-02    WSN   L   4     6   5   5   3   5  0      98   32 
 2006-05-28    PHI   L   5     6   4   4   1   4  1      91   42 
 2006-05-23    CIN   L   4.2   8   4   4   2   7  1      92   37 
 2006-05-18    PHI  ND   5     7   4   4   4   6  1     104   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-4    Road:    6-1    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @CHW  W   2-1        9-5   1st  1.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @CLE  L   1-7        8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CLE  W   7-3        8-4   1st  2.0 up
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CLE  W   9-7        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TOR  W   3-2 (12)   6-4   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  W   6-3        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  W   9-8        4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   CLE  L   1-2        3-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-1        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4   CLE  W   6-3        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 9-5    Last 30: 9-5 
Chicago White Sox, 7-5, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 0-1, 8.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              9     9   8   8   5   4  0    8.00      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  30    41  31  28  14  22  6    8.40   37 
 2008-04-09    MIN   L   2.1   7   7   7   3   2  0      69   14 
 2008-04-03    CLE  ND   6.2   2   1   1   2   2  0      87   66 
 2007-09-11    CLE  ND   2.2   3   3   3   4   3  1      76   39 
 2007-08-30    TEX   L   5.2   7   5   2   1   8  1     108   48 
 2007-08-24    BOS   L   3.1   5   5   5   2   0  1      57   28 
 2007-08-18    SEA   L   5     9   4   4   1   2  0      77   34 
 2007-08-12    SEA   L   4.1   8   6   6   1   5  3      87   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-0   6     7   3   1   2   1  1    1.50   49 
 2007-05-22    OAK   W   6     7   3   1   2   1  1     100   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Mon, Apr 14   OAK  L   1-2        7-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13   DET  W  11-0        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Sat, Apr 12   DET  W   7-0        6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Fri, Apr 11   DET  L   2-5        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   MIN  L   5-12       5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   MIN  W   7-4        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @DET  W  13-2        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @DET  W   5-3        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @DET  W   8-5        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CLE  W   2-1        1-2   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 7-5    Last 30: 7-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 OAK  2 @CHW  1        W:Greg Smith (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-1), S: Huston Street (4)

Thu, Aug 16, 2007 OAK  8  CHW  5 (10)   W:Ruddy Lugo , L: Matt Thornton , S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 OAK  3  CHW  2        W:Joe Blanton , L: Mark Buehrle , S: Huston Street 
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 OAK  4  CHW  3        W:Lenny DiNardo , L: Jon Garland , S: Alan Embree 
Wed, May 23, 2007 OAK  4 @CHW  0        W:Chad Gaudin , L: Jon Garland , S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 CHW 10  OAK  4        W:John Danks , L: Colby Lewis , S: none
Mon, May 21, 2007 CHW  8  OAK  5        W:Jose Contreras , L: Joe Blanton , S: Bobby Jenks 
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 CHW  6 @OAK  3        W:David Aardsma , L: Huston Street , S: Bobby Jenks 
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 OAK  2  CHW  1        W:Huston Street , L: Bobby Jenks , S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 CHW  4 @OAK  1        W:Jose Contreras , L: Rich Harden , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 1-0; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 1003-947

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 2008 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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/50 .347/.429/.639/1.067 1.034/1.087 1.333 / 1/0 4/0
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/132 .231/.344/.372/.716 .774/.690 .867 / 1/2 4/5
8.Brown G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.333 7/.286 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.547 ··· 4/.250 397/237 .257/.300/.347/.647 .823/.529 .652 / 12/2 6/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .946 / 4/1 7/0
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/2.250 374/268 .226/.278/.341/.619 .647/.608 .588 / 10/2 8/14
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 507/344 .256/.408/.504/.912 .786/.971 .779 / 0/2 26/4
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 2/2.000 642/470 .276/.336/.441/.777 .984/.704 .806 / 9/4 19/5
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 169/130 .278/.369/.424/.793 1.050/.712 .779 / 1/0 3/3
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 132/85 .220/.290/.441/.731 .968/.595 .770 / 1/0 6/5
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 248/187 .249/.327/.408/.735 .623/.772 .755 / 0/0 7/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.750 289/198 .260/.315/.404/.719 .822/.672 .757 / 0/0 7/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/43 .200/.265/.333/.599 .500/.612 .656 / 0/1 1/0
IP 139.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .243/.330/.358/.688 .669/.703 .736 .688 3/1 6/11
ERA-K/9 5.50/7.1 4.11/12.0 2.77/7.8 3.71/6.4 4.97/6.2 6.80/8.3 7.09/4.8 4.79/8.8 4.16/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (34-5-3)
 Suzuki (29-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.289 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .262  Brown
 Buck
 Sweeney
 Cust
78/0/21/8
18/5/65/3
11/3/0/1
14/0/48/1
OPS .868 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.890 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .838
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 481/.862 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .623
Home 285/.868 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 102/.814 95/.906 131/.867 .663
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/10/1 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 4/7/1
Usage ·····X·· X··X···· ··o····o ··o····X o··o···· o··X·o·· ·X···X·· ·o···X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.92 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Eveland*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
21.Saarloos
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 10/.225 5/.000 3/.666 3/.666 11/.637 5/.400 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· 11/1.182 5/.000 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 8/.661 15/.400 2/.500 8/1.300 6/.334 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 9/.361 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 8/1.875 4/.000 2/.500 12/1.400 10/1.200 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/1.267 8/.858 5/.800 1/no AB 11/.282 6/.333 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 14/.377 19/.993 1/3.000 9/2.611 6/.333 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 10/.700 4/1.000 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17
IP 5.0 41.2 8.1 131.1 68.0 50.2 42.2 50.0 TOTAL .255/.348/.446/.794 .810/.787 .712 .794 1/2 17/5
ERA-K/9 14.40/5.4 4.54/9.3 1.08/7.6 4.11/4.0 3.97/6.8 /0.0 4.44/9.2 7.17/5.7 2.88/11.3 3.35/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (26-3-5)
 Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 28/.364 178/.245 39/.241 555/.278 284/.258 / 219/.224 201/.305 199/.190 .246  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Anderson
 Ozuna
0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .964 .691 .636 .750 .681 .676 .907 .543 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.367 75/.667 13/.762 116/.835 80/.581 / 79/.695 77/.960 97/.702 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.771 103/.709 26/.571 439/.727 204/.720 / 140/.665 124/.874 102/.400 .693
Road 8/.375 85/.720 16/.542 249/.833 143/.788 / 117/.810 81/.986 100/.581 .683
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 13/3/3 5/4/1 // 6/9/0 8/2/0 5/5/2 10/5/3
Usage ····X··· ··X·X·X· ··X·X··· ··X····· o·o·X·X· ····X·o· o··ooX·· X··X·XX·

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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