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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Oakland Athletics, 45-39, 2nd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Duchscherer (30, RHP, 8-5, 1.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-5)             85    59  23  18  19  55  4    1.91      
 2007 (3-3)             16.1  18   9   9   8  13  3    4.96      
 2006 (2-1)             55.2  52  18  18   9  51  4    2.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  51.1  28   8   8  10  29  2    1.40   68 
 2008-06-28    SFG   L   8     2   1   1   1   4  0      95   77 
 2008-06-22    FLA   W   7.2   6   1   1   2   3  1     105   64 
 2008-06-17   @ARI   W   8     5   1   1   0   6  0      94   74 
 2008-06-11    NYY   W   7     5   1   1   1   4  1      98   66 
 2008-06-04    DET   W   6.2   3   2   2   5   3  0      96   58 
 2008-05-30   @TEX   L   6     6   2   2   1   5  0     101   56 
 2008-05-24    BOS   W   8     1   0   0   0   4  0     101   84 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-21   Road:   18-18   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  30-24   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  9-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @LAA  L   4-7       45-39  2nd  5.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @LAA  L   3-5       45-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @LAA  W   6-1       45-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   SFG  L   1-11      44-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   SFG  L   0-1       44-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   SFG  W   4-1       44-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26   PHI  W   5-0       43-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   PHI  L   0-4       42-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   PHI  W   5-2       42-34  2nd  5.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   FLA  W   7-1       41-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 49-35, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 7-6, 4.49)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-6)            106.1 116  55  53  32 104 13    4.49      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.2  52  29  28  19  39  9    6.20   43 
 2008-06-28    CHC  ND   4.1   9   5   5   3   7  0     105   29 
 2008-06-22   @CHC   L   6     5   5   4   5   4  2     109   43 
 2008-06-17    PIT   W   6     5   5   5   2   3  1     113   43 
 2008-06-11   @DET   L   6    10   5   5   3   9  1     111   38 
 2008-06-06    MIN   W   5.1   9   4   4   2   4  2     109   36 
 2008-05-31   @TBR   L   7     5   2   2   2  10  1     108   67 
 2008-05-26   @CLE  ND   6     9   3   3   2   2  2     103   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-2  30    29  22  22  16  20  6    6.60   43 
 2007-08-16   @OAK  ND   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     109   43 
 2006-09-16   @OAK  ND   6     5   3   3   2   5  1      98   53 
 2006-05-23    OAK   W   6     6   3   3   4   3  1     109   47 
 2004-05-06   @OAK   L   5.2   6   7   7   4   4  1     101   29 
 2003-06-15   @OAK   L   6.1   5   5   5   4   5  2     112   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-11   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  30-23   vsLHP:  19-12   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:24-11   vsWest:  6-6  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  2   CLE  W   6-5 (10)  49-35  1st  2.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  1   CLE  W   3-2 (10)  48-35  1st  2.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30   CLE  W   9-7       47-35  1st  2.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29   CHC  W   5-1       46-35  1st  1.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28   CHC  W   6-5       45-35  1st  1.5 up
 80 Fri, Jun 27   CHC  W  10-3       44-35  1st  0.5 up
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @LAD  W   2-0       43-35  1st  0.5 up
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @LAD  L   0-5       42-35  1st  0.5 up
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @LAD  W   6-1       42-34  1st  1.5 up
 76 Sun, Jun 22  @CHC  L   1-7       41-34  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  1        W:John Danks (1-1), L: Dana Eveland (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (5)
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 (4-0), L: Matt Thornton (3-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 OAK  3  CHW  2        W:Joe Blanton (10-8), L: Mark Buehrle (9-8), S: Huston Street (10)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 OAK  4  CHW  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (7-6), L: Jon Garland (8-8), S: Alan Embree (15)
Wed, May 23, 2007 OAK  4 @CHW  0        W:Chad Gaudin (4-1), L: Jon Garland (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 CHW 10  OAK  4        W:John Danks (3-4), L: Colby Lewis (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2007 CHW  8  OAK  5        W:Jose Contreras (4-4), L: Joe Blanton (4-2), S: Bobby Jenks (14)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 CHW  6 @OAK  3        W:David Aardsma (1-0), L: Huston Street (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 OAK  2  CHW  1        W:Huston Street (1-0), L: Bobby Jenks (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 1004-947

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.44

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.70

MIL  4.54

TEX  5.67

BA

C. Jones  .391

J. Votto  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .486

F. Lewis  .359

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .685

B. Hawpe  .458

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.131

T. Wigginton  .811

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

G. Maddux  4.04

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Bankston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 299/220 .226/.326/.319/.645 .843/.571 .601 76/.520 0/1 3/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/29 .220/.273/.293/.565 .619/.538 .488 12/.450 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 18/.778 3/.333 8/.268 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 273/181 .239/.282/.365/.647 .712/.613 .575 36/.495 4/1 6/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 360/258 .260/.317/.375/.691 .715/.682 .669 99/.637 5/3 4/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 317/221 .231/.382/.418/.800 .736/.828 .719 98/.686 0/0 13/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/56 .214/.235/.296/.531 .551/.514 .462 33/.741 15/3 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 330/234 .259/.350/.423/.773 .563/.856 .963 104/.879 11/2 9/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/81 .268/.293/.446/.740 .543/.827 .802 93/.761 2/0 2/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 271/205 .219/.320/.329/.649 .616/.659 .685 73/.418 2/0 3/
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 74/30 .182/.270/.288/.558 .506/.626 .458 13/.413 2/0 2/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 306/224 .284/.344/.371/.715 .624/.747 .642 85/.932 2/2 3/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/164 .296/.350/.397/.747 .681/.761 .829 61/.719 6/0 2/
IP 106.1 38.2 32.1 35.0 28.1 36.1 5.1 32.1 TOTAL .250/.326/.375/.701 .656/.721 .705 .672 47/12 59/46
ERA-K/9 4.49/8.8 3.03/12.6 1.95/5.3 1.54/8.0 2.22/9.2 3.22/6.9 1.69/8.5 2.51/11.7 3.40/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (5-3-1)
 Suzuki (37-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 462/.277 172/.219 125/.246 130/.177 114/.234 158/.270 20/.250 129/.171 .246  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
 Murphy
42/1/41/5
0/23/20/2
56/0/0/2
9/42/28/1
3/50/1/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .792 .657 .635 .530 .620 .756 .600 .505 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.873 52/.679 62/.622 59/.476 60/.548 58/.875 9/1.111 61/.449 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.714 120/.647 63/.647 71/.573 54/.703 100/.692 11/.182 68/.555 .658
Home 210/.761 85/.567 68/.668 72/.520 53/.733 87/.971 13/.538 69/.532 .676
Last 28d days 134/.983 49/.813 27/.795 33/.402 25/.760 53/.786 20/.600 42/.538
HR/SB/CS 13/5/2 4/11/1 1/4/0 4/1/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 72/81/17
Usage ····X··· o·o··oo· ···Xo·o· oo·oo·o· ····oX·o o·X·oo·o Xo······ ·Xo·X·Xo
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Duchscherer
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/82 .232/.267/.400/.667 .638/.685 .787 54/.677 2/1 4/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/.000 4/.000 5/.000 3/.666 3/.666 17/.620 5/.400 ··· 383/271 .269/.320/.367/.687 .714/.676 .755 119/.847 12/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· 5/.000 5/.000 ··· 295/220 .268/.346/.498/.844 .350/1.011 .950 82/.862 0/3 15/
23.Dye G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 8/.661 15/.400 2/.500 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 331/232 .301/.353/.556/.910 .812/.948 1.045 106/1.125 3/2 19/
44.Hall G/S/vP 9/.125 ··· 2/1.000 9/.361 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 68/37 .297/.338/.391/.729 1.003/.500 .595 24/.536 0/0 1/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 69/45 .281/.313/.328/.642 .938/.475 .858 21/.902 0/1 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 8/.661 1/3.000 8/.858 5/.800 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.333 ··· 301/222 .300/.340/.445/.785 .677/.824 .772 92/.795 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 348/248 .280/.385/.526/.911 .790/.957 .921 110/.780 5/3 19/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/138 .294/.315/.448/.764 .724/.784 .756 93/.829 3/2 6/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 337/235 .240/.354/.413/.768 .714/.788 .889 103/1.049 1/2 11/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 14/.377 19/.993 1/3.000 6/.500 6/.333 ··· 298/212 .228/.349/.476/.825 .985/.754 .780 75/1.036 1/0 16/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.286 4/1.000 ··· 147/117 .215/.269/.341/.610 .588/.615 .594 19/.737 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/29 .313/.353/.500/.853 .400/.935 .471 28/1.044 4/0 1/
IP 85.0 28.1 33.1 26.0 22.1 61.2 35.1 15.0 TOTAL .264/.336/.442/.778 .720/.801 .834 .877 33/16 116/57
ERA-K/9 1.91/5.8 2.22/7.6 4.59/9.2 3.81/6.9 2.82/9.3 3.50/6.4 4.08/9.7 0.00/4.2 3.45/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (22-4-0)
 Pierzynski (59-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 326/.197 115/.182 143/.260 111/.229 91/.241 258/.260 141/.211 51/.200 .236  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
 Wise
5/42/10/3
81/0/0/3
0/10/0/1
0/0/77/1
1/46/2/0
2/10/1/0
OPS .536 .553 .765 .745 .699 .687 .693 .440 .661
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.604 58/.529 50/.735 53/.581 41/.520 136/.655 63/.883 19/.485 .635
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.456 57/.573 93/.781 58/.902 50/.859 122/.722 78/.548 32/.411 .679
Road 146/.645 37/.583 58/.965 49/.992 38/.851 133/.773 52/.554 19/.627 .706
Last 28d days 111/.481 39/.378 38/.940 36/.839 18/1.389 54/.721 35/.843 41/.414
HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 2/0/1 4/2/0 4/3/1 4/5/0 6/1/3 6/3/1 0/1/0 59/42/23
Usage ····X··· ···X···X ·X····X· X···o··· o··X···X oo·X···X ·····o·· ·X·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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