OAK @ CHW, Friday, July 4, 2008 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 46-39, 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 4-11, 4.97) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-11) 114 130 67 63 33 55 12 4.97 2007 (14-10) 230 240 106 101 40 140 16 3.95 2006 (16-12) 194.1 241 111 104 58 107 17 4.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-5 39.2 47 32 31 17 21 6 7.03 40 2008-06-29 SFG L 4 8 7 7 1 3 0 78 20 2008-06-24 PHI W 7 4 1 1 4 5 1 119 66 2008-06-18 @ARI L 3 7 8 8 3 1 1 75 11 2008-06-12 NYY L 6.2 6 4 4 3 2 1 118 45 2008-06-06 LAA L 7 7 3 2 1 3 1 105 55 2008-05-31 @TEX L 6 10 6 6 1 0 1 95 27 2008-05-25 BOS W 6 5 3 3 4 7 1 107 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 17.1 21 8 6 5 14 1 3.12 50 2007-08-15 CHW W 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 100 72 2007-05-21 @CHW L 5.1 8 6 4 2 4 0 100 34 2006-09-17 CHW W 5 8 2 2 3 5 1 95 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-21 Road: 19-18 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 31-24 vsLHP: 15-15 1-Run: 12-11 vsEast: 13-9 vsCntrl:14-7 vsWest: 9-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 85 Thu, Jul 3 @CHW W 3-2 46-39 2nd 5.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Chicago White Sox, 49-36, 1st, 2 up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 6-6, 3.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-6) 111.2 116 54 47 29 62 9 3.79 2007 (10-9) 201 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 50 45 16 14 10 26 4 2.52 59 2008-06-29 CHC W 7 6 1 0 2 5 0 99 66 2008-06-24 @LAD W 8 6 1 1 0 2 1 96 68 2008-06-18 PIT W 8 4 2 2 2 3 1 96 67 2008-06-12 @DET ND 8 7 1 1 1 6 0 102 69 2008-06-07 MIN W 8 7 1 1 1 4 1 106 67 2008-06-01 @TBR ND 6 7 3 3 2 5 0 99 49 2008-05-27 @CLE L 5 8 7 6 2 1 1 106 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 1-3 35 32 14 10 11 15 2 2.57 55 2008-04-14 OAK L 7 9 2 2 1 4 0 102 54 2007-08-15 @OAK L 7 7 3 3 3 4 1 112 52 2007-04-11 @OAK ND 7 4 3 3 2 1 0 113 56 2006-05-24 OAK W 7 6 1 0 3 3 0 112 63 2005-07-09 OAK L 7 6 5 2 2 3 1 112 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-12 Road: 19-24 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 30-24 vsLHP: 19-12 1-Run: 10-10 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:24-11 vsWest: 6-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Thu, Jul 3 OAK L 2-3 49-36 1st 2.0 up 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 03, 2008 OAK 3 @CHW 2 W:Justin Duchscherer (9-5), L: Javier Vazquez (7-7), S: Huston Street (16) 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) Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 2-1; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 1004-948

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 4.50

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.68

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .389

I. Rodriguez .283

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .483

O. Hudson .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .676

B. Hawpe .456

T. Pena .214

OPS

C. Jones 1.117

T. Wigginton .811

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

45.Bankston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .125/.125/.125/.250 .000/.400 .250 8/.250 0/0 0/

10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 302/223 .224/.326/.317/.642 .843/.569 .596 79/.516 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 39/1.265 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 19/.389 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 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 320/224 .232/.381/.429/.810 .736/.842 .747 101/.722 0/0 14/

38.Davis G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/57 .212/.233/.293/.526 .551/.505 .450 34/.718 15/3 1/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 35/.376 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 334/238 .255/.345/.417/.763 .563/.841 .934 108/.844 11/2 9/

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/85 .267/.292/.440/.731 .543/.811 .778 97/.750 3/0 2/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 274/208 .216/.316/.325/.641 .616/.648 .663 76/.401 2/0 3/

12.Murphy G/S/vP 12/.667 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 77/33 .188/.273/.333/.606 .506/.726 .548 16/.679 2/0 3/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 310/228 .281/.343/.367/.710 .624/.740 .632 89/.906 2/2 3/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/168 .290/.343/.388/.731 .681/.741 .793 65/.673 6/0 2/

IP 111.2 38.2 32.1 35.0 28.1 36.1 5.1 32.1 TOTAL .249/.324/.374/.699 .656/.718 .701 .666 48/12 61/46

ERA-K/9

3.79/5.0

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 459/.274 172/.219 125/.246 130/.177 114/.234 158/.270 20/.250 129/.171 .244 Brown
Gonzalez
Cust
Sweeney
Davis
Murphy 42/1/41/5
0/24/21/2
57/0/0/2
10/42/29/1
3/51/1/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .730 .657 .635 .530 .620 .756 .600 .505 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.619 52/.679 62/.622 59/.476 60/.548 58/.875 9/1.111 61/.449 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 369/.758 120/.647 63/.647 71/.573 54/.703 100/.692 11/.182 68/.555 .657

Home 195/.635 85/.567 68/.668 72/.520 53/.733 87/.971 13/.538 69/.532 .672

Last 28d days 146/.532 49/.813 27/.795 33/.402 25/.760 49/.745 20/.600 37/.494

HR/SB/CS 9/2/4 4/11/1 1/4/0 4/1/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 74/82/17

Usage ····X··· ·o·o··oo ····Xo·o ·oo·oo·o ·····oX· ·o·X·oo· ·Xo····· ··Xo·X·X

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Blanton
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/82 .232/.267/.400/.667 .638/.685 .787 54/.677 2/1 4/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 40/.775 4/.000 6/.000 3/.666 3/.666 17/.620 5/.400 ··· 384/271 .269/.319/.366/.685 .707/.676 .750 115/.828 12/2 6/

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 299/224 .268/.344/.494/.839 .350/1.001 .937 86/.844 0/3 15/

23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.708 2/.000 8/.661 15/.400 2/.500 3/.666 7/.286 ··· 335/236 .305/.358/.561/.919 .812/.960 1.062 106/1.143 3/2 19/

44.Hall G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· 2/1.000 9/.361 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 68/37 .297/.338/.391/.729 1.003/.500 .595 20/.516 0/0 1/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 69/45 .281/.313/.328/.642 .938/.475 .858 17/.753 0/1 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/3.000 9/1.125 5/.800 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.333 ··· 305/225 .303/.342/.453/.795 .707/.826 .792 96/.826 1/0 7/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 352/252 .276/.381/.519/.899 .790/.941 .899 110/.767 5/3 19/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 211/142 .288/.309/.439/.749 .724/.760 .729 92/.816 3/2 6/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 341/239 .237/.350/.408/.758 .714/.774 .866 103/1.028 1/2 11/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.556 2/.000 14/.377 19/.993 1/3.000 6/.500 7/.286 ··· 302/216 .229/.351/.474/.825 .985/.755 .782 75/.980 1/0 16/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.286 4/1.000 ··· 150/120 .210/.264/.333/.597 .588/.599 .567 22/.636 0/0 3/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/32 .314/.351/.571/.923 .400/1.008 .650 31/1.109 4/0 2/

IP 114.0 28.1 33.2 26.0 22.1 61.2 37.0 15.0 TOTAL .263/.335/.441/.776 .722/.798 .830 .869 33/16 117/57

ERA-K/9

4.97/4.3

2.22/7.6

4.54/9.1

3.81/6.9

2.82/9.3

3.50/6.4

3.89/10.0

0.00/4.2

3.43/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (22-4-0)
Pierzynski (60-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 494/.283 115/.182 145/.264 111/.229 91/.241 258/.260 147/.209 51/.200 .236 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson
Wise 5/42/10/3
82/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
0/0/78/1
1/46/2/0
2/11/1/0

OPS .772 .553 .776 .745 .699 .687 .678 .440 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.667 58/.529 51/.782 53/.581 41/.520 136/.655 65/.854 19/.485 .639

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.898 57/.573 94/.772 58/.902 50/.859 122/.722 82/.546 32/.411 .676

Road 134/.871 37/.583 60/.984 49/.992 38/.851 133/.773 58/.530 19/.627 .704

Last 28d days 124/.837 39/.378 40/.970 36/.839 18/1.389 54/.721 41/.764 41/.414

HR/SB/CS 12/0/1 2/0/1 4/2/0 4/3/1 4/5/0 6/1/3 6/3/1 0/1/0 60/42/23

Usage ····X··· ····X··· o·X····X ·X···o·· ·o··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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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 7:05pm, Friday, July 4, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 4-11, 4.97)

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 6-6, 3.79)

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