OAK @ CHW, Saturday, July 5, 2008 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 47-39, 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 5-6, 3.44) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 99.1 82 41 38 40 70 8 3.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 37 19 18 18 24 3 3.80 52 2008-06-30 @LAA W 9 4 1 1 2 3 1 101 76 2008-06-25 PHI L 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 0 98 40 2008-06-19 @ARI ND 5 3 1 1 3 4 0 87 58 2008-06-13 @SFG W 5 3 1 1 6 4 0 98 55 2008-06-07 LAA L 6.1 7 5 4 3 3 1 97 41 2008-06-01 @TEX ND 5 7 7 7 1 4 1 99 28 2008-05-27 TOR W 6.2 6 0 0 1 3 0 107 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 1.29 64 2008-04-14 @CHW W 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 95 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-21 Road: 20-18 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 31-24 vsLHP: 16-15 1-Run: 12-11 vsEast: 13-9 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 9-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Fri, Jul 4 @CHW W 7-1 47-39 2nd 5.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Chicago White Sox, 49-37, 1st, 1 up	SP: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 9-4, 3.45) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-4) 101.2 79 53 39 37 67 15 3.45 2007 (1-5) 70 85 45 41 19 49 17 5.27 2006 (4-3) 54.1 70 48 44 32 34 14 7.29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 43.1 43 31 20 10 42 9 4.15 50 2008-06-30 CLE W 6 7 4 3 2 10 1 103 52 2008-06-25 @LAD L 5.1 6 5 4 2 2 0 86 38 2008-06-19 PIT W 5.2 6 7 1 2 6 1 101 45 2008-06-13 COL ND 6.1 4 4 4 3 4 4 91 50 2008-06-08 MIN W 7 6 2 2 1 9 1 90 65 2008-06-03 KCR W 7 6 4 2 0 4 1 97 57 2008-05-28 @CLE W 6 8 5 4 0 7 1 107 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-13 Road: 19-24 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 30-25 vsLHP: 19-12 1-Run: 10-10 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:24-11 vsWest: 6-8 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Fri, Jul 4 OAK L 1-7 49-37 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 04, 2008 OAK 7 @CHW 1 W:Joe Blanton (5-11), L: Mark Buehrle (6-7), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 3-1; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 1004-949

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 5.43

ARI 4.46

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.58

TEX 5.72

C. Jones .390

R. Aurilia .283

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .483

T. Wigginton .360

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .677

J. Bowker .462

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.118

D. Pedroia .817

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 13/6 .308/.308/.462/.769 .857/.667 .769 13/.769 0/0 0/

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 302/223 .224/.326/.317/.642 .843/.569 .596 76/.495 0/1 3/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/29 .220/.273/.293/.565 .619/.538 .488 12/.450 0/0 0/

8.Brown G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.333 8/.268 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 278/182 .246/.288/.369/.657 .725/.621 .602 41/.584 4/1 6/

7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 360/258 .260/.317/.375/.691 .715/.682 .669 95/.643 5/3 4/

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 325/225 .236/.382/.440/.822 .763/.848 .776 102/.736 0/0 15/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 105/59 .218/.238/.297/.535 .551/.522 .476 36/.734 15/3 1/

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 340/239 .253/.351/.414/.765 .572/.843 .937 110/.884 12/2 9/

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/85 .277/.301/.445/.746 .605/.811 .809 97/.792 3/0 2/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 279/209 .217/.318/.328/.645 .646/.645 .673 77/.426 2/0 3/

12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 82/35 .203/.280/.351/.632 .472/.831 .597 21/.759 2/0 3/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 315/229 .280/.341/.364/.704 .618/.736 .623 91/.872 2/2 3/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 212/169 .291/.343/.386/.729 .696/.737 .786 71/.672 6/0 2/

IP 101.2 39.0 32.1 35.0 30.0 36.2 6.1 32.1 TOTAL .251/.326/.377/.704 .666/.721 .711 .691 49/12 62/46

ERA-K/9

3.45/5.9

3.00/12.7

1.95/5.3

1.54/8.0

2.10/9.0

3.68/6.9

2.84/8.6

2.51/11.7

3.44/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 424/.212 173/.218 125/.246 130/.177 121/.230 163/.289 25/.292 129/.171 .247 Brown
Gonzalez
Cust
Sweeney
Davis
Murphy 43/1/41/5
0/25/21/2
57/0/0/2
10/42/30/1
3/52/1/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .692 .653 .635 .530 .611 .784 .737 .505 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.790 52/.679 62/.622 59/.476 63/.521 59/.897 11/.909 61/.449 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 231/.613 121/.642 63/.647 71/.573 58/.712 104/.725 14/.593 68/.555 .662

Home 250/.623 86/.559 68/.668 72/.520 60/.704 92/1.007 18/.745 69/.532 .682

Last 28d days 132/.799 47/.804 27/.795 30/.444 32/.702 54/.828 25/.737 34/.538

HR/SB/CS 15/18/2 4/11/1 1/4/0 4/1/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 75/83/17

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 59.Brown
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/82 .232/.267/.400/.667 .638/.685 .787 54/.677 2/1 4/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 6/.000 3/.666 17/.620 5/.400 ··· 388/275 .266/.319/.363/.681 .707/.671 .741 114/.794 12/2 6/

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 303/228 .264/.340/.487/.827 .350/.983 .911 86/.667 0/3 15/

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 8/.661 2/.500 3/.666 7/.286 1/.000 339/240 .307/.360/.560/.920 .812/.961 1.060 106/1.131 3/2 19/

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

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

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/3.000 9/1.125 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.333 ··· 309/229 .299/.338/.447/.784 .707/.811 .771 95/.765 1/0 7/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 356/256 .273/.379/.513/.893 .790/.931 .886 109/.716 5/3 19/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 211/142 .288/.309/.439/.749 .724/.760 .729 88/.831 3/2 6/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 345/243 .237/.349/.405/.754 .714/.769 .857 103/1.028 1/2 11/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 14/.377 1/3.000 6/.500 7/.286 1/.000 306/220 .233/.353/.479/.832 .985/.766 .794 75/1.033 1/0 16/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 3/.000 7/1.286 4/1.000 ··· 154/124 .206/.258/.326/.585 .588/.584 .542 26/.560 0/0 3/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/35 .316/.350/.553/.903 .400/.977 .652 34/1.068 4/0 2/

IP 99.1 28.1 33.2 23.1 61.2 37.0 16.0 TOTAL .262/.334/.439/.773 .722/.793 .822 .838 33/16 117/57

ERA-K/9

3.44/6.3

/0.0

2.22/7.6

4.54/9.1

2.70/9.3

3.50/6.4

3.89/10.0

0.00/4.5

3.40/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (22-4-0)
Pierzynski (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/.228 / 115/.182 145/.264 94/.233 258/.260 147/.209 54/.188 .235 Swisher
Quentin
Dye
Ramirez
Anderson
Wise 5/42/10/3
83/0/0/3
0/0/79/2
0/11/0/1
1/46/2/0
2/12/1/0

OPS .652 .553 .776 .675 .687 .678 .414 .659

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.501 / 58/.529 51/.782 42/.507 136/.655 65/.854 20/.461 .639

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.691 / 57/.573 94/.772 52/.822 122/.722 82/.546 34/.385 .673

Road 228/.609 / 37/.583 60/.984 41/.782 133/.773 58/.530 22/.536 .698

Last 28d days 130/.674 / 39/.378 40/.970 21/1.190 48/.817 41/.764 44/.384

HR/SB/CS 8/9/8 // 2/0/1 4/2/0 4/5/0 6/1/3 6/3/1 0/1/0 60/42/23

Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ·o·X···· o·o··X·· ··oo·X·· ·X·····o 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, Saturday, July 5, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 5-6, 3.44)

SP: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 9-4, 3.45)

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