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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Oakland Athletics, 47-40, 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 5-0, 2.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-0)             72    52  18  18  27  88  5    2.25      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  44.1  29   9   9  12  52  3    1.83   66 
 2008-07-01   @LAA  ND   5     5   2   2   1   5  0      91   53 
 2008-06-26    PHI   W   8     2   0   0   1  11  0      95   88 
 2008-06-20    FLA  ND   5.2   5   1   1   2   5  1      98   58 
 2008-06-14   @SFG   W   6     1   0   0   2   9  0      95   77 
 2008-06-08    LAA  ND   6     6   3   3   3   9  1      99   54 
 2008-06-02    DET  ND   6.2   5   2   2   3   8  1     115   61 
 2008-05-28    TOR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   5  0     100   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      3-1  32    26  13  10   6  23  3    2.81   57 
 2007-04-09    CHW   L   6     5   2   2   2   6  2     102   58 
 2005-07-01    CHW   W   5.2   4   2   0   1   5  0     101   61 
 2005-04-26    CHW  ND   5.1   9   6   5   2   4  0     102   30 
 2004-08-31   @CHW   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  0     102   70 
 2004-07-15    CHW   W   8     4   2   2   1   3  1      95   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-21   Road:   20-19   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  9-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sat, Jul  5  @CHW  L   1-6       47-40  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Chicago White Sox, 50-37, 1st, 1 up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 5-4, 2.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)            100.2  90  29  28  29  77  7    2.50      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  43.2  38  10   9  12  35  3    1.85   60 
 2008-07-01    CLE  ND   8     4   1   1   1   8  1      98   77 
 2008-06-26   @LAD   W   6     4   0   0   4   3  0     107   63 
 2008-06-20   @CHC  ND   6     5   1   1   0   5  0      85   63 
 2008-06-14    COL  ND   6     5   0   0   1   6  0     105   67 
 2008-06-09    MIN  ND   6     8   5   4   3   4  0      97   39 
 2008-06-04    KCR  ND   5.2   6   2   2   2   1  2      96   48 
 2008-05-29   @TBR   W   6     6   1   1   1   8  0     102   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-0  13.2  12   3   1   4   5  1    0.66   60 
 2008-04-15    OAK   W   7.2   5   0   0   2   4  0      97   71 
 2007-05-22    OAK   W   6     7   3   1   2   1  1     100   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-13   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  30-25   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:24-11   vsWest:  7-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul  5   OAK  W   6-1       50-37  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-4), L: Greg Smith (5-7), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 3-2; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 1005-949

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  5.42

COL  4.51

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.69

BA

C. Jones  .385

M. Kemp  .284

T. Pena  .162

OBP

C. Jones  .477

N. McLouth  .358

T. Pena  .184

SLG

L. Berkman  .669

A. Ramirez  .463

T. Pena  .214

OPS

L. Berkman  1.106

F. Thomas  .816

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

J. Contreras  4.02

T. Gorzelanny  6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

D. Eveland  6.05

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.82 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
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 16/9 .375/.375/.500/.875 .857/.889 .875 16/.875 0/0 0/
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/226 .221/.322/.313/.635 .843/.561 .581 75/.474 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 6/1.166 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/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 329/229 .232/.377/.433/.810 .763/.831 .751 102/.677 0/0 15/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 109/62 .210/.229/.286/.515 .539/.496 .435 40/.660 15/3 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 344/243 .250/.347/.409/.756 .572/.828 .911 110/.884 12/2 9/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/85 .277/.301/.445/.746 .605/.811 .809 93/.761 3/0 2/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 282/211 .214/.314/.324/.638 .636/.638 .654 76/.432 2/0 3/
12.Murphy G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 85/38 .197/.282/.342/.624 .472/.804 .586 24/.720 2/1 3/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/12 .333/.368/.389/.757 .762/.750 1.350 3/.667 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 319/233 .276/.336/.359/.695 .618/.723 .605 92/.846 2/2 3/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 216/173 .298/.355/.408/.764 .696/.779 .851 75/.772 7/0 3/
IP 100.2 39.0 32.1 36.0 30.0 36.2 6.1 33.0 TOTAL .250/.325/.376/.701 .664/.718 .706 .680 50/13 63/47
ERA-K/9 2.50/6.9 3.00/12.7 1.95/5.3 1.75/8.0 2.10/9.0 3.68/6.9 2.84/8.6 2.45/11.5 3.41/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (5-3-1)
 Suzuki (37-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.238 173/.218 125/.246 134/.180 121/.230 163/.289 25/.292 131/.168 .246  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
 Murphy
43/1/41/5
0/25/21/2
58/0/0/2
10/42/31/1
3/53/1/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .632 .653 .635 .552 .611 .784 .737 .497 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.661 52/.679 62/.622 61/.546 63/.521 59/.897 11/.909 62/.442 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.621 121/.642 63/.647 73/.557 58/.712 104/.725 14/.593 69/.547 .659
Home 214/.689 86/.559 68/.668 76/.561 60/.704 92/1.007 18/.745 71/.516 .678
Last 28d days 124/.595 47/.804 27/.795 34/.541 32/.702 48/.805 25/.737 36/.508
HR/SB/CS 7/14/6 4/11/1 1/4/0 5/1/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 76/84/18
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·o·· ······Xo X··oo·oo ·X·····o ·X·o·X·o ·X·Xo··· o···Xo·X
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 137/84 .233/.267/.419/.685 .712/.668 .815 58/.695 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.428 ··· 5/.000 6/.000 3/.666 18/.764 5/.400 ··· 393/277 .269/.322/.367/.689 .719/.677 .756 115/.818 12/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 307/228 .260/.336/.480/.815 .331/.983 .887 86/.540 0/3 15/
23.Dye G/S/vP 8/.625 1/2.000 2/.000 8/.661 2/.500 3/.666 7/.286 1/.000 343/240 .308/.362/.558/.919 .814/.961 1.056 107/1.100 3/2 19/
44.Hall G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 72/39 .284/.333/.373/.706 .988/.474 .564 24/.481 0/0 1/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 69/45 .281/.313/.328/.642 .938/.475 .858 16/.804 0/1 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 1/3.000 9/1.125 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.333 ··· 309/229 .299/.338/.447/.784 .707/.811 .771 90/.786 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 360/257 .273/.378/.513/.891 .798/.927 .883 108/.754 5/3 19/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 215/144 .299/.322/.463/.785 .753/.801 .795 88/.867 3/3 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 349/243 .238/.351/.415/.766 .754/.769 .876 103/1.025 1/2 12/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 2/.000 14/.377 1/3.000 6/.500 7/.286 1/.000 310/220 .231/.352/.473/.825 .957/.766 .783 75/1.017 1/0 16/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 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 72.0 1.0 29.1 33.2 23.1 62.2 37.0 16.0 TOTAL .263/.335/.441/.776 .730/.794 .827 .831 33/17 120/57
ERA-K/9 2.25/11.0 0.00/18.0 2.45/7.7 4.54/9.1 2.70/9.3 3.59/6.3 3.89/10.0 0.00/4.5 3.43/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (23-5-0)
 Pierzynski (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 288/.201 4/.250 119/.184 145/.264 94/.233 263/.263 147/.209 54/.188 .236  Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
5/42/10/3
84/0/0/3
0/0/80/2
0/11/0/1
1/47/2/0
2/12/1/0
OPS .579 .500 .581 .776 .675 .693 .678 .414 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.615 1/.000 58/.529 51/.782 42/.507 136/.655 65/.854 20/.461 .638
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.540 3/.667 61/.621 94/.772 52/.822 127/.734 82/.546 34/.385 .681
Road 90/.600 4/.500 41/.657 60/.984 41/.782 138/.782 58/.530 22/.536 .707
Last 28d days 119/.494 4/.500 43/.469 40/.970 21/1.190 53/.836 41/.764 38/.388
HR/SB/CS 5/4/4 0/0/0 3/0/1 4/2/0 4/5/0 6/1/3 6/3/1 0/1/0 63/42/24
Usage ····X··· X······· X·····X· ··o·X··· ·o·o··X· X··oo·X· ··X····· ·o··X·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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