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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Oakland Athletics, 23-17, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 2-5, 3.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             61.1  73  29  26  13  25  3    3.82      
 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         2-4  49.2  59  24  21  11  19  3    3.81   48 
 2008-05-07    BAL  ND   5.2   8   2   2   3   3  0     101   45 
 2008-05-02    TEX   L   7     7   4   2   1   1  0     101   51 
 2008-04-27   @SEA   W   7     8   2   2   2   3  1      99   54 
 2008-04-22    MIN   L   7.2   9   5   4   0   7  1     109   50 
 2008-04-16    SEA   L   8    12   4   4   0   2  0     101   44 
 2008-04-11   @CLE   W   7.2   8   5   5   1   1  1     111   43 
 2008-04-06    CLE   L   6.2   7   2   2   4   2  0     107   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      2-2  33.1  36  16  16   9  15  4    4.32   48 
 2008-04-11   @CLE   W   7.2   8   5   5   1   1  1     111   43 
 2008-04-06    CLE   L   6.2   7   2   2   4   2  0     107   50 
 2007-09-21   @CLE   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   4  2     106   34 
 2007-06-28   @CLE  ND   6.1   6   3   3   1   3  0     102   51 
 2007-05-11    CLE   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1      99   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-9    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-10   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  7-3    vsCntrl:10-5    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Tue, May 13  @CLE  L   0-4       23-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 11  @TEX  W  12-6       23-16  1st  1.0 up
 38 Sat, May 10  @TEX  L   4-6       22-16  1st    Tied
 37 Fri, May  9  @TEX  L   0-4       22-15  1st    Tied
 36 Wed, May  7   BAL  W   6-5 (10)  22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Tue, May  6   BAL  W   4-2       21-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Mon, May  5   BAL  W   2-1 (10)  20-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Sun, May  4   TEX  W   3-1       19-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 32 Sat, May  3   TEX  L   3-6       18-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 31 Fri, May  2   TEX  L   3-4       18-13  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Cleveland Indians, 20-19, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 2-5, 6.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             45.1  56  33  33  20  46  6    6.55      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  40    50  28  28  17  39  4    6.30   43 
 2008-05-09    TOR   W   7     6   1   1   2   9  0     106   68 
 2008-05-03    KCR   L   6.1  10   4   4   1   4  0     104   40 
 2008-04-27    NYY   L   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     111   77 
 2008-04-22   @KCR   W   6     4   0   0   2  11  0     102   73 
 2008-04-16    DET   L   4     8   9   9   5   1  2      93    6 
 2008-04-11    OAK   L   3.1  12   9   9   2   4  0      91    2 
 2008-04-05   @OAK   L   5.1   6   4   4   4   2  1     107   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-4  29.2  43  28  25  10  24  3    7.58   36 
 2008-04-11    OAK   L   3.1  12   9   9   2   4  0      91    2 
 2008-04-05   @OAK   L   5.1   6   4   4   4   2  1     107   38 
 2007-06-25    OAK   W   9     9   2   2   0   8  0     111   69 
 2007-05-11   @OAK   L   6.2   9   6   6   1   5  2     101   36 
 2006-09-21   @OAK   L   5.1   7   7   4   3   5  0     117   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-12   Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-14   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 13   OAK  W   4-0       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   TOR  L   0-3 (10)  19-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 12   TOR  W   3-0       19-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   TOR  W  12-0       18-18  3rd  0.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   TOR  W   6-1       17-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Thu, May  8  @NYY  L   3-6       16-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 33 Wed, May  7  @NYY  W   3-0       16-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  6  @NYY  W   5-3       15-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  4   KCR  L   0-2       14-17  4th  2.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  3   KCR  L   2-4       14-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 13, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  0        W:Paul Byrd (2-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-2), S: Masahide Kobayashi (1)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CLE  7  OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (2-0), L: Chad Gaudin (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 OAK  7 @CLE  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 OAK  9 @CLE  7        W:Joe Blanton (1-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-2), S: Huston Street (3)
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CLE  2 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (2)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  1        W:Dana Eveland (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  3        W:Justin Duchscherer (1-0), L: Paul Byrd (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CLE  6  OAK  2        W:Jake Westbrook (6-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-8), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 OAK  9 @CLE  3        W:Danny Haren (15-8), L: Paul Byrd (15-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CLE  4  OAK  3        W:Fausto Carmona (18-8), L: Joe Blanton (14-10), S: Joe Borowski (43)
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 4-3; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - CLE leads 1001-872

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

CHC  5.79

STL  4.49

SDP  3.38

RA/G

CLE  3.62

MIN  4.50

TEX  5.49

BA

D. Pedroia  .307

  

D. Pedroia  .307

OBP

D. Pedroia  .344

  

D. Pedroia  .344

SLG

D. Pedroia  .403

  

D. Pedroia  .403

OPS

D. Pedroia  .747

  

D. Pedroia  .747

ERA

C. Lee  .67

Z. Duke  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

Z. Greinke  6.11

J. Garland  2.07

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 3/3.000 162/118 .230/.333/.338/.671 .731/.647 .684 94/.661 0/0 2/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/13 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.397 .347 11/.473 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 48/.896 7/.714 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 156/108 .277/.301/.405/.707 .822/.655 .753 107/.730 2/0 4/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 20/.929 5/.900 2/1.000 4/1.167 2/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 169/124 .253/.320/.370/.690 .814/.646 .603 105/.672 1/2 2/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 12/1.583 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 136/105 .252/.434/.417/.851 .753/.881 .881 91/.995 0/0 4/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/22 .190/.222/.262/.484 .401/.573 .222 29/.646 6/0 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 27/.650 9/1.000 3/1.167 9/1.244 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 175/120 .242/.328/.379/.707 .525/.790 .822 105/.660 5/2 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 115/94 .247/.400/.371/.771 .782/.769 .774 70/.933 1/0 2/
12.Murphy G/S/vP 9/1.556 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 47/20 .214/.298/.357/.655 .515/.800 .470 32/.761 2/0 2/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 159/111 .248/.314/.297/.611 .542/.641 .490 104/.499 1/1 1/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 76/.740 10/.700 3/.333 6/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 98/52 .318/.378/.443/.821 .766/.865 .852 43/.909 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/89 .279/.343/.349/.692 .586/.705 .697 76/.635 3/0 0/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 28/.885 7/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 145/109 .217/.345/.342/.686 .553/.732 .693 88/.638 0/0 3/
IP 45.1 15.2 8.0 13.1 18.2 21.1 16.2 TOTAL .252/.337/.362/.699 .642/.724 .705 .713 19/5 22/28
ERA-K/9 6.55/9.1 6.89/8.0 2.25/7.9 3.38/6.8 1.93/5.3 2.95/6.3 3.78/7.5 3.40/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (15-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.304 70/.328 38/.273 54/.213 76/.257 93/.253 72/.277 .255  Brown
 Murphy
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
22/1/25/4
1/0/0/0
25/0/0/0
0/31/9/0
3/18/1/0
OPS .864 .900 .671 .655 .628 .743 .747 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/1.008 36/.564 10/.733 25/.789 33/.709 43/.747 33/.544 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.810 34/1.238 28/.649 29/.545 43/.565 50/.740 39/.912 .680
Home 161/.905 45/.973 29/.725 28/.851 56/.601 72/.780 31/.715 .707
Last 28d days 136/.722 38/.795 21/.850 24/.564 55/.606 51/.598 46/.683
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/2 36/12/10
Usage ····X··· ·X····XX ···X···· ·····o·· X···Xo·· ····X··X o·····oX
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 16/.204 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 126/102 .223/.304/.357/.661 .393/.723 .485 80/.774 1/0 2/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 12/.523 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 127/98 .202/.296/.275/.571 .351/.644 .496 73/.659 0/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 67/45 .185/.323/.222/.545 .664/.479 .661 54/.500 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 21/.786 1/2.000 2/no AB 6/1.000 6/.900 1/no AB 5/.200 107/103 .245/.327/.415/.742 .250/.759 .646 72/.711 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/23 .280/.321/.400/.721 .400/.798 .450 28/.721 0/2 0/
25.Garko G/S/vP 13/1.462 4/2.750 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/5.000 3/1.667 3/.000 142/114 .231/.338/.355/.693 .986/.626 .752 84/.546 0/0 3/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 129/97 .244/.286/.353/.639 .750/.601 .758 84/.693 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 20/.538 1/.000 ··· 9/1.444 9/.722 4/.000 4/2.000 153/115 .223/.322/.354/.676 .789/.638 .698 90/.608 0/1 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 26/23 .091/.167/.091/.258 .667/.190 .000 20/.217 0/0 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 18/.722 1/.000 ··· 11/1.434 6/1.166 2/2.000 4/.000 124/88 .345/.395/.407/.802 1.033/.694 .832 92/.810 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 21/1.179 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 3/1.667 5/.000 5/.000 136/108 .202/.259/.371/.630 .806/.581 .426 81/.513 1/0 6/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 57/40 .235/.304/.333/.637 .375/.750 .725 33/.506 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 24/.851 3/no AB ··· 8/.542 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 169/121 .273/.379/.462/.840 .667/.906 .972 102/.874 7/2 6/
16.Tyner* G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/
IP 61.1 18.1 15.0 18.1 8.0 19.1 16.1 TOTAL .236/.318/.356/.674 .681/.672 .666 .670 17/8 28/17
ERA-K/9 3.82/3.7 2.45/7.4 0.60/10.2 3.44/8.4 4.50/9.0 0.47/10.3 3.86/9.9 3.32/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (12-9-0)
 Shoppach (0-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.294 76/.215 59/.196 72/.203 35/.250 72/.172 68/.213 .240  Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Carroll
 Tyner
 Dellucci
1/3/33/1
0/37/0/1
4/0/5/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
30/0/0/0
OPS .730 .645 .452 .637 .721 .443 .726 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.611 36/.659 23/.399 26/.763 13/.490 34/.358 31/1.009 .624
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.856 40/.620 36/.485 46/.564 22/.842 38/.523 37/.508 .672
Road 60/.755 34/.639 35/.617 33/.798 15/1.005 33/.640 28/.298 .693
Last 28d days 152/.753 45/.728 39/.416 37/.368 7/1.238 44/.341 33/.565
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 2/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/4/0 3/1/0 25/15/9
Usage ······X· o·····X· ··X···X· X·Xo···o ···X···· ··Xo···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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