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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, August 8, 2008 @Comerica Park

Oakland Athletics, 53-61, 3rd, 18 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (24, LHP, 2-2, 5.10)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             30    32  17  17  14  21  3    5.10      
 2007 (1-8)             72.1  91  59  54  26  55  9    6.72      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  30.1  44  26  26  11  19  3    7.71   38 
 2008-08-03   @BOS   L   3.1   6   4   4   0   1  0      60   33 
 2008-07-28    KCR   L   6.2   6   4   4   2   7  2     101   51 
 2008-07-22   @TBR   W   5     4   1   1   4   1  0      90   52 
 2007-09-29    LAA  ND   3     3   1   1   1   3  0      54   51 
 2007-09-23   @CLE   L   3.1   8   6   6   2   3  0      68   21 
 2007-09-11   @SEA  ND   4.1   8   4   4   0   1  1      79   32 
 2007-09-02    DET  ND   4.2   9   6   6   2   3  0      91   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1  11.2  20  16  16   5   7  2   12.34   28 
 2007-09-02    DET  ND   4.2   9   6   6   2   3  0      91   23 
 2007-08-12   @DET   L   1.2   7   8   8   1   1  2      49    9 
 2007-08-01    DET  ND   5.1   4   2   2   2   3  0      92   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-29   Road:   21-32   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  36-41   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-21   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  7  @TOR  L   4-6       53-61  3rd 18.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @TOR  L   1-5       53-60  3rd 17.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @TOR  L   3-4       53-59  3rd 16.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4  @TOR  L   1-6       53-58  3rd 16.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @BOS  L   2-5       53-57  3rd 15.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @BOS  L   2-12      53-56  3rd 15.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @BOS  L   1-2 (12)  53-55  3rd 15.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   KCR  L   3-4 (10)  53-54  3rd 14.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   KCR  L   2-5       53-53  3rd 13.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   KCR  L   2-4       53-52  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 2-18   Last 30: 8-22
Detroit Tigers, 56-58, 3rd, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 8-8, 4.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-8)            135.2 159  81  75  53  58 14    4.98      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  41.2  53  27  27  14  20  5    5.83   42 
 2008-08-02   @TBR   L   3.1   6   7   7   4   8  0     109   24 
 2008-07-28   @CLE   L   5.2   9   5   5   1   1  2      98   31 
 2008-07-22   @KCR   W   6     4   1   1   1   4  0      79   63 
 2008-07-17   @BAL   W   6    11   4   4   2   1  1      87   33 
 2008-07-10    MIN  ND   7     9   3   3   2   1  0      97   46 
 2008-07-04   @SEA   L   7.2   6   4   4   2   3  1     104   52 
 2008-06-29    COL   W   6     8   3   3   2   2  1      98   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      4-0  32.1  29  13  13  15  14  5    3.62   52 
 2008-06-02   @OAK  ND   7     6   2   2   4   3  1     107   56 
 2006-07-05   @OAK   W   5.2   8   4   4   2   4  2      99   39 
 2006-04-19   @OAK   W   7.1   3   3   3   2   1  1     108   59 
 2005-09-23   @OAK   W   6.1   5   1   1   5   1  1     104   55 
 2005-09-11    OAK   W   6     7   3   3   2   5  0     121   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  35-48   vsLHP:  21-10   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  7  @CHW  W   8-3       56-58  3rd  7.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHW  L   1-5       55-58  3rd  8.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHW  L   8-10(14)  55-57  3rd  7.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TBR  L   5-6 (10)  55-56  3rd  7.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TBR  L   3-9       55-55  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @TBR  L   2-5       55-54  3rd  6.5 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31  @CLE  L   4-9       55-53  3rd  5.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @CLE  W  14-12(13)  55-52  3rd  5.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @CLE  W   8-5       54-52  3rd  5.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @CLE  L   0-5       53-52  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 OAK 10  DET  2        W:Justin Duchscherer (5-4), L: Nate Robertson (3-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 OAK  5  DET  4 (11)   W:Chad Gaudin (5-3), L: Bobby Seay (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 OAK  3  DET  2        W:Huston Street (1-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 02, 2007 OAK  8  DET  7 (10)   W:Huston Street (4-2), L: Yorman Bazardo (0-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 DET  6 @OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander (15-5), L: Danny Haren (14-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 OAK  5  DET  4 (10)   W:Huston Street (3-2), L: Joel Zumaya (1-3), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 OAK  7 @DET  2        W:Chad Gaudin (9-8), L: Chad Durbin (7-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 DET 11  OAK  6        W:Nate Robertson (7-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 DET  5  OAK  2        W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Danny Haren (13-4), S: Todd Jones (31)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 OAK 16 @DET 10        W:Ruddy Lugo (3-0), L: Macay McBride (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 3-0; 2007 - OAK won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 965-889

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  5.61

LAA  4.63

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.93

SFG  4.65

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

A. Pierzynski  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

M. Byrd  .360

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .620

J. Werth  .476

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.075

M. Reynolds  .825

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

O. Perez  4.12

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

M. Mussina  6.16

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 352/258 .215/.315/.315/.630 .799/.566 .579 34/.504 0/1 5/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 61/41 .193/.246/.263/.509 .616/.456 .465 10/.311 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 30/.459 2/.500 8/1.071 7/1.071 1/.000 8/.661 4/.250 9/.111 354/232 .248/.288/.387/.675 .752/.633 .613 54/.686 4/1 10/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 32/.797 2/.500 3/.666 6/.334 2/.000 3/.333 3/.000 1/2.000 436/317 .253/.312/.376/.688 .666/.696 .682 76/.672 6/3 6/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 430/306 .227/.374/.433/.808 .813/.805 .719 74/.844 0/0 20/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/71 .197/.228/.265/.493 .537/.461 .401 7/.143 18/5 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 31/.656 2/2.000 3/.333 11/2.576 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 452/325 .234/.321/.368/.689 .549/.741 .812 80/.540 12/2 10/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 232/166 .274/.312/.411/.723 .485/.817 .779 89/.767 3/0 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 383/293 .226/.312/.337/.650 .625/.657 .566 78/.598 2/0 5/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 419/310 .287/.343/.379/.722 .624/.755 .603 83/.710 2/3 5/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 307/237 .293/.344/.388/.732 .603/.769 .798 76/.644 8/1 4/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 73/1.056 ··· 8/1.000 11/2.261 6/.167 9/1.111 1/5.000 5/.200 209/152 .246/.364/.406/.769 .616/.830 .640 29/.477 0/0 7/
IP 135.2 35.2 47.2 22.0 48.2 22.2 39.0 22.1 TOTAL .244/.318/.366/.684 .653/.697 .671 .608 55/17 84/63
ERA-K/9 4.98/3.8 4.04/3.8 4.15/8.9 5.32/7.0 3.14/6.3 5.16/10.3 2.54/8.5 2.82/8.5 4.56/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (8-5-2)
 Suzuki (44-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.301 160/.259 200/.270 98/.307 209/.266 102/.183 162/.246 106/.256 .267  Brown
 Sweeney
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Davis
54/1/46/6
13/42/52/4
0/50/28/4
65/0/0/3
3/61/1/2
OPS .843 .716 .880 .855 .726 .690 .701 .829 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.818 58/1.015 96/1.003 46/.585 71/.911 48/.850 85/.764 42/.715 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 442/.853 102/.556 104/.776 52/1.106 138/.628 54/.534 77/.632 64/.884 .750
Home 238/.842 72/.582 101/.869 31/.647 92/.579 32/.398 81/.728 38/.690 .746
Last 28d days 100/.966 38/.873 34/.980 35/.854 54/.957 58/.561 40/.741 61/.871
HR/SB/CS 14/1/2 3/7/2 14/6/6 1/0/1 4/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 110/50/25
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·· ··X·Xo·· ··o··X·· ·oX····o X·X·X··· o·o·X·X· o·X···X·
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
53.Meyer*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 484/375 .298/.360/.513/.872 .877/.871 .884 102/.932 1/0 21/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 407/322 .302/.367/.499/.866 .755/.895 .864 110/.946 8/4 14/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 447/348 .286/.375/.435/.810 .842/.805 .911 83/.855 8/3 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 3/1.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 236/187 .216/.319/.422/.741 .678/.756 .892 65/.775 1/1 9/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/149 .272/.333/.578/.912 .962/.906 1.067 66/.882 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 7/2.714 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.667 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 425/332 .318/.376/.492/.869 .930/.852 1.038 90/.878 0/4 14/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 8/1.375 ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.679 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 ··· 457/339 .313/.357/.430/.786 .893/.750 .719 101/.918 4/0 6/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 127/73 .250/.310/.422/.732 .816/.663 .880 29/.596 2/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 407/310 .255/.303/.332/.635 .831/.577 .729 74/.673 3/3 5/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/68 .328/.456/.484/.940 .955/.937 .978 24/.751 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/22 .120/.120/.200/.320 .000/.364 .500 7/.000 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.667 8/1.518 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 305/236 .228/.331/.376/.708 .733/.700 .701 80/.801 7/1 9/
33.Thames G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 251/155 .239/.299/.543/.842 .872/.825 .955 55/.510 0/3 20/
IP 30.0 15.0 24.1 22.0 42.1 33.2 5.0 49.1 35.0 TOTAL .276/.343/.442/.785 .818/.775 .857 .834 43/21 132/82
ERA-K/9 5.10/6.3 2.40/9.6 1.11/10.4 6.55/4.9 4.89/7.9 2.94/9.1 0.00/7.2 4.20/8.6 0.00/3.9 3.69/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (15-6-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.283 62/.170 96/.195 106/.289 187/.270 146/.260 20/.211 206/.247 123/.194 .242  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/91/5
0/92/0/4
2/11/0/2
50/0/6/2
21/5/15/1
28/0/18/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .802 .501 .490 .802 .804 .722 .566 .731 .453 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.772 25/.390 40/.532 33/.561 69/.801 66/.621 8/.625 93/.833 54/.484 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.813 37/.570 56/.462 73/.922 118/.806 80/.811 12/.523 113/.650 69/.429 .705
Road 71/.856 41/.582 52/.503 61/.732 84/.889 72/.718 20/.566 84/.678 54/.501 .727
Last 28d days 68/.853 46/.533 8/.417 53/.733 34/.893 38/.761 20/.566 48/.968 58/.464
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/1/1 0/3/1 3/2/0 5/3/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 6/5/2 0/1/0 86/52/28
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· Xo··o··· ·····X·· ·X··o·o· ·X··X·o· ···Xo··· ··X·X·X· X·X···X·

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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