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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @Comerica Park

Oakland Athletics, 65-78, 3rd, 22 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 8-8, 4.28)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-8)            145   146  70  69  68  99  8    4.28      
 2007 (1-0)              5     8   8   8   5   3  0   14.40      
 2006 (0-3)             27.2  39  25  25  16  32  4    8.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  37    48  27  27  17  30  4    6.57   41 
 2008-09-04   @KCR  ND   6    10   4   4   0   5  0      83   41 
 2008-08-28    MIN  ND   7     5   2   2   3   2  0      97   58 
 2008-08-23   @SEA   W   7     5   1   1   1   7  0      93   69 
 2008-08-02   @BOS   L   2     8   9   9   2   2  2      68    4 
 2008-07-27    TEX  ND   4.2   8   5   5   2   5  0      78   31 
 2008-07-21   @TBR   L   5     7   4   4   4   4  2     106   37 
 2008-07-12    LAA   L   5.1   5   2   2   5   5  0      93   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-0   4.1   3   3   3   7   3  0    6.23   41 
 2008-06-03    DET  ND   4.1   3   3   3   7   3  0      86   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-35   Road:   29-43   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  41-54   vsLHP:  24-24   1-Run:  21-23
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 18-23 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Mon, Sep  8  @DET  L   8-14      65-78  3rd 22.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6  @BAL  W   5-1       65-77  3rd 20.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5  @BAL  W  11-2       64-77  3rd 21.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4  @KCR  L   6-9       63-77  3rd 22.5 gb
139 Thu, Sep  4  @KCR  L   4-5 (10)  63-76  3rd 22.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2  @KCR  L   2-5       63-75  3rd 21.5 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31   MIN  L   4-12      63-74  3rd 20.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30   MIN  W   3-2       63-73  3rd 20.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29   MIN  L   2-12      62-73  3rd 20.5 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28   MIN  W   3-2       62-72  3rd 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Detroit Tigers, 70-74, 3rd, 11 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 7-10, 6.30)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-10)           154.1 203 112 108  54  97 26    6.30      
 2007 (9-13)           177.2 199  98  94  63 119 22    4.76      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  33    52  36  33  20  20 10    9.00   32 
 2008-08-20   @TEX   L   3.2   8   8   6   4   0  5      63   13 
 2008-08-15    BAL   L   5.1   8   5   4   5   4  1     104   33 
 2008-08-10    OAK   W   7.2   5   1   1   1   5  0     104   69 
 2008-08-05   @CHW  ND   5     9   4   4   3   3  1     101   33 
 2008-07-30   @CLE  ND   3     9   8   8   2   2  2      67    9 
 2008-07-25    CHW  ND   6     5   3   3   5   5  0      86   50 
 2008-07-19   @BAL  ND   2.1   8   7   7   0   1  1      50   14 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  31.2  31  15  15  11  23  3    4.26   51 
 2008-08-10    OAK   W   7.2   5   1   1   1   5  0     104   69 
 2008-06-04   @OAK   L   6.1   8   5   5   3   5  1     109   39 
 2007-09-02   @OAK  ND   6     4   2   2   1   5  0      90   60 
 2007-08-12    OAK   W   5.2   5   4   4   5   6  1     105   44 
 2007-08-01   @OAK   L   6     9   3   3   1   2  1      96   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-35   Road:   33-39   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  45-56   vsLHP:  25-18   1-Run:  15-21
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:27-36   vsWest: 18-14 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Mon, Sep  8   OAK  W  14-8       70-74  3rd 11.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7  @MIN  W   7-5       69-74  4th 11.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6  @MIN  W   6-4       68-74  4th 12.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5  @MIN  L   2-10      67-74  4th 12.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4   LAA  L   1-7       67-73  4th 11.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3   LAA  W   9-6       67-72  4th 11.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2   LAA  L   4-5       66-72  4th 11.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1   NYY  L   9-13      66-71  4th 11.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   KCR  W   4-2       66-70  3rd 11.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   KCR  L   3-13      65-70  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 DET 14  OAK  8        W:Casey Fossum (3-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 DET  6  OAK  1        W:Nate Robertson (7-8), L: Greg Smith (5-11), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 DET 10  OAK  2        W:Armando Galarraga (10-4), L: Dan Meyer (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 OAK  4 @DET  2        W:Dallas Braden (3-2), L: Kenny Rogers (8-9), S: Brad Ziegler (1)
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
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 4-3; 2007 - OAK won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 968-890

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  5.47

FLA  4.63

SDP  3.88

RA/G

TOR  3.82

CLE  4.61

TEX  5.97

BA

R. Furcal  .366

J. Dye  .293

J. Towles  .141

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

O. Hudson  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .649

N. Markakis  .484

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.116

B. Giles  .838

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.28

M. Parra  4.03

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.19

J. Lester  6.56

L. Hernandez  3.35

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 465/324 .220/.314/.343/.656 .761/.612 .662 102/.789 1/1 9/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 80/53 .158/.200/.250/.450 .453/.449 .486 19/.263 0/0 1/
8.Brown G/S/vP 17/.635 3/.333 9/.944 7/1.071 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.944 4/.250 426/270 .247/.298/.392/.690 .833/.605 .655 63/.708 4/2 13/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 16/1.001 2/.500 4/1.250 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 542/387 .244/.301/.363/.663 .670/.661 .628 94/.592 6/3 7/
57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/20 .333/.440/.476/.916 1.400/.775 .840 25/.916 1/0 0/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 10/.422 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 528/376 .228/.369/.453/.822 .803/.830 .754 94/.879 0/0 27/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 195/119 .255/.285/.348/.633 .633/.633 .709 68/.871 27/6 3/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 28/.757 3/1.334 3/.333 11/2.576 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .790 42/.880 14/2 12/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 9/1.069 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 470/355 .221/.304/.345/.650 .568/.676 .615 77/.695 2/0 8/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/117 .198/.295/.256/.551 .500/.560 .565 82/.539 9/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 43/21 .211/.286/.289/.575 .549/.602 .641 43/.575 1/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 530/389 .289/.356/.384/.740 .653/.770 .625 99/.813 2/3 7/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 17/.853 ··· 4/.000 9/.555 13/1.083 2/2.000 ··· 6/.000 1/3.000 136/77 .286/.331/.397/.728 .731/.723 .800 6/.500 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 366/277 .284/.341/.376/.717 .571/.763 .767 50/.673 8/1 4/
IP 154.1 41.0 59.1 37.2 46.1 70.2 17.0 35.1 47.2 TOTAL .241/.316/.367/.682 .650/.696 .677 .682 77/20 111/89
ERA-K/9 6.30/5.7 4.17/4.0 3.64/9.1 5.02/6.2 5.05/5.6 3.69/6.4 4.24/6.9 4.33/11.0 3.78/8.3 4.73/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (12-8-2)
 Suzuki (52-29-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 695/.320 187/.264 250/.283 162/.269 207/.269 310/.287 76/.246 159/.208 206/.279 .274  Brown
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
 Patterson
 Cunningham
65/1/54/10
78/0/5/4
13/44/63/4
3/79/1/3
17/1/0/1
4/0/2/0
OPS .910 .727 .853 .773 .775 .795 .624 .696 .734 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.874 72/1.009 119/.918 74/.582 89/.807 111/.864 35/.557 81/.687 108/.797 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 477/.927 115/.560 131/.800 88/.936 118/.752 199/.756 41/.680 78/.703 98/.665 .781
Home 350/.822 96/.622 133/.843 84/.658 132/.763 176/.720 35/.633 68/.507 109/.797 .782
Last 28d days 75/1.394 19/.834 45/.728 60/.658 47/.561 88/.993 12/.717 52/.714 40/.936
HR/SB/CS 26/7/4 3/10/2 14/6/7 3/0/1 5/0/0 9/3/1 0/0/0 3/4/0 3/0/1 149/63/29
Usage ····X··· ···o···X ·oo··X·· X··X···o o·····X· o···X··X X·o··X·· ·XX··XX· ·X·····X
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Eveland*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
55.Outman*
G/S/vB
21.Saarloos
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 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 4/2.417 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 610/459 .293/.352/.539/.892 .952/.872 .919 109/.887 1/0 33/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 7/1.171 5/.200 2/.500 549/412 .305/.387/.521/.908 .770/.955 .896 123/1.076 10/4 18/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· 4/.833 12/.878 5/.400 ··· 10/1.800 3/.666 2/.500 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .887 35/.838 9/3 10/
26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 20/10 .235/.350/.647/.997 .543/1.300 1.294 20/.997 0/0 2/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 5/.400 5/.800 2/.000 11/1.064 4/.250 1/.000 346/267 .214/.314/.395/.708 .741/.697 .832 95/.603 3/2 11/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 230/209 .259/.330/.532/.862 .804/.866 .865 62/.746 0/1 12/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 81/79 .216/.284/.324/.608 1.000/.598 .606 26/.352 2/1 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 9/.778 6/.334 2/.500 550/414 .323/.382/.509/.891 .919/.882 1.024 107/.997 1/5 19/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 10/.597 4/2.250 2/.500 1/.000 13/.308 6/.666 1/.000 578/415 .306/.350/.415/.766 .813/.747 .715 102/.702 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 163/87 .240/.296/.387/.683 .748/.623 .702 27/.407 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 4/1.250 2/no AB 2/3.500 7/1.000 4/1.417 1/.000 508/377 .270/.320/.378/.698 .945/.615 .848 86/.885 6/3 9/
52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .250/.400/1.000/1.400 1.833/.000 .000 5/1.400 0/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 118/97 .312/.434/.430/.864 .825/.872 .885 35/.693 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 41/33 .128/.150/.179/.329 .125/.375 .416 12/.333 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.189 9/1.792 4/.000 1/.000 10/.800 6/.333 1/.000 422/314 .225/.320/.396/.716 .763/.699 .727 101/.789 7/2 16/
33.Thames G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.200 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 310/184 .238/.290/.528/.818 .910/.756 .826 52/.718 0/3 24/
IP 145.0 30.0 36.2 54.1 29.0 48.0 4.1 20.0 62.2 49.2 TOTAL .274/.343/.448/.791 .829/.778 .844 .808 56/28 177/105
ERA-K/9 4.28/6.1 2.70/8.1 0.74/9.6 4.80/8.3 3.41/6.8 3.38/7.7 6.23/6.3 4.95/4.5 4.02/9.0 0.54/4.0 3.94/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (26-10-9)
 Ryan (2-0-0)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.265 124/.204 136/.156 240/.261 122/.219 215/.286 21/.316 89/.321 258/.237 185/.196 .249  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Inge
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/119/6
0/122/0/4
65/0/7/3
2/11/0/2
27/6/20/2
47/0/23/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .726 .604 .410 .774 .715 .782 .965 .722 .692 .522 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.636 47/.403 59/.474 83/.719 60/.536 94/.788 4/.000 44/.795 113/.732 88/.621 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 488/.753 77/.729 77/.363 157/.805 62/.891 121/.776 17/1.212 45/.653 145/.662 97/.437 .732
Road 292/.785 73/.731 80/.382 115/.849 55/.876 114/.717 21/.965 38/.741 119/.678 98/.584 .747
Last 28d days 80/.660 57/.688 36/.236 47/.544 11/.404 64/.932 21/.965 59/.914 44/.424 55/.711
HR/SB/CS 8/13/3 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/4/1 4/3/1 5/7/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 116/64/37
Usage ····X··· ···Xo··· ···oX·o· X···o··· ···oo··· X·····X· X·····X· ····X··· ··o·X··· ··oX····

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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