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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 1:05pm, Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @Comerica Park

Oakland Athletics, 66-78, 3rd, 21 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 4-6, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-6)             93   100  61  54  48  82 10    5.23      
 2007 (0-0)             14.2  19  15  14  12   5  3    8.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  34.1  42  30  25  26  33  4    6.55   40 
 2008-08-19   @MIN   L   5    11  10  10   3   2  2     104    4 
 2008-08-14    TBR  ND   4     4   3   3   4   4  0      91   42 
 2008-08-04   @TOR   L   3     4   5   4   4   4  0      94   33 
 2008-07-30    KCR  ND   5     5   3   3   3   4  0      83   46 
 2008-07-25    TEX  ND   5.1   9   5   1   5   5  2     103   38 
 2008-07-19   @NYY  ND   5     7   2   2   4   7  0      98   48 
 2008-07-11    LAA   W   7     2   2   2   3   7  0      96   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-35   Road:   30-43   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  41-54   vsLHP:  25-24   1-Run:  22-23
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:21-24   vsWest: 18-23 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep  9  @DET  W   3-2       66-78  3rd 21.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Detroit Tigers, 70-75, 4th, 10½ GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 12-5, 3.39)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-5)           159.1 134  69  60  57 112 21    3.39      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  46.2  43  18  18  17  34  8    3.47   55 
 2008-09-05   @MIN   L   6     3   6   6   6   4  2     102   40 
 2008-08-31    KCR  ND   7     8   2   2   1   7  1     114   59 
 2008-08-25    CLE  ND   7     8   3   3   3   4  2     100   50 
 2008-08-19   @TEX   W   6     6   3   3   3   5  1      83   50 
 2008-08-14    TOR   W   8     6   1   1   2   6  1     121   70 
 2008-08-09    OAK   W   5.2   8   2   2   2   4  1     104   47 
 2008-08-03   @TBR  ND   7     4   1   1   0   4  0     100   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-0   5.2   8   2   2   2   4  1    3.18   47 
 2008-08-09    OAK   W   5.2   8   2   2   2   4  1     104   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-36   Road:   33-39   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  45-56   vsLHP:  25-19   1-Run:  15-22
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:27-36   vsWest: 18-15 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Tue, Sep  9   OAK  L   2-3       70-75  4th 10.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 OAK  3 @DET  2        W:Joey Devine (5-1), L: Fernando Rodney (0-5), S: Brad Ziegler (7)
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
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 5-3; 2007 - OAK won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 968-891

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  5.48

TBR  4.64

SDP  3.86

RA/G

TOR  3.79

NYY  4.59

TEX  5.94

BA

R. Furcal  .366

C. Jackson  .294

J. Towles  .141

OBP

A. Pujols  .467

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .655

N. Markakis  .482

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.121

R. Howard  .842

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.28

G. Smith  4.05

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.19

J. Lester  6.56

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Oakland Athletics Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
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
29.Robertson*
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 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 9/.222 1/no AB 3/.666 469/325 .218/.313/.340/.653 .743/.614 .656 103/.796 1/1 9/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.730 2/.000 1/.000 80/53 .158/.200/.250/.450 .453/.449 .486 19/.263 0/0 1/
8.Brown G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 9/.944 7/1.071 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 20/.639 10/.900 4/.250 430/271 .247/.298/.391/.689 .830/.604 .653 63/.704 4/2 13/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.333 4/1.250 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 19/.947 4/.250 3/.000 546/388 .245/.300/.362/.662 .670/.659 .626 95/.552 6/3 7/
57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 29/21 .320/.414/.440/.854 .875/.840 .781 29/.854 1/0 0/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/.422 ··· 3/.666 528/376 .228/.369/.453/.822 .803/.830 .754 94/.879 0/0 27/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/4.000 ··· 200/121 .259/.288/.370/.658 .661/.657 .752 73/.924 27/6 3/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.334 3/.333 11/2.576 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 28/.757 3/.333 1/.000 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .790 38/.927 14/2 12/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 9/1.069 1/2.000 1/.000 471/356 .221/.303/.345/.648 .568/.674 .612 78/.686 2/0 8/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/117 .198/.295/.256/.551 .500/.560 .565 82/.539 10/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 47/22 .238/.304/.310/.614 .564/.668 .689 44/.659 1/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.000 4/.500 ··· 534/390 .287/.353/.380/.734 .638/.768 .616 100/.768 2/3 7/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 370/278 .284/.340/.375/.714 .551/.767 .762 50/.717 8/1 4/
IP 159.1 42.0 59.1 37.2 46.1 70.2 17.0 161.1 36.0 48.0 TOTAL .241/.315/.367/.682 .646/.698 .676 .685 78/20 111/89
ERA-K/9 3.39/6.3 4.07/4.1 3.64/9.1 5.02/6.2 5.05/5.6 3.69/6.4 4.24/6.9 6.08/5.7 4.50/10.8 3.94/8.4 4.72/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.224 192/.268 250/.283 162/.269 207/.269 310/.287 76/.246 720/.314 164/.218 208/.278 .274  Brown
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
 Patterson
 Cunningham
65/1/54/10
78/0/5/4
13/44/64/4
3/80/1/3
17/1/0/1
5/0/2/0
OPS .687 .729 .853 .773 .775 .795 .624 .892 .726 .733 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 363/.796 74/1.008 119/.918 74/.582 89/.807 111/.864 35/.557 224/.849 83/.713 108/.797 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.558 118/.563 131/.800 88/.936 118/.752 199/.756 41/.680 496/.911 81/.739 100/.665 .780
Home 292/.774 101/.631 133/.843 84/.658 132/.763 176/.720 35/.633 375/.793 73/.585 111/.795 .780
Last 28d days 144/.792 18/.857 40/.785 60/.658 47/.561 88/.993 12/.717 100/1.121 57/.799 38/.889
HR/SB/CS 21/7/1 3/10/2 14/6/7 3/0/1 5/0/0 9/3/1 0/0/0 26/7/4 3/4/0 3/1/1 149/64/29
Usage ····X··· X···o··· ··oo··X· ·X··X··· ·o·····X ·o···X·· ·X·o··X· X····X·· X·XX··XX o·X·····
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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
60.Gray
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/.333 4/2.417 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 3/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 614/460 .291/.353/.537/.891 .953/.870 .917 109/.917 1/0 33/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.171 6/.167 3/.333 554/414 .302/.383/.515/.899 .753/.950 .879 123/1.047 10/4 18/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 12/.878 5/.400 ··· ··· 10/1.800 3/.666 2/.500 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .887 31/.958 9/3 10/
26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 20/10 .235/.350/.647/.997 .543/1.300 1.294 20/.997 0/0 2/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.334 5/.400 5/.800 1/no AB 2/.000 11/1.064 4/.250 2/1.000 350/269 .218/.316/.396/.712 .748/.699 .835 95/.591 3/2 11/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 231/210 .257/.329/.529/.858 .804/.861 .857 59/.762 0/1 12/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 82/80 .227/.293/.333/.626 1.000/.616 .634 27/.415 2/1 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 9/.778 7/.453 2/.500 554/415 .321/.381/.506/.887 .898/.883 1.014 107/.961 1/5 19/
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.597 4/2.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 13/.308 7/1.000 2/.000 583/417 .307/.351/.417/.768 .810/.751 .720 103/.705 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 163/87 .240/.296/.387/.683 .748/.623 .702 27/.407 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 4/1.250 2/no AB 1/.000 2/3.500 7/1.000 4/1.417 2/.000 512/379 .270/.320/.377/.696 .946/.612 .842 86/.854 6/3 9/
52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/2 .429/.500/1.000/1.500 2.067/.000 1.250 8/1.500 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 7/.429 1/.000 426/315 .226/.322/.395/.717 .760/.701 .729 101/.717 7/2 16/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 313/184 .239/.291/.526/.817 .904/.756 .823 55/.715 0/3 24/
IP 93.0 30.0 37.2 54.1 29.0 48.0 1.0 4.1 20.0 63.1 51.0 TOTAL .274/.343/.447/.790 .828/.778 .842 .801 56/28 177/105
ERA-K/9 5.23/7.9 2.70/8.1 0.72/9.8 4.80/8.3 3.41/6.8 3.38/7.7 9.00/18.0 6.23/6.3 4.95/4.5 3.98/9.0 0.53/4.4 3.92/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.274 124/.204 139/.152 240/.261 122/.219 215/.286 5/.250 21/.316 89/.321 263/.238 191/.201 .249  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Inge
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/120/6
0/123/0/4
66/0/7/3
2/11/0/2
27/6/20/2
48/0/23/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .814 .604 .401 .774 .715 .782 1.400 .965 .722 .701 .527 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.862 47/.403 59/.474 83/.719 60/.536 94/.788 1/.000 4/.000 44/.795 114/.725 91/.623 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.754 77/.729 80/.349 157/.805 62/.891 121/.776 4/1.833 17/1.212 45/.653 149/.683 100/.445 .733
Road 234/.899 73/.731 83/.367 115/.849 55/.876 114/.717 5/1.400 21/.965 38/.741 124/.698 104/.590 .747
Last 28d days 47/1.231 50/.762 36/.175 47/.544 11/.404 64/.932 5/1.400 21/.965 59/.914 49/.495 57/.761
HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/4/1 4/3/1 5/7/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 116/64/37
Usage ····Xo·· o···oX·o ·X···o·· ····oo·· ·X·····X ·X······ ·X·····X ·····X·· X··o·X·· 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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