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Game Preview: TBR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Tampa Bay Rays, 26-19, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 2-1, 1.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             16    12   4   3   9  14  0    1.69      
 2007 (13-9)           206.2 196  91  80  89 239 18    3.48      
 2006 (10-8)           144.2 132  59  52  52 163 15    3.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  40    27   9   6  17  54  0    1.35   64 
 2008-05-15    NYY   W   6     3   0   0   3   3  0     100   66 
 2008-05-10    LAA   W   6     3   0   0   3   6  0     108   69 
 2008-05-04   @BOS   L   4     6   4   3   3   5  0      90   38 
 2007-09-27    NYY  ND   6     3   1   1   0  10  0     100   72 
 2007-09-21    BOS   L   5     4   3   2   4   9  0      91   54 
 2007-09-15   @SEA   W   6     3   1   0   2  11  0      99   73 
 2007-09-10   @BOS   W   7     5   0   0   2  10  0     118   75 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      3-1  31.2  29  10  10   9  32  4    2.84   58 
 2007-08-25    OAK   W   8     5   3   3   0  13  1     105   73 
 2007-05-05    OAK  ND   6     5   1   1   3   8  0     105   63 
 2007-04-29   @OAK   W   7     6   2   2   2   1  2     104   56 
 2006-08-11   @OAK   L   5     4   3   3   2   6  1      87   51 
 2006-05-05   @OAK   W   5.2   9   1   1   2   4  0     114   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-8    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  20-13   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Mon, May 19  @OAK  W   7-6 (13)  26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @STL  L   4-5       25-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @STL  L   8-9 (10)  25-18  1st    Tied
 42 Fri, May 16  @STL  W   3-1       25-17  1st  1.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       24-17  1st  1.0 up
 40 Wed, May 14   NYY  L   1-2       23-17  1st  0.5 up
 39 Tue, May 13   NYY  W   2-1 (11)  23-16  1st  0.5 up
 38 Mon, May 12   NYY  W   7-1       22-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   LAA  W   8-5       21-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   LAA  W   2-0       20-16  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Oakland Athletics, 24-22, 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 2-3, 3.26)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             49.2  40  20  18  18  42  5    3.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  43.2  38  17  16  13  37  5    3.30   56 
 2008-05-15   @CLE   L   4.2   7   3   3   3   7  0     102   42 
 2008-05-09   @TEX   L   6     6   4   4   2   4  1     105   46 
 2008-05-04    TEX  ND   6     3   1   1   2  10  1     103   70 
 2008-04-29   @LAA   L   8     3   2   2   3   5  0     101   70 
 2008-04-24    MIN   W   7     7   2   2   1   3  1      91   57 
 2008-04-19    KCR  ND   5     6   4   3   1   4  2      93   44 
 2008-04-14   @CHW   W   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      95   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-10   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Mon, May 19   TBR  L   6-7 (13)  24-22  2nd  2.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @ATL  L   2-5       24-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @ATL  W   5-4       24-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @ATL  L   2-3       23-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @CLE  L   2-4       23-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @CLE  L   0-2       23-18  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 19, 2008 TBR  7 @OAK  6 (13)   W:Jason Hammel (3-2), L: Chad Gaudin (3-3), S: Troy Percival (12)

Sun, Aug 26, 2007 TBD  7  OAK  4        W:Andy Sonnanstine (3-9), L: Danny Haren (14-5), S: Al Reyes (20)
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 TBD 14  OAK  3        W:Scott Kazmir (10-8), L: Joe Blanton (11-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 TBD 12  OAK  2        W:James Shields (10-8), L: Lenny DiNardo (8-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 23, 2007 OAK 12 @TBD  2        W:Chad Gaudin (10-9), L: Jason Hammel (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 OAK  5 @TBD  3        W:Joe Blanton (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (0-5), S: Huston Street (9)
Sat, May 05, 2007 TBD  3  OAK  2 (12)   W:Ruddy Lugo (2-0), L: Jay Marshall (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2007 OAK  5 @TBD  2        W:Justin Duchscherer (3-1), L: Gary Glover (0-2), S: Huston Street (8)
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 TBD  5 @OAK  3        W:Scott Kazmir (2-1), L: Dallas Braden (1-1), S: Al Reyes (9)
Sat, Apr 28, 2007 OAK 12  TBD  5        W:Danny Haren (3-2), L: Casey Fossum (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 1-0; 2007 - TBR won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 63-32

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  5.82

CIN  4.47

SDP  3.30

RA/G

CLE  3.57

MIN  4.48

TEX  5.46

BA

L. Berkman  .389

  

R. Howard  .187

OBP

A. Pujols  .495

  

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .784

  

O. Cabrera  .301

OPS

L. Berkman  1.251

  

K. Greene  .585

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

S. Chacon  4.14

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  10.44

C. Zambrano  6.27

J. Garland  2.01

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB
51.Braden*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 8/.929 1/.000 158/118 .255/.284/.295/.579 .872/.477 .692 93/.652 4/2 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 13/.231 10/.500 6/1.100 10/.200 209/150 .278/.311/.392/.703 .720/.696 .618 123/.757 12/3 4/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 41/41 .316/.366/.526/.892 /.892 .929 24/.681 0/0 2/
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.000 87/46 .213/.310/.400/.710 .737/.685 .707 35/.419 5/1 3/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 6/.900 ··· 1/2.000 112/107 .220/.348/.341/.689 .000/.725 .640 64/.817 2/1 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/.969 12/.633 4/.500 5/.000 140/107 .260/.350/.545/.895 .523/1.005 1.055 85/.823 3/1 8/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 207/151 .274/.335/.376/.711 .584/.758 .649 123/.834 2/2 3/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 142/108 .244/.324/.439/.763 .414/.868 .664 107/.769 3/0 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 7/.929 1/2.000 100/78 .366/.404/.452/.856 .801/.903 .812 91/.863 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2.167 7/.000 7/.821 3/1.666 188/128 .215/.314/.399/.713 .908/.628 .680 110/.622 0/0 9/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/32 .250/.302/.458/.760 .571/.877 .935 12/1.017 0/0 3/
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 7/.715 5/.000 189/139 .288/.378/.413/.790 .763/.799 .839 108/.705 10/5 3/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 7/7 .333/.429/.667/1.095 /1.095 1.500 7/1.095 1/0 0/
IP 49.2 9.1 18.1 18.1 21.1 11.1 43.0 20.1 TOTAL .264/.330/.402/.733 .702/.744 .736 .735 44/20 44/21
ERA-K/9 3.26/7.6 3.86/9.7 2.45/7.4 0.98/11.3 4.22/8.5 3.18/9.6 3.56/6.7 4.43/10.6 3.43/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (12-6-0)
 Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 200/.223 38/.257 76/.215 73/.179 87/.241 49/.227 177/.248 83/.213 .242  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/43/0/4
2/14/22/3
45/0/0/1
0/0/18/1
1/0/4/0
OPS .652 .659 .645 .456 .717 .670 .669 .708 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.433 8/.750 36/.659 30/.448 31/.803 23/.366 98/.620 40/1.026 .633
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.728 30/.633 40/.620 43/.461 56/.668 26/.906 79/.730 43/.434 .687
Home 71/.715 7/.143 42/.650 29/.361 42/.471 26/.522 85/.624 46/.870 .624
Last 28d days 128/.659 38/.659 31/1.049 44/.494 49/.597 21/.770 105/.659 42/.548
HR/SB/CS 5/3/6 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 30/20/12
Usage ····X··· ········ ······o· X··Xo··· oX·X··X· X·o··o·· XX··X··· X·X·o···
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 181/133 .222/.337/.333/.670 .696/.660 .692 90/.571 0/0 2/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/16 .227/.261/.318/.579 .571/.583 .571 14/.522 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 14/1.271 2/1.000 4/1.750 3/.666 ··· 3/5.000 2/.500 ··· 183/125 .260/.290/.393/.683 .748/.652 .729 115/.658 2/0 5/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 14/.619 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 197/142 .263/.330/.391/.721 .882/.661 .733 110/.623 2/2 3/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 2/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 162/120 .242/.420/.403/.823 .643/.891 .818 94/.964 0/0 5/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/26 .179/.203/.232/.436 .339/.561 .622 40/.566 7/1 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 20/.988 4/1.417 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 175/120 .242/.328/.379/.707 .525/.790 .597 82/.671 5/2 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 142/109 .230/.373/.336/.710 .727/.704 .692 78/.768 1/0 2/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .375/.444/.500/.944 1.167/.833 .400 9/.944 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 176/124 .236/.297/.280/.577 .509/.605 .708 105/.447 1/1 1/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 10/1.067 13/1.083 4/.250 4/.750 ··· 16/.580 3/.666 2/1.500 112/59 .314/.366/.431/.797 .779/.812 .757 53/.907 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 117/104 .294/.353/.392/.746 .657/.756 .685 71/.736 3/0 1/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 14/.457 7/.715 3/1.000 5/2.550 1/no AB 14/1.084 5/.000 4/.500 158/115 .237/.361/.397/.758 .618/.813 .821 86/.858 0/0 5/
IP 16.0 13.2 33.1 29.2 14.1 18.0 8.0 23.1 TOTAL .250/.334/.363/.697 .633/.727 .699 .693 21/6 28/29
ERA-K/9 1.69/7.9 3.95/5.3 4.59/5.1 2.73/7.6 4.40/8.2 2.50/8.0 5.63/6.8 2.31/6.6 3.73/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (2-1-0)
 Suzuki (18-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 68/.207 65/.278 148/.275 121/.202 60/.255 66/.127 34/.241 90/.148 .244  Brown
 Cust
 Davis
 Sweeney
24/1/31/4
31/0/0/1
3/23/1/1
0/35/11/0
OPS .585 .724 .796 .583 .670 .452 .703 .556 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.133 30/.747 74/.990 42/.464 30/.516 39/.451 12/1.144 35/.271 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.726 35/.705 74/.604 79/.643 30/.818 27/.454 22/.439 55/.725 .685
Road 21/.899 12/.523 95/.848 67/.586 28/1.084 24/.728 19/.654 51/.670 .778
Last 28d days 68/.585 26/.895 68/.882 76/.557 33/.721 50/.540 11/.182 58/.651
HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 0/0/0 3/5/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 2/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 35/26/8
Usage ····X··· oXo·X··X X······· XoX···X· ·oo·oX·o X··oo·X· ·XX··o·· ·oo·o·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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