TBR @ OAK, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 71-46, 1st, 4 up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 8-5, 3.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-5) 104 87 39 37 44 114 10 3.20 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 1-2 37 41 20 20 20 42 5 4.86 48 2008-08-06 CLE ND 4.1 9 5 5 3 4 2 97 26 2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49 2008-07-26 @KCR ND 5 7 2 2 0 5 0 91 50 2008-07-21 OAK W 7 2 0 0 4 9 0 102 78 2008-07-13 @CLE L 6 8 5 5 2 7 2 104 41 2008-07-08 @NYY L 5 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 57 2008-07-02 BOS ND 5 7 4 4 4 3 1 107 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 4-0 35 22 7 7 10 39 3 1.80 68 2008-07-21 OAK W 7 2 0 0 4 9 0 102 78 2008-05-20 @OAK W 7 4 1 1 1 8 0 97 72 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-17 Road: 26-29 ExtrInn: 7-4 vsRHP: 51-30 vsLHP: 20-16 1-Run: 21-12 vsEast: 28-19 vsCntrl:15-12 vsWest: 16-9 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 117 Sun, Aug 10 @SEA W 11-3 71-46 1st 4.5 up 116 Sat, Aug 9 @SEA W 8-7 (11) 70-46 1st 3.5 up 115 Fri, Aug 8 @SEA W 5-3 69-46 1st 3.5 up 114 Thu, Aug 7 @SEA L 1-2 68-46 1st 2.5 up 113 Wed, Aug 6 CLE W 10-7 68-45 1st 3.0 up 112 Tue, Aug 5 CLE W 8-4 67-45 1st 3.0 up 111 Mon, Aug 4 CLE L 2-5 66-45 1st 3.0 up 110 Sun, Aug 3 DET W 6-5 (10) 66-44 1st 3.0 up 109 Sat, Aug 2 DET W 9-3 65-44 1st 3.0 up 108 Fri, Aug 1 DET W 5-2 64-44 1st 3.0 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:16-14
Oakland Athletics, 54-63, 3rd, 20 GB, 13 GB in WC	SP: Gio Gonzalez (22, LHP, 0-1, 6.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 6 4 4 4 2 4 1 6.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-1 6 4 4 4 2 4 1 6.00 50 2008-08-06 @TOR L 6 4 4 4 2 4 1 95 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-29 Road: 22-34 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 36-42 vsLHP: 18-21 1-Run: 15-19 vsEast: 14-21 vsCntrl:16-14 vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 117 Sun, Aug 10 @DET L 1-6 54-63 3rd 20.0 gb 116 Sat, Aug 9 @DET L 2-10 54-62 3rd 19.0 gb 115 Fri, Aug 8 @DET W 4-2 54-61 3rd 18.0 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 Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 3-17 Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jul 23, 2008 TBR 4 OAK 3 W:James Shields (9-6), L: Greg Smith (5-9), S: Troy Percival (20) Tue, Jul 22, 2008 OAK 8 @TBR 1 W:Dallas Braden (2-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (10-5), S: none Mon, Jul 21, 2008 TBR 4 OAK 0 W:Scott Kazmir (8-5), L: Dana Eveland (7-7), S: none Wed, May 21, 2008 OAK 9 TBR 1 W:Dana Eveland (4-3), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-2), S: none Tue, May 20, 2008 TBR 3 @OAK 2 W:Scott Kazmir (3-1), L: Greg Smith (2-4), S: Troy Percival (13) 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 Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 4-2; 2007 - TBR won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 65-35

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

MIL 4.69

WSN 3.74

RA/G

TOR 3.95

MIN 4.62

TEX 5.93

C. Jones .370

C. Utley .290

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .467

M. Aviles .360

T. Pena .178

SLG

A. Pujols .613

S. Drew .481

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.073

J. Willingham .832

T. Pena .382

ERA

C. Lee 2.45

S. Olsen 4.04

I. Snell 6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.99

G. Floyd 6.33

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 202/110 .225/.299/.379/.678 .815/.555 .709 55/.614 2/1 6/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 342/246 .259/.299/.313/.612 .800/.539 .564 44/.737 18/4 0/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 180/173 .261/.344/.446/.790 .619/.797 .582 41/.762 1/0 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 256/210 .227/.328/.414/.742 .693/.752 .620 39/.808 2/2 9/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 12/.969 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 329/276 .247/.340/.484/.825 .463/.894 .917 59/.605 8/2 16/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 521/364 .282/.353/.383/.735 .707/.748 .710 106/.784 6/4 5/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/2.667 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 341/249 .301/.357/.421/.778 .666/.828 .746 73/.749 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.167 6/2.167 4/1.750 ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 416/271 .245/.356/.478/.834 .638/.938 .817 101/1.018 0/1 21/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 111/59 .242/.321/.442/.763 .811/.721 .918 22/.639 0/0 5/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/10 .290/.333/.452/.785 .893/.522 .500 / 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 3/2.000 3/3.500 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 495/348 .265/.381/.391/.772 .809/.757 .750 99/.701 36/14 7/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 107/69 .229/.308/.427/.735 .760/.721 .670 49/.728 3/0 5/

IP 6.0 16.0 25.2 23.0 43.1 34.2 10.0 50.1 37.0 TOTAL .259/.337/.416/.753 .724/.765 .725 .783 119/42 127/60

ERA-K/9

6.00/6.0

2.81/9.6

1.05/10.9

7.43/4.7

5.40/7.7

2.86/9.3

2.70/5.4

4.65/8.8

0.00/4.1

3.74/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (31-17-5)
Riggans (17-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.182 67/.175 100/.187 114/.316 193/.275 151/.254 42/.250 214/.257 130/.186 .242 Upton
Gross
Ruggiano
Hinske
Zobrist
Baldelli
Riggans 0/110/0/9
2/17/80/7
3/4/7/2
10/0/48/2
0/2/1/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .614 .529 .470 .846 .830 .716 .836 .749 .446 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/1.167 26/.374 40/.532 35/.676 70/.819 66/.621 11/.455 94/.840 56/.488 .659

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.444 41/.623 60/.430 79/.928 123/.836 85/.794 31/.978 120/.681 74/.415 .710

Home / 21/.348 44/.475 45/.896 103/.737 74/.726 / 122/.767 69/.416 .649

Last 28d days 24/.614 51/.567 12/.267 61/.826 40/1.017 37/.675 42/.836 46/.975 60/.489

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/1/1 0/3/1 3/2/0 6/3/0 4/6/0 3/1/0 6/5/2 0/1/0 92/53/28

Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··X ·X··Xo·· ··X····· ··o··X·· ··X··X·· ··X····X ·X····X· ···XX·X·

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· 363/262 .212/.311/.308/.619 .776/.557 .670 37/.448 0/1 5/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/41 .193/.246/.263/.509 .616/.456 .572 9/.347 0/0 0/

8.Brown G/S/vP 20/.838 ··· 2/.000 5/1.267 4/.500 ··· 5/2.600 ··· 363/235 .250/.289/.397/.686 .772/.638 .722 55/.753 4/1 11/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 20/.422 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 448/322 .249/.308/.371/.679 .627/.699 .693 88/.627 6/3 6/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/1.056 ··· ··· 3/5.000 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 3/1.334 434/310 .230/.376/.434/.809 .813/.808 .879 70/.779 0/0 20/

38.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 127/72 .207/.236/.273/.509 .581/.454 .564 11/.473 18/5 1/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 23/.991 1/.000 4/1.334 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 465/329 .231/.317/.361/.678 .542/.731 .586 85/.516 12/2 10/

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 244/172 .277/.313/.411/.724 .501/.818 .674 93/.721 4/0 3/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 393/296 .222/.307/.333/.640 .610/.650 .711 80/.566 2/0 5/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.361 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 431/316 .286/.347/.376/.723 .613/.762 .823 85/.785 2/3 5/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 316/241 .291/.341/.382/.723 .560/.773 .656 85/.622 8/1 4/

35.Thomas G/S/vP 17/.371 4/.250 11/.637 4/1.167 5/2.550 1/no AB 15/1.400 4/.500 221/158 .253/.367/.419/.786 .608/.859 .912 41/.656 0/0 8/

IP 104.0 34.2 42.1 62.1 65.1 30.1 37.2 49.2 TOTAL .244/.317/.366/.682 .646/.698 .695 .611 56/17 86/67

ERA-K/9

3.20/9.9

1.30/13.0

2.34/2.8

4.33/5.1

2.48/9.0

4.75/7.7

3.58/8.6

2.72/5.8

3.77/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (8-5-2)
Suzuki (45-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.227 129/.106 170/.284 274/.269 276/.200 132/.245 152/.164 199/.188 .246 Brown
Sweeney
Gonzalez
Cust
Davis 56/1/46/6
13/42/54/4
0/52/29/4
66/0/0/3
3/62/1/2

OPS .693 .370 .665 .767 .600 .713 .638 .605 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.560 44/.410 54/.790 127/.890 94/.599 78/.632 75/.630 73/.626 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 348/.728 85/.349 116/.610 147/.661 182/.601 54/.830 77/.646 126/.592 .693

Road 198/.747 65/.379 85/.598 168/.858 127/.692 58/.835 58/.727 103/.673 .778

Last 28d days 97/.804 43/.241 31/.598 43/.599 40/.692 32/.990 40/.775 35/.829

HR/SB/CS 10/4/2 1/1/0 2/0/3 7/10/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 7/4/0 7/0/1 109/52/19

Usage ·····X·· ··oo··X· ··X··o·· ·X·····X ··o··Xo· ·Xo·oo·· ··oo·o·· ··X·o·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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Game Preview: TBR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 8-5, 3.20)

SP: Gio Gonzalez (22, LHP, 0-1, 6.00)

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