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Game Preview: OAK @ TBR, 12:40pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Oakland Athletics, 52-48, 2nd, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 5-8, 3.79)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-8)            114    99  51  48  52  75 11    3.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39.1  34  17  17  25  19  4    3.89   50 
 2008-07-18   @NYY   L   3.2   8   6   6   5   1  1      88   17 
 2008-07-10    SEA  ND   6     4   0   0   1   2  0      89   65 
 2008-07-05   @CHW   L   5     5   4   4   6   2  2     103   37 
 2008-06-30   @LAA   W   9     4   1   1   2   3  1     101   76 
 2008-06-25    PHI   L   5.2   7   4   4   2   3  0      98   40 
 2008-06-19   @ARI  ND   5     3   1   1   3   4  0      87   58 
 2008-06-13   @SFG   W   5     3   1   1   6   4  0      98   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-24   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  35-30   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest: 13-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22  @TBR  W   8-1       52-48  2nd  9.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @TBR  L   0-4       51-48  3rd  9.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @NYY  L   1-2       51-47  2nd  9.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @NYY  L   3-4 (12)  51-46  2nd  8.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @NYY  L   1-7       51-45  2nd  7.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   LAA  L   3-4       51-44  2nd  6.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   LAA  L   1-4       51-43  2nd  5.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   LAA  W   9-2       51-42  2nd  4.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10   SEA  W   3-2 (11)  50-42  2nd  5.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   SEA  L   4-6       49-42  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Tampa Bay Rays, 58-41, 1st, ½ up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 8-6, 3.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-6)            129.1 123  61  53  24 104 14    3.69      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  47.2  44  20  20   7  44  6    3.78   57 
 2008-07-18    TOR   W   7     4   1   1   2   4  1     104   67 
 2008-07-11   @CLE   L   6    10   5   5   1   4  1     103   35 
 2008-07-06    KCR   W   7     4   2   2   1   8  0      93   68 
 2008-06-30    BOS   W   6.1   5   2   2   1   5  1     104   59 
 2008-06-25   @FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  1     101   70 
 2008-06-19    CHC  ND   6.1   7   3   3   2   9  0     102   54 
 2008-06-10   @LAA   L   8    10   6   6   0   9  2     108   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-1  27.2  28  14  14   7  23  6    4.55   52 
 2008-05-19   @OAK  ND   7.2   8   5   5   1   4  3     102   46 
 2007-08-24    OAK   W   8.1   9   2   2   1   8  1     114   64 
 2007-04-27   @OAK   W   8     4   1   1   1   9  1     107   78 
 2006-09-08    OAK   L   3.2   7   6   6   4   2  1      88   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-16   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  42-26   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  17-11
 vsEast: 26-18   vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest: 12-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Tue, Jul 22   OAK  L   1-8       58-41  1st  0.5 up
 98 Mon, Jul 21   OAK  W   4-0       58-40  1st  1.5 up
 97 Sun, Jul 20   TOR  L   4-9       57-40  1st  1.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 19   TOR  W   6-4       57-39  1st  1.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 18   TOR  W   2-1       56-39  1st  0.5 up
 94 Sun, Jul 13  @CLE  L   2-5       55-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 12  @CLE  L   4-8       55-38  1st  0.5 up
 92 Fri, Jul 11  @CLE  L   0-5       55-37  1st  1.5 up
 91 Thu, Jul 10  @CLE  L   2-13      55-36  1st  1.5 up
 90 Wed, Jul  9  @NYY  L   1-2 (10)  55-35  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sun, May 06, 2007 OAK  5 @TBD  3        W:Joe Blanton (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (0-5), S: Huston Street (9)
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-2; 2007 - TBR won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 65-34

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  5.44

CLE  4.55

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.63

NYM  4.54

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .371

A. Huff  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

M. Grudzielanek  .359

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .628

R. Vazquez  .470

O. Vizquel  .200

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

B. Giles  .825

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Bankston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 47/29 .267/.298/.400/.698 1.000/.498 .667 47/.698 0/0 1/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 54/34 .196/.241/.275/.515 .616/.456 .493 18/.402 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 5/1.267 4/.500 ··· 4/2.750 2/.500 ··· 320/207 .248/.284/.371/.655 .686/.638 .567 63/.625 4/1 7/
49.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 382/274 .256/.309/.364/.673 .673/.672 .632 54/.558 5/3 4/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 8/.708 ··· 3/5.000 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 383/265 .225/.373/.428/.801 .739/.829 .701 98/.689 0/0 18/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 118/68 .204/.229/.274/.503 .533/.481 .408 35/.441 16/5 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 398/281 .235/.332/.378/.711 .552/.774 .867 102/.497 12/2 9/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 172/121 .262/.292/.402/.695 .500/.778 .715 87/.680 3/0 2/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 7/.143 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 327/246 .229/.320/.350/.670 .646/.677 .675 82/.705 2/0 5/
26.Murton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 4/.000 7/.000 68/46 .200/.235/.246/.481 .372/.534 .529 44/.443 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/.650 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 365/271 .287/.339/.379/.718 .619/.752 .647 84/.775 2/2 4/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 254/197 .307/.361/.404/.766 .651/.798 .837 67/.831 8/1 3/
IP 129.1 24.1 55.1 59.0 25.0 29.0 18.2 42.1 TOTAL .247/.321/.370/.690 .652/.707 .684 .625 52/16 71/56
ERA-K/9 3.69/7.2 1.48/13.3 4.55/5.0 2.59/8.7 5.40/6.8 3.41/9.6 4.34/7.7 2.34/5.7 3.80/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (6-5-1)
 Suzuki (43-22-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 526/.249 93/.125 247/.278 243/.183 109/.256 117/.163 78/.212 167/.172 .242  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
 Murton
48/1/45/5
0/37/25/4
12/42/40/3
60/0/0/2
3/58/1/2
16/0/2/1
OPS .690 .401 .808 .560 .726 .594 .611 .564 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.720 34/.502 117/.918 84/.465 64/.657 63/.492 28/.893 61/.415 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.663 59/.340 130/.710 159/.608 45/.821 54/.713 50/.450 106/.647 .683
Home 297/.557 49/.273 88/.693 132/.486 66/.613 77/.504 45/.537 84/.506 .619
Last 28d days 132/.623 45/.422 48/.661 40/.451 29/.829 14/.974 13/.671 29/.723
HR/SB/CS 14/6/6 0/1/0 7/9/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 1/1/0 6/0/1 88/46/19
Usage ····X··· ·o··X··· X·X····· ·o·oo··· X·Xo···· ··X····· X·oo···· ···o····
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
51.Braden*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 159/92 .236/.323/.379/.701 .868/.574 .687 57/.651 2/1 4/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 7/.971 2/.000 8/.833 13/.231 2/1.000 10/.200 1/.000 420/288 .271/.313/.382/.696 .603/.739 .822 101/.611 23/7 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 146/139 .258/.342/.453/.796 .619/.804 .883 32/.714 1/0 7/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/4.000 7/1.286 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 153/55 .192/.307/.400/.707 .774/.589 .664 38/.644 8/1 7/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 221/191 .223/.330/.394/.724 .590/.746 .820 36/.713 2/2 7/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 12/.969 ··· 6/.000 ··· 277/233 .260/.350/.504/.854 .566/.907 .757 52/.862 7/2 14/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 437/307 .277/.356/.378/.734 .645/.771 .737 91/.793 5/3 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 371/267 .275/.348/.528/.875 .865/.880 .840 100/1.056 6/0 19/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.667 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 283/210 .314/.374/.427/.801 .733/.837 .829 77/.730 0/3 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/1.167 6/2.167 4/1.750 3/1.666 1/no AB 336/218 .232/.336/.433/.769 .697/.809 .813 93/.786 0/0 15/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/49 .259/.326/.444/.771 .864/.692 .616 21/1.076 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/2.000 3/3.500 5/.000 1/.000 417/292 .272/.382/.393/.775 .783/.772 .771 96/.626 30/12 6/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 77/48 .211/.273/.437/.709 .681/.727 .694 60/.696 1/0 4/
IP 114.0 7.2 20.0 34.1 12.0 37.1 29.1 44.0 23.2 TOTAL .259/.337/.409/.745 .723/.755 .761 .746 106/36 105/58
ERA-K/9 3.79/5.9 0.00/9.4 4.05/5.8 2.10/7.3 9.00/5.2 4.34/8.2 3.07/8.9 4.09/8.8 0.00/3.8 3.41/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (28-17-4)
 Riggans (14-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 479/.237 30/.192 85/.278 140/.169 66/.333 162/.259 123/.255 177/.238 83/.178 .237  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Zobrist
 Gomes
0/93/0/9
2/17/64/6
93/1/0/2
6/0/40/2
0/1/1/0
7/0/16/0
OPS .688 .497 .765 .559 .854 .770 .723 .704 .422 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.607 11/.398 21/.649 74/.535 19/.702 57/.758 57/.595 82/.851 34/.494 .645
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.709 19/.541 64/.806 66/.572 47/.923 105/.776 66/.842 95/.579 49/.371 .680
Road 276/.700 23/.511 56/.792 53/.575 35/.693 69/.925 55/.752 67/.585 35/.520 .716
Last 28d days 128/.778 30/.497 28/.721 39/.624 13/.750 28/1.116 47/.893 39/.685 43/.289
HR/SB/CS 11/10/9 0/1/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 4/3/0 4/5/0 6/4/2 0/1/0 70/49/27
Usage ····X··· X··XX··· X···o··· ·X··o··· ···XX··· ··oX···· ·X·o···· o··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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