OAK @ TEX, Saturday, May 10, 2008 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 22-15, 1st, Tied	SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 3-2, 3.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 41.1 33 15 14 18 30 1 3.05 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 3-2 41.1 33 15 14 18 30 1 3.05 55 2008-05-05 BAL ND 7 3 0 0 4 4 0 90 71 2008-04-30 @LAA L 5.1 7 6 6 2 5 0 96 33 2008-04-25 @SEA W 5.1 6 3 3 1 3 0 98 46 2008-04-20 KCR W 5.2 3 1 1 4 3 0 95 58 2008-04-15 @CHW L 4.2 5 4 3 3 2 1 87 39 2008-04-10 @TOR ND 6.1 3 0 0 3 6 0 95 70 2008-04-05 CLE W 7 6 1 1 1 7 0 101 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-9 Road: 10-6 ExtrInn: 3-1 vsRHP: 15-8 vsLHP: 7-7 1-Run: 7-5 vsEast: 7-3 vsCntrl:10-4 vsWest: 5-8 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 37 Fri, May 9 @TEX L 0-4 22-15 1st Tied 36 Wed, May 7 BAL W 6-5 (10) 22-14 1st Tied 35 Tue, May 6 BAL W 4-2 21-14 2nd 1.0 gb 34 Mon, May 5 BAL W 2-1 (10) 20-14 2nd 1.0 gb 33 Sun, May 4 TEX W 3-1 19-14 2nd 1.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 TEX L 3-6 18-14 2nd 1.0 gb 31 Fri, May 2 TEX L 3-4 18-13 1st Tied 30 Thu, May 1 @LAA W 15-8 18-12 1st Tied 29 Wed, Apr 30 @LAA L 1-6 17-12 2nd 1.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 @LAA L 0-2 17-11 1st Tied Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Texas Rangers, 17-20, 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 2-3, 4.94) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 47.1 62 28 26 18 29 5 4.94 2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16 2006 (16-12) 215 228 114 108 53 157 23 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 41.1 58 26 26 15 25 5 5.66 42 2008-05-05 @SEA L 3 9 7 7 1 2 2 76 14 2008-04-30 KCR W 6.1 7 5 5 2 2 1 114 39 2008-04-25 MIN ND 6 8 5 5 3 6 1 98 39 2008-04-20 @BOS ND 6 10 2 2 2 7 0 109 49 2008-04-15 LAA ND 5 9 4 4 1 1 1 69 33 2008-04-10 BAL W 7 3 1 1 5 2 0 105 64 2008-04-05 @LAA L 8 12 2 2 1 5 0 106 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 0-3 24 23 19 16 14 21 3 6.00 45 2007-09-13 @OAK L 4.2 8 6 6 3 4 1 92 25 2007-09-09 OAK ND 1.1 1 1 1 0 3 0 27 51 2007-08-08 OAK ND 6 5 3 3 4 6 0 107 52 2007-07-18 @OAK L 6 3 4 1 3 4 0 105 57 2006-08-08 @OAK L 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 103 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-8 Road: 10-12 ExtrInn: 2-1 vsRHP: 14-14 vsLHP: 3-6 1-Run: 5-3 vsEast: 4-8 vsCntrl: 4-5 vsWest: 9-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 37 Fri, May 9 OAK W 4-0 17-20 3rd 5.0 gb 36 Thu, May 8 @SEA W 5-0 16-20 3rd 6.0 gb 35 Wed, May 7 @SEA W 2-0 15-20 3rd 6.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 @SEA W 10-1 14-20 3rd 7.5 gb 33 Mon, May 5 @SEA L 3-7 13-20 4th 7.5 gb 32 Sun, May 4 @OAK L 1-3 13-19 3rd 6.5 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @OAK W 6-3 13-18 3rd 5.5 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @OAK W 4-3 12-18 4th 5.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 KCR W 2-1 11-18 4th 6.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 KCR W 11-9 10-18 4th 7.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 09, 2008 TEX 4 OAK 0 W:Scott Feldman (1-1), L: Greg Smith (2-2), S: none Sun, May 04, 2008 OAK 3 TEX 1 W:Santiago Casilla (1-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Huston Street (9) Sat, May 03, 2008 TEX 6 @OAK 3 W:A.J. Murray (1-0), L: Chad Gaudin (3-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (1) Fri, May 02, 2008 TEX 4 @OAK 3 W:Vicente Padilla (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-5), S: C.J. Wilson (7) Sun, Sep 16, 2007 TEX 11 @OAK 9 W:John Rheinecker (3-2), L: Andrew Brown (3-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (5) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 OAK 7 TEX 3 W:Joe Blanton (14-9), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-10), S: Alan Embree (17) Fri, Sep 14, 2007 OAK 11 TEX 9 W:Andrew Brown (3-2), L: John Rheinecker (2-2), S: Huston Street (16) Thu, Sep 13, 2007 OAK 6 TEX 5 W:Chad Gaudin (11-11), L: Kevin Millwood (9-12), S: Huston Street (15) Sun, Sep 09, 2007 TEX 12 OAK 9 W:Bill White (1-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (8-9), S: none Sat, Sep 08, 2007 TEX 7 OAK 3 W:A.J. Murray (1-1), L: Chad Gaudin (10-11), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 3-1; 2007 - TEX won 10-9; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 357-349

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 5.66

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.31

RA/G

OAK 3.59

SEA 4.46

PIT 5.54

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

T. Redding 3.83

N. Robertson 6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

T. Redding 6.04

J. Garland 2.07

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 54.German
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 152/111 .238/.342/.331/.673 .620/.692 .688 100/.648 0/0 1/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 16/13 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.397 .347 11/.473 0/0 0/

8.Brown G/S/vP 20/1.067 4/1.500 1/3.000 7/.929 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.000 7/.572 143/96 .274/.301/.385/.686 .840/.609 .714 107/.695 1/0 3/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 8/.125 12/.523 7/.629 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 8/.833 157/112 .246/.318/.366/.685 .814/.634 .576 109/.628 0/1 2/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 13/1.094 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.686 6/1.000 123/93 .253/.423/.411/.833 .733/.867 .843 81/.986 0/0 4/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/22 .200/.233/.275/.508 .440/.573 .250 31/.603 5/0 0/

19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/33 .260/.339/.300/.639 .467/.777 .607 44/.646 2/0 0/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 29/.871 10/.633 6/.533 4/1.250 7/.953 2/.000 5/.200 6/1.333 166/112 .228/.315/.359/.674 .475/.770 .765 114/.588 4/2 3/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 103/83 .225/.379/.350/.729 .753/.723 .666 63/.833 0/0 2/

12.Murphy G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 44/17 .205/.295/.359/.654 .515/.824 .442 38/.616 1/0 2/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 144/99 .275/.340/.328/.669 .579/.709 .591 103/.629 1/1 1/

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 10/1.000 5/.000 3/.000 11/.739 10/.650 ··· ··· 8/.661 91/47 .305/.363/.439/.802 .755/.840 .815 52/.876 0/0 2/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/80 .275/.337/.350/.687 .522/.708 .686 67/.611 3/0 0/

35.Thomas G/S/vP 21/1.619 20/.838 ··· 8/1.300 15/1.610 3/.667 4/.500 13/1.098 131/96 .213/.351/.343/.694 .479/.777 .709 93/.656 0/0 3/

IP 47.1 14.1 7.0 16.0 5.2 19.0 15.0 20.2 TOTAL .251/.336/.358/.693 .623/.726 .693 .687 13/4 20/27

ERA-K/9

4.94/5.5

5.65/8.8

3.86/9.0

0.56/7.9

3.18/3.2

4.74/3.8

2.40/4.2

3.48/6.1

4.66/5.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (0-0-0)
Suzuki (14-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.310 69/.204 32/.269 66/.173 22/.238 79/.234 58/.154 87/.224 .275 Brown
Denorfia
Sweeney
Cust
Murphy
Davis 20/1/22/3
12/10/1/1
0/28/7/0
22/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/15/1/0

OPS .813 .701 .798 .543 .511 .710 .511 .618 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.830 34/.399 12/1.361 26/.718 13/.462 40/.855 17/.369 36/.734 .810

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.794 35/1.051 20/.485 40/.424 9/.583 39/.555 41/.568 51/.538 .747

Home 112/.778 24/.536 8/1.071 18/.584 8/.661 32/.814 29/.528 44/.626 .753

Last 28d days 132/.951 53/.758 32/.798 56/.542 16/.450 70/.707 45/.597 59/.596

HR/SB/CS 5/8/3 1/0/0 1/1/1 0/0/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 31/23/11

Usage ····X··· o·X···oX ·X···oX· ·X·o·o·· ·o··o··o ····X··· X·X····o oX····Xo

Texas Rangers Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Eveland*
G/S/vB 59.Brown
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 29.Foulke
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 43/31 .385/.419/.641/1.060 1.500/.869 1.797 43/1.060 0/0 2/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 135/89 .301/.407/.487/.894 .866/.885 .987 96/.952 0/2 4/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 9/.222 23/.594 2/2.000 3/.666 87/81 .257/.360/.419/.779 .750/.779 .539 66/.943 1/0 2/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 45/27 .184/.244/.263/.507 .782/.333 .462 45/.507 0/0 1/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 165/120 .290/.345/.524/.870 .696/.934 1.016 119/.867 0/0 7/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 6/.583 1/.000 3/.667 5/.400 156/125 .290/.346/.420/.767 .559/.817 .770 109/.765 8/0 3/

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/.000 107/84 .268/.324/.402/.726 .729/.725 .611 75/.668 0/1 3/

30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 155/107 .265/.325/.456/.781 .620/.858 .672 115/.767 3/1 4/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 32/22 .185/.313/.222/.535 .200/.703 .683 32/.535 0/0 0/

16.Shelton G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 24/13 .143/.250/.333/.583 .573/.594 .495 24/.583 1/0 1/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 63/54 .309/.377/.455/.832 .661/.857 1.137 53/.807 0/0 1/

10.Young G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 12/1.326 10/1.100 6/1.467 9/.666 156/123 .292/.359/.431/.790 .977/.735 .720 110/.816 1/0 3/

IP 41.1 18.0 13.1 15.2 7.0 17.1 15.1 TOTAL .264/.337/.424/.761 .713/.778 .791 .766 15/4 39/33

ERA-K/9

3.05/6.5

2.00/7.0

0.68/10.2

2.87/8.0

2.57/7.7

0.00/10.9

4.11/9.4

3.16/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (18-7-1)
Saltalamacchia (3-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.223 73/.194 53/.200 59/.204 28/.192 63/.158 65/.224 .236 Hamilton
Murphy
Boggs
Duran
Bradley
Catalanotto 0/28/6/2
13/8/23/1
11/0/1/0
2/0/1/0
1/0/6/0
17/0/0/0

OPS .609 .566 .465 .643 .596 .415 .762 .641

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.692 35/.613 18/.513 20/.794 10/.522 29/.351 28/1.132 .604

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.589 38/.516 35/.441 39/.566 18/.634 34/.472 37/.508 .665

Road 96/.703 31/.450 29/.678 20/.911 8/.804 24/.633 25/.335 .674

Last 28d days 118/.659 50/.611 43/.384 28/.220 / 38/.302 35/.629

HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 3/1/0 23/14/8

Usage ····X··· ··X·o·X· ··X·o·o· ···ooX·o ········ ···X·oo· ····XX·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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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 3-2, 3.05)

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 2-3, 4.94)

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