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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Athletics, 19-30, 4th, 10½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: (2009, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced CHW.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   11-13   Road:    8-17   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  14-18   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Mon, Jun  1  @CHW  L   2-6       19-30  4th 10.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 31  @TEX  W   5-4       19-29  4th 10.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 30  @TEX  L   1-14      18-29  4th 11.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 29  @TEX  L   2-5       18-28  4th 10.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 29  @TEX  L   3-6       18-27  4th 10.0 gb
 44 Wed, May 27   SEA  L   1-6       18-26  4th  8.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 26   SEA  W   4-3       18-25  4th  8.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 25   SEA  W   6-1       17-25  4th  8.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 24   ARI  W   6-2       16-25  4th  9.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 23   ARI  L   7-8 (11)  15-25  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

WhiteSox, 25-25, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (36, RHP, 3-4, 3.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			45.0	49	28	19	16	29	7	3.80
2008 (4-2)			39.0	44	23	17	10	27	5	3.92
2007 (6-8)			99.1	132	74	70	29	76	15	6.34

Last 7 GS		2-4	33.1	40	23	14	13	23	6	3.78	46
2009-05-26	@LAA	W	6.2	4	1	1	0	3	1	83	65
2009-05-21	MIN	L	2.0	7	8	1	2	1	2	61	23
2009-05-16	@TOR	ND	5.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	62	57
2009-05-10	TEX	L	4.2	5	5	5	3	4	2	93	35
2009-05-04	@KCR	L	5.0	7	3	2	3	7	1	98	47
2009-04-28	SEA	W	7.0	4	1	0	1	6	0	95	72
2009-04-23	@BAL	L	3.0	8	5	5	2	0	0	63	21

Last 5 v.OAK		3-1	29.1	20	7	7	4	18	1	2.15	62
2007-07-23	OAK	L	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	33	29
2005-09-29	@OAK	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	80	54
2005-08-30	OAK	ND	9.1	6	1	1	1	3	0	105	74
2005-04-15	@OAK	W	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	0	99	74
2004-10-01	@OAK	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	91	77

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   13-10   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-20   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Mon, Jun  1   OAK  W   6-2       25-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @KCR  W   7-4       24-25  2nd  4.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @KCR  W   5-3       23-25  2nd  4.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @KCR  W  11-2       22-25  4th  4.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @LAA  L   1-3       21-25  4th  5.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 26  @LAA  W   4-2       21-24  4th  4.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 25  @LAA  W  17-3       20-24  4th  5.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   PIT  L   3-4       19-24  4th  5.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   PIT  W   4-0       19-23  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   PIT  W   2-0       18-23  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 CHW  6  OAK  2        W:Matt Thornton (3-1), L: Craig Breslow (1-4), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 CHW 13 @OAK  1        W:Javier Vazquez (10-10), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 CHW  2 @OAK  1        W:John Danks (10-5), L: Greg Smith (5-12), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 OAK  6  CHW  4        W:Huston Street (3-5), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  3        W:John Danks (6-4), L: Rich Harden (5-1), S: Scott Linebrink (1)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-4), L: Greg Smith (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 OAK  7 @CHW  1        W:Joe Blanton (5-11), L: Mark Buehrle (6-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 OAK  3 @CHW  2        W:Justin Duchscherer (9-5), L: Javier Vazquez (7-7), S: Huston Street (16)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  1        W:John Danks (1-1), L: Dana Eveland (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (5)
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 OAK  2 @CHW  1        W:Greg Smith (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-1), S: Huston Street (4)
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 1-0; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1009-950

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 2009 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

NYY 5.65

MIL 4.69

SEA 3.79

RA/G

LAD 3.83

BOS 4.63

WSN 6.16

J. Bartlett .373

V. Wells .266

C. Young .174

OBP

A. Pujols .468

B. Francisco .343

C. Young .215

SLG

R. Ibanez .682

S. Schumaker .424

B. Giles .284

OPS

A. Pujols 1.147

S. Schumaker .768

C. Young .520

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.10

A. Harang 4.19

J. Moyer 6.75

K/9IP

J. Santana 11.73

C. Lee 6.57

J. Garland 3.36

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Athletics Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Colon
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 39.Gobble*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 16/.188 7/.143 4/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 221/153 .232/.275/.291/.566 .447/.616 .552 106/.549 1/3 2/8

7.Crosby G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 2/.000 9/.333 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 134/88 .204/.308/.292/.600 .805/.492 .436 75/.524 1/0 1/5

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 25/19 .083/.120/.125/.245 .500/.161 .245 25/.245 0/0 0/0

32.Cust* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 5/2.800 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 192/126 .251/.344/.413/.757 .715/.779 .694 90/.660 1/0 7/1

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 44/17 .146/.205/.146/.351 .382/.301 .443 16/.125 5/2 0/0

16.Giambi* G/S/vP 32/.911 4/1.167 2/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/.250 3/.000 8/1.518 200/133 .216/.355/.364/.719 .820/.664 .609 104/.807 0/0 6/3

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 72/57 .188/.268/.313/.580 .267/.671 .275 62/.570 0/0 1/0

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 9/1.333 ··· 2/.000 209/142 .275/.368/.440/.808 .629/.894 .851 105/.963 4/1 7/0

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 17/.607 5/.800 3/.000 7/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 97/71 .372/.443/.593/1.036 .519/1.233 1.077 97/1.036 5/1 4/4

2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/13 .261/.261/.304/.565 .600/.538 .929 5/.400 0/0 0/1

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/36 .186/.265/.349/.614 .154/.774 .554 20/.639 0/0 1/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 191/129 .278/.326/.398/.724 .710/.731 .745 94/.612 1/1 2/1

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 211/142 .251/.319/.326/.645 .510/.708 .795 96/.617 4/2 2/1

IP 45.0 31.2 17.1 5.1 18.0 18.2 40.0 21.0 TOTAL .239/.315/.354/.669 .578/.711 .651 .694 25/12 38/33

ERA-K/9

3.80/5.8

2.56/5.4

1.04/10.4

11.81/8.5

3.00/7.5

1.93/9.1

3.38/6.8

1.71/12.9

4.28/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.272 134/.274 74/.167 26/.304 76/.225 79/.257 170/.273 86/.208 .269

OPS .797 .684 .568 .993 .685 .669 .757 .602 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.869 62/.791 22/.784 10/.800 38/.814 36/.656 58/.626 38/.356 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.718 72/.596 52/.482 16/1.104 38/.553 43/.674 112/.827 48/.804 .724

Home 89/.750 61/.775 31/.489 9/2.167 45/.744 40/.545 60/.786 35/.293

Last 28d days 81/.919 52/.637 32/.591 26/.993 38/.749 37/.714 101/.619 42/.396

HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 1/1/0 1/8/0 2/0/0 3/4/0 1/4/0 4/0/1 1/0/2 45/41/4

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 52.Cameron
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/72 .272/.356/.348/.704 .505/.784 .725 44/.693 2/3 1/1

15.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 47/32 .209/.277/.326/.602 .695/.557 .583 17/.176 0/0 0/4

44.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 87/65 .253/.322/.430/.752 .641/.788 .911 41/.671 0/0 3/2

23.Dye G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 187/143 .280/.342/.554/.896 .741/.937 .835 90/.901 0/2 13/1

7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 185/136 .238/.304/.327/.632 .513/.669 .534 80/.491 1/3 2/6

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/125 .248/.309/.307/.616 .619/.615 .652 79/.518 5/1 0/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 199/148 .303/.357/.489/.846 1.087/.765 .775 93/.867 0/0 7/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 55/23 .191/.291/.468/.759 .848/.629 .567 47/.727 3/0 4/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 158/121 .305/.335/.457/.792 .577/.859 .596 75/.751 1/0 5/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 113/78 .288/.336/.365/.702 .823/.647 .452 93/.709 3/3 0/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 185/138 .253/.299/.335/.634 .911/.543 .708 87/.749 9/2 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.500 3/.666 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 167/131 .263/.389/.511/.900 1.117/.840 .733 86/1.051 0/0 9/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 29/26 .179/.179/.179/.357 1.000/.308 .400 7/.000 0/2 0/0

IP 47.1 32.1 21.0 60.1 18.1 19.1 10.0 19.1 24.1 20.2 TOTAL .256/.324/.400/.724 .764/.710 .657 .706 30/17 52/30

ERA-K/9

5.70/5.1

2.23/10.6

5.14/7.7

4.33/4.0

3.44/7.4

6.05/6.5

5.40/7.2

6.98/10.3

2.59/8.5

3.92/5.7

4.59/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.292 130/.177 86/.197 262/.265 74/.221 89/.247 48/.300 97/.345 91/.193 95/.310 .269

OPS .851 .532 .674 .831 .578 .803 .750 .942 .566 .753 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.926 56/.756 42/.575 123/1.043 27/.536 38/.823 27/.966 42/1.230 33/.479 47/1.002 .835

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.817 74/.371 44/.754 139/.647 47/.602 51/.788 21/.462 55/.743 58/.615 48/.522 .716

Road 111/.925 83/.621 43/.664 115/.875 43/.700 61/.899 26/.878 52/1.147 51/.916 41/.669

Last 28d days 91/.923 62/.711 49/.629 144/.773 58/.614 45/1.309 48/.750 42/1.194 42/.512 50/.917

HR/SB/CS 10/3/0 3/0/0 3/1/2 9/7/6 1/1/1 4/2/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 1/1/2 0/0/0 52/23/12

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