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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Athletics, 20-30, 4th, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Josh Outman (24, LHP, 2-0, 3.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			47.0	35	19	16	21	40	6	3.06
2008 (1-2)			25.2	34	14	13	8	19	1	4.56

Last 7 GS		2-0	40.2	28	16	13	19	34	5	2.88	56
2009-05-29	@TEX	ND	6.2	3	3	3	3	9	1	101	62
2009-05-24	ARI	W	7.2	4	2	1	5	0	0	106	60
2009-05-19	@TBR	ND	6.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	99	71
2009-05-13	KCR	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	78	64
2009-05-08	TOR	ND	4.1	6	3	3	3	5	1	101	41
2009-05-03	@SEA	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	87	60
2009-04-17	@TOR	ND	4.0	5	5	3	4	5	2	97	37

Has never faced CHW.

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

 Home:   11-13   Road:    9-17   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @CHW  W   5-0       20-30  4th  9.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

WhiteSox, 25-26, 2nd, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Clayton Richard (25, LHP, 2-0, 3.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			40.0	42	16	15	15	30	4	3.38
2008 (2-5)			47.2	61	37	32	13	29	5	6.04

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.0	36	19	17	15	28	4	4.03	50
2009-05-29	@KCR	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	92	63
2009-05-23	PIT	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	107	69
2009-05-18	@TOR	ND	7.0	3	2	1	3	3	1	94	65
2009-05-12	@CLE	ND	3.1	6	4	4	3	2	0	79	31
2008-09-17	@NYY	L	6.2	5	2	2	2	5	0	88	59
2008-09-09	TOR	L	4.0	5	5	5	1	1	2	53	32
2008-09-01	@CLE	L	4.0	7	4	3	2	2	0	82	34

Has never faced OAK.

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

 Home:   13-11   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-21   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  7-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, Jun  2   OAK  L   0-5       25-26  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (3-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1009-951

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 5.77

FLA 4.68

SEA 3.87

RA/G

LAD 3.85

SDP 4.71

WSN 6.16

J. Bartlett .373

C. Granderson .267

C. Young .175

OBP

A. Pujols .469

R. Theriot .345

C. Young .215

SLG

R. Ibanez .716

M. DeRosa .432

G. Atkins .279

OPS

A. Pujols 1.147

S. Schumaker .781

C. Young .520

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.10

A. Harang 4.19

A. Sonnanstine 7.07

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.69

C. Lee 6.57

J. Garland 3.36

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Athletics Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Richard*
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 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 47.Whisler*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 16/.188 8/.250 4/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 226/157 .233/.279/.296/.575 .459/.624 .569 107/.578 1/3 2/8

7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/.333 4/.000 2/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 135/88 .202/.306/.289/.595 .787/.492 .430 73/.540 1/0 1/5

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 29/23 .107/.138/.143/.281 .500/.221 .281 29/.281 0/0 0/0

32.Cust* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 6/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.167 1/.000 197/129 .253/.345/.429/.775 .692/.819 .732 91/.662 1/0 8/1

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

16.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 4/.250 8/1.518 ··· 204/136 .218/.358/.364/.721 .838/.657 .617 104/.814 0/0 6/3

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 76/60 .179/.267/.299/.565 .250/.658 .273 64/.571 0/0 1/0

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 9/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 214/145 .278/.369/.444/.813 .610/.911 .859 106/.986 4/1 7/0

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/.000 8/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.600 1/no AB 102/74 .360/.436/.573/1.009 .526/1.196 1.027 102/1.009 6/1 4/4

2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/13 .261/.261/.304/.565 .600/.538 .929 4/.500 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 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 195/133 .283/.330/.400/.730 .710/.739 .755 94/.623 1/1 2/1

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 215/146 .246/.313/.319/.632 .510/.688 .767 96/.617 4/2 2/1

IP 40.0 33.0 17.1 6.2 18.0 18.2 21.0 1.0 TOTAL .239/.315/.354/.670 .576/.713 .654 .702 26/12 39/33

ERA-K/9

3.38/6.8

2.45/5.2

1.04/10.4

9.45/9.4

3.00/7.5

1.93/9.1

1.71/12.9

0.00/18.0

4.23/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.273 139/.271 74/.167 32/.286 76/.225 79/.257 86/.208 4/.000 .269

OPS .757 .673 .568 .911 .685 .669 .602 .250 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.626 64/.765 22/.784 14/.702 38/.814 36/.656 38/.356 2/.500 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.827 75/.599 52/.482 18/1.069 38/.553 43/.674 48/.804 2/.000 .727

Home 60/.786 66/.746 31/.489 15/1.533 45/.744 40/.545 35/.293 4/.250

Last 28d days 101/.619 57/.615 32/.591 32/.911 38/.749 37/.714 42/.396 4/.250

HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 1/1/0 1/8/0 2/0/0 3/4/0 1/4/0 1/0/2 0/1/0 46/42/4

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Outman*
G/S/vB 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
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/.000 105/73 .269/.352/.344/.696 .505/.773 .710 45/.677 2/3 1/1

15.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 50/34 .200/.280/.311/.591 .650/.561 .561 20/.200 0/0 0/5

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 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 191/147 .285/.346/.552/.898 .741/.938 .843 94/.905 0/2 13/1

7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.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/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB 203/152 .298/.355/.481/.835 1.087/.753 .755 97/.845 0/0 7/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 58/26 .220/.310/.480/.790 .848/.717 .681 50/.765 3/0 4/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 162/125 .299/.333/.448/.781 .577/.843 .580 79/.730 1/0 5/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 117/82 .287/.333/.361/.694 .823/.639 .457 97/.700 4/3 0/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 189/142 .247/.293/.328/.620 .911/.527 .671 91/.714 9/2 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 3/.666 2/4.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 171/135 .257/.386/.500/.886 1.117/.823 .708 90/1.016 0/0 9/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 31/28 .172/.200/.172/.372 1.000/.327 .418 9/.111 0/2 0/0

IP 47.0 47.1 32.1 21.2 60.1 19.1 10.0 6.1 19.1 24.1 22.2 TOTAL .255/.324/.396/.720 .762/.706 .650 .698 31/17 52/31

ERA-K/9

3.06/7.7

5.70/5.1

2.23/10.6

4.98/7.5

4.33/4.0

6.05/6.5

5.40/7.2

0.00/1.4

6.98/10.3

2.59/8.5

3.57/5.6

4.50/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.201 212/.292 130/.177 87/.194 262/.265 89/.247 48/.300 24/.150 97/.345 91/.193 103/.308 .268

OPS .632 .851 .532 .665 .831 .803 .750 .442 .942 .566 .746 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.358 65/.926 56/.756 42/.575 123/1.043 38/.823 27/.966 13/.496 42/1.230 33/.479 50/.936 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.713 147/.817 74/.371 45/.736 139/.647 51/.788 21/.462 11/.364 55/.743 58/.615 53/.574 .713

Road 99/.597 111/.925 83/.621 44/.647 115/.875 61/.899 26/.878 24/.442 52/1.147 51/.916 49/.668

Last 28d days 123/.544 91/.923 59/.751 42/.564 144/.773 45/1.309 48/.750 24/.442 38/1.271 38/.571 58/.881

HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 10/3/0 3/0/0 3/1/2 9/7/6 4/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/2 0/0/0 52/24/12

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··Xo···o oXo·o·Xo ·X····X· ·X··X··o ····X··· X······· ···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.