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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, July 3, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Athletics, 33-44, 4th, 10 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (21, RHP, 5-6, 4.23)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-6) 89.1 90 46 42 34 43 15 4.23
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.2 38 20 17 11 24 8 3.76 51
2009-06-27 COL L 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 4 82 18
2009-06-22 SFG W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 99 68
2009-06-17 @LAD W 5.1 4 2 0 4 3 0 107 55
2009-06-11 MIN ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 2 1 104 51
2009-06-06 BAL W 6.0 6 2 2 0 5 0 91 57
2009-06-01 @CHW ND 5.2 3 2 2 2 3 1 98 56
2009-05-27 SEA L 6.0 6 3 2 1 5 1 105 54
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-21   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  23-26   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1   DET  W   5-1       33-44  4th  9.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   DET  L   3-5       32-44  4th 10.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   DET  W   7-1       32-43  4th 10.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   COL  L   1-3       31-43  4th 10.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   COL  L   9-11      31-42  4th  9.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   COL  L   2-4       31-41  4th  9.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   SFG  L   3-6       31-40  4th  7.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   SFG  L   1-4       31-39  4th  6.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 22   SFG  W   5-1       31-38  4th  6.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21  @SDP  L   1-4       30-38  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15
Indians, 31-49, 5th, 13 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: David Huff (24, LHP, 3-3, 6.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 46.0 55 33 32 15 26 8 6.26
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.1 41 20 19 10 21 5 4.35 49
2009-06-28 CIN L 5.0 9 7 6 1 3 1 83 25
2009-06-23 @PIT W 8.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 112 74
2009-06-17 MIL ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 99 45
2009-06-12 STL W 7.1 6 3 3 2 5 1 112 57
2009-06-07 @CHW W 5.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 96 47
2009-06-02 @MIN L 5.0 9 4 4 0 5 1 98 38
2009-05-28 TBR ND 4.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 71 55
Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-24   Road:   14-25   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  24-40   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Wed, Jul  1   CHW  L   2-6       31-49  5th 13.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   CHW  L   4-11 (7)  31-48  5th 13.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   CHW  L   3-6       31-47  5th 12.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   CIN  L   1-8       31-46  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   CIN  L   3-7       31-45  5th 11.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   CIN  W   9-2       31-44  5th 11.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @PIT  L   2-3       30-44  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @PIT  L   6-10      30-43  5th 11.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23  @PIT  W   5-4       30-42  5th 10.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @CHC  L   2-6       29-42  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 15, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  2        W:Aaron Laffey (2-2), L: Greg Smith (2-3), S: Masahide Kobayashi (2)
Wed, May 14, 2008 CLE  2  OAK  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (3-5), L: Joe Blanton (2-6), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  0        W:Paul Byrd (2-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-2), S: Masahide Kobayashi (1)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CLE  7  OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (2-0), L: Chad Gaudin (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 OAK  7 @CLE  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 OAK  9 @CLE  7        W:Joe Blanton (1-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-2), S: Huston Street (3)
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CLE  2 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (2)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  1        W:Dana Eveland (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  3        W:Justin Duchscherer (1-0), L: Paul Byrd (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CLE  6  OAK  2        W:Jake Westbrook (6-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-8), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1003-872

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  5.55

CHW  4.47

SDP  3.79

 RA/G

SFG  3.73

MIL  4.60

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

M. Teahen  .285

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .745

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.205

R. Cano  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

J. Niemann  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Athletics Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Huff*
G/S/vB		 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB		 40.Herges
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 47.Veras
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/84 .239/.302/.375/.677 .417/.716 .690 3/1.000 1/1 3/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.089 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 11/.384 336/233 .250/.292/.318/.610 .506/.653 .561 100/.719 3/4 2/12
7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 180/107 .203/.296/.314/.610 .696/.550 .516 37/.556 2/0 3/5
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.333 305/199 .225/.315/.416/.730 .580/.811 .734 104/.678 2/0 14/2
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/61 .229/.302/.305/.606 .564/.647 .582 64/.730 9/4 1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 83/56 .208/.256/.325/.581 .382/.677 .648 14/.929 2/1 2/2
1.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/51 .242/.282/.364/.645 .550/.683 .400 20/.578 0/0 2/0
16.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 295/199 .199/.339/.378/.717 .827/.660 .641 83/.639 0/0 11/3
5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.000 2/.000 324/219 .275/.373/.425/.798 .743/.824 .802 102/.752 9/3 8/3
29.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 220/146 .286/.355/.439/.794 .465/.957 .799 109/.646 7/3 6/7
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/53 .203/.268/.375/.643 .535/.679 .595 18/.458 0/0 2/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 291/198 .279/.324/.413/.737 .774/.720 .751 92/.757 4/2 5/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 254/179 .270/.324/.357/.681 .599/.713 .762 39/.923 4/2 3/1
IP 46.0 6.2 25.1 24.1 23.1 11.2 17.1 27.2 27.1 TOTAL .238/.313/.365/.677 .619/.705 .653 .682 43/20 64/62
ERA-K/9 6.26/5.1 6.75/5.4 3.55/6.4 5.55/11.1 9.26/7.7 3.09/10.8 4.15/9.4 5.86/6.5 5.27/9.9 5.37/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.289 30/.321 107/.240 113/.209 119/.375 49/.135 79/.254 125/.229 119/.248 .280
OPS .855 1.010 .683 .706 1.005 .712 .728 .780 .813 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/1.039 10/.956 47/.783 35/.829 54/1.147 26/.709 21/.770 57/.869 64/.756 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.758 20/1.034 60/.605 78/.651 65/.892 23/.704 58/.712 68/.695 55/.882 .787
Home 94/.794 23/1.119 59/.645 55/.832 57/1.056 26/.360 56/.813 83/.647 63/.591
Last 28d days 128/.718 30/1.010 46/1.004 32/.819 54/.919 11/.582 48/.714 24/.598 39/.576
HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 2/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/2 2/4/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 5/2/0 5/5/0 93/66/13
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ··o··X·o ···X··o· ·o··X··o ···X··o· ·o··X··X ·X·o·o·· ·o··o···
Indians Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 44.Casilla
G/S/vB		 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 47.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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/172 .307/.364/.417/.781 .562/.884 .659 12/.417 7/1 2/3
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 149/124 .283/.381/.354/.735 .916/.699 .569 93/.704 0/2 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 342/241 .292/.401/.451/.851 .734/.899 .831 104/.812 12/0 10/4
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/224 .228/.305/.361/.666 .728/.653 .672 79/.426 11/1 5/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 203/156 .260/.353/.439/.793 .944/.746 .876 56/.894 0/0 8/3
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/28 .276/.382/.517/.900 .533/.976 .432 30/.767 0/0 2/0
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/103 .282/.388/.573/.960 1.241/.890 .967 56/1.028 0/0 8/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/250 .313/.393/.523/.916 .903/.924 .895 102/.775 0/0 14/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 300/225 .258/.336/.363/.699 .632/.722 .652 89/.722 0/0 4/7
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/143 .200/.328/.372/.700 .966/.643 .568 55/.652 0/0 6/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/187 .219/.306/.414/.719 .743/.709 .595 35/.673 7/7 10/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 146/135 .195/.260/.368/.629 .582/.633 .476 82/.662 1/1 4/5
IP 89.1 74.1 47.1 30.0 28.2 26.2 17.1 36.2 28.2 36.1 36.0 TOTAL .259/.343/.415/.758 .788/.749 .717 .720 42/14 87/51
ERA-K/9 4.23/4.3 5.45/6.3 2.09/10.8 4.20/7.5 5.65/6.3 5.74/6.1 7.27/9.4 2.95/6.9 5.02/10.7 2.72/10.2 3.25/6.2 4.21/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.264 330/.297 192/.173 122/.204 126/.232 124/.280 86/.384 149/.231 137/.315 140/.197 154/.302 .263
OPS .818 .833 .508 .637 .755 .738 1.007 .574 .857 .567 .741 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.975 97/.936 85/.567 65/.616 54/.852 64/.938 16/1.482 82/.548 57/1.069 54/.480 71/.926 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 189/.659 233/.789 107/.463 57/.658 72/.682 60/.531 70/.895 67/.605 80/.716 86/.620 83/.588 .700
Road 141/.823 177/.887 113/.563 59/.675 68/.847 59/.813 42/.829 72/.543 68/1.087 76/.761 66/.784
Last 28d days 121/.792 92/.886 57/.501 35/.572 33/.630 76/.730 44/1.173 125/.597 40/.653 43/.621 51/.729
HR/SB/CS 15/11/6 13/8/0 3/0/0 3/3/3 5/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 5/2/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 73/36/14
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·X··o·X· ····oXX· ··X·o·o· ··X··X·· ··X····· ····X··· ··XX·X·· ···X·X·· ·o·oX·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.