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Game Preview: NYY @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

Yankees, 74-45, 1st, 7 up

SP: C.C. Sabathia (28, LHP, 13-7, 3.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (13-7)			170.2	148	73	69	47	133	15	3.64
2008 (17-10)			253.0	223	85	76	59	251	19	2.70
2007 (19-7)			241.0	238	94	86	37	209	20	3.21

Last 7 GS		5-2	49.0	47	20	19	12	44	4	3.49	56
2009-08-13	@SEA	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	10	1	105	80
2009-08-08	BOS	W	7.2	2	0	0	2	9	0	123	82
2009-08-02	@CHW	W	7.0	10	5	5	0	5	2	100	42
2009-07-28	@TBR	L	5.2	9	6	5	2	6	1	109	33
2009-07-23	OAK	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	109	51
2009-07-18	DET	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	114	68
2009-07-12	@LAA	L	6.2	9	5	5	3	6	0	114	39

Last 5 v.OAK		2-2	31.1	38	23	22	12	23	2	6.32	42
2009-07-23	OAK	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	109	51
2009-04-22	OAK	ND	6.2	6	7	6	4	2	1	112	34
2008-05-14	OAK	W	9.0	5	0	0	2	11	0	117	86
2008-04-11	OAK	L	3.1	12	9	9	2	4	0	91	2
2008-04-05	@OAK	L	5.1	6	4	4	4	2	1	107	38

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

 Home:   41-18   Road:   33-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  47-31   vsLHP:  27-14   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast: 28-19   vsCntrl:20-8    vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Mon, Aug 17  @OAK  L   0-3       74-45  1st  7.0 up
118 Sun, Aug 16  @SEA  L   3-10      74-44  1st  7.5 up
117 Sat, Aug 15  @SEA  W   5-2       74-43  1st  7.5 up
116 Fri, Aug 14  @SEA  W   4-2       73-43  1st  6.5 up
115 Thu, Aug 13  @SEA  W  11-1       72-43  1st  6.5 up
114 Wed, Aug 12   TOR  W   4-3 (11)  71-43  1st  5.5 up
113 Tue, Aug 11   TOR  W   7-5       70-43  1st  5.5 up
112 Mon, Aug 10   TOR  L   4-5       69-43  1st  5.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  9   BOS  W   5-2       69-42  1st  6.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  8   BOS  W   5-0       68-42  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:22-8

Athletics, 53-65, 4th, 19 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Vin Mazzaro (22, RHP, 4-8, 5.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-8)			76.1	101	53	47	31	49	9	5.54

Last 7 GS		2-4	33.2	60	36	30	18	21	6	8.02	31
2009-08-12	@BAL	W	5.1	8	3	2	1	1	1	85	42
2009-08-07	@KCR	W	5.0	8	3	3	4	1	0	94	36
2009-08-02	TOR	L	5.0	10	7	7	3	4	2	101	20
2009-07-28	@BOS	ND	6.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	104	31
2009-07-23	@NYY	L	4.1	8	6	6	4	7	1	103	26
2009-07-18	LAA	L	3.0	10	8	4	2	3	1	70	16
2009-07-10	@TBR	L	5.0	7	3	2	2	2	1	102	43

Last 5 v.NYY		0-1	4.1	8	6	6	4	7	1	12.46	26
2009-07-23	@NYY	L	4.1	8	6	6	4	7	1	103	26

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

 Home:   28-30   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  37-42   vsLHP:  16-23   1-Run:  12-18
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:15-13   vsWest: 12-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17   NYY  W   3-0       53-65  4th 19.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   CHW  W   3-2       52-65  4th 19.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   CHW  L   1-8       51-65  4th 19.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   CHW  L   7-8 (10)  51-64  4th 18.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @BAL  W   6-3       51-63  4th 18.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @BAL  L   2-3       50-63  4th 18.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @BAL  W   9-1       50-62  4th 17.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @KCR  W   6-3       49-62  4th 17.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @KCR  L   6-12      48-62  4th 18.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @KCR  W   9-4       48-61  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 26, 2009 NYY  7  OAK  5        W:Phil Coke (2-3), L: Dallas Braden (7-9), S: Mariano Rivera (29)
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 OAK  6 @NYY  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (2-2), L: Andy Pettitte (8-6), S: Andrew Bailey (11)
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 NYY  8  OAK  3        W:Joba Chamberlain (6-2), L: Brett Anderson (5-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 NYY  6  OAK  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (10-6), L: Vin Mazzaro (2-7), S: Philip Hughes (1)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 NYY  9  OAK  7 (14)   W:Jose Veras (1-1), L: Dan Giese (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 NYY  5  OAK  3        W:Andy Pettitte (2-0), L: Dana Eveland (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (4)

Sun, Jul 20, 2008 NYY  2  OAK  1        W:Andy Pettitte (11-7), L: Justin Duchscherer (10-6), S: Mariano Rivera (24)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 NYY  4  OAK  3 (12)   W:David Robertson (1-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 NYY  7  OAK  1        W:Mike Mussina (12-6), L: Greg Smith (5-8), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 NYY  4 @OAK  1        W:Andy Pettitte (6-5), L: Joe Blanton (3-9), S: Mariano Rivera (18)
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 5-2; 2008 - NYY won 5-1; 2007 - OAK won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1110-758

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

LAA 5.79

DET 4.62

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .377

N. Schierholtz .293

A. Casilla .182

OBP

A. Pujols .446

M. Bourn .364

R. Cedeno .235

SLG

A. Pujols .680

P. Konerko .478

A. Casilla .227

OPS

A. Pujols 1.126

V. Martinez .840

A. Casilla .499

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Guthrie 5.66

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Yankees Batters (5.52 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Mazzaro
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 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 6/2.433 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 4/.750 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 387/252 .269/.331/.425/.756 .799/.732 .746 97/.735 6/2 11/3

24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/1.000 2/.000 7/.453 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 498/323 .321/.353/.514/.867 .897/.851 .834 107/1.035 4/5 18/5

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.286 3/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 476/324 .283/.364/.521/.886 .772/.941 .788 106/.915 8/0 22/4

17.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 374/252 .258/.311/.404/.714 .772/.687 .644 55/.824 7/3 9/10

14.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 170/130 .250/.359/.444/.803 .945/.761 .768 27/.607 0/0 6/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.333 7/1.286 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 2/.000 527/374 .323/.390/.467/.857 1.088/.765 .827 123/.887 20/4 15/6

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.834 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 371/261 .266/.361/.509/.871 .955/.834 .990 81/.820 0/1 19/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 85/61 .253/.321/.333/.655 .839/.581 .735 28/.613 0/0 1/1

19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 98/78 .272/.309/.348/.657 .153/.788 .780 6/.667 3/1 0/3

20.Posada# G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.833 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 327/219 .273/.346/.495/.840 .871/.825 .662 91/.757 1/0 15/6

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 4/2.750 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 374/269 .258/.390/.503/.894 .964/.867 .909 104/.775 8/1 21/6

33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 438/276 .242/.375/.479/.853 .882/.833 .967 93/.981 0/0 20/6

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/2.667 7/.762 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 5/.900 1/.000 2/3.000 2/3.500 5/1.600 523/365 .285/.382/.557/.939 .898/.940 .848 117/.981 2/0 30/1

IP 76.1 126.2 67.0 51.0 139.1 42.1 46.1 56.2 5.2 3.1 57.0 53.2 TOTAL .278/.357/.477/.835 .870/.818 .815 .865 74/21 182/75

ERA-K/9

5.54/5.8

4.55/7.3

2.01/9.9

4.06/7.1

4.97/4.5

5.74/6.4

5.24/5.6

5.88/9.0

1.59/3.2

0.00/2.7

3.16/11.5

2.68/6.4

4.49/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 350/.321 539/.265 262/.175 199/.190 610/.281 195/.281 208/.278 265/.298 20/.158 10/.125 225/.218 223/.281 .269

OPS .860 .724 .508 .646 .855 .846 .761 .860 .568 .250 .646 .709 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.889 145/.793 122/.558 104/.626 321/.978 91/.963 111/.963 67/1.164 8/1.000 5/.000 93/.648 100/.853 .835

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.820 394/.698 140/.466 95/.668 289/.717 104/.747 97/.535 198/.758 12/.258 5/.400 132/.646 123/.593 .706

Home 125/.875 235/.703 112/.451 85/.591 372/.841 94/.657 104/.643 117/1.071 8/.125 7/.400 92/.371 116/.720

Last 28d days 130/1.033 137/.706 44/.506 47/.708 160/.893 41/.822 50/.955 127/.609 15/.767 10/.250 48/.801 41/.814

HR/SB/CS 9/7/3 15/11/2 4/1/0 7/7/4 25/16/8 6/3/2 1/0/1 8/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 5/7/3 1/2/0 117/69/28

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

Athletics Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 38.Bruney
G/S/vB 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Coke*
G/S/vB 41.Gaudin
G/S/vB 65.Hughes
G/S/vB 45.Mitre
G/S/vB 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Crosby G/S/vP 29/.879 ··· 3/.666 9/.777 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 14/.572 7/.286 1/2.000 239/132 .225/.297/.368/.665 .796/.555 .744 39/.782 2/1 6/7

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/38 .151/.211/.245/.456 .498/.434 .598 7/.286 0/0 1/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 22/.997 ··· 1/2.000 12/.650 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 13/.808 4/1.250 1/.000 459/317 .228/.344/.383/.728 .605/.784 .775 104/.557 4/0 16/2

11.Davis G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 225/126 .300/.371/.430/.801 .788/.810 .849 94/.949 25/6 2/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP 33/.751 1/.000 5/1.350 18/.716 6/.167 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 21/.871 9/.347 2/.500 231/165 .282/.319/.437/.755 .762/.753 .670 97/.946 6/2 6/2

21.Everidge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/60 .236/.317/.361/.678 .837/.621 .652 82/.678 0/0 1/1

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 58/.864 18/1.000 1/.000 127/79 .267/.299/.367/.666 .675/.660 .728 37/.685 1/0 2/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.267 12/1.083 2/.000 2/1.000 349/234 .285/.333/.505/.838 1.040/.742 .847 91/.769 10/3 15/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 11/.473 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/.666 11/.182 ··· 400/276 .287/.342/.431/.773 .579/.858 .745 114/.738 14/5 10/8

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/41 .296/.333/.407/.741 .313/.915 .595 57/.741 3/2 1/0

35.Powell# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 102/73 .253/.324/.429/.752 .596/.812 .779 19/.898 0/0 3/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 12/.833 ··· 1/.000 12/.833 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 7/1.285 3/.666 2/1.500 447/314 .277/.314/.408/.722 .718/.724 .643 94/.727 5/2 9/2

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 8/1.250 6/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 7/.572 5/1.200 2/.000 380/284 .276/.327/.379/.706 .701/.708 .605 85/.857 5/5 5/3

IP 170.2 59.0 25.2 153.2 126.2 49.2 108.2 68.0 28.1 147.1 51.0 34.1 TOTAL .256/.323/.390/.713 .683/.726 .722 .765 91/31 98/87

ERA-K/9

3.64/7.0

3.66/7.2

4.91/9.8

3.69/7.9

3.98/7.7

4.71/7.2

5.13/9.0

3.44/9.9

6.04/5.7

4.09/6.9

1.94/10.1

3.15/13.1

4.32/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.235 241/.222 114/.242 629/.241 560/.257 199/.217 492/.264 285/.226 136/.363 631/.267 200/.208 149/.208 .253

OPS .667 .654 .746 .713 .768 .688 .738 .675 .897 .732 .573 .655 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.627 109/.554 57/.673 334/.660 309/.729 113/.595 247/.806 130/.776 68/1.144 188/.656 96/.517 65/.626 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 522/.680 132/.737 57/.822 295/.772 251/.812 86/.815 245/.669 155/.594 68/.650 443/.766 104/.623 84/.678 .752

Road 375/.689 103/.787 60/.665 284/.682 258/.734 90/.821 287/.671 158/.586 65/.940 273/.652 76/.529 76/.842

Last 28d days 140/.739 61/.669 42/.933 141/.604 131/.652 43/.859 105/.915 48/.498 136/.897 126/.514 46/.592 50/.620

HR/SB/CS 15/9/6 8/6/2 4/2/0 16/17/9 16/18/7 8/2/2 8/4/4 7/4/1 4/2/0 16/12/7 6/1/0 3/2/2 137/98/42

Usage ····X··· ·X·····X ···Xo·o· X····X·· ·X····X· ··X··oo· ·X···X·· ···X·X·· ··X····X ···X···· ··Xo··X· ··X··Xo·

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.