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Game Preview: OAK @ NYY, 1:05pm, Thursday, September 2, 2010 @Yankee Stadium III

Athletics, 65-67, 65-67 2nd, 9½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 9-9, 3.28)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (9-9) 151.0 139 62 55 28 90 13 3.28
2009 (8-9) 136.2 144 63 59 42 81 9 3.89
2008 (5-4) 71.2 77 36 33 25 41 8 4.14
Last 7 GS 5-2 52.1 33 15 14 11 26 3 2.41 64
2010-08-28 @TEX W 9.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 120 80
2010-08-22 TBR L 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 0 88 53
2010-08-17 TOR W 7.0 3 2 1 2 5 0 104 68
2010-08-11 @SEA W 9.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 104 79
2010-08-06 TEX L 6.0 5 4 4 2 1 2 88 45
2010-07-31 @CHW W 9.0 8 2 2 1 5 1 111 67
2010-07-25 CHW W 6.1 5 3 3 2 5 0 98 54
Last 5 v.NYY 1-1 11.2 16 9 9 7 4 2 6.94 35
2010-04-22 NYY W 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 2 81 53
2009-07-26 @NYY L 5.2 10 7 7 6 2 0 103 17
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-27   Road:   27-40   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  49-49   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 18-23   vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 21-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Sep  1  @NYY  L   3-4       65-67  2nd  9.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 31  @NYY  L   3-9       65-66  2nd  8.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 30  @NYY  L   5-11      65-65  2nd  8.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 29  @TEX  W   8-2       65-64  2nd  7.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 28  @TEX  W   5-0       64-64  2nd  8.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 27  @TEX  L   3-7       63-64  2nd  9.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 26  @CLE  L   2-3       63-63  2nd  8.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 25  @CLE  W   6-1       63-62  2nd  8.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 24  @CLE  W   5-0       62-62  2nd  8.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 22   TBR  L   2-3       61-62  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Yankees, 83-50, 83-50 1st, 1 up

SP: CC Sabathia (29, LHP, 18-5, 3.14)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (18-5) 194.2 177 75 68 62 160 17 3.14
2009 (19-8) 230.0 197 96 86 67 197 18 3.37
2008 (17-10) 253.0 223 85 76 59 251 19 2.70
Last 7 GS 5-2 50.1 50 19 17 13 41 5 3.04 57
2010-08-28 @CHW W 7.0 9 5 5 1 9 2 113 47
2010-08-22 SEA W 6.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 76 74
2010-08-17 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 3 9 2 115 65
2010-08-12 @KCR W 8.2 10 3 3 2 3 0 110 53
2010-08-07 BOS W 8.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 101 65
2010-08-01 @TBR L 6.2 8 3 3 3 3 0 112 46
2010-07-27 @CLE L 7.0 9 4 2 3 5 0 123 49
Last 5 v.OAK 3-1 37.1 31 17 15 14 28 4 3.62 56
2010-07-06 @OAK W 7.2 7 1 1 3 10 0 118 68
2010-04-22 @OAK L 8.0 4 4 3 6 5 1 97 59
2009-08-18 @OAK W 8.0 5 2 2 1 7 2 94 70
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-22   Road:   38-28   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  54-32   vsLHP:  29-18   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:23-13   vsWest: 22-10 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Sep  1   OAK  W   4-3       83-50  1st  1.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 31   OAK  W   9-3       82-50  1st  1.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 30   OAK  W  11-5       81-50  1st    Tied
130 Sun, Aug 29  @CHW  W   2-1       80-50  1st    Tied
129 Sat, Aug 28  @CHW  W  12-9       79-50  1st    Tied
128 Fri, Aug 27  @CHW  L   4-9       78-50  1st    Tied
127 Wed, Aug 25  @TOR  L   3-6       78-49  1st    Tied
126 Tue, Aug 24  @TOR  W  11-5       78-48  1st    Tied
125 Mon, Aug 23  @TOR  L   2-3       77-48  1st    Tied
124 Sun, Aug 22   SEA  W  10-0       77-47  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 01, 2010 NYY  4  OAK  3        W:A.J. Burnett (10-12), L: Brett Anderson (3-6), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 NYY  9  OAK  3        W:Phil Hughes (16-6), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 NYY 11  OAK  5        W:Javier Vazquez (10-9), L: Trevor Cahill (14-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 07, 2010 NYY  6 @OAK  2        W:A.J. Burnett (7-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (7-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 NYY  6 @OAK  1        W:CC Sabathia (11-3), L: Trevor Cahill (8-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 NYY  3 @OAK  1        W:Javier Vazquez (7-7), L: Ben Sheets (3-8), S: Mariano Rivera (19)
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 OAK  4  NYY  2        W:Dallas Braden (3-0), L: CC Sabathia (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 NYY  3 @OAK  1        W:Phil Hughes (2-0), L: Ben Sheets (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (6)
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 NYY  7 @OAK  3        W:Javier Vazquez (1-2), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 19, 2009 NYY  3 @OAK  2        W:Alfredo Aceves (8-1), L: Brett Anderson (7-9), S: Mariano Rivera (36)
Season Series: 2010 - NYY over 8-1; 2009 - NYY won 7-2; 2008 - NYY won 5-1; All-Time - NYY leads 1120-759

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 2010 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  5.42

DET  4.46

SEA  3.24

 RA/G

SDP  3.54

COL  4.33

PIT  5.44

 BA

J. Hamilton  .361

Y. Torrealba  .287

B. Wood  .162

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

Y. Torrealba  .360

B. Wood  .188

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .638

R. Branyan  .473

R. Tejada  .211

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.072

C. Crawford  .819

B. Wood  .404

 ERA

C. Buchholz  2.21

M. Pelfrey  3.72

K. Correia  5.52

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.93

C. Richard  7.05

M. Buehrle  4.00

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Athletics Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB		 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB		 65.Hughes
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 45.Mitre
G/S/vB		 47.Nova
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 39.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 13/.930 ··· 7/1.071 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 568/413 .284/.401/.419/.820 .861/.805 .804 105/1.082 6/3 8/10
25.Carson G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/11 .186/.178/.279/.457 .489/.364 .749 9/.000 1/0 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 14/.607 ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· ··· 14/.462 3/.666 6/.334 268/198 .270/.328/.430/.759 .910/.704 .647 112/.786 22/2 6/2
32.Cust* G/S/vP 25/.860 ··· 6/.533 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 310/261 .272/.394/.445/.838 .662/.874 .803 86/.723 1/1 10/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 19/.269 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 441/327 .269/.307/.370/.677 .845/.620 .691 95/.563 40/7 5/3
14.Ellis G/S/vP 39/.682 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 10/.311 4/.250 3/.666 368/286 .256/.329/.330/.659 .654/.660 .777 95/.646 4/4 3/3
18.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.450 ··· 11/.664 3/.666 2/.000 220/179 .234/.281/.299/.580 .449/.606 .561 22/.536 4/1 1/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 17/.529 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 524/395 .260/.294/.406/.700 .790/.670 .705 92/.638 2/1 13/11
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 40/36 .237/.275/.421/.696 .500/.719 .763 30/.800 0/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 475/367 .252/.326/.361/.687 .584/.718 .702 85/.613 23/5 3/19
35.Powell# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/76 .217/.298/.283/.581 .646/.556 .569 18/.423 1/0 1/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 23/.943 1/2.000 8/.268 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 6/.533 2/1.500 1/.000 431/327 .249/.306/.381/.687 .557/.727 .627 95/.531 3/2 12/8
30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/11 .286/.286/.286/.571 .600/.545 .500 17/.588 0/0 0/1
IP 194.2 2.2 149.1 31.2 46.2 14.0 48.2 46.2 33.1 TOTAL .256/.321/.375/.697 .696/.697 .694 .660 119/29 84/91
ERA-K/9 3.14/7.4 3.38/10.0 4.10/7.4 2.56/7.7 3.47/4.8 1.93/7.1 1.11/7.2 4.05/10.8 4.05/8.9 3.89/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (9-7-0)
 Suzuki (56-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 797/.245 10/.222 621/.250 133/.237 184/.217 57/.273 182/.165 210/.264 152/.242 .249  Gross
 Davis
 Cust
 Crisp
 Larish
 Carson
31/9/42/6
33/68/23/3
12/0/3/3
0/59/0/2
4/0/0/0
6/1/12/0
OPS .678 .522 .702 .662 .664 .662 .443 .756 .745 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.696 5/.400 321/.752 62/.492 93/.588 23/.609 85/.510 85/.820 75/.706 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 608/.672 5/.650 300/.650 71/.811 91/.745 34/.700 97/.385 125/.713 77/.769 .703
Home 366/.594 10/.522 366/.754 80/.660 100/.835 4/1.000 90/.387 108/.683 86/.900
Last 28d days 146/.665 / 120/.741 26/.471 47/.552 45/.661 38/.630 38/.900 50/.535
HR/SB/CS 17/14/3 0/1/1 19/10/4 2/2/0 6/9/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 5/4/1 4/6/0 142/106/22
Usage ····X··· ········ ·X·····X o··oo··· ·····X·· ···X···· X··oo··· ·o··o··· X··X····
Yankees Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 52.Bonser
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 50.Wolf
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.633 ··· 403/324 .240/.362/.423/.785 .564/.842 .877 29/.785 3/2 13/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 8/.375 4/.500 2/.000 11/1.636 10/.311 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 570/377 .323/.386/.558/.944 .933/.949 .967 111/.937 2/2 26/3
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 272/183 .251/.325/.311/.635 .726/.592 .659 33/.570 1/1 0/10
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 475/332 .285/.389/.380/.769 .739/.781 .811 93/.720 39/7 5/1
27.Golson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/3 .400/.400/.400/.800 2.000/.000 2.000 / 0/1 0/0
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/.375 ··· 6/.334 15/1.000 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.730 415/280 .245/.316/.434/.749 .627/.810 .776 96/.788 10/2 15/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP 9/.985 3/.000 4/.500 13/.846 4/1.000 ··· ··· 6/1.700 4/.500 611/419 .266/.331/.374/.705 .869/.630 .814 120/.584 15/4 10/5
26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 5/.650 ··· 1/5.000 6/.200 2/.000 411/264 .269/.353/.416/.768 .770/.767 .733 63/.825 4/1 10/4
18.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 12/9 .182/.250/.364/.614 1.000/.472 .500 0/ 0/0 0/0
12.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/16 .290/.333/.419/.753 .824/.661 .583 33/.753 2/0 1/1
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 142/113 .221/.252/.244/.496 .191/.569 .494 40/.591 6/0 0/4
20.Posada# G/S/vP 6/.750 4/.000 3/.666 7/.629 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 4/.000 375/246 .261/.368/.478/.846 .903/.815 .959 83/.873 3/0 16/7
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 8/.708 2/.000 2/1.000 15/.343 8/.946 1/3.000 ··· 2/4.000 2/.500 543/354 .296/.368/.528/.896 .854/.917 .856 104/.823 1/2 25/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 13/.846 3/.000 2/2.000 8/1.875 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/1.750 7/1.143 583/404 .268/.372/.514/.886 .984/.844 1.019 97/1.017 0/1 30/3
38.Thames G/S/vP 13/1.385 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.236 2/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 184/82 .308/.386/.535/.920 .945/.890 .761 64/1.059 0/0 10/3
IP 151.0 43.0 44.1 13.1 59.2 18.1 3.2 32.1 50.1 TOTAL .270/.351/.444/.795 .807/.789 .843 .817 85/24 168/65
ERA-K/9 3.28/5.4 1.47/6.9 3.65/8.5 4.73/5.4 3.32/9.0 4.42/10.8 2.45/9.7 4.45/8.9 3.22/5.9 3.57/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (48-9-2)
 Moeller (4-1-2)
 Posada (54-12-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 605/.246 166/.205 199/.272 59/.352 241/.202 78/.209 18/.231 141/.244 211/.247 .244  Gardner
 Swisher
 Granderson
 Kearns
 Thames
 Golson
 Pena
101/39/0/10
0/1/116/8
0/107/0/4
81/5/26/1
20/0/7/1
0/4/3/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .661 .554 .748 .767 .630 .642 .796 .746 .719 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.676 72/.585 84/.586 30/.895 88/.622 32/.646 5/1.600 51/.979 64/1.104 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.656 94/.530 115/.875 29/.629 153/.634 46/.639 13/.444 90/.625 147/.567 .675
Road 243/.673 72/.576 104/.747 38/.769 131/.637 37/.942 4/.500 67/.897 106/.909
Last 28d days 134/.483 10/.600 37/.782 46/.659 41/.727 33/.502 / 29/.666 21/.508
HR/SB/CS 13/1/1 3/3/1 6/1/0 0/1/1 7/4/1 2/5/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 4/1/1 122/70/26
Usage ····X··· o····o·· ··X···o· ·X···X·· X··X···X ··X····o ········ ···o···· ··o··oo·

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.