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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, May 6, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 16-16, 16-16 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (25, LHP, 3-2, 2.70)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-2) 36.2 33 12 11 16 35 3 2.70
2010 (15-9) 200.2 171 75 72 92 171 15 3.23
2009 (6-7) 98.2 113 68 63 56 109 14 5.75
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.2 37 12 11 21 43 3 2.27 59
2011-05-01 TEX W 6.2 5 2 2 2 7 0 105 61
2011-04-25 @LAA L 5.0 8 5 4 1 5 0 95 37
2011-04-20 BOS L 6.0 8 4 4 1 9 2 104 48
2011-04-14 DET ND 6.0 2 0 0 6 6 0 103 68
2011-04-09 @MIN W 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 106 66
2011-04-03 SEA W 7.0 6 1 1 4 4 1 116 61
2010-09-30 @SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 5 8 0 118 72
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 18.1 22 17 16 11 17 4 7.85 40
2010-09-14 @KCR L 2.0 7 7 7 3 1 1 55 12
2010-07-16 @KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 99 61
2009-08-31 KCR ND 5.1 6 5 5 4 8 1 103 40
2008-09-02 @KCR L 4.0 2 4 3 3 5 2 95 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-8    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:   9-13   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  7-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Thu, May  5   CLE  L   3-4 (12)  16-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  4   CLE  W   3-1       16-15  3rd  1.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  3   CLE  L   1-4       15-15  3rd  1.0 gb
 29 Mon, May  2   TEX  W   5-4 (10)  15-14  3rd  1.0 gb
 28 Sun, May  1   TEX  W   7-2       14-14  3rd  2.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30   TEX  L   2-11      13-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29   TEX  W   3-1       13-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 25 Wed, Apr 27  @LAA  W   2-1 (10)  12-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Tue, Apr 26  @LAA  L   3-8       11-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 25  @LAA  L   0-5       11-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Royals, 17-14, 17-14 2nd, 4½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (23, RHP, 1-1, 3.43)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 21.0 19 9 8 13 14 1 3.43
2010 (4-6) 83.2 90 53 51 31 43 15 5.49
2009 (4-2) 51.2 60 34 34 16 29 12 5.92
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.0 29 12 11 25 24 1 2.54 55
2011-04-30 MIN ND 6.0 2 2 1 7 3 0 104 58
2011-04-21 CLE ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 94 57
2011-04-16 SEA W 5.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 84 59
2010-10-03 TBR ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 91 68
2010-09-28 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 6 1 0 114 53
2010-09-23 @CLE W 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 92 55
2010-09-18 CLE L 4.0 6 5 5 0 4 1 68 34
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 5.1 6 4 3 2 4 0 5.06 44
2010-08-04 @OAK L 5.1 6 4 3 2 4 0 113 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-6    Road:    3-8    ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Thu, May  5   BAL  W   9-1       17-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4   BAL  L   2-3       16-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  3   BAL  W   6-5 (10)  16-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  1   MIN  W  10-3       15-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30   MIN  W  11-2       14-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 26 Fri, Apr 29   MIN  W   4-3       13-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28  @CLE  L   2-8       12-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27  @CLE  L   2-7       12-12  2nd  3.5 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26  @CLE  L   4-9       12-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @TEX  L   7-8       12-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 KCR  6  OAK  3        W:Bruce Chen (10-7), L: Trevor Cahill (16-7), S: Joakim Soria (38)
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 KCR 11  OAK  3        W:Zack Greinke (9-12), L: Gio Gonzalez (14-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 OAK  3 @KCR  1        W:Bobby Cramer (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (5-5), S: Andrew Bailey (24)
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 OAK  4  KCR  3        W:Brett Anderson (3-2), L: Sean O'Sullivan (1-2), S: Michael Wuertz (4)
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 KCR  3 @OAK  2        W:Jesse Chavez (4-2), L: Craig Breslow (4-3), S: Joakim Soria (30)
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 OAK  6  KCR  0        W:Trevor Cahill (11-4), L: Brian Bannister (7-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 OAK  9 @KCR  6        W:Vin Mazzaro (5-2), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: Andrew Bailey (20)
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 OAK  6 @KCR  5        W:Craig Breslow (4-2), L: Joakim Soria (0-2), S: Andrew Bailey (19)
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 OAK  5 @KCR  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (8-6), L: Zack Greinke (5-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 OAK 10  KCR  4        W:Trevor Cahill (8-12), L: Brian Bannister (7-12), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; 2009 - OAK won 6-2; All-Time - OAK leads 291-239

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 2011 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

STL  5.44

DET  4.19

MIN  3.07

 RA/G

ATL  3.09

TOR  4.23

HOU  5.42

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.39

D. Lowe  3.72

R. Dempster  8.05

 K/9IP

M. Garza  11.86

C. Zambrano  6.64

D. Moseley  3.72

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

Athletics Batters (3.41 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 7/.572 2/1.500 131/91 .204/.336/.287/.623 .894/.507 .632 101/.601 0/0 0/5
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 7/1.096 2/.000 106/76 .276/.283/.419/.702 .441/.803 .696 76/.671 8/2 1/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 119/88 .231/.314/.317/.631 .305/.750 .526 93/.659 0/1 2/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.714 1/2.000 118/88 .180/.216/.270/.486 .500/.480 .429 94/.446 4/1 0/1
28.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/44 .286/.359/.414/.773 .928/.652 .645 68/.763 2/0 1/0
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 86/65 .205/.244/.333/.578 .348/.651 .623 62/.656 2/0 2/6
21.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/34 .269/.321/.365/.687 1.132/.418 .926 47/.600 0/0 0/3
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 116/80 .243/.302/.393/.694 .605/.735 .784 93/.746 0/0 3/
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 107/81 .227/.267/.289/.555 .945/.438 .699 88/.573 4/5 1/3
11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/25 .240/.367/.320/.687 .650/.693 .580 29/.636 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 6/.500 1/.000 105/73 .242/.314/.368/.683 .875/.595 .607 79/.718 1/1 3/0
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 42/41 .343/.452/.486/.938 .000/.963 .570 40/.990 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 115/75 .238/.322/.436/.757 .725/.775 .801 87/.758 2/1 5/1
IP 21.0 13.1 12.2 10.2 TOTAL .237/.304/.355/.659 .696/.644 .648 .665 23/11 18/27
ERA-K/9 3.43/6.0 2.70/8.8 4.26/5.0 3.38/7.6 4.32/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (1-1-0)
 Suzuki (13-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 94/.241 53/.159 54/.234 45/.256 .272  Jackson
 Sweeney
 Willingham
 Crisp
 DeJesus
5/0/12/1
6/2/3/1
25/0/0/1
0/24/0/0
0/8/21/0
OPS .648 .538 .652 .661 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.563 27/.727 28/.685 25/.778 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 32/.801 26/.361 26/.617 20/.513 .752
Home 94/.648 35/.544 45/.638 31/.484
Last 28d days 74/.542 44/.485 32/.609 45/.661
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 1/0/2 1/0/1 1/1/1 37/19/11
Usage ·····X·· X·X··o·· ··X···o· ··X···Xo
Royals Batters (5.23 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 29.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 66.Ross
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.629 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 95/64 .276/.309/.552/.860 1.128/.737 .785 66/1.003 7/1 5/4
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 99/78 .322/.374/.483/.856 1.024/.812 .800 82/.885 3/0 1/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/1.250 5/.450 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 134/98 .304/.418/.464/.882 .980/.849 .976 102/.799 1/1 3/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.000 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 139/89 .293/.317/.466/.783 .628/.871 .821 102/.778 3/0 3/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/17 .188/.316/.188/.503 .000/.567 .786 19/.503 7/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/94 .229/.258/.280/.538 .509/.547 .506 91/.569 5/3 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 130/97 .305/.346/.602/.948 1.291/.831 .949 97/1.039 3/0 8/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 115/76 .242/.327/.305/.633 .619/.640 .599 88/.550 6/1 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 1/.000 5/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 138/91 .320/.377/.504/.881 .825/.910 1.010 102/.809 2/1 2/1
12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 11/7 .375/.545/.750/1.295 .500/1.571 1.457 10/1.457 0/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 55/35 .234/.309/.362/.671 .762/.619 .660 42/.609 0/0 1/1
15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 69/57 .196/.338/.321/.660 1.167/.559 .798 49/.605 1/0 2/2
IP 36.2 13.0 11.1 10.2 16.1 9.0 22.2 6.1 10.0 TOTAL .272/.338/.434/.772 .816/.754 .795 .768 38/7 27/22
ERA-K/9 2.70/8.6 2.08/11.1 3.97/8.8 5.06/5.0 4.96/6.6 4.00/7.0 2.38/4.8 0.00/10.0 0.00/7.2 2.66/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (11-5-1)
 Treanor (8-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.241 59/.204 53/.231 49/.381 72/.233 38/.182 91/.247 22/.050 44/.225 .244  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Dyson
 Maier
28/0/0/5
0/0/30/4
6/26/1/4
0/9/0/0
2/1/2/0
OPS .668 .604 .846 .961 .636 .502 .581 .186 .529 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.606 26/.451 21/1.116 20/1.029 20/.780 15/.851 49/.603 10/.425 11/1.045 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.694 33/.721 32/.659 29/.913 52/.579 23/.274 42/.556 12/.000 33/.354 .618
Road 47/.637 23/.685 26/.858 20/.461 29/.258 17/.578 54/.465 3/.000 25/.345
Last 28d days 126/.636 50/.491 40/1.071 41/.708 62/.588 32/.496 91/.581 19/.217 37/.520
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/4 1/1/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 17/14/19
Usage ····X··· ·X·XX·X· o····X·· X·oooo·· o·Xoo·X· ·Xo··X·· ··X····· o·XX·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.