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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, May 9, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Saturday, May 7, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Athletics, 18-17, 18-17 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (23, RHP, 5-0, 1.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-0) 45.1 36 9 9 15 38 2 1.79
2010 (18-8) 196.2 155 73 65 63 118 19 2.97
2009 (10-13) 178.2 185 99 92 72 90 27 4.63
Last 7 GS 5-0 45.1 36 9 9 15 38 2 1.79 62
2011-05-04 CLE W 7.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 116 65
2011-04-29 TEX W 7.0 7 0 0 4 4 0 100 63
2011-04-23 @SEA W 6.0 7 1 1 1 2 0 100 55
2011-04-17 DET W 8.0 4 1 1 0 9 1 112 79
2011-04-12 @CHW ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 3 1 97 36
2011-04-07 @TOR W 8.0 3 1 1 0 7 0 105 79
2011-04-01 SEA ND 4.2 4 1 1 4 8 0 105 56
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 32.2 31 11 9 10 15 3 2.48 55
2011-04-29 TEX W 7.0 7 0 0 4 4 0 100 63
2010-09-26 TEX L 4.0 12 7 7 1 3 2 80 12
2010-08-08 TEX W 8.0 6 2 0 0 3 0 110 69
2010-07-28 @TEX W 8.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 113 79
2010-05-11 @TEX ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 1 94 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-8    Road:   10-9    ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  7-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sun, May  8  @KCR  W   5-2       18-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Sat, May  7  @KCR  L   3-4       17-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 33 Fri, May  6  @KCR  W   3-2       17-16  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Rangers, 18-17, 18-17 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: C.J. Wilson (30, LHP, 4-1, 2.92)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-1) 49.1 51 21 16 13 46 2 2.92
2010 (15-8) 204.0 161 83 76 93 170 10 3.35
2009 (5-6) 73.2 66 29 23 32 84 3 2.81
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.1 51 21 16 13 46 2 2.92 56
2011-05-04 @SEA W 9.0 6 2 1 1 12 0 125 80
2011-04-29 @OAK L 7.0 9 3 2 3 3 0 117 49
2011-04-24 KCR W 7.0 8 4 4 1 10 2 111 54
2011-04-18 LAA W 7.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 116 63
2011-04-12 @DET ND 6.2 7 4 4 3 4 0 106 45
2011-04-06 SEA W 7.0 6 3 2 2 2 0 108 55
2011-04-01 BOS ND 5.2 6 4 2 2 6 0 109 49
Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 19.2 20 7 6 8 13 0 2.75 54
2011-04-29 @OAK L 7.0 9 3 2 3 3 0 117 49
2010-07-29 OAK W 5.2 7 3 3 2 5 0 105 46
2010-05-13 OAK ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 108 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-7    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  12-11   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sun, May  8   NYY  L   5-12      18-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Sat, May  7   NYY  W   7-5       18-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Fri, May  6   NYY  L   1-4       17-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 32 Thu, May  5  @SEA  L   1-3       17-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  4  @SEA  W   5-2       17-14  1st    Tied
 30 Tue, May  3  @SEA  L   3-4       16-14  1st    Tied
 29 Mon, May  2  @OAK  L   4-5 (10)  16-13  1st    Tied
 28 Sun, May  1  @OAK  L   2-7       16-12  1st    Tied
 27 Sat, Apr 30  @OAK  W  11-2       16-11  1st  1.0 up
 26 Fri, Apr 29  @OAK  L   1-3       15-11  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 02, 2011 OAK  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (2-1), L: Darren Oliver (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 OAK  7  TEX  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-2), L: Matt Harrison (3-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 TEX 11 @OAK  2        W:Colby Lewis (2-3), L: Brett Anderson (2-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (4-0), L: C.J. Wilson (3-1), S: Brian Fuentes (7)

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 TEX 16 @OAK  9        W:Colby Lewis (12-13), L: Trevor Cahill (17-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 TEX  4 @OAK  3        W:Darren O'Day (5-2), L: Michael Wuertz (2-3), S: Neftali Feliz (38)
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 TEX 10 @OAK  3        W:Tommy Hunter (13-4), L: Bobby Cramer (2-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 OAK  5  TEX  0        W:Dallas Braden (10-13), L: Cliff Lee (12-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 OAK  8 @TEX  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (12-8), L: Colby Lewis (9-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 OAK  5 @TEX  0        W:Dallas Braden (9-9), L: Rich Harden (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - OAK over 3-1; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 386-377

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
Athletics Batters (3.43 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
47.Bush
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
28.Oliver*
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
21.Tomko
G/S/vB
59.Tucker
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 12/.750 1/.000 4/.000 2/4.000 11/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 140/95 .205/.329/.291/.619 .909/.484 .624 96/.593 0/1 0/5
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/.733 8/.715 1/.000 4/.833 8/1.339 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· 119/84 .265/.277/.402/.679 .435/.779 .658 80/.693 8/3 1/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 13/.237 14/.967 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 132/97 .222/.298/.316/.614 .268/.743 .515 96/.624 0/1 2/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP 16/.393 4/.000 5/.833 6/.167 12/.583 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 125/92 .195/.228/.280/.507 .515/.504 .472 89/.466 4/1 0/1
28.Jackson G/S/vP 4/2.083 18/.513 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 13/.968 1/.000 87/49 .291/.356/.405/.761 .990/.581 .648 73/.794 2/0 1/0
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 9/1.270 7/1.429 1/.000 6/.334 3/2.667 ··· 4/.666 1/.000 94/70 .209/.245/.360/.605 .614/.602 .656 58/.710 2/0 3/6
21.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 15/.673 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 63/41 .271/.317/.356/.673 1.132/.445 .832 51/.571 0/0 0/3
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/.421 17/.728 4/.833 6/.833 11/.637 8/1.911 4/.500 1/no AB 124/87 .243/.298/.400/.698 .588/.746 .781 89/.753 0/0 3/
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 10/.311 2/1.000 7/.857 5/.200 8/.929 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 114/85 .223/.268/.311/.579 .837/.495 .729 86/.661 4/5 2/3
11.Powell# G/S/vP 11/.384 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 30/25 .240/.367/.320/.687 .650/.693 .580 25/.470 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 11/.293 2/.000 3/.333 10/.300 10/.600 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 117/82 .245/.316/.387/.703 .840/.644 .658 83/.699 1/1 4/0
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 5/1.467 ··· 3/.333 5/1.350 12/.750 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 47/46 .350/.447/.475/.922 .000/.944 .618 41/.949 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 4/1.250 11/1.233 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 4/.000 1/.000 125/82 .225/.304/.405/.709 .671/.730 .702 84/.661 2/1 5/1
IP 49.1 16.1 9.1 5.1 14.1 10.0 10.0 5.0 TOTAL .237/.300/.357/.657 .696/.642 .647 .663 23/13 21/28
ERA-K/9 2.92/8.4 2.20/4.4 0.96/5.8 6.75/3.4 2.51/6.9 4.50/7.2 6.30/8.1 3.60/7.2 4.07/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (1-1-0)
 Suzuki (17-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.268 70/.238 37/.125 27/.364 58/.228 42/.237 43/.237 21/.211 .252  Sweeney
 DeJesus
 Willingham
 Jackson
 Crisp
8/2/3/1
0/8/24/1
26/0/0/1
6/0/12/1
0/27/0/0
OPS .707 .632 .431 .899 .627 .810 .878 .707 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.499 33/.492 25/.203 11/1.245 23/.783 16/.607 19/1.274 12/1.117 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.781 37/.765 12/1.000 16/.625 35/.523 26/.929 24/.600 9/.222 .753
Home 113/.725 39/.669 21/.143 16/.745 41/.544 26/.769 37/.856 12/.970
Last 28d days 155/.730 70/.632 15/.673 17/.873 37/.742 30/.926 43/.878 21/.707
HR/SB/CS 2/8/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 44/20/9
Usage ····X··· X······X ·o······ X·X····· ·X···oo· oo····X· ·X······ X·X····X
Rangers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP 27/.525 3/.000 4/.500 4/.666 7/.572 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 10/.786 140/100 .270/.324/.341/.665 .797/.614 .752 105/.672 10/0 1/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 18/.631 11/.495 4/1.250 4/.000 12/1.167 5/1.350 ··· 9/.444 6/.666 145/107 .239/.283/.448/.731 .775/.715 .654 103/.762 0/1 7/2
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .182/.308/.545/.853 1.133/.619 1.000 8/.952 0/0 1/1
20.Borbon* G/S/vP 22/.272 ··· 4/.500 7/.600 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.666 3/.333 87/59 .282/.321/.372/.693 .829/.632 .852 64/.713 6/2 0/1
19.Davis* G/S/vP 13/.539 2/.500 3/1.000 5/.200 3/.333 4/2.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 32/29 .250/.344/.429/.772 1.167/.733 .634 32/.772 0/0 1/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .333/.500/.333/.833 .333/2.000 .833 4/.833 1/0 0/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 17/.368 6/.834 4/.000 4/.250 5/.000 8/.536 3/.666 8/.542 9/1.111 152/104 .209/.318/.419/.736 .746/.730 .860 109/.630 7/2 5/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 110/84 .289/.373/.526/.899 .498/1.011 1.015 84/.896 0/0 4/1
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 27/.850 6/.533 8/.250 9/.444 3/.000 4/1.000 4/.500 5/.000 4/2.333 109/76 .273/.330/.394/.724 .506/.819 .844 95/.650 4/3 3/2
25.Napoli G/S/vP 10/.000 2/.000 4/3.500 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.000 4/.000 78/41 .206/.359/.540/.899 1.105/.711 1.104 59/.676 0/1 6/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 102/65 .242/.265/.384/.649 .556/.699 .765 73/.645 0/0 3/1
10.Young G/S/vP 23/.872 11/.598 5/.600 4/.750 3/1.667 7/.715 1/.000 6/1.467 12/.875 150/111 .341/.373/.493/.866 1.030/.807 .784 108/.934 3/0 2/2
IP 45.1 15.0 11.1 10.2 18.1 9.0 28.2 7.1 10.0 TOTAL .260/.328/.433/.760 .798/.745 .832 .725 33/10 40/32
ERA-K/9 1.79/7.5 1.80/10.2 3.97/8.8 5.06/5.0 4.42/6.9 4.00/7.0 2.51/5.0 0.00/9.9 0.00/7.2 2.67/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (3-0-0)
 Torrealba (17-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 186/.211 65/.185 53/.231 49/.381 79/.224 38/.182 116/.252 26/.045 44/.225 .240  Borbon
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Moreland
0/29/0/1
25/9/0/1
0/1/2/0
0/0/18/0
OPS .549 .564 .846 .961 .601 .502 .602 .205 .529 .637
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.595 30/.387 21/1.116 20/1.029 21/.739 15/.851 69/.614 13/.408 11/1.045 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.495 35/.716 32/.659 29/.913 58/.551 23/.274 47/.583 13/.000 33/.354 .613
Road 75/.591 29/.584 26/.858 20/.461 36/.264 17/.578 79/.532 7/.167 25/.345
Last 28d days 135/.611 50/.470 38/.966 41/.708 57/.661 24/.341 105/.636 23/.234 37/.520
HR/SB/CS 2/5/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/4 1/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 18/18/19
Usage ····X··· o·X·X·XX ···o···· ···X·ooo o·Xo·Xoo ····Xo·· X····X·· X··o·XX· ····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.