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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 6:00 pm, Saturday, October 6, 2012 @Comerica Park

Athletics, 94-68,

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 13-8, 3.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (13-8) 181.1 166 71 70 63 140 11 3.47
2011 RegS (0-0) 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.0 44 17 17 11 36 4 3.33 56
2012-10-01 TEX W 6.0 6 3 3 2 6 2 94 52
2012-09-26 @TEX W 6.0 5 3 3 3 8 0 109 55
2012-09-21 @NYY ND 8.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 104 73
2012-09-15 BAL W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 1 94 59
2012-09-10 @LAA W 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 98 65
2012-09-04 LAA L 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 104 58
2012-08-30 @CLE W 5.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 101 31
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 3.18 50
2012-05-13 DET L 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 112 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-31   Road:   44-37   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  64-39   vsLHP:  30-29   1-Run:  25-18
 vsEast: 28-18   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 33-24 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Wed, Oct  3   TEX  W  12-5       94-68  1st  1.0 up
161 Tue, Oct  2   TEX  W   3-1       93-68  1st    Tied
160 Mon, Oct  1   TEX  W   4-3       92-68  2nd  1.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   SEA  W   5-2       91-68  2nd  2.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   SEA  W   7-4 (10)  90-68  2nd  2.5 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   SEA  W   8-2       89-68  2nd  3.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27  @TEX  L   7-9       88-68  2nd  4.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @TEX  W   9-3       88-67  2nd  3.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @TEX  W   3-2 (10)  87-67  2nd  4.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @TEX  L   4-5       86-67  2nd  5.0 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Tigers, 88-74,

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 17-8, 2.64)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 RegS (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
2010 RegS (18-9) 224.1 190 89 84 71 219 14 3.37
Last 7 GS 5-1 47.2 49 18 17 13 47 3 3.21 57
2012-09-29 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 0 2 8 0 117 73
2012-09-24 KCR W 8.0 9 2 2 0 8 1 114 64
2012-09-19 OAK W 6.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 122 64
2012-09-14 @CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 110 70
2012-09-08 @LAA L 6.0 9 6 6 2 3 1 97 31
2012-09-02 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 2 11 1 124 79
2012-08-28 @KCR ND 5.2 12 8 8 3 6 0 120 16
Last 5 v.OAK 3-2 34.0 24 8 7 11 33 1 1.85 65
2012-09-19 OAK W 6.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 122 64
2012-05-13 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 1 8 1 104 76
2011-09-18 @OAK W 8.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 116 79
2011-04-16 @OAK L 6.0 8 4 3 3 6 0 116 45
2010-05-31 OAK L 7.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 114 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   50-31   Road:   38-43   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  62-49   vsLHP:  26-25   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:43-29   vsWest: 13-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Wed, Oct  3  @KCR  W   1-0       88-74  1st  3.0 up
161 Tue, Oct  2  @KCR  L   2-4       87-74  1st  3.0 up
160 Mon, Oct  1  @KCR  W   6-3       87-73  1st  3.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 30  @MIN  W   2-1       86-73  1st  3.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 29  @MIN  W   6-4       85-73  1st  2.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 28  @MIN  L   2-4       84-73  1st  1.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 27   KCR  W   5-4       84-72  1st  2.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26   KCR  W   5-4       83-72  1st  1.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25   KCR  W   2-0       82-72  1st    Tied
153 Mon, Sep 24   KCR  W   6-2       81-72  2nd  1.0 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 OAK 12 @DET  4        W:Pat Neshek (2-1), L: Anibal Sanchez (8-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 DET  6  OAK  2        W:Justin Verlander (15-8), L: Brett Anderson (4-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 DET 12  OAK  2        W:Darin Downs (2-1), L: A.J. Griffin (6-1), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander (4-1), L: Jarrod Parker (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Sat, May 12, 2012 OAK  3  DET  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-3), L: Doug Fister (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (2)
Fri, May 11, 2012 OAK 11  DET  4        W:Tommy Milone (5-2), L: Rick Porcello (3-3), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2012 DET 10 @OAK  6        W:Max Scherzer (2-3), L: Bartolo Colon (3-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 18, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  0        W:Justin Verlander (24-5), L: Guillermo Moscoso (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (46)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 OAK  5  DET  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (14-12), L: Rick Porcello (14-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 DET  3 @OAK  1        W:Doug Fister (9-13), L: Trevor Cahill (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (45)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 4-3; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - DET leads 991-910

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 2012 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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Athletics Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Verlander
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
20.Dotel
G/S/vB
48.Porcello
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .888 60/.517 0/0 16/6
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 540/377 .292/.356/.505/.861 .853/.864 .791 115/.985 16/4 23/3
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 23/.819 2/.000 12/.523 4/.000 6/.334 13/.847 ··· 4/.750 508/336 .259/.325/.418/.742 .674/.774 .667 70/.842 39/4 11/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 294/205 .241/.289/.398/.687 .703/.680 .715 107/.739 4/1 9/13
5.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 4/.583 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 327/231 .223/.309/.348/.657 .563/.697 .668 112/.730 1/2 7/8
31.Gomes G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .987 53/.947 3/1 18/2
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/2.334 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .740 51/.743 0/0 9/4
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 296/234 .291/.358/.596/.954 .770/1.006 1.050 88/1.137 1/1 21/9
36.Norris G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 232/139 .201/.276/.349/.625 .618/.630 .645 54/.621 5/1 7/5
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 14/.071 3/.666 4/.500 8/1.125 4/1.000 15/.757 ··· 2/1.000 462/349 .215/.278/.311/.589 .420/.646 .628 77/.696 15/6 6/11
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 10/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 5/2.467 ··· 2/.000 673/434 .242/.305/.463/.768 .751/.778 .742 110/.545 11/1 32/6
17.Rosales G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 111/42 .222/.297/.333/.631 .558/.757 .706 26/.538 0/0 2/0
15.Smith* G/S/vP 9/.904 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.500 3/.666 8/1.625 1/3.000 1/.000 441/361 .240/.333/.420/.754 .521/.805 .764 69/.573 2/2 14/2
IP 238.1 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 176.1 99.1 69.0 TOTAL .238/.310/.404/.714 .706/.718 .724 .755 122/32 195/111
ERA-K/9 2.64/9.0 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.57/9.6 4.59/5.5 3.99/8.5 3.78/6.3 3.77/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-0)
 Kottaras (38-8-3)
 Norris (34-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 956/.217 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 783/.310 416/.247 294/.229 .256  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
 Gomes
0/14/136/15
56/48/0/9
16/97/0/4
57/0/13/3
11/0/13/2
39/0/3/1
OPS .601 .420 .720 .854 .617 .808 .732 .649 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 536/.608 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 415/.883 127/.671 167/.754 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 420/.593 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 368/.725 289/.759 127/.515 .694
Home 445/.536 29/.276 167/.639 118/.804 115/.524 401/.803 193/.765 152/.668
Last 28d days 142/.657 49/.456 50/.913 24/.879 37/.874 90/.863 52/.516 49/.645
HR/SB/CS 19/16/4 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 16/18/5 12/8/6 3/12/1 151/131/45
Usage ······X· ····X·X· ····X·X· ·····o·o ····oo·o ····X··· ··X····X ····ooX·
Tigers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
40.Neshek
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 58/.821 2/0 9/6
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 330/269 .258/.330/.354/.684 .594/.704 .689 51/.558 21/0 2/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 10/.400 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/3.500 2/.000 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 108/1.043 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 89/.827 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 1.015 106/.982 1/0 30/11
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 51/17 .319/.373/.319/.692 .745/.588 .962 42/.615 0/2 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/1.500 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 91/.680 17/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 2/1.500 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 106/.748 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 8/.661 2/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .695 39/.702 0/0 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.667 13/.749 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.675 1/no AB 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 97/.489 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 7/.500 ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .606 11/.200 1/0 2/6
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/44 .216/.330/.257/.586 .697/.472 .526 7/.762 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 608/419 .267/.296/.411/.707 .833/.649 .757 102/.514 0/2 18/2
IP 181.1 74.2 107.2 65.1 73.1 47.1 21.2 19.2 35.1 TOTAL .268/.335/.422/.757 .724/.771 .793 .722 59/23 163/99
ERA-K/9 3.47/6.9 2.53/8.7 4.10/5.9 2.48/7.4 2.09/9.8 3.04/11.4 3.32/5.8 1.37/7.3 2.55/7.6 3.50/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 751/.248 289/.160 444/.243 261/.201 288/.166 191/.227 89/.216 77/.147 148/.221 .245  Jackson
 Kelly
 Berry
 Young
 Dirks
 Garcia
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
64/22/5/2
31/0/0/1
59/1/24/1
2/2/18/1
OPS .670 .495 .694 .637 .517 .611 .659 .530 .637 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 389/.685 151/.476 125/.630 125/.575 136/.568 67/.794 30/.412 16/1.108 62/.834 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 362/.654 138/.516 319/.719 136/.693 152/.473 124/.509 59/.798 61/.369 86/.501 .659
Road 349/.718 138/.596 229/.797 134/.500 151/.469 97/.693 32/.745 40/.789 78/.648
Last 28d days 133/.612 47/.351 48/1.012 40/.469 54/.362 55/.546 20/.666 30/.633 51/.655
HR/SB/CS 11/21/6 4/3/3 10/2/4 7/4/3 4/4/2 3/5/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 2/2/0 147/99/45
Usage ····X··· ··oooXo· ···X···· ··o··o·o ··oXoXo· ··ooXo·X ······X· ·····oX· ··X···X·

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.