Friday, September 14, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: BAL @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, September 14, 2012 @The Coliseum

Orioles, 81-62, 81-62 1st, Tied

SP: Joe Saunders (31, LHP, 8-11, 4.22)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-11)			147.0	164	77	69	37	97	17	4.22
2011 (12-13)			212.0	210	94	87	67	108	29	3.69
2010 (9-17)			203.1	232	120	101	64	114	25	4.47

Last 7 GS		3-4	40.0	50	28	26	9	21	5	5.85	42
2012-09-08	NYY	W	5.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	101	50
2012-09-03	@TOR	W	6.1	3	0	0	2	2	0	94	67
2012-08-29	CHW	L	5.1	10	7	6	2	4	0	99	24
2012-08-20	MIA	L	3.2	12	9	9	0	2	2	69	3
2012-08-15	@STL	L	6.0	7	5	5	1	5	2	92	42
2012-08-09	@PIT	W	7.0	7	3	2	0	3	0	115	56
2012-08-04	@PHI	L	6.1	6	2	2	2	3	1	103	54

Last 5 v.OAK		4-1	37.0	30	9	8	7	18	1	1.95	62
2012-06-10	OAK	W	6.0	7	2	1	2	5	0	97	55
2011-07-02	@OAK	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	105	55
2010-06-09	@OAK	W	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	101	70
2010-05-14	OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	109	83
2010-04-11	OAK	L	6.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	96	49

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

 Home:   42-32   Road:   39-30   ExtrInn:13-2 
 vsRHP:  57-48   vsLHP:  24-14   1-Run:  27-7 
 vsEast: 35-24   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 12-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Thu, Sep 13   TBR  W   3-2 (14)  81-62  1st    Tied
142 Wed, Sep 12   TBR  W   3-2       80-62  1st    Tied
141 Tue, Sep 11   TBR  W   9-2       79-62  1st    Tied
140 Sun, Sep  9   NYY  L   3-13      78-62  2nd  1.0 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8   NYY  W   5-4       78-61  1st    Tied
138 Fri, Sep  7   NYY  L   5-8       77-61  2nd  1.0 gb
137 Thu, Sep  6   NYY  W  10-6       77-60  1st    Tied
136 Wed, Sep  5  @TOR  L   4-6       76-60  2nd  1.0 gb
135 Tue, Sep  4  @TOR  W  12-0       76-59  1st    Tied
134 Mon, Sep  3  @TOR  W   4-0       75-59  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Athletics, 82-61, 82-61 2nd, 3 GB

SP: Tommy Milone (25, LHP, 12-10, 3.90)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (12-10)			168.1	177	81	73	31	128	23	3.90
2011 (1-0)			26.0	28	11	11	4	15	2	3.81

Last 7 GS		3-3	40.0	50	23	23	5	35	5	5.18	48
2012-09-09	@SEA	W	6.0	8	2	2	0	10	1	104	58
2012-09-03	LAA	L	3.0	10	5	5	0	1	2	67	20
2012-08-28	@CLE	W	6.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	102	62
2012-08-22	MIN	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	5	0	102	78
2012-08-17	CLE	ND	5.0	7	4	4	1	6	1	95	42
2012-08-05	TOR	L	6.0	9	6	6	1	4	1	107	33
2012-07-31	TBR	L	6.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	95	41

Has never faced BAL as starter.

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

 Home:   42-30   Road:   40-31   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  58-36   vsLHP:  24-25   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 25-15   vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest: 25-22 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Thu, Sep 13  @LAA  L   0-6       82-61  2nd  3.0 gb
142 Wed, Sep 12  @LAA  W   4-1       82-60  2nd  3.0 gb
141 Tue, Sep 11  @LAA  W   6-5       81-60  2nd  3.0 gb
140 Mon, Sep 10  @LAA  W   3-1       80-60  2nd  3.0 gb
139 Sun, Sep  9  @SEA  W   4-2       79-60  2nd  3.5 gb
138 Sat, Sep  8  @SEA  W   6-1       78-60  2nd  4.5 gb
137 Fri, Sep  7  @SEA  W   6-1       77-60  2nd  4.5 gb
136 Wed, Sep  5   LAA  L   1-7       76-60  2nd  5.0 gb
135 Tue, Sep  4   LAA  L   1-6       76-59  2nd  4.0 gb
134 Mon, Sep  3   LAA  L   3-8       76-58  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 BAL  6  OAK  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (9-6), L: Travis Blackley (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 OAK  6 @BAL  1        W:Bartolo Colon (7-8), L: Tommy Hunter (4-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 OAK 14 @BAL  9        W:Jerry Blevins (4-0), L: Jim Johnson (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 BAL  5  OAK  2        W:Pedro Strop (3-1), L: Grant Balfour (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 BAL 10  OAK  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (2-0), L: Tyson Ross (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 OAK  5 @BAL  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (1-3), L: Jake Arrieta (1-2), S: Grant Balfour (6)

Wed, Aug 17, 2011 OAK  6  BAL  5        W:Brandon McCarthy (6-6), L: Alfredo Simon (3-6), S: Andrew Bailey (15)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 OAK  8  BAL  4        W:Guillermo Moscoso (6-6), L: Brian Matusz (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 BAL  6 @OAK  2        W:Tommy Hunter (2-2), L: Gio Gonzalez (9-11), S: none
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 BAL  3  OAK  2        W:Zach Britton (6-4), L: Josh Outman (1-1), S: Kevin Gregg (12)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - OAK leads 983-924

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.10 BAL 4.36 HOU 3.58	RA/G WSN 3.59 LAA 4.27 COL 5.44	BA M. Cabrera .346 C. Lee .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Mauer .414 J. Bruce .337 J. Smoak .260	SLG G. Stanton .597 S. Choo .445 J. Carroll .305	OPS M. Cabrera .983 M. Prado .780 J. Smoak .572	ERA D. Price 2.54 J. Vargas 3.85 R. Romero 5.87	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.21 J. Niese 7.37 H. Alvarez 3.31

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.10

BAL 4.36

HOU 3.58

RA/G

WSN 3.59

LAA 4.27

COL 5.44

M. Cabrera .346

C. Lee .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Mauer .414

J. Bruce .337

J. Smoak .260

SLG

G. Stanton .597

S. Choo .445

J. Carroll .305

OPS

M. Cabrera .983

M. Prado .780

J. Smoak .572

ERA

D. Price 2.54

J. Vargas 3.85

R. Romero 5.87

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.21

J. Niese 7.37

H. Alvarez 3.31

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Orioles Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Milone*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 60.Chavez
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB 64.Griffin
G/S/vB 53.Miller
G/S/vB 40.Neshek
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB 67.Straily
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 391/270 .214/.285/.311/.596 .618/.587 .567 69/.579 4/5 7/12

70.Avery* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/83 .231/.314/.352/.665 .521/.695 .762 1/.000 6/2 1/2

24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 376/280 .261/.322/.422/.744 .405/.859 .692 12/.417 0/1 12/15

27.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/113 .203/.240/.293/.533 .444/.548 .533 3/2.000 3/2 2/2

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 487/386 .261/.314/.467/.781 .721/.797 .701 73/1.076 1/3 25/5

59.Exposito G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .056/.190/.056/.246 .393/.154 .375 1/.000 0/0 0/0

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 136/126 .210/.250/.306/.556 .444/.565 .629 8/.661 1/0 4/2

51.Ford G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 65/23 .183/.234/.383/.618 .799/.279 .461 35/.772 1/0 3/0

2.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 624/470 .237/.283/.401/.683 .836/.634 .598 101/.864 0/0 21/6

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 3/1.667 5/1.600 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 611/463 .285/.334/.505/.839 .806/.850 .811 104/.731 14/6 29/8

13.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/95 .267/.276/.458/.735 .776/.722 .867 93/.594 2/0 4/2

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 471/330 .298/.363/.471/.834 .877/.816 .833 86/.897 1/1 13/2

9.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 207/163 .232/.306/.341/.646 .602/.658 .511 102/.795 8/1 2/1

35.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 186/139 .247/.314/.367/.681 .615/.705 .536 22/.095 0/1 4/6

12.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 4/2.750 3/.333 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 455/333 .228/.347/.453/.800 .757/.816 .813 97/1.022 1/3 21/12

31.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 51/30 .133/.204/.333/.537 .381/.661 .229 17/.924 0/0 2/0

6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/19 .176/.222/.309/.531 .592/.368 .262 3/.000 1/0 2/4

32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 522/389 .246/.326/.423/.749 .890/.701 .680 82/.710 3/0 19/10

IP 168.1 63.2 98.0 57.1 21.2 61.2 36.2 17.1 65.0 37.0 13.2 24.2 23.2 TOTAL .247/.311/.416/.727 .738/.723 .687 .784 50/27 185/100

ERA-K/9

3.90/6.8

2.97/8.2

3.67/6.0

2.51/7.9

8.72/11.2

2.48/9.5

3.44/12.3

2.08/4.2

1.94/7.3

2.19/8.0

0.66/9.2

2.55/7.7

3.42/7.6

3.42/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Exposito (1-1-1)
Teagarden (4-1-1)
Wieters (50-27-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.269 253/.171 396/.233 230/.206 106/.293 247/.169 153/.248 69/.182 250/.202 157/.203 53/.125 100/.221 99/.250 .243 Jones
Markakis
Chavez
Ford
Davis
McLouth
Avery
Andino
Flaherty
Tolleson
Betemit 0/143/0/7
0/0/102/3
35/3/8/2
13/0/3/2
11/0/20/2
45/9/3/1
26/0/0/1
1/1/0/0
7/0/17/0
7/0/0/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .722 .540 .656 .644 .943 .546 .632 .657 .513 .642 .437 .607 .760 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.746 132/.501 115/.547 111/.554 40/1.119 120/.596 56/.826 21/.296 133/.493 75/.441 11/.964 46/.824 41/.786 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 505/.713 121/.582 281/.701 119/.729 66/.831 127/.500 97/.520 48/.833 117/.537 82/.833 42/.298 54/.430 58/.741 .650

Home 345/.583 128/.440 189/.592 117/.823 11/2.011 116/.584 73/.568 51/.690 128/.497 73/.595 31/.232 52/.609 47/.933

Last 28d days 99/.730 34/.645 57/.563 28/.610 4/1.417 43/.422 39/.529 11/1.080 76/.411 15/.350 28/.407 24/.655 29/.792

HR/SB/CS 23/8/8 4/2/2 7/2/4 6/4/3 6/0/0 4/4/2 1/5/0 2/2/0 5/0/3 4/9/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 6/2/1 122/91/41

Usage ····X··· ··XoX··· ········ ··o·o·X· X······· ·o·oX·X· ·Xo··Xo· ········ ·X····X· ········ ··o·oo·· ·····o·· ··X·····

Athletics Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Saunders*
G/S/vB 38.Ayala
G/S/vB 16.Chen*
G/S/vB 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Johnson
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 58.Phillips*
G/S/vB 47.Strop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 17/.775 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 126/91 .198/.325/.283/.608 .544/.634 .489 / 1/0 1/0

22.Carter G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 211/125 .263/.365/.559/.924 .907/.929 .857 71/.803 0/0 14/5

52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 454/320 .287/.344/.482/.826 .803/.835 .883 106/.687 16/3 18/2

12.Cowgill G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/65 .271/.343/.313/.655 .886/.510 .595 0/ 3/4 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 24/.917 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 470/321 .254/.319/.409/.728 .639/.769 .780 111/.891 34/4 10/3

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 214/156 .240/.285/.415/.700 .670/.711 .683 99/.931 3/1 7/9

5.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 239/182 .202/.293/.308/.601 .563/.612 .591 94/.559 1/1 3/7

31.Gomes G/S/vP 17/.945 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 287/119 .259/.369/.494/.863 .952/.736 .761 28/1.033 3/1 16/1

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/21 .172/.243/.391/.633 .654/.588 .819 5/.200 1/0 3/3

14.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/148 .207/.369/.414/.784 .586/.813 .892 43/.855 0/0 8/3

37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 229/188 .258/.323/.560/.883 .653/.935 .813 57/1.072 0/1 18/5

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 186/117 .198/.280/.335/.615 .582/.634 .592 56/.554 5/1 5/5

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 20/.350 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 407/306 .214/.271/.311/.582 .394/.647 .544 66/.747 15/5 5/10

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 6/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 593/391 .248/.313/.472/.785 .762/.796 .802 103/.633 11/1 28/5

17.Rosales G/S/vP 16/.893 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 89/39 .221/.315/.338/.652 .527/.822 .522 29/.552 0/0 2/0

15.Smith* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 398/326 .246/.344/.430/.774 .538/.826 .762 73/.809 2/2 13/1

19.Weeks# G/S/vP 7/1.238 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 507/338 .223/.307/.307/.614 .673/.584 .572 15/1.007 16/5 2/11

IP 147.0 69.0 175.2 85.2 60.1 22.1 59.1 2.1 61.2 TOTAL .235/.307/.398/.705 .689/.712 .695 .778 115/29 167/93

ERA-K/9

4.22/5.9

2.48/5.7

4.00/7.4

3.57/6.9

2.83/5.4

2.42/11.7

2.28/9.1

11.57/3.9

2.19/7.7

4.03/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-0)
Kottaras (36-5-2)
Norris (28-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 634/.280 294/.267 741/.245 358/.245 240/.224 86/.182 236/.205 14/.417 257/.205 .255 Reddick
Cespedes
Crisp
Cowgill
Smith
Moss
Gomes 0/11/119/14
47/40/0/6
16/88/0/4
14/14/8/3
50/0/13/3
6/0/9/2
35/0/3/1

OPS .757 .700 .714 .733 .572 .583 .629 1.250 .577 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.505 139/.735 206/.697 195/.730 136/.585 50/.426 82/.668 7/1.571 126/.608 .707

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 489/.835 155/.669 535/.720 163/.736 104/.555 36/.802 154/.608 7/.929 131/.547 .740

Road 318/.645 132/.690 324/.707 213/.660 128/.481 5/1.000 107/.614 3/.000 114/.498

Last 28d days 94/.875 43/.596 125/.744 105/.738 40/.506 45/.513 39/.521 7/.571 47/.883

HR/SB/CS 17/4/5 6/5/0 25/11/3 12/2/2 3/3/1 3/0/3 5/3/1 1/0/0 2/0/1 162/60/30

Usage ·····X·· X·X···o· X·····X· ·X······ XX···o·X ··X···X· oXX··X·o ····o··· ·oo··X·o

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.