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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 4:10pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008 @Safeco Field

Oakland Athletics, 75-85, 3rd, 23½ GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Josh Outman (23, LHP, 1-1, 4.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             19.2  26  10  10   7  14  1    4.58      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  15.1  20   7   7   7  11  0    4.11   46 
 2008-09-23   @TEX  ND   6    10   3   3   2   4  0      90   42 
 2008-09-18    LAA   L   4.1   6   3   3   3   4  0      93   40 
 2008-09-13    TEX   W   5     4   1   1   2   3  0      74   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA    Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-38   Road:   32-47   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  50-57   vsLHP:  25-28   1-Run:  25-23
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:22-24   vsWest: 26-30 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Sat, Sep 27  @SEA  L   3-7       75-85  3rd 23.5 gb
159 Fri, Sep 26  @SEA  L   8-10      75-84  3rd 23.5 gb
158 Wed, Sep 24  @TEX  L   4-14      75-83  3rd 23.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23  @TEX  L   4-6       75-82  3rd 22.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22  @TEX  W   4-3 (11)  75-81  2nd 22.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21   SEA  W   5-3       74-81  3rd 22.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20   SEA  W   8-7       73-81  3rd 22.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19   SEA  W   2-0       72-81  3rd 22.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18   LAA  L   4-6       71-81  3rd 22.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17   LAA  W   3-2       71-80  3rd 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Seattle Mariners, 60-101, 4th, 39 GB, 34½ GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (33, RHP, 4-8, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-8)            106.2 118  62  62  50  56 14    5.23      
 2006 (0-1)              3.1   8   7   7   1   1  6   18.90      
 2005 (1-2)             29.2  29  23  22  17  15  4    6.67      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  40    51  33  33  20  18  9    7.43   37 
 2008-08-20   @CHW   L   2     6   8   8   2   0  2      53   10 
 2008-08-10    TBR   L   5     8   8   8   4   6  2     111   21 
 2008-08-05    MIN  ND   7     8   3   3   2   3  1     104   50 
 2008-07-31   @TEX   W   7.2   6   2   2   1   2  1      90   60 
 2008-07-26   @TOR   L   5.1  10   8   8   4   3  2     102   15 
 2008-07-22    BOS   L   6     9   4   4   3   0  1     105   35 
 2008-07-10   @OAK  ND   7     4   0   0   4   4  0     116   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      0-2  26.1  32  21  20  16   9  7    6.84   37 
 2008-07-10   @OAK  ND   7     4   0   0   4   4  0     116   69 
 2005-09-24   @OAK  ND   5.2   4   3   2   5   2  0      94   48 
 2004-07-29    OAK  ND   3.2   7   5   5   3   0  2      74   24 
 2004-07-24   @OAK   L   5.1   8   4   4   1   2  2      96   37 
 2004-04-14    OAK   L   4.2   9   9   9   3   1  3      96    8 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-46   Road:   26-55   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  40-70   vsLHP:  20-31   1-Run:  17-30
 vsEast: 15-29   vsCntrl:15-28   vsWest: 21-35 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Sat, Sep 27   OAK  W   7-3       60-101 4th 39.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 26   OAK  W  10-8       59-101 4th 40.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 25   LAA  L   4-6       58-101 4th 41.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 24   LAA  L   5-6       58-100 4th 40.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23   LAA  W   9-6       58-99  4th 39.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22   LAA  L   1-2       57-99  4th 40.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21  @OAK  L   3-5       57-98  4th 39.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20  @OAK  L   7-8       57-97  4th 38.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19  @OAK  L   0-2       57-96  4th 37.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18  @KCR  L   0-12      57-95  4th 36.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 SEA  7  OAK  3        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (5-3), L: Greg Smith (7-16), S: Sean Green (1)
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 SEA 10  OAK  8        W:Brandon Morrow (3-4), L: Sean Gallagher (5-7), S: Roy Corcoran (3)
Sun, Sep 21, 2008 OAK  5  SEA  3        W:Brad Ziegler (3-0), L: Miguel Batista (4-14), S: Joey Devine (1)
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 OAK  8  SEA  7        W:Huston Street (7-5), L: Justin Thomas (0-1), S: Brad Ziegler (11)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 OAK  2  SEA  0        W:Dana Eveland (9-8), L: Felix Hernandez (9-11), S: Brad Ziegler (10)
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 SEA  8  OAK  4        W:Felix Hernandez (8-8), L: Dan Meyer (0-2), S: J.J. Putz (9)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 OAK  5 @SEA  1        W:Dana Eveland (8-8), L: Jarrod Washburn (5-14), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 SEA  7  OAK  5        W:Roy Corcoran (4-0), L: Jerry Blevins (1-3), S: J.J. Putz (8)
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 OAK  2 @SEA  0        W:Greg Smith (6-12), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-2), S: Brad Ziegler (4)
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 OAK  3  SEA  2 (11)   W:Huston Street (2-2), L: Cesar Jimenez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 10-8; 2007 - SEA won 14-5; 2006 - OAK won 17-2; All-Time - OAK leads 265-186

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 2008 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  5.60

ATL  4.67

SDP  3.95

RA/G

TOR  3.78

HOU  4.64

TEX  5.96

BA

C. Jones  .364

M. Cabrera  .294

J. Towles  .138

OBP

C. Jones  .469

P. Burrell  .367

T. Pena  .189

SLG

A. Pujols  .651

M. Ordonez  .491

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.112

F. Tatis  .853

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Santana  2.53

G. Meche  3.98

N. Robertson  6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.31

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Dickey
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
26.Messenger
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
60.Thomas*
G/S/vB
40.Wells
G/S/vB
49.Woods*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Baisley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/27 .275/.341/.300/.641 .423/.782 .576 44/.641 0/0 0/
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.071 3/.333 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 519/366 .224/.326/.346/.672 .787/.624 .693 87/.911 2/1 9/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 98/66 .176/.219/.286/.504 .394/.559 .570 23/.588 0/0 1/
8.Brown G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.500 2/.000 3/.333 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.071 ··· ··· 6/1.133 438/272 .244/.297/.386/.682 .812/.601 .653 17/.378 4/2 13/
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 167/118 .213/.281/.400/.681 .515/.752 .967 48/.987 1/0 6/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 11/1.445 21/1.124 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 601/427 .237/.296/.350/.646 .641/.648 .604 81/.441 7/3 7/
57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/63 .250/.310/.400/.710 .542/.778 .561 87/.710 2/0 1/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.667 17/1.747 3/.333 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 594/425 .232/.374/.478/.852 .821/.864 .802 98/1.033 0/0 33/
38.Davis G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 226/139 .243/.272/.346/.618 .622/.616 .718 57/.743 29/6 3/
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 67/36 .276/.354/.362/.716 .508/.911 .743 9/1.194 2/0 1/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 5/.800 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 315/227 .243/.274/.362/.636 .454/.707 .611 19/.649 4/1 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 501/376 .218/.305/.342/.647 .558/.676 .612 64/.680 2/0 9/
12.Murphy G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 117/65 .184/.274/.301/.574 .528/.612 .585 2/.000 2/1 3/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 148/125 .192/.284/.246/.530 .478/.539 .561 39/.372 10/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.333 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/73 .253/.351/.305/.657 .685/.637 .715 81/.761 4/1 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 13/.606 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 583/426 .280/.348/.370/.717 .652/.741 .612 85/.609 2/3 7/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/2.500 7/.143 2/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 428/328 .288/.352/.385/.737 .517/.804 .769 96/.824 8/1 5/
IP 106.2 115.0 71.0 79.0 34.0 63.2 12.1 45.1 4.0 8.1 19.0 TOTAL .242/.318/.368/.686 .643/.704 .682 .731 87/21 124/97
ERA-K/9 5.23/4.7 6.26/5.7 3.30/4.6 4.67/7.1 3.44/6.9 5.37/7.8 3.65/5.1 3.97/10.5 6.75/4.5 8.64/5.4 6.16/4.3 4.74/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (15-9-3)
 Suzuki (55-32-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 476/.285 556/.295 308/.238 358/.261 139/.254 303/.301 55/.306 208/.260 22/.474 44/.314 87/.293 .276  Brown
 Sweeney
 Gonzalez
 Davis
 Cust
 Buck
 Cunningham
 Denorfia
 Patterson
 Murphy
65/1/55/10
13/50/75/6
0/69/36/5
3/88/1/4
78/0/5/4
12/0/33/3
18/0/2/1
12/12/2/1
17/1/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .807 .908 .645 .690 .681 .838 .790 .761 1.103 .943 .964 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.794 303/.952 146/.701 157/.827 66/.793 145/1.009 27/.625 112/.819 15/1.314 15/.883 44/.900 .836
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.820 253/.856 162/.593 201/.583 73/.577 158/.676 28/.949 96/.694 7/.533 29/.973 43/1.036 .741
Home 241/.805 264/.906 161/.709 211/.608 96/.636 175/.738 36/.775 134/.693 2/2.000 31/.956 40/.860 .755
Last 28d days 20/.583 33/1.006 58/.775 57/.798 42/.529 36/.771 47/.843 29/.622 22/1.103 21/1.274 13/1.051
HR/SB/CS 14/5/7 19/19/2 1/1/0 3/3/1 2/1/3 6/5/0 1/4/2 4/1/2 0/0/0 2/2/0 5/0/0 160/91/37
Usage ········ ······Xo ·oo·Xo·o X·X·X··· ··X····X ·X·X···· ··XX··o· ··X·oX·· ·······X ········ ········
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Outman*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
60.Gray
G/S/vB
53.Meyer*
G/S/vB
21.Saarloos
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Balentien G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 256/175 .201/.250/.339/.589 .605/.581 .602 54/.534 0/1 7/
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 15/.277 2/1.000 7/.762 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 23/.982 12/.583 2/1.000 612/441 .266/.327/.457/.784 .994/.704 .703 47/1.242 8/2 25/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.600 ··· 4/1.250 16/.780 12/.633 6/.533 586/418 .277/.298/.387/.686 .663/.694 .782 107/.834 4/4 7/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 100/58 .261/.303/.326/.629 .805/.492 .600 10/.422 0/1 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.000 7/.533 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 6/1.167 3/.000 3/.666 250/147 .249/.316/.330/.646 .738/.582 .709 53/.668 5/2 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 224/177 .227/.295/.360/.654 .786/.617 .658 9/.347 0/1 5/
23.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 55/52 .224/.296/.306/.602 .000/.640 .578 36/.490 0/0 1/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 18/.556 19/.505 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 5/.800 20/.689 16/.450 3/.333 703/487 .295/.360/.482/.842 .883/.824 .861 113/.623 2/4 23/
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/5.000 12/.781 7/.715 3/.000 405/280 .223/.272/.330/.602 .667/.573 .624 63/.780 2/0 7/
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .143/.143/.250/.393 .625/.300 .563 29/.393 0/0 1/
39.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/1.000 150/122 .250/.315/.346/.661 .350/.723 .530 40/.581 0/1 3/
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 5/1.000 4/1.167 ··· 5/.000 17/.750 18/.449 4/1.250 683/495 .297/.322/.444/.766 .765/.766 .844 106/.855 6/3 17/
8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.777 9/1.223 4/.250 312/286 .269/.314/.360/.674 .231/.717 .724 83/.651 2/3 2/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 1/.000 15/.641 13/1.442 4/.833 4/.833 ··· 6/.583 23/.931 13/.658 3/1.167 745/522 .309/.360/.384/.744 .667/.777 .756 120/.682 43/4 6/
27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .146/.186/.244/.430 .250/.502 .696 43/.430 0/0 0/
61.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 50/45 .244/.320/.356/.676 1.100/.630 .686 50/.676 0/0 0/
IP 19.2 36.2 44.2 61.2 31.0 50.1 34.0 4.2 27.2 26.1 70.0 59.2 TOTAL .265/.318/.389/.707 .749/.690 .719 .696 90/32 124/98
ERA-K/9 4.58/6.4 3.19/8.3 0.60/9.9 4.96/8.3 4.06/6.7 3.93/7.7 7.68/9.0 7.71/7.7 7.48/6.5 5.47/4.1 3.73/8.9 1.06/4.5 4.02/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (12-8-2)
 Clement (18-2-5)
 Johjima (51-25-7)
 Johnson (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 89/.333 153/.228 164/.148 270/.253 133/.241 230/.299 163/.242 24/.364 132/.304 118/.330 287/.229 229/.236 .252  Suzuki
 Ibanez
 Balentien
 Reed
 Cairo
0/69/90/11
152/0/0/9
5/28/35/6
6/58/14/2
2/0/1/0
OPS .880 .638 .383 .769 .810 .813 .911 1.053 .961 .770 .670 .638 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.598 61/.464 69/.513 92/.719 63/.631 97/.784 44/.580 9/1.222 39/.813 57/.891 123/.709 111/.800 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.942 92/.755 95/.292 178/.795 70/.971 133/.833 119/1.034 15/.938 93/1.026 61/.662 164/.643 118/.492 .736
Road 49/.990 85/.786 90/.350 127/.857 55/.876 125/.778 113/.893 11/1.355 92/.974 38/.741 131/.668 116/.715 .761