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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 14, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Oakland Athletics, 44-46, 3rd, 10½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 8-5, 3.28)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-5)            134.1 122  53  49  24  85 11    3.28      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
 2005 (12-12)          201.1 178  86  79  67 116 23    3.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  51.2  46  15  14   7  24  2    2.44   60 
 2007-07-08    SEA   L   6    12   6   5   0   1  1      92   27 
 2007-07-03    TOR   W   9     4   1   1   1   4  0     122   78 
 2007-06-28    CLE  ND   6.1   6   3   3   1   3  0     102   51 
 2007-06-23    NYM  ND   8     5   0   0   1   6  0     107   77 
 2007-06-18    CIN   W   8     7   1   1   0   5  0     106   69 
 2007-06-13    HOU   W   7     8   3   3   1   3  0      98   51 
 2007-06-07    BOS   L   7.1   4   1   1   3   2  1     122   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-2  33.1  30  17  16  10  17  5    4.32   51 
 2007-06-02    MIN   W   9     3   0   0   0   6  0     108   87 
 2006-09-11    MIN   L   5.1   9   6   5   3   1  2     108   26 
 2006-04-13    MIN   L   6    11   7   7   2   4  1      98   24 
 2005-09-20    MIN   W   6     5   3   3   3   2  1     103   49 
 2005-08-01    MIN   W   7     2   1   1   2   4  1      80   71 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-23   Road:   21-23   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  28-33   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest:  9-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 13  @MIN  L   3-5       44-46  3rd 10.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 12  @MIN  L   2-6       44-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   SEA  L   3-7       44-44  3rd  9.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   SEA  L   0-4       44-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   SEA  L   1-7       44-42  3rd  8.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  5   SEA  W   3-2       44-41  3rd  8.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  4   TOR  L   3-10      43-41  3rd  8.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3   TOR  W   3-1       43-40  3rd  8.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2   TOR  L   7-11      42-40  3rd  9.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  1  @NYY  W  11-5       42-39  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Minnesota Twins, 47-43, 3rd, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 6-10, 4.58)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-10)           110   131  58  56  23  46 11    4.58      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
 2005 (9-8)            188.1 212  83  72   9  71 25    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  42.1  56  29  27   7  17  6    5.74   42 
 2007-07-08    CHW   L   5    10   6   5   0   1  3      80   26 
 2007-07-03    NYY   L   5.1   9   6   5   1   2  1      84   29 
 2007-06-28    TOR   W   7     6   5   5   2   5  1     104   48 
 2007-06-23    FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  0      90   70 
 2007-06-18    NYM   L   6    10   4   4   2   1  1      99   35 
 2007-06-13    ATL   W   9     8   0   0   0   2  0     108   73 
 2007-06-08    WSN   L   3     9   7   7   2   1  0      62   12 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  34    34  12  12   3   8  4    3.18   54 
 2007-06-02    OAK   L   8     5   1   1   1   2  0     101   69 
 2006-09-11    OAK   W   7     5   1   1   1   1  1      93   63 
 2006-06-04    OAK   L   5     9   4   4   1   3  1      83   35 
 2006-04-12    OAK   W   7     8   5   5   0   1  2      80   42 
 2005-08-14    OAK  ND   7     7   1   1   0   1  0      86   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-20   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  34-30   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 13-14   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  9-5  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 13   OAK  W   5-3       47-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 12   OAK  W   6-2       46-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8  @CHW  L   3-6       45-43  3rd  8.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7  @CHW  L   1-3       45-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6  @CHW  W  12-0       45-41  3rd  6.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  6  @CHW  W  20-14      44-41  3rd  6.0 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  5  @NYY  L   6-7       43-41  3rd  7.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  4  @NYY  W   6-2       43-40  3rd  7.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  3  @NYY  L   0-8       42-40  3rd  8.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  2  @NYY  L   1-5       42-39  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 MIN  5  OAK  3    W:Johan Santana (11-6), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 MIN  6  OAK  2    W:Scott Baker (4-3), L: Chad Gaudin (8-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 OAK  4  MIN  2    W:Chad Gaudin (6-1), L: Johan Santana (6-5), S: Alan Embree (4)
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 OAK  1  MIN  0    W:Joe Blanton (5-3), L: Carlos Silva (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 MIN  3 @OAK  2 (10)   W:Pat Neshek (3-0), L: Kiko Calero (0-4), S: Joe Nathan (12)

Wed, Sep 13, 2006 OAK  1 @MIN  0    W:Danny Haren (14-11), L: Matt Garza (1-5), S: Huston Street (32)
Tue, Sep 12, 2006 MIN  7  OAK  5    W:Dennys Reyes (5-0), L: Joe Kennedy (4-1), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Mon, Sep 11, 2006 MIN  9  OAK  4    W:Carlos Silva (9-13), L: Joe Blanton (15-11), S: Joe Nathan (31)
Sun, Jun 04, 2006 OAK  5  MIN  1    W:Brad Halsey (3-2), L: Carlos Silva (2-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 03, 2006 OAK  2  MIN  1    W:Brad Halsey (2-2), L: Brad Radke (4-7), S: Huston Street (9)
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 3-2; 2006 - MIN won 6-4; 2005 - OAK won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 969-959

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 2007 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

DET  5.91

ATL  4.60

WSN  3.70

RA/G

SDP  3.43

CLE  4.70

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .360

M. Redmond  .287

R. Langerhans  .166

OBP

B. Bonds  .511

D. DeJesus  .363

D. Navarro  .232

SLG

R. Braun  .695

M. Cuddyer  .454

D. Navarro  .248

OPS

B. Bonds  1.095

M. DeRosa  .816

D. Navarro  .480

ERA

C. Young  2.00

J. Francis  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.10

A. Cook  2.66

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB
21.Garza
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 22/.680 2/.000 5/2.200 6/.167 1/.000 31/.975 4/1.417 4/1.167 359/226 .244/.306/.451/.757 .710/.785 .678 81/.668 4/2 14/6
7.Crosby G/S/vP 18/.352 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 6/.583 336/235 .224/.268/.341/.609 .681/.578 .589 84/.510 7/2 7/12
32.Cust* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 227/143 .262/.388/.556/.944 .928/.952 .840 95/.977 0/2 15/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 16/.467 3/.000 7/.858 5/.200 ··· 15/.421 1/.000 3/.000 341/241 .263/.332/.398/.730 .810/.700 .683 96/.706 6/2 8/4
8.Furmaniak G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 17/.919 2/1.000 5/.400 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 290/175 .256/.366/.446/.812 .817/.808 .966 86/.784 0/0 10/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP 19/.433 3/1.334 9/.888 8/1.214 2/1.000 ··· 11/.788 4/.666 309/218 .228/.264/.284/.548 .446/.590 .630 73/.635 3/1 2/4
23.Kielty# G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.071 3/.000 3/.667 35/11 .200/.286/.233/.519 .633/.282 .891 8/.661 0/0 0/0
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 22/.409 ··· 3/.666 14/.703 1/.000 9/.708 11/.384 4/.000 139/105 .231/.273/.308/.581 .305/.669 .645 80/.543 0/1 1/1
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 8/.500 3/.666 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.000 7/.929 134/96 .242/.293/.371/.664 .751/.631 .703 29/.691 1/0 4/7
24.Stewart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 45/1.050 4/.250 1/.000 341/236 .306/.368/.410/.778 .741/.793 .841 92/.986 8/0 7/3
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/20 .304/.360/.609/.969 .650/1.034 1.155 23/.967 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 15/1.329 2/.500 7/1.229 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 3/1.000 366/250 .261/.395/.444/.839 .935/.795 .914 98/.645 2/1 11/0
IP 110.0 8.0 54.1 39.0 43.1 77.1 21.2 32.0 TOTAL .254/.331/.399/.730 .753/.720 .760 34/13 92/53
ERA-K/9 4.58/3.8 0.00/7.9 1.66/6.1 2.08/9.9 1.66/10.8 5.35/3.7 3.74/7.1 4.78/7.6 4.18/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (58-14-7)
 Suzuki (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.298 31/.250 207/.179 157/.247 162/.132 342/.302 98/.309 150/.285 .267  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Swisher
 Kielty
 Cust
 Kendall
 Scutaro
0/33/0/4
74/5/0/3
0/28/35/1
2/1/5/1
6/0/7/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .771 .644 .489 .609 .449 .813 .791 .846 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.882 18/.583 84/.482 70/.710 66/.417 161/.815 55/.585 75/.996 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.666 13/.725 123/.494 87/.530 96/.472 181/.810 43/1.055 75/.700 .734
Home 214/.700 / 113/.519 91/.604 81/.292 161/.678 49/.675 80/.852 .715
Last 28d days 134/.845 31/.644 58/.592 40/.533 46/.577 35/.814 33/.531 49/1.082
HR/SB/CS 11/4/3 0/0/1 2/2/2 1/2/0 5/0/0 11/7/2 1/0/3 6/1/1 108/33/23
Usage ·····X·· ·······X ·o·····X ·o·····X ·····oo· ·······X ·o···oo· ·····X·o
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
37.Kennedy*
G/S/vB
60.Komine
G/S/vB
46.Lewis
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· 1/no AB 311/232 .256/.334/.321/.655 .726/.631 .687 108/.680 17/1 2/15
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 11/1.045 2/.500 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 20/.754 ··· ··· ··· 332/247 .307/.357/.343/.700 .622/.735 .689 96/.607 7/3 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.858 ··· 11/.398 ··· 3/.666 ··· 149/98 .275/.342/.405/.747 .880/.679 .688 53/1.005 2/0 2/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 13/.648 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/1.000 2/.000 12/1.967 ··· ··· ··· 377/267 .287/.371/.454/.825 .833/.823 .928 112/.763 3/0 10/2
20.Ford G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 102/66 .247/.314/.366/.680 .771/.631 .683 39/.895 2/0 2/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/1.333 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/.500 15/.690 ··· 4/2.000 1/no AB 359/264 .301/.345/.554/.899 1.053/.841 .968 104/.833 11/5 19/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 13/11 .250/.308/.333/.641 1.500/.473 1.250 4/1.250 0/0 0/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 270/223 .244/.297/.394/.691 .735/.682 .640 76/.738 2/0 7/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/.476 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 262/176 .300/.396/.444/.840 .705/.906 .642 113/.861 5/0 4/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.800 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 10/.775 ··· ··· 1/.000 371/248 .294/.367/.575/.942 .745/1.043 .942 87/1.070 0/0 24/2
8.Punto# G/S/vP 12/.878 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.858 ··· ··· ··· 330/224 .213/.311/.276/.587 .552/.611 .515 84/.522 13/3 1/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 202/146 .287/.332/.351/.683 .864/.615 .706 28/.472 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/83 .181/.260/.266/.526 .282/.591 .523 24/.481 1/0 2/2
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 155/133 .268/.318/.317/.635 .417/.672 .692 38/.656 6/1 0/1
IP 134.1 0.2 27.0 39.0 21.0 93.1 6.1 25.2 29.2 TOTAL .269/.337/.400/.737 .728/.739 .731 73/13 74/42
ERA-K/9 3.28/5.7 0.00/12.9 6.67/7.3 4.15/6.7 0.43/9.9 4.44/3.9 5.68/1.4 8.06/4.6 5.76/3.6 3.72/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (11-13-2)
 Redmond (14-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.239 2/.000 117/.272 165/.276 80/.173 410/.282 27/.250 122/.318 137/.282 .249  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
0/0/81/15
0/87/0/3
55/0/0/2
26/8/2/1
13/6/8/0
OPS .625 .000 .750 .676 .425 .778 .838 .894 .814 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 245/.620 2/.000 36/.661 54/.721 28/.334 82/.469 8/1.125 36/1.238 54/.641 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.629 / 81/.790 111/.655 52/.471 328/.853 19/.701 86/.752 83/.932 .712
Road 275/.709 2/.000 50/.670 83/.793 49/.484 201/.773 / 67/1.010 49/1.055 .712
Last 28d days 145/.574 2/.000 11/1.688 36/.933 45/.529 95/.992 27/.838 67/1.028 32/.918
HR/SB/CS 11/13/2 0/0/0 3/6/0 2/3/1 0/5/0 9/7/4 2/0/0 5/1/0 3/1/0 70/65/17
Usage ·····X·· ·o······ ·o······ ·····X·· ·····X·· ·X·····o ········ ·······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.

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