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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 15, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Oakland Athletics, 44-47, 3rd, 11½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 10-3, 2.30)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-3)           129.1  97  41  33  32 101 11    2.30      
 2006 (14-13)          223   224 109 102  45 176 31    4.12      
 2005 (14-12)          217   212 101  90  53 163 26    3.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  47    44  20  18  12  40  6    3.45   56 
 2007-07-06    SEA   L   6.1   7   4   3   1   3  1     112   47 
 2007-07-01    NYY   W   5.1   8   5   5   2   5  0     101   35 
 2007-06-26    CLE  ND   6.2   8   3   3   3   4  1     105   47 
 2007-06-20    CIN   W   7     6   3   3   2   5  2     117   56 
 2007-06-15    STL   W   7     6   3   2   3   8  0     112   60 
 2007-06-09    SFG   W   7     5   0   0   0   6  0     109   73 
 2007-06-04    BOS  ND   7.2   4   2   2   1   9  2     118   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  36    26  10  10   6  27  4    2.50   64 
 2006-09-13    MIN   W   8     3   0   0   1   7  0     101   82 
 2006-06-03    MIN  ND   6     3   0   0   2   6  0     122   70 
 2006-04-11    MIN   L   6     9   7   7   1   4  2      92   29 
 2005-08-12    MIN   L   9     3   1   1   2   4  0     113   79 
 2005-08-02    MIN   W   7     8   2   2   0   6  2     107   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-23   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  28-34   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  9-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 14  @MIN  L   3-4       44-47  3rd 11.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Minnesota Twins, 48-43, 3rd, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 5-6, 4.70)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-6)            103.1 113  61  54  41  95 15    4.70      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  41    52  29  29  11  27  6    6.37   42 
 2007-07-07    CHW   L   7     4   3   3   2   4  1     105   59 
 2007-07-02    NYY   L   5.1   9   4   4   3   6  1     101   37 
 2007-06-27    TOR   L   6     7   5   5   2   2  1      94   38 
 2007-06-22    FLA  ND   6     6   4   4   0   2  1      66   46 
 2007-06-16    MIL   L   6.1   5   4   4   2   7  0     109   52 
 2007-06-10    WSN   W   5     9   3   3   2   5  0      95   40 
 2007-06-04    LAA   L   5.1  12   6   6   0   1  2      79   21 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      0-1   7     5   4   4   0   5  3    5.14   56 
 2006-06-01    OAK   L   7     5   4   4   0   5  3      94   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-20   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  35-30   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 13-14   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 10-5  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 14   OAK  W   4-3       48-43  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 MIN  4  OAK  3    W:Carlos Silva (7-10), L: Joe Blanton (8-6), S: Joe Nathan (18)
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
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 4-2; 2006 - MIN won 6-4; 2005 - OAK won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 970-959

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  5.89

ATL  4.65

WSN  3.80

RA/G

SDP  3.49

CLE  4.71

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johnson  .287

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .505

S. Spiezio  .364

D. Navarro  .232

SLG

R. Braun  .686

L. Overbay  .454

D. Navarro  .248

OPS

R. Braun  1.085

J. Peralta  .822

D. Navarro  .480

ERA

C. Young  1.97

T. Glavine  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 (4.26 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
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
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 218/170 .277/.378/.478/.856 1.152/.769 .955 33/.583 1/1 6/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 5/2.200 7/.143 1/.000 31/.975 4/1.417 5/2.100 363/230 .242/.306/.446/.752 .710/.777 .672 85/.650 4/2 14/6
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 6/.583 339/238 .222/.265/.338/.603 .681/.570 .578 82/.498 7/2 7/13
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 231/147 .258/.385/.547/.932 .928/.934 .820 94/.889 0/2 15/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/.858 5/.200 ··· 15/.421 1/.000 4/.500 344/244 .261/.330/.395/.725 .810/.694 .676 95/.665 6/2 8/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/1.000 5/.400 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 294/179 .260/.367/.451/.818 .817/.819 .975 85/.840 0/0 10/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.334 9/.888 9/1.431 3/1.334 ··· 11/.788 4/.666 309/218 .228/.264/.284/.548 .446/.590 .630 73/.635 3/1 2/4
23.Kielty# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 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 3/1.666 ··· 3/.666 14/.703 1/.000 9/.708 12/.633 4/.000 142/107 .233/.275/.316/.591 .388/.655 .659 78/.528 0/1 1/1
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.000 7/.929 134/96 .242/.293/.371/.664 .751/.631 .703 24/.708 1/0 4/7
24.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/23 .269/.321/.538/.859 .650/.895 .895 22/.773 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 7/1.229 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 4/1.167 370/254 .258/.390/.438/.828 .935/.781 .892 97/.571 2/1 11/0
IP 103.1 8.0 54.2 40.0 44.1 77.1 21.2 32.0 TOTAL .253/.330/.397/.727 .754/.714 .752 34/13 92/54
ERA-K/9 4.70/8.3 0.00/7.9 1.65/6.1 2.03/9.9 1.62/10.6 5.35/3.7 3.74/7.1 4.78/7.6 4.17/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (58-14-7)
 Suzuki (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 459/.276 31/.250 208/.178 160/.242 165/.129 342/.302 99/.317 150/.285 .265  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Kielty
 Scutaro
 Cust
 Kendall
0/34/0/4
74/5/0/3
15/0/43/2
0/28/36/1
2/1/5/1
6/0/4/0
6/0/7/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .788 .644 .486 .596 .440 .813 .817 .846 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.843 18/.583 84/.482 73/.679 68/.404 161/.815 56/.634 75/.996 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.734 13/.725 124/.490 87/.530 97/.467 181/.810 43/1.055 75/.700 .731
Home 257/.786 / 114/.514 94/.584 84/.281 161/.678 50/.729 80/.852 .708
Last 28d days 104/.819 31/.644 56/.540 43/.496 43/.571 35/.814 30/.584 49/1.082
HR/SB/CS 15/7/3 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 ········ o·o····· ooo····· oo····oo ········ o·o···oo ·X····X·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Haren
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 6/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 7/.971 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 315/236 .256/.333/.320/.653 .726/.629 .682 109/.673 17/1 2/15
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 13/.641 2/.500 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 20/.754 ··· 1/no AB ··· 336/251 .309/.358/.352/.710 .622/.748 .710 95/.681 8/4 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 8/1.000 ··· 11/.398 ··· 4/.833 ··· 150/98 .280/.347/.409/.756 .903/.679 .710 54/1.024 2/0 2/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 15/.734 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/1.000 3/.666 12/1.967 ··· ··· ··· 381/271 .287/.370/.453/.823 .833/.819 .921 112/.768 3/0 10/2
20.Ford G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 102/66 .247/.314/.366/.680 .771/.631 .683 36/.873 2/0 2/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 2/.500 15/.690 ··· 5/2.100 1/no AB 363/268 .301/.344/.551/.895 1.053/.836 .957 104/.853 11/5 19/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 17/15 .200/.294/.267/.561 1.500/.421 .804 8/.804 0/0 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 270/223 .244/.297/.394/.691 .735/.682 .640 72/.762 2/0 7/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 14/.643 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 266/180 .304/.398/.449/.847 .705/.914 .663 112/.865 5/0 4/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.833 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 3/.000 10/.775 ··· ··· 1/.000 375/252 .293/.365/.571/.936 .745/1.033 .931 87/1.070 1/0 24/2
8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.462 2/1.500 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 1/.000 ··· 334/227 .210/.307/.272/.579 .546/.603 .503 84/.456 13/3 1/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 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 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/83 .181/.260/.266/.526 .282/.591 .523 23/.503 1/0 2/2
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 158/136 .276/.325/.331/.656 .417/.696 .734 40/.701 6/1 0/1
IP 129.1 0.2 27.0 39.1 21.0 93.1 6.1 25.2 29.2 TOTAL .270/.337/.400/.737 .728/.740 .731 75/14 74/42
ERA-K/9 2.30/7.0 0.00/12.9 6.67/7.3 4.12/6.6 0.43/9.9 4.44/3.9 5.68/1.4 8.06/4.6 5.76/3.6 3.72/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 515/.205 2/.000 117/.272 167/.279 80/.173 410/.282 27/.250 122/.318 137/.282 .250  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
0/0/82/15
0/88/0/3
55/0/0/2
27/8/2/1
14/6/8/0
OPS .583 .000 .750 .680 .425 .778 .838 .894 .814 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 272/.521 2/.000 36/.661 54/.721 28/.334 82/.469 8/1.125 36/1.238 54/.641 .664
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.652 / 81/.790 113/.662 52/.471 328/.853 19/.701 86/.752 83/.932 .712
Road 237/.596 2/.000 50/.670 85/.799 49/.484 201/.773 / 67/1.010 49/1.055 .714
Last 28d days 113/.812 2/.000 6/1.500 38/.936 45/.529 95/.992 27/.838 67/1.028 28/.905
HR/SB/CS 11/11/4 0/0/0 3/6/0 2/3/1 0/5/0 9/7/4 2/0/0 5/1/0 3/1/0 70/67/18
Usage ········ ··o····· ·Xo····· o·····X· ·o····X· ··X····· ········ ·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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