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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 3:35pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Detroit Tigers, 61-45, 1st, 1 up

SP: Nate Robertson (29, LHP, 6-8, 5.08)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-8)            101   123  60  57  37  64 12    5.08      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
 2005 (7-16)           196.2 202 113  98  65 122 28    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  35.1  42  27  26  15  30  4    6.62   43 
 2007-07-27    LAA   L   5.2  10   8   8   2   6  0     109   21 
 2007-07-22    KCR   L   6    11   5   4   1   5  1      96   36 
 2007-07-17    MIN   W   7     3   0   0   2   5  0     102   74 
 2007-07-08    BOS   W   6.1   4   4   4   4   2  2     107   47 
 2007-07-03    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   8  0     108   49 
 2007-06-26    TEX  ND   5.1   4   1   1   2   4  0      84   58 
 2007-06-05    TEX   L   0     4   6   6   2   0  1      30   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  28    23  17  17   7  14  5    5.46   50 
 2006-07-23    OAK   W   7     5   4   4   0   3  2      87   54 
 2006-07-03    OAK   L   7     7   5   5   4   3  1     108   42 
 2005-08-23    OAK   W   8     2   1   1   2   6  0     116   78 
 2005-07-30    OAK   L   6     9   7   7   1   2  2      87   27 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   35-24   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  39-36   vsLHP:  22-9    1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:23-20   vsWest: 11-12 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 31  @OAK  L   3-7       61-45  1st  1.0 up
105 Mon, Jul 30  @OAK  W   5-2       61-44  1st  1.0 up
104 Sun, Jul 29  @LAA  L   4-13      60-44  1st  0.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 28  @LAA  L   3-10      60-43  1st  0.5 up
102 Fri, Jul 27  @LAA  L   6-11      60-42  1st  0.5 up
101 Thu, Jul 26  @CHW  L   3-4       60-41  1st  1.5 up
100 Wed, Jul 25  @CHW  W  13-9       60-40  1st  1.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   7-8       59-40  1st  1.5 up
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   3-5       59-39  1st  1.5 up
 97 Mon, Jul 23  @CHW  W   9-6       59-38  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Oakland Athletics, 50-57, 3rd, 13 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (23, LHP, 1-6, 5.53)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-6)             40.2  45  29  25  14  31  6    5.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-6  36.2  40  27  23  14  28  4    5.65   44 
 2007-07-27    SEA   L   4     7   7   4   2   3  1      93   27 
 2007-07-22    BAL   L   7     4   1   1   4   3  0     104   64 
 2007-07-16    TEX   L   6     8   4   4   2   7  0     107   45 
 2007-05-17    KCR   L   5.1   6   5   5   1   1  0      95   36 
 2007-05-12    CLE   L   4     6   4   3   1   3  0      83   38 
 2007-04-29    TBD   L   4.1   6   5   5   3   5  3      88   33 
 2007-04-24    BAL   W   6     3   1   1   1   6  0      86   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-28   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  34-41   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:11-18   vsWest: 13-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   7-3       50-57  3rd 13.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 30   DET  L   2-5       49-57  3rd 13.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29  @SEA  L  10-14      49-56  3rd 13.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28  @SEA  L   3-4       49-55  3rd 12.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27  @SEA  L   1-7       49-54  3rd 11.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 26  @SEA  W   6-2       49-53  3rd 10.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25  @LAA  L   6-7       48-53  3rd 10.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24  @LAA  W   4-3       48-52  3rd  9.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23  @LAA  W  12-6       47-52  3rd 10.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   BAL  L   0-2       46-52  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 OAK  7  DET  3    W:Danny Haren (13-3), L: Justin Verlander (11-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 DET  5 @OAK  2    W:Jordan Tata (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (8-8), S: Todd Jones (28)

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 DET  8  OAK  4    W:Nate Robertson (9-6), L: Esteban Loaiza (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 OAK  9 @DET  5    W:Joe Blanton (10-8), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 DET  7  OAK  4    W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Danny Haren (6-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 05, 2006 DET 10 @OAK  4    W:Kenny Rogers (11-3), L: Kirk Saarloos (3-5), S: Roman Colon (1)
Tue, Jul 04, 2006 OAK  2  DET  1 (10)   W:Chad Gaudin (1-2), L: Fernando Rodney (4-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 03, 2006 OAK  5  DET  3    W:Joe Blanton (8-7), L: Nate Robertson (8-4), S: Huston Street (19)
Thu, Apr 20, 2006 DET  4 @OAK  3    W:Fernando Rodney (1-0), L: Justin Duchscherer (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 19, 2006 DET 11 @OAK  4    W:Kenny Rogers (3-1), L: Joe Blanton (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 1-1; 2006 - DET won 5-4; 2005 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 962-881

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  5.78

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.26

BA

R. Braun  .347

X. Nady  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

B. Harris  .361

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .657

J. Encarnacion  .458

N. Punto  .275

OPS

B. Bonds  1.051

D. Pedroia  .817

D. Navarro  .536

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.11

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Arroyo  6.33

A. Cook  3.26

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.78 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Braden*
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
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 9/1.194 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 357/301 .292/.356/.385/.741 .763/.737 .732 85/.750 2/1 2/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 454/360 .302/.354/.570/.924 .548/1.021 .999 108/1.028 13/0 16/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.500 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 396/304 .313/.379/.520/.899 1.044/.866 .859 98/.745 9/6 14/20
24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 19/10 .250/.316/.438/.754 .583/.925 .754 19/.754 0/0 1/0
20.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 7/.572 ··· ··· 145/84 .254/.285/.333/.618 .773/.509 .639 39/.436 4/1 2/4
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 387/293 .249/.329/.405/.734 .887/.686 .723 97/.630 6/1 12/13
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 10/.800 ··· 2/.000 347/256 .222/.266/.384/.650 .898/.561 .695 64/.621 0/3 11/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/.842 ··· 2/.000 448/338 .347/.423/.568/.991 1.259/.907 .971 103/.761 2/1 16/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 6/.167 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 426/312 .341/.381/.452/.833 .787/.850 .772 84/.966 3/2 5/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 113/97 .287/.330/.406/.736 .842/.718 .839 38/.913 0/0 0/4
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/17 .387/.441/.742/1.183 .866/1.501 1.100 35/1.183 1/0 3/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 6/.834 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 355/249 .284/.296/.433/.729 .745/.721 .715 70/.720 0/2 9/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 8/1.518 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 4/.500 452/346 .293/.398/.527/.925 .985/.907 .837 105/.858 17/4 23/0
IP 40.2 10.1 33.0 45.1 29.2 100.0 32.0 21.2 TOTAL .289/.348/.466/.814 .862/.797 .805 59/22 126/75
ERA-K/9 5.53/6.9 3.48/10.5 5.73/7.4 3.57/7.0 2.12/8.8 4.32/3.8 5.63/3.4 3.32/10.0 3.86/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (16-7-3)
 Rodriguez (38-12-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.283 39/.162 146/.268 188/.254 118/.200 445/.284 149/.283 89/.203 .252  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Raburn
 Hessman
 Infante
0/104/0/8
91/0/1/5
0/0/96/3
7/0/7/1
3/4/6/0
1/0/0/0
1/12/6/0
OPS .829 .367 .751 .627 .537 .777 .807 .577 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.515 21/.340 48/.683 59/.680 49/.586 94/.517 58/.654 44/.538 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.932 18/.398 98/.784 129/.603 69/.504 351/.846 91/.907 45/.607 .710
Home 117/.831 22/.511 81/.834 92/.514 47/.284 219/.775 97/.695 37/.404 .669
Last 28d days 75/.797 39/.367 35/.864 31/.398 51/.692 57/.978 24/.785 20/.977
HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 0/2/0 3/8/0 2/4/1 2/7/0 9/7/4 3/1/0 1/1/2 78/82/20
Usage ····X··· ··X·o·X· ·Xo···X· oo·····o X·X··X·X ··o·X·X· ····o··· X·X··o··
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
41.Capellan
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 139/98 .212/.312/.339/.651 .712/.624 .485 16/.313 1/2 2/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 274/221 .279/.370/.468/.838 1.075/.778 .781 60/.713 3/1 7/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 7/.572 6/1.417 ··· 13/.962 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 5/.650 379/242 .240/.306/.446/.752 .703/.779 .825 38/.694 4/2 15/6
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/2.000 ··· 278/184 .257/.385/.531/.916 .901/.922 1.052 79/.665 0/2 17/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 413/298 .258/.321/.409/.730 .810/.701 .747 99/.617 6/2 12/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.567 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/195 .240/.356/.413/.769 .755/.779 .641 63/.424 0/0 10/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 197/154 .236/.305/.326/.631 .340/.712 .516 73/.665 1/1 1/2
12.Murphy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 32/26 .172/.250/.310/.560 .733/.523 .300 27/.671 0/0 0/2
31.Piazza G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 13/.770 ··· ··· 158/113 .299/.342/.422/.764 .737/.771 .520 46/.871 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 9/1.083 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 190/140 .241/.296/.339/.635 .675/.622 .620 62/.540 1/0 4/9
24.Stewart G/S/vP 19/.568 1/no AB 2/2.000 11/.717 4/.500 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 401/280 .304/.365/.403/.768 .785/.760 .702 91/.706 10/1 8/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/61 .242/.347/.387/.734 .583/.770 .652 54/.559 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 13/.154 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 431/302 .256/.398/.445/.843 .968/.791 .749 93/.849 2/2 14/0
IP 101.0 23.1 21.1 97.2 51.2 44.1 27.0 28.1 TOTAL .252/.332/.394/.726 .739/.721 .689 42/15 107/65
ERA-K/9 5.08/5.7 3.86/11.2 4.22/7.2 4.42/5.0 5.40/6.8 4.67/4.7 4.00/8.0 3.18/5.7 4.53/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (29-4-3)
 Suzuki (15-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 454/.304 107/.258 93/.241 424/.262 233/.272 194/.278 127/.248 116/.252 .269  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/48/0/5
90/5/0/4
16/2/56/2
0/31/38/1
6/0/4/0
8/0/10/0
OPS .829 .815 .722 .761 .760 .703 .702 .661 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.715 35/.901 25/.741 202/.743 73/.801 107/.757 53/.680 61/.531 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.861 72/.776 68/.713 222/.778 160/.741 87/.634 74/.715 55/.805 .778
Road 165/.842 68/.786 33/.641 280/.696 123/.584 104/.686 65/.609 64/.775 .760
Last 28d days 113/.836 17/.946 34/.772 55/.729 60/.540 46/.556 40/.812 29/.855
HR/SB/CS 12/4/3 3/2/1 4/3/0 15/5/1 4/0/2 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 111/54/19
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· ···o···· ·XX·X··X X··X··X· ·oo····· o·X·o··o ··o··o·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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