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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, September 14, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Texas Rangers, 69-77, 4th, 17 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 6-1, 4.07)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-1)             77.1  63  35  35  34  51  7    4.07      
 2006 (1-3)             25.2  24  11  10  16  15  0    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  36.1  35  18  18  16  22  4    4.46   49 
 2007-09-02    LAA  ND   6     5   5   5   5   3  1     102   40 
 2007-08-28    CHW  ND   4.2   4   3   3   3   3  2      91   44 
 2007-08-22    BAL   W   6     7   3   3   1   3  0      89   48 
 2007-08-17    MIN  ND   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  0     102   60 
 2007-08-12    TBD  ND   1.1   1   0   0   0   2  0      18   54 
 2007-08-07    OAK   W   6     5   3   3   3   4  1     107   51 
 2007-08-02    CLE   L   5.2   8   3   3   1   4  0      95   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-1   9.1  11   8   8   8   5  1    7.71   38 
 2007-08-07    OAK   W   6     5   3   3   3   4  1     107   51 
 2006-08-28    OAK   L   3.1   6   5   5   5   1  0      86   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-32   Road:   27-45   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  49-53   vsLHP:  20-24   1-Run:  24-17
 vsEast: 18-23   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest: 23-25 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Thu, Sep 13  @OAK  L   5-6       69-77  4th 17.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 12  @DET  L   1-5       69-76  4th 17.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 11  @DET  L   1-4       69-75  4th 16.0 gb
143 Tue, Sep 11  @DET  W  13-6       69-74  4th 16.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  9   OAK  W  12-9       68-74  3rd 15.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  8   OAK  W   7-3       67-74  4th 16.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  7   OAK  W   5-3       66-74  4th 17.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  5   KCR  W   3-2       65-74  4th 17.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  4   KCR  W   9-8       64-74  4th 18.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  3   KCR  L   1-8       63-74  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Oakland Athletics, 72-76, 3rd, 15 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Dan Meyer (25, LHP, 0-1, 4.32)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-1)              8.1   7   7   4   3   5  1    4.32      
 2004 (0-0)              2     2   0   0   1   1  0    0.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   4     5   6   3   2   0  1    6.75   32 
 2007-08-17    KCR   L   4     5   6   3   2   0  1      93   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-35   Road:   35-41   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  49-55   vsLHP:  23-21   1-Run:  24-21
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:20-23   vsWest: 21-27 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Thu, Sep 13   TEX  W   6-5       72-76  3rd 15.0 gb
147 Wed, Sep 12  @SEA  L   5-6       71-76  3rd 16.0 gb
146 Tue, Sep 11  @SEA  W   7-4       71-75  3rd 15.0 gb
145 Mon, Sep 10  @SEA  W   9-3       70-75  3rd 15.0 gb
144 Sun, Sep  9  @TEX  L   9-12      69-75  3rd 15.5 gb
143 Sat, Sep  8  @TEX  L   3-7       69-74  3rd 15.5 gb
142 Fri, Sep  7  @TEX  L   3-5       69-73  3rd 15.5 gb
141 Wed, Sep  5  @LAA  W   6-2       69-72  3rd 14.0 gb
140 Tue, Sep  4  @LAA  L   3-4       68-72  3rd 15.0 gb
139 Mon, Sep  3  @LAA  L   5-9       68-71  3rd 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 13, 2007 OAK  6  TEX  5    W:Chad Gaudin (11-11), L: Kevin Millwood (9-12), S: Huston Street (15)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 TEX 12  OAK  9    W:Bill White (1-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (8-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 TEX  7  OAK  3    W:A.J. Murray (1-1), L: Chad Gaudin (10-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 TEX  5  OAK  3    W:Edinson Volquez (2-0), L: Danny Haren (14-7), S: Joaquin Benoit (4)
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 OAK  6 @TEX  3    W:Lenny DiNardo (6-6), L: A.J. Murray (0-1), S: Alan Embree (14)
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 TEX  8  OAK  6    W:Kason Gabbard (5-1), L: Chad Gaudin (8-8), S: C.J. Wilson (3)
Mon, Aug 06, 2007 OAK  9 @TEX  7 (13)   W:Andrew Brown (2-0), L: Willie Eyre (3-5), S: Kiko Calero (1)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 OAK  6  TEX  0    W:Lenny DiNardo (4-6), L: Kevin Millwood (6-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 TEX 11 @OAK  4    W:Willie Eyre (3-3), L: Chad Gaudin (8-5), S: Ron Mahay (1)
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 TEX  4 @OAK  1    W:Jamey Wright (3-2), L: Dallas Braden (1-4), S: Eric Gagne (14)
Season Series: 2007 - TEX leads 9-7; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; 2005 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 354-345

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

NYY  5.91

BAL  4.63

WSN  4.00

RA/G

BOS  4.03

WSN  4.76

TBD  5.89

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

N. Markakis  .293

J. LaRue  .146

OBP

B. Bonds  .482

T. Glaus  .366

J. LaRue  .239

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .667

T. Buck  .474

N. Punto  .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.091

A. Beltre  .830

J. LaRue  .511

ERA

J. Peavy  2.44

D. McGowan  4.01

A. Eaton  6.31

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.42

S. Trachsel  2.91

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Meyer*
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
46.Lewis
G/S/vB
45.Lugo
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
30.Meyer*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 10/.211 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.000 192/143 .291/.344/.537/.881 .840/.893 .781 34/1.124 3/1 8/6
19.Botts# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.666 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 128/90 .234/.328/.333/.661 .836/.586 .638 74/.671 1/0 2/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 4/.250 4/.583 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 391/286 .312/.358/.469/.827 .800/.837 .757 105/.801 4/3 9/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.661 9/.222 1/no AB 4/1.750 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 337/320 .272/.350/.466/.816 .701/.821 .631 67/1.051 2/1 10/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 3/.666 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 296/197 .221/.279/.357/.636 .580/.664 .604 78/.643 1/3 7/4
4.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 5.000/ 5.000 1/5.000 0/0 1/0
3.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.450 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 183/98 .190/.250/.291/.541 .573/.512 .582 10/.311 5/1 3/3
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.800 4/.250 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 492/369 .273/.357/.466/.823 1.024/.755 .727 117/.944 19/2 19/14
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.750 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 420/305 .217/.272/.332/.603 .630/.593 .591 59/.362 6/2 8/11
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 64/49 .410/.438/.705/1.142 1.267/1.102 1.590 55/1.034 0/0 2/1
16.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/2.000/3.000 3.000/ 3.000 1/3.000 0/0 0/0
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 285/167 .261/.302/.429/.731 .629/.804 .736 80/.890 0/0 11/10
21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 8/.393 7/2.071 1/2.000 3/1.666 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 430/300 .253/.309/.465/.775 1.028/.670 .823 48/.954 0/0 19/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 318/232 .239/.312/.388/.699 .495/.774 .766 72/.788 1/0 8/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.500 360/261 .235/.314/.483/.796 .872/.767 .691 71/.804 3/1 20/4
10.Young G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 10/.786 9/1.806 4/1.417 1/2.000 6/2.333 3/.666 1/.000 8/.750 627/470 .310/.364/.411/.774 .819/.760 .738 108/.740 12/2 7/15
IP 8.1 34.0 40.2 65.1 46.0 33.1 39.0 40.0 8.1 45.0 TOTAL .263/.327/.429/.756 .762/.754 .729 79/21 163/106
ERA-K/9 4.32/5.4 3.97/9.8 5.75/6.9 4.13/6.9 4.30/8.8 7.29/5.4 5.54/6.0 6.75/4.0 4.32/5.4 3.00/11.8 4.20/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (55-33-9)
 Quiroz (0-0-0)
 Saltalamacchia (28-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 36/.219 140/.236 185/.293 275/.258 196/.224 154/.309 181/.271 192/.307 36/.219 174/.188 .261  Byrd
 Cruz
 Hairston
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Wilkerson
 Botts
 Sosa
 Laird
 Guzman
16/52/36/8
16/0/69/5
21/22/6/3
23/4/11/2
64/0/0/2
36/1/18/2
13/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .754 .631 .819 .688 .658 .909 .842 .826 .754 .538 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.800 59/.603 61/.708 77/.605 72/.679 47/1.189 82/.908 78/.737 11/.800 85/.701 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.735 81/.651 124/.870 198/.719 124/.647 107/.790 99/.788 114/.889 25/.735 89/.391 .730
Home 20/1.133 69/.602 96/.832 132/.582 86/.406 58/.714 74/.818 110/.750 20/1.133 78/.471 .686
Last 28d days 36/.754 63/.984 16/1.115 52/.885 47/.709 32/.964 66/.616 30/1.146 36/.754 56/.603
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/3/0 3/8/0 5/4/1 5/9/0 7/1/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/2 125/95/25
Usage ·····X·· ·oX···X· ········ ·XooX··· ·o··X··· ····Xo·· ··X·o·X· ·····o·· ·····X·· ··XXo···
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
47.Murray*
G/S/vB
48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB
35.White*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
29.Wood
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/4 .333/.467/.417/.883 .830/1.000 15/.883 1/0 0/0
17.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB 2/2.500 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 176/124 .247/.356/.397/.754 .839/.717 .521 22/.944 1/2 4/5
18.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 1/no AB 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 440/295 .255/.402/.507/.910 .771/.976 1.064 112/.792 0/2 23/3
37.Davanon# G/S/vP ··· 13/1.205 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 6/.000 90/78 .197/.300/.263/.563 .955/.500 .700 57/.578 1/1 0/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 5/3.000 8/.536 4/.500 4/.833 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.250 5/.400 3/1.000 582/423 .276/.338/.437/.775 1.002/.693 .737 108/.873 9/3 17/5
8.Furmaniak G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/14 .200/.368/.267/.635 .900/.539 .000 12/.817 0/0 0/1
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 107/80 .261/.377/.432/.809 1.051/.719 .775 100/.814 1/0 3/1
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 7/.286 9/.819 3/1.667 452/283 .233/.343/.406/.749 .758/.743 .677 89/.771 0/0 15/4
4.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .481 7/.000 0/0 1/0
12.Murphy G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 3/.666 1/no AB 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 116/75 .212/.284/.433/.717 .936/.597 .732 29/.521 1/0 5/5
31.Piazza G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/1.142 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 27/.681 301/212 .284/.316/.425/.740 .711/.752 .602 90/.873 0/0 7/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 5/.200 11/.637 1/.000 4/.000 5/.650 2/2.000 4/1.833 ··· 5/.650 4/.833 6/.500 333/242 .264/.340/.372/.712 .883/.651 .688 87/.767 1/1 7/13
24.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.000 13/.891 2/1.000 4/1.750 3/1.667 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 17/1.100 3/.000 568/395 .290/.349/.402/.752 .701/.773 .650 110/.707 11/2 12/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 198/145 .246/.321/.433/.754 .671/.785 .706 84/.779 0/0 7/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 5/.200 8/1.250 4/.250 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 6/.750 1/5.000 12/1.583 9/.777 6/.666 609/421 .261/.383/.446/.829 .890/.802 .784 123/.838 3/2 20/4
51.Thompson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/14 .172/.250/.276/.526 .528/.522 .167 9/.347 0/0 0/1
IP 77.1 75.0 37.0 56.1 41.2 13.1 45.1 4.0 64.1 44.0 67.0 TOTAL .255/.336/.405/.741 .769/.729 .706 50/18 154/83
ERA-K/9 4.07/5.9 2.64/9.7 6.08/4.4 4.79/7.2 3.46/4.5 5.40/4.1 5.36/6.8 2.25/11.2 2.94/8.5 4.91/4.5 3.63/4.8 4.74/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (32-5-3)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Suzuki (25-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 321/.226 300/.216 185/.291 259/.259 177/.253 59/.220 209/.298 12/.273 265/.203 202/.317 289/.274 .274  Stewart
 Swisher
 Davanon
 Brown
 Thompson
 Furmaniak
 Cust
 Scutaro
126/6/0/4
0/49/52/3
3/15/7/1
2/0/4/0
5/4/5/0
1/0/2/0
13/0/33/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .677 .608 .847 .767 .727 .722 .865 .879 .603 .906 .777 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.584 127/.516 73/.924 117/.722 68/.636 19/.708 63/.643 5/.650 107/.380 113/1.011 119/.947 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.705 173/.677 112/.799 142/.802 109/.785 40/.725 146/.964 7/1.000 158/.756 89/.779 170/.668 .771
Road 170/.757 131/.680 100/1.085 111/.766 86/.570 39/.641 53/1.068 / 110/.548 85/.999 165/.802 .814
Last 28d days 100/.754 39/.475 23/.635 46/.762 60/.580 30/.555 81/.760 12/.879 44/.997 70/1.020 80/.606
HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 5/1/1 3/6/2 3/4/2 5/2/1 1/0/0 8/0/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 8/1/1 5/2/4 135/80/40
Usage ········ ····X·o· ····X··· ····X·X· ··o·XX·· ··o··X·· ····XXo· ····X··· ······X· ··X··X·· ··X·····

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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