OAK @ TEX, Friday, September 7, 2007 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 69-72, 3rd, 14½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 14-6, 2.87) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (14-6) 191.1 170 74 61 47 161 20 2.87 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 2-3 42.1 52 26 21 8 43 8 4.46 49 2007-09-01 DET L 6 11 5 5 1 4 1 106 33 2007-08-26 TBD L 6 4 5 3 0 10 2 104 58 2007-08-21 TOR W 6 6 4 4 0 9 3 107 53 2007-08-16 CHW ND 6 9 4 2 2 7 0 121 47 2007-08-11 DET L 6.1 9 3 3 1 4 2 109 46 2007-08-05 LAA ND 6 7 2 2 3 6 0 113 53 2007-07-31 DET W 6 6 3 2 1 3 0 91 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 35.1 28 13 12 8 26 5 3.06 60 2007-05-30 TEX W 8 4 1 1 3 4 0 116 71 2006-08-27 TEX L 7 7 3 3 2 12 1 102 61 2006-04-16 TEX ND 8 4 1 1 1 5 1 100 74 2005-09-23 TEX L 7 7 2 2 0 4 2 99 59 2005-07-22 TEX W 5.1 6 6 5 2 1 1 94 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-35 Road: 33-37 ExtrInn:11-5 vsRHP: 48-51 vsLHP: 21-21 1-Run: 23-20 vsEast: 21-18 vsCntrl:20-23 vsWest: 18-23 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 138 Sun, Sep 2 DET W 8-7 (10) 68-70 3rd 13.0 gb 137 Sat, Sep 1 DET L 1-6 67-70 3rd 14.0 gb 136 Fri, Aug 31 DET W 5-4 (10) 67-69 3rd 14.0 gb 135 Wed, Aug 29 TOR W 5-4 (11) 66-69 3rd 14.0 gb 134 Tue, Aug 28 TOR L 4-5 65-69 3rd 14.0 gb 133 Mon, Aug 27 TOR L 2-6 (12) 65-68 3rd 13.0 gb 132 Sun, Aug 26 @TBD L 4-7 65-67 3rd 12.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Texas Rangers, 65-74, 4th, 17½ GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (23, RHP, 1-0, 5.40) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-0) 5 7 3 3 2 4 0 5.40 2006 (1-6) 33.1 52 28 27 17 15 7 7.29 2005 (0-4) 12.2 25 22 20 10 11 3 14.21 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 26.1 50 27 26 14 12 6 8.89 32 2007-09-01 LAA W 5 7 3 3 2 4 0 94 43 2006-09-25 LAA L 3 9 5 5 0 1 2 56 22 2006-09-19 SEA ND 4 8 5 4 3 1 1 91 26 2006-09-14 LAA L 5 6 2 2 0 2 1 74 49 2006-09-02 CLE L 1.2 5 6 6 3 1 2 53 19 2006-08-25 OAK L 4 7 3 3 3 2 0 91 35 2006-08-17 DET L 3.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 87 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 0-2 9 12 7 7 5 6 1 7.00 39 2006-08-25 OAK L 4 7 3 3 3 2 0 91 35 2006-08-07 OAK L 5 5 4 4 2 4 1 95 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-32 Road: 26-42 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 46-50 vsLHP: 19-24 1-Run: 24-16 vsEast: 18-23 vsCntrl:16-20 vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 136 Sun, Sep 2 @LAA W 8-7 63-73 4th 17.0 gb 135 Sat, Sep 1 @LAA W 7-6 62-73 4th 18.0 gb 134 Fri, Aug 31 @LAA L 6-7 (10) 61-73 4th 19.0 gb 133 Thu, Aug 30 CHW W 5-1 61-72 4th 18.0 gb 132 Wed, Aug 29 CHW W 5-4 (11) 60-72 4th 18.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 28 CHW W 4-3 59-72 4th 18.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 26 SEA W 5-3 58-72 4th 18.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) Wed, May 30, 2007 OAK 6 TEX 1 W:Danny Haren (6-2), L: John Koronka (0-2), S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 TEX 4 @OAK 0 W:Mike Wood (1-1), L: Lenny DiNardo (1-2), S: Eric Gagne (3) Mon, May 28, 2007 OAK 5 TEX 3 W:Chad Gaudin (5-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (4-5), S: Alan Embree (3) Sun, Apr 22, 2007 TEX 4 OAK 3 W:Willie Eyre (1-0), L: Justin Duchscherer (1-1), S: Akinori Otsuka (2) Season Series: 2007 - Tied 6-6; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; 2005 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 353-342

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 5.89

BAL 4.63

WSN 3.98

RA/G

BOS 4.01

COL 4.76

TBD 5.90

J. Keppinger .356

D. Young .293

J. LaRue .145

OBP

B. Bonds .483

J. Reyes .365

J. LaRue .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez .651

J. Gomes .475

N. Punto .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.069

X. Nady .833

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.43

J. Shields 4.01

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.37

S. Trachsel 2.94

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Volquez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 171/121 .245/.349/.399/.748 .832/.712 .890 21/.994 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 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 417/283 .261/.405/.523/.928 .806/.985 .792 116/.942 0/2 23/3

37.Davanon# G/S/vP ··· 13/1.205 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 6/.000 84/74 .197/.298/.268/.565 .944/.512 .493 51/.583 1/1 0/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 4/2.750 8/.536 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.250 5/.400 3/1.000 558/407 .263/.324/.425/.749 .960/.674 .759 108/.682 8/3 17/4

8.Furmaniak G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/14 .200/.368/.267/.635 .900/.539 .900 14/.900 0/0 0/1

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/68 .265/.398/.471/.868 1.186/.786 1.000 84/.868 1/0 3/1

29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 6/.334 8/.929 3/1.667 430/271 .235/.347/.409/.755 .751/.758 .827 77/.769 0/0 14/4

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 .608 8/.000 0/0 1/0

12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 99/65 .244/.303/.500/.803 1.040/.673 .849 38/.861 1/0 5/3

31.Piazza G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/1.334 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 27/.681 286/204 .285/.318/.426/.744 .671/.772 .869 94/.787 0/0 7/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 4/.500 11/.637 1/.000 4/.000 4/.833 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 6/.500 314/234 .263/.335/.377/.713 .868/.662 .736 91/.859 1/1 7/13

24.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 12/.969 2/1.000 3/1.666 2/2.500 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 16/.962 3/.000 543/382 .283/.345/.397/.742 .688/.764 .825 111/.674 10/1 12/4

28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 178/135 .255/.333/.438/.771 .601/.827 .837 83/.858 0/0 6/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 4/1.000 7/.714 3/.333 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 11/1.420 8/.375 6/.666 580/407 .259/.385/.436/.821 .881/.795 .854 115/.832 2/2 17/4

IP 5.0 73.1 35.2 54.2 37.2 9.0 41.2 0.2 62.1 40.2 61.0 TOTAL .254/.335/.405/.740 .760/.733 .774 47/17 150/79

ERA-K/9

5.40/7.2

2.58/9.8

6.06/4.5

4.77/7.1

3.82/4.5

5.00/5.0

5.62/6.5

0.00/12.9

2.89/8.7

4.20/4.4

3.84/4.9

4.76/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (32-5-3)
Melhuse (16-4-3)
Suzuki (24-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.333 294/.217 176/.299 245/.255 163/.264 40/.182 194/.298 3/.333 259/.197 183/.301 265/.281 .275 Stewart
Swisher
Davanon
Brown
Furmaniak
Cust
Scutaro 121/6/0/4
0/45/48/2
2/12/7/1
2/0/4/0
1/0/2/0
13/0/29/0
6/0/4/0

OPS .829 .603 .858 .752 .761 .689 .877 .667 .594 .855 .802 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.583 124/.487 67/.939 109/.707 62/.701 13/.564 57/.640 2/1.000 104/.388 105/.975 108/1.006 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.167 170/.690 109/.809 136/.786 101/.798 27/.751 137/.978 1/.000 155/.736 78/.700 157/.673 .768

Home / 163/.541 76/.564 134/.741 81/.949 7/1.262 141/.808 3/.667 149/.628 109/.832 124/.741 .749

Last 28d days 25/.829 44/.381 14/.701 46/.637 55/.650 13/.308 91/.738 3/.667 53/.876 65/.846 65/.621

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 4/1/1 3/6/2 3/4/2 5/2/1 1/0/0 8/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 7/1/1 5/2/4 130/77/40

Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··o·X ···X···· ··X···X· ·o·XX··· ········ ··oo···o ·o······ ··X·Xo·· ···X··X· ·oX··X··

Texas Rangers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.50 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 20/.717 1/.000 4/.500 10/.211 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 174/129 .285/.339/.500/.839 .839/.838 .912 16/.946 3/1 6/6

19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 116/82 .216/.302/.324/.625 .772/.562 .626 81/.607 1/0 1/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP 9/1.222 3/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 365/262 .300/.348/.450/.798 .776/.807 .874 96/.680 4/3 7/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 20/.650 1/2.000 8/.661 9/.222 1/no AB 4/1.750 4/1.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 316/301 .270/.352/.460/.811 .717/.815 .957 62/1.101 2/0 9/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 283/189 .212/.274/.344/.618 .567/.643 .631 79/.541 1/3 7/4

4.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

3.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 175/93 .192/.250/.298/.548 .553/.543 .486 2/.000 5/1 3/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 5/1.800 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 464/345 .269/.352/.464/.816 1.033/.740 .896 110/.907 18/2 18/14

15.Laird G/S/vP 9/.222 4/.500 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 406/293 .222/.278/.338/.616 .636/.608 .622 59/.489 6/2 8/10

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/41 .373/.407/.608/1.015 1.462/.866 .848 52/.975 0/0 1/1

16.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 267/154 .271/.311/.434/.745 .658/.810 .752 79/.908 0/0 10/8

21.Sosa G/S/vP 9/1.015 2/.500 8/.393 7/2.071 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 420/291 .249/.307/.459/.766 1.020/.660 .702 39/.889 0/0 18/0

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 302/221 .240/.311/.380/.691 .485/.765 .619 74/.699 1/0 7/5

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.500 347/251 .240/.317/.497/.814 .902/.780 .903 68/.925 3/1 20/4

10.Young G/S/vP 26/1.023 2/.000 10/.786 8/1.786 3/1.334 ··· 5/2.333 3/.666 ··· 8/.750 601/448 .308/.359/.411/.770 .828/.751 .807 102/.776 12/2 7/12

IP 191.1 31.1 40.2 61.2 45.1 28.2 34.0 39.2 5.0 40.2 TOTAL .260/.325/.423/.748 .759/.743 .772 78/20 152/100

ERA-K/9

2.87/7.6

4.02/10.4

5.75/6.9

3.65/7.3

3.97/8.9

7.85/5.0

6.35/6.4

6.81/4.1

5.40/1.8

3.32/12.2

4.14/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (52-33-9)
Quiroz (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (28-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 791/.232 124/.217 185/.293 256/.251 192/.222 136/.317 169/.278 190/.304 23/.250 162/.195 .258 Byrd
Cruz
Hairston
Wilkerson
Murphy
Catalanotto
Botts
Sosa
Laird 16/46/36/8
16/0/64/5
21/22/6/3
36/1/17/2
19/4/8/2
61/0/0/2
10/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .652 .579 .819 .655 .654 .903 .874 .824 .968 .559 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 400/.601 54/.611 61/.708 71/.659 72/.679 43/1.268 79/.948 76/.729 7/1.000 79/.713 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 391/.702 70/.554 124/.870 185/.654 120/.640 93/.737 90/.810 114/.889 16/.955 83/.420 .722

Road 370/.673 55/.550 89/.805 124/.736 106/.850 78/1.046 95/.921 80/.915 3/.000 84/.640 .753

Last 28d days 136/.862 62/.769 25/1.204 44/.899 53/.784 14/.973 74/.671 41/.887 23/.968 56/.542

HR/SB/CS 20/17/6 0/3/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 5/9/0 6/1/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/2 118/94/25

Usage ·····X·· ··o·Xo·· ········ ······o· ··o·oX·· ···XX··· ····Xo·· ····o··· ···o···· ·X··o·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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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, September 7, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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SP: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 14-6, 2.87)

SP: Edinson Volquez (23, RHP, 1-0, 5.40)

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