OAK @ TEX, Sunday, September 9, 2007 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 69-74, 3rd, 15½ GB, 11½ GB in WC	SP: Lenny DiNardo (27, LHP, 8-8, 3.70) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-8) 119.1 120 59 49 43 52 13 3.70 2006 (1-2) 39 61 35 34 20 17 6 7.85 2005 (0-1) 14.2 13 6 3 5 15 1 1.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 38 44 21 21 15 15 8 4.97 45 2007-09-04 LAA L 6 8 4 4 2 3 2 90 41 2007-08-29 TOR ND 5 4 2 2 4 2 2 91 49 2007-08-24 TBD L 2 8 6 6 1 0 1 53 15 2007-08-19 KCR W 8 5 1 1 0 3 0 85 71 2007-08-14 CHW W 5 6 2 2 3 1 1 98 45 2007-08-08 TEX W 6 8 3 3 3 4 1 91 45 2007-08-03 LAA ND 6 5 3 3 2 2 1 95 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 2-1 18.1 15 7 4 5 10 1 1.96 57 2007-08-08 TEX W 6 8 3 3 3 4 1 91 45 2007-07-18 TEX W 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 84 74 2007-05-29 TEX L 5.1 4 4 1 2 3 0 82 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-35 Road: 33-39 ExtrInn:11-5 vsRHP: 48-53 vsLHP: 21-21 1-Run: 23-20 vsEast: 21-18 vsCntrl:20-23 vsWest: 18-25 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Texas Rangers, 67-74, 4th, 16½ GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (32, RHP, 9-11, 5.30) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (9-11) 146 176 95 86 59 110 17 5.30 2006 (16-12) 215 228 114 108 53 157 23 4.52 2005 (9-11) 192 182 72 61 52 146 20 2.86 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 44.2 48 21 19 16 34 4 3.83 51 2007-09-04 KCR ND 5 8 6 6 3 7 1 98 31 2007-08-30 CHW W 7 6 1 1 2 6 1 106 65 2007-08-24 SEA L 8.2 13 4 4 0 1 1 112 43 2007-08-19 MIN L 7 4 1 1 5 3 1 98 63 2007-08-14 KCR W 7 4 3 1 1 9 0 102 69 2007-08-08 OAK ND 6 5 3 3 4 6 0 107 52 2007-08-03 TOR ND 4 8 3 3 1 2 0 96 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 0-2 28 27 19 16 18 23 4 5.14 46 2007-08-08 OAK ND 6 5 3 3 4 6 0 107 52 2007-07-18 OAK L 6 3 4 1 3 4 0 105 57 2006-08-08 OAK L 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 103 40 2006-05-25 OAK ND 5 9 7 7 1 5 2 91 25 2006-04-24 OAK ND 5 4 0 0 6 4 0 96 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-32 Road: 26-42 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 48-50 vsLHP: 19-24 1-Run: 24-16 vsEast: 18-23 vsCntrl:16-20 vsWest: 22-24 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) 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) Season Series: 2007 - TEX leads 8-6; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; 2005 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 353-344

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 5.90

BAL 4.64

WSN 3.94

RA/G

BOS 4.03

KCR 4.79

TBD 5.89

M. Ordonez .354

B. Giles .293

J. LaRue .141

OBP

B. Bonds .480

A. Rios .365

J. LaRue .236

SLG

A. Rodriguez .669

S. Hatteberg .474

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.093

R. Cano .832

J. LaRue .505

ERA

J. Peavy 2.43

I. Snell 4.00

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.31

S. Trachsel 2.94

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Millwood
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 2/.500 ··· ··· 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 9/.873 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 426/288 .262/.404/.521/.925 .783/.991 .790 116/.908 0/2 23/3

37.Davanon# G/S/vP 3/.000 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 25/.849 8/.536 3/.666 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.250 5/.400 3/1.000 562/411 .264/.329/.426/.755 .960/.682 .770 103/.748 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 92/73 .267/.385/.453/.838 1.139/.756 .910 92/.838 1/0 3/1

29.Johnson* G/S/vP 12/.500 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 7/.286 9/.819 3/1.667 438/275 .230/.340/.400/.740 .731/.745 .796 85/.691 0/0 14/4

4.Melhuse# G/S/vP 4/.000 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 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 103/68 .237/.301/.484/.785 1.059/.642 .817 33/.721 1/0 5/3

31.Piazza G/S/vP 57/.526 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/1.142 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 27/.681 294/209 .277/.310/.414/.723 .647/.753 .824 101/.732 0/0 7/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 18/.410 11/.637 1/.000 4/.000 5/.650 2/2.000 4/1.833 ··· 5/.650 4/.833 6/.500 323/239 .266/.339/.377/.716 .901/.654 .741 91/.870 1/1 7/13

24.Stewart G/S/vP 23/.911 13/.891 2/1.000 4/1.750 3/1.667 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/1.334 17/1.100 3/.000 553/390 .282/.342/.396/.738 .682/.761 .815 110/.621 10/1 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/.500 186/141 .248/.324/.429/.753 .644/.788 .796 83/.818 0/0 6/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 21/1.309 7/.714 3/.333 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 12/1.583 9/.777 6/.666 588/411 .261/.387/.440/.827 .887/.800 .864 112/.881 2/2 17/4

51.Thompson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/10 .190/.261/.333/.594 .580/.600 .732 / 0/0 0/0

IP 146.0 74.0 35.2 55.0 39.0 12.0 43.2 0.2 63.1 42.1 61.0 TOTAL .254/.334/.404/.738 .758/.731 .768 47/17 150/79

ERA-K/9

5.30/6.8

2.55/9.7

6.06/4.5

4.91/7.0

3.69/4.4

5.25/4.5

5.36/6.6

0.00/12.9

2.98/8.7

4.04/4.5

3.84/4.9

4.72/6.2

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 667/.295 296/.216 176/.299 249/.261 168/.255 53/.205 202/.291 3/.333 265/.203 191/.301 265/.281 .274 Stewart
Swisher
Davanon
Brown
Thompson
Furmaniak
Cust
Scutaro 123/6/0/4
0/47/48/3
2/12/7/1
2/0/4/0
5/1/5/0
1/0/2/0
13/0/31/0
6/0/4/0

OPS .808 .599 .858 .762 .737 .684 .858 .667 .603 .858 .802 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.813 124/.487 67/.939 110/.721 63/.689 17/.426 61/.630 2/1.000 107/.380 108/.976 108/1.006 .791

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.804 172/.681 109/.809 139/.794 105/.765 36/.817 141/.959 1/.000 158/.756 83/.711 157/.673 .766

Home 343/.783 165/.535 76/.564 138/.760 86/.890 20/.879 149/.785 3/.667 155/.643 117/.839 124/.741 .744

Last 28d days 148/.723 46/.364 14/.701 46/.692 60/.591 24/.436 74/.730 3/.667 55/.966 64/.900 56/.649

HR/SB/CS 17/12/4 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··· ·o·Xo··o ·····X·· ·X··X··· X··o·XX· X······· Xo··oo·· ···o···· ·X··X·Xo X····X·· ···oX··X

Texas Rangers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.DiNardo*
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 4/.500 1/.000 4/.500 10/.211 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.000 182/134 .295/.346/.530/.876 .827/.892 .973 24/1.189 3/1 7/6

19.Botts# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 120/84 .219/.308/.324/.632 .767/.573 .638 78/.649 1/0 1/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP 8/1.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 374/270 .312/.361/.459/.820 .788/.832 .913 101/.800 4/3 7/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/2.000 8/.661 9/.222 1/no AB 4/1.750 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 324/308 .277/.355/.479/.834 .657/.841 .992 66/1.096 2/0 10/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 287/191 .213/.274/.346/.620 .555/.652 .635 76/.605 1/3 7/4

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

3.Hairston G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 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 8/.929 2/1.000 5/1.800 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 474/354 .275/.355/.474/.830 1.024/.763 .919 112/1.005 19/2 19/14

15.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 410/297 .219/.275/.334/.609 .636/.599 .609 56/.479 6/2 8/10

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/41 .373/.407/.608/1.015 1.462/.866 .848 49/.973 0/0 1/1

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

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 275/159 .267/.309/.430/.739 .640/.813 .742 81/.879 0/0 10/8

21.Sosa G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.333 8/.393 7/2.071 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 421/292 .249/.306/.458/.765 1.020/.657 .698 40/.866 0/0 18/0

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 310/226 .242/.313/.383/.696 .492/.772 .633 75/.725 1/0 7/5

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 7/1.858 1/.000 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.500 353/256 .239/.317/.492/.809 .891/.777 .892 69/.893 3/1 20/4

10.Young G/S/vP 11/.764 3/.333 10/.786 8/1.786 3/1.334 ··· 6/2.333 3/.666 1/.000 8/.750 610/456 .308/.361/.409/.770 .823/.752 .806 103/.786 12/2 7/14

IP 119.1 32.1 40.2 61.2 45.1 29.1 35.1 40.0 8.1 40.2 TOTAL .262/.326/.426/.752 .755/.751 .781 79/20 155/102

ERA-K/9

3.70/3.9

3.90/10.0

5.75/6.9

3.65/7.3

3.97/8.9

7.67/4.9

6.11/6.4

6.75/4.0

4.32/5.4

3.32/12.2

4.17/6.4

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 499/.270 129/.227 185/.293 256/.251 192/.222 137/.314 174/.270 192/.307 36/.219 162/.195 .259 Byrd
Cruz
Hairston
Wilkerson
Murphy
Catalanotto
Botts
Sosa
Laird 16/48/36/8
16/0/66/5
21/22/6/3
36/1/18/2
21/4/9/2
62/0/0/2
11/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .744 .598 .819 .655 .654 .896 .855 .826 .754 .559 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.803 55/.600 61/.708 71/.659 72/.679 43/1.268 80/.934 78/.737 11/.800 79/.713 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 391/.728 74/.597 124/.870 185/.654 120/.640 94/.728 94/.787 114/.889 25/.735 83/.420 .724

Road 222/.829 60/.594 89/.805 124/.736 106/.850 79/1.032 100/.883 82/.917 16/.321 84/.640 .763

Last 28d days 112/.901 61/.877 25/1.204 44/.899 46/.711 15/.905 69/.582 42/.916 36/.754 53/.573

HR/SB/CS 13/2/3 0/3/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 5/9/0 6/1/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/2 121/95/25

Usage ····X··· ·X··o·Xo ········ ········ ····o·oX o····XX· ·X····Xo o·····o· 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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SP: Lenny DiNardo (27, LHP, 8-8, 3.70)

SP: Kevin Millwood (32, RHP, 9-11, 5.30)

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