OAK @ TOR, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 62-64, 3rd, 12 GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 13-4, 2.54) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-4) 173.1 149 60 49 46 138 14 2.54 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 3-1 44 52 19 16 14 37 3 3.27 52 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 2007-07-26 SEA W 7 7 2 2 2 7 1 107 60 2007-07-21 BAL W 6.2 7 3 3 2 7 0 117 53 2007-07-15 MIN ND 6 7 2 2 3 3 0 108 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 33 34 22 21 8 24 5 5.73 47 2006-08-21 TOR W 5.2 11 9 9 2 4 2 100 13 2006-05-09 TOR W 7.1 6 3 3 2 7 1 105 59 2005-07-05 TOR ND 6 8 4 4 1 6 0 98 45 2005-06-05 TOR W 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 97 65 2005-04-12 TOR L 7 5 4 3 3 3 1 100 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-32 Road: 29-32 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 43-44 vsLHP: 19-20 1-Run: 20-18 vsEast: 17-13 vsCntrl:18-22 vsWest: 17-21 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 126 Mon, Aug 20 @TOR W 6-4 62-64 3rd 12.0 gb 125 Sun, Aug 19 KCR W 6-1 61-64 3rd 12.0 gb 124 Sat, Aug 18 KCR L 3-7 60-64 3rd 12.0 gb 123 Fri, Aug 17 KCR L 2-9 60-63 3rd 12.0 gb 122 Thu, Aug 16 CHW W 8-5 (10) 60-62 3rd 11.5 gb 121 Wed, Aug 15 CHW W 3-2 59-62 3rd 11.5 gb 120 Tue, Aug 14 CHW W 4-3 58-62 3rd 12.5 gb 119 Mon, Aug 13 @DET W 7-2 57-62 3rd 13.5 gb 118 Sun, Aug 12 @DET L 6-11 56-62 3rd 14.0 gb 117 Sat, Aug 11 @DET L 2-5 56-61 3rd 13.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 63-61, 3rd, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 8-7, 4.14) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-7) 117.1 105 56 54 44 90 11 4.14 2006 (1-2) 27.1 35 27 22 25 22 2 7.24 2005 (1-3) 45.1 49 34 32 17 34 7 6.35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 45.2 38 19 17 16 33 7 3.35 56 2007-08-16 LAA L 6 4 4 3 3 7 1 97 54 2007-08-11 KCR L 6.1 6 4 3 1 4 1 100 50 2007-08-05 TEX W 8 8 1 1 1 6 1 106 67 2007-07-30 TBD ND 6 4 2 2 3 4 1 95 57 2007-07-24 MIN W 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 111 72 2007-07-19 NYY W 7 4 2 2 3 3 0 111 61 2007-07-14 BOS L 5 8 6 6 2 4 3 104 29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 11.1 9 5 5 6 8 0 3.97 52 2007-07-04 OAK W 7 4 0 0 2 4 0 101 71 2006-07-29 OAK L 4.1 5 5 5 4 4 0 78 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-25 Road: 24-36 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 43-47 vsLHP: 20-14 1-Run: 22-20 vsEast: 23-24 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 11-12 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 124 Mon, Aug 20 OAK L 4-6 63-61 3rd 11.5 gb 123 Sun, Aug 19 BAL W 3-2 (10) 63-60 3rd 10.5 gb 122 Sat, Aug 18 BAL L 3-5 62-60 3rd 11.5 gb 121 Fri, Aug 17 BAL W 5-2 62-59 3rd 10.5 gb 120 Thu, Aug 16 LAA L 3-4 61-59 3rd 11.0 gb 119 Wed, Aug 15 LAA W 2-1 61-58 3rd 10.5 gb 118 Tue, Aug 14 LAA W 4-1 60-58 3rd 11.5 gb 117 Mon, Aug 13 @KCR L 2-6 59-58 3rd 11.5 gb 116 Sun, Aug 12 @KCR W 4-1 59-57 3rd 10.5 gb 115 Sat, Aug 11 @KCR L 1-4 58-57 3rd 11.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Aug 20, 2007 OAK 6 @TOR 4 W:Joe Blanton (11-8), L: Shaun Marcum (10-5), S: Huston Street (11) Wed, Jul 04, 2007 TOR 10 @OAK 3 W:Dustin McGowan (5-4), L: Joe Kennedy (2-7), S: none Tue, Jul 03, 2007 OAK 3 TOR 1 W:Joe Blanton (8-4), L: Jesse Litsch (1-3), S: none Mon, Jul 02, 2007 TOR 11 @OAK 7 W:Josh Towers (4-5), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-5), S: none Wed, Aug 23, 2006 OAK 6 @TOR 0 W:Esteban Loaiza (7-7), L: Gustavo Chacin (6-3), S: none Tue, Aug 22, 2006 TOR 4 OAK 3 W:A.J. Burnett (6-5), L: Brad Halsey (3-4), S: B.J. Ryan (28) Mon, Aug 21, 2006 OAK 12 @TOR 10 W:Danny Haren (12-9), L: Brandon League (0-1), S: Justin Duchscherer (4) Sun, Jul 30, 2006 OAK 6 TOR 5 W:Huston Street (4-3), L: B.J. Ryan (1-1), S: none Sat, Jul 29, 2006 OAK 7 TOR 4 W:Barry Zito (11-7), L: Dustin McGowan (1-1), S: Huston Street (22) Fri, Jul 28, 2006 TOR 4 @OAK 3 W:Scott Downs (5-1), L: Esteban Loaiza (4-7), S: B.J. Ryan (25) Season Series: 2007 - Tied 2-2; 2006 - OAK won 6-4; 2005 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - OAK leads 180-149

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 5.93

BAL 4.63

WSN 3.86

RA/G

SDP 3.86

WSN 4.70

TBD 6.00

M. Ordonez .351

K. Johnson .291

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .493

C. Jackson .361

M. Olivo .256

SLG

R. Braun .659

C. Guzman .468

N. Punto .261

OPS

B. Bonds 1.084

R. Martin .824

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 1.93

T. Glavine 4.12

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.02

D. Lowe 6.40

S. Trachsel 2.97

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/108 .227/.333/.386/.720 .832/.667 .878 22/1.182 1/2 4/5

18.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 0/ 0/0 0/0

6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .946 88/.897 4/1 7/0

32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 350/232 .271/.406/.543/.949 .862/.991 .780 92/.992 0/2 20/3

37.Davanon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 47/39 .205/.298/.308/.606 .661/.595 .423 30/.708 1/1 0/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 7/.762 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 494/353 .260/.321/.427/.748 .956/.670 .745 117/.740 7/3 16/4

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/19 .227/.320/.500/.820 1.000/.753 2.000 26/.820 0/0 1/0

29.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 367/219 .227/.341/.409/.750 .763/.740 .818 50/.538 0/0 12/4

12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 95/64 .221/.284/.453/.738 .909/.652 .742 89/.791 1/0 4/3

31.Piazza G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/158 .268/.311/.380/.692 .641/.713 .800 103/.619 0/0 4/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.833 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 259/187 .261/.337/.391/.729 .923/.658 .757 104/.857 1/1 7/12

24.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 482/334 .295/.358/.403/.760 .739/.770 .846 111/.724 10/1 10/4

28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 130/98 .241/.326/.411/.736 .698/.748 .840 79/.766 0/0 4/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/.429 3/.000 5/1.000 4/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 508/351 .260/.398/.445/.843 .927/.806 .901 115/.903 2/2 16/3

IP 117.1 51.1 47.2 44.2 58.1 50.1 25.2 TOTAL .252/.333/.404/.737 .768/.724 .768 45/17 133/75

ERA-K/9

4.14/6.9

2.28/8.4

2.27/9.1

4.23/9.1

2.31/4.8

3.58/7.7

1.75/4.6

4.01/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (30-4-3)
Suzuki (22-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 492/.237 211/.211 195/.206 189/.214 235/.235 211/.209 94/.195 .249 Stewart
Buck
Davanon
Swisher
Brown
Scutaro
Cust 108/6/0/4
18/5/65/3
2/4/7/1
0/37/41/1
0/0/2/0
6/0/4/0
10/0/20/0

OPS .671 .553 .581 .624 .632 .577 .567 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.810 103/.386 100/.500 86/.707 83/.557 79/.657 37/1.008 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.519 108/.710 95/.667 103/.557 152/.672 132/.529 57/.273 .675

Home 212/.607 98/.505 107/.536 99/.590 120/.627 98/.480 61/.505 .681

Last 28d days 136/.627 37/.443 30/.339 26/.615 28/.774 35/.639 36/.516

HR/SB/CS 11/21/0 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 0/6/1 3/0/0 127/109/19

Usage ····X··· ···o·o·· ·o·oo··· ·······o ···o·X·· ··X····o ··o·X···

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.34 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 45.Lugo
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Adams* G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 /.333 .333 6/.333 0/0 0/0

25.Glaus G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 386/299 .257/.352/.456/.809 1.099/.728 .847 86/.514 0/1 16/7

2.Hill G/S/vP 9/1.222 ··· 4/.833 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 499/377 .262/.310/.423/.733 .845/.696 .829 102/.521 3/2 12/11

3.Johnson G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 5/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 178/125 .270/.333/.384/.717 1.128/.551 .690 83/.776 4/1 2/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 255/189 .261/.283/.340/.624 .763/.575 .686 72/.684 6/2 1/6

1.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/10 .333/.333/.556/.889 /.889 1.200 10/.889 0/0 0/0

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.500 378/285 .258/.344/.415/.759 .816/.738 .665 101/.698 1/0 8/5

15.Rios G/S/vP 9/.722 ··· 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 3/.666 548/418 .311/.367/.527/.894 1.047/.847 .882 107/.830 12/4 20/6

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 12/.650 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 287/251 .288/.359/.545/.904 .850/.910 .938 52/1.070 2/1 15/5

59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 66/30 .250/.318/.283/.602 .642/.552 .473 25/.593 1/0 0/0

35.Thomas G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 3/.000 481/371 .257/.368/.453/.821 1.074/.747 .872 97/.821 0/0 19/

10.Wells G/S/vP 16/1.152 ··· 5/.400 16/.813 ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 7/.715 523/405 .264/.315/.437/.753 .889/.714 .744 104/.801 8/3 14/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 14/1.247 ··· 3/1.666 9/1.194 ··· 3/no AB 1/no AB 3/.333 263/202 .243/.328/.403/.731 .639/.762 .801 79/.823 0/0 6/3

IP 173.1 24.0 39.0 55.1 37.2 24.2 37.1 31.2 TOTAL .260/.327/.421/.748 .837/.721 .764 41/18 124/80

ERA-K/9

2.54/7.2

3.00/10.9

5.77/6.9

3.58/7.3

3.58/8.8

7.30/6.9

5.54/3.4

2.56/11.1

3.97/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Thigpen (2-3-1)
Zaun (53-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.226 91/.186 175/.282 229/.249 159/.224 127/.303 173/.281 125/.177 .255 Rios
Johnson
Wells
Stairs 0/10/120/10
45/0/0/2
0/121/0/2
33/0/13/2

OPS .622 .487 .783 .643 .639 .961 .787 .492 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 374/.570 42/.587 59/.710 70/.669 62/.656 63/.998 69/.646 61/.497 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.677 49/.400 116/.818 159/.631 97/.629 64/.924 104/.884 64/.485 .719

Road 323/.647 41/.406 79/.724 110/.745 90/.779 78/.988 64/.878 70/.588 .735

Last 28d days 144/.724 67/.494 45/.879 51/.568 61/.942 49/.744 27/.573 51/.480

HR/SB/CS 14/17/6 0/2/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 4/8/0 3/1/0 3/1/0 1/3/2 97/90/24

Usage ····X··· ····X·XX ···X···· ····XXX· ···X··o· ··X·o··· ··oX··o· ·o···Xoo

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: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 13-4, 2.54)

SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 8-7, 4.14)

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