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Game Preview: OAK @ LAA, 3:35pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Oakland Athletics, 45-38, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 6-5, 3.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-5)             97    85  37  36  46  65  3    3.34      
 2007 (1-0)              5     8   8   8   5   3  0   14.40      
 2006 (0-3)             27.2  39  25  25  16  32  4    8.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  44    40  17  17  23  26  1    3.48   52 
 2008-06-27    SFG   W   7.1   5   1   1   2   3  0      99   65 
 2008-06-21    FLA  ND   6.1   8   2   2   2   4  0     103   51 
 2008-06-15   @SFG   W   6.2   6   1   1   3   5  0      91   60 
 2008-06-10    NYY   L   6     4   2   2   6   3  0     100   53 
 2008-06-03    DET  ND   4.1   3   3   3   7   3  0      86   41 
 2008-05-29    TOR   L   4.1  11   7   7   2   3  0      80   14 
 2008-05-21    TBR   W   9     3   1   1   1   5  1      95   81 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      0-1   5.1   7   6   6   2   5  0   10.13   33 
 2008-04-30   @LAA   L   5.1   7   6   6   2   5  0      96   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-21   Road:   18-17   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  30-24   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  9-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @LAA  L   3-5       45-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @LAA  W   6-1       45-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   SFG  L   1-11      44-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   SFG  L   0-1       44-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   SFG  W   4-1       44-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26   PHI  W   5-0       43-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   PHI  L   0-4       42-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   PHI  W   5-2       42-34  2nd  5.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   FLA  W   7-1       41-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   FLA  L   4-6       40-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 50-34, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 11-4, 3.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-4)           106    93  40  36  29  53 13    3.06      
 2007 (8-5)            107.1 129  56  53  34  69 11    4.44      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  44.1  41  23  19  13  28  8    3.86   52 
 2008-06-27   @LAD   L   5     5   3   2   4   4  1      92   47 
 2008-06-21   @PHI   W   7     5   2   2   2   3  1      93   60 
 2008-06-15    ATL   W   7.1   6   0   0   0   3  0      99   69 
 2008-06-09    TBR   L   4.2   9   8   8   2   4  3     102   16 
 2008-06-03   @SEA   W   7     6   4   1   1   5  1     110   59 
 2008-05-28    DET   L   5     7   5   5   1   5  2      93   37 
 2008-05-23   @CHW   W   8.1   3   1   1   3   4  0      99   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-1  27    30  14  14   9  17  4    4.67   48 
 2008-04-29    OAK   W   8     4   0   0   1   5  0     102   78 
 2007-09-05    OAK   L   6     7   4   4   2   4  2     102   44 
 2007-08-02   @OAK   W   6.2   6   2   2   2   3  1     102   55 
 2007-04-05    OAK  ND   5.2   9   3   3   3   5  0     102   41 
 2006-09-30    OAK  ND   0.2   4   5   5   1   0  1      28   23 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-19   Road:   27-15   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  35-29   vsLHP:  15-5    1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest: 14-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  1   OAK  W   5-3       50-34  1st  4.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30   OAK  L   1-6       49-34  1st  3.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29  @LAD  W   1-0       49-33  1st  4.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28  @LAD  L   0-1       48-33  1st  3.5 up
 80 Fri, Jun 27  @LAD  L   0-6       48-32  1st  3.5 up
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @WSN  L   4-5       48-31  1st  5.0 up
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @WSN  W   8-3       48-30  1st  5.0 up
 77 Mon, Jun 23  @WSN  W   3-2       47-30  1st  5.0 up
 76 Sun, Jun 22  @PHI  W   3-2       46-30  1st  4.5 up
 75 Sat, Jun 21  @PHI  W   6-2       45-30  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 LAA  5  OAK  3        W:Scot Shields (4-2), L: Alan Embree (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (33)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 OAK  6 @LAA  1        W:Greg Smith (5-6), L: Jon Garland (7-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 OAK  7  LAA  3 (12)   W:Brad Ziegler (1-0), L: Chris Bootcheck (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 LAA  5 @OAK  3        W:Jon Garland (6-3), L: Greg Smith (3-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (26)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 LAA  3 @OAK  1        W:John Lackey (2-1), L: Joe Blanton (3-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (25)
Thu, May 01, 2008 OAK 15 @LAA  8        W:Justin Duchscherer (2-1), L: Dustin Moseley (1-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 LAA  6  OAK  1        W:Ervin Santana (5-0), L: Dana Eveland (3-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 LAA  2  OAK  0        W:Joe Saunders (5-0), L: Greg Smith (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11)
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 OAK 14 @LAA  2        W:Chad Gaudin (3-1), L: Jon Garland (3-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 OAK  3  LAA  2        W:Huston Street (5-2), L: Chris Bootcheck (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 5-4; 2007 - OAK won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 394-345

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 2008 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

TEX  5.42

ARI  4.50

WSN  3.69

RA/G

OAK  3.66

MIL  4.55

TEX  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .393

S. Rolen  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .487

J. Werth  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .692

G. Atkins  .457

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.140

M. Cabrera  .806

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

C. Wang  4.07

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
53.O'Day
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 298/219 .227/.327/.320/.647 .843/.574 .607 80/.571 0/1 3/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 40/27 .237/.275/.316/.591 .615/.579 .528 12/.697 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 6/.167 5/.900 4/.000 269/180 .239/.283/.363/.645 .702/.617 .569 37/.520 3/1 6/
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 16/.775 16/.867 25/.738 11/.582 95/70 .247/.295/.393/.688 .818/.641 .668 73/.655 0/0 2/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.222 8/.250 7/.429 356/257 .257/.315/.373/.688 .716/.677 .660 100/.641 5/3 4/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 5/1.933 3/.333 4/.250 313/220 .235/.387/.425/.812 .763/.832 .745 99/.713 0/0 13/
38.Davis G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 98/55 .213/.235/.287/.522 .519/.524 .429 29/.739 15/3 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 15/.981 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 16/.481 28/.676 11/.788 326/233 .255/.348/.422/.770 .536/.860 .962 105/.844 10/2 9/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 113/80 .259/.286/.444/.730 .531/.812 .783 93/.751 2/0 2/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 271/205 .219/.320/.329/.649 .616/.659 .685 78/.474 2/0 3/
12.Murphy G/S/vP 9/1.556 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 71/29 .185/.254/.292/.546 .502/.600 .435 10/.300 2/0 2/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 10/.311 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 4/.250 305/223 .285/.345/.372/.717 .624/.751 .647 84/.944 2/2 3/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 202/164 .296/.350/.397/.747 .681/.761 .829 61/.719 6/0 2/
IP 106.0 19.1 25.1 36.1 36.1 33.0 33.2 TOTAL .250/.326/.376/.702 .655/.722 .708 .689 45/12 59/46
ERA-K/9 3.06/4.5 1.40/8.9 3.91/5.3 3.22/4.5 1.98/8.4 2.73/9.0 5.08/6.7 3.78/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (5-3-0)
 Suzuki (37-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 425/.238 69/.179 117/.320 153/.290 146/.168 127/.226 151/.246 .255  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
 Murphy
41/1/41/5
0/23/19/2
56/0/0/2
9/42/28/1
3/49/1/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .658 .442 .810 .775 .528 .630 .816 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.557 31/.419 53/.793 66/.912 68/.639 62/.372 68/1.038 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.689 38/.459 64/.824 87/.673 78/.433 65/.876 83/.622 .690
Home 214/.719 36/.611 55/.724 92/.712 68/.651 65/.704 70/.799 .736
Last 28d days 102/.803 37/.416 19/.789 47/.904 40/.507 42/.471 53/.645
HR/SB/CS 13/10/5 1/1/1 1/2/1 2/4/1 1/4/0 3/2/1 8/2/1 77/63/21
Usage ····X··· ···X···X ····o··· ·X······ o·o····· o·····X· ·X··X·X·
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Eveland*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 21/.764 12/1.409 1/2.000 19/.505 13/.481 2/.000 312/247 .259/.292/.384/.676 .642/.685 .721 78/.612 6/2 7/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 4/1.000 ··· 201/154 .277/.298/.372/.670 .901/.601 .542 41/.752 5/2 2/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.250 4/1.334 6/1.000 4/.917 12/.958 6/.533 1/.000 219/172 .289/.393/.326/.719 .801/.697 .780 70/.598 14/5 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 13/1.083 2/3.500 3/2.334 17/1.534 9/.819 2/no AB 317/242 .282/.341/.481/.822 .784/.833 .740 89/1.026 1/1 13/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 6/.334 12/.606 2/.500 11/.489 2/.000 3/.000 327/247 .272/.327/.444/.771 .772/.771 .921 91/.692 9/3 9/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 7/.666 2/.000 2/.500 17/.912 12/.523 ··· 237/183 .266/.328/.346/.673 .687/.668 .692 72/.785 9/2 3/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 9/.508 4/1.500 1/.000 152/111 .306/.329/.417/.746 .526/.827 .642 94/.643 3/3 0/
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 5/.900 3/1.000 1/2.000 19/.576 6/.533 1/.000 311/239 .292/.338/.433/.771 .999/.702 .690 88/.619 2/0 8/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.229 2/1.500 1/.000 158/112 .211/.294/.353/.648 .869/.564 .479 58/.616 1/1 5/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 7/.714 9/1.000 ··· 24/.446 11/.700 2/1.000 321/244 .239/.318/.361/.679 .728/.662 .625 75/.772 6/2 7/
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 14/1.682 3/.000 ··· 161/130 .212/.304/.489/.793 .538/.851 .721 30/.780 4/1 12/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 98/59 .270/.327/.315/.641 .702/.601 .738 21/.348 1/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/.500 1/.000 66/33 .177/.227/.226/.453 .401/.506 .577 14/.500 0/0 0/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 10/.944 2/.000 ··· 74/59 .167/.306/.217/.522 .457/.533 .651 26/.278 1/0 0/
IP 97.0 28.1 33.1 25.2 21.1 60.2 35.1 15.0 TOTAL .255/.315/.380/.695 .720/.687 .692 .670 63/23 69/42
ERA-K/9 3.34/6.0 2.22/7.6 4.59/9.2 3.16/7.0 2.53/9.7 3.56/6.4 4.08/9.7 0.00/4.2 3.41/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (33-14-1)
 Napoli (30-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.242 115/.182 143/.260 107/.215 87/.241 254/.259 141/.211 51/.200 .236  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Anderson
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
25/11/26/4
0/0/56/4
48/0/0/3
0/72/0/3
8/1/4/1
9/4/6/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .669 .553 .765 .678 .670 .688 .693 .440 .659
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.643 58/.529 50/.735 51/.541 39/.416 134/.663 63/.883 19/.485 .631
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.676 57/.573 93/.781 56/.806 48/.898 120/.717 78/.548 32/.411 .679
Road 174/.725 37/.583 58/.965 45/.856 34/.792 129/.779 52/.554 19/.627 .702
Last 28d days 111/.640 39/.378 39/.914 32/.620 14/1.429 50/.731 35/.843 44/.433
HR/SB/CS 3/6/2 2/0/1 4/2/0 3/3/1 3/5/0 6/1/3 6/3/1 0/1/0 57/42/23
Usage ····X··· ··X···X· X····X·X ···o···· ··X···X· o·X···X· ····o··o X·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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