OAK @ BAL, Friday, September 5, 2008 Game Preview

Oakland Athletics, 63-77, 3rd, 22½ GB, 19½ GB in WC	SP: Dallas Braden (24, LHP, 4-3, 3.88) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 62.2 64 28 27 21 36 7 3.88 2007 (1-8) 72.1 91 59 54 26 55 9 6.72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 44 19 18 9 23 6 3.80 51 2008-08-30 MIN ND 6 7 2 1 2 2 1 97 52 2008-08-25 @LAA W 7 7 1 1 0 0 1 80 59 2008-08-20 @MIN L 5.2 6 3 3 3 7 0 102 49 2008-08-15 CHW ND 7 7 3 3 1 4 1 89 54 2008-08-08 @DET W 7 5 2 2 1 2 1 97 60 2008-08-03 @BOS L 3.1 6 4 4 0 1 0 60 33 2008-07-28 KCR L 6.2 6 4 4 2 7 2 101 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 13 7 2 2 5 9 0 1.38 66 2007-07-22 BAL L 7 4 1 1 4 3 0 104 64 2007-04-24 @BAL W 6 3 1 1 1 6 0 86 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-35 Road: 27-42 ExtrInn: 7-7 vsRHP: 40-53 vsLHP: 23-24 1-Run: 21-23 vsEast: 15-23 vsCntrl:20-23 vsWest: 18-23 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 140 Thu, Sep 4 @KCR L 6-9 63-77 3rd 22.5 gb 139 Thu, Sep 4 @KCR L 4-5 (10) 63-76 3rd 22.5 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @KCR L 2-5 63-75 3rd 21.5 gb 137 Sun, Aug 31 MIN L 4-12 63-74 3rd 20.5 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 MIN W 3-2 63-73 3rd 20.5 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 MIN L 2-12 62-73 3rd 20.5 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 MIN W 3-2 62-72 3rd 19.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 @LAA W 6-5 61-72 3rd 19.5 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @LAA L 1-5 60-72 3rd 20.5 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @LAA W 2-1 60-71 3rd 19.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:10-20
Baltimore Orioles, 63-76, 5th, 22½ GB, 19 GB in WC	SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 2-1, 5.45) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 33 37 22 20 16 14 5 5.45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 33 37 22 20 16 14 5 5.45 43 2008-08-30 @TBR ND 4.1 8 5 5 4 2 0 81 25 2008-08-25 CHW L 7 5 4 3 2 2 1 90 53 2008-08-20 BOS W 5 8 5 4 3 1 1 108 31 2008-08-15 @DET ND 4.2 8 2 2 1 1 1 95 40 2008-08-10 TEX ND 4 7 6 6 3 5 2 90 26 2008-08-05 @LAA W 8 1 0 0 3 3 0 104 80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-31 Road: 30-45 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 49-52 vsLHP: 14-24 1-Run: 20-25 vsEast: 20-39 vsCntrl:17-14 vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Wed, Sep 3 @BOS L 4-5 63-76 5th 22.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @BOS L 2-14 63-75 5th 22.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 @BOS L 4-7 63-74 5th 22.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 @TBR L 4-10 63-73 5th 21.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @TBR L 9-10 63-72 5th 20.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @TBR L 3-14 63-71 5th 19.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CHW W 11-3 63-70 5th 18.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CHW L 3-8 62-70 5th 18.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 CHW L 3-4 62-69 5th 18.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 NYY L 7-8 62-68 5th 17.5 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 07, 2008 OAK 6 BAL 5 (10) W:Dallas Braden (1-0), L: Lance Cormier (0-1), S: none Tue, May 06, 2008 OAK 4 BAL 2 W:Justin Duchscherer (3-1), L: Brian Burres (3-3), S: Santiago Casilla (1) Mon, May 05, 2008 OAK 2 BAL 1 (10) W:Joey Devine (3-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: none Sun, Jul 22, 2007 BAL 2 @OAK 0 W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-3), L: Dallas Braden (1-5), S: Jamie Walker (1) Sat, Jul 21, 2007 OAK 4 BAL 3 W:Danny Haren (11-3), L: Steve Trachsel (5-7), S: Alan Embree (10) Fri, Jul 20, 2007 BAL 6 @OAK 1 W:Erik Bedard (9-4), L: Joe Blanton (8-7), S: none Sun, May 27, 2007 BAL 8 OAK 4 W:Daniel Cabrera (4-5), L: Joe Blanton (4-3), S: none Sat, May 26, 2007 BAL 8 OAK 3 W:Brian Burres (2-2), L: Joe Kennedy (1-4), S: none Fri, May 25, 2007 OAK 3 @BAL 2 W:Danny Haren (5-2), L: Erik Bedard (3-3), S: Alan Embree (2) Tue, Apr 24, 2007 OAK 4 @BAL 2 W:Dallas Braden (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-1), S: Huston Street (6) Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 3-0; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - OAK won 4-2; All-Time - OAK leads 961-913

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 5.45

FLA 4.66

WSN 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.93

A. Pujols .360

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

S. Schumaker .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .640

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

C. Delgado .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

G. Meche 4.07

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

J. Lester 6.39

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Oakland Athletics Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Waters*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 26.Cabrera
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 41.McCrory
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 25.Miller
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 450/315 .224/.313/.344/.658 .754/.617 .665 98/.754 1/1 9/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 80/53 .158/.200/.250/.450 .453/.449 .486 19/.263 0/0 1/

8.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.857 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 421/268 .247/.299/.394/.694 .836/.609 .661 67/.797 4/2 13/

7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 532/380 .246/.299/.366/.665 .684/.657 .629 96/.562 6/3 7/

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/9 .300/.364/.600/.964 2.500/.597 .786 11/.964 0/0 0/

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 514/367 .228/.370/.445/.814 .823/.811 .733 84/.845 0/0 25/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 183/108 .243/.271/.312/.583 .642/.543 .618 60/.773 25/6 2/

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .790 55/.731 14/2 12/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 455/345 .219/.301/.337/.638 .564/.661 .587 72/.573 2/0 7/

4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 125/106 .211/.304/.275/.579 .579/.578 .633 68/.588 9/1 1/

56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/17 .171/.216/.257/.473 .513/.426 .490 38/.473 1/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 515/379 .287/.353/.384/.736 .663/.762 .612 96/.803 2/3 7/

5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 135/76 .280/.326/.384/.710 .731/.692 .765 5/.000 0/0 2/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 351/267 .287/.338/.382/.720 .548/.774 .776 44/.637 8/1 4/

IP 33.0 30.0 28.1 22.0 10.1 59.2 68.2 2.1 1.0 1.1 77.1 34.2 TOTAL .241/.313/.365/.678 .653/.689 .668 .653 74/20 107/85

ERA-K/9

5.45/3.8

3.60/6.0

5.40/9.9

3.68/7.4

6.10/10.5

4.37/5.9

2.23/5.0

15.43/3.9

9.00/18.0

0.00/20.8

4.77/9.7

6.23/6.0

5.09/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (12-8-2)
Suzuki (51-29-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.276 143/.301 132/.283 103/.253 46/.237 256/.282 281/.219 17/.444 7/.571 6/.250 338/.221 153/.310 .278 Brown
Cust
Sweeney
Davis
Patterson
Cunningham 64/1/54/10
78/0/5/4
13/43/61/4
3/77/1/2
17/1/0/1
2/0/1/0

OPS .850 .779 .938 .748 .743 .755 .539 1.069 1.286 .750 .727 .962 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/1.324 65/.801 56/.994 38/.762 19/.778 110/.676 129/.574 11/1.036 3/1.667 3/.667 155/.724 83/.966 .799

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.727 78/.760 76/.896 65/.740 27/.713 146/.808 152/.511 6/1.100 4/1.000 3/.667 183/.728 70/.956 .796

Home 75/.955 72/.863 66/.875 38/.434 21/.707 91/.732 131/.472 8/1.524 7/1.286 / 129/.647 59/.590 .801

Last 28d days 123/.989 48/.938 62/1.030 57/.974 40/.737 61/.759 50/.824 9/.778 7/1.286 6/.750 84/.817 45/1.129

HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 1/0/0 9/4/2 2/2/0 1/0/0 4/5/2 0/3/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 8/5/2 11/1/1 163/109/32

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

Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 29.Foulke
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 55.Outman*
G/S/vB 21.Saarloos
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/4.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 136/95 .192/.231/.272/.503 .518/.496 .490 75/.646 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 118/80 .275/.307/.367/.674 .598/.706 .784 32/.581 0/1 1/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 438/321 .258/.309/.416/.725 .756/.714 .763 86/.747 0/0 14/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 19/.872 8/.393 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 582/407 .312/.369/.576/.945 .773/1.021 .980 110/1.147 4/0 30/

10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 439/339 .276/.318/.406/.724 .673/.739 .738 9/.722 8/3 8/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/no AB ··· 612/428 .308/.407/.497/.904 .886/.912 .808 108/1.000 10/6 18/

15.Millar G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 561/409 .243/.332/.415/.747 .792/.730 .828 102/.708 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/31 .352/.386/.463/.849 .746/.937 .895 51/.768 0/0 1/

6.Mora G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 10/1.444 ··· ··· 8/.804 5/1.000 ··· 530/380 .284/.343/.494/.837 1.014/.766 .903 89/1.294 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 327/229 .255/.298/.369/.668 .838/.592 .632 94/.700 7/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/109 .185/.254/.269/.523 .828/.457 .586 21/.195 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 12/.167 9/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.125 4/2.000 ··· 619/443 .296/.376/.461/.837 .911/.808 .871 116/.837 36/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/13 .208/.286/.500/.786 .354/1.294 .722 9/.500 0/0 2/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 468/369 .270/.357/.495/.852 .737/.883 .949 83/.943 2/2 21/

IP 62.2 28.2 36.0 53.1 28.0 46.0 2.0 20.0 61.2 47.2 TOTAL .272/.338/.441/.779 .792/.774 .810 .859 73/34 159/85

ERA-K/9

3.88/5.2

2.83/7.8

0.75/9.8

4.73/8.1

3.54/7.1

3.52/7.8

0.00/9.0

4.95/4.5

3.94/9.0

0.57/4.0

3.91/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (86-24-9)
Quiroz (23-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 258/.276 119/.204 134/.158 235/.257 119/.225 207/.295 8/.250 89/.321 253/.233 177/.197 .249 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/136/15
66/33/2/8
0/108/0/3
95/0/0/2
15/4/4/0

OPS .748 .613 .416 .769 .735 .800 .500 .722 .681 .514 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.825 45/.375 59/.474 82/.728 58/.556 94/.788 2/.000 44/.795 112/.740 85/.589 .682

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 193/.722 74/.762 75/.373 153/.792 61/.908 113/.810 6/.667 45/.653 141/.636 92/.449 .725

Road 146/.748 68/.757 78/.392 110/.841 52/.931 106/.749 8/.500 38/.741 114/.652 90/.574 .744

Last 28d days 130/.696 57/.733 38/.223 48/.622 8/.583 61/.980 8/.500 59/.914 47/.456 54/.662

HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/4/1 4/3/1 5/6/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 111/63/37

Usage ·····X·· o···X··o X·o····o o···Xo·· o···X··· ··X···X· ··X····· X·····X· X····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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Game Preview: OAK @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, September 5, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Dallas Braden (24, LHP, 4-3, 3.88)

SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 2-1, 5.45)

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