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Game Preview: OAK @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 2, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Oakland Athletics, 53-55, 3rd, 15½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 7-7, 3.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-7)            123   118  54  53  62  83  6    3.88      
 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         2-2  39.2  46  20  20  20  25  3    4.54   46 
 2008-07-27    TEX  ND   4.2   8   5   5   2   5  0      78   31 
 2008-07-21   @TBR   L   5     7   4   4   4   4  2     106   37 
 2008-07-12    LAA   L   5.1   5   2   2   5   5  0      93   50 
 2008-07-07    SEA   W   5.1   9   3   3   4   0  1     100   34 
 2008-07-02   @LAA  ND   5.2   4   3   3   1   4  0      99   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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-29   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  36-36   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Fri, Aug  1  @BOS  L   1-2 (12)  53-55  3rd 15.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   KCR  L   3-4 (10)  53-54  3rd 14.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   KCR  L   2-5       53-53  3rd 13.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   KCR  L   2-4       53-52  3rd 12.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   TEX  W   6-5       53-51  3rd 11.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   TEX  L   4-9       52-51  3rd 12.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25   TEX  L   6-14      52-50  3rd 11.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @TBR  L   3-4       52-49  2nd 10.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @TBR  W   8-1       52-48  2nd  9.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @TBR  L   0-4       51-48  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Boston Red Sox, 62-48, 2nd, 3 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 9-3, 3.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-3)            139.1 139  52  49  45  96  9    3.17      
 2007 (4-0)             63    61  33  32  31  50 10    4.57      
 2006 (7-2)             81.1  91  43  43  43  60  7    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  50    55  15  15   8  39  2    2.70   58 
 2008-07-27    NYY   W   7     9   2   2   1   8  0     113   58 
 2008-07-21   @SEA   W   7.1   8   0   0   0   6  0     103   68 
 2008-07-08    MIN  ND   7.1   9   5   5   3   6  0     117   43 
 2008-07-03   @NYY   W   9     5   0   0   2   8  0     105   83 
 2008-06-28   @HOU  ND   5     9   6   6   0   3  2      76   28 
 2008-06-22    STL  ND   7.1   9   2   2   1   3  0     101   54 
 2008-06-17   @PHI   W   7     6   0   0   1   5  0      99   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-2  25    27  14  12  16  22  4    4.32   47 
 2008-05-25   @OAK   L   5     7   4   3   2   3  0      94   40 
 2008-04-02   @OAK   W   6.2   3   0   0   3   3  0      94   68 
 2008-03-26   @OAK   L   4     5   4   4   3   4  1      83   37 
 2007-09-26    OAK  ND   4.1   7   5   4   3   9  2      94   37 
 2006-07-13    OAK  ND   5     5   1   1   5   3  1     103   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-16   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  15-8    1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 15-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Fri, Aug  1   OAK  W   2-1 (12)  62-48  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Wed, Jul 30   LAA  L   2-9       61-48  2nd  3.0 gb
108 Tue, Jul 29   LAA  L   2-6       61-47  2nd  2.0 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28   LAA  L   5-7       61-46  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27   NYY  W   9-2       61-45  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sat, Jul 26   NYY  L   3-10      60-45  2nd  2.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   NYY  L   0-1       60-44  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Wed, Jul 23  @SEA  W   6-3 (12)  60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 22  @SEA  W   4-2       59-43  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21  @SEA  W   4-0       58-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 BOS  2  OAK  1 (12)   W:Mike Timlin (4-3), L: Alan Embree (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 OAK  6  BOS  3        W:Joe Blanton (3-6), L: Jon Lester (3-3), S: Huston Street (11)
Sat, May 24, 2008 OAK  3  BOS  0        W:Justin Duchscherer (4-3), L: Josh Beckett (5-4), S: Huston Street (10)
Fri, May 23, 2008 OAK  8  BOS  3        W:Rich Harden (3-0), L: Tim Wakefield (3-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 BOS  5 @OAK  0        W:Jon Lester (1-1), L: Alan Embree (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 BOS  2 @OAK  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (2)
Wed, Mar 26, 2008 OAK  5  BOS  1        W:Rich Harden (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: none
Tue, Mar 25, 2008 BOS  6 @OAK  5 (10)   W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Huston Street (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 BOS 11  OAK  6        W:Mike Timlin (2-1), L: Jerry Blevins (0-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 BOS  7  OAK  3        W:Curt Schilling (9-8), L: Chad Gaudin (11-13), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1038-849

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  5.63

COL  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

OAK  3.80

MIN  4.65

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .369

J. Drew  .287

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Pedroia  .358

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .620

C. Tracy  .475

T. Pena  .198

OPS

A. Pujols  1.065

C. Coste  .818

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

S. Olsen  4.04

N. Robertson  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

J. Lester  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
59.Smith
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 8/1.167 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 331/245 .220/.323/.305/.628 .855/.547 .565 29/.470 0/1 3/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/35 .196/.255/.275/.529 .616/.479 .493 11/.382 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 14/.786 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· 10/.600 341/224 .248/.287/.382/.670 .724/.641 .595 63/.726 4/1 9/
49.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .158/.158/.211/.368 .000/.412 .000 19/.368 0/0 0/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 9/.619 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.200 ··· 5/.800 416/304 .249/.305/.353/.659 .666/.656 .617 56/.448 6/3 4/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 3/3.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 414/293 .226/.372/.437/.809 .804/.810 .714 89/.762 0/0 20/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/70 .198/.230/.267/.497 .537/.467 .408 17/.243 18/5 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 13/.496 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 5/.650 429/307 .235/.327/.377/.704 .538/.767 .864 89/.473 12/2 10/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 208/148 .270/.309/.408/.717 .536/.791 .782 84/.672 3/0 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 9/1.112 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 360/276 .239/.327/.358/.685 .647/.696 .643 81/.811 2/0 5/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/13 .348/.400/.435/.835 .871/.801 1.292 6/1.100 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.542 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 402/301 .294/.350/.390/.740 .621/.778 .633 87/.865 2/3 5/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 286/225 .297/.349/.387/.735 .606/.770 .815 74/.753 8/1 3/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 9/.819 10/1.178 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 34/.582 184/134 .253/.370/.435/.805 .595/.886 .678 4/.250 0/0 7/
IP 139.1 45.2 42.0 60.1 43.0 47.1 6.1 30.1 TOTAL .246/.320/.368/.688 .656/.701 .679 .625 55/17 78/59
ERA-K/9 3.17/6.2 4.14/8.5 2.57/5.1 3.73/6.6 2.72/8.2 2.09/10.7 2.84/5.7 5.34/5.0 3.84/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (6-5-1)
 Suzuki (44-23-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 581/.262 193/.231 175/.268 255/.216 185/.238 183/.203 25/.150 138/.289 .246  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
52/1/45/5
0/44/26/4
12/42/47/4
61/0/0/3
3/59/1/2
OPS .697 .660 .756 .704 .674 .531 .592 .797 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.620 84/.579 89/.686 143/.824 73/.602 99/.536 16/.277 63/.933 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 407/.731 109/.725 86/.825 112/.558 112/.722 84/.526 9/1.159 75/.683 .692
Home 308/.692 96/.585 108/.703 142/.725 88/.792 97/.432 21/.490 69/.780 .716
Last 28d days 91/.697 40/.413 40/.951 54/.723 27/.404 39/.514 / 33/.438
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 3/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 3/3/0 96/77/27
Usage ·····X·· o·X··o·o o·o·X·Xo ··X·X·o· X··o···o X··o···· ········ o····oX·
Boston Red Sox Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Eveland*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bay G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 465/359 .283/.378/.523/.901 .716/.953 .944 103/.867 7/0 22/
22.Casey* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 10/1.067 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 149/122 .356/.416/.452/.868 .984/.840 1.039 34/.889 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 111/88 .228/.288/.347/.635 .885/.571 .627 20/.600 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/.971 ··· 2/.000 ··· 80/72 .275/.367/.348/.715 .929/.691 .715 18/.697 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 3/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 267/208 .252/.310/.399/.710 .927/.645 .780 45/.484 14/3 6/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 12/.432 1/no AB 3/.333 1/2.000 395/316 .287/.408/.548/.956 .955/.956 .996 84/.874 3/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 414/323 .259/.324/.353/.677 .619/.693 .774 88/.468 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 6/.334 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 387/312 .278/.341/.458/.799 .867/.783 .782 92/.510 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 96/66 .280/.330/.378/.708 .861/.635 .613 48/.594 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/.500 8/1.250 2/.000 7/.143 1/.000 278/221 .261/.356/.487/.844 .643/.896 .968 32/.875 0/0 14/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 5/.833 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 497/386 .314/.358/.449/.808 .922/.775 .775 100/.772 11/1 9/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.933 6/.334 2/.000 6/1.133 ··· 329/259 .216/.301/.353/.654 .730/.633 .699 61/.575 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 5/.900 4/1.500 6/.000 ··· 432/360 .312/.380/.543/.923 1.062/.897 .917 94/.944 3/4 18/
IP 123.0 13.2 16.0 40.1 31.2 47.2 32.0 TOTAL .278/.354/.440/.794 .821/.787 .829 .745 82/23 118/63
ERA-K/9 3.88/6.1 0.66/9.9 7.31/5.6 5.13/7.8 2.84/9.4 3.97/8.7 0.00/4.2 3.54/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-15-11)
 Varitek (46-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 539/.256 51/.152 80/.299 180/.278 135/.273 195/.237 112/.194 .240  Drew
 Bay
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Youkilis
0/1/92/5
106/0/0/3
54/47/12/3
0/78/0/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .704 .411 .808 .827 .739 .705 .451 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.597 21/.357 26/.588 66/.817 62/.612 90/.829 50/.482 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.734 30/.448 54/.929 114/.832 73/.856 105/.601 62/.426 .695
Road 224/.736 30/.456 35/.693 77/.949 61/.756 73/.600 43/.509 .717
Last 28d days 104/.887 51/.411 27/.679 35/1.043 41/.893 48/.789 58/.486
HR/SB/CS 6/9/2 0/1/1 2/2/0 5/3/0 4/5/0 6/5/2 0/1/0 82/50/28
Usage ·····X·· X·oo·X·X ···X··X· o···X··X o···X··· X·X··o·· 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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