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Game Preview: OAK @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 3, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Oakland Athletics, 53-56, 3rd, 15½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (24, LHP, 2-1, 4.39)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             26.2  26  13  13  14  20  3    4.39      
 2007 (1-8)             72.1  91  59  54  26  55  9    6.72      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  28.2  45  30  30  12  19  5    9.42   34 
 2008-07-28    KCR   L   6.2   6   4   4   2   7  2     101   51 
 2008-07-22   @TBR   W   5     4   1   1   4   1  0      90   52 
 2007-09-29    LAA  ND   3     3   1   1   1   3  0      54   51 
 2007-09-23   @CLE   L   3.1   8   6   6   2   3  0      68   21 
 2007-09-11   @SEA  ND   4.1   8   4   4   0   1  1      79   32 
 2007-09-02    DET  ND   4.2   9   6   6   2   3  0      91   23 
 2007-08-12   @DET   L   1.2   7   8   8   1   1  2      49    9 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-29   Road:   21-27   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  36-36   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  2  @BOS  L   2-12      53-56  3rd 15.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21
Boston Red Sox, 63-48, 2nd, 3 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 11-2, 3.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-2)           100.2  77  37  34  62  86  7    3.04      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36.2  32  16  16  24  31  3    3.93   52 
 2008-07-28    LAA   L   5     7   6   6   2   3  2      91   30 
 2008-07-22   @SEA   W   7.1   5   2   2   3   6  0      99   63 
 2008-07-13    BAL   W   6     4   0   0   5   7  0     115   66 
 2008-07-07    MIN  ND   7.1   6   0   0   3   5  0     108   68 
 2008-07-02   @TBR  ND   5     2   1   1   5   5  0     101   59 
 2008-06-27   @HOU   W   5     2   0   0   3   4  0      87   64 
 2008-06-21    STL   L   1     6   7   7   3   1  1      48   11 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-1  18.2  11   5   5   7  23  3    2.41   64 
 2008-04-01   @OAK   W   6.2   2   1   1   0   9  1      96   75 
 2008-03-25   @OAK  ND   5     2   2   2   5   6  1      95   56 
 2007-06-05   @OAK   L   7     7   2   2   2   8  1     129   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-16   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  16-8    1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 16-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sat, Aug  2   OAK  W  12-2       63-48  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 BOS 12  OAK  2        W:Jon Lester (10-3), L: Dana Eveland (7-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 5-4; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1039-849

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  5.61

COL  4.64

WSN  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.87

CLE  4.61

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .369

J. Drew  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Ortiz  .358

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .615

C. Blake  .475

T. Pena  .198

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

C. Beltran  .817

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

N. Robertson  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
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 6/.333 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 334/245 .218/.320/.302/.622 .824/.547 .552 29/.470 0/1 3/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/36 .192/.250/.269/.519 .616/.465 .476 12/.348 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 8/.536 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· 10/.600 345/225 .248/.290/.391/.681 .748/.644 .624 67/.782 4/1 10/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.200 ··· 5/.800 419/304 .247/.305/.352/.657 .660/.656 .614 59/.445 6/3 4/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 8/1.333 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 3/3.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 414/293 .226/.372/.437/.809 .804/.810 .714 85/.802 0/0 20/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/71 .197/.228/.265/.493 .537/.461 .401 14/.298 18/5 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.856 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 1/.000 5/.650 433/308 .235/.326/.376/.702 .541/.764 .856 89/.497 12/2 10/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 212/149 .265/.303/.400/.703 .509/.786 .745 88/.640 3/0 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 364/277 .239/.326/.357/.683 .648/.693 .638 82/.826 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 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 405/301 .295/.350/.389/.739 .623/.778 .633 86/.900 2/3 5/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 289/225 .297/.348/.386/.735 .609/.770 .811 73/.652 8/1 3/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 12/.633 10/1.178 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 34/.582 188/135 .259/.372/.437/.809 .640/.879 .694 8/.661 0/0 7/
IP 100.2 45.2 42.0 61.1 43.0 47.1 7.1 30.1 TOTAL .246/.319/.367/.687 .656/.700 .677 .629 55/17 79/60
ERA-K/9 3.04/7.7 4.14/8.5 2.57/5.1 3.67/6.6 2.72/8.2 2.09/10.7 2.45/7.4 5.34/5.0 3.82/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 438/.210 193/.231 175/.268 259/.213 185/.238 183/.203 28/.130 138/.289 .246  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
53/1/45/5
0/45/27/4
12/42/48/4
61/0/0/3
3/60/1/2
OPS .655 .660 .756 .697 .674 .531 .520 .797 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.760 84/.579 89/.686 144/.817 73/.602 99/.536 18/.243 63/.933 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.547 109/.725 86/.825 115/.554 112/.722 84/.526 10/1.025 75/.683 .693
Home 251/.767 96/.585 108/.703 146/.713 88/.792 97/.432 24/.428 69/.780 .714
Last 28d days 109/.694 40/.413 36/1.024 29/.730 27/.404 39/.514 3/.000 30/.483
HR/SB/CS 7/11/3 3/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 3/3/0 97/77/27
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X··o· ·o·o·X·X X··X·X·o ·X··o··· ·X··o··· o······· ·o····oX
Boston Red Sox Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.87 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
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/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 470/359 .283/.379/.528/.906 .747/.953 .952 104/.907 7/0 23/
22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/1.067 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 150/122 .360/.420/.456/.876 1.021/.840 1.052 34/.953 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 111/88 .228/.288/.347/.635 .885/.571 .627 20/.600 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.971 ··· 2/.000 ··· 81/72 .271/.363/.343/.705 .819/.691 .690 17/.745 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.750 3/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 271/208 .252/.309/.397/.706 .898/.645 .771 45/.536 14/3 6/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 12/.432 1/no AB 3/.333 1/2.000 399/316 .286/.406/.545/.951 .929/.956 .984 84/.812 3/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.833 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 415/323 .258/.323/.352/.675 .611/.693 .770 85/.461 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 6/.167 6/.334 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 391/312 .281/.343/.461/.804 .889/.783 .794 92/.545 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 100/66 .294/.347/.400/.747 .958/.635 .690 52/.679 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.533 8/1.250 2/.000 7/.143 1/.000 282/221 .261/.358/.485/.844 .656/.896 .964 36/.873 0/0 14/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 8/.629 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 502/386 .314/.359/.447/.806 .912/.775 .773 101/.758 11/1 9/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 8/1.550 6/.334 2/.000 6/1.133 ··· 333/259 .220/.306/.359/.666 .780/.633 .725 61/.686 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.953 5/.900 4/1.500 6/.000 ··· 437/360 .313/.380/.557/.937 1.138/.897 .944 95/1.032 3/4 20/
IP 26.2 13.2 22.0 22.0 40.1 31.2 47.2 32.0 TOTAL .279/.355/.442/.797 .836/.787 .836 .775 82/23 121/63
ERA-K/9 4.39/6.7 0.66/9.9 1.23/11.5 6.55/4.9 5.13/7.8 2.84/9.4 3.97/8.7 0.00/4.2 3.62/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.265 51/.152 88/.198 106/.289 180/.278 135/.273 195/.237 112/.194 .241  Drew
 Bay
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Youkilis
0/1/93/5
107/0/0/3
54/47/13/3
0/79/0/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .762 .411 .496 .802 .827 .739 .705 .451 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.783 21/.357 35/.567 33/.561 66/.817 62/.612 90/.829 50/.482 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.754 30/.448 53/.449 73/.922 114/.832 73/.856 105/.601 62/.426 .704
Road 56/.792 30/.456 44/.517 61/.732 77/.949 61/.756 73/.600 43/.509 .728
Last 28d days 56/.738 47/.403 / 53/.733 35/1.043 41/.893 48/.789 58/.486
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/1/1 0/3/1 3/2/0 5/3/0 4/5/0 6/5/2 0/1/0 85/50/28
Usage ·····X·· ·X·oo·X· ········ X···X··X ·o···X·· ·o···X·· ·X·X··o· ·X·X··X·

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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