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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, April 11, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Oakland Athletics, 6-4, 1st, Tied

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 0-2, 3.44)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             18.1  21   7   7   6   8  0    3.44      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  43    55  21  21  14  23  2    4.40   46 
 2008-04-06    CLE   L   6.2   7   2   2   4   2  0     107   50 
 2008-04-01    BOS   L   6     7   2   2   1   3  0      99   52 
 2008-03-25    BOS  ND   5.2   7   3   3   1   3  0      94   45 
 2007-09-26    BOS  ND   5    11   5   5   3   4  0      93   26 
 2007-09-21    CLE   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   4  2     106   34 
 2007-09-15    TEX   W   7     5   3   3   1   6  0      99   60 
 2007-09-10    SEA   W   7     8   2   2   1   1  0      95   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-3  30.2  38  17  17  11  17  5    4.99   44 
 2008-04-06    CLE   L   6.2   7   2   2   4   2  0     107   50 
 2007-09-21    CLE   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   4  2     106   34 
 2007-06-28    CLE  ND   6.1   6   3   3   1   3  0     102   51 
 2007-05-11    CLE   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1      99   64 
 2006-06-07    CLE   L   5    10   6   6   3   3  2      98   23 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-4    Road:    3-0    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TOR  W   3-2 (12)   6-4   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  W   6-3        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  W   9-8        4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   CLE  L   1-2        3-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-1        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4   CLE  W   6-3        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Wed, Apr  2   BOS  L   0-5        1-3   4th  1.5 gb
  3 Tue, Apr  1   BOS  L   1-2        1-2   4th  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Mar 26   BOS  W   5-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Tue, Mar 25   BOS  L   5-6 (10)   0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-4    Last 30: 6-4 
Cleveland Indians, 4-5, 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 0-1, 7.59)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             10.2  12   9   9   7   9  3    7.59      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  48.2  43  19  19  13  42  4    3.51   58 
 2008-04-05    OAK   L   5.1   6   4   4   4   2  1     107   38 
 2008-03-31    CHW  ND   5.1   6   5   5   3   7  2     100   40 
 2007-09-28    KCR   W   7     8   3   3   1   4  1      96   52 
 2007-09-19    DET   W   7     5   2   2   1   7  0     109   65 
 2007-09-14    KCR  ND   7     7   4   4   2  13  0     115   58 
 2007-09-08    LAA   W   9     5   1   1   1   3  0     103   75 
 2007-09-03    MIN   W   8     6   0   0   1   6  0     100   75 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-4  32.1  35  20  17  13  27  3    4.73   48 
 2008-04-05    OAK   L   5.1   6   4   4   4   2  1     107   38 
 2007-06-25    OAK   W   9     9   2   2   0   8  0     111   69 
 2007-05-11    OAK   L   6.2   9   6   6   1   5  2     101   36 
 2006-09-21    OAK   L   5.1   7   7   4   3   5  0     117   34 
 2005-09-12    OAK   L   6     4   1   1   5   7  0      99   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-1    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @LAA  L   5-9        4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @LAA  W   4-3        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @LAA  L   4-6        3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @OAK  W   2-1        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @OAK  L   1-6        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @OAK  L   3-6        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   CHW  L   1-2        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   CHW  W   7-2        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31   CHW  W  10-8        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 4-5    Last 30: 4-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CLE  2 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (2)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  1        W:Dana Eveland (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 OAK  6  CLE  3        W:Justin Duchscherer (1-0), L: Paul Byrd (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 CLE  6  OAK  2        W:Jake Westbrook , L: Dallas Braden , S: Rafael Betancourt 
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 OAK  9 @CLE  3        W:Danny Haren , L: Paul Byrd , S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CLE  4  OAK  3        W:Fausto Carmona , L: Joe Blanton , S: Joe Borowski 
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 CLE  4  OAK  3        W:Paul Byrd , L: Ron Flores , S: Joe Borowski 
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 OAK 13 @CLE  7        W:Lenny DiNardo , L: Fausto Carmona , S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 CLE  8  OAK  5        W:Rafael Betancourt , L: Alan Embree , S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 CLE  5  OAK  2        W:C.C. Sabathia , L: Chad Gaudin , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 2-1; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - CLE leads 999-870

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/3.000 84/50 .347/.429/.639/1.067 1.034/1.087 1.333 / 1/0 4/0
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 188/132 .231/.344/.372/.716 .774/.690 .867 / 1/2 4/5
8.Brown G/S/vP 45/.855 7/.714 5/.650 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 397/237 .257/.300/.347/.647 .823/.529 .652 / 12/2 6/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .946 / 4/1 7/0
7.Crosby G/S/vP 17/.761 5/.900 4/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 374/268 .226/.278/.341/.619 .647/.608 .588 / 10/2 8/14
32.Cust* G/S/vP 10/1.600 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 507/344 .256/.408/.504/.912 .786/.971 .779 / 0/2 26/4
19.Denorfia G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
14.Ellis G/S/vP 24/.583 8/1.125 ··· 2/2.000 8/1.175 ··· 2/.000 ··· 642/470 .276/.336/.441/.777 .984/.704 .806 / 9/4 19/5
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 169/130 .278/.369/.424/.793 1.050/.712 .779 / 1/0 3/3
12.Murphy G/S/vP 7/1.738 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 132/85 .220/.290/.441/.731 .968/.595 .770 / 1/0 6/5
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 248/187 .249/.327/.408/.735 .623/.772 .755 / 0/0 7/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 73/.707 10/.700 5/.650 2/.500 6/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 289/198 .260/.315/.404/.719 .822/.672 .757 / 0/0 7/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/43 .200/.265/.333/.599 .500/.612 .656 / 0/1 1/0
IP 241.0 79.1 65.2 62.0 29.1 60.2 TOTAL .235/.325/.358/.682 .597/.729 .774 .682 3/1 5/6
ERA-K/9 3.21/7.8 1.47/9.1 5.07/7.9 /0.0 5.23/8.1 /0.0 2.15/10.4 1.78/9.2 4.42/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (34-5-3)
 Suzuki (29-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 975/.259 289/.183 292/.289 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 236/.187 .260  Brown
 Buck
 Sweeney
 Cust
78/0/21/8
18/5/65/3
11/3/0/1
14/0/48/1
OPS .684 .485 .768 .813 .616 .531 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.545 113/.617 152/.742 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 92/.450 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 762/.723 176/.400 140/.798 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 144/.580 .772
Home 550/.648 136/.480 133/.698 / 136/.692 / 65/.738 120/.561 .833
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/10/10 4/4/4 9/9/2 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 5/2/1 14/6/1
Usage ·····X·· ···XoX·· ···XX··· ·····oX· ·X····X· ·X···X·· ·X···o·X ···Xo···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
56.Hernandez
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 13/.258 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .706 / 4/5 18/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/.268 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .704 / 0/0 3/1
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .527 / 6/2 2/4
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 18/.749 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.200 6/.900 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .608 / 2/1 4/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 10/1.975 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.167 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .856 / 0/1 21/8
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .974 / 8/3 13/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 16/.467 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 7/1.572 9/.722 4/.000 ··· 4/2.000 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .789 / 1/1 24/0
15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .713 / 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.866 ··· ··· 7/.286 10/1.389 6/1.166 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .871 / 0/0 25/5
8.Michaels G/S/vP 12/.962 1/no AB ··· 4/1.500 6/1.667 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .782 / 3/4 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 18/.977 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 4/.833 3/1.667 5/.000 ··· 5/.000 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .881 / 4/4 21/19
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .823 / 0/0 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 20/.929 2/no AB ··· 5/1.100 6/.750 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .906 / 33/10 24/2
IP 230.0 41.2 8.1 131.1 68.0 50.2 50.0 TOTAL .239/.324/.380/.705 .590/.770 .724 .705 4/1 8/6
ERA-K/9 3.95/5.5 4.54/9.3 1.08/7.6 4.11/4.0 3.97/6.8 /0.0 4.44/9.2 /0.0 2.88/11.3 2.97/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (70-33-6)
 Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 950/.269 178/.245 39/.241 555/.278 284/.258 / 219/.224 / 199/.190 .245  Sizemore
 Michaels
 Gutierrez
 Dellucci
 Blake
 Carroll
0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
9/8/88/3
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
0/1/2/0
OPS .679 .691 .636 .750 .681 .676 .543 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 452/.714 75/.667 13/.762 116/.835 80/.581 / 79/.695 / 97/.702 .666
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 498/.647 103/.709 26/.571 439/.727 204/.720 / 140/.665 / 102/.400 .711
Road 521/.775 85/.720 16/.542 249/.833 143/.788 / 117/.810 / 100/.581 .730
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/19/4 1/3/0 0/0/0 13/3/3 5/4/1 // 6/9/0 // 5/5/2 9/4/1
Usage ····X··· X·X·oX·· X······· ········ X·X·o·o· X·o··XX· oX··o·X· ·X······ ·XX···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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