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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, April 13, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Oakland Athletics, 8-4, 1st, Tied

SP: Chad Gaudin (25, RHP, 0-0, 11.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              4     8   6   5   1   3  2   11.25      
 2007 (11-13)          199.1 205 108  98 100 154 21    4.42      
 2006 (4-2)             64    51  24  22  42  36  3    3.09      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  34.2  48  34  27  18  33  9    7.01   38 
 2008-04-08    TOR  ND   4     8   6   5   1   3  2      77   26 
 2007-09-30    LAA  ND   8     3   1   1   3  11  1     107   80 
 2007-09-25    BOS   L   4     3   3   3   7   3  0      93   40 
 2007-09-18    SEA   L   4     8   8   3   1   3  1      75   26 
 2007-09-13    TEX   W   6     8   3   3   2   8  1     103   50 
 2007-09-08    TEX   L   3.2  10   6   6   2   2  2      84   17 
 2007-09-03    LAA   L   5     8   7   6   2   3  2      79   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-1  14.1  20  11  10   9   8  2    6.28   38 
 2007-06-25    CLE   L   6     6   3   3   3   4  1      95   49 
 2007-05-13    CLE  ND   4.2   8   5   4   3   4  0     109   31 
 2003-08-16    CLE  ND   3.2   6   3   3   3   0  1      83   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-4    Road:    5-0    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CLE  W   7-3        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CLE  W   9-7        7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TOR  W   3-2 (12)   6-4   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  W   6-3        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  W   9-8        4-4   1st    Tied
  7 Sun, Apr  6   CLE  L   1-2        3-4   1st    Tied
  6 Sat, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-1        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Fri, Apr  4   CLE  W   6-3        2-3   1st    Tied
  4 Wed, Apr  2   BOS  L   0-5        1-3   1st    Tied
  3 Tue, Apr  1   BOS  L   1-2        1-2   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-4    Last 30: 8-4 
Cleveland Indians, 4-7, 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 1-0, 0.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              6.2   4   1   0   1   4  0    0.00      
 2007 (5-8)             97.1 112  73  68  36  66 17    6.29      
 2006 (14-11)          200.2 224 114  98  58 129 29    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  40.2  46  33  30  15  27  5    6.64   41 
 2008-04-06    OAK   W   6.2   4   1   0   1   4  0     108   67 
 2007-07-26    BOS   L   4     9   8   7   3   1  1      78   12 
 2007-07-21    TEX   L   6.2   8   7   7   1   5  0     114   34 
 2007-07-16    CHW   L   5.1   9   7   7   3   5  0      98   24 
 2007-07-06    TOR   L   4     6   6   5   3   0  1      92   25 
 2007-07-01    TBD   W   8     4   1   1   2   9  1     107   77 
 2007-06-26    OAK  ND   6     6   3   3   2   3  2      95   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-1  29.1  23  13  12  14  18  5    3.68   52 
 2008-04-06    OAK   W   6.2   4   1   0   1   4  0     108   67 
 2007-06-26    OAK  ND   6     6   3   3   2   3  2      95   49 
 2007-05-13    OAK  ND   5     7   4   4   3   4  1      94   38 
 2006-09-19    OAK   L   5.2   4   5   5   5   2  2     105   38 
 2005-05-27    OAK   W   6     2   0   0   3   5  0      85   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  2-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 12   OAK  L   3-7        4-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   OAK  L   7-9        4-6   3rd  0.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @LAA  L   5-9        4-5   3rd  0.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @LAA  W   4-3        4-4   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @LAA  L   4-6        3-4   4th  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @OAK  W   2-1        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @OAK  L   1-6        2-3   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @OAK  L   3-6        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3   CHW  L   1-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2   CHW  W   7-2        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-7    Last 30: 4-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 OAK  7 @CLE  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 OAK  9 @CLE  7        W:Joe Blanton (1-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-2), S: Huston Street (3)
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
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 4-1; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - CLE leads 999-872

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 (4.83 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/3.000 84/50 .347/.429/.639/1.067 1.034/1.087 1.333 / 1/0 4/0
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 188/132 .231/.344/.372/.716 .774/.690 .867 / 1/2 4/5
8.Brown G/S/vP 30/.637 7/.714 6/.533 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 397/237 .257/.300/.347/.647 .823/.529 .652 / 12/2 6/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .946 / 4/1 7/0
7.Crosby G/S/vP 15/.600 5/.900 5/.400 2/1.000 4/1.167 2/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 374/268 .226/.278/.341/.619 .647/.608 .588 / 10/2 8/14
32.Cust* G/S/vP 7/1.429 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.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/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 / /// / / / /
14.Ellis G/S/vP 11/.920 8/1.125 ··· 3/1.167 9/1.244 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 642/470 .276/.336/.441/.777 .984/.704 .806 / 9/4 19/5
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 169/130 .278/.369/.424/.793 1.050/.712 .779 / 1/0 3/3
12.Murphy G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 132/85 .220/.290/.441/.731 .968/.595 .770 / 1/0 6/5
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 248/187 .249/.327/.408/.735 .623/.772 .755 / 0/0 7/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 29/.883 10/.700 6/.533 3/.333 6/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 3/1.334 289/198 .260/.315/.404/.719 .822/.672 .757 / 0/0 7/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/43 .200/.265/.333/.599 .500/.612 .656 / 0/1 1/0
IP 97.1 79.1 65.2 62.0 29.1 60.2 TOTAL .249/.343/.372/.715 .734/.704 .810 .715 3/1 6/9
ERA-K/9 6.29/6.1 1.47/9.1 5.07/7.9 /0.0 5.23/8.1 /0.0 2.15/10.4 1.78/9.2 5.10/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 443/.284 289/.183 292/.289 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 236/.187 .270  Brown
 Buck
 Sweeney
 Cust
78/0/21/8
18/5/65/3
11/3/0/1
14/0/48/1
OPS .841 .485 .768 .813 .616 .531 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.917 113/.617 152/.742 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 92/.450 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.813 176/.400 140/.798 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 144/.580 .822
Home 225/.831 136/.480 133/.698 / 136/.692 / 65/.738 120/.561 .849
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 17/4/1 4/4/4 9/9/2 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 5/2/1 15/6/1
Usage ······X· ·o···XoX o····XX· ·X·····o ·X·X···· oX·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 (4.27 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Gaudin
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 14/.715 3/.000 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .706 / 4/5 18/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.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 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .527 / 6/2 2/4
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/no AB 1/.000 5/1.200 6/.900 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .608 / 2/1 4/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 8/1.482 3/1.667 1/no AB 5/1.200 3/1.167 1/5.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .856 / 0/1 21/8
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.750 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 11/2.156 1/.000 ··· 10/.522 8/1.375 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 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .713 / 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 ··· 10/.400 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 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 6/1.334 6/1.667 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .782 / 3/4 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 7/.821 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 4/.833 3/1.667 5/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .881 / 4/4 21/19
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .823 / 0/0 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 10/1.025 3/no AB ··· 8/1.125 7/.629 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .906 / 33/10 24/2
IP 199.1 41.2 8.1 131.1 68.0 50.2 50.0 TOTAL .241/.321/.375/.697 .587/.758 .698 .697 5/1 9/7
ERA-K/9 4.42/7.0 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 3.21/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 886/.267 178/.245 39/.241 555/.278 284/.258 / 219/.224 / 199/.190 .246  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 .776 .691 .636 .750 .681 .676 .543 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 469/.834 75/.667 13/.762 116/.835 80/.581 / 79/.695 / 97/.702 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 417/.712 103/.709 26/.571 439/.727 204/.720 / 140/.665 / 102/.400 .705
Road 451/.762 85/.720 16/.542 249/.833 143/.788 / 117/.810 / 100/.581 .704
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 21/12/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 13/3/3 5/4/1 // 6/9/0 // 5/5/2 10/5/1
Usage ····X··· X·X·X·oX X·X····· X······· o·X·X·o· ··X·o··X ·ooX··o· ·o·X···· ·X·XX···

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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