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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, May 15, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Oakland Athletics, 23-18, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 2-2, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             45    33  17  15  15  35  5    3.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  45    33  17  15  15  35  5    3.00   58 
 2008-05-09   @TEX   L   6     6   4   4   2   4  1     105   46 
 2008-05-04    TEX  ND   6     3   1   1   2  10  1     103   70 
 2008-04-29   @LAA   L   8     3   2   2   3   5  0     101   70 
 2008-04-24    MIN   W   7     7   2   2   1   3  1      91   57 
 2008-04-19    KCR  ND   5     6   4   3   1   4  2      93   44 
 2008-04-14   @CHW   W   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      95   64 
 2008-04-09   @TOR  ND   6     2   3   2   5   5  0     103   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-10   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  7-3    vsCntrl:10-6    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Wed, May 14  @CLE  L   0-2       23-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13  @CLE  L   0-4       23-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 11  @TEX  W  12-6       23-16  1st  1.0 up
 38 Sat, May 10  @TEX  L   4-6       22-16  1st    Tied
 37 Fri, May  9  @TEX  L   0-4       22-15  1st    Tied
 36 Wed, May  7   BAL  W   6-5 (10)  22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Tue, May  6   BAL  W   4-2       21-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Mon, May  5   BAL  W   2-1 (10)  20-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Sun, May  4   TEX  W   3-1       19-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 32 Sat, May  3   TEX  L   3-6       18-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Cleveland Indians, 21-19, 1st, ½ up

SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 1-2, 1.83)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             19.2  13   5   4   4   8  0    1.83      
 2007 (4-2)             49.1  54  26  25  12  25  2    4.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  41.2  35  13  11  10  19  0    2.38   56 
 2008-05-10    TOR   W   7     6   0   0   1   2  0      89   66 
 2008-05-04    KCR   L   7     4   1   0   2   5  0     103   70 
 2008-04-28    NYY   L   5.2   3   4   4   1   1  0      78   47 
 2007-09-30   @KCR   W   5     4   1   1   0   2  0      58   57 
 2007-09-25   @SEA  ND   5.2   4   1   1   2   3  0      75   58 
 2007-09-16    KCR   L   6.1   8   4   4   2   3  0      83   42 
 2007-09-09   @LAA   W   5     6   2   1   2   3  0      85   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK    Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-12   Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-14   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  7-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Wed, May 14   OAK  W   2-0       21-19  1st  0.5 up
 39 Tue, May 13   OAK  W   4-0       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   TOR  L   0-3 (10)  19-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 12   TOR  W   3-0       19-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   TOR  W  12-0       18-18  3rd  0.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   TOR  W   6-1       17-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Thu, May  8  @NYY  L   3-6       16-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 33 Wed, May  7  @NYY  W   3-0       16-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  6  @NYY  W   5-3       15-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  4   KCR  L   0-2       14-17  4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 14, 2008 CLE  2  OAK  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (3-5), L: Joe Blanton (2-6), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  0        W:Paul Byrd (2-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-2), S: Masahide Kobayashi (1)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CLE  7  OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (2-0), L: Chad Gaudin (0-1), S: none
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 (6-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-8), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 OAK  9 @CLE  3        W:Danny Haren (15-8), L: Paul Byrd (15-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - CLE leads 1002-872

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC  5.85

CHW  4.53

SDP  3.41

RA/G

CLE  3.53

MIN  4.54

TEX  5.45

BA

D. Pedroia  .306

  

I. Suzuki  .271

OBP

J. Hamilton  .347

  

I. Suzuki  .321

SLG

J. Hamilton  .539

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

J. Hamilton  .886

  

I. Suzuki  .688

ERA

C. Lee  .67

N. Blackburn  3.93

M. Chico  6.42

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

S. Chacon  6.18

J. Garland  2.07

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
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 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 3/3.000 162/118 .230/.333/.338/.671 .731/.647 .684 90/.646 0/0 2/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/13 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.397 .347 11/.473 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 8/1.500 7/.714 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 160/108 .270/.294/.395/.688 .758/.655 .713 111/.703 2/0 4/
7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 2/1.000 4/1.167 2/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 172/124 .255/.320/.376/.696 .827/.646 .619 104/.679 1/2 2/
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 140/105 .243/.421/.402/.823 .657/.881 .819 91/.951 0/0 4/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/22 .196/.224/.261/.485 .416/.573 .273 32/.648 6/0 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 9/1.000 3/1.167 9/1.244 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 175/120 .242/.328/.379/.707 .525/.790 .822 101/.667 5/2 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 118/94 .242/.398/.363/.761 .732/.769 .752 70/.922 1/0 2/
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 50/20 .222/.300/.356/.656 .533/.800 .492 35/.752 2/0 2/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 162/111 .243/.309/.291/.599 .509/.641 .471 104/.479 1/1 1/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 2/.000 10/.700 3/.333 6/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 102/52 .326/.382/.446/.828 .786/.865 .864 43/1.004 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/89 .279/.343/.349/.692 .586/.705 .697 72/.674 3/0 0/
35.Thomas G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/109 .211/.342/.333/.676 .528/.732 .672 85/.637 0/0 3/
IP 19.2 15.2 8.0 13.1 18.2 21.1 16.2 TOTAL .251/.335/.358/.693 .627/.724 .693 .709 19/5 22/29
ERA-K/9 1.83/3.7 6.89/8.0 2.25/7.9 3.38/6.8 1.93/5.3 2.95/6.3 3.78/7.5 3.32/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (15-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 79/.178 70/.328 38/.273 54/.213 76/.257 93/.253 72/.277 .253  Brown
 Murphy
 Cust
 Sweeney
 Davis
22/1/26/4
1/0/0/0
26/0/0/0
0/31/9/0
3/19/1/0
OPS .432 .900 .671 .655 .628 .743 .747 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.181 36/.564 10/.733 25/.789 33/.709 43/.747 33/.544 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.575 34/1.238 28/.649 29/.545 43/.565 50/.740 39/.912 .675
Home 79/.432 45/.973 29/.725 28/.851 56/.601 72/.780 31/.715 .697
Last 28d days 79/.432 38/.795 14/1.038 18/.347 49/.558 51/.598 46/.683
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/2 36/12/10
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ····X··· ······o· ·X···Xo· ·····X·· ·o·····o
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 129/105 .219/.305/.351/.656 .393/.715 .481 82/.772 1/0 2/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 130/101 .196/.289/.268/.557 .351/.624 .477 73/.659 0/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 67/45 .185/.323/.222/.545 .664/.479 .661 52/.497 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/no AB 6/1.000 7/.762 1/no AB 5/.200 111/107 .235/.315/.398/.713 .250/.728 .607 74/.619 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/26 .286/.323/.429/.751 .400/.824 .594 31/.751 0/2 0/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 4/2.750 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/5.000 3/1.667 3/.000 145/117 .234/.338/.379/.717 .986/.656 .789 83/.594 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 129/97 .244/.286/.353/.639 .750/.601 .758 81/.694 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.444 9/.722 4/.000 4/2.000 156/118 .218/.316/.346/.662 .789/.621 .675 89/.615 0/1 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 26/23 .091/.167/.091/.258 .667/.190 .000 18/.243 0/0 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/1.434 7/1.000 2/2.000 4/.000 128/92 .333/.383/.393/.776 1.033/.662 .794 94/.791 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 4/2.000 5/.000 5/.000 140/112 .211/.266/.391/.657 .806/.617 .478 81/.575 1/0 6/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 57/40 .235/.304/.333/.637 .375/.750 .725 31/.499 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 3/no AB ··· 8/.542 5/.900 1/.000 4/.500 173/125 .274/.382/.479/.861 .667/.933 1.003 104/.926 7/2 7/
16.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/
IP 45.0 18.1 15.0 18.1 9.0 19.1 16.1 TOTAL .235/.316/.359/.675 .681/.673 .668 .682 17/8 30/17
ERA-K/9 3.00/7.0 2.45/7.4 0.60/10.2 3.44/8.4 4.00/8.0 0.47/10.3 3.86/9.9 3.30/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (12-9-0)
 Shoppach (0-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.208 76/.215 59/.196 72/.203 39/.250 72/.172 68/.213 .238  Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Carroll
 Tyner
 Dellucci
1/3/33/1
0/38/0/1
4/0/6/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
31/0/0/0
OPS .624 .645 .452 .637 .724 .443 .726 .654
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.391 36/.659 23/.399 26/.763 16/.393 34/.358 31/1.009 .616
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.707 40/.620 36/.485 46/.564 23/.939 38/.523 37/.508 .680
Road 105/.559 34/.639 35/.617 33/.798 19/.950 33/.640 28/.298 .694
Last 28d days 125/.669 42/.786 39/.416 37/.368 11/1.055 44/.341 33/.565
HR/SB/CS 5/1/5 2/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/4/0 3/1/0 27/15/9
Usage ·····X·· ·o·····X ···X···X ·X·Xo··· o···X··· ···Xo··· ···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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