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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Oakland Athletics, 57-67, 3rd, 19½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 4-5, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-5)             88    89  51  44  45  80  8    4.50      
 2007 (0-0)             14.2  19  15  14  12   5  3    8.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  34.1  35  24  18  25  33  2    4.72   46 
 2008-08-14    TBR  ND   4     4   3   3   4   4  0      91   42 
 2008-08-04   @TOR   L   3     4   5   4   4   4  0      94   33 
 2008-07-30    KCR  ND   5     5   3   3   3   4  0      83   46 
 2008-07-25    TEX  ND   5.1   9   5   1   5   5  2     103   38 
 2008-07-19   @NYY  ND   5     7   2   2   4   7  0      98   48 
 2008-07-11    LAA   W   7     2   2   2   3   7  0      96   69 
 2008-07-03   @SFG   L   5     4   4   3   2   2  0      69   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-33   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  38-45   vsLHP:  19-22   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 15-23   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Mon, Aug 18  @MIN  W   3-2       57-67  3rd 19.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   CHW  L   1-13      56-67  3rd 20.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16   CHW  L   1-2       56-66  3rd 20.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 15   CHW  W   6-4       56-65  3rd 19.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 14   TBR  L   6-7 (12)  55-65  3rd 20.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13   TBR  L   2-3       55-64  3rd 20.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12   TBR  W   2-1       55-63  3rd 20.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @DET  L   1-6       54-63  3rd 20.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @DET  L   2-10      54-62  3rd 19.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @DET  W   4-2       54-61  3rd 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24
Minnesota Twins, 70-54, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 9-8, 3.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-8)            114.1 107  50  50  17  79 15    3.94      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  41.2  41  22  22   8  25  5    4.75   50 
 2008-08-13    NYY   W   6     3   1   1   1   1  0      87   62 
 2008-08-08   @KCR   W   5.2   7   1   1   0   2  0      98   53 
 2008-08-02    CLE   L   6     6   5   5   0   7  2     100   47 
 2008-07-28    CHW   W   9     6   0   0   1   5  0     102   79 
 2008-07-22   @NYY   L   5.1   5   4   4   2   3  1      96   43 
 2008-07-10   @DET  ND   3.2   9   6   6   2   1  1      77   18 
 2008-07-05    CLE   W   6     5   5   5   2   6  1      92   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      0-0   6     5   1   1   2   3  1    1.50   59 
 2007-06-01   @OAK  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  1      99   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-23   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  48-39   vsLHP:  22-15   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest: 11-13 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Mon, Aug 18   OAK  L   2-3       70-54  2nd  1.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   SEA  W  11-8       70-53  1st    Tied
122 Sat, Aug 16   SEA  W   7-6       69-53  1st    Tied
121 Fri, Aug 15   SEA  W   9-3       68-53  1st    Tied
120 Wed, Aug 13   NYY  W   4-2       67-53  2nd  0.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   NYY  L   6-9 (12)  66-53  2nd  0.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   NYY  W   4-0       66-52  1st  0.5 up
117 Sun, Aug 10  @KCR  L   4-5 (12)  65-52  2nd  0.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @KCR  W   7-3       65-51  1st  0.5 up
115 Fri, Aug  8  @KCR  W   4-1       64-51  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 OAK  3 @MIN  2        W:Kirk Saarloos (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (9-7), S: Brad Ziegler (3)
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 OAK 11  MIN  2        W:Greg Smith (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 OAK  3  MIN  0        W:Chad Gaudin (2-1), L: Boof Bonser (1-4), S: Huston Street (6)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 MIN  5 @OAK  4        W:Juan Rincon (2-0), L: Joe Blanton (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (7)

Sun, Jul 15, 2007 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Pat Neshek (4-1), L: Joe Kennedy (2-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Carlos Silva (7-10), L: Joe Blanton (8-6), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 MIN  5  OAK  3        W:Johan Santana (11-6), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 MIN  6  OAK  2        W:Scott Baker (4-3), L: Chad Gaudin (8-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 OAK  4  MIN  2        W:Chad Gaudin (6-1), L: Johan Santana (6-5), S: Alan Embree (4)
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 OAK  1  MIN  0        W:Joe Blanton (5-3), L: Carlos Silva (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 3-1; 2007 - MIN won 5-2; 2006 - MIN won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 972-962

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  5.57

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.65

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .363

D. Wright  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .460

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

J. Kubel  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

C. Beltran  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

J. Campillo  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Oakland Athletics Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 388/276 .209/.305/.304/.609 .743/.554 .545 62/.456 0/1 5/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/43 .177/.227/.242/.469 .534/.434 .465 12/.258 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 17/.525 3/.000 9/.946 10/1.025 9/.111 4/1.417 382/247 .251/.296/.394/.690 .806/.625 .642 62/.883 4/1 11/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 7/.858 2/.000 5/.000 3/.666 475/342 .248/.305/.372/.677 .633/.694 .651 98/.705 6/3 7/
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 459/329 .233/.377/.444/.821 .800/.830 .742 80/.888 0/0 22/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 133/74 .220/.248/.291/.539 .594/.497 .470 16/.775 19/6 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 3/1.167 4/1.250 8/.750 5/.200 2/.000 492/350 .233/.320/.375/.696 .526/.761 .796 94/.632 14/2 12/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/192 .258/.291/.395/.686 .467/.773 .750 102/.683 4/0 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 411/312 .221/.306/.328/.634 .597/.646 .548 88/.561 2/0 5/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/68 .197/.306/.262/.568 .500/.572 .397 28/.416 4/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .125/.222/.250/.472 .200/.750 10/.472 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 456/335 .290/.357/.385/.742 .659/.771 .616 96/.885 2/3 6/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.917 1/no AB 4/.833 4/.250 8/.125 3/.333 249/179 .241/.349/.392/.741 .590/.802 .671 69/.552 0/0 8/
IP 114.1 66.1 96.2 33.2 50.0 62.0 53.0 35.0 TOTAL .242/.316/.365/.681 .641/.698 .668 .645 61/18 93/71
ERA-K/9 3.94/6.2 5.02/4.3 6.42/7.1 2.41/7.2 3.60/6.8 4.94/7.1 1.02/9.8 2.31/6.7 4.30/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (9-7-2)
 Suzuki (46-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.247 295/.307 444/.292 138/.218 216/.267 275/.276 203/.190 142/.238 .277  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Davis
 Patterson
57/1/49/8
0/58/30/4
69/0/3/3
3/64/1/2
15/1/0/1
OPS .706 .874 .783 .555 .744 .790 .532 .629 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.820 109/.823 208/.847 61/.522 78/.738 102/.735 106/.587 81/.526 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.620 186/.903 236/.728 77/.580 138/.745 173/.821 97/.474 61/.768 .749
Home 221/.652 151/.792 294/.737 74/.502 115/.698 146/.702 128/.482 77/.533 .705
Last 28d days 123/.597 32/.808 52/.735 41/.556 48/.786 53/1.182 47/.552 36/.513
HR/SB/CS 15/3/3 11/1/2 12/10/0 1/2/3 4/5/1 9/8/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 132/60/25
Usage ·····X·· ···o··o· ·X·o··X· o·X··oo· o·o··oX· ·X····X· ·X···XoX ·oo··oX·
Minnesota Twins Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
21.Saarloos
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 165/138 .302/.333/.403/.736 .264/.833 .661 61/.622 0/2 3/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 130/100 .211/.274/.330/.604 .651/.592 .588 47/.692 0/0 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 481/353 .250/.286/.338/.624 .693/.599 .655 63/.606 25/10 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 417/288 .264/.324/.391/.714 .732/.706 .703 69/.862 1/1 6/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 396/314 .278/.338/.483/.822 .626/.871 .872 80/.936 0/1 17/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 256/225 .237/.277/.328/.605 .263/.654 .465 26/1.114 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 11/.664 4/1.250 1/4.000 469/330 .325/.417/.459/.876 1.024/.808 1.002 91/.855 1/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 12/1.250 3/.666 1/2.000 540/362 .305/.389/.505/.894 .830/.927 .849 111/.867 0/1 19/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 8/.393 3/.000 1/.000 229/145 .270/.329/.392/.721 .730/.698 .784 112/.592 7/4 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 107/53 .277/.308/.327/.635 .668/.602 .736 33/.554 0/0 0/
56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 26/13 .360/.385/.440/.825 .846/.801 .831 26/.825 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 218/157 .319/.396/.452/.848 1.002/.791 .819 117/.818 9/4 2/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 479/351 .288/.333/.401/.734 .683/.752 .753 100/.699 13/4 7/
IP 88.0 22.1 28.2 46.2 38.0 11.1 53.2 42.0 TOTAL .279/.338/.411/.749 .724/.760 .772 .759 70/35 88/83
ERA-K/9 4.50/8.2 2.42/8.1 0.94/10.7 5.01/8.7 3.08/8.8 1.59/3.2 4.53/8.5 0.43/4.3 3.77/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (45-21-4)
 Redmond (15-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 400/.261 89/.158 109/.182 206/.270 168/.274 43/.171 228/.256 150/.191 .244  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Punto
116/0/0/8
0/114/0/7
13/0/28/2
0/12/48/2
0/3/0/0
OPS .772 .533 .460 .809 .770 .380 .746 .479 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.821 33/.289 45/.545 74/.772 73/.732 19/.485 101/.829 70/.546 .667
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.711 56/.676 64/.402 132/.830 95/.799 24/.297 127/.683 80/.422 .716
Road 206/.830 46/.616 56/.466 91/.929 77/.704 19/.316 95/.757 69/.536 .734
Last 28d days 91/.952 63/.548 21/.302 44/.961 45/.904 13/.462 54/.839 76/.555
HR/SB/CS 8/4/4 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/3/0 5/6/0 0/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 101/55/32
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·XX· ··o·o·o· o·o·oX·· ··X·X··· X······· o··XoX·· 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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