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Game Preview: SEA @ OAK, 4:05pm, Saturday, September 20, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Seattle Mariners, 57-96, 4th, 37 GB, 33 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (29, RHP, 4-15, 6.42)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-15)           150   209 110 107  30  65 20    6.42      
 2007 (13-14)          202   229  99  94  36  89 20    4.19      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  31.1  55  36  35  11  13  7   10.05   29 
 2008-09-15   @KCR   L   5.1   8   2   2   0   4  0      95   48 
 2008-09-01   @TEX  ND   4.2  10   6   6   4   2  2      98   18 
 2008-08-15   @MIN   L   3.1   9   9   9   1   0  1      76    5 
 2008-08-08    TBR   L   6     8   5   4   3   3  1      99   38 
 2008-08-03    BAL  ND   6.2   9   4   4   1   2  1     117   41 
 2008-07-29   @TEX  ND   2.1   7   6   6   1   1  1      42   19 
 2008-07-20    CLE   L   3     4   4   4   1   1  1      72   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      3-2  36.2  23   8   8   6  13  1    1.96   64 
 2008-07-08   @OAK   L   8     7   2   2   0   5  0      94   65 
 2008-04-17   @OAK   W   7     4   1   1   2   1  0      98   64 
 2007-07-14    OAK   W   6.2   2   3   3   2   4  0      90   60 
 2007-06-02   @OAK   L   8     5   1   1   1   2  0     101   69 
 2006-09-11    OAK   W   7     5   1   1   1   1  1      93   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-43   Road:   26-53   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  38-65   vsLHP:  19-31   1-Run:  17-27
 vsEast: 15-29   vsCntrl:15-28   vsWest: 18-30 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Fri, Sep 19  @OAK  L   0-2       57-96  4th 37.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18  @KCR  L   0-12      57-95  4th 36.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17  @KCR  L   2-5       57-94  4th 35.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 16  @KCR  L   3-6       57-93  4th 35.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 15  @KCR  L   0-3       57-92  4th 35.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 14  @LAA  L   3-4       57-91  4th 34.5 gb
147 Sat, Sep 13  @LAA  L   2-5       57-90  4th 33.5 gb
146 Fri, Sep 12  @LAA  L   3-5       57-89  4th 32.5 gb
145 Thu, Sep 11  @LAA  L   4-7       57-88  4th 31.5 gb
144 Wed, Sep 10   TEX  W   8-7       57-87  4th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Oakland Athletics, 72-81, 3rd, 22 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Kirk Saarloos (29, RHP, 1-0, 4.30)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             23    30  12  11   3  12  1    4.30      
 2007 (1-5)             42.2  54  36  34  19  27  8    7.17      
 2006 (7-7)            121.1 149  70  64  53  52 19    4.75      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  29    46  21  21  16  22  3    6.52   40 
 2007-09-15   @MIL   L   4     6   3   3   1   3  1      71   40 
 2007-05-27    PIT   L   0     5   5   5   2   0  1      38   18 
 2007-05-22    WSN  ND   5.1   6   3   3   2   2  0      78   44 
 2006-09-19    CLE  ND   5     8   2   2   4  11  0     113   50 
 2006-09-12   @MIN  ND   5.1   8   3   3   2   2  0      87   40 
 2006-09-05    TEX   L   3     7   4   4   3   1  1      60   27 
 2006-08-29    BOS   W   6.1   6   1   1   2   3  0      92   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      3-2  29.2  37  14  13   5  12  1    3.94   48 
 2006-08-15    SEA   W   6     8   2   2   0   1  1      82   49 
 2006-05-18    SEA   W   6.2   8   2   1   1   2  0      89   53 
 2005-09-30   @SEA   L   6     7   4   4   3   1  0     100   40 
 2005-06-23   @SEA   W   9     4   0   0   0   7  0     127   86 
 2002-06-23    SEA   L   2    10   6   6   1   1  0      51   12 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-38   Road:   31-43   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  47-55   vsLHP:  25-26   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:22-24   vsWest: 23-26 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Fri, Sep 19   SEA  W   2-0       72-81  3rd 22.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18   LAA  L   4-6       71-81  3rd 22.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17   LAA  W   3-2       71-80  3rd 21.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 16   LAA  W   8-1       70-80  3rd 22.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14   TEX  W   7-4       69-80  3rd 23.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13   TEX  W   7-1       68-80  3rd 23.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12   TEX  L   0-7       67-80  3rd 23.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 11   TEX  L   1-6       67-79  3rd 22.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 10  @DET  W   5-2       67-78  3rd 21.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep  9  @DET  W   3-2       66-78  3rd 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 OAK  2  SEA  0        W:Dana Eveland (9-8), L: Felix Hernandez (9-11), S: Brad Ziegler (10)
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 SEA  8  OAK  4        W:Felix Hernandez (8-8), L: Dan Meyer (0-2), S: J.J. Putz (9)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 OAK  5 @SEA  1        W:Dana Eveland (8-8), L: Jarrod Washburn (5-14), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 SEA  7  OAK  5        W:Roy Corcoran (4-0), L: Jerry Blevins (1-3), S: J.J. Putz (8)
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 OAK  2 @SEA  0        W:Greg Smith (6-12), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-2), S: Brad Ziegler (4)
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 OAK  3  SEA  2 (11)   W:Huston Street (2-2), L: Cesar Jimenez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 SEA  6 @OAK  4        W:Roy Corcoran (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (5-12), S: Brandon Morrow (8)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 OAK  2  SEA  0        W:Justin Duchscherer (10-5), L: Carlos Silva (4-11), S: none
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 OAK  4  SEA  3        W:Dana Eveland (7-5), L: Jarrod Washburn (4-8), S: Huston Street (17)
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 OAK  4 @SEA  2        W:Joe Blanton (2-4), L: Felix Hernandez (2-1), S: Huston Street (8)
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 8-6; 2007 - SEA won 14-5; 2006 - OAK won 17-2; All-Time - OAK leads 263-184

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  5.53

ATL  4.62

SDP  3.94

RA/G

TOR  3.83

SFG  4.64

TEX  6.03

BA

R. Furcal  .366

G. Anderson  .292

J. Towles  .139

OBP

C. Jones  .466

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .179

SLG

A. Pujols  .641

M. Cameron  .490

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.098

J. Damon  .844

T. Pena  .383

ERA

C. Lee  2.41

A. Cook  4.00

N. Robertson  6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.14

J. Shields  6.61

L. Hernandez  3.33

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Seattle Mariners Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Saarloos
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
60.Gray
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Balentien G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 239/162 .202/.251/.341/.592 .611/.583 .575 54/.415 0/1 7/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 23/.982 2/1.500 1/3.000 15/.277 2/1.000 7/.762 ··· 12/.583 2/1.000 612/441 .266/.327/.457/.784 .994/.704 .862 77/1.075 8/2 25/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 14/.895 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 11/.697 4/.250 552/392 .270/.289/.375/.664 .624/.680 .598 103/.715 3/2 6/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 100/58 .261/.303/.326/.629 .805/.492 .650 16/.517 0/1 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 4/.750 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 7/.533 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 230/133 .241/.308/.325/.633 .773/.532 .579 50/.676 5/2 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 224/177 .227/.295/.360/.654 .786/.617 .650 25/.593 0/1 5/
23.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 44/42 .231/.302/.333/.636 .000/.668 .635 34/.595 0/0 1/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 18/.771 3/.666 3/.000 18/.556 19/.505 2/.000 ··· 15/.481 2/.500 667/459 .306/.370/.503/.874 .919/.853 .844 108/.888 2/4 23/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 10/.733 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 6/.833 3/.000 382/261 .215/.265/.308/.573 .602/.560 .567 59/.626 2/0 5/
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/16 .056/.056/.056/.111 .000/.133 .167 19/.111 0/0 0/
39.LaHair* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 138/111 .242/.292/.320/.612 .322/.674 .755 42/.365 0/1 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 15/.857 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 17/.481 2/1.000 649/467 .297/.322/.435/.757 .772/.751 .680 101/.832 6/2 15/
8.Reed* G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.125 3/.333 285/261 .265/.312/.358/.670 .250/.711 .621 67/.539 2/3 2/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 21/.924 3/1.167 ··· 14/.690 13/1.442 4/.833 ··· 13/.658 2/1.000 707/494 .314/.365/.392/.757 .680/.790 .734 113/.744 43/4 6/
27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/20 .107/.138/.143/.281 .333/.255 .000 29/.281 0/0 0/
61.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/26 .120/.185/.200/.385 .000/.401 .436 27/.385 0/0 0/
IP 23.0 33.1 42.2 58.1 31.0 49.1 3.2 67.0 56.0 TOTAL .264/.317/.387/.704 .751/.685 .693 .681 89/29 117/94
ERA-K/9 4.30/4.7 2.97/8.4 0.63/10.1 4.47/8.3 4.06/6.7 3.28/7.5 4.91/9.7 3.90/8.9 0.80/4.5 3.87/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (12-8-2)
 Clement (18-2-5)
 Johjima (45-23-6)
 Johnson (9-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 101/.313 138/.213 156/.148 254/.248 133/.241 222/.289 18/.313 277/.234 214/.216 .249  Suzuki
 Ibanez
 Balentien
 Reed
 Cairo
0/69/83/11
146/0/0/9
3/26/34/6
6/51/14/2
2/0/1/0
OPS .705 .600 .382 .746 .810 .789 .951 .684 .571 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.769 52/.444 64/.502 86/.692 63/.631 95/.779 6/.500 119/.704 104/.713 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.648 86/.697 92/.302 168/.774 70/.971 127/.794 12/1.200 158/.669 110/.443 .726
Home 63/.683 59/.396 70/.416 138/.665 78/.761 105/.850 13/.801 149/.681 107/.550 .679
Last 28d days 58/.948 39/.558 41/.204 41/.554 22/1.118 43/.767 18/.951 45/.442 54/.753
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/4/1 7/3/1 5/9/0 1/0/0 6/6/3 1/1/0 124/68/38
Usage ········ ···o·oX· o·o··oX· ·X·o·X·o ·o······ ·X······ ·o·····X ··o··XX· X·X··XX·
Oakland Athletics Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
41.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
26.Messenger
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
60.Thomas*
G/S/vB
40.Wells
G/S/vB
49.Woods*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Baisley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/9 .167/.250/.167/.417 .473/.347 .558 20/.417 0/0 0/
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/1.071 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 493/346 .214/.314/.333/.647 .746/.605 .644 90/.857 1/1 9/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 87/59 .169/.207/.265/.472 .437/.489 .373 20/.500 0/0 1/
8.Brown G/S/vP 31/1.129 2/.500 2/.000 4/.833 3/.333 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.071 ··· ··· 6/1.133 438/272 .244/.297/.386/.682 .812/.601 .708 43/.449 4/2 13/
6.Buck* G/S/vP 7/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/93 .185/.256/.353/.609 .420/.691 .465 14/1.044 1/0 4/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 23/.272 19/1.169 ··· 11/1.445 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 4/.250 572/406 .240/.299/.354/.653 .661/.650 .679 81/.532 6/3 7/
57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/52 .290/.353/.452/.805 .625/.863 .847 68/.805 2/0 1/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 11/.586 15/1.378 2/.500 3/.667 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 563/403 .228/.368/.458/.826 .789/.841 .878 93/.874 0/0 29/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 226/139 .243/.272/.346/.618 .622/.616 .519 84/.685 29/6 3/
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 62/34 .264/.350/.302/.652 .490/.795 .689 4/.833 2/0 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 26/.391 22/.654 1/.000 10/.522 10/1.000 2/1.500 3/.333 1/.000 11/.182 ··· ··· 10/.522 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .609 1/.000 14/2 12/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 297/210 .243/.274/.366/.640 .436/.725 .641 15/.267 4/1 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 5/.800 7/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 497/374 .218/.306/.343/.648 .567/.675 .679 81/.723 2/0 9/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 148/125 .192/.284/.246/.530 .478/.539 .500 67/.496 10/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/50 .254/.341/.296/.637 .548/.697 .582 62/.714 2/1 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.625 12/.664 2/1.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 564/411 .284/.352/.375/.727 .626/.764 .833 92/.653 2/3 7/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 12/.666 5/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 401/306 .299/.361/.400/.761 .546/.827 .729 81/.957 8/1 5/
IP 150.0 113.0 65.2 106.2 72.2 28.1 58.2 9.1 42.1 2.1 8.1 19.0 TOTAL .241/.317/.366/.682 .636/.702 .688 .707 83/21 117/93
ERA-K/9 6.42/3.9 6.21/5.8 3.29/4.8 5.23/4.7 4.83/7.4 3.18/7.3 5.52/7.5 2.89/3.9 3.83/10.2 7.71/3.9 8.64/5.4 6.16/4.3 4.71/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (13-8-2)
 Suzuki (55-30-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 672/.332 545/.296 285/.238 476/.285 329/.261 116/.257 282/.305 41/.324 194/.261 13/.455 44/.314 87/.293 .276  Brown
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Gonzalez
 Davis
 Buck
 Patterson
 Denorfia
 Cunningham
65/1/55/10
13/47/70/5
78/0/5/4
0/64/36/4
3/88/1/4
7/0/29/2
17/1/0/1
12/10/2/1
14/0/2/0
OPS .873 .902 .641 .807 .700 .693 .838 .769 .748 1.175 .943 .964 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.948 296/.946 130/.690 239/.794 141/.846 60/.853 132/1.012 19/.649 105/.811 9/1.306 15/.883 44/.900 .839
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.785 249/.851 155/.599 237/.820 188/.590 56/.525 150/.678 22/.876 89/.673 4/.833 29/.973 43/1.036 .736
Road 398/.908 281/.898 143/.539 235/.809 147/.809 35/.797 128/.980 17/.828 74/.884 11/.990 13/.872 47/1.047 .817
Last 28d days 50/1.027 52/.740 58/.734 26/.492 46/1.064 27/.667 21/.803 41/.769 28/.438 13/1.175 21/1.274 18/.833
HR/SB/CS 20/8/2 18/18/2 1/1/0 14/5/7 3/2/1 2/1/2 5/5/0 0/1/2 3/0/2 0/0/0 2/2/0 5/0/0 151/84/35
Usage ····X··· ··X····o ··X··X·X ·o····X· ·X··X··· ···X···· ·X··o··· ···o··X· ···o···· ··o·o··· ·X··o··· ·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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