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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 10:10pm, Thursday, August 21, 2008 @Safeco Field

Oakland Athletics, 57-69, 3rd, 20½ GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 5-12, 3.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-12)           142.2 123  65  62  67  91 16    3.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  38.1  36  20  20  21  19  6    4.70   47 
 2008-08-16    CHW   L   5     8   2   2   2   1  0     100   42 
 2008-08-10   @DET   L   4.2   3   1   1   7   2  1      95   49 
 2008-08-05   @TOR  ND   6     4   2   2   2   4  0      87   58 
 2008-07-29    KCR   L   7     4   5   5   2   5  2      94   52 
 2008-07-23   @TBR   L   6     5   4   4   2   4  2     102   48 
 2008-07-18   @NYY   L   3.2   8   6   6   5   1  1      88   17 
 2008-07-10    SEA  ND   6     4   0   0   1   2  0      89   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      0-0   6     4   0   0   1   2  0    0.00   65 
 2008-07-10    SEA  ND   6     4   0   0   1   2  0      89   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-33   Road:   23-36   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  38-46   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 15-23   vsCntrl:18-18   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 20  @MIN  L   1-3       57-69  3rd 20.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @MIN  L   2-13      57-68  3rd 19.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24
Seattle Mariners, 46-80, 4th, 31½ GB, 26½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (25, LHP, 2-1, 4.11)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             65.2  67  32  30  29  48  6    4.11      
 2007 (1-0)             38.2  39  19  17  15  42  4    3.96      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0  19.1  26  13  13   8   9  3    6.05   40 
 2008-08-16   @MIN  ND   5    10   5   5   2   1  1      89   26 
 2008-08-09    TBR  ND   5.2   7   4   4   2   5  1     105   42 
 2008-07-06    DET  ND   5     5   1   1   3   2  1      83   52 
 2008-07-01    TOR  ND   3.2   4   3   3   1   1  0      62   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK    Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-38   Road:   22-42   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  34-54   vsLHP:  12-26   1-Run:  13-24
 vsEast: 13-28   vsCntrl:10-23   vsWest: 14-20 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 20  @CHW  L   3-15      46-80  4th 31.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @CHW  L   0-5       46-79  4th 30.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18  @CHW  L   5-13      46-78  4th 30.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17  @MIN  L   8-11      46-77  4th 30.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16  @MIN  L   6-7       46-76  4th 30.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 15  @MIN  L   3-9       46-75  4th 29.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13  @LAA  W  10-7 (12)  46-74  4th 29.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12  @LAA  L   3-7       45-74  4th 30.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   TBR  L   3-11      45-73  4th 29.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   TBR  L   7-8 (11)  45-72  4th 28.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 SEA  5  OAK  3        W:Erik Bedard (2-0), L: Justin Duchscherer (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 OAK  4 @SEA  3        W:Dana Eveland (3-1), L: Miguel Batista (2-3), S: Huston Street (7)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 SEA  8 @OAK  1        W:Carlos Silva (3-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 SEA  4 @OAK  2        W:Felix Hernandez (2-0), L: Joe Blanton (1-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 SEA  9 @OAK  5        W:Felix Hernandez (13-7), L: Dan Meyer (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 5-4; 2007 - SEA won 14-5; 2006 - OAK won 17-2; All-Time - OAK leads 260-182

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  5.58

ARI  4.66

WSN  3.67

RA/G

TOR  3.91

MIN  4.60

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .362

D. Wright  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

K. Fukudome  .365

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

C. Delgado  .482

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.069

D. Pedroia  .834

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

D. Lowe  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Oakland Athletics Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Rowland-Smith*
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
20.Putz
G/S/vB
49.Woods*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/.533 7/1.071 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 395/281 .205/.302/.299/.601 .742/.543 .530 69/.426 0/1 5/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 67/44 .175/.224/.238/.462 .534/.424 .452 13/.237 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 6/.900 6/1.133 386/248 .254/.301/.397/.697 .829/.622 .659 62/.852 4/1 11/
7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 19/1.169 ··· 10/1.600 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/.250 482/346 .246/.303/.368/.671 .618/.691 .640 96/.694 6/3 7/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 15/1.378 1/.000 3/.667 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 466/332 .232/.376/.440/.816 .801/.821 .732 79/.885 0/0 22/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 137/76 .214/.241/.282/.523 .573/.483 .439 19/.649 20/6 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 4/.500 22/.654 1/.000 10/.522 9/1.111 2/1.500 3/.333 11/.182 10/.522 501/356 .236/.323/.378/.700 .547/.760 .802 103/.659 14/2 12/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 274/197 .253/.286/.387/.673 .467/.753 .720 98/.574 4/0 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 4/1.750 7/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 415/316 .222/.306/.330/.635 .597/.648 .553 85/.531 2/0 5/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/72 .200/.303/.262/.564 .500/.568 .423 32/.429 4/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/7 .154/.214/.231/.445 .452/.429 .400 15/.445 1/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 1/2.000 12/.664 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 464/340 .287/.353/.388/.740 .642/.775 .617 95/.841 2/3 7/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 2/.000 25/1.082 ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/1.000 6/2.000 257/184 .233/.342/.379/.721 .565/.786 .638 77/.508 0/0 8/
IP 65.2 100.1 51.0 99.0 62.2 20.1 54.1 33.2 15.0 TOTAL .241/.314/.363/.677 .641/.693 .661 .624 63/18 94/71
ERA-K/9 4.11/6.6 6.55/5.7 3.71/5.5 5.55/5.0 3.16/7.6 3.98/6.7 5.47/7.6 4.28/10.4 6.60/4.8 4.77/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (9-7-2)
 Suzuki (48-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.265 493/.303 220/.237 450/.292 272/.233 84/.250 261/.302 162/.281 69/.305 .276  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Davis
 Patterson
58/1/49/9
0/60/31/4
69/0/5/3
3/66/1/2
16/1/0/1
OPS .737 .920 .624 .826 .631 .695 .840 .802 .999 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.872 267/.969 96/.646 232/.806 117/.748 45/.909 125/1.013 87/.870 30/.867 .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.654 226/.864 124/.607 218/.847 155/.541 39/.455 136/.674 75/.723 39/1.113 .738
Home 153/.760 233/.943 107/.754 232/.833 156/.550 54/.642 143/.692 99/.723 30/.880 .749
Last 28d days 53/.957 95/.921 84/.653 149/1.011 32/.688 38/1.016 50/1.244 59/.944 69/.999
HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 16/15/2 1/1/0 14/5/6 3/0/1 2/0/0 5/4/0 2/0/2 4/0/0 123/65/22
Usage ····X··· X·XXo··· o···X··X X··X·X·· ·X··o··X ·X··X··o ·o·X···· X··X···o X·X··X··
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Smith*
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
50.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/136 .218/.270/.394/.664 .715/.648 .699 61/.761 0/0 7/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 15/.277 7/.762 21/.981 11/.637 1/2.000 527/391 .247/.315/.419/.734 .948/.662 .649 109/.629 8/1 20/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 12/1.053 10/.633 1/no AB 440/324 .266/.282/.368/.650 .603/.667 .745 83/.677 2/2 4/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 84/48 .260/.313/.338/.651 .829/.506 .629 19/.627 0/1 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 173/109 .242/.321/.302/.623 .743/.555 .685 53/.713 4/2 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 191/159 .224/.288/.362/.650 .719/.634 .620 59/.759 0/0 5/
23.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .143/.333/.143/.476 .000/.629 .667 6/.333 0/0 0/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 18/.556 2/.000 16/.650 15/.481 1/.000 551/387 .304/.367/.512/.879 .953/.847 .898 113/1.179 1/3 20/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 9/.583 6/.833 2/.000 319/228 .215/.261/.310/.571 .575/.569 .580 45/.868 2/0 4/
39.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/74 .282/.337/.388/.725 .289/.822 .504 79/.779 0/1 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.250 14/.539 17/.481 1/.000 540/393 .294/.318/.419/.738 .805/.713 .823 105/.778 5/1 10/
8.Reed* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 7/.715 8/1.125 1/no AB 217/195 .281/.326/.387/.713 .273/.765 .769 81/.829 1/1 2/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 13/.749 4/.833 20/.924 12/.717 ··· 585/421 .312/.365/.387/.753 .647/.793 .795 123/.826 38/3 5/
IP 142.2 22.1 29.2 47.2 40.0 11.1 55.0 42.0 TOTAL .265/.319/.388/.707 .756/.689 .714 .798 79/21 99/82
ERA-K/9 3.91/5.7 2.42/8.1 0.91/10.3 4.91/8.7 3.60/8.3 1.59/3.2 4.42/8.7 0.43/4.3 3.84/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (9-7-2)
 Clement (18-2-5)
 Johjima (38-13-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 600/.237 89/.158 112/.178 209/.265 179/.288 43/.171 232/.251 150/.191 .245  Suzuki
 Ibanez
 Balentien
 Reed
 Cairo
0/69/56/8
121/0/0/8
1/10/33/6
6/34/14/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .714 .533 .458 .796 .794 .380 .732 .479 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.602 33/.289 47/.548 75/.761 81/.791 19/.485 103/.811 70/.546 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 473/.746 56/.676 65/.396 134/.816 98/.795 24/.297 129/.672 80/.422 .718
Road 346/.720 46/.616 59/.462 94/.896 88/.763 19/.316 99/.723 69/.536 .741
Last 28d days 97/.785 56/.584 24/.308 44/.923 53/.953 13/.462 55/.821 67/.551
HR/SB/CS 16/10/10 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/3/0 5/6/0 0/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 103/57/32
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·X ·o··o·o· X·o·o·oX ·X··X·X· ··X····· o·o··XoX ··X···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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