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Game Preview: OAK @ SFG, 9:05pm, Saturday, June 14, 2008 @AT&T Park

Oakland Athletics, 36-31, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 3-0, 2.85)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             47.1  39  15  15  21  58  4    2.85      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  41.1  36  14  14  18  49  3    3.05   58 
 2008-06-08    LAA  ND   6     6   3   3   3   9  1      99   54 
 2008-06-02    DET  ND   6.2   5   2   2   3   8  1     115   61 
 2008-05-28    TOR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   5  0     100   68 
 2008-05-23    BOS   W   6     4   2   2   3   8  1     105   61 
 2008-05-17   @ATL   W   7     4   1   1   1   8  0     102   72 
 2008-05-11   @TEX  ND   3.2   8   5   5   4   5  0      90   26 
 2008-04-02    BOS  ND   5     4   0   0   4   6  0      86   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SFG      1-0  15.1   4   3   2   6   9  0    1.17   64 
 2005-06-26    SFG   W   7     1   0   0   1   3  0      76   77 
 2004-07-03   @SFG  ND   6     2   2   2   4   3  0      90   59 
 2004-06-26    SFG  ND   2.1   1   1   0   1   3  0      35   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-17   Road:   14-14   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  24-19   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  8-13 IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 13  @SFG  W   5-1       36-31  2nd  4.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 12   NYY  L   1-4       35-31  2nd  5.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11   NYY  W   8-4       35-30  2nd  5.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10   NYY  L   1-3       34-30  2nd  5.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8   LAA  W   7-3 (12)  34-29  2nd  4.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7   LAA  L   3-5       33-29  2nd  5.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6   LAA  L   1-3       33-28  2nd  4.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   DET  W  10-2       33-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   DET  W   5-4 (11)  32-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2   DET  W   3-2       31-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
San Francisco Giants, 30-38, 3rd, 7 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 3-4, 4.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-4)             85.1  80  43  42  40  74 12    4.43      
 2007 (7-16)           200   173  84  81  79 163 14    3.65      
 2006 (13-12)          190.2 157  93  88  87 179 18    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  45.2  47  24  24  16  37  7    4.73   50 
 2008-06-09   @WSN   W   6.1   8   1   1   1   6  0     105   58 
 2008-06-04    NYM   L   5     5   5   5   4   3  1      93   36 
 2008-05-30    SDP  ND   7     7   3   3   1   6  0     103   56 
 2008-05-25   @FLA  ND   6     5   2   2   2   6  1      96   58 
 2008-05-18    CHW  ND   7     6   6   6   3   6  4     115   44 
 2008-05-13    HOU   W   8     7   2   2   4   5  1     114   61 
 2008-05-08   @PIT   L   6.1   9   5   5   1   5  0     113   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-3  27.2  17  10  10  16  27  2    3.25   61 
 2007-06-10    OAK   L   8     5   1   1   3   8  1     123   73 
 2007-05-19   @OAK   L   6.1   6   3   3   4   9  1     119   54 
 2006-06-25    OAK   L   4.1   5   6   6   6   5  0     102   28 
 2006-05-21   @OAK   W   9     1   0   0   3   5  0     120   87 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-20   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  20-27   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl: 6-14   vsWest: 15-13 IL: 0-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Fri, Jun 13   OAK  L   1-5       30-38  3rd  7.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @COL  W  10-7       30-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @COL  L   0-1       29-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @COL  L   5-10      29-36  3rd  6.0 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @WSN  W   3-2       29-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @WSN  W   6-3       28-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @WSN  W   6-0       27-35  3rd  7.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @WSN  W  10-1       26-35  3rd  7.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   NYM  L   3-5       25-35  3rd  7.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   NYM  L   6-9       25-34  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 OAK  5 @SFG  1        W:Greg Smith (4-5), L: Barry Zito (2-10), S: none

Sun, Jun 10, 2007 OAK  2 @SFG  0        W:Santiago Casilla (2-0), L: Matt Cain (2-6), S: Alan Embree (7)
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 OAK  6 @SFG  0        W:Danny Haren (7-2), L: Barry Zito (6-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 OAK  5 @SFG  3 (10)   W:Kiko Calero (1-4), L: Brad Hennessey (1-2), S: Alan Embree (6)
Sun, May 20, 2007 SFG  4 @OAK  1        W:Matt Morris (5-1), L: Joe Kennedy (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 OAK  4  SFG  2        W:Danny Haren (4-2), L: Matt Cain (2-4), S: Alan Embree (1)
Fri, May 18, 2007 OAK 15  SFG  3        W:Chad Gaudin (3-1), L: Barry Zito (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 25, 2006 OAK 10 @SFG  4        W:Esteban Loaiza (3-4), L: Matt Cain (6-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 SFG  8  OAK  7        W:Tim Worrell (3-2), L: Huston Street (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 OAK  4 @SFG  3        W:Kiko Calero (2-1), L: Armando Benitez (4-1), S: Huston Street (18)
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 1-0; 2007 - OAK won 5-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - OAK leads 35-28

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

HOU  4.51

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.68

NYY  4.57

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .414

J. Rollins  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .500

L. Gonzalez  .348

R. Cano  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .711

F. Thomas  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.165

S. Drew  .800

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

J. Moyer  4.12

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB
31.Chulk
G/S/vB
52.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB
16.Misch*
G/S/vB
34.Sadler
G/S/vB
37.Taschner*
G/S/vB
45.Walker
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
22.Yabu
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 250/182 .235/.341/.347/.689 .833/.634 .680 80/.774 0/0 3/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 32/21 .258/.281/.323/.604 .727/.538 .583 13/.923 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 244/166 .245/.283/.367/.650 .685/.633 .603 76/.610 3/0 5/
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 11/.455 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 51/36 .277/.333/.426/.759 .900/.699 .706 51/.759 0/0 1/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 12/.349 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 290/208 .259/.317/.372/.689 .762/.661 .657 109/.621 5/3 3/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 247/175 .257/.417/.466/.883 .773/.927 .786 98/1.003 0/0 11/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/37 .188/.208/.232/.440 .377/.500 .258 19/.316 11/1 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.200 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 257/178 .254/.340/.415/.755 .553/.840 .914 82/.859 6/2 6/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/33 .260/.275/.420/.695 .389/.865 .933 52/.695 0/0 0/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 226/171 .230/.339/.342/.682 .659/.689 .755 99/.598 1/0 3/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/11 .353/.389/.412/.801 .762/.818 1.750 18/.801 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/178 .249/.313/.298/.611 .521/.645 .487 81/.640 2/2 1/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/127 .289/.347/.398/.746 .663/.758 .772 41/.836 3/0 2/
IP 85.1 29.0 10.0 47.0 15.1 22.2 28.0 27.2 36.1 TOTAL .253/.331/.375/.706 .647/.733 .704 .736 31/8 46/41
ERA-K/9 4.43/7.8 4.66/4.3 3.60/15.3 5.94/6.7 4.11/8.8 2.78/8.7 5.14/8.0 3.90/10.1 1.98/6.2 4.26/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (4-1-0)
 Suzuki (28-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 370/.249 126/.252 39/.176 209/.274 67/.170 98/.229 118/.241 118/.230 148/.200 .258  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Davis
 Sweeney
35/1/40/5
0/13/6/2
47/0/0/2
3/37/1/1
1/41/18/0
OPS .761 .774 .590 .797 .630 .671 .716 .624 .593 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.764 43/.729 24/.673 56/.713 23/.515 50/.508 39/1.207 58/.536 53/.783 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.757 83/.797 15/.467 153/.829 44/.694 48/.830 79/.477 60/.704 95/.490 .761
Home 192/.799 60/.624 19/.753 121/.673 38/.690 48/.822 51/.927 58/.628 85/.640 .738
Last 28d days 133/.833 59/.847 36/.583 113/.790 43/.559 31/.460 48/.726 44/.638 45/.604
HR/SB/CS 12/0/3 5/1/0 2/0/0 10/5/0 2/3/1 2/5/0 4/1/0 2/0/1 2/1/0 67/42/9
Usage ····X··· o··X···· X··Xo··o X··X··o· ·X·o···o ·oo··X·· ·oo·X·o· ·o··oX·· ·oX·oX··
San Francisco Giants Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 5/.800 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 183/124 .261/.333/.400/.733 .842/.685 .557 68/.843 1/1 5/
21.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 168/153 .260/.310/.429/.738 .354/.774 .709 69/.727 1/0 6/
7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/55 .282/.345/.333/.678 .938/.531 .604 31/.836 6/2 0/
12.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 255/181 .267/.322/.441/.762 .714/.782 .816 105/.782 1/1 5/
28.Denker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/17 .304/.333/.652/.986 1.571/.732 1.455 24/.986 0/0 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 8/.536 ··· 3/.333 4/1.500 1/.000 6/.533 2/5.000 ··· 201/151 .305/.388/.424/.812 .916/.778 .830 98/.843 5/1 2/
20.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/55 .217/.319/.367/.686 1.262/.541 .939 25/.480 0/1 1/
49.Horwitz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/14 .353/.368/.706/1.074 1.400/.940 .824 19/1.074 0/0 2/
14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· 255/216 .278/.357/.458/.815 .526/.863 .916 96/.807 12/2 5/
1.Molina G/S/vP 17/.411 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 16/.134 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 237/173 .317/.346/.475/.821 .834/.816 .680 94/.995 0/0 6/
33.Rowand G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 256/186 .314/.379/.498/.877 1.273/.732 .750 105/.805 1/3 8/
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 2/.500 10/.700 19/.368 10/.422 4/.000 ··· 106/75 .200/.282/.233/.515 .472/.534 .664 80/.393 2/0 0/
2.Winn# G/S/vP 13/.693 ··· 5/.650 11/.182 16/.277 15/.708 1/.000 ··· 271/194 .296/.351/.449/.799 .906/.756 .772 112/.901 10/1 5/
IP 47.1 22.0 2.2 27.2 21.1 54.0 29.1 7.1 TOTAL .262/.326/.401/.727 .793/.704 .718 .762 57/22 48/37
ERA-K/9 2.85/11.0 2.05/7.0 6.75/13.3 3.90/8.8 2.95/6.8 3.17/6.3 3.38/10.4 0.00/2.5 3.40/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holm (17-0-0)
 Molina (25-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.224 89/.184 12/.111 116/.235 90/.215 222/.250 114/.192 23/.158 .236  Lewis
 Winn
 Rowand
 Bowker
 Horwitz
56/7/1/5
0/5/61/2
0/62/0/1
1/0/10/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .653 .574 .556 .692 .670 .657 .632 .375 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.746 45/.541 4/1.750 40/.651 42/.563 119/.614 55/.862 8/.393 .627
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.564 44/.593 8/.125 76/.714 48/.761 103/.708 59/.425 15/.367 .678
Road 48/.750 34/.639 5/.200 48/.889 34/.805 113/.716 44/.535 1/2.000 .713
Last 28d days 128/.579 13/.154 12/.556 38/.712 51/.626 61/.674 43/.534 23/.375
HR/SB/CS 4/2/3 2/0/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 5/1/3 4/2/1 0/1/0 44/32/19
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··X·· ··o····· ··oo·X·· o··X·Xo· X··X···X o····X·· ·o···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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