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Game Preview: OAK @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Oakland Athletics, 4-4, 1st, Tied

SP: (, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-4    Road:    1-0    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  W   9-8        4-4   1st    Tied
  7 Sun, Apr  6   CLE  L   1-2        3-4   1st    Tied
  6 Sat, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-1        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Fri, Apr  4   CLE  W   6-3        2-3   1st    Tied
  4 Wed, Apr  2   BOS  L   0-5        1-3   1st    Tied
  3 Tue, Apr  1   BOS  L   1-2        1-2   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Mar 26   BOS  W   5-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Tue, Mar 25   BOS  L   5-6 (10)   0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-4    Last 20: 4-4    Last 30: 4-4 
Toronto Blue Jays, 4-3, 1st, Tied

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 0-0, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              6     4   2   2   3   4  0    3.00      
 2007 (12-10)          169.2 146  80  77  61 144 14    4.08      
 2006 (1-2)             27.1  35  27  22  25  22  2    7.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  46.1  34  20  19  16  45  2    3.69   58 
 2008-04-03    NYY  ND   6     4   2   2   3   4  0      99   57 
 2007-09-28    TBD   W   6     6   4   3   2   6  2      93   50 
 2007-09-23    NYY   L   4.1   6   6   6   6   5  0     112   26 
 2007-09-17    BOS   W   9     5   1   1   0   9  0     122   82 
 2007-09-12    NYY   L   5     3   4   4   3   6  0      99   48 
 2007-09-07    TBD   W   8     4   2   2   1  12  0     110   77 
 2007-09-01    SEA   W   8     6   1   1   1   3  0     102   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-1  16.1  14   8   8  10  15  0    4.41   51 
 2007-08-21    OAK  ND   5     5   3   3   4   7  0      95   48 
 2007-07-04    OAK   W   7     4   0   0   2   4  0     101   71 
 2006-07-29    OAK   L   4.1   5   5   5   4   4  0      78   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-1    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Tue, Apr  8   OAK  L   8-9        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6   BOS  W   7-4        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   BOS  W  10-2        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   BOS  W   6-3        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @NYY  L   2-3        1-2   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @NYY  W   5-2        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @NYY  L   2-3        0-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 OAK  9 @TOR  8        W:Alan Embree (1-1), L: Jeremy Accardo (0-1), S: Huston Street (1)

Wed, Aug 29, 2007 OAK  5  TOR  4 (11)   W:Ruddy Lugo , L: Jason Frasor , S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TOR  5 @OAK  4        W:Brian Wolfe , L: Andrew Brown , S: Casey Janssen 
Mon, Aug 27, 2007 TOR  6 @OAK  2 (12)   W:Jeremy Accardo , L: Alan Embree , S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 OAK  4 @TOR  1        W:Esteban Loaiza , L: A.J. Burnett , S: Alan Embree 
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 OAK  6 @TOR  4        W:Danny Haren , L: Brian Tallet , S: Huston Street 
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 OAK  6 @TOR  4        W:Joe Blanton , L: Shaun Marcum , S: Huston Street 
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 TOR 10 @OAK  3        W:Dustin McGowan , L: Joe Kennedy , S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 OAK  3  TOR  1        W:Joe Blanton , L: Jesse Litsch , S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 TOR 11 @OAK  7        W:Josh Towers , L: Lenny DiNardo , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 1-0; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 184-151

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
59.Wells
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 84/50 .347/.429/.639/1.067 1.034/1.087 1.333 / 1/0 4/0
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/132 .231/.344/.372/.716 .774/.690 .867 / 1/2 4/5
8.Brown G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 397/237 .257/.300/.347/.647 .823/.529 .652 / 12/2 6/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .946 / 4/1 7/0
7.Crosby G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 3/.333 8/.250 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 374/268 .226/.278/.341/.619 .647/.608 .588 / 10/2 8/14
32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/.333 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 507/344 .256/.408/.504/.912 .786/.971 .779 / 0/2 26/4
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Ellis G/S/vP 9/.944 3/1.000 1/.000 7/.500 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 642/470 .276/.336/.441/.777 .984/.704 .806 / 9/4 19/5
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 169/130 .278/.369/.424/.793 1.050/.712 .779 / 1/0 3/3
11.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.666 4/1.500 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 495/316 .236/.349/.418/.768 .783/.758 .796 / 0/0 18/4
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 132/85 .220/.290/.441/.731 .968/.595 .770 / 1/0 6/5
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 248/187 .249/.327/.408/.735 .623/.772 .755 / 0/0 7/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 2/1.000 3/.667 2/.500 ··· ··· 289/198 .260/.315/.404/.719 .822/.672 .757 / 0/0 7/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 49/43 .200/.265/.333/.599 .500/.612 .656 / 0/1 1/0
IP 169.2 67.1 58.0 57.0 11.2 62.1 45.1 TOTAL .235/.321/.360/.681 .625/.718 .952 .681 1/1 5/4
ERA-K/9 4.08/7.6 2.14/7.6 2.17/8.8 4.58/9.3 6.17/5.4 3.47/7.8 /0.0 2.98/4.4 3.69/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (34-5-3)
 Suzuki (29-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.230 275/.206 239/.223 242/.220 58/.380 267/.215 / 174/.224 .249  Brown
 Buck
 Sweeney
 Cust
78/0/21/8
18/5/65/3
11/3/0/1
14/0/48/1
OPS .644 .558 .592 .631 .968 .611 .643 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 377/.758 137/.419 126/.548 113/.721 27/1.190 106/.697 / 75/1.023 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.514 138/.697 113/.639 129/.556 31/.766 161/.555 / 99/.356 .700
Home 345/.601 127/.495 131/.525 123/.623 28/1.055 129/.481 / 93/.639 .760
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/29/1 4/10/1 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/1 1/9/1 // 5/0/0 6/0/2
Usage ·····X·· X·X·o·X· ·····o·o ···X···· X······· X··oo·X· ···o···· X··X·o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (5.71 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Brown
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
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
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .644 / 0/1 4/0
21.Coats* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/27 .206/.263/.324/.587 1.345/.273 .375 / 0/0 0/1
11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.000 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .816 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP 3/1.667 12/2.450 4/1.250 6/.666 1/.000 7/.715 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .836 / 4/3 17/14
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 3/.333 8/.625 2/.000 1/.000 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .624 / 7/2 1/9
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 5/1.200 7/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/2.667 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .658 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP 4/.500 9/1.431 10/.600 7/.715 ··· 4/.833 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .842 / 17/4 24/7
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 ··· ··· 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .653 / 2/1 7/14
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 11/1.031 ··· 5/1.800 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .918 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 12/1.310 ··· 3/.000 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .629 / 11/3 12/4
35.Thomas G/S/vP 2/1.500 5/1.100 6/2.000 2/5.000 ··· 4/.000 624/480 .277/.377/.480/.857 1.062/.796 .944 / 0/0 26/
10.Wells G/S/vP 2/.000 12/1.227 20/.906 17/.301 2/.500 10/.500 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .700 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 2/.500 6/1.000 9/1.194 11/.384 1/.000 7/.143 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .856 / 0/0 10/8
IP 41.2 131.1 68.0 50.2 50.0 TOTAL .265/.336/.419/.755 1.091/.738 .837 .755 7/3 8/3
ERA-K/9 4.54/9.3 4.11/4.0 3.97/6.8 /0.0 4.44/9.2 2.88/11.3 3.33/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (12-7-1)
 Zaun (73-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.245 555/.278 284/.258 / 219/.224 199/.190 .252  Rios
 Wells
 Stewart
 Stairs
 Coats
 Scutaro
0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
5/2/5/2
6/0/4/0
OPS .691 .750 .681 .676 .543 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.667 116/.835 80/.581 / 79/.695 97/.702 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.709 439/.727 204/.720 / 140/.665 102/.400 .752
Road 85/.720 249/.833 143/.788 / 117/.810 100/.581 .929
Last 28d days / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 1/3/0 13/3/3 5/4/1 // 6/9/0 5/5/2 9/2/1
Usage X·oX··o· ······X· X·o·o·X· o··XX··X ··o·X·oX X···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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