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Game Preview: OAK @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Oakland Athletics, 53-59, 3rd, 16½ GB, 11 GB in WC

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:   32-29   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  36-39   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  5  @TOR  L   3-4       53-59  3rd 16.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4  @TOR  L   1-6       53-58  3rd 16.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @BOS  L   2-5       53-57  3rd 15.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @BOS  L   2-12      53-56  3rd 15.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @BOS  L   1-2 (12)  53-55  3rd 15.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   KCR  L   3-4 (10)  53-54  3rd 14.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   KCR  L   2-5       53-53  3rd 13.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   KCR  L   2-4       53-52  3rd 12.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   TEX  W   6-5       53-51  3rd 11.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   TEX  L   4-9       52-51  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 8-22
Toronto Blue Jays, 57-56, 4th, 10½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (26, RHP, 5-5, 3.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-5)            113.1  93  48  45  34  93 16    3.57      
 2007 (12-6)           159   149  76  73  49 122 27    4.13      
 2006 (3-4)             78.1  87  44  44  38  65 14    5.06      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  41.2  52  25  24  13  28  8    5.18   45 
 2008-08-01   @TEX  ND   4.1   7   6   6   1   2  1      81   26 
 2008-07-27    SEA   L   5.2   6   4   4   3   2  1      94   40 
 2008-07-22   @BAL  ND   4.2   8   7   6   3   3  3      77   22 
 2008-06-18   @MIL   L   6     6   4   4   1   6  2     103   49 
 2008-06-11    SEA  ND   7     7   1   1   2   9  0      97   66 
 2008-06-06    BAL  ND   7     7   1   1   2   4  0     100   61 
 2008-05-31   @LAA  ND   7    11   2   2   1   2  1      93   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      0-1  14.2  20   9   9   4  16  2    5.52   45 
 2008-04-10    OAK  ND   7     6   1   1   1   8  0     105   68 
 2007-08-20    OAK   L   3     9   6   6   1   4  2      75   20 
 2006-07-28   @OAK  ND   4.2   5   2   2   2   4  0      90   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-23   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  46-38   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 15-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  5   OAK  W   4-3       57-56  4th 10.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4   OAK  W   6-1       56-56  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TEX  L   4-8       55-56  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TEX  W   6-4       55-55  4th 10.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @TEX  L   8-9       54-55  4th 10.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   TBR  L   2-3       54-54  4th  9.5 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29   TBR  L   0-3       54-53  4th  8.5 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   TBR  W   3-1       54-52  4th  7.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27   SEA  L   1-5       53-52  4th  8.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26   SEA  W   8-3       53-51  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TOR  4  OAK  3        W:Jesse Carlson (4-1), L: Huston Street (2-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 TOR  6  OAK  1        W:Roy Halladay (13-8), L: Sean Gallagher (4-5), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2008 TOR 12 @OAK  0        W:Jesse Litsch (7-1), L: Dana Eveland (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 TOR  2 @OAK  1        W:Roy Halladay (6-5), L: Keith Foulke (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (12)
Tue, May 27, 2008 OAK  3  TOR  1        W:Greg Smith (3-4), L: A.J. Burnett (5-5), S: Huston Street (12)
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 OAK  3 @TOR  2 (12)   W:Joey Devine (1-0), L: Brandon League (0-1), S: Keith Foulke (1)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 OAK  6 @TOR  3        W:Fernando Hernandez (1-0), L: Jeremy Accardo (0-2), S: Huston Street (2)
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 (5-0), L: Jason Frasor (1-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TOR  5 @OAK  4        W:Brian Wolfe (3-1), L: Andrew Brown (2-1), S: Casey Janssen (4)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - OAK won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 187-155

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  5.68

MIL  4.64

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.90

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.90

BA

C. Jones  .369

R. Ibanez  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. DeJesus  .361

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .615

M. Olivo  .477

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

M. Reynolds  .823

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

O. Perez  4.12

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

A. Galarraga  6.17

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Marcum
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB 345/253 .216/.316/.307/.623 .818/.551 .562 36/.493 0/1 4/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/38 .185/.241/.259/.501 .616/.439 .445 10/.100 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 4/.000 5/.200 1/2.000 350/229 .245/.286/.385/.671 .742/.632 .603 60/.791 4/1 10/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 5/.200 7/1.000 1/.000 4/1.167 8/.250 3/.333 7/.629 429/312 .250/.310/.365/.675 .660/.680 .654 69/.587 6/3 5/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 426/303 .229/.376/.437/.813 .820/.809 .729 84/.967 0/0 20/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/71 .197/.228/.265/.493 .537/.461 .401 10/.311 18/5 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 7/1.071 7/.310 1/.000 2/.000 8/.429 7/.286 8/.542 444/319 .236/.325/.373/.698 .541/.756 .837 87/.528 12/2 10/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 224/160 .274/.309/.415/.725 .501/.814 .788 94/.721 3/0 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 376/287 .231/.318/.345/.663 .632/.672 .593 84/.724 2/0 5/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/13 .348/.400/.435/.835 .871/.801 1.292 0/ 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 414/307 .290/.345/.383/.727 .624/.763 .612 88/.819 2/3 5/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 298/231 .299/.348/.384/.732 .612/.767 .802 73/.652 8/1 3/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 2/.500 8/1.125 ··· 5/1.850 1/.000 3/.333 7/1.429 200/146 .246/.365/.413/.778 .652/.827 .645 20/.425 0/0 7/
IP 113.1 32.0 41.1 53.2 34.1 15.1 38.0 TOTAL .245/.318/.366/.685 .656/.697 .673 .635 55/17 81/61
ERA-K/9 3.57/7.4 3.38/6.8 2.18/9.4 1.34/7.7 3.67/9.2 2.93/3.5 3.32/8.5 3.70/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (7-5-2)
 Suzuki (44-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.217 130/.250 168/.218 218/.203 150/.220 71/.236 164/.227 .246  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
53/1/46/5
0/48/28/4
13/42/50/4
64/0/0/3
3/61/1/2
OPS .672 .658 .678 .561 .689 .736 .668 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.741 49/1.008 90/.603 88/.545 59/.830 31/1.006 51/.765 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.606 81/.448 78/.766 130/.572 91/.597 40/.538 113/.626 .649
Home 277/.566 59/.653 66/.486 99/.485 81/.642 36/.676 76/.454 .669
Last 28d days 73/1.074 34/.720 50/.556 42/.350 33/.618 40/.653 37/.816
HR/SB/CS 16/4/1 2/3/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 3/2/0 100/58/28
Usage ····X··· ··o····· o·X·X·Xo ·X·Xo·X· ··o····· X···X··· ···XX·o·
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
53.Meyer*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· 260/179 .260/.308/.426/.733 .559/.814 .683 72/.559 0/0 8/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 1/3.000 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 277/201 .274/.356/.359/.714 .900/.641 .690 44/.744 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 228/209 .289/.345/.417/.762 .669/.770 .885 83/.647 7/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 157/115 .299/.333/.528/.861 .962/.825 .856 91/1.034 1/0 5/
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 9/.444 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 92/49 .192/.253/.256/.509 .593/.434 .485 43/.618 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 8/.750 1/.000 94/28 .238/.330/.363/.692 .730/.606 .968 23/1.089 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.000 ··· 444/333 .269/.372/.406/.778 .573/.850 .722 95/.836 1/2 8/
15.Rios G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 10/1.278 12/.781 1/2.000 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 476/363 .285/.332/.424/.756 .645/.790 .794 90/.823 27/7 8/
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 353/267 .251/.343/.404/.747 .712/.756 .704 81/.553 5/0 7/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 397/291 .257/.345/.330/.676 .662/.680 .682 95/.701 6/2 4/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.571 1/.000 325/294 .251/.342/.410/.751 .559/.773 .759 73/.757 1/1 11/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/1.511 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.250 3/1.500 ··· 269/226 .230/.328/.327/.656 .657/.656 .667 50/.637 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 6/1.000 9/1.194 2/1.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 223/170 .239/.345/.367/.712 .615/.753 .834 31/.563 2/1 5/
IP 14.2 22.0 22.0 41.1 33.1 5.0 49.1 34.0 TOTAL .259/.335/.387/.722 .683/.735 .747 .740 71/25 78/58
ERA-K/9 1.23/9.2 1.23/11.5 6.55/4.9 5.01/7.8 2.70/9.2 0.00/7.2 4.20/8.6 0.00/4.0 3.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (26-18-2)
 Zaun (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 57/.173 90/.207 106/.289 183/.275 142/.264 20/.211 206/.247 118/.184 .242  Rios
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Mench
 Inglett
 Stairs
0/50/59/10
19/3/59/4
40/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
16/0/10/1
17/1/12/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .459 .522 .802 .815 .724 .566 .731 .437 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.324 36/.587 33/.561 67/.804 66/.621 8/.625 93/.833 52/.462 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.546 54/.479 73/.922 116/.821 76/.818 12/.523 113/.650 66/.417 .706
Road 36/.523 46/.566 61/.732 80/.918 68/.722 20/.566 84/.678 49/.467 .730
Last 28d days 48/.474 2/2.000 53/.733 36/1.031 43/.851 20/.566 54/.889 59/.461
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 0/3/1 3/2/0 5/3/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 6/5/2 0/1/0 85/51/28
Usage ·X··X·oo ··o····· ···X···X ··o·o··· ··X·o··· ·Xo····· X·X·X·X· 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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