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Game Preview: OAK @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, May 15, 2009 @Comerica Park

Athletics, 13-18, 4th, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (25, LHP, 3-4, 2.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 42.0 46 15 13 13 27 3 2.79
2008 (5-4) 71.2 77 36 33 25 41 8 4.14
2007 (1-8) 72.1 91 59 54 26 55 9 6.72
Last 7 GS 3-4 42.0 46 15 13 13 27 3 2.79 53
2009-05-10 TOR L 6.0 9 3 3 0 3 1 84 45
2009-05-05 LAA L 6.0 8 5 3 1 6 0 103 45
2009-04-30 @TEX W 5.0 5 0 0 4 6 0 111 59
2009-04-25 TBR W 5.2 4 1 1 3 2 0 84 56
2009-04-19 @TOR L 7.1 5 1 1 3 4 0 97 65
2009-04-13 BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 95 54
2009-04-06 @LAA L 6.0 9 3 3 1 3 1 97 44
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 18.2 25 18 18 6 9 3 8.68 36
2008-08-08 @DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 97 60
2007-09-02 DET ND 4.2 9 6 6 2 3 0 91 23
2007-08-12 @DET L 1.2 7 8 8 1 1 2 49 9
2007-08-01 DET ND 5.1 4 2 2 2 3 0 92 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   3-11   1-Run:   2-7 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  5-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Wed, May 13   KCR  W   7-2       13-18  4th  5.0 gb
 30 Tue, May 12   KCR  W  12-3       12-18  4th  5.0 gb
 29 Sun, May 10   TOR  L   0-5       11-18  4th  5.0 gb
 28 Sat, May  9   TOR  L   4-6       11-17  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Fri, May  8   TOR  W   5-3       11-16  4th  4.0 gb
 26 Thu, May  7   TEX  W   9-4       10-16  4th  4.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  6   TEX  L   2-3        9-16  4th  5.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  5   LAA  L   3-5        9-15  4th  4.5 gb
 23 Mon, May  4   LAA  L   2-5        9-14  4th  4.5 gb
 22 Sun, May  3  @SEA  L   7-8 (15)   9-13  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Tigers, 17-16, 1st, Tied

SP: Edwin Jackson (25, RHP, 2-2, 2.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 45.0 37 17 13 11 35 4 2.60
2008 (14-11) 183.1 199 91 90 77 108 23 4.42
2007 (5-15) 161.0 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.0 37 17 13 11 35 4 2.60 58
2009-05-09 @CLE W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 102 73
2009-05-04 MIN L 6.0 7 5 5 2 7 0 105 43
2009-04-28 NYY ND 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 117 67
2009-04-23 @LAA L 5.0 9 6 3 2 4 1 104 33
2009-04-18 @SEA W 7.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 98 74
2009-04-12 TEX ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 3 2 97 46
2009-04-07 @TOR ND 7.1 2 2 1 1 4 1 89 71
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 6.1 6 4 4 4 6 1 5.68 47
2007-05-06 OAK L 6.1 6 4 4 4 6 1 116 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Thu, May 14  @MIN  L   5-6       17-16  1st    Tied
 32 Wed, May 13  @MIN  L  10-14(13)  17-15  1st    Tied
 31 Tue, May 12  @MIN  L   2-6       17-14  1st    Tied
 30 Sun, May 10  @CLE  W   5-3       17-13  1st    Tied
 29 Sat, May  9  @CLE  W   4-0       16-13  2nd  1.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  8  @CLE  W   1-0       15-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 27 Thu, May  7  @CHW  L   0-6       14-13  2nd  3.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   MIN  W   9-0       14-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   MIN  L   2-7       13-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   CLE  W   3-1       13-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 OAK  5 @DET  2        W:Huston Street (6-5), L: Armando Galarraga (12-6), S: Brad Ziegler (8)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 OAK  3 @DET  2        W:Joey Devine (5-1), L: Fernando Rodney (0-5), S: Brad Ziegler (7)
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 DET 14  OAK  8        W:Casey Fossum (3-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 DET  6  OAK  1        W:Nate Robertson (7-8), L: Greg Smith (5-11), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 DET 10  OAK  2        W:Armando Galarraga (10-4), L: Dan Meyer (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 OAK  4 @DET  2        W:Dallas Braden (3-2), L: Kenny Rogers (8-9), S: Brad Ziegler (1)
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 OAK 10  DET  2        W:Justin Duchscherer (5-4), L: Nate Robertson (3-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 OAK  5  DET  4 (11)   W:Chad Gaudin (5-3), L: Bobby Seay (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 OAK  3  DET  2        W:Huston Street (1-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-3), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 OAK  8  DET  7 (10)   W:Huston Street (4-2), L: Yorman Bazardo (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - OAK won 6-3; 2007 - OAK won 6-4; All-Time - DET leads 968-892

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 2009 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

TOR  5.76

DET  5.06

ARI  3.69

 RA/G

LAD  3.81

DET  4.88

WSN  6.12

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .51

S. Richmond  4.28

J. Moyer  8.15

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

B. Tallet  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.31

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

Athletics Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 44.Seay*
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 72/63 .200/.278/.262/.539 .222/.587 .269 49/.528 1/1 1/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 17/.850 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 6/.000 9/.444 146/90 .237/.287/.267/.554 .391/.650 .476 99/.484 1/3 0/4
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.500 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.000 1/2.000 80/48 .250/.380/.359/.739 .721/.751 .751 63/.776 1/0 0/4
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 131/77 .291/.397/.473/.870 .740/.962 .873 88/.794 1/0 5/1
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 29/9 .192/.276/.192/.468 .522/.347 .656 18/.656 3/2 0/0
16.Giambi* G/S/vP 17/1.221 10/3.033 ··· ··· 5/.200 9/.472 ··· 125/72 .214/.344/.359/.703 .821/.607 .558 83/.708 0/0 3/2
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 27/22 .167/.231/.417/.647 .000/.812 .143 27/.647 0/0 1/0
5.Holliday G/S/vP 4/1.833 17/1.162 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 133/80 .240/.308/.388/.697 .531/.806 .638 94/.663 0/0 4/0
29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 1/.000 11/1.233 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 16/7 .286/.375/.357/.732 .583/.929 16/.732 0/0 0/0
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/22 .172/.242/.276/.518 .182/.673 .649 26/.458 0/0 0/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 127/75 .325/.370/.479/.849 .745/.921 .917 88/.942 1/1 2/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 142/86 .248/.310/.341/.651 .554/.709 .828 93/.700 2/2 2/1
IP 45.0 15.2 14.1 33.2 13.0 11.1 8.2 TOTAL .240/.314/.346/.660 .574/.715 .652 .663 12/10 19/21
ERA-K/9 2.60/7.0 6.89/2.9 3.14/8.8 4.28/5.3 4.85/6.9 5.56/5.6 2.08/5.2 4.51/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.222 73/.271 66/.176 140/.256 54/.260 46/.244 33/.250 .256
OPS .629 .863 .554 .717 .695 .655 .617 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.514 33/.686 30/.800 80/.835 34/.646 30/.693 19/.737 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.772 40/.993 36/.362 60/.566 20/.774 16/.574 14/.445 .741
Home 73/.749 20/.762 31/.686 45/.715 22/.500 14/.839 14/.297
Last 28d days 127/.633 56/.878 54/.620 116/.642 42/.905 38/.806 33/.617
HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 3/2/1 0/1/0 6/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 34/15/7
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo·o··· ··X····X ····X··· ·X··XX·· XX··X··· ·X···o··
Tigers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB		 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 52.Cameron
G/S/vB		 45.Giese
G/S/vB		 36.Springer
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/59 .310/.355/.397/.751 .500/.769 .847 47/.704 6/1 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.453 2/1.500 2/.000 139/95 .366/.439/.593/1.032 .871/1.098 1.271 96/.850 1/2 8/4
4.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 1/.000 82/46 .297/.329/.405/.735 .871/.620 .777 57/.780 2/1 1/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 155/100 .257/.333/.493/.826 .781/.847 .702 107/.932 5/1 9/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 134/94 .283/.391/.558/.948 1.169/.859 .811 92/.904 1/2 9/4
8.Laird G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 98/71 .202/.306/.286/.592 .625/.579 .581 65/.460 1/0 1/0
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 39/33 .250/.385/.688/1.072 .333/1.180 .700 29/1.221 0/0 4/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 10/1.886 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 136/94 .240/.324/.306/.629 .770/.568 .616 91/.607 0/0 2/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 143/97 .262/.312/.377/.689 .957/.545 .902 100/.648 0/1 0/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 25/5 .095/.240/.095/.335 .150/1.100 .424 25/.335 0/0 0/1
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/45 .300/.340/.480/.820 .364/.945 1.214 35/.772 0/1 2/2
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/8 .063/.059/.125/.184 .333/.000 .750 17/.184 0/0 0/0
34.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/22 .333/.389/.455/.843 .607/.981 2.300 36/.843 1/0 0/0
IP 42.0 28.0 22.1 4.1 39.0 8.0 19.1 15.0 18.2 13.1 TOTAL .262/.335/.414/.748 .741/.752 .788 .717 18/9 36/18
ERA-K/9 2.79/5.8 5.79/4.5 1.61/10.5 12.46/6.3 3.69/3.2 1.13/5.6 4.19/3.7 2.40/10.2 1.45/7.7 4.05/7.4 3.82/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 184/.275 121/.295 83/.096 23/.350 170/.269 30/.207 81/.250 69/.262 64/.161 60/.321 .261
OPS .694 .797 .361 1.035 .862 .475 .765 .694 .462 .742 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.447 37/.780 33/.579 9/1.681 77/1.122 11/.545 40/.814 28/1.045 24/.426 27/.879 .813
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.753 84/.805 50/.210 14/.607 93/.653 19/.433 41/.720 41/.476 40/.483 33/.636 .672
Road 81/.662 46/.838 48/.424 / 76/.865 9/.583 32/.540 33/.980 29/.862 19/.551
Last 28d days 132/.654 69/.883 54/.478 16/.688 120/.962 30/.475 81/.765 53/.763 44/.561 31/.801
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 4/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 6/4/4 0/1/1 4/2/0 2/2/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 31/15/8
Usage ····X··· ········ ·X····Xo ··o··X·· ··X····X ··o··X·X ··X····· ·X····X· ·o··o·X· ····X··o

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.