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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 48-62, 4th, 18 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Anderson (21, LHP, 6-8, 4.20)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-8)			115.2	116	64	54	34	93	14	4.20

Last 7 GS		3-1	46.2	30	10	10	16	48	1	1.93	65
2009-08-03	TEX	ND	7.2	6	2	2	3	8	0	108	64
2009-07-29	@BOS	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	8	1	102	56
2009-07-24	@NYY	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	7	0	114	45
2009-07-19	LAA	ND	8.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	104	84
2009-07-12	@TBR	ND	4.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	50	58
2009-07-06	@BOS	W	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	111	90
2009-06-29	DET	W	5.1	4	1	1	4	7	0	107	59

Has never faced KCR.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-28   Road:   22-34   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  33-39   vsLHP:  15-23   1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast: 18-20   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 12-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  8  @KCR  L   6-12      48-62  4th 18.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @KCR  W   9-4       48-61  4th 17.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   TEX  L   4-6       47-61  4th 18.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   TEX  W   7-5       47-60  4th 17.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   TEX  W   6-0       46-60  4th 18.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3   TEX  W   3-2       45-60  4th 19.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   TOR  L   2-7       44-60  4th 19.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   TOR  L   5-6       44-59  4th 18.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   TOR  W   8-5       44-58  4th 17.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30  @BOS  L   5-8       43-58  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Royals, 43-67, 5th, 15½ GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 6-4, 5.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-4)			81.2	86	52	49	23	60	12	5.40
2008 (6-12)			129.0	143	84	79	47	72	12	5.51
2007 (0-1)			12.2	11	4	3	4	5	1	2.13

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.1	50	25	24	10	44	7	4.98	49
2009-08-04	SEA	ND	5.0	7	4	4	2	8	1	112	43
2009-07-30	@BAL	L	6.0	11	7	7	1	4	1	105	25
2009-07-25	TEX	W	7.0	5	3	2	0	13	1	112	70
2009-07-19	TBR	ND	6.1	7	2	2	0	9	0	97	60
2009-07-09	@BOS	W	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	2	101	38
2009-07-04	CHW	W	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	2	95	39
2009-06-29	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	102	71

Last 5 v.OAK		0-2	6.2	16	14	14	5	6	1	18.90	17
2009-05-12	@OAK	L	2.0	7	8	8	2	1	1	48	9
2008-04-20	@OAK	L	4.2	9	6	6	3	5	0	96	24

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-35   Road:   18-32   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  28-41   vsLHP:  15-26   1-Run:   9-16
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  8   OAK  W  12-6       43-67  5th 15.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   OAK  L   4-9       42-67  5th 16.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   SEA  W   8-2       42-66  5th 15.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   SEA  L   6-11      41-66  5th 15.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   SEA  L   6-7       41-65  5th 14.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3  @TBR  L   4-10      41-64  5th 14.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2  @TBR  W   4-1       41-63  5th 13.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1  @TBR  L   1-7       40-63  5th 14.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31  @TBR  L   2-8       40-62  5th 13.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30  @BAL  L   3-7       40-61  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 OAK  9 @KCR  4        W:Vin Mazzaro (3-8), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 OAK  7  KCR  2        W:Josh Outman (1-0), L: Brian Bannister (3-1), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 OAK 12  KCR  3        W:Trevor Cahill (2-2), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 KCR  9  OAK  6        W:Kyle Davies (6-6), L: Dan Meyer (0-4), S: Ramon Ramirez (1)
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 KCR  5  OAK  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (2-3), L: Joey Devine (4-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 KCR  5  OAK  2        W:Zack Greinke (10-9), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (34)
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 KCR  4 @OAK  3 (10)   W:Ramon Ramirez (2-1), L: Huston Street (2-4), S: Joakim Soria (30)
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 KCR  5 @OAK  2        W:Gil Meche (9-9), L: Greg Smith (5-10), S: Joakim Soria (29)
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 KCR  4 @OAK  2        W:Zack Greinke (8-7), L: Dallas Braden (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (28)
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 OAK  7  KCR  1        W:Dana Eveland (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - OAK leads 3-1; 2008 - KCR won 6-3; 2007 - KCR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 282-235

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

LAA 5.71

WSN 4.57

SDP 3.77

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .365

C. Blake .291

A. Casilla .163

OBP

A. Pujols .447

J. Bautista .364

R. Cedeno .227

SLG

A. Pujols .686

I. Stewart .479

A. Casilla .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .456

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

R. Wolf 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Athletics Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 28.Davies
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 45.Waechter
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 15/.900 13/1.117 5/1.000 3/2.667 19/.474 7/.286 5/.400 12/.917 5/.200 11/.705 229/127 .221/.296/.337/.633 .752/.533 .538 34/.741 2/1 4/7

32.Cust* G/S/vP 5/1.933 3/.333 23/.744 ··· ··· 5/.400 11/.382 5/.650 5/.000 6/2.833 2/.000 10/1.100 432/291 .232/.343/.396/.739 .610/.802 .697 94/.768 4/0 16/2

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 187/95 .289/.360/.416/.776 .778/.774 .719 63/.930 18/6 2/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 13/.616 8/.500 6/.334 6/.000 9/.944 7/1.071 4/.000 12/.432 3/.000 8/1.250 202/142 .245/.289/.372/.661 .752/.623 .750 91/.744 6/2 5/2

21.Everidge G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 48/31 .268/.354/.390/.744 1.113/.550 .582 48/.744 0/0 1/1

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 120/76 .265/.300/.372/.672 .645/.687 .609 40/.642 1/0 2/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 6/.533 315/204 .284/.338/.502/.839 1.061/.722 .839 80/.714 10/1 13/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/2.000 14/1.094 2/2.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 9/.819 1/.000 11/.855 8/.858 3/3.500 362/246 .284/.339/.427/.766 .573/.855 .788 105/.702 13/4 9/8

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 29/17 .333/.379/.519/.898 .167/1.455 2.000 29/.898 1/0 1/0

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/69 .256/.330/.407/.737 .619/.783 .708 22/1.000 0/0 2/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 17/.828 ··· ··· 3/.333 11/.664 5/.900 4/.000 6/.583 1/3.000 7/.429 418/289 .276/.314/.404/.718 .742/.708 .765 91/.639 5/2 8/2

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 14/.428 ··· ··· 3/2.000 11/.282 3/.333 3/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 3/.000 350/258 .268/.318/.358/.676 .698/.668 .767 72/.693 4/5 4/2

IP 81.2 21.1 127.0 44.1 28.0 83.1 159.1 37.0 32.2 34.1 5.0 53.2 TOTAL .253/.321/.382/.703 .683/.712 .687 .769 80/28 87/81

ERA-K/9

5.40/6.6

6.75/8.5

3.97/5.7

5.28/6.5

5.79/5.5

6.37/6.1

2.43/9.4

4.14/8.3

2.48/11.3

4.98/11.5

3.60/5.4

5.03/6.4

4.68/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.266 105/.299 544/.258 194/.299 128/.289 368/.283 617/.250 177/.305 128/.188 156/.216 22/.286 237/.278 .269

OPS .789 .860 .684 .868 .823 .827 .650 .894 .535 .633 .937 .797 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.737 48/.699 291/.693 52/.634 51/1.016 154/.762 295/.691 75/.757 64/.538 82/.794 14/.599 103/.646 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 189/.834 57/1.009 253/.674 142/.959 77/.699 214/.872 322/.611 102/1.002 64/.531 74/.470 8/1.500 134/.910 .783

Home 204/.723 64/1.016 289/.682 77/.795 78/.698 212/1.013 341/.619 105/.890 50/.461 108/.658 17/.607 151/.803

Last 28d days 108/.776 42/1.022 127/.758 124/.881 59/.945 20/1.082 111/.776 41/.963 35/.695 54/.505 4/.750 58/.767

HR/SB/CS 12/7/2 2/3/0 11/12/1 8/4/4 4/4/0 14/16/3 7/3/6 6/0/0 2/0/0 1/6/2 2/0/0 8/5/1 105/77/25

Usage ····X··· ·X··o··X ·X····X· ··X····X ···X·o·· ···X···· X····X·· ···Xoo·· X·····X· ·X··XX·· ··o····· o·o·X··X

Royals Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 184/160 .241/.279/.310/.589 .519/.599 .615 24/.345 13/3 0/2

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 5/.750 2/1.000 9/.666 2/2.000 5/.000 6/.500 3/.666 7/1.143 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.000 8/.417 323/239 .232/.259/.327/.585 .694/.547 .633 78/.512 3/2 3/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 320/188 .261/.306/.356/.662 .675/.652 .562 81/.510 17/3 3/7

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 131/96 .222/.292/.427/.720 .754/.707 .910 31/.658 0/0 4/5

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 441/291 .296/.354/.475/.829 1.035/.728 .956 98/.941 0/0 13/6

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 416/280 .298/.346/.444/.790 .950/.710 .871 92/.706 1/1 7/15

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.143 2/1.500 3/.666 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 448/287 .263/.330/.410/.740 .595/.822 .808 94/.783 3/7 8/0

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 85/52 .219/.329/.301/.631 .741/.566 .671 59/.683 4/0 2/4

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 322/232 .224/.301/.414/.715 .547/.781 .752 38/.766 0/0 15/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 179/135 .224/.307/.321/.627 .778/.579 .708 28/.799 5/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 287/171 .241/.273/.460/.733 .680/.769 .698 54/.684 3/1 15/6

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 91/58 .317/.356/.476/.831 1.024/.725 .863 39/.780 0/0 2/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 5/1.800 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.000 3/2.167 ··· 1/.000 420/261 .282/.338/.427/.766 .736/.784 .809 83/.631 6/0 9/8

IP 115.2 62.0 136.2 44.1 126.1 41.1 45.1 45.2 3.2 71.0 41.2 53.0 50.0 TOTAL .253/.312/.395/.708 .723/.700 .749 .687 53/16 90/89

ERA-K/9

4.20/7.2

2.18/10.3

3.89/5.3

4.47/6.9

5.13/4.6

5.66/6.5

5.16/5.4

6.31/9.8

0.00/4.9

5.70/6.1

4.10/10.1

3.40/11.7

2.88/6.3

4.47/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.259 249/.181 589/.268 183/.196 558/.280 189/.275 182/.252 213/.299 12/.083 325/.320 191/.299 208/.221 211/.282 .267

OPS .715 .528 .718 .658 .867 .834 .695 .876 .250 .857 .794 .665 .710 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.796 116/.590 145/.550 99/.639 296/.974 90/.957 96/.867 55/1.313 5/.600 186/.872 82/.982 85/.696 97/.859 .830

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.685 133/.476 444/.773 84/.679 262/.746 99/.725 86/.507 158/.728 7/.000 139/.836 109/.660 123/.644 114/.584 .704

Road 280/.752 144/.576 267/.726 102/.742 211/.913 101/1.027 84/.813 122/.706 8/.375 200/.846 88/1.006 125/.870 102/.690

Last 28d days 127/.537 48/.574 116/.906 43/.702 130/.970 54/.769 43/.584 96/.790 7/.429 125/1.116 44/.536 48/.932 45/.777

HR/SB/CS 14/10/2 4/0/0 9/0/2 6/7/3 25/13/8 6/3/2 0/0/1 7/1/1 0/0/0 8/7/3 5/4/0 5/5/3 1/2/0 109/61/25

Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ·o·oo··· ··X····X ·Xo····X X·····Xo ····X··· ·Xo····· ·X····X· ·X··oX·· o··oo···

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.