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Game Preview: TBR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, April 24, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

Rays, 6-10, 5th, 5½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (25, LHP, 2-1, 5.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 16.2 16 10 10 9 15 3 5.40
2008 (12-8) 152.1 123 61 59 70 166 23 3.49
2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.2 38 25 25 19 34 12 6.14 45
2009-04-18 CHW L 4.0 5 6 6 6 5 2 94 27
2009-04-13 NYY W 6.2 6 3 3 0 6 1 100 56
2009-04-08 @BOS W 6.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 111 59
2008-09-25 @DET L 5.0 6 4 4 2 8 4 102 45
2008-09-20 MIN W 6.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 93 66
2008-09-15 BOS L 3.0 6 9 9 4 2 4 72 9
2008-09-09 @BOS ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 108 55
Last 5 v.OAK 3-1 33.0 18 7 7 10 44 2 1.91 69
2008-08-12 @OAK L 5.0 2 2 2 2 6 1 97 59
2008-07-21 OAK W 7.0 2 0 0 4 9 0 102 78
2008-05-20 @OAK W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 97 72
2007-08-25 OAK W 8.0 5 3 3 0 13 1 105 73
2007-05-05 OAK ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 105 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-5    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 23  @SEA  L   0-1        6-10  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @SEA  W   9-3        6-9   5th  4.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21  @SEA  L   2-4        5-9   5th  4.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 19   CHW  L   2-12       5-8   5th  4.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 18   CHW  L   3-8        5-7   5th  3.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 17   CHW  W   6-5        5-6   4th  2.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 16   CHW  L   2-3        4-6   4th  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   NYY  L   3-4        4-5   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   NYY  L   2-7        4-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   NYY  W  15-5        4-3   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-10   Last 30: 6-10
Athletics, 5-9, 4th, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (21, RHP, 0-1, 2.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 17.1 12 6 5 13 5 0 2.60
Last 7 GS 0-1 17.1 12 6 5 13 5 0 2.60 53
2009-04-18 @TOR ND 5.1 5 2 2 5 1 0 93 46
2009-04-12 SEA L 7.0 2 1 1 3 3 0 97 69
2009-04-07 @LAA ND 5.0 5 3 2 5 1 0 103 43
Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   2-7    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  3-5    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @NYY  L   7-9 (14)   5-9   3rd  3.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @NYY  L   3-5        5-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @TOR  L   0-1        5-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @TOR  L   2-4 (12)   5-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @TOR  W   8-5        5-5   2nd  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   BOS  L   2-8        4-5   2nd  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   BOS  W   6-5 (12)   4-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   BOS  W   8-2        3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   SEA  L   0-1        2-4   4th  2.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   SEA  L   5-8        2-3   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 TBR  7 @OAK  6 (12)   W:Jason Hammel (4-3), L: Santiago Casilla (2-1), S: Trever Miller (1)
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 TBR  3 @OAK  2        W:Andy Sonnanstine (12-6), L: Justin Duchscherer (10-8), S: Troy Percival (27)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 OAK  2  TBR  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (1-1), L: Scott Kazmir (8-6), S: Brad Ziegler (2)
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 TBR  4  OAK  3        W:James Shields (9-6), L: Greg Smith (5-9), S: Troy Percival (20)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 OAK  8 @TBR  1        W:Dallas Braden (2-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (10-5), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 TBR  4  OAK  0        W:Scott Kazmir (8-5), L: Dana Eveland (7-7), S: none
Wed, May 21, 2008 OAK  9  TBR  1        W:Dana Eveland (4-3), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-2), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 TBR  3 @OAK  2        W:Scott Kazmir (3-1), L: Greg Smith (2-4), S: Troy Percival (13)
Mon, May 19, 2008 TBR  7 @OAK  6 (13)   W:Jason Hammel (3-2), L: Chad Gaudin (3-3), S: Troy Percival (12)
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 TBD  7  OAK  4        W:Andy Sonnanstine (3-9), L: Danny Haren (14-5), S: Al Reyes (20)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; 2007 - TBR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 66-37

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 44.Casilla
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 362/221 .253/.327/.410/.737 .794/.681 .734 20/.367 2/2 10/5
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 494/351 .286/.329/.361/.690 .919/.597 .662 59/.925 20/6 1/16
5.Burrell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.425 7/.286 ··· 645/453 .250/.367/.507/.875 .952/.843 .964 60/.751 0/0 33/2
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 482/331 .273/.319/.400/.718 .641/.754 .628 71/.668 25/7 8/4
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 399/326 .238/.336/.414/.750 .585/.789 .598 29/.441 4/2 13/2
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/10 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .364 6/.667 0/0 0/1
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 707/489 .274/.349/.380/.729 .668/.756 .676 61/.750 8/6 6/7
27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 245/158 .301/.340/.498/.838 1.001/.747 .820 28/.646 3/1 8/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 508/371 .272/.343/.531/.874 .830/.890 .877 62/1.191 7/0 27/12
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 470/351 .295/.349/.407/.757 .726/.767 .725 54/.506 0/4 7/5
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/2.800 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 607/392 .247/.377/.494/.871 .654/.994 .831 70/.909 1/1 31/2
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 640/442 .273/.383/.401/.784 .819/.769 .766 39/.606 44/16 9/7
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 227/137 .253/.339/.505/.844 .804/.870 .930 40/1.004 3/0 12/7
IP 50.1 43.1 50.1 44.2 59.2 TOTAL .262/.335/.442/.777 .795/.767 .813 .777 22/2 20/10
ERA-K/9 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 3.93/7.7 3.53/6.0 2.32/8.1 3.63/6.0 1.06/4.5 3.99/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (3-0-0)
 Navarro (45-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / / / 229/.299 186/.232 205/.212 189/.267 229/.236 .248  Upton
 Burrell
 Gross
 Crawford
 Kapler
 Zobrist
0/143/0/16
155/0/0/12
2/18/121/8
108/1/0/2
17/36/14/1
14/5/2/1
OPS .810 .636 .595 .740 .638 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / / / 96/.777 104/.629 73/.848 68/.751 111/.800 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / / / 133/.833 82/.643 132/.456 121/.733 118/.492 .656
Home / / / 104/.844 120/.550 107/.777 97/.742 113/.560
Last 28d days 77/.670 78/.840 40/.267 38/.331 22/.818 27/.468 28/.607 36/.615
HR/SB/CS // // // 5/9/0 3/9/1 4/1/2 4/4/3 2/1/0 13/7/3
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·XX···X· ··o··XX· ·X···X·· ·X··oo·· ·X···oo· ·X····o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 31.Cormier
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 46.Nelson
G/S/vB		 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 40.Percival
G/S/vB		 52.Shouse*
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/122 .226/.291/.432/.723 .546/.797 .454 24/.533 1/0 7/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/.464 4/.500 2/.000 6/.167 4/.750 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 8/1.000 730/537 .281/.334/.371/.705 .754/.688 .705 68/.523 19/6 8/16
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 19/.684 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 6/.900 20/1.097 1/no AB 95/70 .247/.295/.393/.688 .818/.641 .705 29/.281 0/0 2/1
7.Crosby G/S/vP 22/.627 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 605/431 .237/.296/.349/.645 .641/.646 .687 27/.487 7/3 7/17
32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/1.056 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 598/429 .231/.375/.476/.851 .821/.862 .896 61/.912 0/0 33/4
11.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 226/139 .243/.272/.346/.618 .622/.616 .519 19/.485 29/6 3/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 26/.861 2/1.000 1/5.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.667 3/1.000 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .609 56/.565 14/2 12/4
1.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.522 3/1.667 6/1.000 181/115 .264/.326/.466/.792 1.067/.643 .817 30/.486 1/1 8/6
16.Giambi* G/S/vP 20/.255 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 10/.967 8/3.083 565/404 .247/.373/.502/.876 .842/.889 .929 62/.566 2/1 32/9
5.Holliday G/S/vP 3/3.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 623/476 .321/.409/.538/.947 .896/.963 .997 59/.704 28/2 25/3
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.543 / /
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 11/.404 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 588/431 .279/.346/.370/.716 .652/.739 .821 57/.787 2/3 7/6
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 433/333 .286/.350/.383/.733 .517/.798 .701 70/.600 9/1 5/1
IP 152.1 58.1 71.2 89.1 54.0 16.0 45.2 51.1 66.1 TOTAL .232/.307/.304/.611 .600/.621 .627 .611 5/6 4/11
ERA-K/9 3.49/9.8 1.54/12.7 4.02/5.8 2.22/9.3 2.00/10.0 5.06/7.9 4.53/7.5 2.81/5.8 3.12/7.2 4.79/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Suzuki (55-32-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 641/.220 224/.143 319/.279 370/.194 230/.207 76/.277 194/.178 212/.238 264/.183 .262  Holliday
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
 Buck
139/0/0/9
13/51/75/6
78/0/5/4
3/88/1/4
12/0/34/3
OPS .727 .463 .727 .579 .616 .857 .700 .656 .608 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.514 93/.364 144/.667 138/.534 106/.612 31/.813 96/.747 104/.486 103/.669 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 501/.790 131/.534 175/.772 232/.605 124/.619 45/.886 98/.655 108/.829 161/.570 .813
Road 314/.780 123/.512 194/.765 185/.633 114/.599 25/.855 83/.804 101/.854 146/.636
Last 28d days 73/.796 24/.870 46/.865 29/.695 29/.443 74/.806 19/1.009 21/.619 26/1.115
HR/SB/CS 23/7/3 3/2/1 4/6/2 6/10/3 5/4/0 3/2/1 9/7/2 5/1/1 10/1/1 18/8/2
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·o ·o··X··X ·X···o·· ··o··X·· ·X·····X ····X·o· o····Xo· ·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.