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Game Preview: CLE @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, September 18, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

Indians, 61-85, 4th, 17 GB, 25½ GB in WC

SP: David Huff (24, LHP, 10-7, 6.14)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-7)			114.1	147	80	78	37	57	16	6.14

Last 7 GS		5-2	38.1	50	24	24	14	18	4	5.63	42
2009-09-12	KCR	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	109	51
2009-09-06	MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	107	67
2009-08-26	@KCR	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	94	51
2009-08-21	SEA	L	3.1	6	5	5	4	0	1	84	24
2009-08-15	@MIN	W	5.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	102	42
2009-08-09	@CHW	W	6.1	8	4	4	1	1	2	92	41
2009-08-04	MIN	L	4.2	11	7	7	1	4	1	94	17

Last 5 v.OAK		1-0	6.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	4.50	47
2009-07-03	OAK	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	101	47

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

 Home:   31-41   Road:   30-44   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  44-68   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 16-17   vsCntrl:29-37   vsWest: 11-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Thu, Sep 17  @OAK  L   2-5       61-85  4th 17.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 16  @MIN  L   3-7       61-84  4th 17.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 15  @MIN  L   4-5       61-83  4th 16.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 14  @MIN  L   3-6       61-82  4th 16.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 13   KCR  L   0-7       61-81  4th 15.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep 12   KCR  W  13-6       61-80  4th 14.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep 11   KCR  L   1-2 (12)  60-80  4th 15.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  9   TEX  L   0-10      60-79  4th 15.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  8   TEX  L   5-10      60-78  4th 15.5 gb
137 Tue, Sep  8   TEX  L   9-11      60-77  4th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19

Athletics, 68-78, 4th, 19 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Anderson (21, LHP, 9-10, 4.37)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-10)			158.2	162	87	77	43	129	19	4.37

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.0	46	23	23	9	36	5	4.81	50
2009-09-12	@MIN	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	108	63
2009-09-05	SEA	W	5.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	99	45
2009-08-30	@LAA	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	87	43
2009-08-25	@SEA	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	106	68
2009-08-19	NYY	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	101	58
2009-08-14	CHW	ND	5.0	9	7	7	3	5	1	98	23
2009-08-09	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	99	52

Has never faced CLE.

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

 Home:   35-36   Road:   33-42   ExtrInn: 3-10
 vsRHP:  51-50   vsLHP:  17-28   1-Run:  14-22
 vsEast: 21-23   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 19-25 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Thu, Sep 17   CLE  W   5-2       68-78  4th 19.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 16  @TEX  W   4-0       67-78  4th 19.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 15  @TEX  W   6-1       66-78  4th 20.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 14  @TEX  W   9-0       65-78  4th 21.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 13  @MIN  L   0-8       64-78  4th 22.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep 12  @MIN  W   4-2       64-77  4th 21.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep 11  @MIN  W  12-5       63-77  4th 22.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  9  @CHW  L   3-4 (13)  62-77  4th 21.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  8  @CHW  W  11-3       62-76  4th 20.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  6   SEA  W   5-2       61-76  4th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 OAK  5 @CLE  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (1-2), L: Cliff Lee (4-8), S: Andrew Bailey (9)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 CLE  5  OAK  2        W:Carl Pavano (7-7), L: Vin Mazzaro (2-4), S: Kerry Wood (10)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 CLE 15  OAK  3        W:David Huff (4-3), L: Trevor Cahill (5-7), S: none

Thu, May 15, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  2        W:Aaron Laffey (2-2), L: Greg Smith (2-3), S: Masahide Kobayashi (2)
Wed, May 14, 2008 CLE  2  OAK  0        W:C.C. Sabathia (3-5), L: Joe Blanton (2-6), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 CLE  4  OAK  0        W:Paul Byrd (2-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-2), S: Masahide Kobayashi (1)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CLE  7  OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (2-0), L: Chad Gaudin (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 OAK  7 @CLE  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 OAK  9 @CLE  7        W:Joe Blanton (1-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-2), S: Huston Street (3)
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CLE  2 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (2)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; 2007 - CLE won 6-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1005-874

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

NYY 5.73

OAK 4.59

SDP 3.88

RA/G

SFG 3.73

OAK 4.68

WSN 5.47

J. Mauer .374

M. Prado .290

A. Miles .182

OBP

A. Pujols .450

S. Schumaker .363

A. Miles .222

SLG

A. Pujols .689

J. Rivera .482

A. Miles .240

OPS

A. Pujols 1.139

B. McCann .835

A. Miles .462

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.19

J. Blanton 3.97

R. Nolasco 5.46

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.59

M. Cain 6.90

J. Lannan 3.69

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Indians Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 30.Eveland*
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 39.Kilby*
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 62.Mortensen
G/S/vB 23.Tomko
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/52 .328/.371/.345/.716 1.200/.619 .612 62/.716 3/3 0/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 535/381 .306/.360/.440/.800 .767/.819 .822 104/.755 17/4 6/10

11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.679 3/.333 ··· 306/230 .294/.370/.368/.738 .854/.700 .841 67/.642 3/2 2/4

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 617/429 .301/.392/.479/.871 .822/.893 .939 98/.852 19/2 16/7

26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/107 .226/.290/.323/.612 .875/.537 .636 20/.956 5/0 1/2

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/98 .151/.254/.255/.509 .423/.530 .657 15/.277 1/1 3/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/5.000 3/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 337/262 .275/.356/.483/.839 .775/.858 .813 72/.877 0/0 15/

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/120 .261/.297/.457/.754 .756/.753 .870 95/.832 2/0 6/3

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/35 .200/.333/.267/.600 .000/.619 .855 16/.543 0/0 0/0

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/115 .227/.291/.395/.686 .585/.702 .883 85/.761 0/0 5/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 579/432 .272/.331/.402/.733 .715/.738 .789 102/.649 0/2 11/18

4.Romero# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 /.333 6/.333 0/0 0/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 302/240 .214/.340/.399/.739 1.109/.649 .915 49/.677 0/0 11/3

15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/39 .205/.283/.205/.488 1.143/.356 .561 23/.570 0/0 0/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 346/314 .238/.289/.394/.683 .734/.677 .725 87/.567 1/3 8/10

IP 158.2 78.1 11.1 62.2 168.1 31.0 46.1 57.0 82.2 19.1 6.2 7.1 91.1 25.0 57.1 72.2 64.0 TOTAL .266/.342/.422/.765 .807/.751 .811 .728 78/29 151/100

ERA-K/9

4.37/7.3

1.95/9.8

5.56/7.2

3.59/7.0

4.54/4.7

7.26/5.5

6.22/6.0

4.74/5.5

6.31/9.7

1.86/6.1

0.00/9.4

14.73/1.2

5.32/5.8

6.12/4.3

3.77/5.2

2.85/11.5

2.95/6.3

4.34/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 664/.265 303/.175 48/.267 248/.192 726/.265 159/.382 222/.298 253/.273 387/.299 80/.230 20/.105 35/.406 423/.319 93/.308 227/.236 280/.199 276/.294 .265

OPS .718 .499 .713 .629 .803 .956 .867 .762 .882 .607 .255 1.018 .873 .919 .731 .594 .736 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.775 143/.509 18/1.036 120/.624 386/.911 47/1.068 108/.974 133/.914 99/1.186 36/.678 7/.571 14/.750 249/.899 45/.849 109/.632 116/.593 116/.881 .814

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 487/.697 160/.491 30/.517 128/.634 340/.680 112/.909 114/.767 120/.597 288/.779 44/.544 13/.077 21/1.176 174/.836 48/.977 118/.822 164/.595 160/.632 .701

Home 285/.707 133/.479 33/.830 105/.563 423/.827 51/.786 103/.668 122/.624 196/.959 39/.543 7/.286 15/1.205 149/.881 47/.805 104/.764 119/.413 150/.707

Last 28d days 98/.717 38/.481 25/.440 39/.632 116/.535 16/.775 18/1.127 45/.768 122/.931 53/.668 20/.255 20/1.100 49/.949 55/.636 122/.711 52/.405 48/.862

HR/SB/CS 19/12/3 5/1/0 1/0/0 8/8/4 26/16/10 3/4/0 6/3/2 2/1/2 13/2/2 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 12/8/3 4/1/1 12/4/1 6/9/3 2/3/0 145/78/33

Usage ·····X·· Xoo··X·· ··o·X·o· X·X····· ·X······ ····X·o· ····o·X· ··X····· ····X··· ······o· o···o··· ········ ········ X·····X· ···X···· oXo··X·· ··X·····

Athletics Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 16.Ohka
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 40.Todd
G/S/vB 47.Veras
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/110 .245/.357/.415/.772 1.137/.722 .596 84/.839 0/2 3/1

7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 249/135 .225/.297/.367/.664 .804/.541 .708 8/.804 2/1 6/7

32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.666 9/2.267 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.667 3/.333 558/399 .234/.353/.406/.759 .620/.816 .844 92/.860 4/1 22/2

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 353/223 .314/.376/.432/.808 .767/.832 .843 115/.860 39/11 3/4

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 8/.804 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 347/258 .270/.311/.411/.722 .702/.728 .668 104/.669 9/3 8/3

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/87 .268/.300/.380/.680 .673/.684 .770 19/.684 1/0 3/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 449/310 .267/.310/.462/.772 .936/.700 .780 93/.512 11/3 17/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 531/377 .287/.348/.402/.750 .633/.796 .740 118/.726 19/5 10/14

28.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/53 .204/.262/.278/.540 .929/.482 .387 30/.742 2/0 0/0

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/123 .287/.352/.433/.785 .478/.897 .679 99/.860 7/4 4/2

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 135/100 .244/.304/.472/.775 .487/.873 .899 29/.897 0/0 7/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/1.917 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 552/395 .267/.301/.400/.702 .707/.700 .618 94/.590 7/2 13/3

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 493/373 .288/.342/.404/.746 .688/.764 .633 102/.933 6/5 6/3

IP 114.1 106.2 14.0 18.2 105.2 58.0 116.1 62.0 49.2 42.0 34.2 114.1 16.1 45.2 50.0 TOTAL .259/.326/.394/.720 .684/.734 .724 .762 122/43 124/101

ERA-K/9

6.14/4.5

6.58/5.6

9.64/6.4

4.82/5.3

4.09/4.3

4.34/8.4

4.49/8.0

5.52/3.9

4.17/11.2

7.50/5.8

3.12/11.2

4.49/3.6

10.47/8.8

5.72/6.9

4.32/10.4

5.03/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 519/.308 512/.292 69/.403 80/.288 465/.287 237/.245 491/.267 266/.278 211/.204 204/.335 142/.183 492/.266 86/.411 200/.228 218/.237 .278

OPS .865 .854 1.286 .829 .753 .790 .732 .854 .672 .901 .653 .723 1.063 .773 .717 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.925 301/.960 34/1.112 31/.780 139/.617 116/1.036 266/.871 131/.855 73/.643 89/1.019 74/.617 138/.726 44/1.327 88/.886 114/.711 .812

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.830 211/.704 35/1.452 49/.860 326/.813 121/.566 225/.572 135/.853 138/.687 115/.808 68/.692 354/.722 42/.781 112/.684 104/.723 .773

Road 278/.892 254/.886 19/1.882 28/.893 265/.750 100/.996 263/.822 111/.931 111/.657 107/.796 64/.827 227/.716 31/1.166 79/.945 106/.849

Last 28d days 98/.683 118/.969 69/1.286 24/.477 137/.945 38/.562 102/.789 53/.762 45/.870 50/.755 39/.445 99/.668 47/1.154 22/.640 35/.564

HR/SB/CS 16/5/1 14/8/3 6/2/2 3/0/0 6/1/2 11/2/0 9/13/5 14/2/0 7/6/4 4/4/1 5/3/0 8/4/2 4/0/0 8/4/0 7/10/0 162/103/25

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ····X··· o···X··· ·X······ X··o·X·· X·····X· ········ ···X··X· ·o··oo·· ··Xo··X· ···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.