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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 10:10pm, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 @Safeco Field

Athletics, 55-70, 4th, 19½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (23, LHP, 4-4, 5.78)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			62.1	72	43	40	38	66	10	5.78
2008 (1-4)			34.0	32	34	29	25	34	9	7.68

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.0	37	24	23	24	38	7	5.45	47
2009-08-21	DET	L	5.2	4	3	3	4	9	2	102	54
2009-08-15	CHW	L	5.0	6	6	5	6	2	1	96	29
2009-08-10	@BAL	W	6.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	85	62
2009-08-04	TEX	W	6.2	3	0	0	3	7	0	97	72
2009-07-30	@BOS	ND	5.1	5	3	3	4	8	0	107	50
2009-07-25	@NYY	W	6.2	2	1	1	3	6	0	102	69
2009-07-20	MIN	ND	2.2	10	11	11	3	1	4	89	-8

Last 5 v.SEA		0-0	5.0	5	4	2	3	7	0	3.60	49
2008-08-22	@SEA	ND	5.0	5	4	2	3	7	0	98	49

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

 Home:   30-33   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  39-45   vsLHP:  16-25   1-Run:  13-20
 vsEast: 21-23   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 25  @SEA  L   2-4 (10)  55-70  4th 19.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @SEA  L   1-3       55-69  4th 19.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23   DET  W   9-4       55-68  4th 19.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   DET  W   3-2       54-68  4th 20.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   DET  L   2-3       53-68  4th 20.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19   NYY  L   2-3       53-67  4th 21.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   NYY  L   2-7       53-66  4th 20.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17   NYY  W   3-0       53-65  4th 19.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   CHW  W   3-2       52-65  4th 19.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   CHW  L   1-8       51-65  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Mariners, 65-61, 3rd, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas French (23, LHP, 3-3, 3.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			51.2	60	28	22	24	34	5	3.83

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.2	48	25	19	18	26	3	4.54	44
2009-08-21	@CLE	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	100	47
2009-08-15	NYY	L	6.0	7	4	0	3	2	1	107	49
2009-08-10	CHW	ND	5.1	3	4	4	6	5	0	90	45
2009-08-05	@KCR	W	5.0	9	4	4	1	2	2	89	34
2009-07-28	@TEX	L	5.0	8	6	5	2	2	0	88	29
2009-07-23	SEA	L	5.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	87	50
2009-07-17	@NYY	ND	5.0	5	2	1	3	3	0	93	51

Has never faced OAK.

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

 Home:   34-27   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  43-38   vsLHP:  22-23   1-Run:  28-16
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:18-22   vsWest: 19-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 25   OAK  W   4-2 (10)  65-61  3rd 10.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   OAK  W   3-1       64-61  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @CLE  L   1-6       63-61  3rd 12.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22  @CLE  L   3-4 (11)  63-60  3rd 12.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21  @CLE  W   9-4       63-59  3rd 11.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @DET  L   6-7       62-59  3rd 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @DET  W   3-1       62-58  3rd 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @DET  L   3-5       61-58  3rd 12.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16   NYY  W  10-3       61-57  3rd 10.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15   NYY  L   2-5       60-57  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 SEA  3  OAK  1        W:Ian Snell (4-9), L: Vin Mazzaro (4-9), S: David Aardsma (29)
Wed, May 27, 2009 SEA  6 @OAK  1        W:Erik Bedard (3-2), L: Trevor Cahill (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 26, 2009 OAK  4  SEA  3        W:Dallas Braden (4-5), L: Miguel Batista (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Mon, May 25, 2009 OAK  6  SEA  1        W:Brett Anderson (2-4), L: Chris Jakubauskas (3-5), S: Kevin Cameron (1)
Sun, May 03, 2009 SEA  8  OAK  7 (15)   W:Jason Vargas (1-0), L: Dana Eveland (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2009 OAK  3 @SEA  2        W:Andrew Bailey (3-0), L: David Aardsma (0-1), S: Michael Wuertz (2)
Fri, May 01, 2009 SEA  8  OAK  7        W:Shawn Kelley (1-1), L: Russ Springer (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 SEA  1 @OAK  0        W:Erik Bedard (1-0), L: Trevor Cahill (0-1), S: David Aardsma (2)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 SEA  8 @OAK  5        W:Miguel Batista (1-0), L: Santiago Casilla (0-1), S: Brandon Morrow (2)
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 SEA  5 @OAK  4        W:Chris Jakubauskas (1-0), L: Brett Anderson (0-1), S: David Aardsma (1)
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 8-3; 2008 - OAK won 10-9; 2007 - SEA won 14-5; All-Time - OAK leads 268-195

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 5.74

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.80

RA/G

SFG 3.76

NYM 4.69

WSN 5.43

J. Mauer .374

A. Pagan .292

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .445

A. Cabrera .364

R. Cedeno .234

SLG

A. Pujols .665

B. Butler .482

A. Casilla .259

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

B. Roberts .841

A. Casilla .541

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

M. Cain 6.82

J. Lannan 3.75

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Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 25.French*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 58.Fister
G/S/vB 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 26.Messenger
G/S/vB 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB 48.Snell
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· 13/.962 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 12/.697 2/2.000 1/.000 56/47 .178/.309/.311/.620 .778/.590 .967 13/.580 0/0 1/0

32.Cust* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 18/1.767 ··· 26/.909 ··· 5/.400 ··· 12/.944 3/.666 2/1.000 482/339 .243/.359/.416/.775 .610/.845 .694 93/.925 4/0 19/2

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 252/148 .293/.360/.418/.778 .748/.799 .755 105/.872 27/6 2/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 23/.625 ··· 34/.719 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 9/.583 3/.000 2/.000 259/189 .273/.313/.420/.733 .762/.722 .810 93/.869 6/2 6/3

21.Everidge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/67 .222/.304/.370/.675 .976/.561 .707 87/.687 0/0 2/1

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 22/.545 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 4/1.833 2/.000 12/.697 ··· 132/81 .266/.303/.371/.674 .694/.660 .598 26/.746 1/0 2/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/5.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 373/254 .278/.325/.482/.808 1.020/.711 .810 84/.650 10/3 15/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 15/.734 ··· 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 22/.559 2/1.500 432/302 .281/.337/.414/.752 .561/.832 .799 110/.687 16/5 10/10

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 81/60 .263/.300/.382/.682 .238/.846 .832 81/.682 3/2 2/0

35.Powell# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 114/85 .245/.316/.431/.747 .596/.797 .688 24/.750 0/0 4/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 17/.661 ··· 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 10/1.378 3/.666 4/.750 471/334 .276/.313/.407/.720 .735/.714 .791 90/.720 5/2 10/3

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 11/.091 ··· 14/.357 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 408/307 .272/.327/.371/.698 .685/.702 .776 88/.751 5/5 5/3

IP 51.2 57.2 58.0 20.1 178.1 33.1 62.1 0.2 46.2 105.2 63.1 TOTAL .255/.322/.388/.710 .680/.723 .701 .752 96/33 105/90

ERA-K/9

3.83/5.9

2.34/10.5

4.19/6.5

2.21/5.8

2.73/8.7

3.78/8.1

3.18/7.4

13.50/0.0

4.05/5.0

5.37/5.5

2.84/4.0

3.92/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 236/.287 238/.192 269/.276 83/.213 739/.238 135/.276 259/.227 3/.333 173/.208 473/.270 259/.218 .247

OPS .810 .582 .788 .596 .632 .787 .654 1.667 .677 .848 .591 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.672 125/.549 127/.880 48/.568 390/.646 64/.451 128/.810 2/2.500 45/.657 241/.857 125/.540 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.881 113/.616 142/.708 35/.633 349/.616 71/1.104 131/.501 1/.000 128/.684 232/.837 134/.637 .699

Home 113/.734 123/.630 127/.859 57/.555 321/.679 67/.869 136/.654 / 108/.580 200/.835 148/.536

Last 28d days 103/.860 41/.973 36/.665 83/.596 142/.707 53/.521 53/.566 3/1.667 125/.655 113/.807 60/.526

HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 3/2/2 7/6/1 2/0/0 13/15/6 6/2/0 5/2/2 1/0/0 6/0/0 12/8/5 3/5/3 138/57/38

Usage ····X··· oo···XX· ··X·X··· ···X···· ··X····X X··X·X·· o··X··oX ···o···· X····X·· ·X····X· ·X··o·oo

Mariners Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 3/.000 9/1.806 1/no AB 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 12/2.067 2/.000 ··· 491/313 .251/.347/.520/.867 .787/.913 .924 106/.723 2/0 31/10

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.500 2/.000 8/.125 9/.111 1/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/2.667 21/1.348 6/2.500 ··· 372/294 .225/.333/.405/.738 .879/.701 .914 70/.905 0/0 14/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 2/no AB 5/.400 2/1.000 2/.500 7/.929 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 464/324 .289/.348/.434/.782 .936/.720 .877 108/.672 10/5 14/7

3.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 10/1.067 8/.125 ··· 248/156 .212/.274/.350/.624 .724/.563 .758 32/.772 1/1 6/4

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 246/162 .213/.302/.319/.621 .519/.677 .691 66/.596 1/1 3/7

2.Johjima G/S/vP 2/.500 3/2.334 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.500 187/122 .237/.274/.373/.647 .626/.659 .600 48/.572 2/2 6/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.619 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/172 .229/.302/.339/.641 .483/.707 .595 53/.713 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 103/70 .212/.310/.376/.686 .605/.723 .556 32/.590 0/1 3/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 6/.733 6/.334 2/.000 2/2.500 6/.533 6/.833 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/4.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 495/336 .273/.301/.460/.761 .759/.762 .622 113/.910 3/3 18/14

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 81/40 .253/.300/.293/.593 .450/.746 .551 66/.640 2/1 0/1

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 6/.900 3/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 6/1.167 4/.833 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 4/1.250 542/353 .359/.389/.468/.857 .897/.835 .884 113/.785 24/8 8/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 15/.983 1/.000 ··· 187/81 .249/.305/.402/.707 .725/.685 .648 42/.819 0/0 5/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.300 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 32/.962 7/.000 ··· 340/246 .257/.295/.371/.666 .597/.690 .641 54/.531 3/1 4/8

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/76 .223/.292/.359/.651 .797/.581 .448 39/1.033 0/1 3/5

IP 62.1 140.2 68.0 54.1 146.1 44.0 46.1 10.1 5.1 86.1 31.2 61.1 56.1 TOTAL .261/.317/.403/.719 .727/.716 .723 .743 71/29 122/105

ERA-K/9

5.78/9.5

4.35/7.5

1.99/9.9

4.14/7.5

4.86/4.6

5.73/6.1

5.24/5.6

0.87/4.4

6.75/1.7

5.32/5.7

3.69/5.7

3.23/11.7

2.72/6.2

4.41/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 290/.289 566/.263 268/.171 214/.191 639/.277 204/.282 208/.278 38/.189 21/.278 399/.319 126/.235 238/.217 241/.292 .268

OPS .855 .718 .496 .633 .839 .845 .761 .508 .705 .875 .722 .652 .720 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/1.140 154/.772 127/.534 107/.606 340/.945 98/.955 111/.963 19/.632 11/.333 235/.883 67/.520 99/.627 106/.822 .814

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.764 412/.698 141/.462 107/.658 299/.717 106/.746 97/.535 19/.377 10/1.056 164/.865 59/.945 139/.670 135/.641 .713

Road 148/.699 304/.740 150/.551 114/.688 238/.877 101/1.027 104/.874 20/.800 8/.250 250/.872 48/.846 133/.842 107/.695

Last 28d days 127/.690 134/.673 31/.258 45/.572 136/.800 36/.810 35/.917 33/.586 21/.705 128/1.028 41/.584 48/.685 47/.802

HR/SB/CS 10/1/2 16/12/2 4/1/0 7/8/4 25/16/8 6/3/2 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 11/8/3 6/3/1 6/7/3 1/2/0 124/72/29

Usage ····X··· X·····X· ···o···· X·oX··o· ···X···· ·······X ········ ·Xo····X ·X··o··o ·X·····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.