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Game Preview: OAK @ LAA, 9:05pm, Saturday, April 10, 2010 @Angel Stadium

Athletics, 4-1, 4-11st, 1½ up

SP: Ben Sheets (31, RHP, 0-0, 3.60)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-0) 5.0 4 3 2 4 3 1 3.60
2008 (13-9) 198.1 181 74 68 47 158 17 3.09
2007 (12-5) 141.1 138 62 60 37 106 17 3.82
Last 7 GS 2-2 35.1 31 13 11 13 21 4 2.80 54
2010-04-05 SEA ND 5.0 4 3 2 4 3 1 94 48
2008-09-27 CHC L 2.1 5 4 3 2 1 1 53 32
2008-09-17 @CHC ND 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 24 52
2008-09-11 @PHI L 6.0 9 5 5 3 4 1 113 35
2008-09-06 SDP W 9.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 120 83
2008-09-01 NYM ND 5.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 54 62
2008-08-26 @STL W 6.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 100 64
Last 5 v.LAA 0-1 15.0 9 5 5 3 9 0 3.00 64
2004-06-08 @ANA ND 9.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 103 90
2002-06-23 ANA L 6.0 8 5 5 3 4 0 108 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    1-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Fri, Apr  9  @LAA  W  10-4        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Thu, Apr  8   SEA  W   6-2        3-1   1st  1.5 up
  3 Wed, Apr  7   SEA  W   6-5        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Tue, Apr  6   SEA  W   2-1 (10)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   SEA  L   3-5        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-1    Last 20: 4-1    Last 30: 4-1
Angels, 1-4, 1-43rd, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (27, RHP, 1-0, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-0) 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 4.50
2009 (16-8) 211.0 196 91 88 66 174 26 3.75
2008 (11-10) 176.2 173 88 85 54 152 20 4.33
Last 7 GS 4-3 43.2 43 16 16 12 32 5 3.30 54
2010-04-05 MIN W 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 94 54
2009-10-02 @OAK W 5.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 77 66
2009-09-25 OAK L 6.0 6 2 2 3 1 0 105 50
2009-09-19 @TEX L 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 101 52
2009-09-14 @NYY L 7.1 8 5 5 4 2 1 112 40
2009-09-09 SEA W 6.1 7 2 2 0 8 2 111 59
2009-09-04 @KCR W 7.0 9 1 1 1 6 0 113 60
Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 26.2 27 8 8 11 20 0 2.70 53
2009-10-02 @OAK W 5.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 77 66
2009-09-25 OAK L 6.0 6 2 2 3 1 0 105 50
2009-08-29 OAK ND 6.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 119 65
2009-07-18 @OAK ND 3.2 8 5 5 3 3 0 92 25
2008-09-17 @OAK ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 8 0 105 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-4    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-3    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Fri, Apr  9   OAK  L   4-10       1-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  8   MIN  L   1-10       1-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  7   MIN  L   2-4        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  6   MIN  L   3-5        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   MIN  W   6-3        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-4    Last 20: 1-4    Last 30: 1-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 OAK 10 @LAA  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (1-0), L: Matt Palmer (0-1), S: none

Sun, Oct 04, 2009 LAA  5 @OAK  3        W:Joe Saunders (16-7), L: Jeff Gray (0-1), S: Kevin Jepsen (1)
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 LAA  4 @OAK  2        W:Scott Kazmir (10-9), L: Dana Eveland (2-4), S: Brian Fuentes (48)
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 LAA  5 @OAK  2        W:Jered Weaver (16-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (6-7), S: Brian Fuentes (47)
Sun, Sep 27, 2009 LAA  7  OAK  4        W:Joe Saunders (15-7), L: Edgar Gonzalez (0-4), S: Brian Fuentes (45)
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 OAK 15 @LAA 10        W:Craig Breslow (8-7), L: Kevin Jepsen (6-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2009 OAK  3 @LAA  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-6), L: Jered Weaver (15-8), S: Andrew Bailey (26)
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 LAA  9  OAK  1        W:John Lackey (9-7), L: Brett Anderson (7-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 OAK  4 @LAA  3        W:Brad Ziegler (2-4), L: Rafael Rodriguez (0-1), S: Andrew Bailey (20)
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 LAA 11  OAK  7        W:Jose Arredondo (2-3), L: Brad Ziegler (1-4), S: Brian Fuentes (37)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 1-0; 2009 - LAA won 12-7; 2008 - LAA won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 407-362

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 2010 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 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (6.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 32.Palmer
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 62.Shields
G/S/vB		 43.Stokes
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 15/.910 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/1.667 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 192/160 .269/.372/.413/.784 1.083/.728 .920 23/1.128 0/2 3/1
6.Buck* G/S/vP 6/.900 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 115/101 .219/.287/.333/.620 .357/.659 .563 20/.703 1/1 3/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 9/.889 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 25/.738 2/.000 31/13 .100/.129/.133/.262 .222/.321 .238 19/.433 0/0 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 13/.398 3/.333 215/132 .228/.336/.378/.714 .678/.738 .729 / 13/2 3/3
32.Cust* G/S/vP 23/.626 4/.500 3/.000 6/1.167 3/1.666 2/1.000 5/.200 2/.500 612/450 .240/.356/.417/.773 .621/.830 .708 / 4/1 25/2
11.Davis G/S/vP 8/.750 5/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/1.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 432/283 .305/.360/.423/.784 .773/.789 .724 24/.917 41/12 3/4
14.Ellis G/S/vP 22/.417 4/.250 3/.666 4/.250 6/.834 4/1.833 31/.603 2/1.000 410/301 .263/.305/.403/.708 .706/.709 .753 23/.928 10/3 10/5
50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 241/179 .259/.311/.468/.779 .665/.818 .900 3/.000 0/0 11/7
28.Gross* G/S/vP 8/1.357 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 326/290 .227/.326/.355/.681 .747/.673 .688 1/.000 6/3 6/3
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 7/1.571 ··· 6/1.267 ··· ··· 3/.333 573/412 .255/.302/.420/.722 .835/.677 .778 24/.619 1/0 18/3
1.Patterson* G/S/vP 9/.347 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 110/91 .287/.373/.394/.766 .849/.749 .715 0/ 6/1 1/2
26.Pennington# G/S/vP 9/.222 4/1.250 1/2.000 4/1.750 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 229/171 .279/.342/.418/.760 .532/.841 .817 20/1.097 7/5 4/8
35.Powell# G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 155/111 .229/.297/.429/.725 .458/.829 .687 / 0/0 7/4
7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/205 .213/.303/.317/.620 .693/.598 .621 0/ 1/2 4/7
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 18/.631 7/.686 6/.533 4/1.500 5/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 614/443 .274/.313/.421/.734 .727/.737 .794 23/.848 8/2 15/5
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 11/.830 4/.500 1/.000 4/.500 5/.400 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 534/409 .293/.348/.407/.755 .719/.766 .842 24/.610 6/5 6/3
IP 211.0 65.2 55.0 54.2 121.1 75.2 17.2 70.1 TOTAL .296/.373/.419/.792 1.019/.761 .866 .792 4/0 3/8
ERA-K/9 3.75/7.4 3.56/9.3 3.93/7.5 4.94/7.9 3.93/5.1 4.40/7.3 6.62/6.1 3.97/5.8 6.00/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fox (0-0-0)
 Powell (11-11-2)
 Suzuki (81-27-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.246 262/.207 242/.254 237/.292 505/.240 330/.249 83/.239 316/.267 .267  Sweeney
 Davis
 Gross
 Patterson
 Fox
 Cust
 Buck
 Crisp
7/57/85/11
0/113/5/8
0/0/100/6
26/4/2/1
23/0/3/1
0/0/51/1
5/0/28/0
0/49/0/0
OPS .723 .682 .720 .693 .702 .731 .721 .769 .837
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 487/.812 127/.725 78/.589 122/.881 268/.786 184/.727 38/.712 140/.922 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 395/.615 135/.643 164/.786 115/.497 237/.608 146/.737 45/.729 176/.652 .900
Home 462/.645 150/.731 117/.826 115/.599 295/.612 182/.641 48/.631 160/.709
Last 28d days 25/.689 17/.853 3/.000 10/.730 34/.860 10/1.375 4/.500 13/.930
HR/SB/CS 26/19/6 7/3/0 6/1/1 2/3/0 12/12/4 8/2/0 1/2/0 6/2/0 10/3/0
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (3.20 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 33.Devine
G/S/vB		 58.Duchscherer
G/S/vB		 39.Kilby*
G/S/vB		 59.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 18/1.014 4/1.250 4/.500 9/.347 ··· 6/.666 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.650 667/466 .293/.390/.435/.825 .735/.865 .812 21/.438 30/8 15/8
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.333 556/375 .312/.353/.423/.776 .804/.763 .711 17/.507 14/7 5/11
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
17.Evans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .286/.286/.286/.571 2.000/.333 .667 1/.000 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/1.069 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.633 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 9/.000 506/376 .299/.366/.508/.873 .978/.837 .899 19/.984 18/4 22/1
13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 6/.667 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 437/373 .300/.359/.434/.794 .975/.772 .849 10/.422 13/5 8/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 5/.650 ··· 5/.000 7/.453 400/252 .291/.334/.444/.778 .831/.745 .846 20/.921 11/4 10/4
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 272/184 .211/.288/.308/.596 .625/.582 .689 14/.824 2/3 5/7
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 528/380 .274/.367/.509/.876 .976/.835 .816 20/1.137 0/1 28/
8.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 6/1.133 622/477 .306/.355/.569/.924 .806/.961 1.042 19/.579 3/7 34/8
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 432/323 .272/.350/.492/.842 1.033/.778 .797 5/.400 3/3 20/8
33.Pettit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 .000/.800 .500 / 0/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 2/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 572/415 .287/.332/.478/.810 1.023/.732 .762 20/.800 0/1 25/2
12.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .182/.182/.273/.455 .667/.375 .500 / 0/0 0/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.500 92/70 .213/.256/.238/.493 .411/.519 .465 / 5/1 0/0
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .200/.200/.400/.600 /.600 .600 1/.000 0/0 0/0
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 46/21 .195/.267/.293/.559 .573/.535 .699 16/.125 0/0 1/3
IP 83.1 22.1 69.2 17.0 22.0 4.0 78.2 73.1 TOTAL .247/.293/.382/.676 .845/.634 .676 .676 1/1 6/6
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.84/9.8 4.84/9.3 3.36/7.1 /0.0 /0.0 0.53/10.6 5.73/9.0 2.25/9.0 2.63/11.7 3.07/6.6 2.54/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (1-0-0)
 Mathis (52-18-6)
 Napoli (74-21-5)
 Wilson (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 323/.167 90/.229 281/.197 / / 65/.164 110/.281 20/.235 304/.188 313/.293 .206  Rivera
 Abreu
 Hunter
 Willits
 Pettit
 Izturis
 Evans
124/0/7/11
10/0/126/10
0/115/0/2
27/6/10/0
2/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
2/1/7/0
OPS .476 .651 .613 .494 .911 .585 .567 .734 .593
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 154/.470 31/.719 127/.632 / / 23/.696 67/.896 6/.900 128/.577 128/.912 .563
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 169/.482 59/.617 154/.597 / / 42/.372 43/.932 14/.452 176/.560 185/.616 .609
Road / 177/.493 24/.375 153/.668 / / 31/.719 46/.906 7/.286 170/.701 138/.748
Last 28d days 20/.933 10/.733 16/.625 6/.500 / 25/.815 / 15/.585 / / 10/.300
HR/SB/CS // 5/1/0 2/0/0 8/8/5 // // 1/1/0 6/3/1 0/1/0 6/9/3 2/3/1 4/5/2
Usage

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.