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Game Preview: OAK @ LAA, 3:35pm, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @Angel Stadium

Athletics, 77-80, 77-80 2nd, 10 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Bobby Cramer (30, LHP, 2-1, 3.71)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-1)			17.0	17	7	7	4	9	5	3.71

Last 7 GS		2-1	17.0	17	7	7	4	9	5	3.71	51
2010-09-24	TEX	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	3	2	71	43
2010-09-19	@MIN	W	5.2	5	2	2	3	2	2	87	50
2010-09-13	@KCR	W	5.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	91	59

Has never faced LAA as starter.

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

 Home:   47-34   Road:   30-46   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  55-59   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  22-19
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 26-26 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Tue, Sep 28  @LAA  L   2-4       77-80  2nd 10.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 27  @LAA  L   5-6       77-79  2nd 10.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26   TEX  L   9-16      77-78  2nd 10.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25   TEX  L   3-4       77-77  2nd  9.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   TEX  L   3-10      77-76  2nd  8.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23   TEX  W   5-0       77-75  2nd  7.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-4       76-75  2nd  8.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-2       76-74  2nd  7.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 20   CHW  W   3-0       75-74  2nd  8.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 19  @MIN  W   6-2       74-74  2nd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Angels, 77-80, 77-80 2nd, 10 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Joel Pineiro (31, RHP, 10-7, 3.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-7)			145.1	150	65	64	32	89	15	3.96
2009 (15-12)			214.0	218	94	83	27	105	11	3.49
2008 (7-7)			148.2	180	89	85	35	81	22	5.15

Last 7 GS		3-1	47.0	49	18	18	9	25	5	3.45	54
2010-09-24	CHW	ND	8.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	92	72
2010-09-18	@TBR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	81	56
2010-07-21	@NYY	L	6.0	11	6	6	2	5	1	107	29
2010-07-15	SEA	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	104	56
2010-07-09	@OAK	ND	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	106	52
2010-07-04	KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	4	3	0	114	64
2010-06-29	TEX	W	6.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	91	46

Last 5 v.OAK		1-3	26.1	38	23	21	11	11	1	7.18	36
2010-07-09	@OAK	ND	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	106	52
2010-05-16	OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	98	83
2006-08-15	@OAK	L	3.2	12	9	9	5	1	0	93	-3
2006-08-05	OAK	L	2.2	8	4	4	3	2	0	76	25
2006-06-14	@OAK	L	4.0	6	7	5	2	0	0	81	24

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

 Home:   42-38   Road:   35-42   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  55-54   vsLHP:  22-26   1-Run:  22-24
 vsEast: 15-27   vsCntrl:19-26   vsWest: 32-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Tue, Sep 28   OAK  W   4-2       77-80  2nd 10.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 27   OAK  W   6-5       76-80  3rd 11.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26   CHW  L   3-4       75-80  3rd 12.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25   CHW  L   2-6       75-79  3rd 11.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   CHW  L   1-2       75-78  3rd 10.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22   TEX  L   1-2 (12)  75-77  3rd  9.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21   TEX  W   2-0       75-76  3rd  8.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 20   TEX  W   7-4       74-76  3rd  9.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @TBR  W   6-3       73-76  3rd 10.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  72-76  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 LAA  4  OAK  2        W:Dan Haren (11-12), L: Dallas Braden (10-14), S: Fernando Rodney (14)
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 LAA  6  OAK  5        W:Michael Kohn (2-0), L: Brad Ziegler (3-6), S: Fernando Rodney (13)
Sun, Sep 05, 2010 LAA  7 @OAK  4        W:Ervin Santana (15-9), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 OAK  3  LAA  1        W:Trevor Cahill (15-6), L: Jered Weaver (11-11), S: Andrew Bailey (21)
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 OAK  8  LAA  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (13-8), L: Scott Kazmir (8-13), S: none
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 OAK  5  LAA  2        W:Trevor Cahill (9-3), L: Jered Weaver (8-5), S: Andrew Bailey (18)
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 OAK 15  LAA  1        W:Ben Sheets (4-8), L: Scott Kazmir (7-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 LAA  6 @OAK  5 (10)   W:Kevin Jepsen (1-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-3), S: Brian Fuentes (16)
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 OAK  6  LAA  1        W:Trevor Cahill (5-2), L: Ervin Santana (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 LAA  7 @OAK  1        W:Joe Saunders (5-6), L: Dallas Braden (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - LAA over 10-8; 2009 - LAA won 12-7; 2008 - LAA won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 414-372

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.31

FLA 4.45

SEA 3.19

RA/G

SFG 3.64

CHW 4.37

PIT 5.37

J. Hamilton .361

D. Wright .286

B. Wood .147

OBP

J. Morneau .437

I. Suzuki .360

B. Wood .176

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

A. LaRoche .464

B. Wood .210

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

R. Hanigan .822

B. Wood .386

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.27

I. Kennedy 3.76

A. Burnett 5.33

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo 9.71

B. Matusz 7.11

K. Kendrick 4.20

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Athletics Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 38.Cassevah
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 58.Kohn
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB 51.Walden
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 8/.000 4/.500 3/1.334 3/.333 6/.666 1/.000 6/1.667 4/.500 ··· 6/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 668/484 .272/.393/.394/.788 .834/.770 .773 100/.606 7/3 8/10

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/19 .177/.193/.354/.547 .571/.474 .690 38/.655 3/0 4/0

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/42 .127/.183/.200/.383 .410/.372 .075 40/.556 0/0 1/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 23/1.073 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 9/1.445 ··· 13/.398 ··· ··· 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .659 60/.872 32/3 8/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/1.500 6/1.333 5/.400 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 5/.800 1/.000 7/.143 1/no AB 3/.666 403/331 .274/.400/.438/.837 .686/.872 .828 93/.833 2/2 12/1

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 6/1.167 3/.666 6/.167 1/.000 5/1.000 2/4.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 537/396 .274/.310/.368/.677 .765/.646 .668 96/.678 47/10 5/4

29.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/12 .167/.219/.300/.519 .850/.000 .614 5/.650 0/0 1/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 45/.914 4/.500 6/.733 2/2.000 5/.200 ··· 6/.834 9/.958 1/.000 33/.564 1/.000 3/1.667 468/354 .287/.355/.371/.726 .839/.690 .808 100/.966 6/6 4/3

18.Gross* G/S/vP 7/1.143 5/1.400 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/3.000 3/.667 1/2.000 1/.000 242/196 .241/.293/.314/.607 .552/.617 .567 22/.883 5/1 1/1

45.Hermida* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 218/188 .219/.275/.368/.643 .456/.673 .593 47/.782 1/0 6/4

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 229/181 .173/.285/.250/.535 .338/.586 .620 36/.411 3/1 2/4

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 15/.600 3/1.334 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.267 2/2.500 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.500 564/420 .251/.287/.400/.687 .724/.675 .702 40/.524 2/1 15/11

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 71/61 .175/.268/.317/.585 .311/.631 .734 31/.418 1/0 2/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 7/.715 3/1.000 5/1.400 1/.000 10/.900 2/.500 5/.200 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 557/430 .252/.321/.368/.688 .655/.698 .698 82/.695 27/5 5/23

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 129/91 .214/.305/.304/.608 .624/.602 .623 24/.733 1/0 2/6

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .429/.556/.429/.984 2.000/.533 .833 9/.984 0/1 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/.000 4/1.000 8/.875 1/.000 5/1.200 1/2.000 5/1.000 6/.666 1/2.000 6/.533 2/.500 1/4.000 521/387 .248/.311/.371/.682 .550/.727 .621 90/.654 3/2 12/8

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/26 .292/.346/.417/.763 1.048/.478 .333 31/.906 0/0 1/1

IP 145.1 61.0 23.0 17.2 56.0 19.1 33.2 67.0 45.1 46.0 17.2 13.1 TOTAL .256/.325/.376/.700 .710/.697 .689 .720 148/37 100/107

ERA-K/9

3.96/5.5

4.72/6.6

5.09/9.4

3.57/4.1

4.18/9.6

2.33/7.5

4.54/4.5

4.03/7.1

4.37/7.2

5.28/7.6

1.53/6.1

2.03/14.9

4.08/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-1)
Powell (17-9-0)
Suzuki (63-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 605/.264 273/.312 107/.270 84/.293 244/.256 89/.235 157/.281 301/.263 199/.253 217/.254 67/.161 55/.220 .256 Gross
Davis
Hermida
Cust
Carson
Crisp
Larish
Carter 40/10/49/6
47/78/27/5
47/0/19/4
13/0/3/3
6/3/25/2
0/73/0/2
7/0/0/0
17/0/0/0

OPS .727 .792 .836 .763 .683 .653 .793 .736 .728 .762 .502 .651 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 315/.725 150/.811 50/.887 47/.971 138/.680 48/.764 70/.771 151/.729 91/.978 108/.612 30/.317 31/.545 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.730 123/.769 57/.795 37/.508 106/.687 41/.517 87/.805 150/.744 108/.532 109/.907 37/.653 24/.772 .741

Home 331/.571 101/.735 49/.772 53/.529 134/.695 47/.564 94/.810 187/.743 105/.734 102/.799 38/.454 33/.724

Last 28d days 49/.531 23/.725 9/1.556 32/.780 44/.690 36/.592 42/.539 63/.839 21/1.182 5/.200 24/.269 38/.672

HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 2/10/2 3/2/2 0/0/0 2/5/2 0/1/2 1/1/1 4/11/1 5/1/0 6/4/3 2/1/0 1/1/0 145/127/40

Usage ····X··· ········ ···X···· ··o····· X·o···o· ·X····o· ···X··X· Xo··X·o· ···o···· ········ ···X···· XX····o·

Angels Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Cramer*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 61.James
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 5/.800 12/1.318 14/.972 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 6/.533 654/452 .256/.350/.436/.787 .643/.853 .829 93/.859 23/10 20/6

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 3/1.000 6/.667 5/.400 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 5/1.600 576/413 .253/.306/.331/.638 .602/.651 .559 51/.297 20/8 5/20

25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 170/125 .194/.232/.338/.570 .364/.645 .553 80/.546 9/3 4/1

12.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.933 587/463 .266/.304/.376/.680 .580/.710 .689 73/.325 5/3 10/11

64.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/25 .238/.360/.381/.741 /.741 1.167 25/.741 0/0 0/2

18.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 173/117 .250/.294/.319/.613 .589/.625 .703 23/.000 2/0 0/7

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 5/.000 6/.000 6/2.100 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 12/.000 623/433 .285/.360/.470/.830 .801/.842 .708 103/.757 9/12 22/3

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 8/.804 5/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 223/176 .251/.320/.372/.692 .689/.692 .520 4/1.417 7/2 3/2

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 8/1.250 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 5/.000 10/.522 639/454 .278/.313/.407/.720 .658/.746 .755 93/.734 14/4 10/10

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.533 211/159 .191/.212/.276/.488 .583/.457 .527 36/.412 3/0 3/7

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/.000 8/.804 9/.444 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 546/401 .272/.360/.454/.814 .683/.863 .810 69/.976 0/1 20/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/3.500 11/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 497/346 .244/.320/.480/.800 1.028/.702 .818 76/.808 4/2 26/12

20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.750 442/289 .255/.314/.401/.715 .748/.698 .637 52/.861 2/2 13/6

73.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/2

37.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 9/.708 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.500 174/119 .261/.339/.301/.640 .656/.632 .688 36/.472 2/4 0/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/81 .229/.288/.417/.705 .947/.624 .724 20/.703 0/0 4/1

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 241/157 .147/.176/.210/.386 .402/.377 .397 43/.301 1/0 4/9

IP 17.0 49.0 48.2 22.2 70.1 4.0 25.0 11.2 39.2 59.0 TOTAL .250/.312/.392/.704 .678/.714 .693 .635 100/51 149/126

ERA-K/9

3.71/4.8

1.47/7.7

3.70/8.5

6.75/5.9

3.07/8.6

4.50/11.2

4.68/10.1

4.63/6.2

4.31/9.1

3.20/6.3

3.65/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Conger (6-2-0)
Mathis (41-10-6)
Napoli (52-19-5)
Wilson (23-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 68/.266 189/.199 220/.274 104/.351 282/.189 23/.389 110/.237 51/.267 171/.240 246/.233 .245 Bourjos
Rivera
Abreu
Willits
Hunter
Matsui
Kendrick
Frandsen
Callaspo 0/46/0/10
82/1/23/8
38/0/93/7
40/29/7/5
0/98/43/4
17/0/0/1
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .856 .544 .758 .843 .607 .911 .677 .762 .746 .683 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.875 85/.569 97/.598 51/.878 99/.562 13/.872 47/.742 21/1.060 61/.920 73/1.076 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.849 104/.523 123/.892 53/.807 183/.631 10/.944 63/.628 30/.545 110/.656 173/.532 .681

Road 43/.790 81/.568 112/.771 59/.822 143/.605 14/1.087 46/.904 12/.258 82/.885 119/.859

Last 28d days 68/.856 23/.467 21/.852 45/.945 41/.470 23/.911 32/.766 33/.741 30/.744 35/.458

HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 0/0/0 2/7/0 1/0/0 6/3/0 4/2/1 152/85/32

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

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.