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Game Preview: OAK @ BAL, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Athletics, 23-23, 23-232nd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 2-2, 3.68)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-2)			29.1	27	15	12	7	14	5	3.68
2009 (10-13)			178.2	185	99	92	72	90	27	4.63

Last 7 GS		3-3	39.2	41	22	19	11	16	6	4.31	47
2010-05-21	SFG	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	4	0	96	61
2010-05-16	@LAA	L	7.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	106	57
2010-05-11	@TEX	ND	5.2	4	2	2	2	1	1	94	52
2010-05-05	TEX	W	5.0	5	1	0	3	4	0	90	56
2010-04-30	@TOR	L	5.0	7	8	6	1	3	3	81	27
2009-09-29	@SEA	L	4.2	8	6	6	2	1	1	87	23
2009-09-22	TEX	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	1	0	79	52

Last 5 v.BAL		1-1	13.0	14	5	5	0	9	0	3.46	55
2009-08-11	@BAL	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	97	53
2009-06-06	BAL	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	91	57

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

 Home:   18-9    Road:    5-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  15-16   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   8-2 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest: 11-10 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Tue, May 25  @BAL  L   1-5       23-23  2nd  3.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 23   SFG  W   3-0       23-22  2nd  2.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 22   SFG  W   1-0       22-22  2nd  3.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 21   SFG  W   6-1       21-22  2nd  4.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 20   DET  L   2-5       20-22  2nd  4.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 19   DET  L   1-5       20-21  2nd  3.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 18   SEA  W   6-5 (10)  20-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 17   SEA  W   8-4       19-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 16  @LAA  L   0-4       18-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 15  @LAA  L   3-12      18-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Orioles, 15-31, 15-315th, 17 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Brian Matusz (23, LHP, 2-4, 5.26)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-4)			49.2	61	31	29	19	41	4	5.26
2009 (5-2)			44.2	52	24	23	14	38	6	4.63

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.1	53	25	23	13	26	4	5.54	42
2010-05-20	@TEX	L	2.1	8	7	7	1	2	2	63	14
2010-05-15	CLE	ND	7.0	7	0	0	4	6	0	107	65
2010-05-09	@MIN	L	3.2	9	6	6	1	2	0	80	20
2010-05-04	@NYY	L	6.0	6	3	1	3	2	0	100	51
2010-04-29	NYY	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	97	44
2010-04-24	@BOS	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	102	49
2010-04-18	@OAK	W	6.1	8	3	3	1	8	0	102	52

Last 5 v.OAK		1-0	6.1	8	3	3	1	8	0	4.26	52
2010-04-18	@OAK	W	6.1	8	3	3	1	8	0	102	52

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

 Home:    9-12   Road:    6-19   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  10-21   vsLHP:   5-10   1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Tue, May 25   OAK  W   5-1       15-31  5th 17.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 23  @WSN  L   3-4 (10)  14-31  5th 18.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 22  @WSN  L   6-7       14-30  5th 17.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 21  @WSN  W   5-3       14-29  5th 16.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 20  @TEX  L   7-13      13-29  5th 17.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 19  @TEX  L   3-4       13-28  5th 16.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 18   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  13-27  5th 15.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 17   KCR  L   3-4       12-27  5th 15.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 16   CLE  L   1-5       12-26  5th 14.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 15   CLE  L   2-8       12-25  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 25, 2010 BAL  5  OAK  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-4), L: Tyson Ross (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 BAL  8 @OAK  3        W:Brian Matusz (2-0), L: Brett Anderson (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (1)
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 OAK  4  BAL  3        W:Jerry Blevins (2-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 OAK  4  BAL  2        W:Dallas Braden (2-0), L: Kevin Millwood (0-2), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 OAK  6  BAL  2        W:Ben Sheets (1-0), L: David Hernandez (0-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 12, 2009 OAK  6 @BAL  3        W:Vin Mazzaro (4-8), L: Jason Berken (2-10), S: Andrew Bailey (17)
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 BAL  3  OAK  2        W:David Hernandez (4-4), L: Trevor Cahill (6-12), S: Jim Johnson (4)
Mon, Aug 10, 2009 OAK  9 @BAL  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (4-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-12), S: none
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 OAK  3  BAL  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Rich Hill (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (4)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 OAK  9  BAL  4        W:Trevor Cahill (3-5), L: Jason Berken (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 3-2; 2009 - OAK won 5-1; 2008 - OAK won 5-0; All-Time - OAK leads 971-916

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 5.47

CHC 4.48

HOU 2.96

RA/G

TBR 3.17

CHC 4.52

ARI 6.04

J. Morneau .383

C. Pennington .224

C. Pena .186

OBP

J. Morneau .497

H. Kendrick .289

J. Lopez .241

SLG

J. Morneau .701

M. Scutaro .330

C. Figgins .259

OPS

J. Morneau 1.199

H. Kendrick .637

J. Lopez .505

ERA

U. Jimenez .99

M. Talbot 3.73

J. Beckett 7.29

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.01

C. Wilson 6.75

N. Blackburn 2.50

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Athletics Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS	17.Matusz* G/S/vB	37.Albers G/S/vB	26.Meredith G/S/vB	13.Ohman* G/S/vB	PA/vRH	BA/OBP/SLG/OPS	vLH/RH	Rd	Last 28d	SB/CS	HR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP	2/.500	1/.000	···	2/.500	202/140	.278/.388/.407/.795	.747/.817	.673	108/.725	0/1	2/7
4.Crisp# G/S/vP	···	1/.000	1/2.000	···	8/4	.333/.250/.500/.750	1.500/.000		8/.750	0/1	0/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP	···	1/.000	2/.500	1/.000	32/25	.280/.438/.280/.718	1.071/.611	.705	32/.718	0/0	0/1
11.Davis G/S/vP	4/.000	4/.000	2/4.000	1/.000	157/105	.247/.288/.308/.597	.641/.576	.576	73/.672	15/2	1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP	···	1/.000	3/1.667	1/.000	45/35	.250/.318/.300/.618	.708/.596	.458	11/.100	0/0	0/0
50.Fox G/S/vP	3/1.334	1/.000	1/.000	1/.000	81/36	.203/.259/.311/.570	.670/.441	.606	38/.669	0/0	1/1
18.Gross* G/S/vP	···	7/1.238	2/.500	3/.000	71/50	.273/.300/.333/.633	.361/.743	.658	32/.734	1/0	0/0
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP	3/1.000	6/.167	···	3/.000	184/131	.259/.288/.351/.639	.683/.621	.558	94/.657	0/0	3/4
1.Patterson* G/S/vP	1/2.000	1/.000	···	···	82/65	.213/.272/.480/.752	.301/.873	.719	57/.701	2/0	4/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP	2/2.000	···	2/.000	1/.000	188/134	.224/.304/.345/.650	.662/.644	.619	105/.501	5/2	3/5
7.Rosales G/S/vP	3/.000	···	1/2.000	···	151/104	.269/.333/.373/.706	.726/.698	.870	94/.612	0/0	3/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP	3/.666	5/.000	2/2.500	···	103/76	.253/.340/.429/.768	.704/.786	.284	36/.615	0/0	4/3
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP	3/.333	···	1/3.000	4/.833	177/132	.307/.350/.387/.737	.623/.772	.581	85/.739	0/1	1/0
IP	49.2	20.1	14.0	15.2	TOTAL	.252/.316/.360/.676	.661/.682	.628	.648	25/7	25/31
ERA-K/9	5.26/7.4	5.31/5.3	5.79/4.5	0.00/9.7	4.51/6.2	Catcher Def. (SB-CS-PB) Fox (1-1-0) Suzuki (14-6-2)		OF G: LF / CF / RF - A
BF/BA	226/.305	92/.260	62/.304	62/.189	.280			Sweeney Cust Gross Davis Rosales Crisp Patterson Fox		0/0/42/3 6/0/0/2 13/6/10/1 2/40/0/1 2/0/0/0 0/2/0/0 19/6/0/0 5/0/0/0
OPS	.788	.782	.934	.517	.787
vs LHB (BF-OPS)	55/.807	37/.920	20/.850	38/.508	.852
vs RHB (BF-OPS)	171/.782	55/.685	42/.973	24/.530	.732
Home	86/.672	35/.676	33/1.039	31/.601
Last 28d days	123/.941	46/.709	40/.889	34/.397
HR/SB/CS	4/2/3	3/2/0	4/2/0	0/0/1	51/17/13
Usage	`·····X··`	`··o·X·X·`	`··o·ooo·`	`o·o·o·oo`

Orioles Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 66.Ross
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
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

25.Atkins G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 17/1.118 6/.900 2/2.000 123/87 .222/.260/.282/.542 .490/.562 .430 58/.518 0/0 0/1

53.Castillo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /0

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.000 24/.250 3/1.167 ··· 132/95 .231/.300/.248/.548 .552/.519 .454 70/.466 4/4 0/2

10.Jones G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 5/.000 ··· 196/150 .255/.281/.399/.680 .541/.721 .664 99/.759 1/3 5/2

2.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 68/41 .200/.235/.200/.435 .741/.244 .268 38/.560 3/1 0/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 9/.444 2/no AB 3/1.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 206/145 .312/.417/.451/.868 .998/.807 .967 111/.896 1/1 3/0

16.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 45/30 .159/.178/.159/.337 .205/.400 .000 18/.399 1/0 0/1

40.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

6.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 41/.494 ··· ··· 61/46 .288/.383/.462/.845 .564/.938 .980 61/.845 4/1 2/1

30.Scott* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.250 1/.000 19/.754 3/.333 2/1.500 145/117 .273/.338/.538/.876 .747/.907 1.116 77/1.039 0/0 9/1

15.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .250/.280/.250/.530 .571/.513 .333 18/.627 0/0 0/0

9.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 17/.489 2/.000 ··· 181/135 .262/.309/.381/.690 .859/.632 .816 108/.614 0/0 4/6

32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· 170/121 .256/.318/.365/.683 .669/.688 .553 89/.647 0/1 4/1

23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 39/1.068 6/.500 2/.000 175/127 .290/.356/.594/.950 .722/1.040 1.097 106/.865 0/1 13/7

IP 29.1 17.2 15.0 1.0 18.1 28.1 55.1 6.2 20.1 TOTAL .253/.316/.385/.701 .692/.704 .727 .708 16/12 43/32

ERA-K/9

3.68/4.3

1.02/5.1

6.00/9.6

9.00/18.0

2.45/9.3

4.76/6.7

5.04/7.3

5.40/4.0

2.66/5.3

3.93/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Tatum (2-2-0)
Wieters (15-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 119/.243 69/.194 71/.302 5/.250 74/.197 118/.288 242/.278 30/.269 82/.211 .246 Jones
Montanez
Patterson
Markakis
Scott 0/45/0/2
14/1/0/2
13/1/0/1
0/0/46/1
8/0/0/0

OPS .703 .476 .839 .650 .632 .718 .850 .845 .615 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.632 31/.404 28/.509 1/ 33/.476 58/.762 132/.758 11/1.545 27/.973 .680

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.769 38/.535 43/1.078 4/.500 41/.762 60/.672 110/.947 19/.458 55/.442 .711

Road 72/.738 19/.583 30/.857 / 38/.623 54/.899 96/1.125 12/.795 31/.996

Last 28d days 119/.703 44/.390 32/1.181 5/.650 43/.394 66/.804 122/.775 30/.845 43/.685

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/2/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 7/11/7 1/0/0 2/1/1 44/26/14

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