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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 31, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Athletics, 51-51, 51-51 3rd, 8½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 5-7, 3.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (5-7) 105.0 111 50 44 19 69 10 3.77
2009 (8-9) 136.2 144 63 59 42 81 9 3.89
2008 (5-4) 71.2 77 36 33 25 41 8 4.14
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.0 58 26 21 8 30 4 4.61 44
2010-07-25 CHW W 6.1 5 3 3 2 5 0 98 54
2010-07-20 BOS ND 4.2 10 4 1 1 6 0 94 39
2010-06-22 CIN L 6.0 10 4 3 1 4 0 106 41
2010-06-17 @CHC ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 83 61
2010-06-09 LAA L 5.2 11 5 4 1 4 0 92 32
2010-06-04 MIN ND 6.1 6 4 4 1 2 1 108 46
2010-05-30 @DET L 6.0 11 5 5 1 5 2 95 34
Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 13.1 12 6 6 3 9 1 4.05 54
2010-07-25 CHW W 6.1 5 3 3 2 5 0 98 54
2008-08-15 CHW ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 89 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-22   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  38-36   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:13-9    vsWest: 16-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Fri, Jul 30  @CHW  L   1-6       51-51  3rd  8.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 29  @TEX  L   4-7       51-50  2nd  8.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 28  @TEX  W   3-1       51-49  2nd  7.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @TEX  L   1-3 (10)  50-49  2nd  8.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25   CHW  W   6-4       50-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24   CHW  W  10-2       49-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23   CHW  L   1-5       48-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21   BOS  W   6-4       48-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20   BOS  W   5-4 (10)  47-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19   BOS  L   1-2       46-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
WhiteSox, 58-44, 58-44 1st, 1½ up

SP: John Danks (25, LHP, 11-7, 3.23)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (11-7) 133.2 107 50 48 44 101 7 3.23
2009 (13-11) 200.1 184 89 84 73 149 28 3.77
2008 (12-9) 195.0 182 74 72 57 159 15 3.32
Last 7 GS 5-2 48.2 36 18 18 14 34 2 3.33 59
2010-07-26 SEA W 8.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 95 67
2010-07-20 @SEA W 7.2 2 0 0 4 8 0 107 79
2010-07-15 @MIN W 6.0 9 6 6 2 5 0 111 33
2010-07-08 LAA W 9.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 111 90
2010-07-03 @TEX L 6.0 4 2 2 4 4 0 103 56
2010-06-27 CHC L 5.0 7 6 6 2 5 1 95 32
2010-06-22 ATL W 7.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 99 55
Last 5 v.OAK 4-0 33.1 30 8 6 12 22 1 1.62 59
2009-08-16 @OAK ND 7.1 8 2 2 1 3 0 91 56
2008-08-16 @OAK W 6.0 6 1 1 5 5 0 108 56
2008-07-06 OAK W 6.1 4 2 2 2 9 0 106 64
2008-04-15 OAK W 7.2 5 0 0 2 4 0 97 71
2007-05-22 OAK W 6.0 7 3 1 2 1 1 100 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-19   Road:   26-25   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  44-33   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  19-12
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:17-20   vsWest: 19-10 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Fri, Jul 30   OAK  W   6-1       58-44  1st  1.5 up
101 Thu, Jul 29   SEA  W   9-5       57-44  1st  1.5 up
100 Wed, Jul 28   SEA  W   6-5       56-44  1st  1.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 27   SEA  W  11-0       55-44  1st  1.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 26   SEA  W   6-1       54-44  1st  1.0 up
 97 Sun, Jul 25  @OAK  L   4-6       53-44  1st  1.0 up
 96 Sat, Jul 24  @OAK  L   2-10      53-43  1st  2.0 up
 95 Fri, Jul 23  @OAK  W   5-1       53-42  1st  2.5 up
 94 Wed, Jul 21  @SEA  L   1-2 (11)  52-42  1st  2.5 up
 93 Tue, Jul 20  @SEA  W   4-0       52-41  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Lucas Harrell (1-0), L: Brett Anderson (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 OAK  6  CHW  4        W:Dallas Braden (5-7), L: Daniel Hudson (1-1), S: Michael Wuertz (3)
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 OAK 10  CHW  2        W:Vin Mazzaro (6-2), L: Freddy Garcia (9-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 CHW  5 @OAK  1        W:Mark Buehrle (9-8), L: Trevor Cahill (9-4), S: none

Wed, Sep 09, 2009 CHW  4  OAK  3 (13)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Edgar Gonzalez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 OAK 11 @CHW  3        W:Brett Tomko (4-3), L: Carlos Torres (1-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 OAK  3  CHW  2        W:Andrew Bailey (5-3), L: Bobby Jenks (2-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (4-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  7 (10)   W:Octavio Dotel (2-3), L: Craig Breslow (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 OAK  7 @CHW  0        W:Brett Anderson (3-5), L: Mark Buehrle (6-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - tied 2-2; 2009 - OAK won 5-4; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1014-957

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

SFG  4.47

SEA  3.31

RA/G

SDP  3.44

FLA  4.38

ARI  5.68

BA

J. Hamilton  .362

J. Damon  .281

L. Valbuena  .160

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

K. Fukudome  .356

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .651

J. Mauer  .462

B. Wood  .225

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.077

B. Phillips  .810

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.72

B. Cecil  3.89

N. Blackburn  6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow  9.96

K. Millwood  6.87

N. Blackburn  3.03

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Athletics Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Pena
G/S/vB
40.Putz
G/S/vB
46.Santos
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
68.Threets*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 440/316 .271/.376/.391/.767 .801/.753 .731 78/.588 3/2 5/9
25.Carson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 29/2 .214/.207/.357/.564 .531/1.000 1.000 20/.566 1/0 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.899 5/1.250 6/1.133 6/.167 7/.000 1/.000 8/.775 2/1.000 137/96 .256/.328/.444/.773 .929/.705 .690 87/.669 13/2 3/2
32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/.476 1/no AB 3/1.666 3/2.667 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/2.000 205/173 .300/.410/.500/.910 .710/.951 .850 68/1.108 1/0 8/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 10/1.125 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 327/234 .275/.316/.386/.702 .888/.630 .700 54/.958 32/7 4/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 15/.358 7/1.000 4/.500 5/.000 12/.167 ··· 3/1.333 1/2.000 257/200 .265/.341/.332/.673 .607/.691 .824 77/.571 3/3 2/1
18.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.200 4/1.750 4/1.833 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 197/158 .236/.278/.302/.581 .476/.603 .626 43/.361 3/1 1/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 12/.833 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 411/305 .269/.302/.401/.702 .798/.669 .665 76/.767 1/1 9/8
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/.500 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 375/282 .258/.332/.374/.706 .601/.743 .744 71/.663 15/2 3/16
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/61 .236/.325/.319/.645 .739/.611 .635 14/.368 1/0 1/3
7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 265/172 .273/.323/.409/.732 .822/.685 .812 44/.864 2/2 7/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.619 2/.000 4/1.000 4/3.000 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 318/236 .267/.324/.425/.749 .512/.829 .644 78/.800 3/1 12/6
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 5/1.800 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .637 23/.513 1/1 1/0
26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/17 .125/.176/.313/.489 /.489 .000 17/.489 0/0 1/0
IP 133.2 37.1 33.0 53.0 39.0 33.1 40.0 9.1 TOTAL .261/.324/.383/.708 .693/.713 .703 .711 87/22 67/68
ERA-K/9 3.23/6.8 4.82/11.3 4.64/8.7 4.75/5.4 1.85/10.2 1.62/9.7 2.48/12.2 0.00/4.8 3.91/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (8-7-0)
 Suzuki (41-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.219 169/.275 146/.262 230/.264 148/.179 146/.228 161/.214 35/.250 .257  Gross
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
 Carson
 Watson
 Rosales
 Crisp
31/9/29/5
0/1/80/4
9/0/3/3
18/64/4/3
4/1/6/0
7/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
0/31/0/0
OPS .594 .715 .795 .757 .468 .610 .575 .536 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.735 88/.694 74/.980 94/.540 62/.574 57/.481 78/.422 13/.825 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 378/.534 81/.735 72/.594 136/.894 86/.389 89/.697 83/.726 22/.372 .700
Home 301/.552 90/.701 81/.847 131/.699 74/.547 78/.476 80/.636 6/1.267
Last 28d days 115/.431 39/.692 19/.652 66/.823 35/.493 35/.494 30/.700 29/.580
HR/SB/CS 7/3/6 2/8/0 7/5/0 7/2/3 2/3/1 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 75/63/29
Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ·o····X· X··o··X· ·Xo··o·· o·o·o··· ··XX···· oo···XX·
WhiteSox Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB
40.Bailey
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
57.Bowers*
G/S/vB
56.Breslow*
G/S/vB
63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
15.Sheets
G/S/vB
50.Wolf
G/S/vB
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 361/268 .248/.303/.361/.663 .704/.649 .704 73/1.082 4/3 5/10
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 63/44 .327/.403/.618/1.021 1.382/.874 .976 19/1.271 1/0 5/1
25.Jones G/S/vP 9/.873 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 37/1.054 ··· 14/.857 3/1.167 252/179 .205/.313/.442/.755 .856/.714 .816 59/.839 9/2 14/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.250 402/313 .301/.378/.576/.954 1.222/.879 1.182 91/.966 0/0 25/2
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 9/1.778 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 253/231 .217/.300/.345/.646 .091/.699 .658 57/.464 1/2 6/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/16 .393/.414/.714/1.128 1.455/.875 .978 21/.831 2/1 1/0
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 32/.722 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 453/331 .256/.329/.289/.618 .615/.618 .642 104/.629 39/12 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.000 2/1.000 6/1.133 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 329/250 .240/.277/.357/.634 .579/.651 .691 75/.586 1/2 6/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 349/269 .239/.341/.502/.843 .805/.853 1.006 64/1.175 2/1 20/4
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 4/.000 377/276 .290/.322/.437/.758 .736/.767 .772 86/.920 6/6 11/12
51.Rios G/S/vP 14/.676 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 3/1.667 405/308 .305/.353/.497/.850 .851/.850 .888 96/.760 23/11 16/2
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 59/33 .322/.322/.508/.831 1.038/.667 1.182 39/1.000 1/0 2/3
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/1.288 ··· 6/1.300 1/3.000 204/171 .285/.351/.346/.698 .557/.725 .724 62/.872 5/3 1/2
IP 105.0 40.1 35.0 14.0 48.0 9.2 119.1 3.2 23.1 44.1 TOTAL .263/.329/.421/.750 .762/.747 .818 .844 98/47 117/64
ERA-K/9 3.77/5.9 1.56/6.5 3.60/9.3 4.50/11.6 2.81/9.2 5.59/8.4 4.53/6.3 2.45/9.7 5.01/7.7 3.45/5.7 3.78/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (13-7-0)
 Pierzynski (45-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 435/.272 156/.206 158/.280 62/.218 191/.186 45/.250 511/.267 18/.231 105/.267 190/.256 .249  Jones
 Pierre
 Rios
 Kotsay
 Quentin
 Lillibridge
10/11/37/6
91/0/0/2
1/93/0/2
0/0/6/1
0/0/67/1
1/2/0/0
OPS .716 .551 .727 .779 .600 .753 .813 .796 .820 .742 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.729 65/.553 64/.540 21/1.206 67/.656 17/.782 264/.801 5/1.600 37/1.017 59/1.075 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.712 91/.548 94/.866 41/.568 124/.571 28/.734 247/.825 13/.444 68/.718 131/.605 .709
Road 146/.830 65/.543 78/.786 23/.918 106/.647 22/1.076 235/.966 4/.500 55/.959 95/.926
Last 28d days 50/.815 29/.681 30/.500 19/.451 41/.721 20/.663 79/.640 18/.796 30/.626 25/.678
HR/SB/CS 10/1/1 3/3/1 3/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/1 1/5/0 18/13/9 0/0/0 4/0/0 4/1/1 100/54/23
Usage ·····X·· ········ ···X·o·o X······· ··oX·o·· Xo·····X ········ ·o····o· ··oX·o·· oo···oX·

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.