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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, July 2, 2010 @Progressive Field

Athletics, 39-41, 39-41 3rd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 6-5, 3.74)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-5)			96.1	82	41	40	44	79	8	3.74
2009 (6-7)			98.2	113	68	63	56	109	14	5.75
2008 (1-4)			34.0	32	34	29	25	34	9	7.68

Last 7 GS		1-2	41.2	41	20	19	20	33	5	4.10	51
2010-06-27	PIT	ND	6.0	4	1	1	4	2	1	87	58
2010-06-21	CIN	ND	7.0	4	1	0	1	9	0	105	75
2010-06-16	@CHC	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	1	89	27
2010-06-11	@SFG	L	5.1	6	4	4	4	4	2	105	40
2010-06-06	MIN	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	117	60
2010-06-01	@BOS	ND	5.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	108	42
2010-05-27	@BAL	ND	6.1	6	3	3	3	6	0	108	52

Last 5 v.CLE		2-0	16.2	13	5	3	8	14	1	1.62	58
2010-04-25	CLE	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	100	68
2009-09-19	CLE	ND	3.2	2	3	1	5	3	0	83	47
2009-07-05	@CLE	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	8	1	92	59

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

 Home:   24-16   Road:   15-25   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  28-30   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  13-7 
 vsEast: 12-13   vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest: 13-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Thu, Jul  1  @BAL  W   8-1       39-41  3rd  9.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 30  @BAL  L   6-9       38-41  3rd 10.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 29  @BAL  W   4-2       38-40  3rd  9.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 27   PIT  W   3-2       37-40  3rd 10.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 26   PIT  W   5-0       36-40  3rd 10.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 25   PIT  W  14-4       35-40  3rd 10.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 23   CIN  L   0-3       34-40  3rd 10.5 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 22   CIN  L   2-4       34-39  3rd  9.5 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 21   CIN  L   4-6 (10)  34-38  3rd  8.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 20  @STL  W   3-2       34-37  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Indians, 31-47, 31-47 5th, 11½ GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Mitch Talbot (26, RHP, 8-6, 3.88)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-6)			97.1	94	47	42	37	45	8	3.88
2008 (0-0)			9.2	16	12	12	11	5	3	11.17

Last 7 GS		3-3	44.0	47	22	19	13	25	0	3.89	50
2010-06-27	@CIN	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	100	69
2010-06-22	@PHI	L	7.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	103	61
2010-06-16	NYM	L	5.2	13	8	8	0	3	0	95	14
2010-06-10	BOS	ND	4.0	6	5	2	4	2	0	99	34
2010-06-05	@CHW	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	111	63
2010-05-31	@NYY	L	6.1	9	3	3	0	3	0	99	46
2010-05-25	CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	77	61

Has never faced OAK as starter.

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

 Home:   16-20   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-33   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  3-6  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Thu, Jul  1   TOR  W   6-1       31-47  5th 11.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30   TOR  W   3-1       30-47  5th 12.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29   TOR  W   5-4       29-47  5th 12.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 28   TOR  W   2-1       28-47  5th 13.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 27  @CIN  W   5-3       27-47  5th 13.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 26  @CIN  L   4-6       26-47  5th 14.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 25  @CIN  L   3-10      26-46  5th 13.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 24  @PHI  L   3-12      26-45  5th 13.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 23  @PHI  L   6-7       26-44  5th 13.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 22  @PHI  L   1-2       26-43  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 OAK 11  CLE  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (2-1), L: Justin Masterson (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 CLE  6 @OAK  1        W:Fausto Carmona (3-0), L: Chad Gaudin (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 OAK 10  CLE  0        W:Justin Duchscherer (2-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 OAK 11  CLE  4        W:Dana Eveland (2-3), L: Fausto Carmona (3-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 OAK  8  CLE  4        W:Brad Kilby (1-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (6-10), S: Michael Wuertz (4)
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 OAK  2  CLE  1        W:Brett Anderson (10-10), L: David Huff (10-8), S: Brad Ziegler (7)
Thu, Sep 17, 2009 OAK  5  CLE  2        W:Clayton Mortenson (2-2), L: Justin Masterson (4-8), S: Andrew Bailey (25)
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 OAK  5 @CLE  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (1-2), L: Cliff Lee (4-8), S: Andrew Bailey (9)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 CLE  5  OAK  2        W:Carl Pavano (7-7), L: Vin Mazzaro (2-4), S: Kerry Wood (10)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 CLE 15  OAK  3        W:David Huff (4-3), L: Trevor Cahill (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 2-1; 2009 - OAK won 5-2; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1006-879

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

BOS 5.51

DET 4.51

PIT 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.38

FLA 4.42

ARI 5.65

R. Cano .353

G. Jones .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .443

R. Braun .353

A. Ramirez .247

SLG

M. Cabrera .628

A. McCutchen .451

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.059

J. Mauer .806

T. Manzella .513

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.83

Z. Greinke 3.94

K. Davies 6.06

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.27

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.11

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Athletics Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.700 ··· 352/254 .283/.389/.409/.798 .876/.768 .736 102/.703 0/2 4/9

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 12/1.417 5/.400 40/29 .394/.436/.788/1.224 1.420/1.153 1.806 32/1.336 3/1 2/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 128/109 .291/.383/.391/.774 .663/.794 .775 62/.837 0/0 2/1

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 273/196 .259/.301/.349/.650 .771/.605 .676 68/.699 26/5 2/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 25/.490 1/.000 174/138 .286/.353/.370/.723 .637/.744 .871 92/.663 2/1 2/0

18.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.800 2/.000 148/113 .275/.303/.348/.651 .460/.704 .782 42/.469 2/1 1/0

28.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 224/183 .245/.335/.327/.661 .703/.652 .640 88/.727 5/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 6/1.267 2/1.000 1/.000 326/242 .274/.310/.397/.707 .744/.695 .680 101/.769 1/0 8/7

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 296/221 .259/.333/.371/.704 .580/.748 .708 82/.972 12/2 3/11

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/51 .254/.348/.356/.704 .922/.629 .735 13/.538 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 216/144 .262/.318/.390/.708 .852/.639 .765 40/.662 1/0 5/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 231/176 .258/.316/.437/.753 .580/.803 .618 86/.649 1/0 10/4

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 299/231 .303/.351/.391/.742 .604/.781 .647 84/.756 1/1 1/0

IP 97.1 21.0 12.2 31.0 25.2 25.1 12.0 96.0 17.2 TOTAL .265/.326/.384/.710 .690/.717 .710 .723 58/13 51/55

ERA-K/9

3.88/4.2

6.00/5.6

2.13/5.0

2.90/7.5

4.21/6.0

6.39/9.6

6.75/7.5

4.69/5.1

6.62/8.6

4.67/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-6-0)
Suzuki (27-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 403/.263 101/.368 47/.233 134/.217 118/.333 118/.287 55/.261 416/.286 80/.257 .278 Gross
Cust
Sweeney
Jackson
Davis
Crisp
Rosales 26/9/17/4
9/0/3/3
0/1/72/3
48/0/0/3
5/62/1/2
0/9/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .726 1.022 .703 .711 .786 .951 .957 .777 .821 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.637 46/.604 19/.763 45/1.174 49/.817 50/.913 15/.855 190/.747 40/.653 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.792 55/1.388 28/.659 89/.485 69/.762 68/.978 40/.988 226/.799 40/.972 .778

Home 193/.856 58/.854 18/.575 69/.559 36/.941 51/.788 14/.297 187/.775 46/1.060

Last 28d days 134/.677 24/1.117 43/.773 45/.575 35/.499 29/1.238 22/.768 131/.802 36/.614

HR/SB/CS 8/2/8 3/1/0 1/1/2 4/3/0 0/3/0 6/4/2 3/1/0 10/8/4 3/1/0 63/57/24

Usage ····X··· ·······X oX···XX· ·X·oXo·· ··oo·o·· ··o···o· ·ooo··Xo ···X···· ··oXX···

Indians Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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

17.Choo* G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/2.000 350/220 .285/.389/.473/.862 .619/1.017 1.051 113/.912 12/4 13/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 193/141 .253/.307/.343/.650 .574/.679 .581 105/.665 10/2 1/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/99 .264/.299/.421/.721 1.003/.630 .685 66/.722 0/1 2/4

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/38 .268/.359/.518/.877 .686/1.015 1.315 45/.908 0/0 4/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 258/172 .245/.357/.417/.773 .516/.910 .971 65/.892 0/1 8/0

20.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 52/36 .240/.269/.280/.549 .321/.648 .422 52/.549 1/0 0/1

26.Kearns G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 14/.071 6/.200 ··· 267/175 .277/.360/.430/.789 .688/.844 .722 92/.732 4/1 7/4

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 150/97 .228/.300/.353/.653 .625/.666 .620 23/1.201 0/0 4/0

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/31 .205/.308/.341/.649 .556/.713 .755 20/.450 0/1 1/5

12.Nix G/S/vP 3/2.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 77/40 .179/.267/.269/.535 .358/.689 .603 39/.584 0/0 1/5

2.Peralta G/S/vP 8/1.042 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 2/.000 302/216 .253/.318/.401/.719 .752/.706 .632 89/.646 1/0 5/5

52.Redmond G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 64/55 .220/.258/.288/.546 .778/.505 .426 9/.444 0/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/47 .333/.461/.683/1.144 .868/1.305 .958 76/1.144 0/0 4/1

IP 96.1 32.0 27.0 9.2 35.1 37.1 99.1 15.0 37.0 TOTAL .248/.324/.382/.706 .645/.734 .712 .746 40/16 63/69

ERA-K/9

3.74/7.4

1.69/6.5

4.33/9.7

5.59/13.9

2.80/8.9

5.79/7.2

4.98/6.7

6.00/7.2

3.65/5.6

3.94/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Redmond (25-2-1)
Santana (6-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 404/.230 124/.204 127/.295 43/.256 139/.161 161/.281 432/.275 71/.311 160/.255 .251 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Kearns
LaPorta
Hernandez
Nix 0/0/77/6
0/43/0/3
9/0/2/2
63/5/0/1
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .658 .535 .791 .915 .566 .767 .846 .900 .763 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.451 56/.466 49/.584 14/1.345 54/.547 68/.717 222/.836 24/1.108 51/1.235 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.721 68/.592 78/.936 29/.720 85/.579 93/.805 210/.856 47/.795 109/.564 .722

Road 195/.832 54/.572 68/.833 15/.983 80/.691 83/.952 235/.966 39/.940 81/.934

Last 28d days 127/.740 29/.434 36/.572 34/1.063 39/.376 34/.857 138/.860 30/.914 52/1.021

HR/SB/CS 8/4/3 2/3/1 3/0/0 4/0/1 3/3/1 4/2/0 16/13/9 2/0/0 4/1/1 83/40/21

Usage ····X··· ··o·oo·· o·o···o· ·X······ ··X·Xoo· ·X······ ·X····X· o·o···o· ·o··o·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.