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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 3, 2010 @Progressive Field

Athletics, 40-41, 40-41 3rd, 8 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Clayton Mortenson (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-4)			30.2	42	34	26	13	13	6	7.63

Last 7 GS		2-4	27.2	37	28	24	12	11	5	7.81	36
2009-09-30	@SEA	L	1.0	8	6	6	0	0	1	55	13
2009-09-23	TEX	L	4.2	6	7	3	1	1	1	88	32
2009-09-17	CLE	W	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	91	52
2009-09-11	@MIN	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	0	1	92	56
2009-09-04	SEA	L	7.0	6	4	4	3	1	0	100	47
2009-08-08	@KCR	L	4.0	8	8	8	3	5	2	95	16

Last 5 v.CLE		1-0	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	3.60	52
2009-09-17	CLE	W	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	91	52

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

 Home:   24-16   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  29-30   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  13-7 
 vsEast: 12-13   vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest: 13-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jul  2  @CLE  W   3-0       40-41  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Indians, 31-48, 31-48 5th, 12½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (32, RHP, 5-4, 4.69)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-4)			96.0	106	51	50	33	54	10	4.69
2008 (1-2)			34.2	33	13	12	7	19	5	3.12
2007 (6-9)			152.0	159	78	73	55	93	13	4.32

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.2	49	24	24	11	20	3	4.84	47
2010-06-28	TOR	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	105	59
2010-06-23	@PHI	ND	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	75	38
2010-06-17	NYM	L	7.0	11	5	5	2	5	0	109	38
2010-06-11	WSN	W	7.1	7	2	2	2	5	0	113	59
2010-06-06	@CHW	ND	4.2	7	6	6	2	1	1	97	25
2010-06-01	@DET	W	7.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	106	65
2010-05-26	CHW	L	7.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	88	45

Last 5 v.OAK		3-1	33.1	28	15	14	10	19	5	3.78	54
2010-04-23	@OAK	L	5.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	101	35
2007-09-23	OAK	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	9	1	114	68
2006-09-18	@OAK	W	7.2	9	2	1	1	5	0	120	59
2006-06-06	OAK	ND	6.2	5	4	4	3	1	2	104	46
2005-09-14	OAK	W	7.0	2	3	3	3	3	1	101	61

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

 Home:   16-21   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-33   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  3-7  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  2   OAK  L   0-3       31-48  5th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 OAK  3 @CLE  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (7-5), L: Mitch Talbot (8-7), S: Andrew Bailey (16)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 3-1; 2009 - OAK won 5-2; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1006-880

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 5.48

DET 4.54

PIT 3.19

RA/G

SDP 3.34

FLA 4.42

ARI 5.64

R. Cano .347

A. Soriano .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .438

R. Braun .352

A. Ramirez .242

SLG

M. Cabrera .628

A. Jones .448

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.045

J. Guillen .801

T. Manzella .513

ERA

J. Johnson 1.82

Z. Greinke 3.94

N. Blackburn 6.02

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.27

J. Cueto 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.11

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Athletics Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
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 51.Talbot
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 6/1.700 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.083 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 357/258 .285/.389/.409/.798 .866/.772 .738 106/.716 0/2 4/9

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 12/1.417 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 5/.400 45/32 .342/.386/.684/1.071 1.162/1.033 1.126 37/1.135 3/1 2/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 ··· 3/no AB 3/.333 132/113 .297/.402/.405/.807 .663/.833 .834 66/.902 0/0 2/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 273/196 .259/.301/.349/.650 .771/.605 .676 63/.685 26/5 2/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 25/.490 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 178/142 .285/.350/.373/.724 .637/.745 .866 92/.653 2/1 2/0

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 152/116 .270/.302/.340/.642 .484/.685 .761 42/.499 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 84/.705 5/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 6/1.267 3/.000 1/.000 330/246 .270/.306/.392/.698 .744/.683 .663 101/.749 1/0 8/7

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 300/223 .255/.329/.365/.694 .565/.741 .689 83/.934 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 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 216/144 .262/.318/.390/.708 .852/.639 .765 36/.524 1/0 5/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 235/180 .258/.315/.433/.748 .580/.796 .614 86/.649 1/0 10/4

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 303/235 .303/.353/.390/.743 .604/.783 .653 87/.744 1/1 1/0

IP 96.0 23.0 12.2 31.0 26.2 26.0 12.0 102.2 17.2 TOTAL .264/.326/.382/.708 .686/.715 .706 .719 58/13 51/55

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.1

5.48/5.9

2.13/5.0

2.90/7.5

4.05/6.1

6.23/10.0

6.75/7.5

3.86/4.4

6.62/8.6

4.64/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.286 108/.351 47/.233 134/.217 121/.324 121/.281 55/.261 428/.261 80/.257 .277 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Jackson
Davis
Crisp
Rosales 27/9/17/4
0/1/73/4
9/0/3/3
48/0/0/3
5/62/1/2
0/10/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .777 .980 .703 .711 .765 .937 .957 .721 .821 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.747 50/.617 19/.763 45/1.174 50/.800 51/.925 15/.855 195/.642 40/.653 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.799 58/1.308 28/.659 89/.485 71/.738 70/.947 40/.988 233/.782 40/.972 .774

Home 187/.775 65/.806 18/.575 69/.559 39/.862 54/.767 14/.297 218/.833 46/1.060

Last 28d days 131/.802 31/.947 43/.773 42/.568 38/.456 32/1.157 22/.768 129/.709 33/.673

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

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

Indians Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/2.000 354/220 .286/.390/.475/.865 .633/1.017 1.053 113/.918 12/4 13/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 197/141 .249/.306/.337/.643 .555/.679 .569 105/.658 10/2 1/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/100 .256/.290/.408/.698 .912/.624 .643 66/.722 0/1 2/5

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/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 258/172 .245/.357/.417/.773 .516/.910 .971 61/.902 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/.666 ··· 14/.071 6/.200 ··· 271/175 .272/.354/.423/.777 .657/.844 .697 92/.673 4/1 7/4

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 154/97 .230/.305/.353/.658 .639/.666 .632 27/1.157 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 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 81/41 .200/.291/.286/.577 .471/.671 .689 40/.676 0/0 1/5

2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 2/.000 306/216 .253/.317/.399/.716 .740/.706 .628 89/.669 1/0 5/5

52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 68/56 .206/.242/.270/.512 .583/.496 .364 13/.308 0/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/47 .313/.438/.641/1.078 .748/1.305 .865 80/1.078 0/0 4/1

IP 33.0 27.0 9.2 36.2 37.1 99.1 15.0 37.0 TOTAL .247/.323/.380/.703 .639/.733 .704 .738 40/16 63/70

ERA-K/9

/0.0

1.64/6.3

4.33/9.7

5.59/13.9

2.70/9.3

5.79/7.2

4.98/6.7

6.00/7.2

3.65/5.6

3.89/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 127/.198 127/.295 43/.256 143/.156 161/.281 432/.275 71/.311 160/.255 .250 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Kearns
LaPorta
Hernandez
Nix 0/0/78/6
0/44/0/3
10/0/2/2
64/5/1/1
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .522 .791 .915 .549 .767 .846 .900 .763 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 56/.466 49/.584 14/1.345 54/.547 68/.717 222/.836 24/1.108 51/1.235 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 71/.566 78/.936 29/.720 89/.551 93/.805 210/.856 47/.795 109/.564 .716

Road / 57/.540 68/.833 15/.983 84/.656 83/.952 235/.966 39/.940 81/.934

Last 28d days / 32/.391 30/.625 33/1.097 43/.340 34/.857 138/.860 29/.949 47/1.019

HR/SB/CS // 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 o··o·oo· ·o·o···o ··X····· o··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.