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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, July 4, 2010 @Progressive Field

Athletics, 40-42, 40-42 3rd, 9 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Vin Mazzaro (23, RHP, 3-2, 4.25)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			42.1	46	26	20	20	24	7	4.25
2009 (4-9)			91.1	120	61	54	39	59	12	5.32

Last 7 GS		2-2	37.0	35	19	18	16	22	5	4.38	49
2010-06-29	@BAL	W	6.0	3	1	1	6	2	0	94	58
2010-06-23	CIN	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	99	59
2010-06-18	@STL	ND	5.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	92	41
2010-06-13	@SFG	L	6.0	6	4	3	1	1	2	81	46
2010-06-08	LAA	W	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	86	56
2010-05-04	TEX	ND	3.0	2	4	4	4	4	1	62	39
2009-08-29	@LAA	ND	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	99	44

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	6.0	10	5	5	1	0	2	7.50	31
2009-07-04	@CLE	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	0	2	99	31

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

 Home:   24-16   Road:   16-26   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  29-31   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  13-8 
 vsEast: 12-13   vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest: 13-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sat, Jul  3  @CLE  L   4-5 (10)  40-42  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Indians, 32-48, 32-48 5th, 11½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (26, RHP, 7-6, 3.68)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-6)			102.2	95	49	42	36	54	6	3.68
2009 (5-12)			125.1	151	97	88	70	79	16	6.32
2008 (8-7)			120.2	126	80	73	70	58	7	5.44

Last 7 GS		3-4	45.1	44	25	20	13	24	3	3.97	50
2010-06-29	TOR	W	6.1	6	4	3	3	2	0	101	46
2010-06-24	@PHI	L	4.0	9	7	5	0	0	0	80	20
2010-06-18	@PIT	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	7	0	85	56
2010-06-12	WSN	W	9.0	3	1	1	0	7	1	106	84
2010-06-07	BOS	L	6.0	5	3	2	6	2	0	111	48
2010-06-02	@DET	L	8.0	9	3	2	0	3	1	96	57
2010-05-28	@NYY	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	107	42

Last 5 v.OAK		2-3	23.1	31	22	20	15	15	3	7.71	37
2010-04-24	@OAK	W	7.1	7	1	1	0	4	0	103	64
2009-09-20	@OAK	L	5.2	10	9	7	1	2	1	98	18
2008-04-12	OAK	L	3.1	2	3	3	8	1	0	82	37
2007-09-21	OAK	W	6.0	5	1	1	4	7	0	106	61
2007-06-27	OAK	L	1.0	7	8	8	2	1	2	44	6

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

 Home:   17-21   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  21-33   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  4-7  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sat, Jul  3   OAK  W   5-4 (10)  32-48  5th 11.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 03, 2010 CLE  5  OAK  4 (10)   W:Tony Sipp (1-2), L: Craig Breslow (3-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 3-2; 2009 - OAK won 5-2; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1007-880

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 5.52

DET 4.56

PIT 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.30

FLA 4.41

ARI 5.74

R. Cano .346

M. Tejada .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .436

D. Span .351

A. Ramirez .242

SLG

M. Cabrera .631

J. Uribe .448

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.048

D. Barton .806

T. Manzella .513

ERA

J. Johnson 1.82

E. Santana 3.95

N. Blackburn 6.02

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.27

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.11

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Athletics Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
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 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 12/.861 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.050 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 9/1.556 1/no AB 362/262 .289/.395/.412/.806 .879/.779 .756 107/.742 0/2 4/9

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/1.029 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 15/1.133 6/.334 50/36 .302/.347/.605/.952 1.065/.908 .819 42/.987 4/1 2/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP 12/1.708 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 3/1.167 ··· 3/no AB 6/.750 3/.333 137/117 .298/.409/.404/.812 .628/.846 .842 67/.867 0/0 2/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 273/196 .259/.301/.349/.650 .771/.605 .676 58/.668 26/5 2/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 11/.764 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 25/.490 2/.000 180/143 .281/.346/.369/.715 .618/.739 .848 90/.644 2/1 2/0

18.Gross* G/S/vP 10/1.475 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 7/.762 2/.000 154/118 .268/.305/.338/.643 .484/.685 .760 40/.543 2/1 1/1

28.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 224/183 .245/.335/.327/.661 .703/.652 .640 80/.674 5/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 7/1.071 3/.000 5/.400 2/.000 335/251 .266/.301/.386/.688 .744/.669 .644 102/.681 1/0 8/7

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 304/226 .262/.334/.382/.716 .597/.760 .730 83/1.025 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 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/2.000 221/148 .260/.315/.390/.705 .839/.642 .758 41/.533 1/0 5/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/1.389 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/1.500 1/.000 240/184 .252/.308/.423/.732 .569/.778 .585 87/.617 1/0 10/4

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 6/.334 ··· 308/239 .301/.351/.390/.741 .641/.769 .651 88/.711 1/1 1/0

IP 102.2 23.0 12.2 32.0 27.1 27.0 12.1 102.2 102.0 18.2 TOTAL .263/.325/.381/.707 .690/.713 .705 .710 59/13 51/57

ERA-K/9

3.68/4.7

5.48/5.9

2.13/5.0

2.81/7.3

4.28/5.9

6.00/10.0

6.57/7.3

3.86/4.4

4.59/4.9

6.27/8.7

4.61/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 430/.248 108/.351 47/.233 138/.212 125/.330 125/.280 56/.255 428/.261 441/.280 85/.257 .276 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Jackson
Davis
Crisp
Rosales 28/9/17/4
0/1/74/4
9/0/3/3
48/0/0/3
5/62/1/2
0/11/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .650 .980 .703 .699 .782 .931 .938 .721 .767 .812 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.635 50/.617 19/.763 47/1.157 51/.825 53/.952 15/.855 195/.642 206/.748 43/.686 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.665 58/1.308 28/.659 91/.473 74/.751 72/.917 41/.961 233/.782 235/.781 42/.923 .768

Home 224/.662 65/.806 18/.575 73/.544 43/.902 58/.767 15/.276 218/.833 212/.754 51/1.022

Last 28d days 130/.618 31/.947 39/.804 46/.544 35/.531 34/1.077 23/.733 129/.709 133/.735 38/.672

HR/SB/CS 6/18/3 3/1/0 1/1/2 4/3/0 0/3/0 6/4/2 3/1/0 8/2/8 10/9/4 3/1/0 63/58/24

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

Indians Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Mazzaro
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 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/2.000 354/220 .286/.390/.475/.865 .633/1.017 1.053 108/.924 12/4 13/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 202/145 .249/.305/.335/.640 .545/.678 .566 105/.618 10/2 1/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 138/104 .258/.296/.406/.703 .912/.632 .654 69/.741 0/1 2/7

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 68/42 .267/.353/.500/.853 .686/.960 1.216 44/.905 0/0 4/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 263/175 .244/.354/.416/.770 .541/.892 .957 66/.877 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 14/.071 6/.200 1/.000 276/179 .272/.355/.420/.775 .664/.836 .696 92/.602 4/1 7/4

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 159/101 .243/.314/.361/.676 .665/.680 .670 28/1.189 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 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.666 86/45 .200/.286/.320/.606 .459/.728 .737 45/.718 0/0 2/5

2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 3/.000 311/220 .249/.315/.394/.709 .731/.699 .614 89/.638 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 85/51 .299/.435/.612/1.047 .723/1.265 .831 85/1.047 0/0 4/1

IP 42.1 33.0 27.1 9.2 38.0 37.1 99.1 15.2 38.1 TOTAL .247/.323/.379/.702 .640/.732 .704 .728 40/16 64/72

ERA-K/9

4.25/5.1

1.64/6.3

4.28/9.9

5.59/13.9

2.84/9.5

5.79/7.2

4.98/6.7

5.74/6.9

3.52/5.9

3.89/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Redmond (25-2-1)
Santana (7-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 189/.284 127/.198 128/.292 43/.256 150/.164 161/.281 432/.275 75/.306 165/.253 .250 Choo
Duncan
Crowe
Kearns
LaPorta
Hernandez
Nix 0/0/78/6
11/0/2/3
0/45/0/3
64/5/2/1
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .834 .522 .785 .915 .567 .767 .846 .903 .751 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.867 56/.466 50/.572 14/1.345 55/.595 68/.717 222/.836 26/1.130 51/1.235 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.813 71/.566 78/.936 29/.720 95/.550 93/.805 210/.856 49/.790 114/.556 .716

Road 105/1.003 57/.540 69/.819 15/.983 91/.676 83/.952 235/.966 43/.943 86/.900

Last 28d days 122/.686 32/.391 29/.530 33/1.097 47/.420 33/.717 138/.860 30/1.065 52/.957

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 2/3/1 3/0/0 4/0/1 3/3/1 4/2/0 16/13/9 2/0/0 4/1/1 84/40/21

Usage ····X··· ·o··o·oo o·o·o··· ···X···· Xo··X·Xo ···X···· ···X···· o·o·o··· X··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.