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Game Preview: OAK @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @Progressive Field

Athletics, 62-62, 62-62 2nd, 8½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 13-5, 2.54)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (13-5) 148.2 103 49 42 44 86 13 2.54
2009 (10-13) 178.2 185 99 92 72 90 27 4.63
Last 7 GS 4-2 53.2 33 14 11 16 23 3 1.84 65
2010-08-19 TBR W 8.0 7 3 3 2 5 2 113 59
2010-08-14 @MIN L 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 107 65
2010-08-08 TEX W 8.0 6 2 0 0 3 0 110 69
2010-08-02 KCR W 9.0 3 0 0 4 3 0 109 80
2010-07-28 @TEX W 8.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 113 79
2010-07-23 CHW L 7.0 4 3 2 2 0 0 109 57
2010-07-17 @KCR ND 6.2 5 5 5 4 3 1 108 43
Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 3.2 6 8 5 4 2 1 12.27 21
2009-07-03 @CLE L 3.2 6 8 5 4 2 1 95 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-27   Road:   24-35   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  46-44   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 18-20   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 19-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Tue, Aug 24  @CLE  W   5-0       62-62  2nd  8.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 22   TBR  L   2-3       61-62  2nd  8.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21   TBR  L   4-5       61-61  2nd  7.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 20   TBR  W   5-4       61-60  2nd  7.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 19   TBR  W   4-3       60-60  2nd  7.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 18   TOR  W   5-4       59-60  2nd  8.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 17   TOR  W   6-2       58-60  3rd  9.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 16   TOR  L   1-3       57-60  3rd 10.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 15  @MIN  L   2-4       57-59  3rd 10.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 14  @MIN  L   0-2       57-58  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Indians, 50-75, 50-75 5th, 21½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Mitch Talbot (26, RHP, 8-10, 4.23)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (8-10) 129.2 136 70 61 58 71 12 4.23
2008 (0-0) 9.2 16 12 12 11 5 3 11.17
Last 7 GS 0-4 32.1 42 23 19 20 26 4 5.29 42
2010-08-19 @KCR ND 4.2 8 3 2 4 2 0 97 36
2010-08-14 SEA L 4.0 8 6 4 3 2 1 90 25
2010-07-29 NYY ND 2.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 40 48
2010-07-24 TBR L 5.2 7 5 5 1 8 2 97 42
2010-07-17 DET ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 105 53
2010-07-07 @TEX L 5.2 7 4 4 3 4 1 105 40
2010-07-02 OAK L 5.1 5 3 2 4 5 0 100 49
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 5.1 5 3 2 4 5 0 3.38 49
2010-07-02 OAK L 5.1 5 3 2 4 5 0 100 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-34   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  34-53   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:22-25   vsWest:  6-13 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 24   OAK  L   0-5       50-75  5th 21.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22  @DET  L   1-8       50-74  5th 22.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21  @DET  L   2-5       50-73  5th 21.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20  @DET  L   0-6       50-72  5th 21.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-3       50-71  5th 20.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @KCR  L   7-9       49-71  5th 21.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @KCR  L   1-2       49-70  5th 20.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   SEA  W   9-1       49-69  4th 19.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14   SEA  L   3-9       48-69  4th 19.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   SEA  L   2-3       48-68  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 OAK  5 @CLE  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (11-8), L: Fausto Carmona (11-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 04, 2010 OAK  3 @CLE  1        W:Vin Mazzaro (4-2), L: Fausto Carmona (7-7), S: Andrew Bailey (17)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK over 5-2; 2009 - OAK won 5-2; 2008 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1007-882

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  5.37

FLA  4.45

SEA  3.29

RA/G

SDP  3.41

COL  4.32

ARI  5.43

BA

J. Jay  .361

O. Hudson  .286

L. Valbuena  .160

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

D. Freese  .361

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .642

M. Montero  .467

R. Tejada  .206

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.079

M. Byrd  .818

B. Wood  .404

ERA

R. Halladay  2.16

M. Scherzer  3.73

K. Millwood  5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.82

C. Carpenter  6.98

M. Buehrle  3.82

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

Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Talbot
G/S/vB
57.Ambriz
G/S/vB
39.Germano
G/S/vB
58.Gomez
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
43.Tomlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.050 2/2.000 ··· ··· 531/379 .279/.389/.399/.788 .870/.755 .734 95/.847 5/2 5/10
25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/9 .195/.190/.293/.483 .494/.444 .842 16/.500 1/0 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 231/164 .287/.346/.475/.822 .953/.767 .755 104/.885 22/2 6/2
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 5/1.850 ··· ··· 278/233 .271/.392/.450/.842 .646/.883 .802 77/.657 1/1 10/1
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 411/300 .270/.307/.374/.681 .851/.620 .701 93/.620 37/7 5/3
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 336/258 .256/.324/.323/.648 .645/.648 .775 87/.589 4/4 2/2
18.Gross* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 208/169 .242/.293/.311/.603 .476/.629 .602 15/.733 4/1 1/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 7/1.071 ··· 491/366 .254/.289/.380/.669 .771/.634 .643 88/.520 1/1 10/10
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 17/13 .235/.235/.412/.647 .500/.692 .818 7/1.000 0/0 1/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 444/339 .257/.330/.373/.703 .601/.736 .738 77/.717 20/4 3/19
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/73 .230/.313/.299/.612 .699/.581 .610 21/.358 1/0 1/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 395/295 .243/.301/.378/.680 .548/.723 .597 86/.416 3/1 12/8
30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/10 .300/.300/.300/.600 .600/.600 .571 16/.625 0/0 0/1
IP 129.2 41.2 14.2 32.1 32.2 49.2 48.1 48.0 27.2 30.1 TOTAL .256/.320/.374/.694 .700/.692 .688 .631 111/26 76/88
ERA-K/9 4.23/4.9 5.83/6.7 0.00/6.7 3.62/4.5 4.13/4.4 2.17/8.3 3.17/5.6 4.88/9.8 4.55/6.5 3.86/4.5 4.52/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (9-7-0)
 Suzuki (51-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 561/.275 197/.350 57/.122 144/.295 135/.266 212/.201 213/.285 206/.225 119/.208 122/.250 .274  Gross
 Davis
 Cust
 Crisp
 Carson
31/9/36/5
29/66/17/3
9/0/3/3
0/51/0/2
4/1/10/0
OPS .767 1.010 .375 .797 .785 .645 .691 .809 .708 .726 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 265/.765 102/.882 28/.514 77/.720 69/.955 91/.882 96/.689 90/.774 34/.941 66/.622 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.768 95/1.152 29/.249 67/.888 66/.608 121/.475 117/.693 116/.835 85/.620 56/.849 .749
Home 300/.853 110/.842 29/.375 72/.567 61/.700 110/.556 89/.651 107/.768 40/.594 46/.758
Last 28d days 57/.942 38/1.259 57/.375 118/.859 52/.888 37/.530 53/.463 45/.850 38/.619 99/.820
HR/SB/CS 12/2/9 10/3/0 0/0/0 3/1/2 5/1/2 4/6/0 1/4/1 10/6/4 4/4/1 4/0/2 113/89/39
Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· X··o·X·o ··X····X ··X···X· ··o··X·· ··o··X·o o·o··oo· ···X···o ···X····
Indians Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.84 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
52.Bonser
G/S/vB
56.Breslow*
G/S/vB
63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 170/135 .212/.286/.305/.590 .582/.591 .676 56/.910 4/2 3/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 5/.800 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 285/189 .277/.330/.359/.689 .698/.685 .748 103/.741 4/3 2/6
17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 7/1.571 ··· 2/5.000 1/2.000 484/307 .291/.384/.465/.850 .689/.947 .970 107/.731 15/4 15/4
4.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 365/270 .250/.304/.342/.646 .490/.701 .675 87/.533 11/3 2/5
16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 274/202 .253/.311/.382/.693 .833/.643 .639 71/.588 3/1 3/12
47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 186/118 .223/.306/.398/.704 .793/.651 .811 78/.517 0/0 7/0
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/22 .172/.273/.276/.549 .788/.405 .690 20/.485 0/0 0/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· 6/.334 5/1.400 4/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 343/248 .271/.370/.435/.805 .611/.883 .983 25/.900 1/1 10/0
7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 319/221 .239/.313/.361/.675 .733/.649 .627 89/.576 0/0 7/3
30.Marson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 207/144 .193/.259/.273/.531 .753/.433 .455 48/.534 5/0 2/4
25.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 134/92 .218/.299/.361/.660 .596/.690 .680 37/.776 0/2 4/11
12.Nix G/S/vP 5/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 235/161 .236/.297/.415/.713 .784/.681 .769 75/.718 1/0 10/10
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 215/181 .160/.249/.229/.478 .840/.412 .343 37/.329 1/2 2/7
IP 148.2 41.1 41.1 5.0 55.1 16.1 31.1 47.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.377/.697 .677/.705 .701 .646 60/21 97/108
ERA-K/9 2.54/5.2 1.52/6.8 3.92/8.7 7.20/1.8 3.58/9.1 3.31/9.4 4.60/9.2 3.40/6.0 3.53/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (10-5-1)
 Marson (32-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.198 159/.201 187/.282 25/.435 226/.207 69/.203 138/.241 202/.247 .241  Choo
 Crowe
 Duncan
 Nix
 Brantley
 Valbuena
 LaPorta
 Gimenez
0/0/108/12
24/63/0/8
24/0/8/5
2/0/1/1
7/31/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .569 .539 .772 .915 .656 .582 .748 .725 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 304/.569 68/.527 79/.607 10/1.156 80/.662 26/.626 50/1.002 61/1.063 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.569 91/.548 108/.902 15/.757 146/.652 43/.556 88/.615 141/.592 .683
Road 277/.605 65/.543 92/.797 4/2.000 116/.689 28/.892 64/.910 97/.939
Last 28d days 119/.532 3/.000 29/1.011 12/.667 35/.963 32/.388 33/.505 18/.675
HR/SB/CS 13/11/4 3/3/1 6/1/0 0/1/0 7/4/1 1/5/0 4/2/0 4/1/1 114/65/25
Usage ·····X·· ··o····· o···ooo· ········ ···XX··X ··o·o·X· X·o···XX ···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.