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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, July 16, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 43-46, 43-46 3rd, 8 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 7-6, 3.79)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-6)			107.0	95	46	45	53	89	9	3.79
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		2-3	41.0	41	19	18	22	32	5	3.95	50
2010-07-07	NYY	L	4.0	8	5	5	5	5	1	90	26
2010-07-02	@CLE	W	6.2	5	0	0	4	5	0	108	65
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

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	9.1	8	9	8	7	13	3	7.71	43
2009-08-31	KCR	ND	5.1	6	5	5	4	8	1	103	40
2008-09-02	@KCR	L	4.0	2	4	3	3	5	2	95	46

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

 Home:   26-20   Road:   17-26   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  31-34   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest: 15-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul 11   LAA  W   5-2       43-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 10   LAA  W  15-1       42-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  9   LAA  L   5-6 (10)  41-46  3rd  9.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  7   NYY  L   2-6       41-45  3rd 10.0 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  6   NYY  L   1-6       41-44  3rd  9.0 gb
 84 Mon, Jul  5   NYY  L   1-3       41-43  3rd  8.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  4  @CLE  W   3-1       41-42  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Royals, 39-49, 39-49 4th, 11 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (26, RHP, 5-8, 3.71)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-8)			119.0	116	57	49	22	101	13	3.71
2009 (16-8)			229.1	195	64	55	51	242	11	2.16
2008 (13-10)			202.1	202	87	78	56	183	21	3.47

Last 7 GS		4-2	50.0	49	26	23	8	47	5	4.14	55
2010-07-06	@SEA	W	7.0	2	1	0	2	9	0	98	78
2010-06-30	CHW	W	8.0	10	6	6	0	3	0	105	41
2010-06-25	STL	W	8.0	7	2	1	2	6	0	106	66
2010-06-19	@ATL	ND	7.0	6	4	3	0	5	1	101	56
2010-06-13	@CIN	W	9.0	5	3	3	0	12	2	105	77
2010-06-08	@MIN	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	6	1	102	30
2010-06-03	LAA	L	6.0	10	4	4	3	6	1	116	39

Last 5 v.OAK		3-0	33.1	35	13	12	9	35	2	3.24	56
2009-08-08	OAK	W	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	115	54
2008-09-02	OAK	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	1	102	64
2008-07-28	@OAK	W	7.1	7	2	2	1	11	0	106	66
2008-04-19	@OAK	ND	5.0	8	3	2	4	6	0	100	43
2005-08-05	OAK	ND	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	101	55

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

 Home:   18-21   Road:   21-28   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  32-39   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:16-19   vsWest:  8-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @CHW  L   5-15      39-49  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @CHW  L   1-5       39-48  4th 10.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @CHW  L   2-8       39-47  4th  9.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7  @SEA  W   7-3       39-46  4th  8.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6  @SEA  W   3-2       38-46  4th  8.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  5  @SEA  W   6-4 (10)  37-46  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4  @LAA  L   0-11      36-46  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3  @LAA  W   4-2       36-45  4th  8.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  2  @LAA  W   2-1 (10)  35-45  4th  9.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 30   CHW  W   7-6       34-45  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 OAK 10  KCR  4        W:Trevor Cahill (8-12), L: Brian Bannister (7-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 KCR  4 @OAK  3        W:Kyle Davies (6-9), L: Jay Marshall (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (21)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 OAK  8  KCR  5        W:Craig Breslow (6-7), L: Luke Hochevar (6-8), S: Andrew Bailey (21)
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 OAK  6 @KCR  3        W:Brett Anderson (7-8), L: Luke Hochevar (6-5), S: Andrew Bailey (16)
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 KCR 12  OAK  6        W:Zack Greinke (11-7), L: Clayton Mortenson (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 OAK  9 @KCR  4        W:Vin Mazzaro (3-8), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 OAK  7  KCR  2        W:Josh Outman (1-0), L: Brian Bannister (3-1), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 OAK 12  KCR  3        W:Trevor Cahill (2-2), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 KCR  9  OAK  6        W:Kyle Davies (6-6), L: Dan Meyer (0-4), S: Ramon Ramirez (1)
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 KCR  5  OAK  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (2-3), L: Joey Devine (4-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - OAK won 6-2; 2008 - KCR won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 285-236

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 5.43

ARI 4.54

PIT 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.45

COL 4.38

ARI 5.66

J. Hamilton .351

D. Eckstein .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Young .353

B. Wood .189

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

A. LaRoche .456

B. Wood .229

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.074

T. Glaus .804

B. Wood .418

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.19

A. Burnett 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.15

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Athletics Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Greinke
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/2.467 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 391/282 .272/.378/.394/.772 .866/.736 .754 86/.686 0/2 5/9

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/ .154/.154/.385/.538 .538/ 1.667 4/.500 0/0 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 25/.520 7/.286 9/1.375 ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· 76/53 .277/.333/.554/.887 1.200/.759 .856 68/.903 5/1 3/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP 14/.297 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 161/137 .294/.398/.434/.831 .519/.890 .883 56/1.002 1/0 4/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 7/.453 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 287/204 .268/.308/.372/.679 .880/.600 .662 44/.530 27/5 3/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.872 10/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· 6/.834 2/2.000 ··· 203/159 .278/.347/.356/.702 .623/.723 .868 70/.624 3/1 2/0

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/130 .265/.299/.342/.641 .469/.683 .725 37/.612 2/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 359/268 .266/.304/.385/.688 .773/.660 .644 79/.574 1/0 8/7

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/3.000 ··· 326/244 .264/.333/.392/.726 .643/.755 .724 68/1.030 13/2 3/13

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/56 .250/.338/.344/.682 .922/.607 .681 9/.556 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 239/159 .276/.329/.415/.744 .887/.675 .795 40/.812 2/1 6/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 14/.814 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 265/201 .252/.306/.411/.716 .494/.784 .585 78/.567 1/0 10/4

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 14/.368 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .637 70/.663 1/1 1/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 119.0 52.0 37.1 29.1 22.2 35.0 36.2 25.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.383/.707 .707/.707 .705 .706 65/14 57/59

ERA-K/9

3.71/7.6

3.81/7.4

2.41/7.2

3.99/5.5

5.56/5.2

2.31/11.1

3.68/5.9

3.96/2.9

4.76/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-6-0)
Suzuki (31-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 495/.251 220/.220 152/.232 132/.281 99/.230 147/.237 162/.288 102/.279 .268 Sweeney
Gross
Cust
Davis
Carson
Watson
Rosales
Crisp 0/1/80/4
31/9/18/4
9/0/3/3
8/64/1/2
2/1/2/0
2/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
0/18/0/0

OPS .674 .684 .631 .761 .794 .659 .723 .759 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.776 67/.704 70/.694 60/.653 38/.593 77/.752 72/.810 47/.993 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.570 153/.675 82/.578 72/.845 61/.918 70/.550 90/.653 55/.570 .750

Home 221/.777 96/.623 68/.633 58/.759 34/.765 70/.570 65/.640 55/.616

Last 28d days 116/.563 85/.684 42/.595 24/.708 31/1.160 40/.510 33/.802 37/1.106

HR/SB/CS 13/6/2 6/5/2 2/3/3 3/1/1 6/1/0 4/0/0 1/2/1 2/3/2 100/75/25

Usage ········ ······X· ····X··· ····Xoo· ····o·X· ····o··· ····X·X· ·····o··

Royals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.10 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 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
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

30.Aviles G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 220/169 .305/.332/.386/.718 .555/.764 .688 69/.663 2/4 2/7

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/1.222 4/1.000 5/.800 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 5/.400 8/.417 318/254 .258/.282/.391/.672 .790/.643 .637 72/.551 0/1 6/10

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 14/.286 ··· ··· ··· 59/42 .389/.441/.722/1.163 1.663/.969 1.209 42/.995 0/0 4/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 90/50 .229/.270/.361/.631 .780/.517 .908 21/.714 5/3 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 5/1.933 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 375/308 .322/.389/.483/.873 .770/.893 .875 85/.782 0/0 9/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 348/271 .274/.307/.418/.726 .636/.758 .734 67/.693 3/1 8/7

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 370/275 .326/.395/.460/.855 .780/.881 .920 82/.769 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 124/101 .232/.301/.268/.569 .823/.515 .687 25/.900 8/1 0/2

6.Guillen G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 17/.470 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 357/287 .279/.340/.467/.807 .640/.846 .786 71/.799 1/0 15/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 46/.622 ··· 8/.946 ··· 340/273 .271/.333/.320/.653 .828/.610 .759 80/.679 5/7 0/9

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 234/192 .251/.328/.367/.695 .836/.663 .661 43/.574 0/1 3/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 35/27 .172/.286/.207/.493 .393/.524 .468 11/.473 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 6/.833 2/1.000 379/288 .301/.347/.369/.716 .682/.728 .685 91/.801 25/11 3/2

IP 107.0 37.0 31.0 12.2 40.2 112.2 1.0 17.2 39.1 TOTAL .282/.337/.405/.742 .742/.742 .765 .726 54/33 61/64

ERA-K/9

3.79/7.5

1.70/6.6

3.77/9.6

4.26/12.0

3.32/9.1

4.63/6.5

9.00/27.0

5.60/7.1

3.43/5.7

3.85/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (70-25-3)
Pena (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.238 144/.206 141/.278 54/.208 164/.189 483/.266 5/.400 82/.290 169/.253 .248 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Guillen
Podsednik 2/14/69/4
6/58/1/3
4/6/8/1
0/0/19/1
81/1/0/0

OPS .678 .556 .737 .775 .633 .814 1.200 .887 .745 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.502 63/.571 57/.536 17/1.197 59/.714 252/.806 2/2.000 30/1.157 54/1.156 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.728 81/.544 84/.888 37/.596 105/.587 231/.822 3/.667 52/.740 115/.569 .709

Road 224/.796 60/.546 71/.794 15/.983 91/.676 235/.966 / 43/.943 86/.900

Last 28d days 103/.688 40/.606 25/.367 21/1.056 48/.663 136/.741 5/1.200 28/.930 26/.926

HR/SB/CS 9/5/3 3/3/1 3/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/1 17/13/9 0/0/0 3/0/0 4/1/1 93/44/21

Usage ········ ····X·X· ·····o·· ·····X·· ····X·X· ·····X·· ·····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.