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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 72-72, 72-72 2nd, 9 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 16-6, 2.61)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (16-6)			172.2	126	58	50	56	98	15	2.61
2009 (10-13)			178.2	185	99	92	72	90	27	4.63

Last 7 GS		5-2	47.0	42	15	12	15	25	4	2.30	57
2010-09-10	BOS	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	107	73
2010-09-04	LAA	W	6.0	4	0	0	6	4	0	116	62
2010-08-30	@NYY	L	4.0	9	8	8	2	2	2	88	12
2010-08-25	@CLE	W	7.0	7	1	0	2	2	0	104	61
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

Last 5 v.KCR		3-0	26.2	21	10	10	12	11	4	3.38	54
2010-08-02	KCR	W	9.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	109	80
2010-07-17	@KCR	ND	6.2	5	5	5	4	3	1	108	43
2009-09-02	KCR	W	5.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	84	44
2009-05-12	KCR	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	2	2	99	50

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

 Home:   44-30   Road:   28-42   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  53-53   vsLHP:  19-19   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:19-16   vsWest: 25-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 14  @KCR  L   3-11      72-72  2nd  9.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13  @KCR  W   3-1       72-71  2nd  8.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12   BOS  L   3-5       71-71  2nd  8.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11   BOS  W   4-3       71-70  2nd  7.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10   BOS  W   5-0       70-70  2nd  7.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8   SEA  W   4-3       69-70  2nd  7.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7   SEA  L   5-7       68-70  2nd  7.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6   SEA  W   6-2       68-69  2nd  7.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5   LAA  L   4-7       67-69  2nd  8.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4   LAA  W   3-1       67-68  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Royals, 59-85, 59-85 4th, 27 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (33, LHP, 9-7, 4.67)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-7)			113.2	120	62	59	50	85	14	4.67
2009 (1-6)			62.1	74	42	40	25	45	12	5.78
2007 (0-0)			10.0	11	11	8	6	7	3	7.20

Last 7 GS		3-2	39.2	43	20	20	14	27	6	4.54	48
2010-09-10	@CHW	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	115	68
2010-09-04	DET	ND	4.2	6	4	4	3	6	1	102	39
2010-08-29	@CLE	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	100	54
2010-08-23	@DET	L	4.1	5	5	5	5	2	0	93	30
2010-08-18	CLE	W	5.2	11	4	4	1	5	1	99	35
2010-08-12	NYY	L	5.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	92	39
2010-08-07	@SEA	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	92	71

Last 5 v.OAK		1-2	30.1	29	16	13	10	15	3	3.86	50
2010-07-17	OAK	ND	5.2	9	4	4	1	4	0	83	38
2005-08-26	OAK	L	7.0	7	4	3	2	0	1	96	47
2005-08-16	@OAK	W	6.2	4	1	1	1	3	1	103	64
2004-08-25	@OAK	ND	7.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	99	70
2002-06-22	OAK	L	4.0	6	7	5	2	5	1	79	29

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

 Home:   32-38   Road:   27-47   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  47-61   vsLHP:  12-24   1-Run:  26-29
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:24-35   vsWest: 12-24 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 14   OAK  W  11-3       59-85  4th 27.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13   OAK  L   1-3       58-85  4th 27.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12  @CHW  L   6-12      58-84  4th 26.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11  @CHW  W   8-2       58-83  4th 25.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10  @CHW  L   3-4       57-83  5th 25.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8  @MIN  L   3-4       57-82  4th 25.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @MIN  L   3-10      57-81  4th 24.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6  @MIN  L   4-5       57-80  4th 23.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5   DET  W   2-1       57-79  4th 22.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4   DET  L   4-6       56-79  4th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 KCR 11  OAK  3        W:Zack Greinke (9-12), L: Gio Gonzalez (14-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 OAK  3 @KCR  1        W:Bobby Cramer (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (5-5), S: Andrew Bailey (24)
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 OAK  4  KCR  3        W:Brett Anderson (3-2), L: Sean O'Sullivan (1-2), S: Michael Wuertz (4)
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 KCR  3 @OAK  2        W:Jesse Chavez (4-2), L: Craig Breslow (4-3), S: Joakim Soria (30)
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 OAK  6  KCR  0        W:Trevor Cahill (11-4), L: Brian Bannister (7-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 OAK  9 @KCR  6        W:Vin Mazzaro (5-2), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: Andrew Bailey (20)
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 OAK  6 @KCR  5        W:Craig Breslow (4-2), L: Joakim Soria (0-2), S: Andrew Bailey (19)
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 OAK  5 @KCR  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (8-6), L: Zack Greinke (5-9), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK over 6-2; 2009 - OAK won 6-2; 2008 - KCR won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 291-238

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 5.32

ARI 4.46

SEA 3.21

RA/G

SDP 3.53

COL 4.32

PIT 5.38

J. Hamilton .361

A. Ethier .286

B. Wood .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. Roberts .359

B. Wood .185

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

C. Santana .467

B. Wood .213

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Edmonds .818

B. Wood .397

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

J. Guthrie 3.74

P. Maholm 5.37

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

J. Vazquez 7.14

K. Kendrick 4.13

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Athletics Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
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 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.833 6/.666 1/3.000 615/449 .279/.400/.410/.810 .853/.793 .795 105/1.015 7/3 8/10

25.Carson G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/13 .155/.164/.276/.440 .478/.308 .631 19/.341 3/0 2/0

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/14 .000/.048/.000/.048 .143/.000 .048 1/.000 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.200 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 6/1.000 1/.000 314/231 .274/.338/.433/.771 .933/.711 .628 105/.655 32/3 8/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 6/.000 1/.000 356/296 .279/.410/.453/.863 .703/.897 .817 98/.942 1/1 11/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 5/.933 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/2.000 ··· 487/359 .267/.302/.365/.668 .798/.622 .669 95/.599 44/9 5/4

29.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/11 .154/.185/.308/.493 .846/.000 .608 / 0/0 1/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.714 1/2.000 415/319 .273/.345/.350/.694 .739/.681 .761 96/.819 5/5 3/3

18.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 225/184 .238/.284/.306/.590 .449/.617 .576 25/.544 5/1 1/1

45.Hermida* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 195/168 .196/.256/.335/.592 .431/.617 .558 24/.488 1/0 5/4

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 201/161 .175/.290/.257/.547 .326/.600 .629 8/.250 3/1 2/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 539/404 .256/.291/.404/.696 .764/.673 .694 64/.815 2/1 14/11

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/55 .175/.254/.316/.570 .393/.595 .736 50/.644 0/0 2/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 513/397 .246/.318/.357/.675 .565/.708 .681 85/.498 24/5 4/21

35.Powell# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/82 .220/.307/.280/.587 .646/.565 .582 19/.551 1/0 1/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 6/.500 1/.000 474/356 .242/.306/.367/.673 .527/.721 .612 95/.551 3/2 12/8

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/25 .275/.310/.300/.610 .765/.497 .400 28/.481 0/0 0/1

IP 113.2 39.1 56.1 14.1 50.0 18.0 61.2 59.0 42.2 TOTAL .254/.323/.372/.695 .693/.696 .683 .686 139/33 90/98

ERA-K/9

4.67/6.7

5.72/6.0

6.23/6.7

6.91/8.8

4.32/4.7

4.50/7.0

6.28/4.7

1.68/9.8

5.27/4.6

5.03/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-1)
Powell (13-8-0)
Suzuki (59-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 504/.272 177/.295 255/.281 67/.293 226/.284 79/.278 275/.289 242/.219 190/.304 .279 Gross
Hermida
Davis
Cust
Crisp
Carson
Larish
Carter 32/9/45/6
47/0/10/4
44/70/25/4
12/0/3/3
0/70/0/2
6/1/19/2
7/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .776 .832 .848 .844 .752 .621 .852 .578 .832 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.843 93/.890 105/.869 31/.772 99/.686 34/.614 157/.826 134/.593 93/.950 .790

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.750 84/.767 150/.834 36/.903 127/.801 45/.626 118/.887 108/.559 97/.723 .780

Home 251/.847 113/.800 114/.905 32/.838 111/.741 45/.517 92/.856 143/.541 113/.757

Last 28d days 100/.737 91/1.027 57/1.064 48/.814 39/.593 71/.601 101/1.000 27/.222 25/1.194

HR/SB/CS 14/5/7 5/7/4 10/1/0 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 14/12/1 4/0/1 5/9/3 159/122/52

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

Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.88 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 64.Cramer*
G/S/vB 61.James
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
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 5/.650 1/2.000 2/.000 4/2.417 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 364/246 .299/.330/.378/.708 .671/.725 .735 59/.846 8/4 4/13

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 13/.616 6/.800 6/1.000 9/1.222 5/2.300 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 8/.417 518/389 .256/.280/.407/.687 .743/.668 .695 97/.556 0/1 15/16

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 259/177 .313/.394/.537/.931 .978/.910 1.043 99/.887 0/0 11/6

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 226/168 .269/.353/.350/.703 .432/.799 .742 109/.715 10/3 1/1

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.000 ··· 16/.875 4/.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.500 598/467 .311/.380/.454/.833 .708/.867 .838 93/.804 0/0 12/5

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .200/.333/.400/.733 .600/ .750 6/.733 1/1 0/1

11.Fields G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 25/10 .292/.320/.417/.737 .867/.522 .558 25/.737 0/0 1/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .713 53/.679 15/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 23/1.023 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 217/160 .241/.335/.396/.731 .801/.705 .725 88/.781 1/5 7/7

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 135/99 .207/.289/.331/.619 .430/.691 .664 85/.723 0/1 4/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 383/307 .260/.332/.379/.711 .685/.716 .688 70/.705 1/2 5/5

22.May G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/5 .083/.083/.083/.167 .286/.000 .000 12/.167 0/0 0/0

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/12 .265/.324/.324/.648 .751/.432 .600 37/.648 1/0 0/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP 2/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 130/82 .270/.333/.365/.699 .577/.781 .653 67/.950 2/0 1/2

IP 172.2 48.0 47.2 19.1 65.1 5.1 3.0 21.2 8.0 36.2 53.2 TOTAL .275/.331/.396/.727 .698/.738 .744 .743 96/45 102/126

ERA-K/9

2.61/5.1

1.50/7.7

3.78/8.3

6.05/5.6

3.31/8.8

1.69/6.8

3.00/9.0

3.74/10.0

1.13/7.9

4.42/9.3

3.02/5.9

3.58/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
May (2-1-3)
Pena (19-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 679/.207 185/.202 216/.275 88/.346 263/.197 19/.222 14/.333 90/.215 32/.154 158/.237 224/.242 .243 Blanco
Maier
Gordon
Dyson
Betemit
Miller 7/61/0/4
7/65/34/4
39/0/3/2
0/2/0/0
2/0/0/0
3/0/10/0

OPS .590 .549 .763 .835 .625 .708 .762 .621 .521 .731 .700 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 368/.614 83/.584 94/.618 47/.867 96/.567 5/.600 8/.661 39/.631 14/.774 59/.957 67/1.048 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.562 102/.520 122/.882 41/.797 167/.659 14/.747 6/.900 51/.613 18/.307 99/.607 157/.564 .678

Road 326/.657 77/.582 108/.782 56/.869 135/.633 19/.708 10/.875 38/.972 8/.393 77/.892 109/.916

Last 28d days 131/.720 29/.540 38/.664 63/.803 45/.579 19/.708 14/.762 27/.568 14/.220 28/.558 26/.397

HR/SB/CS 15/12/5 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/5/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 4/1/1 137/77/30

Usage ····X··· ·X·X··o· ·oo····X X······· ·o·oX·o· ·X······ o······· ··o·o··o X······X ·oX····· ·oo·····

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.