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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 19, 2010 @Target Field

Athletics, 73-74, 73-74 2nd, 10 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Bobby Cramer (30, LHP, 1-0, 1.69)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			5.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	1.69

Last 7 GS		1-0	5.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	1.69	59
2010-09-13	@KCR	W	5.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	91	59

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   44-30   Road:   29-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  54-54   vsLHP:  19-20   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:20-18   vsWest: 25-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Sat, Sep 18  @MIN  L   2-4       73-74  2nd 10.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 17  @MIN  W   3-1       73-73  2nd  9.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15  @KCR  L   3-6       72-73  2nd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Twins, 89-59, 89-59 1st, 10 up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 14-7, 3.28)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (14-7)			178.1	167	65	65	55	189	4	3.28
2009 (5-13)			136.2	147	93	88	65	122	21	5.80
2008 (6-4)			76.0	74	40	33	32	67	7	3.91

Last 7 GS		4-0	42.1	43	17	17	17	39	2	3.61	53
2010-09-14	@CHW	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	103	52
2010-09-07	KCR	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	95	59
2010-09-01	DET	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	104	73
2010-08-26	@TEX	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	99	64
2010-08-18	CHW	ND	5.0	6	5	5	4	5	1	106	36
2010-08-12	@CHW	W	5.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	106	53
2010-08-06	@CLE	ND	4.2	7	4	4	6	6	0	109	34

Last 5 v.OAK		1-1	25.2	25	12	11	10	28	1	3.86	53
2010-06-05	@OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	10	0	101	71
2009-06-10	@OAK	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	98	55
2008-08-30	@OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	98	69
2008-08-20	OAK	W	5.0	5	1	0	3	5	0	107	57
2008-04-24	@OAK	L	0.2	5	6	6	3	0	0	35	15

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

 Home:   49-24   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  57-38   vsLHP:  32-21   1-Run:  30-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:43-20   vsWest: 24-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sat, Sep 18   OAK  W   4-2       89-59  1st 10.0 up
147 Fri, Sep 17   OAK  L   1-3       88-59  1st  9.0 up
146 Thu, Sep 16  @CHW  W   8-5       88-58  1st  9.0 up
145 Wed, Sep 15  @CHW  W   9-3       87-58  1st  8.0 up
144 Tue, Sep 14  @CHW  W   9-3       86-58  1st  7.0 up
143 Sun, Sep 12  @CLE  W   6-2       85-58  1st  6.0 up
142 Sat, Sep 11  @CLE  W   1-0 (12)  84-58  1st  6.0 up
141 Fri, Sep 10  @CLE  L   0-2       83-58  1st  5.0 up
140 Wed, Sep  8   KCR  W   4-3       83-57  1st  5.5 up
139 Tue, Sep  7   KCR  W  10-3       82-57  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (13-6), L: Dallas Braden (9-13), S: Matt Capps (40)
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 OAK  3 @MIN  1        W:Brett Anderson (6-6), L: Nick Blackburn (9-10), S: Andrew Bailey (25)
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (11-5), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-5), S: Matt Capps (30)
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 MIN  2  OAK  0        W:Brian Duensing (6-1), L: Trevor Cahill (12-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Carl Pavano (15-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (10-8), S: Matt Capps (29)
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 OAK  5  MIN  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-3), L: Nick Blackburn (6-3), S: Michael Wuertz (1)
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 MIN  4 @OAK  3        W:Alex Burnett (1-1), L: Brad Ziegler (2-3), S: Jon Rauch (15)
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 MIN  5 @OAK  4 (11)   W:Matt Guerrier (1-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-2), S: Jon Rauch (14)

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 MIN  8  OAK  0        W:Brian Duensing (3-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (5-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 OAK  4 @MIN  2        W:Brett Anderson (9-10), L: Jeff Manship (0-1), S: Andrew Bailey (24)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 6-2; 2009 - OAK won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 986-972

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 5.33

ARI 4.46

SEA 3.18

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.38

PIT 5.39

J. Hamilton .361

J. Reyes .286

B. Wood .159

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Damon .358

B. Wood .183

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

M. Prado .469

B. Wood .229

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

R. Raburn .820

B. Wood .412

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

J. Niese 3.76

P. Maholm 5.36

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.85

A. Burnett 7.03

M. Buehrle 4.12

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Athletics Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 44.Flores*
G/S/vB 51.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 628/458 .273/.394/.401/.796 .840/.779 .767 102/.829 7/3 8/10

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/14 .177/.185/.339/.523 .592/.286 .784 23/.602 3/0 3/0

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 30/21 .000/.033/.000/.033 .111/.000 .033 10/.000 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.250 ··· 2/1.000 7/2.381 ··· ··· 3/2.000 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .659 102/.752 32/3 8/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 2/.500 3/.000 365/305 .277/.405/.459/.865 .703/.898 .822 91/.986 1/1 12/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 12/1.136 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 498/368 .270/.304/.366/.670 .785/.630 .672 91/.649 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 12/1.183 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.500 1/5.000 4/.500 11/.728 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 427/327 .272/.342/.347/.689 .729/.676 .746 95/.801 5/5 3/3

18.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 225/184 .238/.284/.306/.590 .449/.617 .576 21/.343 5/1 1/1

45.Hermida* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/2.300 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.455 195/168 .196/.256/.335/.592 .431/.617 .558 24/.488 1/0 5/4

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 212/169 .177/.289/.260/.549 .302/.610 .624 19/.451 3/1 2/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 2/.000 7/1.571 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/1.667 539/404 .256/.291/.404/.696 .764/.673 .694 48/.965 2/1 14/11

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 64/56 .175/.266/.316/.581 .393/.608 .754 51/.658 0/0 2/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 524/405 .245/.317/.356/.673 .567/.705 .676 84/.482 24/5 4/21

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 119/86 .231/.314/.327/.640 .646/.639 .653 19/.786 1/0 2/4

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .333/.500/.333/.833 2.000/.333 .833 4/.833 0/0 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 14/.536 ··· 1/3.000 6/1.250 ··· 7/.453 6/.167 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 482/361 .242/.305/.365/.670 .531/.716 .608 91/.595 3/2 12/8

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/25 .275/.310/.300/.610 .765/.497 .400 22/.618 0/0 0/1

IP 178.1 42.1 69.0 64.0 28.2 42.2 64.0 27.0 5.1 54.1 TOTAL .253/.322/.373/.695 .693/.695 .683 .705 139/33 93/99

ERA-K/9

3.28/9.5

4.46/6.4

2.61/7.0

2.53/8.3

3.14/6.0

3.16/8.9

3.52/4.8

2.67/7.7

5.06/6.8

3.31/7.0

3.76/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-1)
Powell (13-9-0)
Suzuki (60-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 747/.248 185/.292 292/.273 259/.204 128/.264 176/.184 264/.234 113/.257 24/.158 233/.273 .265 Gross
Hermida
Davis
Cust
Crisp
Carson
Larish
Carter 32/9/47/6
47/0/10/4
47/70/27/4
13/0/3/3
0/73/0/2
6/1/21/2
7/0/0/0
8/0/0/0

OPS .644 .834 .708 .603 .816 .630 .667 .742 .544 .689 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.496 70/.934 141/.654 107/.630 66/.893 48/.359 96/.693 53/.737 6/.533 114/.761 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 584/.687 115/.776 151/.758 152/.583 62/.732 128/.731 168/.652 60/.745 18/.548 119/.621 .724

Home 393/.603 104/.817 177/.745 114/.656 51/.828 107/.638 119/.697 56/.764 13/.408 120/.763

Last 28d days 108/.594 7/.750 43/.577 44/.552 13/1.449 23/.508 37/.999 6/.733 6/.750 36/.462

HR/SB/CS 4/12/3 4/2/0 6/3/2 4/6/1 5/0/1 5/3/1 7/1/1 3/1/1 0/1/0 3/0/1 130/75/32

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

Twins Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Cramer*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
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

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 130/67 .185/.220/.294/.515 .425/.597 .501 21/.201 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 152/115 .267/.324/.385/.710 .778/.688 .615 22/.409 5/1 1/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 623/419 .272/.335/.412/.748 .876/.688 .767 104/.631 6/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 13/.398 1/.000 350/243 .271/.323/.401/.723 .628/.764 .687 76/.804 1/1 6/10

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.715 3/1.334 512/312 .274/.341/.379/.719 .703/.729 .767 93/.522 7/3 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.833 2/.500 532/359 .254/.329/.434/.763 .659/.812 .752 65/.541 0/1 19/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/2.667 570/349 .331/.407/.474/.881 .711/.990 .829 94/.809 1/4 9/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 18/16 .200/.278/.200/.478 .000/.543 .580 13/.580 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/33 .125/.121/.250/.371 .000/.396 .275 3/.000 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 268/179 .252/.326/.316/.642 .677/.606 .686 1/.000 6/2 1/6

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 124/73 .220/.309/.358/.667 .589/.721 .495 51/.476 2/2 3/0

37.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1 .000/.111/.000/.111 .125/.000 .111 9/.111 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 650/422 .265/.334/.349/.683 .708/.670 .784 100/.638 23/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/1.429 22/1.028 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 323/236 .279/.409/.618/1.027 .732/1.150 1.097 54/1.262 0/0 23/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 81/61 .235/.313/.412/.724 .209/.896 .934 28/.948 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 265/167 .340/.381/.467/.848 1.087/.712 1.123 74/.943 2/0 4/4

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 9/.555 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 557/375 .295/.329/.481/.809 .924/.756 .797 98/.611 4/4 18/4

IP 5.1 49.0 48.2 19.1 66.2 3.0 23.2 8.0 36.2 54.2 TOTAL .277/.345/.426/.770 .746/.783 .782 .679 58/27 129/80

ERA-K/9

1.69/6.8

1.47/7.7

3.70/8.5

6.05/5.6

3.24/8.6

3.00/9.0

3.42/9.9

1.13/7.9

4.42/9.3

2.96/6.1

3.59/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (19-13-2)
Mauer (52-19-4)
Morales (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 19/.222 189/.199 220/.274 88/.346 268/.194 14/.333 98/.212 32/.154 159/.243 227/.239 .243 Young
Kubel
Cuddyer
Span
Repko
Tolbert
Revere
Casilla 137/0/0/10
16/0/74/6
0/2/66/5
0/141/0/5
4/6/32/5
0/0/1/0
0/3/0/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .708 .544 .758 .835 .618 .762 .617 .521 .740 .690 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 5/.600 85/.569 97/.598 48/.848 98/.568 8/.661 42/.667 14/.774 59/.957 67/1.048 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/.747 104/.523 123/.892 40/.818 170/.647 6/.900 56/.579 18/.307 100/.622 160/.553 .682

Road 19/.708 81/.568 112/.771 56/.869 140/.618 10/.875 46/.904 8/.393 78/.908 112/.889

Last 28d days 19/.708 30/.567 36/.606 63/.803 42/.421 14/.762 29/.695 14/.220 25/.628 25/.414

HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 0/0/0 2/5/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 4/1/1 141/78/31

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