Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Game Previews - Baseball-Reference.com

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Game Previews > LAA @ OAK, Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Game Preview: LAA @ OAK, 10:05pm, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Angels, 32-29, 32-292nd, ½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (29, LHP, 4-6, 4.78)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-6)			69.2	76	41	37	33	33	8	4.78
2009 (16-7)			186.0	202	102	95	64	101	29	4.60
2008 (17-7)			198.0	187	82	75	53	103	21	3.41

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.0	44	22	20	23	23	3	4.19	48
2010-06-04	@SEA	W	6.0	8	1	1	2	1	0	95	51
2010-05-30	SEA	ND	4.1	10	7	7	3	1	1	86	13
2010-05-24	TOR	L	6.1	4	3	3	5	6	0	115	54
2010-05-19	@CHW	W	7.2	4	1	1	2	4	0	106	69
2010-05-14	OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	109	83
2010-05-08	@SEA	ND	5.2	5	3	1	5	2	0	106	48
2010-05-03	@BOS	L	4.0	9	7	7	4	3	2	107	15

Last 5 v.OAK		3-2	32.0	27	14	13	12	16	2	3.66	53
2010-05-14	OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	109	83
2010-04-11	OAK	L	6.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	96	49
2009-10-04	@OAK	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	84	48
2009-09-27	OAK	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	89	48
2009-07-17	@OAK	L	6.0	6	5	4	6	2	1	95	38

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

 Home:   16-13   Road:   16-16   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 12-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Tue, Jun  8  @OAK  L   1-10      32-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Mon, Jun  7  @OAK  W   4-2       32-28  1st  0.5 up
 59 Sun, Jun  6  @SEA  W   9-4       31-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 58 Sat, Jun  5  @SEA  W  11-2       30-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  4  @SEA  W   7-1       29-28  3rd  1.5 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  3  @KCR  W   5-4       28-28  3rd  1.5 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  2  @KCR  W   7-2       27-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  1  @KCR  L   3-6       26-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 53 Mon, May 31  @KCR  W   7-1       26-27  3rd  2.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 30   SEA  W   9-7       25-27  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Athletics, 31-29, 31-293rd, 1 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 4-5, 3.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-5)			76.1	70	33	32	13	46	9	3.77
2009 (8-9)			136.2	144	63	59	42	81	9	3.89
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14

Last 7 GS		1-4	46.1	44	19	18	6	27	5	3.50	55
2010-06-04	MIN	ND	6.1	6	4	4	1	2	1	108	46
2010-05-30	@DET	L	6.0	11	5	5	1	5	2	95	34
2010-05-25	@BAL	ND	4.0	3	1	0	2	4	0	62	56
2010-05-19	DET	L	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	79	53
2010-05-14	@LAA	L	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	98	56
2010-05-09	TBR	W	9.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	109	93
2010-05-03	TEX	L	7.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	97	46

Last 5 v.LAA		1-4	31.0	39	21	19	5	18	4	5.52	44
2010-05-14	@LAA	L	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	98	56
2010-04-11	@LAA	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	94	51
2009-07-16	LAA	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	90	24
2009-05-05	LAA	L	6.0	8	5	3	1	6	0	103	45
2009-04-06	@LAA	L	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	97	44

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

 Home:   20-12   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  21-20   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  11-4 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest: 12-11 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Tue, Jun  8   LAA  W  10-1       31-29  3rd  1.0 gb
 59 Mon, Jun  7   LAA  L   2-4       30-29  3rd  1.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  6   MIN  W   5-4       30-28  3rd  1.0 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  5   MIN  L   3-4       29-28  3rd  2.0 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  4   MIN  L   4-5 (11)  29-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  3  @BOS  W   9-8       29-26  1st    Tied
 54 Wed, Jun  2  @BOS  L   4-6       28-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1  @BOS  L   4-9       28-25  1st    Tied
 52 Mon, May 31  @DET  W   4-1       28-24  1st  1.0 up
 51 Sun, May 30  @DET  L   2-10      27-24  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 OAK 10  LAA  1        W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Jered Weaver (5-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 07, 2010 LAA  4 @OAK  2        W:Scott Kazmir (5-5), L: Ben Sheets (2-5), S: Brian Fuentes (8)
Sun, May 16, 2010 LAA  4  OAK  0        W:Joel Pineiro (3-4), L: Trevor Cahill (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 15, 2010 LAA 12  OAK  3        W:Ervin Santana (2-3), L: Tyson Ross (1-1), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 LAA  4  OAK  0        W:Joe Saunders (2-5), L: Dallas Braden (4-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 OAK  9 @LAA  4        W:Dallas Braden (1-0), L: Joe Saunders (0-2), S: Tyson Ross (1)
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 LAA  4  OAK  3        W:Fernando Rodney (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 OAK 10 @LAA  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (1-0), L: Matt Palmer (0-1), S: none

Sun, Oct 04, 2009 LAA  5 @OAK  3        W:Joe Saunders (16-7), L: Jeff Gray (0-1), S: Kevin Jepsen (1)
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 LAA  4 @OAK  2        W:Scott Kazmir (10-9), L: Dana Eveland (2-4), S: Brian Fuentes (48)
Season Series: 2010 - LAA leads 5-3; 2009 - LAA won 12-7; 2008 - LAA won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 409-367

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 5.62

STL 4.49

PIT 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.28

CHC 4.40

ARI 5.86

R. Cano .370

A. Callaspo .277

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .475

G. Sanchez .348

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

J. Morneau .673

H. Pence .435

G. Beckham .237

OPS

J. Morneau 1.148

F. Gutierrez .794

G. Beckham .515

ERA

U. Jimenez .93

F. Hernandez 3.77

G. Floyd 6.18

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.41

L. Hochevar 6.57

N. Blackburn 2.27

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

Angels Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 18/.862 4/1.250 5/.800 ··· 11/.573 3/.666 25/1.056 3/.000 5/.650 266/177 .264/.350/.429/.778 .575/.882 .649 111/.819 9/5 7/6

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 22/.762 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 7/1.333 3/1.000 3/1.333 265/180 .252/.324/.329/.653 .713/.625 .722 111/.644 10/5 1/8

18.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 45/32 .381/.422/.452/.875 .885/.871 .858 38/.839 0/0 0/3

48.Hunter G/S/vP 18/.472 4/.500 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.334 15/.762 ··· 9/.000 237/165 .276/.342/.495/.837 .815/.846 .871 96/.868 5/4 9/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.667 3/.333 2/1.500 92/77 .256/.359/.410/.769 .785/.766 .999 45/.843 4/1 2/1

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 19/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.000 6/.833 5/.000 8/.661 245/169 .261/.293/.378/.672 .632/.689 .543 111/.609 6/1 4/5

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 10/1.250 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 9/.777 2/.500 3/.000 235/156 .257/.335/.432/.767 .713/.793 .678 94/.901 0/0 9/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 14/1.071 2/.000 3/3.500 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 182/130 .262/.330/.506/.836 1.135/.718 .987 94/1.001 3/1 9/5

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 19/11 .158/.158/.263/.421 .625/.273 .471 13/.615 0/0 0/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 25/.560 4/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 9/.333 1/.000 7/.572 204/136 .230/.299/.410/.709 .686/.720 .789 80/.760 0/1 8/2

27.Ryan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 35/34 .242/.257/.364/.621 .000/.640 .760 27/.619 0/0 0/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.500 55/37 .250/.365/.295/.661 .833/.587 .600 28/.782 0/1 0/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 26/24 .167/.231/.250/.481 .000/.523 .517 24/.523 0/0 0/0

IP 76.1 24.0 22.0 3.2 26.1 30.1 74.1 10.0 28.0 TOTAL .256/.319/.409/.729 .708/.738 .726 .771 40/20 64/51

ERA-K/9

3.77/5.4

1.88/5.6

4.50/10.2

2.45/7.3

2.73/9.2

5.93/6.8

4.96/6.9

6.30/8.1

2.89/5.5

3.96/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (36-12-3)
Wilson (7-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.244 95/.207 104/.309 13/.083 106/.183 131/.292 319/.269 45/.256 117/.228 .250 Abreu
Willits
Rivera
Hunter
Matsui
Ryan
Quinlan 0/0/55/4
9/13/3/4
47/1/6/4
0/55/0/1
7/0/0/1
8/0/0/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .672 .566 .831 .237 .616 .761 .833 .802 .661 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.749 42/.449 42/.555 5/.200 45/.397 60/.759 165/.794 16/1.346 41/1.082 .691

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.646 53/.657 62/1.037 8/.250 61/.781 71/.761 154/.869 29/.519 76/.454 .728

Home 182/.555 55/.491 54/.753 13/.237 47/.513 70/.598 171/.679 22/.702 60/.476

Last 28d days 129/.780 47/.703 46/.979 13/.237 55/.445 54/.856 151/.676 34/.864 56/.717

HR/SB/CS 9/1/0 2/2/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 2/3/1 3/2/0 11/12/7 1/0/0 2/1/1 59/35/15

Usage ····X··· ····XX·· o·oX·X·X ·o·oo··· o·o·X·XX o·o·o·oo ·X····X· ··Xo···X o··X·XX·

Athletics Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 13/.432 4/.500 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 4/1.167 265/182 .275/.393/.427/.820 .795/.830 .846 116/.785 0/1 4/8

25.Carson G/S/vP 5/.450 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 0/ 0/0 0/0

32.Cust* G/S/vP 12/.350 6/1.333 4/.500 3/.000 6/1.167 3/.666 ··· 5/.200 79/65 .286/.367/.400/.767 .813/.757 .851 79/.767 0/0 2/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 33/.720 2/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/4.000 ··· 2/1.000 218/149 .257/.304/.351/.656 .774/.603 .670 92/.809 23/4 2/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 32/.896 3/.666 4/.250 3/.666 5/.200 6/1.133 ··· 32/.583 98/76 .291/.371/.384/.755 .683/.776 .612 64/.747 1/0 1/0

50.Fox G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 99/40 .220/.273/.341/.613 .723/.447 .592 37/.697 0/0 2/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.000 5/1.400 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/no AB 119/86 .282/.310/.373/.683 .450/.763 .490 65/.779 2/1 1/0

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 11/.637 3/1.334 1/.000 7/1.571 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 242/172 .264/.302/.388/.689 .675/.695 .749 102/.731 0/0 6/6

1.Patterson* G/S/vP 7/1.142 2/1.000 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 99/76 .228/.276/.457/.732 .221/.891 .731 32/.647 6/0 4/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 14/.500 2/1.500 4/1.250 1/2.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 225/164 .203/.282/.305/.586 .617/.574 .641 89/.359 7/2 3/5

7.Rosales G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 184/124 .279/.339/.400/.739 .807/.708 .633 77/.805 0/0 4/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 26/.362 4/1.000 7/.686 6/.533 5/1.200 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 162/118 .275/.333/.490/.823 .588/.901 .942 95/.804 0/0 8/3

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.350 229/172 .324/.362/.423/.785 .691/.814 .869 92/.869 0/1 1/0

IP 69.2 14.0 20.2 14.2 20.2 23.1 7.1 18.2 TOTAL .262/.324/.387/.711 .691/.719 .722 .740 41/10 42/38

ERA-K/9

4.78/4.3

4.50/7.7

3.92/10.0

5.52/11.6

5.66/10.9

2.70/6.6

0.00/11.1

6.75/9.1

4.53/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fox (1-1-0)
Suzuki (23-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 308/.286 63/.322 94/.247 65/.207 92/.250 99/.210 25/.120 97/.284 .268 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Patterson
Davis
Fox
Rosales
Carson 24/7/13/4
0/0/55/3
6/0/0/2
23/7/0/1
2/53/0/1
8/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .828 .806 .779 .792 .666 .668 .240 .870 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.864 29/.729 46/.941 20/.255 52/.609 49/.759 10/.000 47/.681 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.815 34/.867 48/.633 45/1.048 40/.736 50/.582 15/.400 50/1.046 .775

Road 135/.759 37/.851 49/.760 28/.714 43/.807 47/.637 15/.267 51/.816

Last 28d days 139/.639 55/.769 27/.524 29/.614 29/.653 32/.899 22/.273 41/.737

HR/SB/CS 8/4/2 1/2/0 2/2/2 5/2/1 0/2/0 1/5/0 0/0/0 2/3/1 61/52/13

Usage ····X··· X···X··· ···X··X· ·o···X·· ·oo··X·· ·XX··o·· ··X·o·X· ···X··X·

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.