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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 10:10pm, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @Safeco Field

Athletics, 6-3, 6-31st, 1 up

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 1-0, 3.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	3.00
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		3-2	37.1	40	23	21	16	42	4	5.06	49
2010-04-09	@LAA	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	95	57
2009-10-02	LAA	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	10	1	100	50
2009-09-25	@LAA	W	6.1	4	0	0	1	7	0	96	71
2009-09-19	CLE	ND	3.2	2	3	1	5	3	0	83	47
2009-09-13	@MIN	L	3.0	8	7	7	3	5	1	78	17
2009-09-06	SEA	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	101	58
2009-08-31	KCR	ND	5.1	6	5	5	4	8	1	103	40

Last 5 v.SEA		1-1	17.0	18	10	8	8	17	1	4.24	49
2009-09-06	SEA	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	101	58
2009-08-26	@SEA	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	7	1	107	41
2008-08-22	@SEA	ND	5.0	5	4	2	3	7	0	98	49

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

 Home:    3-1    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Tue, Apr 13  @SEA  L   0-3        6-3   1st  1.0 up
  8 Mon, Apr 12  @SEA  W   4-0        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 11  @LAA  W   9-4        5-2   1st  1.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr 10  @LAA  L   3-4        4-2   1st  1.5 up
  5 Fri, Apr  9  @LAA  W  10-4        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Thu, Apr  8   SEA  W   6-2        3-1   1st  1.5 up
  3 Wed, Apr  7   SEA  W   6-5        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Tue, Apr  6   SEA  W   2-1 (10)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   SEA  L   3-5        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-3    Last 20: 6-3    Last 30: 6-3

Mariners, 3-6, 3-63rd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (27, LHP, 0-1, 8.44)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			5.1	8	5	5	1	5	1	8.44
2009 (3-6)			91.2	98	53	50	24	54	16	4.91
2007 (0-1)			10.1	17	14	14	2	4	4	12.19

Last 7 GS		0-5	35.0	47	33	32	13	19	8	8.23	36
2010-04-09	@TEX	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	5	1	89	36
2009-08-06	@KCR	L	7.0	9	8	7	3	0	1	109	26
2009-07-31	@TEX	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	2	2	80	34
2009-07-26	CLE	L	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	1	86	25
2009-07-08	BAL	ND	5.0	3	0	0	5	6	0	97	62
2009-07-02	@NYY	ND	4.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	65	39
2009-06-26	@LAD	L	4.2	9	5	5	1	2	2	78	27

Has never faced OAK as starter.

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

 Home:    1-1    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Tue, Apr 13   OAK  W   3-0        3-6   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Mon, Apr 12   OAK  L   0-4        2-6   4th  4.0 gb
  7 Sun, Apr 11  @TEX  L   2-9        2-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 10  @TEX  W   4-3        2-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  9  @TEX  L   2-6        1-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  8  @OAK  L   2-6        1-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  7  @OAK  L   5-6        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  6  @OAK  L   1-2 (10)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @OAK  W   5-3        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-6    Last 20: 3-6    Last 30: 3-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 SEA  3  OAK  0        W:Doug Fister (1-1), L: Brad Ziegler (0-2), S: David Aardsma (3)
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 OAK  4 @SEA  0        W:Justin Duchscherer (1-0), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 OAK  6  SEA  2        W:Brett Anderson (1-0), L: Doug Fister (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 OAK  6  SEA  5        W:Jerry Blevins (1-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 06, 2010 OAK  2  SEA  1 (10)   W:Edwar Ramirez (1-0), L: Kanekoa Texeira (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 SEA  5 @OAK  3        W:Brandon League (1-0), L: Brad Ziegler (0-1), S: David Aardsma (1)

Thu, Oct 01, 2009 SEA  4  OAK  2        W:Doug Fister (3-4), L: Brett Anderson (11-11), S: David Aardsma (37)
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 SEA  7  OAK  0        W:Brandon Morrow (2-4), L: Clayton Mortenson (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 SEA  6  OAK  4        W:Felix Hernandez (18-5), L: Trevor Cahill (10-13), S: none
Sun, Sep 06, 2009 OAK  5  SEA  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (5-5), L: Shawn Kelley (4-2), S: Andrew Bailey (23)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK leads 4-2; 2009 - SEA won 14-5; 2008 - OAK won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 274-203

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 43.League
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 54.Texeira
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.250 3/.333 4/.750 2/4.000 2/1.000 1/.000 192/160 .269/.372/.413/.784 1.083/.728 .920 40/.949 0/2 3/1

6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.667 2/3.000 3/.000 115/101 .219/.287/.333/.620 .357/.659 .563 27/.530 1/1 3/0

3.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 31/13 .100/.129/.133/.262 .222/.321 .238 26/.511 0/0 0/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.833 ··· 1/no AB 215/132 .228/.336/.378/.714 .678/.738 .729 / 13/2 3/3

32.Cust* G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.143 2/.000 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 612/450 .240/.356/.417/.773 .621/.830 .708 / 4/1 25/2

11.Davis G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 5/.200 2/.000 7/.666 2/.000 3/.666 432/283 .305/.360/.423/.784 .773/.789 .724 42/.636 41/12 3/4

14.Ellis G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 9/.730 6/.167 2/2.000 2/.000 410/301 .263/.305/.403/.708 .706/.709 .753 32/.820 10/3 10/5

50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 241/179 .259/.311/.468/.779 .665/.818 .900 12/.083 0/0 11/7

28.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 326/290 .227/.326/.355/.681 .747/.673 .688 6/.667 6/3 6/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 3/.666 573/412 .255/.302/.420/.722 .835/.677 .778 41/.741 1/0 18/3

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 110/91 .287/.373/.394/.766 .849/.749 .715 3/.000 6/1 1/2

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 5/.200 2/3.000 4/.833 229/171 .279/.342/.418/.760 .532/.841 .817 34/.870 7/5 4/8

35.Powell# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 155/111 .229/.297/.429/.725 .458/.829 .687 / 0/0 7/4

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 266/205 .213/.303/.317/.620 .693/.598 .621 11/1.250 1/2 4/7

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.715 2/.000 5/1.600 10/.300 1/2.000 4/.750 614/443 .274/.313/.421/.734 .727/.737 .794 35/.641 8/2 15/5

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 1/2.000 7/.286 5/.400 3/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 534/409 .293/.348/.407/.755 .719/.766 .842 41/.720 6/5 6/3

IP 91.2 71.1 46.0 74.2 80.0 64.1 TOTAL .251/.335/.370/.705 .767/.689 .650 .705 7/1 6/10

ERA-K/9

4.91/5.3

2.52/10.1

4.50/8.0

4.58/9.2

3.26/7.8

/0.0

2.80/3.9

4.15/5.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fox (0-0-0)
Powell (11-11-2)
Suzuki (81-27-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.281 296/.190 191/.257 313/.257 339/.232 / 261/.216 .279 Sweeney
Davis
Gross
Patterson
Fox
Cust
Crisp
Buck 7/57/85/11
0/113/5/8
0/0/100/6
26/4/2/1
23/0/3/1
0/0/51/1
0/49/0/0
5/0/28/0

OPS .803 .555 .742 .735 .664 .581 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.841 154/.557 91/.555 155/.788 164/.801 / 127/.531 .686

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.786 142/.551 100/.920 158/.682 175/.538 / 134/.626 .805

Home 159/.685 169/.592 96/.767 167/.800 174/.647 / 151/.525

Last 28d days 24/.897 10/.200 17/.812 19/.865 12/.817 26/1.022 14/.516

HR/SB/CS 16/2/6 4/2/2 9/2/0 8/9/1 7/2/2 // 3/5/3 6/5/0

Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (2.67 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.11 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 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 58.Duchscherer
G/S/vB 39.Kilby*
G/S/vB 59.Ramirez
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Bradley# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 8/1.300 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.357 ··· 3/2.334 473/361 .257/.378/.397/.775 .830/.764 .892 32/.666 2/3 12/3

1.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 258/172 .226/.270/.393/.663 .767/.611 .697 8/.250 9/3 8/3

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.400 8/.250 8/1.000 1/2.000 27/.268 2/.000 4/1.417 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 5/.800 729/495 .298/.395/.393/.789 .630/.861 .795 38/.706 42/17 5/14

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 3/.333 10/.422 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 23/.877 7/2.142 ··· 454/367 .214/.324/.411/.735 .804/.718 .930 21/.549 0/0 19/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 8/.971 5/.800 3/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 12/.583 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 6/.167 629/435 .283/.339/.425/.764 .958/.683 .826 37/.863 16/5 18/7

32.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 290/198 .213/.289/.326/.615 .493/.672 .562 18/.762 1/1 2/4

13.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 17/.489 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.679 ··· 3/.000 431/306 .268/.339/.382/.721 .625/.760 .673 33/.696 1/0 7/0

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 8/.375 2/.000 1/.000 122/85 .218/.311/.386/.697 .683/.698 .625 1/.000 0/1 3/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 12/1.583 6/1.133 4/1.000 2/2.500 3/.000 18/.627 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 9/1.111 653/447 .272/.303/.463/.766 .759/.770 .641 37/.520 3/3 25/16

50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 24/13 .217/.250/.391/.641 .636/.647 .474 13/.077 1/0 1/0

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 10/.844 2/2.000 12/.717 5/.800 1/.000 38/.640 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 8/1.250 678/439 .352/.386/.465/.851 .826/.865 .908 39/.532 26/9 11/4

27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 25/5 .227/.280/.409/.689 .800/.200 .495 5/.800 0/0 1/0

2.Wilson G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.071 ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/.704 9/.000 5/.000 402/284 .255/.292/.362/.654 .628/.664 .627 32/.499 3/1 5/12

IP 98.2 83.1 22.1 69.2 17.0 22.0 4.0 78.2 73.1 TOTAL .220/.295/.306/.601 .549/.633 .560 .601 6/4 4/10

ERA-K/9

5.75/9.9

1.84/9.8

4.84/9.3

3.36/7.1

/0.0

0.53/10.6

5.73/9.0

2.25/9.0

/0.0

2.63/11.7

3.07/6.6

2.69/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Johnson (41-18-9)
Moore (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.288 323/.167 90/.229 281/.197 / / 65/.164 110/.281 20/.235 / 304/.188 313/.293 .221 Gutierrez
Bradley
Suzuki
Byrnes
Langerhans
Griffey
Figgins 0/153/0/6
0/1/109/5
0/0/145/5
49/6/5/3
30/4/5/1
8/0/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .846 .476 .651 .613 .494 .911 .585 .567 .734 .641

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/1.095 154/.470 31/.719 127/.632 / / 23/.696 67/.896 6/.900 / 128/.577 128/.912 .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.767 169/.482 59/.617 154/.597 / / 42/.372 43/.932 14/.452 / 176/.560 185/.616 .630

Road 215/.771 177/.493 24/.375 153/.668 / / 31/.719 46/.906 7/.286 / 170/.701 138/.748

Last 28d days 24/.726 13/.558 21/.462 12/1.053 / 52/.552 / 15/.585 / 49/.990 / 19/.768

HR/SB/CS 14/4/2 5/1/0 2/0/0 8/8/5 // // 1/1/0 6/3/1 0/1/0 // 6/9/3 2/3/1 7/5/3

Usage

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.