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Game Preview: OAK @ STL, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 19, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Athletics, 33-36, 33-36 3rd, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Ben Sheets (31, RHP, 2-6, 4.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-6)			80.1	85	48	44	33	59	12	4.93
2008 (13-9)			198.1	181	74	68	47	158	17	3.09
2007 (12-5)			141.1	138	62	60	37	106	17	3.82

Last 7 GS		0-3	43.2	39	21	18	14	35	6	3.71	54
2010-06-12	@SFG	L	6.0	8	5	3	3	2	1	99	39
2010-06-07	LAA	L	6.0	6	4	3	0	5	1	89	51
2010-06-02	@BOS	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	97	42
2010-05-28	@DET	ND	7.0	5	3	3	1	6	2	96	60
2010-05-23	SFG	ND	6.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	97	74
2010-05-18	SEA	ND	6.2	8	4	4	4	5	1	111	43
2010-05-13	@TEX	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	99	67

Last 5 v.STL		2-1	31.0	32	16	14	9	19	4	4.06	50
2008-08-26	@STL	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	100	64
2008-07-24	@STL	ND	7.0	4	3	2	2	4	0	96	61
2008-05-10	STL	ND	7.0	9	3	3	1	6	1	94	52
2007-05-01	STL	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	97	54
2007-04-15	@STL	L	5.0	8	8	7	3	2	2	95	20

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

 Home:   21-13   Road:   12-23   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-25   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  11-6 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest: 13-12 IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Fri, Jun 18  @STL  L   4-6       33-36  3rd  7.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 17  @CHC  L   2-3       33-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 16  @CHC  L   2-6       33-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 15  @CHC  W   9-5       33-33  3rd  4.0 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 13  @SFG  L   2-6       32-33  3rd  4.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 12  @SFG  L   4-5       32-32  3rd  3.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 11  @SFG  L   2-6       32-31  3rd  2.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 10   LAA  W   6-1       32-30  3rd  2.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun  9   LAA  L   1-7       31-30  3rd  2.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  8   LAA  W  10-1       31-29  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Cardinals, 37-30, 37-30 1st, ½ up

SP: Adam Wainwright (28, RHP, 9-4, 2.41)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-4)			101.0	75	28	27	28	97	6	2.41
2009 (19-8)			233.0	216	75	68	66	212	17	2.63
2008 (11-3)			132.0	122	51	47	34	91	12	3.20

Last 7 GS		4-3	49.0	40	15	15	16	54	5	2.76	62
2010-06-14	SEA	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	108	58
2010-06-09	@LAD	L	6.0	8	4	4	5	6	1	113	41
2010-06-04	MIL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	103	90
2010-05-30	@CHC	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	8	1	107	65
2010-05-25	@SDP	L	7.0	4	1	1	1	12	1	102	76
2010-05-20	FLA	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	8	0	111	62
2010-05-15	@CIN	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	6	1	104	45

Has never faced OAK as starter.

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

 Home:   22-11   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  26-21   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  5-10 IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 18   OAK  W   6-4       37-30  1st  0.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 16   SEA  L   1-2       36-30  1st    Tied
 65 Tue, Jun 15   SEA  W   4-2       36-29  1st    Tied
 64 Mon, Jun 14   SEA  W   9-3       35-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 13  @ARI  L   5-7       34-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 12  @ARI  L   2-7       34-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 11  @ARI  W   5-2       34-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  9  @LAD  L   3-4       33-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  8  @LAD  L   0-1       33-26  1st    Tied
 58 Mon, Jun  7  @LAD  L   4-12      33-25  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 STL  6  OAK  4        W:Chris Carpenter (8-1), L: Brad Ziegler (2-4), S: Ryan Franklin (13)

Sun, Jun 17, 2007 STL 10 @OAK  6        W:Russ Springer (3-0), L: Colby Lewis (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 STL 15 @OAK  6        W:Russ Springer (2-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 OAK 14  STL  3        W:Dan Haren (8-2), L: Braden Looper (6-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 17, 2004 STL  5  OAK  4        W:Ray King (1-0), L: Jim Mecir (0-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 16, 2004 STL  6  OAK  2        W:Jason Marquis (6-4), L: Rich Harden (3-4), S: Kiko Calero (1)
Tue, Jun 15, 2004 STL  8  OAK  4        W:Matt Morris (7-5), L: Chad Bradford (3-3), S: Jason Isringhausen (14)
Season Series: 2010 - STL leads 1-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 6-1

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 5.55

KCR 4.57

BAL 3.22

RA/G

SDP 3.28

CHC 4.42

ARI 5.84

R. Cano .367

P. Sandoval .279

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .446

J. Bautista .351

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .645

K. Suzuki .453

C. Izturis .245

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.056

T. Hafner .801

A. Ramirez .517

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.15

C. Pavano 3.92

W. Rodriguez 6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.29

B. Sheets 6.61

N. Blackburn 2.84

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Athletics Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 305/213 .278/.385/.411/.796 .836/.780 .732 111/.816 0/1 4/8

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 105/86 .286/.371/.374/.745 .663/.764 .723 77/.748 0/0 2/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 243/169 .283/.326/.381/.707 .776/.678 .740 90/.900 25/5 2/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· 25/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 133/103 .286/.356/.387/.743 .632/.776 .876 96/.758 2/0 2/0

18.Gross* G/S/vP 16/.823 ··· 4/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 130/96 .267/.299/.350/.649 .476/.703 .769 66/.722 2/1 1/0

28.Jackson G/S/vP 10/1.478 ··· 5/.200 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 185/149 .252/.335/.350/.685 .808/.655 .654 77/.692 4/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 280/199 .285/.321/.399/.721 .772/.700 .681 104/.864 1/0 6/7

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 110/87 .206/.257/.412/.669 .221/.791 .678 31/.433 6/0 4/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/190 .225/.300/.344/.644 .551/.679 .639 78/.560 8/2 3/8

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/47 .255/.354/.345/.699 .922/.615 .732 18/.833 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 199/133 .270/.330/.399/.729 .869/.663 .823 52/.772 0/0 5/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 187/137 .267/.326/.453/.780 .556/.855 .625 92/.759 1/0 8/3

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 261/197 .301/.349/.393/.742 .611/.783 .605 89/.756 0/1 1/0

IP 101.0 27.0 30.0 79.1 29.2 32.0 16.2 28.0 17.1 2.0 TOTAL .263/.324/.383/.707 .686/.715 .701 .754 47/11 45/44

ERA-K/9

2.41/8.6

3.00/6.7

1.80/5.7

1.59/7.5

5.76/6.7

2.25/7.9

3.24/7.0

2.25/10.6

3.63/6.2

0.00/4.5

3.21/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (7-5-0)
Suzuki (23-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 396/.212 113/.208 116/.202 332/.216 145/.349 131/.197 67/.193 110/.192 74/.233 7/.000 .246 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Jackson
Patterson
Davis
Rosales 24/9/14/4
0/1/63/3
9/0/2/3
40/0/0/3
25/7/0/1
2/58/0/1
3/0/0/0

OPS .587 .630 .537 .575 .907 .594 .689 .577 .689 .000 .682

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.554 35/.764 44/.748 72/.474 58/.990 43/.394 34/.479 35/.729 42/.907 3/.000 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.613 78/.572 72/.405 260/.602 87/.853 88/.691 33/.912 75/.509 32/.411 4/.000 .660

Home 173/.488 54/.625 65/.517 156/.538 60/.927 63/.250 39/.518 59/.449 35/.856 /

Last 28d days 142/.618 30/.486 43/.454 131/.618 61/.933 52/.563 31/.630 44/.336 28/1.060 7/.000

HR/SB/CS 6/2/3 2/1/1 1/0/1 2/1/2 5/3/0 3/5/1 2/0/2 3/1/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 51/18/18

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

Cardinals Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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 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

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 242/173 .312/.374/.433/.807 .964/.744 .985 74/.765 1/1 4/8

7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 277/212 .291/.368/.449/.818 .841/.810 .799 103/.797 6/1 7/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 17/.489 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 35/26 .161/.235/.290/.526 .347/.588 .641 13/.258 0/0 1/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 152/96 .248/.338/.391/.729 .690/.751 .752 76/.645 4/1 3/3

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 280/203 .284/.348/.504/.852 .674/.918 .955 96/.820 0/3 11/0

12.Miles# G/S/vP 20/.850 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 13/8 .231/.231/.231/.462 .800/.250 .400 13/.462 0/0 0/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 26/.588 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 234/165 .249/.325/.321/.645 .422/.740 .464 81/.559 6/3 2/3

5.Pujols G/S/vP 74/1.006 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/1.199 1/no AB 295/222 .310/.427/.558/.985 .900/1.013 1.048 104/1.052 6/2 15/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 231/183 .287/.391/.574/.966 .864/.993 .868 79/1.037 8/4 13/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.500 1/3.000 192/130 .219/.294/.331/.625 .654/.612 .730 64/.864 4/1 2/10

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 251/209 .249/.312/.320/.632 .720/.615 .673 81/.639 2/1 1/10

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/34 .314/.352/.471/.822 1.056/.689 .798 17/.728 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 93/77 .235/.304/.321/.625 .000/.768 .485 22/.718 2/0 1/0

IP 80.1 26.2 24.1 8.1 29.0 33.1 11.1 34.0 TOTAL .262/.337/.411/.748 .689/.769 .783 .763 40/18 64/50

ERA-K/9

4.93/6.6

1.69/6.4

4.44/9.6

3.24/13.0

3.10/9.0

5.94/7.3

6.35/7.2

3.18/5.8

4.07/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (2-1-1)
Molina (14-17-3)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.273 104/.200 116/.304 33/.200 116/.176 144/.285 54/.298 143/.238 .255 Ludwick
Winn
Rasmus
Holliday
Stavinoha 1/5/60/1
18/4/12/1
0/60/0/1
63/0/0/1
4/0/9/0

OPS .843 .537 .823 .606 .619 .771 .867 .711 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.839 46/.453 43/.589 9/.708 49/.474 63/.744 18/1.300 47/1.226 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.844 58/.604 73/.979 24/.568 67/.727 81/.793 36/.658 96/.478 .735

Road 176/.996 46/.633 62/.888 10/.550 69/.694 74/.950 32/.978 78/.881

Last 28d days 126/.738 38/.599 46/.778 28/.596 47/.602 34/.963 34/.963 64/.827

HR/SB/CS 12/12/8 2/2/1 3/0/0 1/0/1 3/3/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/1 70/35/19

Usage ······X· ·o·X···· ·X·o·o·o X·X····· ·o·o·Xo· ··X····X ·o····X· XX·X·o·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.