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Game Preview: OAK @ STL, 2:15pm, Sunday, June 20, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Athletics, 33-37, 33-37 3rd, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 6-2, 3.23)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-2) 61.1 51 25 22 21 35 6 3.23
2009 (10-13) 178.2 185 99 92 72 90 27 4.63
Last 7 GS 5-1 45.2 35 14 14 15 27 2 2.76 58
2010-06-15 @CHC W 5.2 6 4 4 2 5 0 96 44
2010-06-10 LAA W 8.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 107 69
2010-06-05 MIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 6 0 100 52
2010-05-31 @DET W 6.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 89 58
2010-05-26 @BAL W 6.0 2 1 1 3 3 1 106 64
2010-05-21 SFG W 6.2 6 1 1 1 4 0 96 61
2010-05-16 @LAA L 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 106 57
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-13   Road:   12-24   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-26   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest: 13-12 IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sat, Jun 19  @STL  L   3-4       33-37  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
Cardinals, 38-30, 38-30 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jeff Suppan (35, RHP, 0-2, 7.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-2) 35.0 54 30 28 14 22 5 7.20
2009 (7-12) 161.2 200 106 95 74 80 25 5.29
2008 (10-10) 177.2 207 110 98 67 90 30 4.96
Last 7 GS 1-3 32.2 49 30 28 9 23 8 7.71 37
2010-06-15 SEA ND 4.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 73 52
2010-04-23 CHC L 4.1 10 6 5 2 2 1 79 21
2010-04-15 @CHC ND 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 2 81 42
2009-10-04 @STL ND 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 30 49
2009-09-30 @COL L 6.0 10 8 8 1 2 2 103 21
2009-09-24 PHI L 4.1 12 8 7 2 2 1 105 9
2009-09-19 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 1 101 66
Last 5 v.OAK 0-2 33.0 31 14 13 4 18 2 3.55 54
2004-06-17 OAK ND 5.0 8 4 3 0 3 0 96 40
2002-07-05 @OAK ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 3 1 118 68
2001-07-27 @OAK L 6.0 5 4 4 3 4 0 95 47
2001-07-22 OAK ND 7.2 6 2 2 1 5 1 109 63
2001-05-22 OAK L 7.1 8 3 3 0 3 0 128 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-11   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  27-21   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  5-10 IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Sat, Jun 19   OAK  W   4-3       38-30  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 STL  4  OAK  3        W:Adam Wainwright (10-4), L: Ben Sheets (2-7), S: Jason Motte (2)
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 2-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 7-1

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  5.54

NYM  4.57

BAL  3.25

RA/G

SDP  3.31

SEA  4.44

ARI  5.83

BA

R. Cano  .371

T. Wigginton  .279

A. Ramirez  .168

OBP

J. Morneau  .447

Y. Escobar  .352

A. Ramirez  .232

SLG

M. Cabrera  .638

J. Loney  .449

C. Izturis  .245

OPS

J. Morneau  1.058

F. Lewis  .800

T. Manzella  .510

ERA

U. Jimenez  1.15

J. Guthrie  3.97

R. Porcello  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.29

L. Hochevar  6.58

N. Blackburn  2.84

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

Athletics Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Suppan
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 309/217 .275/.383/.406/.790 .836/.771 .721 111/.808 0/1 4/8
32.Cust* G/S/vP 5/2.100 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 106/87 .293/.377/.391/.769 .663/.793 .763 78/.779 0/0 2/1
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 247/173 .283/.325/.383/.708 .776/.680 .741 90/.901 26/5 2/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 25/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 137/107 .285/.353/.382/.735 .632/.764 .856 96/.756 2/0 2/0
18.Gross* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 131/97 .273/.305/.355/.660 .476/.717 .786 63/.793 2/1 1/0
28.Jackson G/S/vP 10/1.200 ··· 6/.333 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 189/153 .248/.339/.345/.684 .808/.655 .653 77/.687 5/1 1/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 12/.531 ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 284/203 .281/.317/.393/.710 .772/.686 .662 104/.809 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 261/193 .222/.297/.339/.636 .551/.668 .624 78/.560 8/2 3/9
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 1/.000 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 200/134 .268/.328/.397/.725 .869/.658 .814 50/.763 0/0 5/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 191/141 .273/.330/.455/.784 .556/.859 .642 92/.781 1/0 8/3
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 265/201 .300/.347/.391/.738 .611/.778 .601 92/.730 0/1 1/0
IP 35.0 27.0 30.0 79.1 29.2 32.0 16.2 29.0 17.1 2.0 TOTAL .263/.324/.382/.706 .686/.713 .699 .753 49/11 45/45
ERA-K/9 7.20/5.7 3.00/6.7 2.40/5.7 1.59/7.5 5.76/6.7 2.25/7.9 3.24/7.0 2.17/10.9 3.63/6.2 0.00/4.5 3.19/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 166/.372 113/.208 119/.216 332/.216 145/.349 131/.197 67/.193 114/.194 74/.233 7/.000 .246  Gross
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Jackson
 Davis
 Patterson
 Rosales
24/9/14/4
0/1/64/3
9/0/2/3
41/0/0/3
2/59/0/1
25/7/0/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .998 .630 .569 .575 .907 .594 .689 .574 .689 .000 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/1.011 35/.764 45/.776 72/.474 58/.990 43/.394 34/.479 36/.768 42/.907 3/.000 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.988 78/.572 74/.439 260/.602 87/.853 88/.691 33/.912 78/.489 32/.411 4/.000 .659
Home 80/1.132 54/.625 68/.573 156/.538 60/.927 63/.250 39/.518 63/.452 35/.856 /
Last 28d days 53/1.116 30/.486 39/.596 131/.618 61/.933 52/.563 31/.630 45/.376 25/1.196 7/.000
HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 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 51/20/18
Usage ····X··· ·····X·o oo··X··· ···X···· ····X··X ·X··X·X· ···oo·o· o··X·oo· ···o··o· ·······X
Cardinals Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.31 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
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 246/177 .306/.368/.425/.792 .964/.726 .953 73/.672 1/1 4/8
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 13/1.212 5/.400 1/.000 281/216 .295/.370/.466/.836 .841/.834 .839 102/.858 6/1 8/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/.489 6/.733 ··· 35/26 .161/.235/.290/.526 .347/.588 .641 13/.258 0/0 1/0
3.Lopez# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 4/.000 ··· 152/96 .248/.338/.391/.729 .690/.751 .752 73/.626 4/1 3/3
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.686 2/.500 1/2.000 284/207 .281/.346/.498/.844 .674/.907 .938 95/.845 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 29/.569 4/.000 1/.000 238/169 .245/.324/.316/.640 .422/.730 .458 80/.524 6/3 2/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/.994 18/1.199 1/no AB 299/226 .307/.428/.553/.981 .900/1.007 1.038 103/1.064 6/2 15/3
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 235/187 .281/.385/.563/.947 .864/.969 .837 78/1.008 8/4 13/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.333 3/2.500 1/3.000 195/133 .221/.295/.337/.632 .654/.621 .740 65/.900 4/1 2/10
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/.751 2/.000 1/3.000 255/213 .254/.316/.325/.641 .720/.625 .691 80/.669 2/1 1/10
34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/34 .314/.352/.471/.822 1.056/.689 .798 16/.775 0/0 2/0
44.Winn# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.347 3/.666 3/.666 93/77 .235/.304/.321/.625 .000/.768 .485 22/.718 2/0 1/0
IP 61.1 26.2 24.1 8.1 29.0 34.1 87.1 11.1 34.0 TOTAL .262/.336/.411/.747 .689/.768 .781 .768 40/18 65/51
ERA-K/9 3.23/5.1 1.69/6.4 4.44/9.6 3.24/13.0 3.10/9.0 5.77/7.3 4.95/6.3 6.35/7.2 3.18/5.8 4.08/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (2-1-1)
 Molina (16-17-3)
 Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.230 104/.200 116/.304 33/.200 116/.176 147/.278 378/.271 54/.298 143/.238 .254  Winn
 Rasmus
 Holliday
 Ludwick
 Stavinoha
18/4/12/1
0/61/0/1
64/0/0/1
1/5/61/1
4/0/9/0
OPS .649 .537 .823 .606 .619 .754 .838 .867 .711 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.635 46/.453 43/.589 9/.708 49/.474 64/.732 185/.833 18/1.300 47/1.226 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.664 58/.604 73/.979 24/.568 67/.727 83/.772 193/.842 36/.658 96/.478 .735
Road 145/.671 46/.633 62/.888 10/.550 69/.694 77/.908 207/.968 32/.978 78/.881
Last 28d days 128/.595 35/.653 45/.797 28/.596 47/.602 37/.867 136/.816 30/1.049 61/.835
HR/SB/CS 6/2/3 2/2/1 3/0/0 1/0/1 3/3/1 3/2/0 13/12/8 1/0/0 3/1/1 71/35/19
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ··X·o·o· ·X·X···· ··o·o·Xo o··X···· X······X ··o····X ·XX·X·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.