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Game Preview: OAK @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Athletics, 12-9, 12-91st, 1½ up

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 3-0, 2.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-0)			26.0	18	8	8	4	18	4	2.77
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		4-1	45.1	41	22	22	15	24	5	4.37	51
2010-04-22	NYY	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	2	81	53
2010-04-16	BAL	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	92	66
2010-04-11	@LAA	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	94	51
2010-04-06	SEA	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	91	74
2009-07-31	TOR	W	6.2	8	5	5	1	1	1	106	38
2009-07-26	@NYY	L	5.2	10	7	7	6	2	0	103	17
2009-07-21	MIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	106	58

Last 5 v.TBR		3-1	28.0	25	12	12	14	18	4	3.86	51
2009-07-11	@TBR	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	90	58
2009-05-21	@TBR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	97	55
2009-04-25	TBR	W	5.2	4	1	1	3	2	0	84	56
2008-07-22	@TBR	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	1	0	90	52
2007-04-29	TBD	L	4.1	6	5	5	3	5	3	88	33

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

 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Tue, Apr 27  @TBR  L   6-8       12-9   1st  1.5 up
 20 Sun, Apr 25   CLE  W  11-0       12-8   1st  2.0 up
 19 Sat, Apr 24   CLE  L   1-6       11-8   1st  1.5 up
 18 Fri, Apr 23   CLE  W  10-0       11-7   1st  1.5 up
 17 Thu, Apr 22   NYY  W   4-2       10-7   1st  0.5 up
 16 Wed, Apr 21   NYY  L   1-3        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Tue, Apr 20   NYY  L   3-7        9-6   1st  1.0 up
 14 Sun, Apr 18   BAL  L   3-8        9-5   1st  2.5 up
 13 Sat, Apr 17   BAL  W   4-3        9-4   1st  2.5 up
 12 Fri, Apr 16   BAL  W   4-2        8-4   1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-9

Rays, 15-5, 15-51st, 2½ up

SP: James Shields (28, RHP, 2-0, 3.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			25.0	28	11	11	9	21	6	3.96
2009 (11-12)			219.2	239	113	101	52	167	29	4.14
2008 (14-8)			215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	3.56

Last 7 GS		4-1	46.0	50	23	23	12	43	8	4.50	52
2010-04-22	@CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	110	57
2010-04-17	@BOS	W	6.2	9	4	4	1	7	2	121	46
2010-04-11	NYY	ND	5.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	103	54
2010-04-06	BAL	ND	6.0	9	3	3	2	6	3	107	46
2009-09-30	BAL	W	8.0	6	3	3	0	8	1	106	66
2009-09-25	@TEX	L	7.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	104	48
2009-09-18	TOR	W	6.0	9	4	4	1	7	0	97	44

Last 5 v.OAK		1-0	35.2	29	15	15	9	21	6	3.79	56
2009-07-12	OAK	ND	6.1	6	3	3	1	2	0	89	50
2009-05-19	OAK	ND	8.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	98	78
2008-08-14	@OAK	ND	5.0	5	4	4	5	3	1	94	39
2008-07-23	OAK	W	8.1	6	3	3	0	7	2	104	66
2008-05-19	@OAK	ND	7.2	8	5	5	1	4	3	102	46

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 27   OAK  W   8-6       15-5   1st  2.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 25   TOR  W   6-0       14-5   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 24   TOR  W   9-3       13-5   1st  0.5 up
 17 Fri, Apr 23   TOR  L   5-6       12-5   1st  0.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 22  @CHW  W  10-2       12-4   1st  0.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 21  @CHW  W  12-0       11-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @CHW  L   1-4       10-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @BOS  W   8-2       10-3   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @BOS  W   7-1        9-3   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @BOS  W   6-5        8-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:15-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 TBR  8  OAK  6        W:Wade Davis (2-1), L: Ben Sheets (1-2), S: Rafael Soriano (5)

Sun, Jul 12, 2009 OAK  7 @TBR  3        W:Michael Wuertz (5-1), L: Dan Wheeler (3-2), S: Andrew Bailey (10)
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 OAK  7 @TBR  2        W:Dallas Braden (7-7), L: Matt Garza (6-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 TBR  6  OAK  0        W:Jeff Niemann (8-4), L: Vin Mazzaro (2-5), S: none
Thu, May 21, 2009 TBR  6  OAK  5        W:Joe Nelson (1-0), L: Brad Ziegler (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 20, 2009 OAK  7 @TBR  6        W:Brett Anderson (1-4), L: Scott Kazmir (4-4), S: Brad Ziegler (5)
Tue, May 19, 2009 OAK  4 @TBR  1 (11)   W:Santiago Casilla (1-1), L: Dan Wheeler (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2009 TBR 13  OAK  4        W:Jeff Niemann (4-3), L: Sean Gallagher (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 OAK  7  TBR  1        W:Dana Eveland (1-1), L: Andy Sonnanstine (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 OAK  5  TBR  2        W:Dallas Braden (2-2), L: Matt Garza (1-2), S: Brad Ziegler (4)
Season Series: 2010 - TBR leads 1-0; 2009 - OAK won 6-4; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 72-42

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

SFG 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 (4.67 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 192/160 .269/.372/.413/.784 1.083/.728 .920 90/.854 0/2 3/1

6.Buck* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 115/101 .219/.287/.333/.620 .357/.659 .563 38/.699 1/1 3/0

3.Chavez* G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 7/1.762 1/no AB 31/13 .100/.129/.133/.262 .222/.321 .238 66/.595 0/0 0/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 15/.343 11/.455 ··· 6/.334 ··· 7/.714 11/.764 1/.000 2/.500 215/132 .228/.336/.378/.714 .678/.738 .729 / 13/2 3/3

32.Cust* G/S/vP 19/.583 4/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 14/.703 ··· 4/1.500 612/450 .240/.356/.417/.773 .621/.830 .708 / 4/1 25/2

11.Davis G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 432/283 .305/.360/.423/.784 .773/.789 .724 83/.516 41/12 3/4

14.Ellis G/S/vP 15/.762 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/2.667 7/.858 6/.334 6/.567 410/301 .263/.305/.403/.708 .706/.709 .753 34/.769 10/3 10/5

50.Fox G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 241/179 .259/.311/.468/.779 .665/.818 .900 39/.536 0/0 11/7

28.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 326/290 .227/.326/.355/.681 .747/.673 .688 35/.619 6/3 6/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 573/412 .255/.302/.420/.722 .835/.677 .778 86/.624 1/0 18/3

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 110/91 .287/.373/.394/.766 .849/.749 .715 21/.836 6/1 1/2

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 229/171 .279/.342/.418/.760 .532/.841 .817 78/.851 7/5 4/8

35.Powell# G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 155/111 .229/.297/.429/.725 .458/.829 .687 4/.500 0/0 7/4

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 266/205 .213/.303/.317/.620 .693/.598 .621 53/.763 1/2 4/7

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 16/.690 5/.400 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 3/2.000 12/1.536 ··· 4/.500 614/443 .274/.313/.421/.734 .727/.737 .794 67/.852 8/2 15/5

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 11/.600 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.708 1/.000 1/.000 534/409 .293/.348/.407/.755 .719/.766 .842 89/.721 6/5 6/3

IP 219.2 67.1 36.1 77.1 18.1 66.2 99.2 75.2 57.2 TOTAL .258/.327/.378/.704 .673/.715 .659 .704 12/2 13/16

ERA-K/9

4.14/6.8

4.81/9.2

3.47/6.9

3.26/4.2

6.38/9.3

2.84/10.7

6.77/5.4

2.97/12.1

3.28/7.0

3.34/7.0

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 930/.275 289/.235 142/.214 331/.249 83/.292 278/.197 459/.311 307/.194 219/.199 .231 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 .768 .681 .588 .679 .806 .627 .889 .586 .659 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 479/.779 112/.701 83/.385 180/.671 42/.752 86/.772 276/.746 145/.746 64/1.020 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 451/.756 177/.667 59/.880 151/.688 41/.855 192/.561 183/1.108 162/.445 155/.511 .667

Home 512/.722 156/.611 75/.635 133/.674 32/1.030 147/.684 199/.853 152/.466 119/.707

Last 28d days 112/.864 40/.660 27/1.100 39/.606 32/.771 / 39/.665 32/.650 26/.617

HR/SB/CS 29/5/2 6/6/1 4/2/1 6/6/1 3/4/0 7/3/2 19/1/2 6/3/0 11/5/0 24/10/3

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

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

Rays Batters (6.05 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.48 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 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

94.Aybar# G/S/vP 5/.900 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 2/.000 336/215 .253/.331/.416/.747 .882/.674 .830 24/.772 1/0 12/8

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 9/.778 5/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/2.000 2/.000 567/389 .320/.389/.490/.879 .930/.856 .796 88/.683 30/7 14/20

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 93/72 .278/.301/.444/.746 .145/.918 .806 37/.839 2/2 1/2

5.Burrell G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 21/1.476 10/.633 2/1.000 476/333 .221/.315/.367/.682 .588/.719 .777 59/.728 2/0 14/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 16/.467 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 672/462 .305/.364/.452/.816 .704/.868 .827 88/.860 60/16 15/4

37.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 37/33 .188/.270/.500/.770 .750/.773 1.022 / 1/0 3/0

19.Kapler G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 238/64 .239/.329/.439/.768 .931/.357 .794 29/.720 5/2 8/2

3.Longoria G/S/vP 11/.697 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 4/.833 671/474 .281/.364/.526/.889 .909/.881 .849 86/.915 9/0 33/13

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 1/3.000 6/.500 ··· 4/2.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 5/.600 410/254 .218/.261/.322/.583 .740/.489 .572 49/.367 5/2 8/5

23.Pena* G/S/vP 11/.293 2/.500 4/.000 4/.500 2/.500 9/1.158 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.600 570/374 .227/.356/.537/.893 .814/.936 .984 81/.840 3/3 39/10

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/14 .200/.276/.440/.716 .630/.786 .650 37/.631 0/0 2/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 327/257 .214/.335/.399/.734 1.045/.652 .577 9/.708 0/0 12/4

2.Upton G/S/vP 15/.696 4/.500 2/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 9/.222 ··· 6/.333 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 7/.619 626/437 .241/.313/.373/.686 .572/.734 .741 82/.873 42/14 11/4

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.334 3/2.667 3/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 7/.453 599/398 .297/.405/.543/.948 1.035/.905 1.027 86/.703 17/6 27/7

IP 136.2 83.1 22.1 69.2 17.0 22.0 4.0 78.2 73.1 TOTAL .264/.344/.438/.781 .674/.844 .792 .781 21/11 22/10

ERA-K/9

3.89/5.3

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

3.19/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (61-22-6)
Shoppach (49-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.268 323/.167 90/.229 281/.197 / / 65/.164 110/.281 20/.235 / 304/.188 313/.293 .235 Upton
Crawford
Kapler
Zobrist
Rodriguez
Joyce
Burrell 0/144/0/6
154/0/0/6
14/12/66/5
9/7/59/5
3/2/2/0
0/4/5/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .718 .476 .651 .613 .494 .911 .585 .567 .734 .662

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.550 154/.470 31/.719 127/.632 / / 23/.696 67/.896 6/.900 / 128/.577 128/.912 .610

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.773 169/.482 59/.617 154/.597 / / 42/.372 43/.932 14/.452 / 176/.560 185/.616 .696

Road 267/.726 177/.493 24/.375 153/.668 / / 31/.719 46/.906 7/.286 / 170/.701 138/.748

Last 28d days 96/.603 25/.613 39/.568 31/.959 / 100/.604 8/.250 47/.611 / 120/.926 / 39/.532

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

Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·· o·····X· X··o···X ····X··· ··ooo··· ···X···X X·····X· o····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.