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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Athletics, 50-49, 50-49 2nd, 8½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 9-4, 3.15)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-4)			108.2	79	43	38	34	66	11	3.15
2009 (10-13)			178.2	185	99	92	72	90	27	4.63

Last 7 GS		3-2	47.1	28	18	16	13	31	5	3.04	60
2010-07-23	CHW	L	7.0	4	3	2	2	0	0	109	57
2010-07-17	@KCR	ND	6.2	5	5	5	4	3	1	108	43
2010-07-11	LAA	W	7.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	108	66
2010-07-06	NYY	L	6.0	4	6	6	1	4	2	100	43
2010-07-01	@BAL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	95	68
2010-06-26	PIT	W	7.2	2	0	0	3	10	0	113	82
2010-06-20	@STL	ND	6.0	4	2	2	0	7	2	91	63

Last 5 v.TEX		3-1	29.1	24	9	8	11	19	3	2.45	56
2010-05-11	@TEX	ND	5.2	4	2	2	2	1	1	94	52
2010-05-05	TEX	W	5.0	5	1	0	3	4	0	90	56
2009-09-22	TEX	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	1	0	79	52
2009-09-16	@TEX	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	94	80
2009-08-06	TEX	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	6	2	100	40

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

 Home:   30-22   Road:   20-27   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  37-35   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest: 15-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @TEX  L   1-3 (10)  50-49  2nd  8.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25   CHW  W   6-4       50-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24   CHW  W  10-2       49-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23   CHW  L   1-5       48-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21   BOS  W   6-4       48-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20   BOS  W   5-4 (10)  47-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19   BOS  L   1-2       46-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @KCR  W   9-6       46-46  3rd  7.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @KCR  W   6-5       45-46  3rd  7.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @KCR  W   5-1       44-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Rangers, 59-41, 59-41 1st, 8½ up

SP: Colby Lewis (30, RHP, 9-6, 3.52)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-6)			122.2	99	50	48	41	117	13	3.52
2007 (0-2)			37.2	44	28	27	14	23	7	6.45
2006 (0-0)			3.0	8	1	1	1	5	1	3.00

Last 7 GS		4-2	46.0	41	21	19	9	46	5	3.72	57
2010-07-21	@DET	L	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	103	46
2010-07-16	@BOS	W	5.0	4	3	3	1	7	1	104	53
2010-07-07	CLE	W	6.0	6	3	2	2	8	1	102	56
2010-07-02	CHW	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	102	45
2010-06-25	HOU	L	5.0	9	5	4	1	4	0	109	34
2010-06-19	@HOU	W	9.0	2	1	1	0	9	0	101	88
2010-06-13	@MIL	W	8.0	3	2	2	1	10	2	119	77

Last 5 v.OAK		2-1	28.0	24	12	12	20	20	4	3.86	51
2010-05-11	OAK	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	104	57
2010-05-05	@OAK	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	105	53
2004-04-07	@OAK	W	5.1	5	1	1	4	5	1	105	55
2003-04-20	@OAK	W	6.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	93	59
2003-04-10	OAK	ND	3.2	4	4	4	8	1	1	103	30

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

 Home:   35-20   Road:   24-21   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  40-28   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 18-8  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 27   OAK  W   3-1 (10)  59-41  1st  8.5 up
 99 Sun, Jul 25   LAA  W   6-4       58-41  1st  7.0 up
 98 Sat, Jul 24   LAA  L   2-6       57-41  1st  6.0 up
 97 Fri, Jul 23   LAA  W   1-0       57-40  1st  7.0 up
 96 Thu, Jul 22   LAA  W   3-2       56-40  1st  6.0 up
 95 Wed, Jul 21  @DET  L   1-4       55-40  1st  5.0 up
 94 Tue, Jul 20  @DET  W   8-0       55-39  1st  5.0 up
 93 Mon, Jul 19  @DET  W   8-6 (14)  54-39  1st  5.0 up
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @BOS  W   4-2       53-39  1st  4.5 up
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @BOS  L   2-3 (11)  52-39  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 TEX  3  OAK  1 (10)   W:Neftali Feliz (2-2), L: Michael Wuertz (2-2), S: none
Thu, May 13, 2010 TEX  2  OAK  1 (12)   W:Dustin Nippert (2-3), L: Andrew Bailey (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 12, 2010 TEX 10  OAK  1        W:Derek Holland (1-0), L: Gio Gonzalez (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 11, 2010 OAK  7 @TEX  6 (13)   W:Tyson Ross (1-0), L: Dustin Nippert (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 OAK  4  TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (1-1), L: Colby Lewis (3-1), S: Andrew Bailey (5)
Tue, May 04, 2010 OAK  7  TEX  6        W:Brad Ziegler (1-2), L: Scott Feldman (1-3), S: Andrew Bailey (4)
Mon, May 03, 2010 TEX  4 @OAK  2        W:Rich Harden (2-1), L: Dallas Braden (3-2), S: Neftali Feliz (6)

Thu, Sep 24, 2009 OAK 12  TEX  3        W:Brett Anderson (11-10), L: Scott Feldman (17-6), S: none
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 TEX  9 @OAK  8        W:Tommy Hunter (9-4), L: Clayton Mortenson (2-3), S: Frank Francisco (24)
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 OAK  9  TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (10-12), L: Brandon McCarthy (7-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 4-3; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; 2008 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - OAK leads 377-370

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 5.42

FLA 4.49

SEA 3.28

RA/G

SDP 3.47

FLA 4.39

ARI 5.69

B. Posey .366

J. Tabata .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Rios .357

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

B. Phillips .461

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.073

V. Martinez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

D. Braden 3.77

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

J. Danks 6.80

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Athletics Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/.733 3/.000 9/.333 3/.333 9/.944 5/.800 ··· 9/1.111 8/.375 432/309 .276/.380/.397/.777 .801/.768 .752 83/.706 3/2 5/9

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 26/2 .160/.154/.320/.474 .429/1.000 .889 17/.426 1/0 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 3/1.000 122/86 .248/.311/.457/.768 .965/.684 .645 82/.556 12/2 3/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 9/.958 1/.000 11/1.031 4/.250 ··· 8/1.042 10/.675 197/167 .294/.406/.503/.909 .621/.966 .843 74/1.187 1/0 8/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 5/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 3/.666 7/1.096 2/1.500 ··· 5/.800 7/.857 314/225 .266/.310/.375/.685 .858/.619 .669 47/.796 29/6 4/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/1.071 3/.500 12/.705 2/1.000 6/.000 5/.000 ··· 11/.455 9/.347 245/191 .269/.342/.338/.680 .578/.708 .851 76/.595 3/2 2/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/.800 3/1.167 6/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.833 5/.000 192/154 .243/.286/.311/.596 .490/.619 .658 49/.449 3/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 3/.666 399/296 .272/.306/.403/.708 .761/.690 .675 78/.703 1/1 9/8

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 7/.286 5/1.200 6/.900 2/1.000 13/.154 5/.400 ··· 6/.200 5/.000 363/273 .259/.330/.375/.705 .607/.738 .743 72/.787 15/2 3/15

35.Powell# G/S/vP 6/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.200 79/60 .250/.342/.338/.680 .868/.622 .679 10/.522 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 261/171 .273/.324/.412/.736 .828/.690 .822 47/.873 2/2 7/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 8/.250 1/.000 7/1.381 5/.200 ··· 8/.500 4/.250 305/228 .263/.321/.416/.738 .488/.821 .607 79/.662 2/1 11/5

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.333 5/.800 2/1.000 14/.305 2/1.000 ··· 12/.750 5/1.467 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .637 37/.716 1/1 1/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .167/.231/.417/.647 /.647 13/.647 0/0 1/0

IP 122.2 44.1 44.2 22.1 42.0 39.2 19.2 42.2 127.2 TOTAL .261/.324/.384/.709 .682/.718 .705 .716 82/20 66/66

ERA-K/9

3.52/8.6

3.65/9.8

3.83/10.7

6.04/4.0

5.36/8.4

1.36/5.9

1.37/7.3

1.90/9.7

3.03/6.7

3.80/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-7-0)
Suzuki (38-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 506/.216 180/.198 190/.257 100/.337 204/.314 153/.197 79/.164 161/.203 527/.203 .241 Gross
Sweeney
Davis
Cust
Rosales
Crisp
Carson
Watson 31/9/27/5
0/1/80/4
15/64/2/3
9/0/3/3
5/0/0/0
0/28/0/0
4/1/5/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .638 .589 .678 1.017 .906 .519 .478 .564 .603 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.651 81/.429 78/.578 45/.843 91/.954 49/.731 24/.393 74/.473 109/.277 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.625 99/.720 112/.742 55/1.163 113/.867 104/.418 55/.517 87/.648 418/.691 .714

Home 215/.695 115/.751 106/.665 55/.780 126/.972 81/.518 43/.508 78/.454 317/.602

Last 28d days 107/.712 45/.757 42/.611 15/.343 22/1.571 35/.483 47/.604 30/.727 125/.532

HR/SB/CS 13/6/2 4/0/0 3/8/1 7/1/2 6/11/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 2/4/3 7/10/5 102/71/25

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

Rangers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.05 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 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 15/.517 10/.400 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 6/.900 439/320 .273/.357/.316/.672 .694/.664 .688 99/.525 24/12 0/11

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 86/59 .277/.294/.325/.619 .706/.582 .627 11/.764 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .239/.329/.269/.598 .414/.691 .641 12/1.000 0/1 0/4

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 10/.400 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 304/230 .273/.306/.358/.665 .633/.674 .695 62/.615 9/6 3/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 8/.125 4/.833 4/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 6/.334 253/173 .332/.383/.606/.990 1.056/.958 1.071 92/.926 12/3 14/3

19.Davis* G/S/vP 7/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 110/79 .194/.273/.276/.548 .411/.601 .709 57/.541 2/0 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 11/.473 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 22/.840 ··· 4/.500 12/.550 404/294 .307/.356/.519/.875 1.009/.826 .916 93/.586 4/4 20/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/.444 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 8/1.125 421/286 .358/.402/.634/1.036 .761/1.167 1.156 97/1.158 7/1 23/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.322 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 6/.333 ··· 7/.453 7/1.000 342/261 .298/.387/.418/.805 .969/.754 .871 102/.826 10/4 6/6

11.Molina G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 283/203 .247/.298/.340/.638 .860/.553 .649 62/.614 0/0 5/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 16/.750 4/.000 7/.000 ··· 6/.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 3/2.500 254/171 .257/.320/.376/.696 .694/.697 .749 47/.695 5/1 4/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/20 .037/.188/.037/.225 .322/.158 .259 / 0/0 0/2

15.Treanor G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 211/141 .225/.304/.352/.656 .461/.755 .651 29/.434 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 12/1.583 6/.167 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 5/1.800 8/.708 454/330 .303/.361/.494/.855 1.003/.800 .958 101/.810 3/2 15/14

IP 108.2 40.1 35.0 13.0 47.1 7.2 119.1 2.2 23.0 43.0 TOTAL .278/.343/.427/.769 .737/.783 .821 .733 80/35 102/77

ERA-K/9

3.15/5.5

1.56/6.5

3.60/9.3

4.85/11.8

2.85/8.9

5.87/9.4

4.53/6.3

3.38/10.0

5.09/7.4

3.56/5.9

3.76/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (56-16-3)
Teagarden (4-2-1)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 432/.204 156/.206 158/.280 58/.231 189/.188 37/.241 511/.267 14/.222 102/.253 184/.250 .247 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 77/24/0/7
33/1/41/5
1/0/58/3
0/84/0/2
1/0/12/1

OPS .599 .551 .727 .810 .607 .768 .813 .906 .803 .729 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.576 65/.553 64/.540 20/1.274 66/.667 15/.900 264/.801 4/1.500 36/.986 57/1.118 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.624 91/.548 94/.866 38/.580 123/.575 22/.675 247/.825 10/.611 66/.709 127/.571 .705

Road 222/.654 65/.543 78/.786 19/1.046 104/.661 14/1.338 235/.966 / 52/.936 89/.909

Last 28d days 135/.560 32/.612 35/.486 15/.497 50/.719 12/.639 79/.640 14/.906 36/.612 24/.511

HR/SB/CS 11/8/4 3/3/1 3/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/1 1/4/0 18/13/9 0/0/0 4/0/0 4/1/1 98/51/23

Usage ····X··· ·······X X·o·o··o ········ X·o····X ····X·X· ········ ···o···X X·o···oo ··oX··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.