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

Athletics, 63-64, 63-64 2nd, 9½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 8-9, 3.49)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-9)			142.0	135	62	55	28	89	13	3.49
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		4-2	48.0	39	19	15	12	31	3	2.81	58
2010-08-22	TBR	L	6.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	88	53
2010-08-17	TOR	W	7.0	3	2	1	2	5	0	104	68
2010-08-11	@SEA	W	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	104	79
2010-08-06	TEX	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	88	45
2010-07-31	@CHW	W	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	111	67
2010-07-25	CHW	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	5	0	98	54
2010-07-20	BOS	ND	4.2	10	4	1	1	6	0	94	39

Last 5 v.TEX		1-3	28.0	35	15	14	11	18	3	4.50	46
2010-08-06	TEX	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	88	45
2010-05-03	TEX	L	7.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	97	46
2009-05-31	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	82	58
2009-04-30	@TEX	W	5.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	111	59
2008-09-11	TEX	L	4.0	9	6	5	3	2	1	96	21

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

 Home:   38-27   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  47-46   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 18-20   vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 19-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Fri, Aug 27  @TEX  L   3-7       63-64  2nd  9.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 26  @CLE  L   2-3       63-63  2nd  8.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 25  @CLE  W   6-1       63-62  2nd  8.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 24  @CLE  W   5-0       62-62  2nd  8.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 22   TBR  L   2-3       61-62  2nd  8.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21   TBR  L   4-5       61-61  2nd  7.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 20   TBR  W   5-4       61-60  2nd  7.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 19   TBR  W   4-3       60-60  2nd  7.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 18   TOR  W   5-4       59-60  2nd  8.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 17   TOR  W   6-2       58-60  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Rangers, 73-55, 73-55 1st, 9½ up

SP: Rich Harden (28, RHP, 5-4, 5.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-4)			81.0	73	49	45	55	70	16	5.00
2009 (9-9)			141.0	122	74	64	67	171	23	4.09
2008 (10-2)			148.0	96	38	34	61	181	11	2.07

Last 7 GS		3-3	37.1	32	24	22	23	27	9	5.30	47
2010-08-23	MIN	W	6.2	0	0	0	5	6	0	111	75
2010-08-07	@OAK	L	2.1	2	3	3	5	2	1	65	38
2010-07-31	@LAA	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	88	64
2010-06-11	@MIL	L	6.0	7	6	6	3	4	4	120	35
2010-06-06	TBR	L	5.0	4	4	3	3	6	2	111	48
2010-06-01	@CHW	W	5.0	7	4	4	3	1	1	95	35
2010-05-25	@KCR	ND	5.1	7	6	5	2	5	0	104	35

Last 5 v.OAK		1-1	9.1	4	3	3	5	11	1	2.89	60
2010-08-07	@OAK	L	2.1	2	3	3	5	2	1	65	38
2010-05-03	@OAK	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	108	82

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

 Home:   43-24   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  51-36   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 14-23   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 24-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 27   OAK  W   7-3       73-55  1st  9.5 up
127 Thu, Aug 26   MIN  L   4-6       72-55  1st  8.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 25   MIN  W   4-3       72-54  1st  8.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 24   MIN  W   4-3       71-54  1st  8.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 23   MIN  W   4-0       70-54  1st  8.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 22  @BAL  W   6-4       69-54  1st  8.0 up
122 Sat, Aug 21  @BAL  L   6-8       68-54  1st  7.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 20  @BAL  W   2-0       68-53  1st  7.0 up
120 Thu, Aug 19  @BAL  L   0-4       67-53  1st  7.0 up
119 Wed, Aug 18  @TBR  L   6-8       67-52  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 TEX  7  OAK  3        W:Tommy Hunter (11-2), L: Brett Anderson (3-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 08, 2010 OAK  3  TEX  2        W:Trevor Cahill (12-4), L: Darren Oliver (0-1), S: Michael Wuertz (5)
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 OAK  6  TEX  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (10-7), L: Rich Harden (4-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 TEX  5 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (10-5), L: Dallas Braden (6-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 TEX  7  OAK  4        W:C.J. Wilson (10-5), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 OAK  3 @TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (10-4), L: Colby Lewis (9-7), S: Craig Breslow (1)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 7-6; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; 2008 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - OAK leads 380-373

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 5.34

DET 4.46

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.46

SEA 4.35

ARI 5.41

J. Hamilton .358

A. Ramirez .285

L. Valbuena .162

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

A. Kearns .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

C. Santana .467

R. Tejada .204

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.080

C. Young .813

B. Wood .410

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.18

T. Hanson 3.76

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.87

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Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 62.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
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 5/.400 3/.000 9/.333 ··· 12/.667 5/.800 1/.000 10/1.111 8/.375 545/392 .278/.388/.401/.790 .863/.761 .741 100/.862 5/3 6/10

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 42/9 .195/.190/.293/.483 .494/.444 .842 9/.222 1/0 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 12/.916 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 2/no AB 8/1.339 6/.733 246/178 .272/.329/.447/.776 .938/.713 .663 104/.820 22/2 6/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 2/no AB 3/.000 10/.856 ··· 6/.334 5/.200 ··· 9/1.158 10/.675 289/244 .274/.398/.451/.849 .646/.890 .819 80/.719 1/1 10/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/1.200 5/1.100 ··· 11/.382 3/1.000 2/1.000 5/.800 10/.900 420/309 .273/.313/.375/.688 .851/.630 .712 89/.621 39/7 5/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP 2/no AB 4/.333 13/.648 ··· 16/.938 7/.000 2/.000 11/.455 12/.533 348/270 .252/.325/.320/.645 .645/.645 .763 87/.574 4/4 2/2

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.200 3/.333 5/.800 ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/2.000 4/.833 5/.000 216/177 .239/.286/.305/.591 .476/.613 .580 19/.702 4/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 12/.583 4/.500 1/.000 3/2.667 6/1.333 503/378 .258/.292/.397/.690 .771/.663 .686 87/.551 1/1 11/11

19.Larish* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/21 .208/.240/.333/.573 .500/.588 .652 15/.695 0/0 1/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.000 7/.762 ··· 12/.258 6/.334 2/1.500 7/.533 7/.143 456/350 .255/.328/.368/.696 .595/.727 .721 81/.646 22/4 3/19

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/.500 8/.125 100/73 .230/.313/.299/.612 .699/.581 .610 17/.450 1/0 1/3

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 9/.222 ··· 6/.834 7/.143 ··· 9/.666 7/.143 408/308 .241/.299/.374/.673 .548/.712 .589 85/.407 3/1 12/8

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/10 .300/.300/.300/.600 .600/.600 .571 16/.625 0/0 0/1

IP 81.0 56.0 52.2 5.0 161.1 50.2 30.1 51.1 164.0 TOTAL .255/.320/.373/.694 .698/.692 .687 .628 115/27 78/89

ERA-K/9

5.00/7.8

3.38/9.3

3.76/10.2

0.00/10.8

3.40/8.7

1.42/5.9

1.48/9.2

2.45/10.0

3.02/7.4

3.88/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (9-7-0)
Suzuki (52-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 372/.239 225/.192 221/.247 19/.118 670/.226 197/.197 125/.185 200/.236 679/.210 .245 Gross
Cust
Davis
Crisp
Carson 31/9/38/6
11/0/3/3
31/66/18/3
0/54/0/2
4/1/10/0

OPS .801 .568 .681 .328 .642 .502 .524 .634 .611 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.820 106/.449 92/.549 10/.522 344/.655 64/.638 45/.608 94/.521 138/.364 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.780 119/.673 129/.765 9/.111 326/.629 133/.436 80/.479 106/.740 541/.676 .716

Home 161/.715 149/.693 122/.743 15/.421 297/.662 100/.510 71/.553 96/.512 421/.611

Last 28d days 38/.534 42/.525 24/.742 19/.328 137/.671 38/.520 38/.613 33/.877 126/.599

HR/SB/CS 16/1/1 5/0/0 5/9/1 0/0/0 15/10/3 1/3/1 2/5/0 3/6/3 8/14/8 130/93/30

Usage ····X··· o··oXX·o o·····o· ·Xo···X· ···X···· ··ooo··· ·XX····· ··oX···· ··X····X

Rangers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.83 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 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
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 7/.429 11/.364 4/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 8/1.025 563/412 .275/.356/.314/.670 .695/.661 .642 106/.655 27/14 0/15

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/94 .264/.314/.328/.642 .604/.659 .741 58/.729 0/2 0/6

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/2 .000/.125/.000/.125 .000/.500 8/.125 0/0 0/0

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 4/.666 3/.333 360/276 .269/.303/.343/.646 .619/.654 .699 48/.601 10/7 3/3

8.Cantu G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 465/340 .257/.306/.392/.698 .656/.713 .687 50/.552 0/0 10/16

12.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/158 .207/.265/.278/.543 .401/.568 .565 3/1.000 4/1 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 9/.819 3/.666 2/1.000 15/1.225 4/.000 2/.000 6/.666 13/.504 512/374 .302/.350/.502/.852 .973/.808 .892 91/.755 4/5 24/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 10/1.400 2/2.000 2/.000 6/1.500 6/.167 ··· 3/.333 10/1.067 535/361 .358/.410/.636/1.046 .752/1.188 1.201 102/1.058 8/1 30/4

11.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 349/252 .240/.290/.325/.615 .841/.531 .619 57/.566 0/0 5/5

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 74/61 .281/.378/.453/.832 .641/.874 .887 66/.820 2/1 3/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.000 7/.000 6/.334 7/.286 4/.250 4/.000 4/2.333 356/249 .274/.344/.424/.767 .748/.776 .812 89/.944 10/1 8/1

20.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 218/147 .222/.299/.344/.643 .454/.736 .625 7/.286 1/2 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 23/.885 7/.143 4/.750 14/1.136 1/.000 ··· 6/1.467 10/.775 569/416 .289/.341/.468/.809 .879/.784 .944 98/.652 4/2 19/18

IP 142.0 42.1 42.1 9.0 56.1 17.1 31.1 49.1 TOTAL .275/.339/.423/.762 .728/.776 .818 .742 96/43 130/103

ERA-K/9

3.49/5.6

1.49/6.8

3.83/8.5

7.00/3.0

3.51/9.4

3.12/10.4

4.60/9.2

3.28/5.8

3.53/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (67-20-4)
Treanor (34-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 574/.252 163/.203 191/.277 43/.436 230/.208 72/.194 138/.241 208/.246 .243 Murphy
Hamilton
Borbon
Guerrero
Moreland
Boggs 52/3/50/8
89/38/0/8
0/102/0/2
1/0/14/1
0/0/3/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .682 .545 .763 .938 .653 .556 .748 .720 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.713 70/.557 82/.601 18/1.199 83/.662 27/.601 50/1.002 63/1.088 .697

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 434/.672 93/.536 109/.893 25/.739 147/.647 45/.529 88/.615 145/.575 .682

Road 212/.733 69/.556 96/.777 22/1.127 120/.682 31/.795 64/.910 103/.916

Last 28d days 103/.544 7/.429 33/.933 30/.842 39/.911 27/.264 33/.505 18/.478

HR/SB/CS 13/1/1 3/3/1 6/1/0 0/1/1 7/4/1 1/5/0 4/2/0 4/1/1 115/66/26

Usage ·····X·· o····o·· ·o·o···o X······· ··X···XX ··o··o·o ···X·o·· oo····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.