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Game Preview: OAK @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, April 29, 2010 @Rogers Centre

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Athletics, 12-10, 12-101st, ½ up

SP: Justin Duchscherer (32, RHP, 2-0, 1.82)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			24.2	21	7	5	10	15	1	1.82
2008 (10-8)			141.2	107	45	40	34	95	11	2.54
2007 (3-3)			16.1	18	9	9	8	13	3	4.96

Last 7 GS		2-1	38.2	37	14	12	13	32	3	2.79	54
2010-04-23	CLE	W	6.0	5	0	0	4	2	0	93	60
2010-04-17	BAL	ND	5.2	7	2	0	2	5	0	94	54
2010-04-12	@SEA	W	7.1	2	0	0	2	4	0	96	76
2010-04-07	SEA	ND	5.2	7	5	5	2	4	1	101	37
2008-08-18	@MIN	ND	2.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	33	55
2008-08-13	TBR	L	6.1	6	3	3	1	8	2	107	56
2008-08-07	@TOR	ND	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	0	101	41

Last 5 v.TOR		0-0	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	0	7.20	41
2008-08-07	@TOR	ND	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	0	101	41

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 28  @TBR  L   3-10      12-10  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-10

Blue Jays, 10-12, 10-124th, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (25, LHP, 1-1, 1.80)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			30.0	17	6	6	9	25	2	1.80
2009 (13-9)			178.0	192	88	85	79	141	18	4.30

Last 7 GS		2-1	48.1	38	15	15	16	41	4	2.79	61
2010-04-24	@TBR	ND	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	105	57
2010-04-18	LAA	L	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	111	72
2010-04-13	CHW	W	8.0	1	2	2	2	12	1	101	82
2010-04-08	@TEX	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	103	65
2009-10-04	@BAL	ND	7.0	5	4	4	3	8	1	109	56
2009-09-29	@BOS	W	5.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	107	47
2009-09-24	SEA	ND	6.1	9	3	3	3	5	1	113	45

Last 5 v.OAK		2-0	14.0	12	2	2	3	11	0	1.29	65
2009-08-02	@OAK	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	102	57
2009-04-19	OAK	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	106	73

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 28   BOS  L   0-2       10-12  4th  6.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 27   BOS  L   1-2       10-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 26   BOS  L  12-13      10-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @TBR  L   0-6       10-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @TBR  L   3-9       10-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @TBR  W   6-5       10-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 21   KCR  L   3-4 (10)   9-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Tue, Apr 20   KCR  W   4-3        9-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 19   KCR  W   8-1        8-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18   LAA  L   1-3        7-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 02, 2009 TOR  7 @OAK  2        W:Ricky Romero (10-4), L: Vin Mazzaro (2-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 TOR  6 @OAK  5        W:Brett Cecil (5-1), L: Trevor Cahill (6-10), S: Jason Frasor (4)
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 OAK  8  TOR  5        W:Dallas Braden (8-9), L: Scott Richmond (6-6), S: Andrew Bailey (14)
Sun, May 10, 2009 TOR  5 @OAK  0        W:Brett Cecil (1-0), L: Dallas Braden (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 09, 2009 TOR  6 @OAK  4        W:Brian Tallet (2-1), L: Sean Gallagher (1-1), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 OAK  5  TOR  3        W:Michael Wuertz (2-1), L: Scott Richmond (4-1), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 TOR  1  OAK  0        W:Ricky Romero (2-0), L: Dallas Braden (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (2)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 TOR  4  OAK  2 (12)   W:Jason Frasor (2-0), L: Dan Giese (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 OAK  8 @TOR  5        W:Andrew Bailey (2-0), L: Brandon League (1-1), S: Brad Ziegler (3)
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 TOR  6  OAK  4        W:A.J. Burnett (14-9), L: Jerry Blevins (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (22)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - TOR won 6-3; 2008 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 190-163

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

LAD 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 (4.59 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Romero*
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 28.Marcum
G/S/vB 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 30.Valdez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 192/160 .269/.372/.413/.784 1.083/.728 .920 94/.879 0/2 3/1

6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 3/2.000 ··· 115/101 .219/.287/.333/.620 .357/.659 .563 38/.699 1/1 3/0

3.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 5/2.500 5/1.600 4/1.167 4/1.833 1/3.000 2/1.500 5/1.350 ··· 31/13 .100/.129/.133/.262 .222/.321 .238 71/.580 0/0 0/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 15/1.181 8/.250 10/.777 5/.750 3/.666 9/.500 12/.705 ··· 215/132 .228/.336/.378/.714 .678/.738 .729 / 13/2 3/3

32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.667 2/.500 8/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/.393 9/.333 ··· 612/450 .240/.356/.417/.773 .621/.830 .708 / 4/1 25/2

11.Davis G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 432/283 .305/.360/.423/.784 .773/.789 .724 84/.534 41/12 3/4

14.Ellis G/S/vP 6/.666 5/1.400 8/.268 3/.000 10/.333 2/.500 4/.833 10/.733 12/1.219 ··· 410/301 .263/.305/.403/.708 .706/.709 .753 34/.769 10/3 10/5

50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/179 .259/.311/.468/.779 .665/.818 .900 43/.484 0/0 11/7

28.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 8/.708 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 326/290 .227/.326/.355/.681 .747/.673 .688 39/.554 6/3 6/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 573/412 .255/.302/.420/.722 .835/.677 .778 90/.618 1/0 18/3

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/91 .287/.373/.394/.766 .849/.749 .715 25/.862 6/1 1/2

26.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 229/171 .279/.342/.418/.760 .532/.841 .817 83/.840 7/5 4/8

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

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 266/205 .213/.303/.317/.620 .693/.598 .621 57/.857 1/2 4/7

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/.900 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/.200 4/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.250 4/.000 ··· 614/443 .274/.313/.421/.734 .727/.737 .794 67/.852 8/2 15/5

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/4.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 534/409 .293/.348/.407/.755 .719/.766 .842 92/.732 6/5 6/3

IP 178.0 24.2 79.2 46.2 57.2 68.2 40.0 49.1 TOTAL .258/.324/.382/.706 .673/.717 .670 .706 12/2 15/18

ERA-K/9

4.30/7.1

2.55/6.6

3.50/6.5

3.09/8.3

2.50/8.7

4.72/9.3

5.85/5.4

/0.0

5.66/6.9

4.49/7.4

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 771/.284 107/.267 333/.245 200/.251 227/.209 298/.229 192/.341 / / 225/.292 .249 Sweeney
Davis
Gross
Patterson
Fox
Cust
Buck
Crisp 7/57/85/11
0/113/5/8
0/0/100/6
26/4/2/1
23/0/3/1
0/0/51/1
5/0/28/0
0/49/0/0

OPS .790 .765 .705 .688 .556 .740 .930 .800 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.879 51/.485 163/.762 61/.786 117/.712 133/.592 90/.921 / / 100/.687 .592

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 542/.750 56/1.028 170/.650 139/.643 110/.391 165/.860 102/.938 / / 125/.886 .780

Home 352/.790 48/.755 170/.653 114/.552 116/.496 145/.573 108/1.061 / / 114/.742

Last 28d days 115/.520 34/1.004 50/.640 36/.816 50/1.051 35/.435 49/.783 132/.612 / 9/.889

HR/SB/CS 18/9/7 2/2/3 7/0/1 4/1/1 4/6/2 13/1/0 5/0/1 // // 5/4/4 20/16/9

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Duchscherer
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
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

19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 12/.350 7/.619 3/.000 404/259 .235/.349/.408/.757 .919/.664 .804 97/.787 4/0 13/4

14.Buck G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/152 .247/.299/.484/.782 .664/.822 .863 63/.499 1/1 8/8

15.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 10/.533 ··· 338/269 .225/.320/.410/.729 .814/.707 .738 37/.677 2/1 13/11

3.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/.705 4/.833 ··· 429/323 .238/.279/.355/.635 .515/.675 .658 94/.891 2/1 8/7

2.Hill G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 734/552 .286/.330/.499/.829 .897/.806 .853 36/.531 6/2 36/7

26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/1.550 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 654/475 .305/.370/.562/.932 .780/.992 .925 94/.872 1/1 35/1

18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 37/.658 2/0 0/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 156/105 .258/.271/.384/.655 .615/.675 .687 32/.500 0/2 4/3

8.Molina G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 155/108 .217/.292/.268/.560 .539/.569 .540 22/.465 0/0 1/1

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 2/1.500 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.667 4/1.250 ··· 500/414 .265/.372/.466/.838 .534/.905 .845 89/.599 0/0 16/2

21.Ruiz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/100 .313/.385/.635/1.019 .798/1.090 .795 18/.389 1/1 10/0

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/226 .241/.328/.419/.748 .608/.775 .803 75/.503 1/1 9/4

10.Wells G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/.000 684/512 .260/.311/.400/.711 .602/.748 .633 93/1.112 17/4 15/1

IP 83.1 22.1 69.2 17.0 22.0 4.0 78.2 73.1 TOTAL .225/.296/.426/.722 .515/.784 .693 .722 14/2 28/12

ERA-K/9

/0.0

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

3.52/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (41-8-2)
Molina (23-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 323/.167 90/.229 281/.197 / 65/.164 110/.281 20/.235 / 304/.188 313/.293 .242 Bautista
Wells
Snider
Lind
McCoy
McDonald 42/6/36/11
0/155/0/6
56/0/21/3
55/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .476 .651 .613 .494 .911 .585 .567 .734 .682

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 154/.470 31/.719 127/.632 / 23/.696 67/.896 6/.900 / 128/.577 128/.912 .628

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 169/.482 59/.617 154/.597 / 42/.372 43/.932 14/.452 / 176/.560 185/.616 .717

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

Last 28d days 100/.604 25/.613 39/.568 31/.959 / 18/.778 47/.611 / 120/.926 / 39/.532

HR/SB/CS // 5/1/0 2/0/0 8/8/5 // 1/1/0 6/3/1 0/1/0 // 6/9/3 2/3/1 16/7/7

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