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Game Preview: OAK @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, May 2, 2010 @Rogers Centre

Athletics, 13-12, 13-121st, ½ up

SP: Ben Sheets (31, RHP, 1-2, 5.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-2) 27.0 32 16 15 14 14 3 5.00
2008 (13-9) 198.1 181 74 68 47 158 17 3.09
2007 (12-5) 141.1 138 62 60 37 106 17 3.82
Last 7 GS 1-3 31.1 38 21 19 16 17 5 5.46 43
2010-04-27 @TBR L 4.0 9 8 8 1 2 2 78 13
2010-04-21 NYY L 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 0 96 57
2010-04-15 BAL W 6.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 97 63
2010-04-10 @LAA ND 6.0 10 3 3 3 1 0 97 38
2010-04-05 SEA ND 5.0 4 3 2 4 3 1 94 48
2008-09-27 CHC L 2.1 5 4 3 2 1 1 53 32
2008-09-17 @CHC ND 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 24 52
Last 5 v.TOR 2-0 14.0 11 4 3 6 8 1 1.93 60
2008-06-18 TOR W 6.0 4 2 2 4 5 0 108 57
2005-06-18 @TOR W 8.0 7 2 1 2 3 1 112 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  5-7    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, May  1  @TOR  W   4-3       13-12  1st  0.5 up
 24 Fri, Apr 30  @TOR  L   2-10      12-12  1st    Tied
 23 Thu, Apr 29  @TOR  L   3-6       12-11  1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-12
Blue Jays, 12-13, 12-133rd, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (28, RHP, 0-1, 3.44)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 34.0 27 13 13 7 28 3 3.44
2008 (9-7) 151.1 126 60 57 50 123 21 3.39
2007 (12-6) 159.0 149 76 73 49 122 27 4.13
Last 7 GS 1-2 43.1 34 16 16 11 35 3 3.32 58
2010-04-27 BOS ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 103 67
2010-04-21 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 104 58
2010-04-16 LAA L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 105 52
2010-04-11 @BAL ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 99 52
2010-04-05 @TEX ND 7.0 2 3 3 1 6 1 93 66
2008-09-16 BAL L 2.0 2 1 1 3 1 0 52 46
2008-09-11 @CHW W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 0 106 65
Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 21.2 23 10 10 6 23 3 4.15 52
2008-08-06 OAK W 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 1 89 72
2008-04-10 OAK ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 105 68
2007-08-20 OAK L 3.0 9 6 6 1 4 2 75 20
2006-07-28 @OAK ND 4.2 5 2 2 2 4 0 90 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-10   Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, May  1   OAK  L   3-4       12-13  3rd  5.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 30   OAK  W  10-2       12-12  3rd  5.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 29   OAK  W   6-3       11-12  4th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 01, 2010 OAK  4 @TOR  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-1), L: Dana Eveland (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 TOR 10  OAK  2        W:Brandon Morrow (2-2), L: Trevor Cahill (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 TOR  6  OAK  3        W:Ricky Romero (2-1), L: Justin Duchscherer (2-1), S: Kevin Gregg (6)

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)
Season Series: 2010 - TOR leads 2-1; 2009 - TOR won 6-3; 2008 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 191-165

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

TBR  6.08

TOR  4.52

HOU  3.09

RA/G

SFG  2.87

DET  4.60

PIT  6.92

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

U. Jimenez  .79

B. Myers  3.82

R. Porcello  8.03

K/9IP

J. Sanchez  12.22

J. Garland  6.43

M. Talbot  2.40

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Athletics Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Marcum
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
29.McGowan
G/S/vB
30.Valdez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 108/74 .296/.442/.420/.862 .895/.847 .812 108/.862 0/1 1/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP 4/1.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 38/31 .219/.324/.375/.699 .714/.693 .311 38/.699 1/0 1/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.500 5/2.500 5/1.600 5/.900 5/1.400 1/3.000 5/1.350 ··· 76/68 .221/.276/.309/.585 .000/.653 .539 76/.585 0/0 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.500 3/.000 15/1.181 8/.250 10/.777 5/.750 3/.666 12/.705 ··· / /// / / / /
32.Cust* G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.667 2/.500 8/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.333 ··· / /// / / / /
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/4.000 96/65 .233/.281/.289/.570 .587/.563 .582 96/.570 11/1 1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.733 5/1.400 8/.268 3/.000 10/.333 2/.500 4/.833 12/1.219 ··· 34/28 .323/.382/.387/.769 .833/.753 .593 34/.769 0/0 0/0
50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 51/26 .191/.235/.319/.554 .798/.321 .526 51/.554 0/0 1/1
28.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/2.000 8/.708 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 44/33 .220/.250/.268/.518 .673/.468 .348 44/.518 0/0 0/0
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 102/74 .245/.284/.319/.603 .693/.567 .647 102/.603 0/0 1/2
1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/24 .250/.270/.444/.715 .308/.942 .511 37/.715 1/0 1/1
26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/69 .271/.347/.459/.806 .630/.882 .870 96/.806 4/0 3/3
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .111/.273/.111/.384 .333/.393 .384 11/.384 0/0 0/0
7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 69/46 .302/.338/.444/.783 .543/.891 1.088 69/.783 0/0 2/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.250 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/.200 4/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· 67/51 .254/.343/.508/.852 1.045/.794 .340 67/.852 0/0 4/2
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/4.000 2/.000 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 100/72 .295/.360/.364/.724 .595/.764 .705 100/.724 0/1 0/0
IP 34.0 6.2 13.2 11.1 9.2 11.0 11.0 1.1 TOTAL .255/.323/.374/.696 .668/.707 .658 .696 17/3 16/19
ERA-K/9 3.44/7.4 8.10/4.0 2.63/6.6 4.76/5.6 8.38/12.1 0.82/11.5 6.55/6.5 /0.0 20.25/0.0 4.31/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fox (1-1-0)
 Powell (0-1-0)
 Suzuki (6-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.218 34/.400 54/.240 45/.286 54/.370 38/.162 52/.304 / 9/.333 .247  Sweeney
 Gross
 Davis
 Patterson
 Fox
 Buck
0/0/23/1
10/4/4/1
0/24/0/0
9/1/0/0
2/0/0/0
10/0/0/0
OPS .612 1.004 .616 .738 1.006 .400 .776 .889 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.453 16/1.255 20/.513 14/.903 24/1.014 14/.571 22/.644 / 6/1.000 .583
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.794 18/.801 34/.678 31/.677 30/1.002 24/.297 30/.849 / 3/.667 .771
Home 81/.627 31/1.039 42/.587 33/.785 23/.776 23/.445 35/.826 / 7/.971
Last 28d days 132/.612 34/1.004 54/.616 45/.738 54/1.006 38/.400 52/.776 / 9/.889
HR/SB/CS 3/2/3 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 // 0/0/0 21/21/10
Usage ····X··· ·····X·o ··X··XX· X·o·Xo·X ·o····X· ··o·Xo·· o··X·X·o ······o·
Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
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
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 12/.350 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 7/.619 4/.000 109/87 .215/.312/.419/.731 .687/.743 .695 109/.731 2/1 4/3
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 2/2.500 1/no AB 3/3.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/63 .212/.264/.470/.734 1.111/.673 .884 72/.734 0/0 4/0
15.Encarnacion G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.533 ··· 37/28 .219/.270/.406/.677 .476/.730 .667 37/.677 1/0 1/3
3.Gonzalez G/S/vP 19/.705 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/no AB 105/81 .277/.305/.604/.909 .458/1.047 .822 105/.909 1/0 7/4
2.Hill G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 2/no AB 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 49/36 .150/.306/.275/.581 .308/.660 .570 49/.581 0/0 1/0
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.250 4/.250 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.550 ··· ··· 3/.000 107/76 .274/.346/.463/.809 .472/.949 .755 107/.809 0/0 4/0
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/22 .242/.324/.333/.658 .733/.606 .776 37/.658 3/1 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 33/21 .194/.194/.290/.484 .545/.450 .238 33/.484 0/0 0/0
8.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 24/11 .182/.250/.227/.477 .237/.764 .220 24/.477 0/0 0/0
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 98/76 .181/.289/.349/.638 .318/.740 .646 98/.638 1/0 2/1
21.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/7 .095/.095/.238/.333 .143/.714 .389 21/.333 1/0 1/0
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/74 .149/.267/.324/.592 .614/.588 .628 86/.592 1/0 3/0
10.Wells G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 105/79 .323/.381/.688/1.068 .587/1.215 1.077 105/1.068 1/0 8/0
IP 27.0 8.1 10.2 7.2 28.0 4.2 10.0 11.1 TOTAL .227/.300/.437/.737 .532/.804 .722 .737 14/2 35/13
ERA-K/9 5.00/4.7 0.00/6.5 3.38/10.1 4.70/11.7 /0.0 2.89/5.8 3.86/9.6 4.50/8.1 /0.0 /0.0 2.38/6.4 3.82/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (18-2-0)
 Molina (3-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.305 32/.194 47/.214 37/.303 / 116/.255 18/.222 47/.194 / / 45/.139 .243  Snider
 Wells
 Lind
 McCoy
 Bautista
9/0/12/2
0/24/0/1
4/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
0/1/12/0
OPS .926 .477 .679 .984 .699 .778 .611 .511 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.850 15/.467 19/.433 17/.790 / 62/.633 9/.778 18/.619 / / 16/.646 .645
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/1.027 17/.485 28/.857 20/1.165 / 54/.770 9/.778 29/.596 / / 29/.443 .739
Road 50/1.156 10/.000 18/.748 18/.989 / 43/.674 10/1.200 20/.639 / / 18/.733
Last 28d days 120/.926 32/.477 47/.679 37/.984 / 116/.699 18/.778 47/.611 / / 45/.511
HR/SB/CS 3/4/5 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 // 3/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 // // 1/0/0 23/7/7
Usage ····X··· o·o···X· ··X·o··· ··X·X··o ··X····· ···X··oo ·······X o·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.