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Game Preview: OAK @ LAA, 3:35pm, Thursday, May 26, 2011 @Angel Stadium

Athletics, 23-27, 23-27 4th, 3 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Anderson (23, LHP, 2-4, 3.18)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-4) 65.0 63 25 23 17 52 4 3.18
2010 (7-6) 112.1 112 41 35 22 75 6 2.80
2009 (11-11) 175.1 180 94 79 45 150 20 4.06
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.1 41 19 18 15 39 4 3.57 55
2011-05-21 @SFG L 5.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 91 57
2011-05-16 LAA ND 6.2 5 3 3 4 7 0 111 55
2011-05-10 @TEX L 4.2 6 4 4 4 5 1 97 37
2011-05-05 CLE ND 9.0 7 2 2 0 5 0 114 70
2011-04-30 TEX L 5.0 9 7 7 4 3 3 90 20
2011-04-24 @SEA W 7.0 5 2 1 1 6 0 106 66
2011-04-19 BOS W 8.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 109 81
Last 5 v.LAA 0-2 31.2 30 16 16 8 18 1 4.55 50
2011-05-16 LAA ND 6.2 5 3 3 4 7 0 111 55
2010-09-27 @LAA ND 6.1 7 4 4 2 3 0 116 44
2009-08-30 @LAA L 6.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 87 43
2009-07-19 LAA ND 8.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 104 84
2009-05-04 LAA L 4.2 9 5 5 1 0 0 72 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-12   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  14-22   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest: 11-10 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Wed, May 25  @LAA  L   1-4       23-27  4th  3.0 gb
 49 Tue, May 24  @LAA  W   6-1       23-26  4th  2.0 gb
 48 Mon, May 23  @LAA  L   1-4       22-26  4th  3.0 gb
 47 Sun, May 22  @SFG  L   4-5 (11)  22-25  4th  2.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 21  @SFG  L   0-3       22-24  3rd  1.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 20  @SFG  L   1-2 (10)  22-23  3rd  1.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 19   MIN  L   1-11      22-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 18   MIN  L   3-4 (10)  22-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 17   LAA  W  14-0       22-20  1st    Tied
 41 Mon, May 16   LAA  W   5-4 (10)  21-20  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Angels, 26-25, 26-25 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Joel Pineiro (32, RHP, 2-0, 2.67)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 33.2 33 10 10 8 15 3 2.67
2010 (10-7) 152.1 155 66 65 34 92 15 3.84
2009 (15-12) 214.0 218 94 83 27 105 11 3.49
Last 7 GS 2-0 48.2 42 12 12 10 20 4 2.22 59
2011-05-21 ATL ND 6.1 11 4 4 0 2 1 98 37
2011-05-16 @OAK ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 103 52
2011-05-10 CHW W 7.2 8 2 2 1 5 1 99 59
2011-05-05 @BOS W 5.2 3 0 0 4 2 0 98 61
2011-04-30 @TBR ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 83 67
2010-09-29 OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 101 64
2010-09-24 CHW ND 8.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 92 72
Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 33.2 36 16 16 10 15 1 4.28 50
2011-05-16 @OAK ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 103 52
2010-09-29 OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 101 64
2010-07-09 @OAK ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 3 1 106 52
2010-05-16 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 98 83
2006-08-15 @OAK L 3.2 12 9 9 5 1 0 93 -3
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-12   Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  17-16   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Wed, May 25   OAK  W   4-1       26-25  2nd  0.5 gb
 50 Tue, May 24   OAK  L   1-6       25-25  2nd  0.5 gb
 49 Mon, May 23   OAK  W   4-1       25-24  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 22   ATL  W   4-1       24-24  2nd  0.5 gb
 47 Sat, May 21   ATL  L   4-5 (12)  23-24  2nd  0.5 gb
 46 Fri, May 20   ATL  W   9-0       23-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 45 Thu, May 19  @SEA  L   1-2       22-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 18  @SEA  L   0-3       22-22  3rd  1.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 17  @OAK  L   0-14      22-21  3rd  0.5 gb
 42 Mon, May 16  @OAK  L   4-5 (10)  22-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 25, 2011 LAA  4  OAK  1        W:Ervin Santana (3-4), L: Trevor Cahill (6-2), S: Jordan Walden (10)
Tue, May 24, 2011 OAK  6 @LAA  1        W:Guillermo Moscoso (1-0), L: Dan Haren (4-3), S: none
Mon, May 23, 2011 LAA  4  OAK  1        W:Scott Downs (2-1), L: Brian Fuentes (1-7), S: Jordan Walden (9)
Tue, May 17, 2011 OAK 14  LAA  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (5-2), L: Tyler Chatwood (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 16, 2011 OAK  5  LAA  4 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (3-1), L: Fernando Rodney (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 OAK  2 @LAA  1 (10)   W:Brian Fuentes (1-2), L: Jordan Walden (0-1), S: Brad Ziegler (1)
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 LAA  8  OAK  3        W:Tyler Chatwood (2-1), L: Brandon McCarthy (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 25, 2011 LAA  5  OAK  0        W:Jered Weaver (6-0), L: Gio Gonzalez (2-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 29, 2010 LAA  2  OAK  1 (11)   W:Bobby Cassevah (1-2), L: Brad Ziegler (3-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 LAA  4  OAK  2        W:Dan Haren (11-12), L: Dallas Braden (10-14), S: Fernando Rodney (14)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 4-4; 2010 - LAA won 11-8; 2009 - LAA won 12-7; All-Time - OAK leads 418-377

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 2011 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  5.21

BAL  4.15

MIN  3.42

 RA/G

ATL  3.24

NYY  4.15

MIN  5.25

 BA

M. Joyce  .367

G. Parra  .261

J. Gomes  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

N. McLouth  .332

V. Wells  .224

 SLG

J. Bautista  .795

A. Gonzalez  .400

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.287

C. Young  .730

M. Ellis  .511

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

C. Billingsley  3.69

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

J. Masterson  6.72

C. Pavano  3.38

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Athletics Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB		 22.Bell
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 63.Thompson
G/S/vB		 51.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 16/.259 6/.334 7/.000 7/.572 4/.500 1/3.000 2/.500 4/1.417 207/144 .206/.319/.269/.587 .801/.496 .568 104/.538 1/1 0/6
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 27/1.087 2/1.500 9/.778 3/.666 10/1.300 ··· ··· 1/2.000 179/127 .271/.299/.412/.711 .603/.755 .624 87/.686 14/5 2/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 33/.894 2/1.500 13/.658 4/1.000 16/.536 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 179/137 .252/.326/.403/.728 .271/.875 .662 86/.907 0/1 4/0
14.Ellis G/S/vP 51/.955 6/.334 4/.000 6/.533 10/.856 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 180/136 .202/.237/.274/.511 .552/.497 .453 84/.475 6/1 0/1
28.Jackson G/S/vP 10/.422 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 117/66 .262/.342/.350/.691 .868/.551 .599 65/.693 2/0 1/1
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 21/.429 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 122/97 .198/.238/.333/.571 .588/.567 .609 44/.509 2/0 3/7
21.LaRoche G/S/vP 5/.400 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 91/59 .232/.300/.293/.593 .851/.460 .673 58/.531 0/0 0/5
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 18/.862 2/1.500 26/1.152 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 161/120 .230/.280/.358/.638 .639/.637 .676 66/.570 0/0 3/
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 13/.583 5/.600 2/1.000 12/.750 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 5/.800 172/130 .245/.300/.329/.629 .763/.586 .756 92/.663 5/5 3/4
11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 46/34 .220/.304/.293/.597 .432/.657 .390 23/.445 0/0 0/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 13/.154 6/1.667 6/.167 6/1.267 8/.661 ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 171/126 .252/.322/.381/.702 .795/.669 .635 91/.731 1/1 4/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 10/.400 4/1.000 6/.334 5/.400 4/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 82/76 .314/.415/.400/.815 .000/.885 .711 50/.879 1/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 7/.829 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 175/119 .229/.314/.405/.720 .753/.704 .771 86/.723 3/1 7/1
IP 33.2 13.0 14.2 8.1 18.2 19.0 22.0 23.1 TOTAL .237/.303/.347/.650 .670/.643 .629 .652 35/15 27/38
ERA-K/9 2.67/4.0 3.46/4.2 0.61/4.3 10.80/4.3 4.34/7.2 4.74/6.2 2.45/10.2 2.70/9.3 3.35/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (2-3-0)
 Suzuki (23-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.270 57/.269 58/.208 46/.361 87/.225 84/.311 90/.207 98/.212 .239  Sweeney
 Willingham
 Jackson
 DeJesus
 Crisp
13/6/5/3
36/0/0/2
8/0/16/2
0/8/35/1
0/40/0/0
OPS .744 .833 .458 .939 .692 .908 .572 .605 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.802 29/.622 33/.532 21/.749 49/.783 40/.946 46/.535 60/.638 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.663 28/1.047 25/.367 25/1.130 38/.574 44/.874 44/.599 38/.554 .682
Home 59/.873 29/.979 32/.412 14/.906 46/.489 29/.636 39/.474 53/.654
Last 28d days 132/.744 49/.912 52/.473 24/.923 44/.883 36/.965 37/.518 52/.716
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 4/1/0 2/3/1 0/5/0 41/45/12
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··· o·Xoo·o· ····X··· o···o··· ····o··X ····o··· o·oXo···
Angels Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 33.Devine
G/S/vB		 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 29.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 14/.572 5/2.550 15/.904 ··· 8/.536 6/.533 4/.000 6/.533 220/143 .265/.393/.354/.746 .620/.817 .818 113/.749 8/2 2/0
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 13/.091 3/1.334 7/.929 ··· 3/.500 1/.000 4/.750 6/1.333 165/110 .304/.350/.419/.769 .596/.854 .751 121/.778 12/1 2/2
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 192/131 .243/.302/.376/.677 .733/.652 .702 99/.471 5/4 2/2
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.650 7/.572 2/.000 8/.393 6/.900 4/.250 5/.933 195/131 .295/.364/.398/.762 .667/.810 .698 99/.770 1/0 3/6
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 101/92 .247/.307/.387/.694 .583/.704 .436 57/.601 0/0 3/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 12/1.227 6/.334 8/2.054 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 2/3.000 15/.134 219/151 .240/.324/.380/.704 .584/.755 .831 108/.794 2/1 6/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/1.417 2/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 3/1.000 182/123 .303/.368/.442/.811 1.037/.705 .656 95/.751 5/3 3/1
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 15/.553 5/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.334 13/.718 197/131 .322/.388/.520/.908 1.189/.777 .740 84/.922 4/2 7/1
5.Mathis G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 7/.762 97/52 .202/.234/.281/.515 .377/.636 .404 48/.460 0/1 1/1
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 174/118 .245/.299/.434/.733 .869/.669 .590 88/.815 4/3 7/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.333 19/12 .067/.176/.133/.310 .167/.382 .321 12/.550 0/0 0/0
46.Wilson G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/9 .250/.294/.375/.669 1.000/.347 .733 8/1.000 0/0 0/0
IP 65.0 21.2 19.0 3.0 21.1 15.0 12.2 16.0 TOTAL .258/.325/.390/.715 .723/.711 .647 .711 42/18 40/24
ERA-K/9 3.18/7.2 2.08/10.8 4.26/4.7 0.00/3.0 5.06/6.3 3.60/6.0 2.13/9.9 1.69/7.9 2.87/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (23-7-1)
 Mathis (20-5-4)
 Wilson (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 272/.256 89/.192 82/.338 11/.182 97/.250 64/.211 50/.140 69/.250 .245  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Abreu
 Willits
 Kendrick
 Trumbo
0/1/45/3
0/50/0/2
4/0/6/1
12/0/1/0
9/0/0/0
0/0/5/0
OPS .662 .574 .856 .455 .646 .595 .408 .560 .651
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.569 40/.561 34/.928 6/.500 26/.668 22/.855 22/.540 18/.819 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.712 49/.585 48/.804 5/.400 71/.636 42/.458 28/.302 51/.469 .629
Road 133/.683 38/.689 41/.575 11/.455 46/.478 26/.584 18/.639 38/.420
Last 28d days 135/.794 49/.521 47/.824 11/.455 46/.733 36/.717 44/.468 31/.700
HR/SB/CS 4/3/6 2/0/0 2/0/4 0/1/0 1/3/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 0/1/0 28/25/21
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·o ·o·oo·X· ·o·oo··· ··oo·X·o X·····X· ··Xo·X·o ·o··oXo·

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.