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Game Preview: OAK @ BOS, 7:10pm, Friday, June 3, 2011 @Fenway Park II

Athletics, 27-30, 27-30 4th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Outman (26, LHP, 1-0, 2.08)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-0)			13.0	11	3	3	8	4	0	2.08
2009 (4-1)			67.1	53	30	26	25	53	9	3.48
2008 (1-2)			25.2	34	14	13	8	19	1	4.56

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.0	32	17	16	15	26	4	3.60	54
2011-05-28	BAL	W	6.0	6	2	2	5	2	0	97	49
2011-05-23	@LAA	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	102	62
2009-06-19	@SDP	ND	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	24	46
2009-06-13	@SFG	L	6.0	5	4	4	0	4	1	87	50
2009-06-08	MIN	W	6.0	4	3	3	2	7	0	102	57
2009-06-03	@CHW	W	6.2	7	3	2	1	2	1	113	51
2009-05-29	@TEX	ND	6.2	3	3	3	3	9	1	101	62

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:   14-15   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  17-25   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest: 12-10 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Wed, Jun  1   NYY  L   2-4       27-30  4th  3.5 gb
 56 Tue, May 31   NYY  L   3-10      27-29  4th  2.5 gb
 55 Mon, May 30   NYY  L   0-5       27-28  4th  2.5 gb
 54 Sun, May 29   BAL  W   6-4       27-27  3rd  1.5 gb
 53 Sat, May 28   BAL  W   4-2       26-27  4th  1.5 gb
 52 Fri, May 27   BAL  W   6-2       25-27  4th  1.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 26  @LAA  W   4-3       24-27  4th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

RedSox, 30-26, 30-26 2nd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (26, RHP, 4-3, 3.41)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-3)			66.0	63	26	25	24	44	10	3.41
2010 (17-7)			173.2	142	55	45	67	120	9	2.33
2009 (7-4)			92.0	91	44	43	36	68	13	4.21

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.2	41	13	13	10	34	4	2.56	58
2011-05-29	@DET	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	98	50
2011-05-23	@CLE	ND	7.1	4	2	2	2	4	1	94	64
2011-05-18	DET	ND	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	127	75
2011-05-13	@NYY	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	110	65
2011-05-07	MIN	W	5.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	61	68
2011-05-02	LAA	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	2	0	107	50
2011-04-26	@BAL	L	6.2	12	4	4	2	5	0	104	37

Last 5 v.OAK		1-2	16.0	26	13	13	13	10	3	7.31	36
2011-04-20	@OAK	W	5.1	6	1	1	4	2	1	102	50
2010-09-10	@OAK	L	1.0	5	5	5	4	1	0	39	20
2010-07-21	@OAK	L	4.0	6	5	5	3	2	2	87	29
2009-07-28	OAK	ND	5.2	9	2	2	2	5	0	107	46

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

 Home:   16-13   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Wed, Jun  1   CHW  L   4-7       30-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 55 Tue, May 31   CHW  L   7-10      30-25  2nd  1.0 gb
 54 Mon, May 30   CHW  L   3-7       30-24  1st    Tied
 53 Sun, May 29  @DET  L   0-3       30-23  1st  1.0 up
 52 Sun, May 29  @DET  W   4-3       30-22  1st  1.0 up
 51 Fri, May 27  @DET  W   6-3       29-22  1st  1.0 up
 50 Thu, May 26  @DET  W  14-1  (8)  28-22  1st    Tied
 49 Wed, May 25  @CLE  W  14-2       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Tue, May 24  @CLE  W   4-2       26-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 47 Mon, May 23  @CLE  L   2-3       25-22  3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 BOS  5 @OAK  3        W:Clay Buchholz (1-2), L: Gio Gonzalez (2-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (3)
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 OAK  5  BOS  0        W:Brett Anderson (1-1), L: John Lackey (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 12, 2010 BOS  5 @OAK  3        W:Josh Beckett (5-4), L: Dallas Braden (9-12), S: Jonathan Papelbon (36)
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 OAK  4  BOS  3        W:Brett Anderson (5-6), L: John Lackey (12-10), S: Andrew Bailey (23)
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 OAK  5  BOS  0        W:Trevor Cahill (16-6), L: Clay Buchholz (15-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 OAK  6  BOS  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (9-6), L: Clay Buchholz (10-5), S: Michael Wuertz (2)
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 OAK  5  BOS  4 (10)   W:Andrew Bailey (1-3), L: Ramon Ramirez (0-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 BOS  2 @OAK  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-3), L: Ben Sheets (4-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (21)
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 OAK  9 @BOS  8        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Tim Wakefield (1-4), S: Andrew Bailey (12)
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 BOS  6  OAK  4        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-2), L: Ben Sheets (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - OAK won 5-4; 2009 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - BOS leads 1050-860

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 5.24 TBR 4.18 SDP 3.40	RA/G ATL 3.30 CLE 4.20 MIN 5.16	BA M. Joyce .364 C. Lee .261 A. LaRoche .172	OBP J. Bautista .502 R. Howard .336 C. Figgins .232	SLG J. Bautista .773 P. Polanco .403 A. Escobar .244	OPS J. Bautista 1.276 D. Span .744 A. Escobar .488	ERA J. Jurrjens 1.51 R. Porcello 3.79 J. Vazquez 6.02	K/9IP C. Lee 10.13 T. Wood 6.65 C. Pavano 3.38

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.24

TBR 4.18

SDP 3.40

RA/G

ATL 3.30

CLE 4.20

MIN 5.16

M. Joyce .364

C. Lee .261

A. LaRoche .172

OBP

J. Bautista .502

R. Howard .336

C. Figgins .232

SLG

J. Bautista .773

P. Polanco .403

A. Escobar .244

OPS

J. Bautista 1.276

D. Span .744

A. Escobar .488

ERA

J. Jurrjens 1.51

R. Porcello 3.79

J. Vazquez 6.02

K/9IP

C. Lee 10.13

T. Wood 6.65

C. Pavano 3.38

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Athletics Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 52.Jenks
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 8/1.025 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 6/.533 11/.384 1/.000 225/157 .206/.320/.265/.585 .775/.504 .568 94/.532 1/1 0/6

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 3/1.334 6/1.400 1/.000 7/.429 3/.333 207/150 .272/.307/.415/.723 .608/.765 .614 97/.762 17/5 2/1

12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.873 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 11/.909 5/.450 15/.690 4/.750 208/161 .254/.329/.405/.734 .266/.875 .677 85/.885 0/1 5/0

14.Ellis G/S/vP 9/1.000 3/.666 2/.500 4/.833 3/.333 ··· 9/.778 11/.764 35/.912 7/.476 207/159 .214/.251/.297/.548 .548/.548 .460 86/.631 7/1 1/2

28.Jackson G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 11/.764 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 134/80 .248/.336/.325/.661 .913/.491 .594 52/.536 2/0 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 9/.222 4/1.250 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/2.500 8/.268 3/.333 140/112 .220/.264/.339/.603 .670/.586 .609 52/.669 2/0 3/8

21.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/70 .247/.320/.333/.654 .840/.568 .680 45/.608 0/0 0/5

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 20/.938 1/no AB 3/.666 3/2.334 7/.821 ··· 6/.167 8/.250 57/.658 5/.400 177/135 .222/.277/.340/.616 .623/.614 .667 57/.501 0/0 3/

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 4/.000 2/3.000 195/147 .256/.307/.341/.648 .753/.615 .767 88/.761 5/5 3/5

11.Powell# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 47/35 .214/.298/.286/.584 .432/.637 .390 17/.412 0/0 0/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/1.285 3/1.334 8/.125 3/.000 5/.200 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.666 19/1.287 5/.400 198/149 .242/.303/.357/.660 .834/.603 .629 90/.634 1/1 4/1

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 6/.000 14/.368 1/.000 95/88 .301/.389/.386/.775 .000/.842 .711 50/.651 1/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/5.000 ··· 2/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 203/143 .240/.320/.453/.773 .918/.712 .758 87/.802 3/1 10/1

IP 66.0 33.1 20.2 12.1 27.1 8.0 9.2 23.2 43.0 15.0 TOTAL .240/.306/.353/.659 .691/.648 .630 .670 39/15 32/41

ERA-K/9

3.41/6.0

3.51/4.9

3.92/9.1

5.11/6.6

3.29/9.2

0.00/13.5

8.38/9.3

3.42/12.2

4.40/4.2

7.80/7.2

4.17/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (2-3-0)
Suzuki (33-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 281/.251 144/.224 90/.238 54/.333 105/.189 30/.115 52/.349 98/.250 178/.244 67/.328 .248 Sweeney
Jackson
Willingham
Crisp
DeJesus 14/7/6/3
9/0/16/2
41/0/0/2
0/46/0/1
0/8/41/1

OPS .756 .682 .599 .829 .610 .349 .880 .666 .727 .936 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.748 65/.593 40/.619 21/.733 57/.721 16/.259 30/.909 49/.558 72/.506 26/1.196 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.764 79/.750 50/.583 33/.894 48/.472 14/.452 22/.838 49/.779 106/.879 41/.780 .744

Home 119/.696 107/.681 48/.761 47/.814 51/.382 13/.585 30/1.033 53/.624 125/.755 44/.923

Last 28d days 125/.570 95/.739 51/.723 36/.720 45/.661 25/.335 4/1.000 47/.733 86/.653 18/.528

HR/SB/CS 10/3/3 3/3/0 0/4/0 0/1/0 3/4/1 0/1/0 0/2/0 2/1/0 6/2/1 4/1/1 51/59/18

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ·o··X··o ··X·X··· ·X····o· ·o··o··· ··o····· ·X··o·X· ·X····X· ··XX····

RedSox Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 88.Outman*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 57.Fuentes*
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

23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/.543 5/1.100 1/.000 67/27 .190/.258/.362/.620 .716/.481 .524 31/.650 0/0 3/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 2/1.000 3/.666 225/155 .235/.269/.362/.631 .324/.769 .532 97/.775 7/4 4/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 9/.333 4/.250 ··· 7/.629 4/.500 8/1.250 161/131 .228/.342/.338/.680 .729/.666 .656 62/.646 0/0 3/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 7/.786 4/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.167 3/.333 243/179 .292/.360/.452/.812 .642/.873 .758 113/.834 19/6 6/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 10/.400 3/1.000 1/.000 252/171 .329/.377/.541/.918 .658/1.041 .920 112/1.014 1/0 10/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 182/123 .305/.352/.451/.803 1.137/.633 .956 85/.702 0/1 3/8

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 10/.775 5/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 4/.500 225/159 .313/.382/.582/.964 .894/.991 .976 98/1.127 0/0 13/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 8/.708 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.200 3/1.667 250/178 .245/.353/.335/.688 1.026/.558 .711 109/.716 12/2 4/2

16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .385/.400/.462/.862 1.000/.808 .567 15/.862 1/0 0/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.833 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 123/85 .219/.276/.377/.654 .589/.683 .755 54/.825 0/0 4/1

44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/20 .269/.269/.462/.731 .000/1.000 1.000 27/.731 0/0 0/0

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/.071 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/no AB 91/61 .235/.311/.358/.669 .522/.743 .716 41/.943 0/0 2/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 10/1.214 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 7/.715 4/.000 220/153 .254/.377/.475/.852 1.059/.766 1.051 100/.816 1/0 8/4

IP 13.0 2.0 24.2 22.1 6.2 24.1 14.2 19.2 TOTAL .267/.339/.429/.768 .761/.771 .803 .837 42/14 62/26

ERA-K/9

2.08/2.8

0.00/0.0

2.92/10.2

3.63/6.1

0.00/4.0

4.44/6.3

1.84/9.2

1.83/7.8

3.01/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (35-12-4)
Varitek (24-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 56/.239 6/.000 101/.205 94/.306 24/.091 109/.242 57/.122 82/.263 .242 Ellsbury
Drew
Cameron
Crawford
Reddick 0/53/0/3
0/0/40/3
2/2/15/0
54/0/0/0
0/1/3/0

OPS .613 .000 .625 .802 .303 .621 .375 .586 .651

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/.333 3/.000 47/.545 38/.938 12/.450 29/.668 24/.491 21/.950 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/.650 3/.000 54/.695 56/.707 12/.167 80/.602 33/.290 61/.461 .634

Road 28/.569 / 44/.793 41/.575 11/.455 46/.478 18/.639 38/.420

Last 28d days 56/.613 6/.000 39/.699 45/.639 24/.303 33/.603 35/.501 38/.649

HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 0/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/4 0/1/0 1/3/1 0/2/0 0/3/0 33/35/23

Usage ·····X·· ·o··o··· ····oo·X ··oXX··· ·oX··Xo· ·X··oX·· ··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.