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Game Preview: OAK @ BOS, 5:00pm, Saturday, August 27, 2011 @Fenway Park

Athletics, 60-71, 60-71 3rd, 14 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Graham Godfrey (26, RHP, 1-1, 4.24)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-1)			17.0	21	11	8	4	9	2	4.24

Last 7 GS		1-1	17.0	21	11	8	4	9	2	4.24	45
2011-06-23	@NYM	L	5.2	6	4	2	2	4	0	115	47
2011-06-17	SFG	W	7.0	6	2	1	0	3	1	96	62
2011-06-10	@CHW	ND	4.1	9	5	5	2	2	1	90	25

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   25-41   ExtrInn: 8-10
 vsRHP:  38-50   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest: 16-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Fri, Aug 26  @BOS  W  15-5       60-71  3rd 14.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 25  @NYY  L   9-22      59-71  3rd 14.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 24  @NYY  W   6-4 (10)  59-70  3rd 14.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 23  @NYY  W   6-5       58-70  3rd 15.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 21   TOR  L   0-1       57-70  3rd 15.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 20   TOR  W   5-1       57-69  3rd 15.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 19   TOR  W   2-0       56-69  3rd 16.5 gb
124 Thu, Aug 18   TOR  L   0-7       55-69  3rd 16.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 17   BAL  W   6-5       55-68  3rd 16.5 gb
122 Tue, Aug 16   BAL  W   8-4       54-68  3rd 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

RedSox, 80-51, 80-51 1st, 1 up

SP: Erik Bedard (32, LHP, 4-9, 3.57)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-9)			113.1	101	53	45	35	108	13	3.57
2009 (5-3)			83.0	65	29	26	34	90	8	2.82
2008 (6-4)			81.0	70	38	33	37	72	9	3.67

Last 7 GS		0-5	36.1	34	22	18	12	38	4	4.46	51
2011-08-22	@TEX	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	108	45
2011-08-16	TBR	L	6.0	7	3	1	0	6	1	102	56
2011-08-09	@MIN	ND	5.0	3	2	2	4	6	0	90	55
2011-08-04	CLE	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	70	46
2011-07-29	TBR	L	1.1	3	5	5	4	2	0	57	26
2011-06-27	ATL	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	106	61
2011-06-22	@WSN	L	6.0	3	2	0	2	10	0	87	70

Last 5 v.OAK		4-1	35.2	17	5	4	13	35	3	1.01	71
2009-05-27	@OAK	W	6.2	5	1	1	2	5	1	108	63
2009-04-12	@OAK	W	8.1	3	0	0	1	7	0	102	83
2008-04-26	OAK	W	6.2	2	0	0	4	4	0	95	70
2007-07-20	@OAK	W	7.0	1	1	1	3	11	1	105	79
2007-05-25	OAK	L	7.0	6	3	2	3	8	1	116	60

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

 Home:   38-25   Road:   42-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  50-35   vsLHP:  30-16   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 31-15   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 18-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Fri, Aug 26   OAK  L   5-15      80-51  1st  1.0 up
130 Thu, Aug 25  @TEX  W   6-0       80-50  1st  1.0 up
129 Wed, Aug 24  @TEX  W  13-2       79-50  1st  1.0 up
128 Tue, Aug 23  @TEX  W  11-5       78-50  1st    Tied
127 Mon, Aug 22  @TEX  L   0-4       77-50  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 21  @KCR  W   6-1       77-49  2nd  0.5 gb
125 Sat, Aug 20  @KCR  L   4-9       76-49  2nd  0.5 gb
124 Fri, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-1       76-48  2nd  0.5 gb
123 Thu, Aug 18  @KCR  W   4-3       75-48  2nd  0.5 gb
122 Wed, Aug 17   TBR  L   0-4       74-48  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 OAK 15 @BOS  5        W:Gio Gonzalez (11-11), L: Tim Wakefield (6-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 BOS  6  OAK  3        W:John Lackey (3-5), L: Brett Anderson (3-6), S: Daniel Bard (1)
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 BOS  9  OAK  8 (14)   W:Alfredo Aceves (3-1), L: Guillermo Moscoso (2-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 BOS  8  OAK  6        W:Bobby Jenks (2-2), L: Joey Devine (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (11)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 4-2; 2010 - OAK won 5-4; 2009 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - BOS leads 1053-861

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 5.51 TBR 4.23 SFG 3.40	RA/G PHI 3.31 ARI 4.27 BAL 5.25	BA A. Gonzalez .347 R. Weeks .272 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .455 M. Izturis .336 V. Wells .245	SLG J. Bautista .646 S. Castro .430 C. Getz .280	OPS J. Bautista 1.101 G. Sanchez .771 A. Rios .577	ERA J. Cueto 2.03 J. Garcia 3.73 A. Burnett 5.31	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.42 D. Holland 6.91 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.51

TBR 4.23

SFG 3.40

RA/G

PHI 3.31

ARI 4.27

BAL 5.25

A. Gonzalez .347

R. Weeks .272

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .455

M. Izturis .336

V. Wells .245

SLG

J. Bautista .646

S. Castro .430

C. Getz .280

OPS

J. Bautista 1.101

G. Sanchez .771

A. Rios .577

ERA

J. Cueto 2.03

J. Garcia 3.73

A. Burnett 5.31

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

D. Holland 6.91

B. Penny 3.57

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Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Bedard*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/63 .286/.371/.597/.968 .392/1.233 1.089 52/1.051 1/0 5/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 14/.220 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.334 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 487/323 .270/.327/.395/.722 .614/.784 .710 78/.781 37/9 7/1

12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 3/1.667 4/1.250 4/.000 ··· 6/.367 4/.750 426/304 .239/.321/.380/.701 .453/.805 .724 68/.973 3/2 8/4

28.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 10/.650 2/2.000 3/.000 360/227 .255/.319/.350/.669 .703/.650 .608 54/.502 3/1 4/2

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 24/.867 3/1.167 4/.500 4/1.750 8/.700 1/.000 9/.222 5/.400 466/330 .258/.325/.392/.717 .808/.678 .756 102/.670 1/1 11/0

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/.900 5/1.350 6/.666 ··· 3/1.000 2/3.000 463/325 .265/.321/.364/.685 .702/.675 .758 80/.756 8/9 6/17

26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.250 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0

29.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 319/215 .249/.346/.399/.745 .948/.648 .768 85/.885 2/2 7/11

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/30 .189/.250/.351/.601 .100/.764 .659 25/.480 0/0 1/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 11/.091 3/1.334 9/.347 5/.400 5/.200 ··· 6/.666 6/.333 420/298 .236/.296/.385/.681 .656/.691 .697 74/.882 2/2 12/7

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 249/215 .281/.355/.353/.708 .316/.767 .659 52/.629 1/1 1/0

19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/197 .295/.327/.411/.737 .590/.811 .678 106/.750 16/7 0/11

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.600 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 439/292 .251/.333/.488/.821 .896/.784 .772 102/.929 4/1 23/2

IP 113.1 85.0 54.0 18.1 60.0 37.0 52.2 44.0 TOTAL .248/.314/.374/.689 .669/.697 .680 .768 87/37 90/104

ERA-K/9

3.57/8.6

2.96/6.0

4.33/8.8

4.42/4.9

2.10/9.3

3.65/8.5

2.91/11.6

3.89/7.6

3.91/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Recker (0-0-0)
Suzuki (82-31-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 465/.237 356/.211 237/.249 79/.306 227/.164 153/.222 209/.208 177/.232 .243 DeJesus
Jackson
Sweeney
Matsui
Crisp
Willingham 0/8/96/4
19/0/27/4
40/23/22/3
19/0/0/2
0/111/0/2
77/0/0/2

OPS .665 .635 .683 .772 .504 .720 .553 .666 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.648 155/.596 102/.834 33/.815 129/.602 79/.768 103/.484 70/.826 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.672 201/.665 135/.570 46/.741 98/.370 74/.672 106/.622 107/.563 .706

Home 252/.701 215/.633 134/.721 72/.758 108/.485 89/.893 107/.582 104/.642

Last 28d days 92/.664 50/.591 60/1.067 12/.583 39/.556 37/.662 32/.125 30/.477

HR/SB/CS 13/3/2 6/5/0 3/5/3 0/1/0 5/7/1 4/5/0 3/4/0 6/1/2 120/115/40

Usage ····X··· ·X·X···X X·X·X·X· X······· ·····X·· ··ooo·X· ··o····· ·X·o·oX·

RedSox Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/1.167 254/173 .235/.271/.380/.651 .872/.550 .597 52/.634 13/2 5/10

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.715 427/283 .255/.290/.395/.685 .535/.759 .676 102/.779 17/5 9/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 7/.786 3/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 582/409 .313/.369/.521/.890 .784/.934 .942 107/.872 36/11 23/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 12/.500 588/387 .347/.408/.562/.970 .773/1.071 .945 114/.903 1/0 23/3

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 281/179 .263/.307/.380/.688 .893/.567 .784 65/.571 0/1 4/15

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 133/45 .192/.263/.367/.630 .764/.371 .448 43/.715 2/3 5/2

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 10/.775 5/1.200 6/1.333 1/.000 7/1.238 477/319 .305/.392/.575/.967 1.059/.922 1.015 73/1.166 1/1 26/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 8/.708 6/2.233 3/.333 1/2.000 4/.250 594/417 .306/.397/.472/.869 1.114/.770 .903 110/.773 24/6 17/4

16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 204/171 .292/.338/.486/.825 .894/.811 .847 72/.617 1/2 6/3

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 308/209 .248/.308/.468/.777 .615/.853 .749 63/.721 0/0 13/4

10.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 7/1.429 4/2.250 4/.833 ··· 2/1.500 319/229 .270/.335/.372/.707 .659/.726 .761 69/.715 4/2 5/9

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/.071 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 212/143 .229/.306/.415/.721 .814/.675 .707 39/.673 0/0 8/0

IP 17.0 31.1 52.1 19.1 45.2 23.2 51.0 TOTAL .279/.349/.457/.806 .805/.807 .839 .780 92/32 164/64

ERA-K/9

4.24/4.8

2.87/9.2

2.06/8.6

4.19/8.9

4.14/7.1

3.42/11.8

4.06/6.5

3.69/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (66-29-17)
Varitek (49-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.300 129/.222 205/.189 91/.278 205/.310 103/.205 224/.253 .250 Ellsbury
Reddick
Crawford
McDonald
Gonzalez
Aviles 0/123/0/6
20/3/36/5
100/0/0/1
20/9/23/1
0/0/2/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .804 .666 .567 .840 .804 .652 .688 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.529 72/.759 103/.530 35/1.000 80/.972 42/.481 78/.686 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/1.171 57/.552 102/.606 56/.738 125/.695 61/.772 146/.689 .681

Road 49/.905 54/1.000 94/.697 55/.889 107/.777 62/.636 122/.618

Last 28d days / 48/.964 41/.689 14/.857 46/.784 43/.886 34/.649

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/5/0 5/1/0 2/0/0 3/1/6 3/3/0 5/6/1 103/97/40

Usage ··oX··oo o·Xo···o X······· oX······ ·Xo··o·· Xoo·····

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.