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Game Preview: OAK @ CHW, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 11, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Athletics, 28-37, 28-37 4th, 8 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (25, LHP, 5-4, 2.62)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 75.2 65 26 22 33 70 5 2.62
2010 (15-9) 200.2 171 75 72 92 171 15 3.23
2009 (6-7) 98.2 113 68 63 56 109 14 5.75
Last 7 GS 3-2 45.2 37 16 13 19 42 2 2.56 59
2011-06-06 @BAL L 7.0 9 4 3 1 3 0 103 47
2011-06-01 NYY L 6.1 5 4 4 4 4 1 109 47
2011-05-27 BAL ND 5.0 5 2 1 5 7 0 99 53
2011-05-22 @SFG ND 6.2 8 2 1 2 8 0 113 58
2011-05-17 LAA W 7.0 1 0 0 1 7 0 93 81
2011-05-06 @KCR W 7.0 4 2 2 4 6 1 110 63
2011-05-01 TEX W 6.2 5 2 2 2 7 0 105 61
Last 5 v.CHW 0-3 22.1 22 18 16 15 22 4 6.45 44
2010-09-20 CHW ND 6.0 4 0 0 4 7 0 109 67
2010-08-01 @CHW L 8.0 6 4 4 0 11 0 99 65
2009-08-15 CHW L 5.0 6 6 5 6 2 1 96 29
2008-08-17 CHW L 3.1 6 8 7 5 2 3 88 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-15   Road:   14-22   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  18-29   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 12-10 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Fri, Jun 10  @CHW  W   7-5       28-37  4th  8.0 gb
 64 Thu, Jun  9  @CHW  L   4-9       27-37  4th  8.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun  8  @BAL  L   2-3       27-36  4th  8.0 gb
 62 Tue, Jun  7  @BAL  L   0-4       27-35  4th  7.0 gb
 61 Mon, Jun  6  @BAL  L   2-4       27-34  4th  7.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  5  @BOS  L   3-6       27-33  4th  7.0 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  4  @BOS  L   8-9 (14)  27-32  4th  6.0 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  3  @BOS  L   6-8       27-31  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
WhiteSox, 31-35, 31-35 3rd, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (26, LHP, 1-8, 4.75)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-8) 77.2 88 43 41 26 52 11 4.75
2010 (15-11) 213.0 189 93 88 70 162 18 3.72
2009 (13-11) 200.1 184 89 84 73 149 28 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-5 44.2 55 31 29 16 19 8 5.84 41
2011-06-06 SEA W 7.1 7 1 0 1 6 0 98 67
2011-05-29 @TOR L 4.0 9 9 9 1 1 3 96 8
2011-05-23 @TEX L 8.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 105 49
2011-05-17 TEX ND 6.1 4 3 2 6 2 0 113 51
2011-05-10 @LAA L 5.0 10 6 6 2 4 1 94 25
2011-05-04 MIN L 8.0 8 3 3 3 0 0 106 51
2011-04-29 BAL L 6.0 8 5 5 1 3 2 107 38
Last 5 v.OAK 2-1 34.1 30 11 11 13 32 2 2.88 59
2011-04-13 OAK ND 8.0 5 1 1 3 7 1 109 72
2010-07-31 OAK L 6.2 7 5 5 2 8 1 103 46
2009-08-16 @OAK ND 7.1 8 2 2 1 3 0 91 56
2008-08-16 @OAK W 6.0 6 1 1 5 5 0 108 56
2008-07-06 OAK W 6.1 4 2 2 2 9 0 106 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-17   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  24-25   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest: 12-13 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Fri, Jun 10   OAK  L   5-7       31-35  3rd  5.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun  9   OAK  W   9-4       31-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun  8   SEA  L   4-7 (10)  30-34  3rd  6.0 gb
 63 Tue, Jun  7   SEA  W   5-1       30-33  3rd  6.0 gb
 62 Mon, Jun  6   SEA  W   3-1       29-33  3rd  6.0 gb
 61 Sun, Jun  5   DET  L   3-7       28-33  3rd  7.0 gb
 60 Sat, Jun  4   DET  L   2-4       28-32  3rd  7.0 gb
 59 Fri, Jun  3   DET  W   6-4       28-31  3rd  7.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun  1  @BOS  W   7-4       27-31  3rd  8.5 gb
 57 Tue, May 31  @BOS  W  10-7       26-31  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 OAK  7 @CHW  5        W:Grant Balfour (4-1), L: Sergio Santos (2-3), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 CHW  9  OAK  4        W:Mark Buehrle (6-4), L: Trevor Cahill (6-4), S: none
Sun, May 15, 2011 CHW  4 @OAK  3        W:Mark Buehrle (3-3), L: Trevor Cahill (6-1), S: Sergio Santos (5)
Sat, May 14, 2011 OAK  6  CHW  2        W:Tyson Ross (3-2), L: Gavin Floyd (4-3), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 CHW  4 @OAK  3        W:Philip Humber (3-3), L: Brandon McCarthy (1-4), S: Sergio Santos (4)
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 OAK  7 @CHW  4 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (0-2), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 CHW  6  OAK  5 (10)   W:Chris Sale (2-0), L: Bobby Cramer (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 OAK  2 @CHW  1 (10)   W:Tyson Ross (1-0), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (4)

Wed, Sep 22, 2010 CHW  4 @OAK  3        W:Matt Thornton (4-4), L: Brad Ziegler (3-5), S: Chris Sale (3)
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 OAK  7  CHW  2        W:Trevor Cahill (17-7), L: Mark Buehrle (12-12), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - tied 4-4; 2010 - OAK won 5-4; 2009 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1020-964

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  5.20

TBR  4.06

SDP  3.43

 RA/G

ATL  3.28

NYY  4.16

HOU  5.14

 BA

J. Bautista  .343

M. Cuddyer  .266

D. Uggla  .170

 OBP

J. Bautista  .494

B. Zobrist  .337

D. Uggla  .234

 SLG

J. Bautista  .702

W. Betemit  .411

A. Escobar  .252

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.196

A. Ramirez  .747

C. Figgins  .492

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.82

A. Harang  3.71

R. Dempster  5.96

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.34

G. Floyd  6.67

C. Pavano  3.48

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Athletics Batters (3.60 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 40.Bruney
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 58.Harrell
G/S/vB		 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB		 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 46.Santos
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 13/1.174 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 4/.250 9/.444 257/181 .218/.331/.273/.604 .743/.545 .607 99/.592 2/1 0/7
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 15/.641 8/.708 10/.222 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 12/.792 239/169 .254/.291/.379/.671 .568/.712 .549 106/.687 18/6 2/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 26/.835 4/.500 12/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 21/.538 233/175 .242/.319/.377/.696 .285/.839 .616 89/.746 0/1 5/0
28.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 8/1.583 3/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 155/91 .257/.342/.331/.673 .884/.525 .627 62/.563 3/0 1/1
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 11/.773 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.000 3/1.167 11/.182 201/154 .222/.274/.341/.614 .710/.584 .652 69/.504 0/0 4/
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/.933 ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 3/.666 227/171 .270/.321/.358/.679 .772/.649 .794 99/.724 5/5 3/6
11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 54/42 .204/.278/.265/.543 .432/.575 .366 20/.450 0/0 0/1
7.Rosales G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 11/3 .182/.182/.455/.636 .875/.000 .636 11/.636 0/0 1/1
29.Sizemore G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· 84/58 .264/.361/.292/.653 .955/.518 .603 38/.618 1/1 0/4
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 15/.434 2/.000 10/1.275 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.500 227/169 .239/.313/.346/.659 .884/.583 .633 94/.592 2/1 4/2
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 118/108 .282/.364/.350/.714 .100/.772 .624 59/.597 1/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 2/.500 2/.500 236/166 .234/.314/.426/.739 .778/.723 .701 98/.731 3/1 10/1
IP 77.2 4.1 27.2 4.1 17.0 25.1 30.2 22.1 TOTAL .240/.306/.349/.655 .686/.644 .630 .655 43/16 35/47
ERA-K/9 4.75/6.0 4.15/6.3 3.25/8.8 8.31/6.3 5.82/10.6 4.62/8.5 3.23/10.6 4.84/8.5 4.13/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (5-4-0)
 Suzuki (37-22-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 338/.289 21/.286 109/.170 22/.429 75/.304 116/.260 127/.170 108/.301 .261  Jackson
 Sweeney
 Willingham
 Crisp
 DeJesus
11/0/18/3
15/9/9/3
46/0/0/2
0/53/0/1
0/8/46/1
OPS .809 .850 .584 .978 .874 .797 .556 .784 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.769 12/1.167 41/.332 4/1.000 35/.837 46/.623 66/.582 40/.609 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.826 9/.286 68/.727 18/.974 40/.904 70/.904 61/.529 68/.884 .727
Home 174/.681 16/.630 64/.607 1/.000 35/.708 57/1.039 59/.761 59/.779
Last 28d days 112/.872 21/.850 43/.821 22/.978 26/.828 51/.667 61/.745 41/.623
HR/SB/CS 11/4/4 0/1/0 3/6/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 3/0/0 1/3/0 2/5/1 56/54/13
Usage ····X··· o·o··X·o ·Xo·o·X· o······· ·X···Xo· o··o··X· X·X·o··X o·X··X·X
WhiteSox Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 6/.833 230/176 .239/.304/.361/.665 .517/.708 .679 85/.776 2/1 6/1
27.Castro G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 54/17 .216/.259/.373/.632 .697/.489 .332 17/.794 0/0 2/0
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 4/.000 1/no AB 12/.750 10/1.214 ··· 237/185 .180/.321/.325/.645 .196/.775 .500 97/.507 0/1 6/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP 12/.250 2/.000 15/.795 7/.286 1/.000 7/2.428 5/.800 7/.453 274/214 .321/.391/.570/.960 .909/.977 .970 105/.984 1/1 16/2
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.667 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 101/61 .282/.374/.588/.962 .944/.971 1.052 62/.981 5/4 7/0
22.Morel G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 151/103 .259/.273/.327/.600 .501/.644 .605 56/.747 2/4 1/6
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 12/.667 7/.286 4/.250 296/225 .255/.322/.301/.623 .784/.571 .681 119/.679 10/9 1/5
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 2/.000 8/.000 1/3.000 11/.546 3/.000 4/.250 223/189 .278/.312/.359/.671 .577/.688 .675 92/.773 0/0 2/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 12/1.556 2/.000 9/.347 5/.200 2/1.000 14/.143 2/1.000 6/.167 265/204 .274/.374/.588/.962 1.171/.904 .872 102/1.117 0/1 17/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/.586 2/.000 5/.000 6/1.133 1/.000 3/.666 6/.167 5/.000 278/210 .296/.354/.439/.793 .678/.830 .893 113/.927 2/2 6/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 13/.231 2/.000 13/.648 4/1.417 3/.666 8/.375 10/.400 6/1.100 246/183 .210/.260/.310/.570 .582/.566 .768 87/.586 4/4 4/1
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 1/.000 6/1.417 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 64/55 .211/.297/.298/.595 .476/.611 .772 4/.000 0/0 1/1
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 15/.967 7/1.096 1/3.000 90/77 .293/.318/.378/.696 .600/.697 .733 50/.647 1/2 0/0
IP 75.2 5.0 26.2 24.1 10.1 27.2 19.1 22.0 TOTAL .258/.325/.403/.729 .686/.742 .754 .787 27/29 69/33
ERA-K/9 2.62/8.3 1.80/9.0 2.70/9.8 4.07/6.7 1.74/6.1 4.88/6.5 2.33/7.9 2.05/7.4 3.35/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (13-1-1)
 Pierzynski (41-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.233 19/.167 107/.191 104/.316 40/.143 125/.264 77/.162 89/.265 .252  Rios
 Quentin
 Pierre
 Lillibridge
 Teahen
0/62/0/4
0/0/54/1
64/0/0/1
3/8/26/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .657 .488 .588 .843 .479 .670 .515 .609 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.635 10/.600 49/.521 43/1.044 19/.691 37/.743 34/.698 25/1.045 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.664 9/.347 58/.644 61/.698 21/.296 88/.637 43/.372 64/.439 .651
Road 137/.683 13/.724 50/.693 51/.701 27/.630 62/.615 38/.779 45/.494
Last 28d days 136/.636 19/.488 34/.671 45/.744 40/.479 46/.788 48/.708 42/.685
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 0/1/0 3/0/0 2/1/4 0/1/0 2/3/1 2/3/0 0/3/2 44/42/26
Usage ····X··· o·X···X· o···o··· ···X··oo o·o···XX ·X····Xo X··o··XX ·o···XX·

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.