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Game Preview: OAK @ NYY, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 @Yankee Stadium III

Athletics, 57-70, 57-70 3rd, 16 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (27, RHP, 6-6, 3.74)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-6) 118.0 127 58 49 18 77 6 3.74
2009 (7-4) 97.1 96 55 50 36 65 13 4.62
2008 (1-1) 22.0 20 11 10 8 10 3 4.09
Last 7 GS 5-1 41.2 47 21 19 6 31 3 4.10 51
2011-08-17 BAL W 6.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 99 41
2011-08-12 TEX L 3.1 8 7 5 0 0 0 72 20
2011-08-06 @TBR W 8.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 109 77
2011-07-31 MIN W 6.0 8 3 3 0 9 1 109 53
2011-07-26 TBR W 8.0 6 1 1 2 3 1 113 67
2011-07-20 @DET ND 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 0 85 42
2011-07-15 LAA W 5.1 6 2 2 1 7 0 110 54
Last 5 v.NYY 1-0 9.1 11 7 7 5 6 2 6.75 41
2009-06-04 @NYY ND 4.0 6 6 6 3 3 1 79 26
2007-05-10 @NYY W 5.1 5 1 1 2 3 1 104 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-30   Road:   22-40   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  36-49   vsLHP:  21-21   1-Run:  16-22
 vsEast: 17-20   vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest: 16-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
121 Mon, Aug 15   BAL  L   2-6       53-68  4th 16.5 gb
120 Sun, Aug 14   TEX  L   6-7       53-67  3rd 15.5 gb
119 Sat, Aug 13   TEX  L   1-7       53-66  3rd 14.5 gb
118 Fri, Aug 12   TEX  L   1-9       53-65  3rd 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Yankees, 77-48, 77-48 1st, 1 up

SP: Bartolo Colon (38, RHP, 8-7, 3.54)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-7) 124.2 123 58 49 34 107 15 3.54
2009 (3-6) 62.1 69 42 29 21 38 13 4.19
2008 (4-2) 39.0 44 23 17 10 27 5 3.92
Last 7 GS 2-3 34.2 42 24 17 12 28 4 4.41 46
2011-08-17 @KCR L 5.0 7 5 5 2 4 2 99 35
2011-08-11 LAA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 90 55
2011-08-05 @BOS ND 4.2 6 2 2 1 2 1 94 45
2011-07-30 BAL W 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 105 53
2011-07-24 OAK W 7.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 99 56
2011-07-19 @TBR L 6.1 5 3 1 2 9 0 105 62
2011-07-14 @TOR L 0.2 6 8 3 2 0 0 42 16
Last 5 v.OAK 3-2 27.1 27 12 9 7 18 2 2.96 53
2011-07-24 OAK W 7.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 99 56
2011-05-30 @OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 103 85
2009-06-02 OAK L 5.1 6 5 2 3 4 1 81 43
2007-07-23 OAK L 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 0 33 29
2005-09-29 @OAK W 5.0 5 1 1 2 3 1 80 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-24   Road:   37-24   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  50-36   vsLHP:  27-12   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 24-21   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 19-8  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sun, Aug 21  @MIN  W   3-0       77-48  1st  0.5 up
124 Sat, Aug 20  @MIN  L   4-9       76-48  1st  0.5 up
123 Fri, Aug 19  @MIN  W   8-1       76-47  1st  0.5 up
122 Thu, Aug 18  @MIN  W   8-4       75-47  1st  0.5 up
121 Wed, Aug 17  @KCR  L   4-5       74-47  1st  0.5 up
120 Tue, Aug 16  @KCR  W   9-7       74-46  1st  0.5 up
119 Mon, Aug 15  @KCR  W   7-4       73-46  1st    Tied
118 Sat, Aug 13   TBR  W   9-2       72-46  2nd  1.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug 12   TBR  L   1-5       71-46  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Thu, Aug 11   LAA  W   6-5       71-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 NYY  7  OAK  5        W:Bartolo Colon (7-6), L: Gio Gonzalez (9-7), S: Mariano Rivera (25)
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 OAK  4 @NYY  3        W:Rich Harden (2-1), L: A.J. Burnett (8-8), S: Andrew Bailey (11)
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 NYY 17  OAK  7        W:Hector Noesi (2-0), L: Trevor Cahill (8-9), S: none
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 NYY  4 @OAK  2        W:A.J. Burnett (6-3), L: Gio Gonzalez (5-3), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Tue, May 31, 2011 NYY 10 @OAK  3        W:Freddy Garcia (4-4), L: Brett Anderson (3-5), S: none
Mon, May 30, 2011 NYY  5 @OAK  0        W:Bartolo Colon (3-3), L: Trevor Cahill (6-3), S: none

Thu, Sep 02, 2010 NYY  5  OAK  0        W:CC Sabathia (19-5), L: Dallas Braden (9-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 01, 2010 NYY  4  OAK  3        W:A.J. Burnett (10-12), L: Brett Anderson (3-6), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 NYY  9  OAK  3        W:Phil Hughes (16-6), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 NYY 11  OAK  5        W:Javier Vazquez (10-9), L: Trevor Cahill (14-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - NYY over 5-1; 2010 - NYY won 9-1; 2009 - NYY won 7-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1126-760

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  5.40

BAL  4.18

SEA  3.38

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

BOS  4.17

BAL  5.35

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .343

A. McCutchen  .271

A. Dunn  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .459

E. Encarnacion  .339

V. Wells  .236

 SLG

J. Bautista  .652

B. Phillips  .429

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.111

G. Sanchez  .772

A. Rios  .575

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.73

B. Arroyo  5.28

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.90

E. Jackson  6.95

B. Penny  3.60

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

Athletics Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Colon
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 64.Noesi
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/48 .276/.386/.534/.920 .465/1.161 1.017 42/1.123 1/0 3/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 20/.600 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 15/.571 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 469/312 .268/.324/.380/.704 .573/.776 .675 74/.719 37/9 5/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 40/.904 ··· 9/.777 2/2.500 6/.834 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 412/291 .229/.315/.367/.682 .457/.780 .686 63/.835 3/2 8/4
28.Jackson G/S/vP 6/.334 2/3.500 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 356/226 .258/.323/.354/.677 .720/.653 .622 67/.661 3/1 4/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 23/1.300 ··· 10/.700 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 446/313 .263/.333/.398/.731 .827/.688 .790 100/.883 1/1 11/0
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 446/314 .258/.317/.348/.665 .720/.642 .723 80/.635 8/9 5/17
29.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 304/204 .235/.333/.358/.691 .867/.606 .656 87/.725 2/1 5/10
36.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/27 .176/.243/.265/.508 .100/.656 .501 23/.391 0/0 0/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 10/.700 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 3/2.000 ··· ··· 407/288 .230/.291/.381/.672 .656/.678 .679 69/.837 2/2 12/7
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 8/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 247/213 .283/.358/.356/.714 .316/.775 .670 63/.832 1/1 1/0
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 284/183 .289/.319/.402/.721 .583/.808 .633 105/.705 14/7 0/11
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/.500 10/.311 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 7/.453 3/1.000 420/276 .249/.333/.484/.817 .916/.766 .760 101/1.006 4/1 22/2
IP 124.2 41.0 31.2 42.2 48.0 50.2 22.1 25.1 TOTAL .244/.312/.365/.677 .667/.681 .656 .760 85/36 81/102
ERA-K/9 3.54/7.7 1.32/6.1 2.84/9.4 3.59/6.3 2.25/8.2 1.24/13.5 4.03/6.5 2.13/6.8 3.56/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Suzuki (79-31-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 521/.256 171/.275 139/.234 179/.270 182/.230 211/.179 93/.215 98/.202 .251  DeJesus
 Jackson
 Sweeney
 Crisp
 Willingham
 Matsui
0/8/93/4
19/0/26/4
38/21/22/3
0/107/0/2
75/0/0/2
17/0/0/2
OPS .726 .676 .667 .710 .565 .507 .605 .554 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.834 90/.619 88/.746 84/.761 84/.619 111/.495 39/.887 45/.495 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.611 81/.740 51/.533 95/.665 98/.517 100/.521 54/.412 53/.604 .680
Home 247/.729 90/.695 72/.634 84/.596 93/.465 104/.619 65/.708 45/.578
Last 28d days 92/.837 51/.750 21/.754 38/.766 31/.580 33/.277 24/.255 44/.545
HR/SB/CS 15/5/3 1/3/0 3/2/1 3/3/3 3/1/0 0/12/2 1/4/0 2/1/1 101/92/35
Usage ·····X·· ··Xo···· ···o··oo ··X··X·· ·o····oo ·X··o·oX ······oX ··o·o···
Yankees Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.McCarthy
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 61.Billings
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 59.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.400 6/1.167 ··· 11/.673 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 530/357 .304/.349/.526/.875 .889/.868 .883 104/1.052 8/1 21/8
17.Cervelli G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 112/86 .260/.324/.330/.654 .573/.677 .739 23/.911 4/0 1/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 103/89 .258/.330/.355/.685 .714/.680 .610 61/.594 0/0 1/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 463/365 .278/.356/.395/.751 .653/.776 .741 106/.668 36/11 5/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 13/.490 2/.000 5/2.750 ··· 11/.364 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 548/372 .281/.375/.594/.969 .967/.969 .957 106/1.121 24/10 35/3
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.400 14/.690 ··· 5/1.400 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 476/342 .290/.350/.377/.727 .953/.641 .686 101/.847 13/5 4/8
18.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 8/.393 ··· 155/39 .248/.355/.481/.836 .905/.635 .968 38/1.224 0/0 9/1
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/.331 1/.000 391/276 .231/.320/.398/.717 .722/.715 .700 81/.796 8/1 15/9
26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 251/157 .270/.317/.391/.708 .756/.679 .647 70/.684 19/5 4/16
20.Posada# G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.000 7/2.257 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 4/.833 ··· 333/268 .241/.321/.386/.708 .303/.808 .836 46/.830 0/2 10/1
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 12/.450 ··· 8/1.833 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 349/261 .290/.361/.477/.838 .711/.881 .866 5/.000 4/1 13/4
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 8/1.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 8/.946 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 507/352 .264/.379/.427/.806 .935/.750 .852 107/.840 2/2 15/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 12/1.508 4/.000 13/1.000 ··· 8/.125 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 550/371 .251/.349/.517/.866 .981/.820 .899 108/.920 3/1 34/3
IP 118.0 29.1 50.2 5.2 43.2 22.1 48.2 6.0 TOTAL .268/.348/.449/.797 .831/.782 .816 .864 123/39 168/75
ERA-K/9 3.74/5.9 2.45/9.2 1.95/8.5 1.59/7.9 4.12/7.4 2.42/11.3 4.07/6.8 3.00/6.0 3.53/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (23-2-3)
 Martin (68-32-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.279 117/.213 197/.181 24/.318 195/.318 95/.195 214/.254 28/.280 .247  Granderson
 Swisher
 Gardner
 Jones
 Nunez
0/122/0/8
0/0/114/6
118/11/0/6
27/0/12/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .701 .589 .543 .784 .822 .600 .675 .677 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.783 63/.654 96/.492 10/.733 77/.991 38/.502 72/.702 10/.733 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.621 54/.515 101/.591 14/.819 118/.709 57/.667 142/.660 18/.646 .667
Road 230/.688 42/.857 86/.655 / 97/.809 54/.541 112/.586 18/.967
Last 28d days 99/.782 41/.752 36/.525 15/.497 42/.878 47/.817 28/.706 28/.677
HR/SB/CS 6/7/3 1/5/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/6 2/3/0 4/6/1 0/0/0 91/94/40
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·XX· ···o·XX· ····X··· ····o··o ·o···o·X ······o· ····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.