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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, July 9, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Athletics, 39-51, 39-51 4th, 10 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (27, RHP, 1-5, 3.33)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-5)			70.1	72	32	26	12	42	2	3.33
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		0-5	48.1	49	25	20	10	28	2	3.72	52
2011-07-04	SEA	L	6.2	4	2	2	2	5	1	85	61
2011-05-18	MIN	ND	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	91	48
2011-05-13	CHW	L	7.0	5	4	3	2	6	0	98	57
2011-05-07	@KCR	L	8.1	7	4	4	2	3	0	107	54
2011-05-02	TEX	ND	6.0	6	4	0	2	4	0	101	54
2011-04-26	@LAA	L	5.1	14	7	7	1	3	0	104	14
2011-04-21	@SEA	L	8.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	99	75

Last 5 v.TEX		1-1	18.2	14	10	6	6	10	4	2.89	54
2011-05-02	TEX	ND	6.0	6	4	0	2	4	0	101	54
2005-08-30	@TEX	W	7.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	117	76
2005-05-27	@TEX	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	4	4	94	32

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

 Home:   23-21   Road:   16-30   ExtrInn: 5-10
 vsRHP:  25-37   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul  8  @TEX  L   5-8       39-51  4th 10.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul  7  @TEX  L   0-6       39-50  4th  9.0 gb
 88 Wed, Jul  6   SEA  W   2-0       39-49  4th  8.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5   SEA  L   2-4 (10)  38-49  4th  8.0 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  4   SEA  L   1-2       38-48  4th  7.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  3   ARI  W   7-2       38-47  4th  6.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  2   ARI  L   2-4       37-47  4th  7.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  1   ARI  W   5-4       37-46  4th  7.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30   FLA  L   4-5       36-46  4th  7.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29   FLA  L   0-3       36-45  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Rangers, 49-41, 49-41 1st, 1 up

SP: Colby Lewis (31, RHP, 8-7, 4.29)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-7)			107.0	102	54	51	30	87	22	4.29
2010 (12-13)			201.0	174	90	83	65	196	21	3.72
2007 (0-2)			37.2	44	28	27	14	23	7	6.45

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.0	40	22	22	12	40	9	4.95	51
2011-07-04	BAL	W	7.0	5	3	3	3	4	2	110	56
2011-06-29	@HOU	W	6.2	6	2	2	0	6	1	74	60
2011-06-22	HOU	ND	7.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	103	78
2011-06-17	@ATL	W	6.2	5	2	2	3	10	2	117	63
2011-06-11	@MIN	L	1.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	52	15
2011-06-06	DET	L	3.1	10	9	9	1	3	4	88	6
2011-06-01	@TBR	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	113	80

Last 5 v.OAK		3-1	33.0	28	12	10	9	26	5	2.73	58
2011-05-10	OAK	W	7.1	5	1	1	1	0	1	115	63
2011-04-30	@OAK	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	2	109	67
2010-09-26	@OAK	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	102	61
2010-08-29	OAK	L	5.2	8	7	5	3	7	2	91	33
2010-08-08	@OAK	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	106	66

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

 Home:   29-18   Road:   20-23   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  34-28   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul  8   OAK  W   8-5       49-41  1st  1.0 up
 89 Thu, Jul  7   OAK  W   6-0       48-41  1st  1.0 up
 88 Wed, Jul  6   BAL  W  13-5       47-41  1st  1.0 up
 87 Tue, Jul  5   BAL  W   4-2       46-41  1st    Tied
 86 Mon, Jul  4   BAL  W  13-4       45-41  1st    Tied
 85 Sun, Jul  3   FLA  L   4-6       44-41  1st    Tied
 84 Sat, Jul  2   FLA  L   5-9       44-40  1st  1.0 up
 83 Fri, Jul  1   FLA  W  15-5       44-39  1st  2.0 up
 82 Thu, Jun 30  @HOU  L   0-7       43-39  1st  1.0 up
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @HOU  W   3-2       43-38  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 TEX  8  OAK  5        W:C. J. Wilson (9-3), L: Gio Gonzalez (8-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 TEX  6  OAK  0        W:Derek Holland (7-4), L: Rich Harden (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 TEX  7  OAK  2        W:Colby Lewis (3-4), L: Brett Anderson (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 09, 2011 OAK  7 @TEX  2        W:Trevor Cahill (6-0), L: C. J. Wilson (4-2), S: none
Mon, May 02, 2011 OAK  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (2-1), L: Darren Oliver (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 OAK  7  TEX  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-2), L: Matt Harrison (3-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 TEX 11 @OAK  2        W:Colby Lewis (2-3), L: Brett Anderson (2-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (4-0), L: C. J. Wilson (3-1), S: Brian Fuentes (7)

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 TEX 16 @OAK  9        W:Colby Lewis (12-13), L: Trevor Cahill (17-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 TEX  4 @OAK  3        W:Darren O'Day (5-2), L: Michael Wuertz (2-3), S: Neftali Feliz (38)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 4-4; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 387-380

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 BOS 5.34 CHC 4.09 SEA 3.33	RA/G PHI 3.26 NYM 4.28 BAL 5.14	BA A. Gonzalez .355 C. Granderson .271 A. Dunn .164	OBP J. Bautista .466 L. Morrison .336 C. Figgins .231	SLG J. Bautista .684 C. Rasmus .418 C. Figgins .244	OPS J. Bautista 1.150 M. Prado .761 C. Figgins .476	ERA J. Weaver 1.86 C. Carpenter 3.74 F. Carmona 5.78	K/9IP C. Kershaw 10.12 T. Cahill 6.64 B. Penny 3.85

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.34

CHC 4.09

SEA 3.33

RA/G

PHI 3.26

NYM 4.28

BAL 5.14

A. Gonzalez .355

C. Granderson .271

A. Dunn .164

OBP

J. Bautista .466

L. Morrison .336

C. Figgins .231

SLG

J. Bautista .684

C. Rasmus .418

C. Figgins .244

OPS

J. Bautista 1.150

M. Prado .761

C. Figgins .476

ERA

J. Weaver 1.86

C. Carpenter 3.74

F. Carmona 5.78

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.12

T. Cahill 6.64

B. Penny 3.85

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Athletics Batters (3.43 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/16 .160/.192/.160/.352 .200/.450 .000 26/.352 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.875 1/.000 6/.533 4/.833 1/.000 8/1.339 2/1.000 337/226 .265/.310/.384/.694 .632/.733 .592 94/.752 26/8 3/1

12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 7/.829 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.533 1/.000 293/221 .222/.312/.339/.650 .273/.780 .586 60/.463 3/2 5/1

28.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.500 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 243/149 .240/.317/.309/.626 .734/.558 .600 84/.571 3/1 2/1

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 18/1.257 5/.650 7/1.000 6/.833 1/.000 11/.637 8/1.911 297/215 .211/.287/.330/.617 .719/.577 .612 92/.629 1/0 6/0

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 23/.702 7/.857 9/.666 5/.200 6/.334 8/.929 ··· 317/231 .237/.288/.310/.599 .660/.576 .701 86/.388 6/6 3/11

11.Powell# G/S/vP 6/.333 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.500 ··· 73/57 .179/.247/.269/.515 .650/.476 .310 19/.436 0/0 1/1

7.Rosales G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 33/13 .133/.212/.333/.545 .829/.154 .750 22/.490 0/0 2/4

29.Sizemore G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/115 .275/.357/.396/.753 1.083/.593 .662 84/.891 1/1 4/6

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 18/.667 5/.400 13/.923 10/.300 8/.125 10/.600 1/2.000 299/215 .224/.291/.342/.633 .722/.598 .605 69/.576 2/2 7/6

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 9/.666 4/.833 9/.708 5/1.350 2/1.000 13/.693 3/.000 167/153 .284/.359/.331/.690 .143/.739 .658 49/.636 1/1 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 7/.714 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 265/179 .236/.309/.414/.723 .777/.696 .710 25/.560 4/1 10/1

IP 107.0 33.0 6.2 26.1 10.2 31.1 20.2 TOTAL .234/.300/.338/.638 .665/.627 .611 .596 64/27 48/70

ERA-K/9

4.29/7.3

3.27/6.0

1.35/6.7

4.44/8.2

4.22/7.6

2.59/7.8

3.92/6.5

3.96/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (7-6-1)
Suzuki (57-25-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 449/.248 137/.217 26/.174 119/.295 50/.286 134/.238 89/.293 .253 Jackson
Sweeney
Willingham
Crisp
Matsui
DeJesus
Rosales 17/0/24/4
24/11/14/3
52/0/0/2
0/77/0/1
7/0/0/1
0/8/62/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .769 .692 .448 .803 .939 .612 .848 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.948 74/.566 10/.844 48/.978 16/.467 53/.649 38/.649 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.585 63/.854 16/.196 71/.688 34/1.174 81/.587 51/.985 .692

Home 203/.859 80/.624 26/.448 65/.671 40/.895 76/.528 47/.884

Last 28d days 110/.641 43/.807 26/.448 46/.850 15/1.333 36/.581 21/.733

HR/SB/CS 22/4/5 4/0/3 0/2/0 3/1/1 4/4/0 3/3/2 4/1/0 104/50/27

Usage ····X··· X··o·X·· X··o··X· ···o·o·· ··X·o·X· ·····oo· ····o·o·

Rangers Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.67 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 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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.666 11/.364 4/.000 5/.500 ··· 7/.572 4/.250 12/.639 360/265 .280/.331/.348/.679 .716/.666 .679 88/.685 26/3 3/15

29.Beltre G/S/vP 18/.980 7/.619 11/.495 5/.000 1/3.000 12/1.167 9/.444 7/.572 381/284 .273/.315/.486/.801 .944/.755 .934 103/.831 0/1 17/11

9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 6/.800 2/2.000 1/4.000 111/93 .333/.370/.539/.910 1.181/.857 .821 47/.749 6/0 3/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 5/.000 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 9/.958 9/.222 296/227 .245/.297/.527/.825 1.038/.761 .956 95/.873 5/4 20/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 87/41 .257/.341/.324/.666 .549/.796 .721 28/.605 10/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 6/.167 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 11/.964 232/164 .293/.349/.519/.868 .765/.912 .884 104/.874 4/1 10/2

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.333 7/.714 5/.650 1/2.000 6/.000 8/.542 10/1.167 392/281 .251/.368/.450/.817 .846/.806 .983 116/.957 19/2 13/7

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 286/213 .279/.343/.461/.804 .486/.913 .842 73/.613 2/1 11/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.000 6/.533 10/.600 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 4/2.333 240/170 .245/.317/.338/.655 .416/.754 .741 38/.675 5/5 4/3

25.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 6/.500 6/.500 180/108 .237/.350/.539/.889 1.022/.802 1.042 17/1.349 1/1 12/2

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 1/2.000 238/161 .257/.295/.369/.665 .626/.682 .730 64/.756 0/1 3/6

10.Young G/S/vP 9/1.208 7/.143 11/.598 5/.900 3/.000 3/1.667 7/1.238 14/.900 379/281 .327/.361/.489/.850 .941/.818 .953 101/1.015 4/1 8/2

IP 70.1 14.1 33.2 32.1 20.0 37.0 27.0 32.1 TOTAL .272/.332/.445/.777 .777/.776 .863 .824 88/23 109/71

ERA-K/9

3.33/5.4

1.26/8.2

2.41/9.6

3.06/7.2

2.25/8.6

4.86/6.8

2.67/8.0

1.95/7.2

3.11/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (8-4-0)
Torrealba (37-17-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.276 52/.143 135/.193 138/.306 82/.181 168/.261 113/.196 135/.246 .241 Murphy
Cruz
Hamilton
Chavez
Moreland
Gentry 55/13/3/5
18/0/63/4
32/15/0/2
3/22/5/1
0/0/33/0
0/31/3/0

OPS .669 .417 .578 .796 .532 .701 .627 .593 .659

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.726 31/.536 65/.507 56/.977 41/.706 55/.779 52/.724 43/1.025 .671

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.601 21/.243 70/.643 82/.663 41/.358 113/.661 61/.543 92/.397 .650

Road 152/.715 18/.771 61/.619 66/.705 42/.661 82/.654 55/.684 79/.585

Last 28d days 24/.614 33/.375 28/.539 32/.641 37/.610 43/.789 36/.883 42/.583

HR/SB/CS 2/3/2 0/2/0 3/0/0 2/1/6 0/4/0 3/5/1 2/3/1 0/4/2 59/64/31

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

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.