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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 4:10pm, Saturday, September 10, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Athletics, 65-79, 65-79 3rd, 16½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (23, RHP, 10-13, 4.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-13) 182.1 184 91 85 74 132 17 4.20
2010 (18-8) 196.2 155 73 65 63 118 19 2.97
2009 (10-13) 178.2 185 99 92 72 90 27 4.63
Last 7 GS 1-4 39.0 53 29 28 12 25 4 6.46 40
2011-09-04 SEA W 5.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 83 55
2011-08-30 @CLE L 5.1 7 5 5 2 2 1 101 34
2011-08-24 @NYY ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 6 1 100 54
2011-08-18 TOR L 5.1 9 7 7 2 2 1 93 22
2011-08-13 TEX L 7.1 7 4 3 0 4 0 97 54
2011-08-07 @TBR ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 112 51
2011-08-01 @SEA L 4.0 12 7 7 2 2 0 73 10
Last 5 v.TEX 2-3 33.0 36 14 13 8 21 4 3.55 52
2011-08-13 TEX L 7.1 7 4 3 0 4 0 97 54
2011-07-10 @TEX L 7.2 5 2 2 2 3 1 109 62
2011-05-09 @TEX W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 107 69
2011-04-29 TEX W 7.0 7 0 0 4 4 0 100 63
2010-09-26 TEX L 4.0 12 7 7 1 3 2 80 12
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-32   Road:   26-47   ExtrInn: 8-11
 vsRHP:  41-54   vsLHP:  24-25   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 20-23   vsCntrl:18-22   vsWest: 19-24 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Fri, Sep  9  @TEX  L   4-13      65-79  3rd 16.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep  7   KCR  W   7-0       65-78  3rd 15.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6   KCR  L   4-7       64-78  3rd 16.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   KCR  L   6-11      64-77  3rd 15.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4   SEA  W   8-5       64-76  3rd 15.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  3   SEA  W   3-0       63-76  3rd 15.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  2   SEA  W   9-2       62-76  3rd 16.5 gb
137 Thu, Sep  1  @CLE  W   7-0       61-76  3rd 16.5 gb
136 Wed, Aug 31  @CLE  L   3-4 (16)  60-76  3rd 16.5 gb
135 Tue, Aug 30  @CLE  L   2-6       60-75  3rd 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Rangers, 82-63, 82-63 1st, 2½ up

SP: Alexi Ogando (27, RHP, 12-7, 3.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-7) 155.0 140 68 63 40 116 16 3.66
2010 (4-1) 41.2 31 6 6 16 39 2 1.30
Last 7 GS 2-3 34.2 45 26 26 12 26 6 6.75 41
2011-08-31 TBR L 2.2 5 3 3 2 3 0 54 37
2011-08-25 BOS L 4.0 6 6 6 1 5 4 77 30
2011-08-20 @CHW ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 104 61
2011-08-15 @LAA W 6.1 8 4 4 2 2 1 105 41
2011-08-09 SEA ND 2.2 8 6 6 2 0 0 70 16
2011-08-04 @DET W 6.1 8 2 2 0 7 0 97 56
2011-07-29 @TOR L 5.2 4 3 3 4 4 1 103 49
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-28   Road:   37-35   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  61-42   vsLHP:  21-21   1-Run:  16-22
 vsEast: 22-22   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 29-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Fri, Sep  9   OAK  W  13-4       82-63  1st  2.5 up
144 Wed, Sep  7  @TBR  L   4-5 (10)  81-63  1st  2.5 up
143 Tue, Sep  6  @TBR  W   8-0       81-62  1st  3.5 up
142 Mon, Sep  5  @TBR  L   1-5       80-62  1st  2.5 up
141 Sun, Sep  4  @BOS  W  11-4       80-61  1st  3.5 up
140 Sat, Sep  3  @BOS  L   7-12      79-61  1st  3.5 up
139 Fri, Sep  2  @BOS  W  10-0       79-60  1st  4.5 up
138 Thu, Sep  1   TBR  W   7-2       78-60  1st  3.5 up
137 Wed, Aug 31   TBR  L   1-4       77-60  1st  3.5 up
136 Tue, Aug 30   TBR  W   2-0       77-59  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 TEX 13  OAK  4        W:Colby Lewis (12-10), L: Brandon McCarthy (8-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 TEX  7 @OAK  6        W:Mike Adams (4-2), L: Andrew Bailey (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (23)
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 TEX  7 @OAK  1        W:Colby Lewis (11-8), L: Trevor Cahill (9-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 TEX  9 @OAK  1        W:C.J. Wilson (11-5), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-6), S: none
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 TEX  2  OAK  0        W:Matt Harrison (7-7), L: Trevor Cahill (8-7), S: Neftali Feliz (18)
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 TEX  7  OAK  6        W:Darren Oliver (2-5), L: Andrew Bailey (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 10-4; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 387-386

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  5.45

CLE  4.21

SFG  3.36

 RA/G

PHI  3.26

TEX  4.30

BAL  5.27

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .340

D. Fowler  .271

K. Johnson  .213

 OBP

J. Bautista  .444

N. Walker  .338

V. Wells  .252

 SLG

J. Bautista  .623

R. Roberts  .440

O. Cabrera  .303

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.067

C. Santana  .776

O. Cabrera  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.36

E. Jackson  3.75

J. Lackey  6.30

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.41

J. Zimmermann  6.92

B. Penny  3.68

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

Athletics Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Ogando
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 58.Hamburger
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 55.Valdez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Allen* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/97 .226/.317/.460/.777 .438/.944 .714 103/.773 2/0 6/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.417 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 10/1.056 ··· 5/.900 ··· 527/346 .268/.323/.385/.708 .616/.763 .687 91/.607 40/9 7/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/1.615 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 8/.804 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 462/334 .230/.314/.361/.675 .452/.763 .679 68/.579 3/2 8/4
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/2.500 9/.444 8/.542 4/.500 ··· 6/.833 12/.750 ··· 6/.000 ··· 520/363 .264/.332/.402/.734 .807/.701 .757 103/.669 1/1 12/0
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/.000 14/.672 8/.750 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 9/.804 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 522/364 .265/.323/.365/.688 .672/.693 .760 106/.793 12/9 7/21
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/11 .214/.353/.286/.639 .900/.495 .748 17/.639 0/0 0/0
7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 58/25 .078/.155/.196/.351 .534/.123 .432 4/.000 0/0 2/4
29.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 367/244 .241/.336/.396/.732 .864/.665 .705 83/.884 3/2 9/15
36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/34 .190/.244/.333/.578 .091/.732 .612 15/.600 0/0 1/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 16/.625 5/.400 1/3.000 ··· 10/.300 10/.600 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 461/327 .240/.301/.388/.689 .644/.708 .707 79/.810 2/2 13/7
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 24/1.289 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 5/1.350 13/.693 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 280/238 .271/.351/.344/.695 .435/.740 .618 42/.478 1/1 1/0
23.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/3 .200/.333/.200/.533 .347/1.167 12/.533 0/0 0/1
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 369/239 .305/.343/.416/.760 .694/.792 .709 120/.827 21/9 0/12
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 8/1.262 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 492/324 .244/.327/.468/.796 .840/.773 .753 101/.745 4/1 24/2
IP 155.0 65.0 27.0 54.1 48.1 4.0 42.1 46.2 42.0 59.2 2.1 TOTAL .246/.314/.370/.685 .663/.694 .668 .711 101/39 97/115
ERA-K/9 3.66/6.7 1.38/9.3 3.67/5.7 2.82/7.0 4.47/8.8 6.75/6.8 3.83/8.7 2.12/7.5 4.29/8.6 2.41/11.5 7.71/11.7 3.90/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (2-0-0)
 Suzuki (89-34-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 638/.238 245/.165 108/.204 219/.193 211/.257 17/.200 187/.271 193/.223 170/.209 224/.169 12/.364 .247  DeJesus
 Sweeney
 Willingham
 Matsui
 Crisp
 Taylor
 Rosales
0/8/104/5
41/29/23/3
85/0/0/2
22/0/0/2
0/120/0/2
1/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .663 .496 .604 .602 .766 .627 .778 .566 .638 .549 1.053 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 371/.739 138/.546 49/.295 120/.575 99/.585 11/.697 81/.809 82/.609 74/.906 117/.456 6/1.000 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.556 107/.433 59/.865 99/.632 112/.937 6/.500 106/.754 111/.534 96/.439 107/.646 6/1.133 .681
Home 336/.722 130/.424 54/.401 137/.619 110/.762 3/.000 108/.731 117/.507 99/.642 121/.550 /
Last 28d days 94/.890 33/.464 80/.619 35/.329 28/.297 17/.627 30/.907 28/.582 39/.793 31/.871 12/1.053
HR/SB/CS 16/2/2 5/8/0 3/1/4 4/0/3 7/4/0 0/1/0 5/1/3 3/4/2 7/3/2 10/0/0 1/1/0 156/75/44
Usage ····X··· o·o····· ····X··· o······· ·····X·o ····X·X· ··o···o· ··o···o· ······X· ··o··o·· ····X·Xo
Rangers Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 67.Carignan
G/S/vB		 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 62.Wagner
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 38/.609 12/.500 5/.000 5/.500 6/.400 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 5/.650 597/447 .277/.344/.353/.697 .709/.692 .673 110/.809 35/11 4/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 21/.786 7/.619 11/.495 5/1.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.167 1/.000 10/.600 457/344 .278/.317/.492/.809 .934/.770 .964 36/.639 0/1 20/11
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 5/.800 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/52 .203/.236/.333/.569 .618/.562 .758 1/.000 0/1 2/3
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 11/.705 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.250 ··· 1/2.000 6/.800 ··· 2/2.000 244/198 .296/.322/.438/.760 .818/.746 .693 56/.514 8/5 5/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 124/57 .245/.331/.292/.623 .507/.758 .740 27/.443 16/0 0/1
6.German G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1 .500/.667/2.000/2.667 5.000/.000 3/2.667 0/0 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 22/.664 3/3.000 4/.250 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 4/.250 466/331 .298/.345/.522/.868 .751/.917 .895 102/.860 8/1 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 28/.526 5/.200 8/.625 6/.533 6/1.100 ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 1/2.000 9/.730 648/475 .248/.348/.471/.819 .883/.796 .923 116/.955 23/2 28/10
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 3/.667 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 18/.778 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 487/368 .266/.328/.425/.753 .581/.809 .764 86/.703 2/2 16/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 33/.752 5/.400 6/.533 9/.222 11/.546 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 373/270 .267/.324/.390/.714 .494/.799 .743 82/.932 8/6 9/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 19/.216 5/.000 2/.000 5/2.467 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 6/.500 374/252 .301/.398/.602/1.000 1.002/.999 .984 99/1.085 3/2 25/3
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 5/.600 396/277 .272/.304/.389/.693 .627/.721 .789 70/.574 0/2 5/8
15.Treanor G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 4/.250 232/179 .223/.348/.303/.651 .634/.656 .735 2/.000 2/2 3/4
10.Young G/S/vP 32/.617 7/.143 12/.643 6/1.166 5/.900 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/3.000 8/1.339 619/465 .333/.376/.480/.856 .889/.845 .927 110/.811 6/2 11/7
IP 182.1 34.2 54.2 25.1 51.1 3.0 28.0 53.2 3.2 32.1 TOTAL .278/.336/.450/.786 .775/.790 .842 .806 124/42 176/107
ERA-K/9 4.20/6.5 3.38/9.3 2.30/8.9 3.20/8.5 4.03/7.0 0.00/9.0 3.54/12.2 4.02/6.4 9.82/9.7 6.12/8.6 3.73/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (15-11-1)
 Torrealba (54-26-6)
 Treanor (40-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 792/.263 143/.229 216/.199 110/.242 230/.311 11/.182 119/.202 233/.246 19/.353 151/.270 .250  Murphy
 Hamilton
 Chavez
 Blanco
 Martin
 Gentry
 Moreland
74/13/21/5
74/30/0/5
10/58/5/3
0/0/1/1
0/4/0/0
1/49/4/0
0/0/34/0
OPS .725 .671 .581 .718 .812 .364 .650 .683 1.068 .819 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.740 83/.755 112/.570 45/.803 93/.913 4/.500 49/.520 84/.698 6/1.167 68/.811 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.709 60/.558 104/.593 65/.657 137/.742 7/.286 70/.743 149/.674 13/1.021 83/.826 .679
Road 381/.792 60/.888 98/.667 67/.744 128/.779 / 71/.677 126/.597 15/.905 68/.888
Last 28d days 100/.884 47/.951 37/.650 25/.440 42/.668 11/.364 36/.807 25/.740 19/1.068 9/1.333
HR/SB/CS 17/27/7 3/5/0 5/1/0 2/1/0 4/3/6 0/0/0 4/3/0 6/6/1 1/0/0 4/7/1 116/106/43
Usage ·····X·· ····oX·· ·····X·· ···X···· o···X··· ···X···X ··o··o·o ····oo·· X···X··· o···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.