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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 3, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 23-30, 23-30 3rd, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Tommy Milone (25, LHP, 6-4, 3.64)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-4) 64.1 57 28 26 16 35 7 3.64
2011 (1-0) 26.0 28 11 11 4 15 2 3.81
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.1 43 22 20 10 27 6 3.97 52
2012-05-27 NYY L 6.2 8 2 2 2 3 1 108 51
2012-05-21 LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 108 65
2012-05-16 @TEX L 7.0 9 4 4 1 4 1 100 46
2012-05-11 DET W 7.0 5 2 1 1 6 0 98 66
2012-05-06 @TBR W 5.0 5 5 5 4 1 1 94 34
2012-04-30 @BOS L 4.2 8 8 7 1 5 3 98 22
2012-04-24 CHW W 8.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 98 81
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 8.0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0.00 73
2012-04-09 KCR W 8.0 3 0 0 3 0 0 93 73
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-15   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  8-10 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @KCR  W   9-3       23-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @KCR  L   0-2       22-30  3rd  9.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @MIN  L   0-4       22-29  3rd  9.0 gb
 50 Tue, May 29  @MIN  L   2-3       22-28  3rd  9.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @MIN  L   4-5       22-27  3rd  9.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   NYY  L   0-2       22-26  3rd  8.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 26   NYY  L   2-9       22-25  3rd  7.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 25   NYY  L   3-6       22-24  2nd  6.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 23   LAA  L   1-3 (11)  22-23  2nd  5.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 22   LAA  L   0-5       22-22  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Royals, 22-29, 22-29 4th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Vin Mazzaro (25, RHP, 1-0, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 4.50
2011 (1-1) 28.1 39 26 26 15 10 4 8.26
2010 (6-8) 122.1 127 70 58 50 79 19 4.27
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.0 46 28 26 19 12 7 6.69 37
2012-05-15 @TEX W 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 81 42
2011-06-18 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 2 0 82 46
2011-06-12 @LAA W 7.0 5 0 0 5 0 0 102 62
2011-06-07 TOR L 5.0 8 6 6 1 3 1 78 29
2011-05-11 @NYY ND 4.0 6 2 2 4 2 1 94 40
2010-09-05 LAA L 4.1 6 5 5 3 0 2 85 28
2010-08-31 @NYY L 3.2 7 9 7 3 3 3 102 15
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-18   Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  18-20   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sat, Jun  2   OAK  L   3-9       22-29  4th  7.0 gb
 50 Fri, Jun  1   OAK  W   2-0       22-28  4th  7.0 gb
 49 Wed, May 30  @CLE  W   6-3       21-28  4th  7.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 29  @CLE  W   8-2       20-28  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 28  @CLE  L   5-8       19-28  4th  7.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 27  @BAL  W   4-2       19-27  4th  6.5 gb
 45 Sat, May 26  @BAL  W   4-3       18-27  4th  7.5 gb
 44 Fri, May 25  @BAL  L   2-8       17-27  4th  8.5 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @NYY  L   3-8       17-26  4th  8.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @NYY  L   2-3       17-25  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 OAK  9 @KCR  3        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 KCR  2  OAK  0        W:Felipe Paulino (3-1), L: Bartolo Colon (4-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (12)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 OAK  5  KCR  4 (12)   W:Andrew Carignan (1-1), L: Jonathan Broxton (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 KCR  3 @OAK  0  (8)   W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Graham Godfrey (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 OAK  1  KCR  0        W:Tommy Milone (1-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (2)

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 OAK  7  KCR  0        W:Guillermo Moscoso (8-8), L: Bruce Chen (10-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (4-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (12-12), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 KCR 11 @OAK  6        W:Greg Holland (4-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 OAK  8  KCR  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-5), L: Jeff Francis (3-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Josh Outman (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (4-7), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Season Series: 2012 - OAK over 3-2; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 299-245

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 2012 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
Athletics Batters (3.26 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 128/95 .252/.320/.435/.755 .833/.728 .539 9/.778 4/2 5/0
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 65/41 .246/.338/.263/.602 1.015/.377 .673 58/.611 2/3 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 118/85 .167/.224/.185/.409 .422/.404 .480 45/.309 7/0 0/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/57 .141/.140/.235/.375 .345/.390 .425 54/.487 1/0 1/5
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 123/65 .220/.366/.400/.766 .831/.709 .889 61/.548 2/0 5/0
7.Inge G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 7/.286 ··· 87/52 .167/.241/.397/.639 .638/.639 .513 39/.768 0/0 5/2
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 127/92 .231/.291/.385/.676 .828/.617 .640 61/.651 1/0 3/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 199/138 .192/.250/.264/.514 .471/.532 .586 85/.460 7/2 1/5
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 223/153 .265/.333/.545/.878 .843/.895 .860 102/1.024 5/0 14/2
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/4 .273/.500/.273/.773 .533/2.000 1.167 16/.773 0/0 0/0
15.Smith* G/S/vP 2/1.500 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 162/139 .224/.352/.343/.695 .451/.739 .584 77/.711 1/1 4/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/5.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 5/.650 ··· 172/124 .206/.250/.256/.506 .582/.477 .554 74/.425 1/0 0/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 217/147 .229/.315/.339/.653 .705/.628 .671 98/.812 10/5 2/5
IP 6.0 20.2 17.1 27.1 22.2 28.0 14.0 22.2 9.1 TOTAL .209/.288/.331/.619 .641/.610 .633 .619 43/13 42/31
ERA-K/9 4.50/3.0 1.74/6.1 3.12/7.8 2.30/13.5 2.78/8.3 3.21/8.0 5.79/12.2 2.38/6.7 6.75/5.8 4.24/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Suzuki (24-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.304 86/.243 74/.194 109/.188 92/.195 107/.214 67/.278 97/.256 41/.263 .261  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Smith
 Cowgill
 Crisp
 Gomes
0/6/45/5
2/28/0/2
21/0/5/2
6/10/4/2
16/12/0/1
17/0/0/0
OPS .711 .659 .702 .585 .514 .631 .746 .693 .843 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.167 44/.753 32/.965 50/.719 35/.333 45/.685 30/.767 53/.535 16/.741 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.529 42/.564 42/.486 59/.480 57/.625 62/.592 37/.727 44/.890 25/.903 .737
Home / 36/.761 53/.568 42/.935 46/.570 55/.607 30/.961 45/.815 /
Last 28d days 25/.711 46/.622 37/.564 46/.572 41/.487 54/.415 31/.391 43/.638 41/.843
HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 1/0/1 3/0/2 3/5/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 0/0/0 2/2/1 3/2/0 42/45/20
Usage ········ ·o·X··oX X······· X··XX·oX X··oo·o· ·o··X·X· ·o···X·o X··X·Xoo ····X···
Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Milone*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
38.Carignan
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
53.Miller
G/S/vB
77.Norberto*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.411 ··· 8/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.500 ··· 1/.000 63/50 .281/.323/.421/.744 .385/.845 .839 9/.679 0/0 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.211 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 218/162 .284/.349/.508/.856 1.163/.756 .835 103/.854 0/1 11/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/98 .263/.328/.314/.642 .547/.677 .554 90/.623 8/3 0/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 198/148 .303/.342/.400/.742 .777/.730 .815 98/.759 9/1 1/5
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.667 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 210/158 .284/.329/.447/.775 .876/.743 .672 102/.925 1/3 5/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 50/20 .239/.300/.304/.604 .526/.718 .485 50/.604 0/0 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 10/.100 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· 1/.000 230/159 .243/.335/.376/.711 .632/.746 .710 109/.614 1/1 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 210/149 .207/.271/.352/.624 .424/.707 .558 91/.615 2/1 6/3
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/46 .200/.290/.364/.654 .750/.608 .464 16/.600 1/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/145 .270/.342/.477/.819 .597/.897 .880 89/.720 1/0 8/6
27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 89/64 .276/.292/.391/.683 .560/.732 .821 40/.725 0/1 1/1
33.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 110/85 .240/.273/.375/.648 .461/.702 .604 55/.618 0/1 1/4
IP 64.1 26.1 16.0 24.1 8.0 25.0 19.2 13.2 25.1 TOTAL .262/.319/.403/.722 .667/.743 .719 .710 30/15 40/37
ERA-K/9 3.64/4.9 3.76/7.2 3.38/5.1 1.85/8.5 5.63/7.9 0.72/7.9 4.12/6.9 1.32/7.9 3.91/6.4 3.66/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (22-9-1)
 Quintero (23-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.237 107/.213 66/.230 93/.200 37/.222 95/.077 83/.237 54/.200 102/.184 .252  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Maier
0/0/50/5
50/0/0/3
0/31/0/1
0/15/2/0
OPS .670 .673 .610 .670 .713 .339 .675 .559 .553 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.716 64/.624 18/.625 45/.706 15/.629 44/.375 33/.751 24/.481 40/.476 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.660 43/.741 48/.606 48/.631 22/.762 51/.309 50/.627 30/.621 62/.596 .645
Road 123/.850 57/.830 38/.697 42/.571 16/.313 61/.450 46/.646 22/.482 47/.403
Last 28d days 113/.644 50/.633 54/.597 45/.552 16/.542 43/.373 27/.634 33/.499 46/.539
HR/SB/CS 7/3/3 3/1/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 45/31/15
Usage ······X· X···XXo· ·····X·· oo··o··· ·o·o···· X····Xo· ····X·o· ···o···· ···X·X·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.