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Game Preview: TBR @ OAK, 3:35pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2012 @The Coliseum

Rays, 54-50, 54-50 3rd, 6½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (24, RHP, 4-8, 4.93)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-8) 69.1 75 42 38 23 49 3 4.93
2011 (3-2) 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 3.42
Last 7 GS 2-5 38.2 45 24 22 12 27 1 5.12 46
2012-07-27 @LAA L 7.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 93 52
2012-07-21 SEA L 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 0 52 43
2012-07-16 CLE L 3.1 5 3 2 5 3 0 86 38
2012-07-06 @CLE W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 95 50
2012-07-01 DET L 5.1 8 5 4 2 3 0 100 35
2012-06-25 @KCR L 8.0 13 8 8 0 1 1 113 25
2012-06-17 MIA W 7.0 2 0 0 1 10 0 100 82
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 4.1 8 5 5 4 4 1 10.38 27
2011-08-06 OAK L 4.1 8 5 5 4 4 1 93 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-25   Road:   26-25   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  40-31   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 23-18   vsCntrl: 8-16   vsWest: 14-7  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Tue, Jul 31  @OAK  W   8-0       54-50  3rd  6.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30  @OAK  L   3-4 (15)  53-50  3rd  7.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @LAA  W   2-0       53-49  2nd  7.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @LAA  W   3-0       52-49  2nd  8.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @LAA  L   1-3       51-49  3rd  9.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 26  @BAL  L   2-6       51-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @BAL  W  10-1       51-47  2nd  8.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @BAL  W   3-1       50-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 22   SEA  L   1-2       49-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 21   SEA  L   1-2       49-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Athletics, 56-47, 56-47 3rd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 7-4, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-4) 104.0 87 39 39 43 84 6 3.38
2011 (0-0) 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 4-1 43.1 41 20 20 13 39 4 4.15 53
2012-07-27 @BAL ND 5.0 8 6 6 1 8 2 83 34
2012-07-21 NYY W 8.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 101 72
2012-07-15 @MIN W 6.0 9 4 4 0 4 0 92 42
2012-07-07 SEA L 4.2 6 6 6 2 6 1 94 32
2012-07-02 BOS W 6.2 6 1 1 3 3 0 103 58
2012-06-27 @SEA W 7.0 3 1 1 4 9 1 104 72
2012-06-22 SFG ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 97 62
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-22   Road:   26-25   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  38-28   vsLHP:  18-19   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 18-11   vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 17-17 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Tue, Jul 31   TBR  L   0-8       56-47  3rd  3.5 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30   TBR  W   4-3 (15)  56-46  2nd  3.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29  @BAL  L   1-6       55-46  2nd  4.5 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28  @BAL  W   6-1       55-45  2nd  3.5 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @BAL  W  14-9       54-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @TOR  L   4-10      53-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25  @TOR  W  16-0       53-44  2nd  5.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24  @TOR  W   7-2       52-44  2nd  5.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 22   NYY  W   5-4 (12)  51-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 21   NYY  W   2-1       50-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 TBR  8 @OAK  0        W:James Shields (9-7), L: Tommy Milone (9-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 OAK  4  TBR  3 (15)   W:Jordan Norberto (3-1), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-3), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2012 OAK  9 @TBR  5        W:Tommy Milone (4-2), L: Matt Moore (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 OAK  4 @TBR  3 (12)   W:Brian Fuentes (2-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (7)
Fri, May 04, 2012 TBR  7  OAK  2        W:David Price (5-1), L: Tyson Ross (1-2), S: Joel Peralta (2)

Sun, Aug 07, 2011 OAK  5 @TBR  4 (10)   W:Fautino De Los Santos (1-0), L: Jake McGee (0-1), S: Andrew Bailey (13)
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 OAK  8 @TBR  0        W:Brandon McCarthy (5-5), L: Alex Cobb (3-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 TBR  8  OAK  4        W:Jeff Niemann (6-4), L: Guillermo Moscoso (4-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 TBR 10 @OAK  8        W:Wade Davis (8-7), L: Brad Ziegler (3-2), S: Kyle Farnsworth (20)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 OAK 13  TBR  4        W:Trevor Cahill (9-9), L: James Shields (9-9), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - OAK over 3-2; 2011 - OAK won 5-2; 2010 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 84-50

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
Rays Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
64.Griffin
G/S/vB
53.Miller
G/S/vB
77.Norberto*
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 24/16 .391/.417/.478/.895 .661/1.000 .895 24/.895 1/0 0/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 336/252 .235/.301/.358/.659 .613/.674 .663 91/.665 19/1 7/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 279/190 .252/.316/.352/.668 .576/.720 .826 63/.508 16/5 4/9
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 292/210 .269/.371/.482/.853 .676/.922 .847 53/.656 4/2 12/1
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 215/142 .316/.381/.430/.811 1.003/.711 .682 82/.857 1/0 4/1
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 138/93 .239/.355/.325/.680 .787/.639 .854 56/.776 0/1 1/3
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 173/137 .189/.250/.302/.552 .411/.586 .557 31/.305 1/1 4/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 9/.111 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 441/294 .195/.320/.351/.671 .566/.725 .622 92/.525 2/1 14/4
19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 306/198 .236/.306/.347/.653 .707/.623 .592 57/.689 7/4 7/9
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 298/194 .208/.271/.326/.597 .606/.587 .549 38/.408 5/0 6/13
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 386/268 .244/.305/.372/.677 .665/.681 .599 98/.696 19/5 9/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 6/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 431/292 .248/.370/.445/.815 .834/.806 .907 99/.782 12/8 12/7
IP 104.0 48.0 73.2 45.0 44.2 22.0 43.0 33.1 41.0 14.0 TOTAL .231/.313/.370/.683 .666/.691 .691 .666 90/32 97/78
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.3 2.81/7.1 3.54/5.7 2.20/8.4 1.81/9.3 4.09/12.7 2.51/7.3 2.16/8.1 2.85/7.0 1.93/8.4 3.46/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (21-4-0)
 Molina (25-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.231 192/.179 295/.239 177/.200 176/.128 89/.225 168/.204 142/.215 169/.205 57/.222 .243  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Roberts
 Johnson
0/86/0/7
0/0/67/6
61/20/0/4
32/0/45/2
5/0/2/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .651 .551 .637 .624 .487 .576 .568 .671 .614 .634 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.667 101/.576 83/.551 84/.612 90/.514 32/.939 92/.526 66/.486 70/.678 25/.798 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.630 91/.522 212/.671 93/.633 86/.459 57/.371 76/.620 76/.836 99/.569 32/.509 .644
Home 232/.582 97/.430 134/.570 98/.711 81/.438 49/.383 98/.571 67/.614 92/.656 30/.448
Last 28d days 100/.783 29/.436 84/.661 41/.483 35/.786 38/.536 100/.642 34/.742 44/.734 41/.729
HR/SB/CS 6/12/5 3/2/2 3/1/4 5/1/3 2/3/2 0/3/0 5/0/3 4/6/0 3/2/2 1/1/0 87/57/36
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ··X····X ·X··X·o· ·X··X··· ·o··XX·· ·X····X· X·X···XX ·o·XX··· X··X·o·o
Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
40.Davis
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
52.Lueke
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 80/38 .273/.400/.667/1.067 .967/1.159 .756 68/.964 0/0 8/4
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 294/197 .305/.361/.532/.892 .862/.907 .968 87/1.087 8/2 14/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· 11/1.100 8/.625 3/2.000 ··· 5/1.600 10/1.300 296/206 .253/.314/.362/.676 .551/.732 .722 64/.906 20/3 5/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 1/.000 8/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 7/1.429 6/.000 219/96 .254/.379/.453/.832 .866/.788 .732 49/.911 3/1 10/1
18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/19 .183/.246/.417/.663 .668/.652 .897 43/.792 1/0 3/3
7.Inge G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 9/.583 12/.550 1/2.000 1/no AB 10/.000 3/.000 285/178 .210/.263/.382/.645 .681/.623 .724 82/.615 0/1 11/8
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/103 .213/.407/.360/.766 .578/.786 .867 12/.258 0/0 3/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 133/107 .244/.323/.571/.895 .592/.972 .755 47/.569 0/0 11/5
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 3/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 428/280 .262/.337/.517/.854 .885/.837 .856 86/.838 8/0 22/3
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 318/258 .240/.346/.432/.778 .610/.817 .747 62/.713 2/2 11/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/76 .170/.215/.284/.499 .333/.541 .363 20/.721 2/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.666 6/.400 4/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 9/.583 275/199 .216/.249/.282/.531 .633/.491 .462 32/.667 1/0 1/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 436/287 .218/.302/.299/.601 .654/.573 .555 95/.567 14/5 2/8
IP 69.1 45.2 47.2 9.2 37.0 3.1 34.1 42.0 47.2 TOTAL .230/.304/.382/.687 .681/.690 .661 .752 79/22 112/65
ERA-K/9 4.93/6.4 3.35/6.7 2.64/10.4 5.59/12.1 3.16/7.3 18.90/5.5 2.62/11.5 3.86/11.1 0.76/9.1 3.52/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (23-5-1)
 Suzuki (36-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.283 196/.268 198/.210 45/.200 146/.205 21/.563 140/.203 160/.180 178/.180 .237  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Smith
 Crisp
 Moss
 Gomes
0/10/85/11
19/38/0/4
45/0/12/3
16/50/0/2
0/0/5/1
30/0/2/0
OPS .740 .734 .622 .541 .655 1.384 .555 .625 .430 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.774 72/.791 95/.505 27/.618 74/.579 11/1.747 64/.728 88/.601 104/.410 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.686 124/.701 103/.719 18/.423 72/.732 10/.929 76/.405 72/.653 74/.458 .666
Road 133/.732 90/.822 86/.630 17/.543 70/.648 10/1.575 66/.681 77/.671 83/.575
Last 28d days 78/.814 45/.591 37/.668 35/.465 34/.373 / 30/.956 30/.272 38/.518
HR/SB/CS 3/10/2 6/1/0 5/2/0 0/1/0 4/3/3 0/0/0 3/0/0 7/0/1 1/1/1 96/63/20
Usage ····X··· ·X···Xo· ·X······ ·Xo·o··· ·X····o· ········ ·X·o···o ·ooX···X ·XXo···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.