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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, April 13, 2012 @Safeco Field

Athletics, 3-4, 3-4 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (39, RHP, 1-1, 5.84)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 12.1 13 8 8 1 9 1 5.84
2011 (8-10) 164.1 172 85 73 40 135 21 4.00
2009 (3-6) 62.1 69 42 29 21 38 13 4.19
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.0 47 28 25 7 28 5 5.92 44
2012-04-07 SEA L 4.1 10 7 7 0 3 0 79 18
2012-03-29 SEA W 8.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 86 77
2011-09-27 @TBR ND 5.1 7 2 2 2 3 1 81 47
2011-09-22 TBR L 3.0 7 7 5 1 1 1 56 21
2011-09-17 @TOR ND 4.0 7 6 6 1 3 0 67 26
2011-09-09 @LAA ND 7.0 6 1 0 1 5 0 99 67
2011-09-03 TOR ND 6.1 7 4 4 1 7 2 110 49
Last 5 v.SEA 3-2 31.1 30 16 12 4 21 1 3.45 53
2012-04-07 SEA L 4.1 10 7 7 0 3 0 79 18
2012-03-29 SEA W 8.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 86 77
2009-04-28 SEA W 7.0 4 1 0 1 6 0 95 72
2008-06-06 SEA L 5.0 8 6 3 1 2 0 79 34
2008-05-26 @SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 84 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-4    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Wed, Apr 11   KCR  W   5-4 (12)   3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Tue, Apr 10   KCR  L   0-3  (8)   2-4   4th  2.5 gb
  5 Mon, Apr  9   KCR  W   1-0        2-3   4th  1.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  7   SEA  L   7-8        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Fri, Apr  6   SEA  L   3-7        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Thu, Mar 29   SEA  W   4-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Wed, Mar 28   SEA  L   1-3 (11)   0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-4    Last 20: 3-4    Last 30: 3-4
Mariners, 4-4, 4-4 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (26, RHP, 1-0, 4.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 14.1 13 7 7 1 13 1 4.40
2011 (14-14) 233.2 218 99 90 67 222 19 3.47
2010 (13-12) 249.2 194 80 63 70 232 17 2.27
Last 7 GS 3-3 47.2 52 25 22 6 40 4 4.15 53
2012-04-07 @OAK W 6.1 8 6 6 1 7 1 102 39
2012-03-28 @OAK ND 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 104 74
2011-09-24 @TEX L 3.1 12 7 5 1 2 0 61 13
2011-09-18 TEX L 7.0 9 3 3 1 5 1 106 51
2011-09-12 NYY L 6.0 9 6 6 0 4 2 94 34
2011-09-06 @LAA W 8.0 4 1 0 2 7 0 111 77
2011-08-31 LAA W 9.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 109 81
Last 5 v.OAK 3-0 36.1 26 10 10 7 40 3 2.48 66
2012-04-07 @OAK W 6.1 8 6 6 1 7 1 102 39
2012-03-28 @OAK ND 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 104 74
2011-08-02 OAK W 6.1 5 2 2 3 9 1 113 61
2011-07-05 @OAK ND 8.0 4 1 1 0 10 1 122 80
2011-04-21 OAK W 7.2 4 0 0 3 8 0 126 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Thu, Apr 12  @TEX  L   3-5        4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Wed, Apr 11  @TEX  W   4-3        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Tue, Apr 10  @TEX  L   0-1        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Mon, Apr  9  @TEX  L   5-11       3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  7  @OAK  W   8-7        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Fri, Apr  6  @OAK  W   7-3        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Thu, Mar 29  @OAK  L   1-4        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Wed, Mar 28  @OAK  W   3-1 (11)   1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-4    Last 20: 4-4    Last 30: 4-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 SEA  8 @OAK  7        W:Felix Hernandez (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (1-1), S: Brandon League (2)
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 SEA  7 @OAK  3        W:Jason Vargas (1-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (0-1), S: none
Thu, Mar 29, 2012 OAK  4  SEA  1        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Shawn Kelley (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (1)
Wed, Mar 28, 2012 SEA  3 @OAK  1 (11)   W:Tom Wilhelmsen (1-0), L: Andrew Carignan (0-1), S: Brandon League (1)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 OAK  2 @SEA  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (16-12), L: Anthony Vasquez (1-6), S: Andrew Bailey (24)
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 OAK  7 @SEA  0        W:Trevor Cahill (12-14), L: Blake Beavan (5-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 SEA  4  OAK  2        W:Jason Vargas (10-13), L: Brandon McCarthy (9-9), S: Brandon League (37)
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 OAK  8  SEA  5        W:Trevor Cahill (10-13), L: Blake Beavan (3-5), S: Andrew Bailey (19)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 OAK  3  SEA  0        W:Brandon McCarthy (8-7), L: Michael Pineda (9-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 OAK  9  SEA  2        W:Guillermo Moscoso (7-8), L: Jason Vargas (7-13), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - SEA over 3-1; 2011 - SEA won 10-9; 2010 - OAK won 13-6; All-Time - OAK leads 293-220

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 35.Delabar
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 32/.634 ··· 7/.429 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 280/191 .212/.325/.267/.592 .720/.533 .595 11/.573 2/1 0/8
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / 28/1.201 / /
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 100/56 .239/.300/.304/.604 .716/.518 .404 7/.429 4/2 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 42/.399 2/.000 12/.900 ··· ··· 6/.000 3/1.334 583/386 .264/.314/.379/.693 .593/.749 .653 27/.415 49/9 8/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· / /// / 18/.222 / /
31.Gomes G/S/vP 11/.495 1/5.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 372/264 .209/.325/.389/.714 .863/.654 .734 16/.928 7/3 14/2
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 96/70 .195/.295/.317/.612 .453/.672 .661 8/.750 0/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 32/.604 2/.000 8/.542 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 570/401 .264/.319/.369/.687 .670/.693 .764 25/.450 14/9 8/22
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .639 2/.500 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 278/234 .280/.327/.457/.784 .766/.787 .829 23/.670 1/2 7/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 7/.679 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 533/430 .284/.347/.483/.830 .576/.891 .814 15/.830 10/2 15/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 74/61 .200/.243/.329/.572 .154/.652 .687 11/.282 0/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 36/.889 2/.000 11/1.355 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 515/366 .237/.301/.385/.686 .617/.713 .706 26/.511 2/2 14/7
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 14/.643 1/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 437/293 .303/.340/.421/.761 .704/.787 .727 32/.583 22/11 2/13
IP 233.2 7.0 61.1 36.0 32.2 TOTAL .195/.270/.325/.594 .595/.594 .594 5/2 7/4
ERA-K/9 3.47/8.5 2.57/9.0 2.79/6.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.00/9.5 3.31/8.3 4.50/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (5-0-0)
 Suzuki (98-38-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 964/.248 28/.217 250/.239 / / 149/.248 136/.210 .246  Reddick
 Smith
 Cowgill
 Crisp
 Gomes
21/3/56/5
25/0/107/5
18/10/0/2
0/133/0/2
73/0/11/1
OPS .660 .792 .601 .659 .580 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 525/.662 12/.667 128/.658 / / 81/.608 66/.508 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 439/.656 16/.846 122/.543 / / 68/.722 70/.651 .769
Home 453/.686 16/.464 131/.469 / / 80/.631 86/.606
Last 28d days 60/.647 19/1.158 15/.400 6/.333 19/.786 10/2.033 22/.364
HR/SB/CS 19/31/8 1/0/2 3/5/1 // // 3/0/2 2/3/1 13/5/4
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·oX· ·X···Xo· ·X···o·· X··X···· ···X···· ··X··oX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Colon
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 38.Carignan
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 3/2.000 376/282 .273/.348/.417/.766 .652/.804 .734 32/.668 6/0 6/6
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 14/1.052 8/.971 11/.546 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 313/212 .188/.241/.243/.484 .446/.508 .501 37/.767 11/6 1/11
27.Jaso* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 273/235 .224/.298/.354/.651 .574/.662 .657 4/1.500 1/2 5/4
61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 11/.473 / /
16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/27 .225/.295/.525/.820 1.529/.417 .583 5/.800 1/0 3/1
63.Montero G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 69/42 .328/.406/.590/.996 1.181/.877 1.483 27/.539 0/0 4/0
30.Olivo G/S/vP 13/.308 5/.400 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.500 1/.000 507/373 .224/.253/.388/.641 .643/.640 .638 28/.321 6/5 19/11
26.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 494/370 .248/.313/.326/.639 .708/.616 .580 22/.623 13/3 3/15
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 3/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.250 1/2.000 179/118 .149/.207/.217/.424 .330/.474 .434 27/.833 6/2 2/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 201/158 .258/.312/.379/.691 .570/.719 .518 29/.845 3/1 3/6
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 6/1.166 5/.650 5/2.800 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 489/345 .234/.323/.396/.719 .720/.716 .771 34/.569 0/0 15/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 77/.786 9/1.556 16/.929 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.666 3/.833 721/515 .272/.310/.335/.645 .648/.644 .632 36/.727 40/7 5/4
33.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 241/131 .237/.317/.442/.759 .838/.693 .754 4/.000 3/2 11/2
IP 164.1 62.0 28.1 6.1 7.2 33.1 58.1 6.2 TOTAL .252/.282/.365/.647 .677/.641 .647 6/3 4/4
ERA-K/9 4.00/7.4 2.47/8.6 2.86/8.3 4.26/7.1 7.04/8.2 4.32/11.6 3.70/6.5 8.10/5.4 3.10/4.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (50-10-4)
 Montero (4-1-0)
 Olivo (79-31-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.267 242/.199 122/.235 31/.276 41/.333 143/.220 250/.237 35/.308 .238  Wells
 Suzuki
 Saunders
 Figgins
21/9/58/7
0/0/151/7
12/46/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .751 .605 .688 .736 .797 .670 .656 .803 .656
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 346/.880 119/.579 50/.759 9/.476 19/.734 59/.530 90/.688 13/.795 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 348/.621 123/.630 72/.636 22/.818 22/.853 84/.770 160/.637 22/.807 .567
Road 376/.713 106/.648 71/.729 13/1.212 13/.938 80/.754 133/.579 25/1.100
Last 28d days 51/.695 21/.296 11/1.264 15/.929 10/.000 4/.500 12/.705 13/.801
HR/SB/CS 21/5/3 8/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/3/0 4/6/1 6/6/1 0/0/0 6/5/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X·X·· ··X··X·· ·oo···X· ·X···o·· ······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.