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Game Preview: OAK @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 23, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Athletics, 67-56, 67-56 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Tyson Ross (25, RHP, 2-8, 6.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-8)			62.1	79	46	44	30	35	7	6.35
2011 (3-3)			36.0	33	12	11	13	24	1	2.75
2010 (1-4)			39.1	39	24	24	20	32	4	5.49

Last 7 GS		1-5	36.2	43	24	22	19	22	5	5.40	43
2012-06-28	@TEX	L	4.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	77	28
2012-06-23	SFG	L	5.1	4	5	3	4	3	0	95	43
2012-06-16	SDP	ND	6.0	1	2	2	4	6	1	95	64
2012-05-30	@MIN	L	5.0	6	4	4	3	1	1	79	37
2012-05-25	NYY	L	4.1	12	6	6	2	3	3	97	16
2012-05-19	@SFG	L	6.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	108	50
2012-05-14	@LAA	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	94	63

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	3.1	9	7	7	2	2	1	18.90	14
2012-05-04	@TBR	L	3.1	9	7	7	2	2	1	81	14

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

 Home:   39-27   Road:   28-29   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  46-32   vsLHP:  21-24   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 19-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Wed, Aug 22   MIN  W   5-1       67-56  2nd  5.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21   MIN  W   4-1       66-56  2nd  5.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 20   MIN  L   2-7       65-56  2nd  6.0 gb
120 Sun, Aug 19   CLE  W   7-0       65-55  2nd  5.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18   CLE  W   8-5       64-55  2nd  5.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 17   CLE  W   6-4       63-55  2nd  5.0 gb
117 Thu, Aug 16  @KCR  W   3-0       62-55  2nd  6.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 15  @KCR  L   2-3       61-55  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Tue, Aug 14  @KCR  L   0-5       61-54  2nd  6.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12  @CHW  L   3-7       61-53  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Rays, 69-55, 69-55 2nd, 3 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (24, RHP, 7-8, 4.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-8)			93.0	100	53	49	26	68	6	4.74
2011 (3-2)			52.2	49	21	20	21	37	3	3.42

Last 7 GS		3-3	36.0	41	19	18	10	28	3	4.50	49
2012-08-18	@LAA	ND	2.2	12	8	8	0	1	2	59	3
2012-08-13	@SEA	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	91	68
2012-08-08	TOR	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	102	70
2012-08-01	@OAK	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	95	70
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

Last 5 v.OAK		1-1	11.1	12	6	6	5	10	2	4.76	49
2012-08-01	@OAK	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	95	70
2011-08-06	OAK	L	4.1	8	5	5	4	4	1	93	27

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

 Home:   34-28   Road:   35-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  51-35   vsLHP:  18-20   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 20-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Wed, Aug 22   KCR  W   5-3       69-55  2nd  3.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21   KCR  L   0-1 (10)  68-55  2nd  4.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 20   KCR  W   5-1       68-54  2nd  4.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19  @LAA  W   8-3       67-54  2nd  5.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18  @LAA  W  10-8       66-54  2nd  5.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17  @LAA  W  12-3       65-54  2nd  6.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16  @LAA  W   7-0       64-54  2nd  6.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15  @SEA  L   0-1       63-54  3rd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14  @SEA  L   2-3       63-53  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13  @SEA  W   4-1       63-52  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 TBR  4 @OAK  1        W:Alex Cobb (5-8), L: Jarrod Parker (7-5), S: Fernando Rodney (31)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - OAK won 5-2; 2010 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 84-51

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.10 SFG 4.31 HOU 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.53 DET 4.38 COL 5.62	BA A. McCutchen .349 C. Headley .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP A. McCutchen .414 A. Jones .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG M. Trout .603 J. Reyes .435 J. Carroll .280	OPS M. Trout 1.010 D. DeJesus .771 J. Smoak .579	ERA D. Price 2.28 W. Chen 3.87 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.34 V. Worley 7.20 D. Lowe 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.10

SFG 4.31

HOU 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.53

DET 4.38

COL 5.62

A. McCutchen .349

C. Headley .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

A. McCutchen .414

A. Jones .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

M. Trout .603

J. Reyes .435

J. Carroll .280

OPS

M. Trout 1.010

D. DeJesus .771

J. Smoak .579

ERA

D. Price 2.28

W. Chen 3.87

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.34

V. Worley 7.20

D. Lowe 3.42

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

Athletics Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.66 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 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Carter G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 160/90 .263/.381/.556/.938 .978/.907 1.094 103/.879 0/0 10/5

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 368/248 .303/.367/.511/.877 .831/.900 .789 98/.848 12/3 16/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· 11/1.100 8/.625 ··· 5/1.600 10/1.300 382/260 .257/.319/.401/.720 .595/.780 .632 96/.845 28/3 8/3

20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/94 .226/.241/.346/.587 .637/.563 .529 37/1.117 1/0 2/7

5.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.667 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 163/121 .184/.288/.298/.586 .610/.578 .617 87/.614 0/1 2/4

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 1/.000 8/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 7/1.429 6/.000 263/112 .248/.361/.468/.830 .927/.696 .954 58/.755 3/1 14/1

14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/119 .202/.383/.349/.732 .542/.761 .630 26/.574 0/0 4/2

37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 180/146 .239/.311/.521/.833 .570/.897 1.051 58/.639 0/1 13/5

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/88 .209/.282/.364/.646 .579/.688 .740 67/.661 5/1 5/3

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 10/1.278 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 352/260 .199/.265/.288/.553 .389/.614 .593 38/.660 13/5 3/9

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.100 3/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 510/331 .249/.320/.484/.804 .812/.798 .782 102/.508 10/1 25/4

17.Rosales G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 68/30 .214/.338/.339/.678 .593/.791 .809 35/.754 0/0 2/0

15.Smith* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 333/272 .239/.345/.423/.768 .599/.806 .810 37/.547 2/2 11/0

IP 93.0 53.0 52.2 16.0 44.2 38.0 52.2 58.2 TOTAL .232/.306/.387/.693 .696/.692 .707 .722 98/27 135/82

ERA-K/9

4.74/6.6

3.23/6.3

2.56/9.9

3.38/9.0

2.62/8.1

2.37/10.7

3.25/11.3

0.77/8.7

3.27/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-0)
Kottaras (29-5-1)
Norris (20-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.281 227/.273 218/.215 68/.175 175/.184 152/.193 201/.176 222/.176 .232 Reddick
Cespedes
Smith
Crisp
Moss
Gomes 0/11/101/13
33/39/0/5
46/0/12/3
16/69/0/3
3/0/8/2
33/0/3/0

OPS .741 .728 .627 .459 .594 .523 .580 .439 .660

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.699 85/.788 104/.524 35/.497 83/.553 69/.703 111/.553 126/.469 .676

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.803 142/.692 114/.711 33/.412 92/.631 83/.368 90/.613 96/.401 .645

Home 193/.715 113/.633 120/.618 39/.434 89/.573 77/.456 101/.599 117/.334

Last 28d days 125/.725 38/.615 26/.694 35/.402 34/.307 20/.311 51/.363 55/.495

HR/SB/CS 6/13/2 6/1/0 5/2/0 0/1/0 4/3/3 3/0/0 7/2/1 2/1/1 108/77/22

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

Rays Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 40.Neshek
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 53/35 .320/.358/.420/.778 .801/.767 .552 43/.668 4/1 0/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 420/318 .247/.313/.385/.698 .707/.695 .662 103/.780 23/2 9/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 306/211 .250/.316/.342/.658 .583/.700 .545 37/.519 17/6 4/11

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 356/265 .262/.363/.462/.826 .628/.894 .835 84/.671 4/2 14/1

7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 281/190 .319/.370/.447/.818 1.000/.729 .917 87/.816 1/0 6/3

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 170/112 .236/.339/.333/.673 .794/.621 .589 45/.638 0/1 2/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/113 .293/.381/.489/.869 1.241/.739 .992 58/.666 2/3 6/6

28.Molina G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/176 .208/.271/.315/.586 .378/.630 .536 48/.674 3/1 5/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 9/.111 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 509/350 .193/.322/.348/.670 .602/.702 .689 86/.638 2/2 16/6

19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 378/252 .241/.309/.354/.663 .695/.646 .666 90/.601 8/6 8/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 266/180 .225/.278/.439/.717 .527/.806 .687 4/.750 4/0 12/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 4/2.000 5/.400 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 473/336 .247/.303/.412/.715 .690/.723 .723 107/.781 24/6 15/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 6/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 507/349 .261/.372/.457/.830 .845/.822 .739 100/.885 13/8 14/9

IP 62.1 57.1 89.1 50.0 52.1 28.0 6.2 19.2 TOTAL .236/.316/.379/.695 .689/.698 .670 .712 107/39 118/89

ERA-K/9

6.35/5.1

2.51/7.7

3.83/5.8

2.70/8.3

2.58/9.3

3.54/13.5

1.35/12.1

2.75/8.2

3.49/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (31-6-0)
Molina (29-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 286/.317 223/.162 361/.242 204/.222 211/.176 117/.262 25/.091 81/.244 .244 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Fuld
Joyce
Roberts
Johnson 0/105/0/7
0/0/70/6
79/20/0/4
7/3/5/2
32/0/60/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .866 .514 .662 .680 .572 .650 .473 .669 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.981 117/.492 102/.552 97/.626 103/.583 45/.958 4/1.833 37/.894 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.734 106/.538 259/.706 107/.729 108/.562 72/.454 21/.248 44/.484 .651

Road 162/.878 102/.643 184/.722 89/.516 104/.555 52/.807 8/1.232 37/.660

Last 28d days / 41/.337 91/.816 42/.859 46/.925 36/.773 25/.473 42/.797

HR/SB/CS 7/7/3 4/2/2 6/2/4 6/4/3 4/4/2 0/4/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 109/76/41

Usage ·o··ooX· ··X····· ····o·o· X··o··o· ·o····oX ·····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.