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Game Preview: OAK @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, August 24, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Athletics, 67-57, 67-57 2nd, 6 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 8-7, 3.48)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-7)			129.1	115	51	50	50	97	6	3.48
2011 (0-0)			5.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		3-3	44.1	50	23	22	9	30	2	4.47	49
2012-08-19	CLE	W	8.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	93	71
2012-08-14	@KCR	L	4.2	5	5	4	2	3	0	80	37
2012-08-06	LAA	L	6.2	9	4	4	1	6	0	98	45
2012-08-01	TBR	L	6.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	104	43
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

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	6.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	4.50	43
2012-08-01	TBR	L	6.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	104	43

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

 Home:   39-27   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  46-33   vsLHP:  21-24   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 19-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Thu, Aug 23  @TBR  L   0-5       67-57  2nd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Rays, 70-55, 70-55 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Matt Moore (23, LHP, 10-7, 3.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-7)			143.2	126	64	57	65	138	15	3.57
2011 (1-0)			9.1	9	3	3	3	15	1	2.89

Last 7 GS		5-1	44.0	31	8	8	15	42	2	1.64	64
2012-08-19	@LAA	W	6.1	5	2	2	2	5	2	87	58
2012-08-14	@SEA	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	95	69
2012-08-09	TOR	W	6.0	2	1	1	2	6	0	99	68
2012-08-03	BAL	W	5.1	6	0	0	3	6	0	108	59
2012-07-28	@LAA	W	6.1	4	0	0	2	6	0	103	69
2012-07-22	SEA	L	8.0	5	2	2	0	7	0	104	71
2012-07-17	CLE	W	5.0	3	2	2	5	3	0	90	51

Last 5 v.OAK		0-1	4.2	7	8	8	3	4	1	15.43	19
2012-05-06	OAK	L	4.2	7	8	8	3	4	1	105	19

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

 Home:   35-28   Road:   35-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  52-35   vsLHP:  18-20   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 21-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Thu, Aug 23   OAK  W   5-0       70-55  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 TBR  5  OAK  0        W:Alex Cobb (8-8), L: Tyson Ross (2-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - TBR over 4-3; 2011 - OAK won 5-2; 2010 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 84-52

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 5.14 SFG 4.31 HOU 3.70	RA/G WSN 3.53 DET 4.36 COL 5.58	BA A. McCutchen .349 J. Upton .273 J. Smoak .189	OBP A. McCutchen .414 D. Pedroia .336 J. Smoak .254	SLG R. Braun .602 C. Rasmus .434 J. Carroll .285	OPS M. Trout 1.011 I. Kinsler .770 J. Smoak .579	ERA D. Price 2.28 T. Milone 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 5.14

SFG 4.31

HOU 3.70

RA/G

WSN 3.53

DET 4.36

COL 5.58

A. McCutchen .349

J. Upton .273

J. Smoak .189

OBP

A. McCutchen .414

D. Pedroia .336

J. Smoak .254

SLG

R. Braun .602

C. Rasmus .434

J. Carroll .285

OPS

M. Trout 1.011

I. Kinsler .770

J. Smoak .579

ERA

D. Price 2.28

T. Milone 3.87

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.34

V. Worley 7.20

D. Lowe 3.42

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Athletics Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Moore*
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 163/93 .257/.374/.544/.918 .978/.875 1.045 101/.819 0/0 10/5

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 372/252 .300/.363/.504/.867 .831/.885 .770 96/.828 12/3 16/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 11/1.100 8/.625 ··· 5/1.600 10/1.300 386/264 .254/.316/.396/.712 .595/.767 .617 94/.791 28/3 8/3

20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/97 .222/.243/.341/.584 .637/.559 .525 40/1.072 2/0 2/7

5.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.667 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 167/125 .194/.299/.313/.612 .610/.612 .656 87/.644 0/1 2/4

31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/1.667 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 55/.733 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 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 180/146 .239/.311/.521/.833 .570/.897 1.051 57/.627 0/1 13/5

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/91 .205/.276/.356/.632 .579/.664 .705 65/.650 5/1 5/3

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 10/1.278 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 355/263 .201/.266/.288/.554 .389/.615 .594 41/.660 13/5 3/9

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 4/.333 ··· 5/1.100 3/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 514/335 .247/.318/.479/.797 .812/.788 .768 100/.445 10/1 25/4

17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 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/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 336/275 .240/.345/.422/.767 .599/.804 .806 37/.427 2/2 11/0

IP 143.2 53.0 52.2 16.0 44.2 38.0 52.2 58.2 TOTAL .232/.306/.386/.691 .696/.689 .702 .691 99/27 135/82

ERA-K/9

3.57/8.6

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

3.24/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-0)
Kottaras (29-5-1)
Norris (21-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 611/.235 227/.273 218/.215 68/.175 175/.184 152/.193 201/.176 222/.176 .232 Reddick
Cespedes
Smith
Crisp
Moss
Gomes 0/11/102/13
34/39/0/5
46/0/12/3
16/70/0/3
3/0/8/2
33/0/3/0

OPS .697 .728 .627 .459 .594 .523 .580 .439 .657

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.768 85/.788 104/.524 35/.497 83/.553 69/.703 111/.553 126/.469 .675

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 470/.676 142/.692 114/.711 33/.412 92/.631 83/.368 90/.613 96/.401 .643

Home 352/.645 113/.633 120/.618 39/.434 89/.573 77/.456 101/.599 117/.334

Last 28d days 124/.575 38/.615 26/.694 31/.387 34/.307 20/.311 51/.363 55/.495

HR/SB/CS 15/15/3 6/1/0 5/2/0 0/1/0 4/3/3 3/0/0 7/2/1 2/1/1 108/78/22

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

Rays Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.77 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 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 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 57/38 .315/.351/.407/.758 .757/.759 .541 44/.629 4/1 0/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 420/318 .247/.313/.385/.698 .707/.695 .662 102/.768 23/2 9/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 306/211 .250/.316/.342/.658 .583/.700 .545 34/.572 17/6 4/11

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 360/268 .262/.362/.463/.825 .620/.896 .834 85/.701 4/2 14/1

7.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 285/194 .323/.375/.450/.825 1.000/.743 .932 87/.762 1/0 6/3

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 170/112 .236/.339/.333/.673 .794/.621 .589 42/.689 0/1 2/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 159/117 .299/.384/.489/.873 1.241/.748 .992 62/.688 2/3 6/6

28.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/179 .207/.276/.313/.590 .378/.634 .545 51/.686 3/1 5/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.000 ··· 9/.111 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 509/350 .193/.322/.348/.670 .602/.702 .689 82/.655 2/2 16/6

19.Roberts G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 381/255 .243/.309/.355/.664 .695/.648 .668 89/.637 9/6 8/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 270/184 .226/.278/.440/.717 .527/.805 .689 8/.750 4/0 12/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 477/339 .245/.300/.408/.708 .685/.716 .711 107/.781 24/6 15/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· 6/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 511/353 .261/.371/.455/.827 .845/.818 .735 100/.874 13/8 14/9

IP 129.1 57.1 89.1 51.0 52.1 28.0 7.2 19.2 TOTAL .237/.316/.379/.695 .688/.699 .670 .717 108/39 118/89

ERA-K/9

3.48/6.8

2.51/7.7

3.83/5.8

2.65/8.5

2.58/9.3

3.54/13.5

1.17/11.7

2.75/8.2

3.50/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (31-6-0)
Molina (30-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.243 223/.162 361/.242 207/.218 211/.176 117/.262 29/.080 81/.244 .245 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Fuld
Joyce
Roberts
Johnson 0/106/0/7
0/0/70/6
79/20/0/4
8/3/5/2
32/0/61/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .656 .514 .662 .669 .572 .650 .447 .669 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.661 117/.492 102/.552 99/.613 103/.583 45/.958 6/1.133 37/.894 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 241/.650 106/.538 259/.706 108/.721 108/.562 72/.454 23/.274 44/.484 .652

Road 217/.736 102/.643 184/.722 92/.498 104/.555 52/.807 12/.933 37/.660

Last 28d days 109/.677 36/.288 91/.816 40/.796 42/.832 31/.788 29/.447 42/.797

HR/SB/CS 6/16/6 4/2/2 6/2/4 6/4/3 4/4/2 0/4/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 109/77/41

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