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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Athletics, 87-67, 87-67 2nd, 4 GB

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 11-8, 3.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-8) 169.1 155 65 64 58 126 9 3.40
2011 (0-0) 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.0 46 14 14 9 31 3 2.63 58
2012-09-21 @NYY ND 8.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 104 73
2012-09-15 BAL W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 1 94 59
2012-09-10 @LAA W 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 98 65
2012-09-04 LAA L 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 104 58
2012-08-30 @CLE W 5.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 101 31
2012-08-24 @TBR ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 103 51
2012-08-19 CLE W 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 93 71
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 8.0 1 0 0 3 6 0 0.00 83
2012-06-04 TEX W 8.0 1 0 0 3 6 0 111 83
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-31   Road:   43-36   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  61-39   vsLHP:  26-28   1-Run:  24-18
 vsEast: 28-18   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 26-23 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Tue, Sep 25  @TEX  W   3-2 (10)  87-67  2nd  4.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @TEX  L   4-5       86-67  2nd  5.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @NYY  W   5-4       86-66  2nd  4.0 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22  @NYY  L   9-10(14)  85-66  2nd  4.0 gb
150 Fri, Sep 21  @NYY  L   1-2 (10)  85-65  2nd  4.0 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20  @DET  W  12-4       85-64  2nd  4.0 gb
148 Wed, Sep 19  @DET  L   2-6       84-64  2nd  4.0 gb
147 Tue, Sep 18  @DET  L   2-12      84-63  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Sun, Sep 16   BAL  L   5-9       84-62  2nd  3.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 15   BAL  W   5-2       84-61  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
Rangers, 91-63, 91-63 1st, 4 up

SP: Martin Perez (21, LHP, 1-2, 3.78)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 33.1 35 17 14 13 21 3 3.78
Last 7 GS 1-2 21.1 23 11 8 8 12 1 3.38 49
2012-09-21 @SEA L 4.0 6 4 3 2 3 0 81 37
2012-07-24 BOS ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 98 57
2012-07-06 MIN L 6.0 6 4 2 3 3 0 106 48
2012-06-30 OAK W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 1 103 52
Last 5 v.OAK 1-0 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 1 3.38 52
2012-06-30 OAK W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 1 103 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-28   Road:   43-35   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  64-45   vsLHP:  27-18   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 24-16   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 25-24 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Tue, Sep 25   OAK  L   2-3 (10)  91-63  1st  4.0 up
153 Mon, Sep 24   OAK  W   5-4       91-62  1st  5.0 up
152 Sun, Sep 23  @SEA  W   3-2       90-62  1st  4.0 up
151 Sat, Sep 22  @SEA  L   0-1       89-62  1st  4.0 up
150 Fri, Sep 21  @SEA  L   3-6       89-61  1st  4.0 up
149 Thu, Sep 20  @LAA  W   3-1       89-60  1st  4.0 up
148 Wed, Sep 19  @LAA  W   6-2       88-60  1st  4.0 up
147 Tue, Sep 18  @LAA  L   3-11      87-60  1st  3.0 up
146 Sun, Sep 16   SEA  W   2-1       87-59  1st  3.0 up
145 Sat, Sep 15   SEA  L   6-8       86-59  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 OAK  3 @TEX  2 (10)   W:Evan Scribner (1-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-2), S: Grant Balfour (21)
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 TEX  5  OAK  4        W:Joe Nathan (3-4), L: Tyson Ross (2-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 OAK  4  TEX  3        W:Ryan Cook (3-2), L: Michael Kirkman (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 TEX  6 @OAK  1        W:Roy Oswalt (3-1), L: Bartolo Colon (6-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 OAK  3 @TEX  1        W:Travis Blackley (2-2), L: Yu Darvish (10-5), S: Ryan Cook (7)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 TEX  7  OAK  2        W:Martin Perez (1-0), L: Tommy Milone (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 TEX  4  OAK  3        W:Matt Harrison (11-3), L: Grant Balfour (1-2), S: Tanner Scheppers (1)
Thu, Jun 28, 2012 TEX  7  OAK  6        W:Scott Feldman (2-6), L: Tyson Ross (2-8), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 OAK  7  TEX  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (5-3), L: Yu Darvish (7-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 OAK  2  TEX  0        W:Bartolo Colon (5-6), L: Colby Lewis (4-5), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 7-7; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - Tied 396-396

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 (4.27 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Perez*
G/S/vB
37.Adams
G/S/vB
11.Darvish
G/S/vB
53.Font
G/S/vB
51.Grimm
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
G/S/vB
28.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
22.Tateyama
G/S/vB
19.Uehara
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/4.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 136/99 .204/.338/.292/.630 .547/.662 .750 10/.929 1/0 1/0
22.Carter G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 249/146 .245/.357/.534/.891 .921/.868 .939 64/.709 0/0 16/6
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 505/356 .289/.350/.492/.843 .849/.840 .783 111/.773 16/3 21/2
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 116/65 .269/.336/.317/.654 .844/.510 .702 8/.625 3/4 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 8/1.958 ··· ··· 2/2.500 5/.650 12/.349 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.900 481/325 .251/.318/.402/.720 .640/.759 .667 78/.751 36/4 10/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 261/186 .239/.287/.403/.691 .710/.683 .709 99/.832 4/1 8/12
5.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 290/212 .219/.300/.344/.644 .580/.667 .638 101/.706 1/2 6/8
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.267 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 313/129 .254/.375/.485/.860 .938/.747 .979 46/.996 3/1 17/1
18.Hicks G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/21 .172/.243/.391/.633 .654/.588 .515 5/.200 1/0 3/3
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 201/165 .220/.360/.433/.793 .736/.802 .748 56/.956 0/0 9/3
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/2.500 ··· ··· 264/215 .274/.348/.570/.918 .749/.958 1.020 75/1.117 0/1 19/7
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 209/129 .186/.268/.309/.576 .550/.593 .582 47/.426 5/1 5/5
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 6/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.111 5/.000 8/.536 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 441/332 .219/.278/.319/.597 .413/.660 .636 75/.880 15/5 6/11
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 9/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.250 6/1.833 3/1.667 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 640/417 .241/.305/.457/.762 .741/.773 .713 108/.510 11/1 29/5
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/41 .222/.304/.333/.637 .548/.778 .709 26/.462 0/0 2/0
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 9/1.069 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 428/349 .243/.339/.430/.769 .529/.823 .774 74/.749 2/2 14/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.100 12/.817 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 510/340 .221/.305/.305/.610 .673/.580 .658 6/.833 16/5 2/11
IP 33.1 51.2 184.2 1.0 11.0 34.1 39.1 61.1 62.1 63.0 30.1 14.2 31.1 TOTAL .236/.309/.399/.707 .695/.713 .716 .764 118/30 182/104
ERA-K/9 3.78/5.7 2.79/7.5 3.90/10.4 0.00/0.0 10.64/9.0 3.93/9.7 3.43/6.4 2.64/11.0 3.18/9.2 1.86/6.4 4.45/8.6 10.43/8.6 2.01/10.1 3.89/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-0)
 Kottaras (38-8-2)
 Norris (31-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.263 223/.261 787/.216 4/.000 53/.367 148/.186 162/.240 243/.233 246/.208 255/.228 139/.328 69/.286 115/.173 .247  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Crisp
 Cowgill
 Smith
 Moss
 Gomes
0/13/129/14
50/47/0/9
16/91/0/4
16/15/8/3
56/0/13/3
10/0/12/2
37/0/3/1
OPS .734 .662 .651 .250 .968 .625 .707 .630 .619 .615 .887 .903 .511 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.533 119/.704 452/.681 1/ 27/.930 59/.722 74/.750 146/.625 105/.661 113/.606 55/.876 31/1.375 62/.593 .705
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.831 104/.615 335/.612 3/.000 26/1.006 89/.562 88/.663 97/.637 141/.586 142/.622 84/.895 38/.560 53/.413 .710
Home 104/.639 111/.598 364/.675 / 35/1.105 106/.548 100/.750 135/.708 124/.643 135/.602 91/.978 40/.920 66/.326
Last 28d days 59/.775 37/.807 105/.315 4/.250 4/.500 29/.956 22/1.598 42/.785 33/.606 10/.700 21/.871 7/.452 26/.452
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 1/11/1 13/22/4 0/0/0 1/2/1 5/1/0 5/0/1 7/3/1 8/5/0 3/1/1 6/6/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 163/103/25
Usage ····X··· ·oX···o· ·····X·· ·······X ·······o X······· X······X ·Xo··oo· X···X··· ·Xo····X o······o ·······X oo······
Rangers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB
39.Accardo
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
64.Griffin
G/S/vB
53.Miller
G/S/vB
40.Neshek
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
67.Straily
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 10/.200 9/.666 6/.400 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 675/494 .288/.347/.381/.729 .703/.738 .714 104/.580 20/10 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.167 16/.331 9/.444 7/.715 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 7/1.572 ··· 3/1.000 621/461 .315/.353/.559/.912 .712/.981 .976 90/1.142 1/0 35/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/.311 7/1.404 6/.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 609/457 .257/.319/.450/.768 .955/.708 .841 92/.598 8/4 22/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.200 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 262/149 .309/.374/.395/.768 .876/.689 .742 25/.818 13/7 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 7/1.229 9/.555 6/.167 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 601/419 .288/.361/.592/.953 .874/.989 .958 76/1.040 7/4 43/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 14/.714 9/.889 6/.533 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 5/.650 1/.000 4/.833 695/521 .263/.330/.431/.761 .989/.686 .899 104/.681 21/9 18/17
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/43 .178/.240/.378/.618 .500/.640 .820 8/.411 3/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .452 7/.286 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 342/294 .278/.324/.479/.803 .786/.805 .934 72/.541 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 11/.586 ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 497/414 .308/.384/.485/.869 .856/.872 .925 98/.840 10/5 14/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 7/.286 6/1.917 2/2.500 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 389/262 .226/.344/.446/.791 .680/.845 .728 30/1.021 1/0 20/7
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/20 .156/.256/.188/.444 .387/.500 .516 7/.286 1/1 0/3
2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/13 .176/.176/.471/.647 .000/.846 .000 17/.647 0/0 1/0
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/23 .277/.309/.446/.755 .916/.418 .659 1/.000 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 346/253 .204/.279/.356/.635 .708/.608 .609 67/.612 1/0 11/8
10.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 16/.700 12/.750 8/1.125 3/1.667 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 6/.500 2/1.500 3/.667 619/456 .275/.310/.365/.675 .776/.639 .641 98/.845 2/2 7/6
IP 169.1 35.1 69.2 100.2 61.0 23.2 68.2 42.0 19.0 74.0 45.2 17.2 29.2 35.0 TOTAL .274/.335/.447/.782 .796/.777 .820 .760 90/44 190/79
ERA-K/9 3.40/6.7 4.58/7.1 2.71/8.3 3.75/5.9 2.66/7.7 10.27/10.6 2.23/9.6 3.21/12.0 3.79/4.7 2.80/7.3 2.36/8.1 1.53/8.1 3.03/7.6 3.60/7.5 3.50/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (6-0-0)
 Napoli (41-10-8)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (63-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 699/.248 152/.288 274/.169 414/.237 245/.210 120/.324 270/.162 173/.239 80/.231 295/.227 196/.205 69/.164 125/.226 152/.243 .246  Cruz
 Gentry
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/143/8
0/111/3/7
81/88/2/5
113/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .666 .820 .524 .673 .662 1.010 .514 .627 .713 .606 .665 .576 .653 .789 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 373/.705 72/.663 144/.501 121/.626 119/.607 45/1.144 130/.563 62/.776 26/.478 153/.586 88/.463 14/1.275 54/.900 61/.954 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.622 80/.949 130/.549 293/.693 126/.713 75/.927 140/.470 111/.542 54/.841 142/.629 108/.834 55/.390 71/.476 91/.683 .656
Road 323/.725 104/.920 138/.596 221/.740 128/.515 103/.896 151/.469 97/.693 28/.782 167/.690 115/.726 36/.886 72/.667 81/.623
Last 28d days 135/.656 / 39/.602 30/.817 31/.667 18/1.486 45/.311 45/.640 22/1.056 121/.672 54/.648 36/.628 41/.665 82/.826
HR/SB/CS 9/21/6 3/4/1 4/3/3 8/2/4 7/4/3 7/0/0 4/4/2 2/5/1 2/2/0 9/1/3 6/10/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 9/2/1 139/96/45
Usage ····X··· ········ X·oX···· ···X···· ·oXX·o·o ·······X ·oXX·X·· X·X·Xo·· ···o··Xo ··X····X X··X··X· ·o·X·oX· o··X·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.