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Game Preview: OAK @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, April 5, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Athletics, 2-2, 2-2 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Dan Straily (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 39.1 36 19 17 16 32 11 3.89
Last 7 GS 2-1 39.1 36 19 17 16 32 11 3.89 51
2012-09-29 SEA ND 4.1 3 4 3 4 3 2 74 42
2012-09-24 @TEX ND 6.2 5 2 1 2 8 1 99 64
2012-09-16 BAL L 4.2 5 4 4 5 1 2 92 34
2012-09-11 @LAA W 6.2 7 3 3 1 8 2 104 55
2012-08-16 @KCR W 6.1 3 0 0 2 2 0 99 67
2012-08-08 LAA ND 4.2 8 5 5 1 5 4 103 32
2012-08-03 TOR ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 102 62
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Thu, Apr  4   SEA  W   8-2        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  3   SEA  W   6-2        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  2   SEA  L   1-7        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  1   SEA  L   0-2        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-2    Last 20: 2-2    Last 30: 2-2
Astros, 1-2, 1-2 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 12.0 7 1 1 6 4 0 0.75
Last 7 GS 2-0 10.2 3 0 0 5 4 0 0.00 65
2011-09-22 @PHI W 5.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 69 67
2011-09-14 @NYM W 5.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 94 62
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  3   TEX  L   0-4        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  2   TEX  L   0-7        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Sun, Mar 31   TEX  W   8-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 OAK  6 @HOU  5 (11)   W:Alan Embree (1-0), L: Brian Moehler (0-2), S: Santiago Casilla (2)
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 OAK  7 @HOU  3        W:Joe Blanton (6-4), L: Dan Wheeler (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 HOU  5  OAK  4 (11)   W:Dave Borkowski (1-0), L: Ron Flores (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 09, 2002 OAK  7  HOU  6        W:Billy Koch (4-0), L: Octavio Dotel (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 08, 2002 OAK  5  HOU  1        W:Aaron Harang (2-1), L: Shane Reynolds (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 07, 2002 OAK  5  HOU  3        W:Mark Mulder (5-4), L: Roy Oswalt (6-4), S: Billy Koch (12)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 5-1

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 2013 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 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

L. Lynn  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

M. Minor  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 540/377 .292/.356/.505/.861 .853/.864 .791 16/.893 16/4 23/3
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.192 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 508/336 .259/.325/.418/.742 .682/.774 .667 17/.485 39/4 11/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 294/205 .241/.289/.398/.687 .703/.680 .715 13/.231 4/1 9/13
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/1.167 / /
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 361/308 .276/.394/.456/.850 .393/.927 .824 9/.556 5/0 10/0
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.167 ··· 387/287 .244/.331/.438/.769 .623/.819 .687 15/1.533 2/0 16/8
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/1.000 296/234 .291/.358/.596/.954 .770/1.006 1.050 11/.182 1/1 21/9
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 232/139 .201/.276/.349/.625 .618/.630 .645 6/.533 5/1 7/5
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 673/434 .242/.305/.463/.768 .751/.778 .742 16/.712 11/1 32/6
29.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/.750 / /
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 441/361 .240/.333/.420/.754 .521/.805 .764 6/1.100 2/2 14/2
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/88 .167/.206/.275/.480 .450/.487 .707 9/.347 2/0 2/2
25.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 363/229 .231/.311/.434/.745 .810/.707 .784 8/1.500 8/3 14/2
IP 19.1 125.2 31.0 55.0 25.0 67.0 52.1 TOTAL .225/.284/.442/.725 .927/.649 .725 1/0 5/1
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.19/10.3 5.01/8.4 3.77/10.5 6.05/7.5 /0.0 5.04/6.5 3.63/10.6 3.27/9.3 4.33/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-0)
 Jaso (27-7-5)
 Norris (34-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 83/.206 557/.263 138/.254 253/.297 / 105/.240 300/.239 223/.226 .262  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Young
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
0/14/136/15
56/48/0/9
0/87/0/4
16/97/0/4
57/0/13/3
11/0/13/2
OPS .613 .758 .704 .870 .725 .694 .638 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 27/.487 101/.628 70/.616 100/.974 / 49/.912 146/.724 133/.538 .566
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 56/.675 456/.786 68/.797 153/.798 / 56/.571 154/.665 90/.790 .830
Home / 46/.601 271/.591 52/.475 114/.766 / 26/.882 152/.666 123/.726
Last 28d days / 8/1.214 11/.182 2/2.000 7/1.000 2/.000 / 6/1.300 7/.686
HR/SB/CS // 0/2/1 14/6/0 3/3/0 8/5/1 // 3/4/0 5/10/2 4/3/1 1/0/1
Usage ·X······ ····X··· ··o····· ·oo····· ·oo····· ··X····· ·oo·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (2.67 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Straily
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 64.Griffin
G/S/vB		 47.Neshek
G/S/vB		 44.Resop
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .725 12/.917 33/11 7/11
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 171/148 .228/.282/.411/.694 .435/.736 .716 7/.714 1/3 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/54 .204/.250/.265/.515 .578/.458 .481 2/.500 1/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 11/.000 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .805 11/.000 0/0 6/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 186/84 .259/.332/.410/.741 .759/.718 .647 6/.667 0/1 4/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .848 3/.000 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .608 7/.452 0/0 5/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .612 3/.667 3/3 2/5
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 439/320 .241/.311/.375/.685 .690/.683 .724 2/.000 0/2 11/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 352/228 .229/.304/.460/.764 .892/.697 .794 11/1.064 9/4 18/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 9/.111 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 600/418 .197/.330/.354/.684 .636/.705 .699 11/.364 2/3 19/7
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 254/196 .253/.323/.424/.746 .711/.757 .710 11/.282 0/0 9/9
IP 39.1 74.2 65.1 73.1 47.1 82.1 19.2 73.2 35.1 TOTAL .172/.206/.258/.464 .749/.309 .464 .464 0/0 1/1
ERA-K/9 3.89/7.3 2.53/8.7 2.48/7.4 2.09/9.8 3.04/11.4 3.06/7.0 1.37/7.3 3.91/5.6 2.55/7.6 3.25/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.237 289/.160 261/.201 288/.166 191/.227 336/.236 77/.147 330/.276 148/.221 .208  Martinez
 Maxwell
 Barnes
 Ankiel
 Wright
100/0/0/9
38/59/20/5
1/32/5/3
0/62/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .803 .495 .637 .517 .611 .630 .530 .722 .637 .639
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/1.047 151/.476 125/.575 136/.568 67/.794 172/.629 16/1.108 131/.694 62/.834 .436
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.640 138/.516 136/.693 152/.473 124/.509 164/.631 61/.369 199/.740 86/.501 .808
Road 81/.623 138/.596 134/.500 151/.469 97/.693 167/.690 40/.789 174/.688 78/.648
Last 28d days / 5/1.600 8/.125 9/.444 8/.500 27/.781 3/.667 7/.286 6/.733
HR/SB/CS 11/3/1 4/3/3 7/4/3 4/4/2 3/5/1 10/1/3 3/2/0 6/6/1 2/2/0 5/3/0
Usage ··X····· o·oX···· o·X····· Xo······ X······· ··o····· ·o·o···· ··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.