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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 7, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 51-37, 51-37 1st, ½ up

SP: A.J. Griffin (25, RHP, 6-6, 3.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-6) 109.1 98 51 48 26 87 16 3.95
2012 (7-1) 82.1 74 29 28 19 64 10 3.06
Last 7 GS 1-3 46.0 39 21 21 9 36 5 4.11 55
2013-07-02 CHC ND 5.2 10 7 7 1 6 1 99 26
2013-06-26 CIN W 9.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 108 88
2013-06-20 @TEX ND 5.1 3 2 2 1 5 1 98 58
2013-06-15 SEA L 6.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 107 41
2013-06-09 @CHW L 7.1 7 4 4 1 5 2 102 52
2013-06-04 @MIL ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 109 73
2013-05-30 @SFG L 5.2 5 4 4 1 5 0 92 47
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 6.0 7 3 3 3 5 0 4.50 48
2013-05-19 KCR ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 5 0 105 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-14   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-26   vsLHP:  17-11   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 23-15 IL:11-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul  6  @KCR  L   3-4       51-37  1st  0.5 up
 87 Fri, Jul  5  @KCR  W   6-3       51-36  1st  0.5 up
 86 Thu, Jul  4   CHC  W   1-0       50-36  1st  0.5 up
 85 Wed, Jul  3   CHC  L   1-3       49-36  1st  0.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  2   CHC  W   8-7       49-35  1st  0.5 up
 83 Sun, Jun 30   STL  W   7-5       48-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 29   STL  L   1-7       47-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 28   STL  W   6-1       47-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 26   CIN  W   5-0       46-34  1st    Tied
 79 Tue, Jun 25   CIN  W   7-3       45-34  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Royals, 41-43, 41-43 3rd, 6 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (29, RHP, 2-4, 4.41)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-4) 79.2 82 43 39 34 51 8 4.41
2012 (8-10) 166.0 176 84 78 59 104 15 4.23
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.2 39 16 16 17 23 4 3.72 50
2013-07-02 CLE ND 4.0 6 4 4 4 2 0 86 32
2013-06-26 ATL ND 6.2 5 2 2 1 6 0 101 61
2013-06-19 @CLE L 5.0 4 4 4 3 3 1 83 43
2013-06-14 @TBR W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 92 51
2013-06-09 HOU ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 88 71
2013-06-04 MIN L 4.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 95 35
2013-05-29 @STL ND 5.2 6 1 1 3 5 1 98 55
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 13.2 15 4 3 4 6 0 1.98 52
2013-05-19 @OAK ND 6.0 8 3 2 0 4 0 94 50
2012-04-09 @OAK L 5.2 5 1 1 4 2 0 97 53
2007-09-08 OAK ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   19-22   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  33-28   vsLHP:   8-15   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Sat, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       41-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  5   OAK  L   3-6       40-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  4   CLE  W  10-7       40-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  3   CLE  W   6-5       39-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  2   CLE  L   5-6       38-42  3rd  5.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 30  @MIN  W   9-8       38-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 29  @MIN  L   2-6       37-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 28  @MIN  W   9-3       37-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 27  @MIN  L   1-3       36-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 26   ATL  W   4-3 (10)  36-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 KCR  4  OAK  3        W:Aaron Crow (6-3), L: Ryan Cook (1-2), S: Greg Holland (20)
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 OAK  6 @KCR  3        W:Tommy Milone (8-7), L: Wade Davis (4-7), S: Grant Balfour (22)
Sun, May 19, 2013 OAK  4  KCR  3        W:Jerry Blevins (3-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (2-4), S: Ryan Cook (1)
Sat, May 18, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Tommy Milone (4-5), L: Ervin Santana (3-3), S: Grant Balfour (8)
Fri, May 17, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Sean Doolittle (3-0), L: James Shields (2-4), S: Grant Balfour (7)

Thu, Aug 16, 2012 OAK  3 @KCR  0        W:Dan Straily (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (7-11), S: Grant Balfour (9)
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 KCR  3  OAK  2        W:Will Smith (4-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (6-4), S: Greg Holland (4)
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 KCR  5  OAK  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (5-12), L: Jarrod Parker (7-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 KCR  2  OAK  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Tommy Milone (6-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (13)
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 OAK  9 @KCR  3        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 4-1; 2012 - KCR won 5-4; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 304-249

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
Athletics Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 6/.533 2/3.000 2/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 6/1.667 3/.000 3/.666 312/220 .223/.285/.435/.720 .898/.650 .755 85/.511 2/5 15/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.400 17/.694 8/.500 3/1.667 1/2.000 11/.637 2/1.000 3/.000 299/192 .265/.349/.432/.781 .714/.817 .905 80/.544 14/4 9/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 5/.450 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/2.334 361/260 .317/.385/.533/.918 1.098/.849 .897 91/.931 2/2 15/7
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/31 .287/.339/.417/.756 .910/.331 .604 24/.833 0/0 2/1
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/no AB 1/.000 3/1.000 217/192 .272/.375/.359/.734 .432/.773 .750 50/.841 1/0 2/2
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 7/1.404 4/.833 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.071 2/.000 ··· 354/231 .296/.368/.414/.782 .700/.824 .800 91/.743 1/0 5/12
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 288/234 .232/.316/.465/.781 .627/.817 .795 84/.862 2/0 15/4
36.Norris G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 206/105 .207/.317/.333/.650 .834/.465 .481 39/.790 3/0 4/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 5/.200 3/.000 1/no AB 12/.750 3/.666 ··· 231/162 .218/.300/.337/.637 .596/.651 .652 84/.725 6/0 3/3
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 7/.619 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 147/65 .200/.273/.331/.603 .752/.408 .570 26/.240 0/0 4/6
15.Smith* G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 292/217 .273/.342/.413/.755 .678/.783 .821 88/.708 0/0 6/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 219/182 .256/.333/.328/.662 .547/.684 .615 71/.685 7/4 0/3
25.Young G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 10/.844 ··· ··· 213/130 .194/.272/.382/.654 .563/.707 .652 46/.850 6/2 8/2
IP 79.2 30.1 30.0 27.1 26.1 33.1 33.0 13.1 TOTAL .248/.325/.401/.726 .740/.719 .733 .721 44/17 91/47
ERA-K/9 4.41/5.8 2.08/6.5 3.90/8.7 3.29/7.9 3.76/5.8 2.16/9.5 1.91/15.3 2.70/8.8 3.66/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (24-4-0)
 Norris (24-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.267 134/.263 129/.220 119/.262 108/.276 126/.165 128/.172 50/.250 .253  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Young
 Moss
 Smith
 Rosales
 Crisp
45/16/0/5
0/0/58/3
8/26/18/1
2/2/11/1
36/0/7/1
1/0/0/0
0/56/0/0
OPS .773 .721 .647 .705 .691 .554 .509 .624 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.842 50/.827 65/.616 57/.677 58/.886 65/.632 67/.574 19/.377 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.690 84/.656 64/.677 62/.730 50/.485 61/.469 61/.441 31/.790 .706
Home 167/.853 98/.768 62/.771 57/.755 66/.662 67/.457 76/.465 30/.833
Last 28d days 95/.764 38/.898 47/.812 42/.676 35/.665 39/.374 39/.426 29/.332
HR/SB/CS 8/4/0 2/3/2 2/2/0 2/4/0 2/3/2 4/3/2 2/0/0 1/1/1 90/43/19
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ·o··o·X· o·o·X·X· ·Xo····· ··o·X··X X·XX··o· ···X···X
Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Griffin
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
47.Neshek
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 11/.191 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 339/255 .274/.378/.396/.773 .814/.760 .782 99/.724 0/0 6/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 294/210 .258/.320/.383/.702 .541/.765 .703 73/.542 9/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 73/57 .269/.329/.507/.836 .388/.965 1.050 31/.810 12/2 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 351/246 .247/.279/.326/.605 .762/.539 .513 95/.672 12/0 3/11
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/14 .176/.263/.235/.498 .000/.690 .133 19/.498 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/2.000 11/.091 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 358/249 .290/.355/.424/.778 1.009/.678 .668 97/.681 5/2 8/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.200 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 338/242 .282/.332/.427/.760 .802/.743 .702 107/.923 7/3 9/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 139/101 .221/.255/.298/.553 .556/.552 .400 44/.590 11/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/55 .157/.317/.392/.710 .536/.736 .938 10/1.400 1/0 3/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 145/123 .291/.310/.433/.743 .652/.759 .659 82/.767 1/1 2/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 274/211 .212/.274/.328/.602 .450/.647 .653 80/.764 1/3 6/10
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 273/198 .302/.326/.420/.746 .636/.788 .854 93/.701 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 2/1.500 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 87/35 .284/.318/.395/.713 .782/.607 .687 34/.563 0/0 2/2
IP 109.1 34.2 36.1 27.1 37.1 38.0 27.1 8.0 TOTAL .258/.313/.377/.690 .703/.685 .670 .718 66/16 55/50
ERA-K/9 3.95/7.2 1.82/9.1 2.97/7.7 3.62/6.9 2.65/8.4 3.32/8.1 2.30/7.3 3.38/6.8 3.72/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-6-2)
 Perez (25-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.236 141/.198 151/.227 115/.216 154/.216 150/.224 121/.262 34/.353 .244  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
80/0/0/8
0/65/9/5
7/5/29/4
0/19/0/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .678 .591 .667 .597 .553 .605 .734 .735 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.625 68/.571 66/.780 60/.630 69/.701 58/.658 38/.832 17/.706 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.741 73/.610 85/.582 55/.561 85/.438 92/.571 83/.689 17/.765 .664
Road 231/.677 56/.541 81/.596 57/.552 66/.685 62/.674 61/.733 5/1.800
Last 28d days 106/.664 35/.560 44/.985 56/.601 40/.668 44/.576 24/.726 34/.735
HR/SB/CS 16/2/2 4/0/1 4/0/0 2/0/0 0/9/0 3/3/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 91/50/14
Usage ····X··· ·oX·X·o· o···X··X ···X···X X·o···o· o··o··o· ·······X ····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.