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Game Preview: HOU @ OAK, 3:35pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Astros, 4-10, 4-10 4th, 6½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 2-1, 1.96)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 18.1 14 7 4 6 14 2 1.96
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 4-3 42.1 32 17 14 15 36 5 2.98 57
2013-04-12 @LAA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 96 74
2013-04-06 OAK L 5.2 6 5 2 1 4 2 122 46
2013-03-31 TEX W 5.2 5 2 2 3 5 0 97 53
2012-10-02 @CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 80 66
2012-09-26 STL W 7.1 2 0 0 0 7 0 104 81
2012-09-20 @STL L 5.1 6 5 5 5 7 1 111 38
2012-09-08 @CIN L 5.1 6 5 5 2 4 2 93 38
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 5.2 6 5 2 1 4 2 3.18 46
2013-04-06 OAK L 5.2 6 5 2 1 4 2 122 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-5    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 16  @OAK  L   3-4        4-10  4th  6.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 15  @OAK  L   2-11       4-9   4th  5.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @LAA  L   1-4        4-8   4th  4.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13  @LAA  L   4-5        4-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12  @LAA  W   5-0        4-6   3rd  4.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @SEA  W   8-3        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @SEA  W  16-9        2-6   5th  4.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8  @SEA  L   0-3        1-6   5th  4.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7   OAK  L   3-9        1-5   5th  3.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   OAK  L   3-6        1-4   5th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-10   Last 30: 4-10
Athletics, 11-4, 11-4 1st, 1½ up

SP: Bartolo Colon (40, RHP, 1-0, 4.15)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 13.0 16 6 6 0 7 2 4.15
2012 (10-9) 152.1 161 62 58 23 91 17 3.43
2011 (8-10) 164.1 172 85 73 40 135 21 4.00
Last 7 GS 5-1 47.1 48 14 12 4 25 4 2.28 57
2013-04-12 DET ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 85 54
2013-04-06 @HOU W 6.0 8 3 3 0 2 1 83 46
2012-08-18 CLE W 8.0 5 1 1 0 3 1 103 71
2012-08-12 @CHW L 5.2 9 6 5 2 2 1 93 29
2012-08-07 LAA W 7.0 4 1 0 0 5 0 93 72
2012-08-02 TOR W 8.0 7 0 0 1 3 0 96 70
2012-07-28 @BAL W 5.2 7 0 0 1 5 0 101 59
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 30.2 33 18 16 11 15 6 4.70 46
2013-04-06 @HOU W 6.0 8 3 3 0 2 1 83 46
2007-06-19 HOU L 6.0 11 7 7 3 3 2 110 22
2002-08-03 HOU ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 97 53
2001-07-17 @HOU W 5.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 65 68
2000-07-16 HOU L 6.2 7 5 3 5 4 2 122 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    6-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-4    vsLHP:   4-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest: 10-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Tue, Apr 16   HOU  W   4-3       11-4   1st  1.5 up
 14 Mon, Apr 15   HOU  W  11-2       10-4   1st  1.5 up
 13 Sun, Apr 14   DET  L   1-10       9-4   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sat, Apr 13   DET  L   3-7        9-3   1st  1.0 up
 11 Fri, Apr 12   DET  W   4-3 (12)   9-2   1st  2.0 up
 10 Thu, Apr 11  @LAA  W   8-1        8-2   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @LAA  W  11-5        7-2   1st  1.0 up
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @LAA  W   9-5        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Sun, Apr  7  @HOU  W   9-3        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr  6  @HOU  W   6-3        4-2   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-4    Last 30:11-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 OAK  4  HOU  3        W:Sean Doolittle (1-0), L: Rhiner Cruz (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (2)
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 OAK 11  HOU  2        W:Tommy Milone (3-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 07, 2013 OAK  9 @HOU  3        W:Brett Anderson (1-1), L: Lucas Harrell (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 06, 2013 OAK  6 @HOU  3        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Bud Norris (1-1), S: Grant Balfour (1)
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 OAK  8 @HOU  3        W:Dan Straily (1-0), L: Brad Peacock (0-1), S: none

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
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 5-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 10-1

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

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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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 (4.00 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Colon
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 47.Neshek
G/S/vB		 44.Resop
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 2/.000 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .754 63/.845 33/11 7/11
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 2/.000 171/148 .228/.282/.411/.694 .435/.736 .673 27/.556 1/3 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 105/54 .204/.250/.265/.515 .578/.458 .557 18/.844 1/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .888 59/.867 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .668 51/.536 0/0 6/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 186/84 .259/.332/.410/.741 .759/.718 .831 22/.591 0/1 4/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .702 12/.500 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .992 51/.526 0/0 5/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .601 33/1.013 3/3 2/5
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 439/320 .241/.311/.375/.685 .690/.683 .647 43/.606 0/2 11/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 352/228 .229/.304/.460/.764 .892/.697 .734 60/.798 9/4 18/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP 37/.927 6/.000 9/.111 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 600/418 .197/.330/.354/.684 .636/.705 .670 54/.729 2/3 19/7
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.167 ··· 254/196 .253/.323/.424/.746 .711/.757 .775 26/.157 0/0 9/9
IP 152.1 74.2 65.1 73.1 47.1 19.2 73.2 35.1 TOTAL .247/.299/.389/.688 .639/.719 .802 .688 1/3 13/6
ERA-K/9 3.43/5.4 2.53/8.7 2.48/7.4 2.09/9.8 3.04/11.4 1.37/7.3 3.91/5.6 2.55/7.6 3.46/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 636/.266 289/.160 261/.201 288/.166 191/.227 77/.147 330/.276 148/.221 .249  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 .692 .495 .637 .517 .611 .530 .722 .637 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/.782 151/.476 125/.575 136/.568 67/.794 16/1.108 131/.694 62/.834 .583
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.587 138/.516 136/.693 152/.473 124/.509 61/.369 199/.740 86/.501 .747
Home 364/.650 151/.406 127/.781 137/.567 94/.529 37/.253 156/.760 70/.624
Last 28d days 53/.736 23/.581 29/.612 30/.507 24/.428 33/.943 25/.367 38/.570
HR/SB/CS 17/1/0 4/3/3 7/4/3 4/4/2 3/5/1 3/2/0 6/6/1 2/2/0 12/5/1
Usage ····X··· oX··X··X ··X·X·Xo o·o·X··X Xo··o··o ·o·X··Xo ··X·o·oX ··Xo·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.

Athletics Batters (5.93 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 2/1.500 6/3.083 5/.400 4/.833 508/336 .259/.325/.418/.742 .682/.774 .806 63/1.132 39/4 11/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 294/205 .241/.289/.398/.687 .703/.680 .649 63/.766 4/1 9/13
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 / /// / 19/.563 / /
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 361/308 .276/.394/.456/.850 .393/.927 .877 45/.748 5/0 10/0
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/1.000 3/1.167 2/.500 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.000 4/1.417 1/2.000 387/287 .244/.331/.438/.769 .623/.819 .856 63/1.054 2/0 16/8
37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.000 296/234 .291/.358/.596/.954 .770/1.006 .868 52/.844 1/1 21/9
36.Norris G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 232/139 .201/.276/.349/.625 .618/.630 .605 31/1.099 5/1 7/5
12.Parrino# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 138/86 .207/.316/.276/.592 .595/.590 .703 16/.258 1/0 1/6
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/.733 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 673/434 .242/.305/.463/.768 .751/.778 .795 47/.439 11/1 32/6
15.Smith* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.334 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 441/361 .240/.333/.420/.754 .521/.805 .742 38/1.197 2/2 14/2
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/2.250 1/.000 2/1.000 108/88 .167/.206/.275/.480 .450/.487 .362 41/.771 2/0 2/2
23.Taylor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/9 .143/.143/.190/.333 .167/.556 .231 5/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Young G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 4/2.500 6/1.000 4/.500 4/.750 2/.000 363/229 .231/.311/.434/.745 .810/.707 .702 55/.687 8/3 14/2
IP 168.1 19.1 31.0 55.0 85.1 67.0 52.1 TOTAL .265/.348/.466/.815 .907/.772 .684 .815 15/3 20/7
ERA-K/9 4.65/8.8 4.19/10.3 3.77/10.5 /0.0 6.05/7.5 5.27/4.0 /0.0 3.63/10.6 3.27/9.3 4.81/5.5

 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 733/.254 83/.206 138/.254 / 253/.297 377/.286 / 300/.239 223/.226 .263  Reddick
 Crisp
 Young
 Smith
 Moss
 Taylor
 Parrino
0/14/136/15
16/97/0/4
0/87/0/4
57/0/13/3
11/0/13/2
2/0/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .752 .613 .704 .870 .823 .694 .638 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.784 27/.487 70/.616 / 100/.974 85/.750 / 146/.724 133/.538 .940
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.720 56/.675 68/.797 / 153/.798 292/.844 / 154/.665 90/.790 .720
Road 440/.889 37/.628 86/.845 / 139/.955 128/1.115 / 148/.721 100/.533
Last 28d days 75/.574 36/.887 26/1.171 38/.809 38/1.051 30/.624 59/.871 24/.982 24/.625
HR/SB/CS 23/13/10 0/2/1 3/3/0 // 8/5/1 14/9/2 // 5/10/2 4/3/1 17/8/3
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo··X ·X······ ·X·····X X·Xoo·X· X·····X· X·····X· ···X··o· ·X··o···

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.