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Game Preview: TBR @ OAK, 9:05pm, Saturday, August 31, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Rays, 75-58, 75-58 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (25, RHP, 8-2, 2.87)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-2) 100.1 87 34 32 32 92 11 2.87
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
2011 (3-2) 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 3.42
Last 7 GS 3-0 41.0 34 15 14 18 38 3 3.07 56
2013-08-25 NYY ND 5.2 7 2 2 3 5 1 100 49
2013-08-20 @BAL W 6.0 3 2 1 4 5 0 92 61
2013-08-15 SEA W 5.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 88 61
2013-06-15 KCR ND 4.1 4 2 2 3 3 0 78 47
2013-06-10 BOS ND 4.0 7 6 6 3 4 0 98 25
2013-06-05 @DET ND 7.2 5 0 0 3 7 0 108 73
2013-05-26 NYY W 8.1 5 2 2 0 8 1 113 73
Last 5 v.OAK 3-1 27.2 26 9 9 8 21 3 2.93 58
2013-04-19 OAK W 7.1 10 3 3 1 3 1 101 48
2012-08-23 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 113 85
2012-08-01 @OAK W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 95 70
2011-08-06 OAK L 4.1 8 5 5 4 4 1 93 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-26   Road:   31-32   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  50-38   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 34-29   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 12-8  IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Fri, Aug 30  @OAK  L   3-4       75-58  2nd  3.5 gb
132 Thu, Aug 29   LAA  L   0-2       75-57  2nd  2.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 28   LAA  W   4-1       75-56  2nd  2.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 27   LAA  L   5-6       74-56  2nd  2.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 26  @KCR  L   1-11      74-55  2nd  1.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 25   NYY  L   2-3 (11)  74-54  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 24   NYY  W   4-2       74-53  1st    Tied
126 Fri, Aug 23   NYY  W   7-2       73-53  1st    Tied
125 Wed, Aug 21  @BAL  L   2-4       72-53  2nd  1.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 20  @BAL  W   7-4       72-52  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Athletics, 76-58, 76-58 2nd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Sonny Gray (23, RHP, 1-2, 3.18)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 28.1 20 12 10 9 30 2 3.18
Last 7 GS 1-2 24.1 18 12 10 8 24 2 3.70 57
2013-08-25 @BAL L 3.1 8 6 6 2 3 0 67 21
2013-08-20 SEA ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 7 1 94 70
2013-08-15 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 118 82
2013-08-10 @TOR L 6.0 4 4 2 3 5 1 94 54
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-25   Road:   36-33   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  52-40   vsLHP:  24-18   1-Run:  25-17
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 32-25 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Aug 30   TBR  W   4-3       76-58  2nd  2.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 29  @DET  L   6-7       75-58  2nd  3.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 28  @DET  W  14-4       75-57  2nd  2.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27  @DET  W   6-3  (5)  74-57  2nd  2.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 26  @DET  W   8-6       73-57  2nd  2.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 25  @BAL  L   3-10      72-57  2nd  2.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 24  @BAL  W   2-1       72-56  2nd  2.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23  @BAL  L   7-9       71-56  2nd  3.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 21   SEA  L   3-5       71-55  2nd  2.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 20   SEA  L   4-7       71-54  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 OAK  4  TBR  3        W:Ryan Cook (6-3), L: David Price (8-6), S: Grant Balfour (34)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 TBR  8  OAK  1        W:Roberto Hernandez (1-3), L: Tommy Milone (3-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 TBR  1  OAK  0        W:Jeremy Hellickson (1-1), L: Jarrod Parker (0-3), S: Fernando Rodney (2)
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 TBR  8  OAK  3        W:Alex Cobb (2-1), L: Brett Anderson (1-3), S: none

Sat, Aug 25, 2012 OAK  4 @TBR  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (7-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (8-9), S: Grant Balfour (14)
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 OAK  5 @TBR  4        W:Ryan Cook (6-2), L: Joel Peralta (1-6), S: Grant Balfour (13)
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
Season Series: 2013 - TBR over 3-1; 2012 - OAK won 5-4; 2011 - OAK won 5-2; All-Time - OAK leads 87-55

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.10

KCR  4.05

MIA  3.16

 RA/G

ATL  3.37

NYM  4.23

HOU  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

J. Jay  .271

D. Uggla  .187

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .449

J. Segura  .335

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .681

A. Gordon  .427

A. Hechavarria  .299

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.130

C. Carter  .769

A. Escobar  .562

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.72

K. Medlen  3.58

E. Volquez  5.97

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.16

R. Nolasco  7.31

B. Colon  4.75

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

Rays Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
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		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/295 .256/.333/.401/.735 .386/.796 .589 84/.610 3/1 6/1
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 7/1.229 2/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 480/324 .268/.338/.376/.715 .824/.661 .648 90/.813 4/3 8/6
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 177/107 .197/.264/.274/.538 .815/.365 .607 37/.535 5/2 2/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 509/346 .247/.322/.398/.720 .875/.647 .725 43/.422 18/7 11/2
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 362/276 .248/.315/.439/.754 .737/.759 .802 45/.552 7/4 16/3
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 408/354 .257/.343/.463/.806 .506/.856 .827 68/1.087 7/1 17/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 248/151 .262/.321/.413/.734 .670/.760 .673 41/.945 0/1 6/3
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 4/1.167 ··· ··· 479/343 .301/.349/.424/.773 .776/.772 .890 78/.545 3/1 10/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 563/390 .267/.343/.508/.851 .966/.801 .848 100/.912 1/0 28/8
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 262/171 .245/.309/.318/.626 .656/.611 .668 47/.674 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 253/162 .286/.352/.446/.798 .774/.809 .828 88/.629 5/1 9/0
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 188/38 .244/.308/.357/.665 .687/.578 .714 37/.439 1/3 3/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 7/1.429 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 567/366 .277/.359/.415/.774 .649/.844 .691 102/.805 10/2 10/4
IP 28.1 52.2 52.1 49.0 58.1 56.0 30.0 TOTAL .260/.331/.412/.743 .757/.736 .735 .719 64/29 139/49
ERA-K/9 3.18/9.5 2.39/10.4 3.61/7.9 4.04/8.1 2.16/8.5 3.70/7.7 1.20/6.0 3.68/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (48-8-2)
 Molina (47-19-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 115/.194 215/.198 218/.225 216/.234 244/.218 222/.228 117/.259 .245  Johnson
 DeJesus
 Zobrist
 Myers
 Fuld
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Jennings
50/0/0/6
7/75/3/2
3/0/38/2
0/7/45/2
52/18/21/2
36/0/8/1
49/0/54/1
0/113/0/1
OPS .553 .595 .691 .627 .561 .619 .570 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.606 105/.516 96/.805 118/.639 110/.745 79/.579 57/.527 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 48/.481 110/.674 122/.599 98/.610 134/.416 143/.640 60/.610 .666
Home 54/.382 120/.524 99/.682 115/.712 135/.502 131/.647 85/.515
Last 28d days 100/.586 39/.703 45/.703 54/.558 48/.714 35/1.008 45/.545
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 6/0/1 7/2/2 2/1/0 1/14/1 4/5/1 0/0/0 138/74/25
Usage ·····X·· XX··X·o· ·o···X·X ·······X X···o··X ·o··o··· ·X··X···
Athletics Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 49.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 10/.425 ··· 40/37 .194/.250/.278/.528 .667/.516 .258 17/.561 0/0 1/0
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 10/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 9/.476 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 423/294 .260/.336/.360/.696 .766/.665 .633 80/.849 0/2 6/15
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 482/336 .227/.288/.420/.709 .756/.688 .751 95/.626 6/7 20/3
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/1.273 ··· 2/.500 5/1.600 1/3.000 12/1.227 ··· 8/1.196 5/.650 470/300 .254/.330/.408/.739 .611/.820 .573 72/.827 16/4 14/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 556/393 .296/.371/.485/.856 1.025/.786 .843 101/.854 3/2 19/12
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 181/41 .279/.331/.412/.744 .842/.406 .897 32/1.053 0/0 4/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 4/2.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 3/1.667 552/357 .293/.352/.441/.793 .763/.804 .762 103/.863 1/0 10/15
37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 7/.572 427/353 .250/.328/.500/.828 .688/.858 .762 77/1.032 4/1 25/8
15.Smith* G/S/vP 10/.311 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 375/289 .240/.315/.370/.684 .628/.702 .629 36/.563 0/0 7/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 352/290 .267/.323/.375/.697 .602/.717 .699 75/.638 8/4 2/6
22.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/1.167 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 9/.583 ··· 14/.377 ··· 296/238 .232/.289/.333/.622 .725/.598 .645 37/.863 2/0 4/6
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/83 .241/.297/.337/.634 .400/.665 .508 57/.633 0/0 2/1
25.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 4/.000 316/177 .189/.278/.371/.650 .687/.621 .632 49/.652 8/3 11/2
IP 100.1 12.2 52.0 58.0 55.1 55.2 44.2 57.2 46.1 TOTAL .247/.322/.405/.727 .745/.717 .701 .791 60/22 143/82
ERA-K/9 2.87/8.3 5.68/12.8 3.98/11.4 2.95/9.3 4.55/6.2 3.72/11.6 1.41/10.9 2.97/7.8 4.08/8.7 3.82/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Suzuki (55-7-1)
 Vogt (12-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 413/.231 52/.250 215/.216 233/.188 240/.274 248/.217 170/.126 238/.231 204/.272 .241  Cespedes
 Crisp
 Young
 Smith
 Moss
81/18/0/7
0/86/0/2
15/46/22/2
44/0/9/1
2/2/17/1
OPS .651 .775 .636 .574 .704 .664 .396 .607 .811 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.659 23/1.068 71/.675 132/.554 90/.774 137/.702 62/.433 141/.579 103/.844 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.637 29/.563 144/.616 101/.601 150/.662 111/.616 108/.373 97/.648 101/.778 .659
Road 165/.667 33/.827 101/.754 110/.719 125/.693 86/.680 98/.422 114/.634 96/.911
Last 28d days 70/.679 5/1.600 46/.547 50/.591 50/.698 49/.670 50/.673 40/.602 30/.967
HR/SB/CS 11/7/3 3/3/0 6/3/0 5/0/1 4/5/0 3/8/2 1/2/0 2/13/2 7/5/1 126/95/27
Usage ·····X·· ········ ···X·XX· o·oo·oo· ····X··· ··oX·oo· ·X···o·· ·X···X·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.