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Game Preview: OAK @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 4, 2014 @Fenway Park

Athletics, 18-12, 18-12 1st, 2 up

SP: Sonny Gray (24, RHP, 4-1, 1.76)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-1) 41.0 33 10 8 14 37 1 1.76
2013 (5-3) 64.0 51 22 19 20 67 4 2.67
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.0 36 10 8 17 45 1 1.57 63
2014-04-28 @TEX W 9.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 108 86
2014-04-23 TEX L 7.0 5 3 3 4 8 1 108 59
2014-04-18 HOU W 6.0 9 3 3 2 4 0 106 44
2014-04-12 @SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 102 70
2014-04-06 SEA W 6.0 6 3 1 2 3 0 98 53
2014-03-31 CLE ND 6.0 5 0 0 3 7 0 105 66
2013-09-29 @SEA W 5.0 3 0 0 3 8 0 79 66
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:   12-6    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  12-8    vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest: 14-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  3  @BOS  L   3-6       18-12  1st  2.0 up
 29 Fri, May  2  @BOS  L   1-7       18-11  1st  2.0 up
 28 Wed, Apr 30  @TEX  W  12-1       18-10  1st  3.0 up
 27 Tue, Apr 29  @TEX  W   9-3       17-10  1st  2.0 up
 26 Mon, Apr 28  @TEX  W   4-0       16-10  1st  1.0 up
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @HOU  L   1-5       15-10  1st    Tied
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @HOU  L   6-7       15-9   1st    Tied
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @HOU  W  12-5       15-8   1st  1.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @HOU  W  10-1       14-8   1st    Tied
 21 Wed, Apr 23   TEX  L   0-3       13-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Red Sox, 15-16, 15-16 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 4-2, 3.83)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-2) 40.0 41 18 17 8 39 5 3.83
2013 (10-13) 189.1 179 80 74 40 161 26 3.52
2011 (12-12) 160.0 203 119 114 56 108 20 6.41
Last 7 GS 4-3 46.0 47 22 21 9 44 8 4.11 54
2014-04-29 TBR W 8.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 112 66
2014-04-23 NYY W 8.0 7 1 1 0 11 0 111 75
2014-04-18 BAL L 5.1 10 6 6 4 6 0 100 26
2014-04-12 @NYY L 5.2 10 6 6 0 6 4 95 31
2014-04-07 TEX W 7.0 5 1 0 2 5 0 95 68
2014-04-02 @BAL W 6.0 3 2 2 1 6 1 90 63
2013-09-24 @COL L 6.0 6 4 4 1 5 3 87 48
Last 5 v.OAK 3-2 31.2 28 13 13 9 20 3 3.69 54
2013-07-12 @OAK W 7.0 3 2 2 4 5 1 113 64
2011-06-05 OAK W 5.2 3 3 3 2 2 1 93 51
2011-04-19 @OAK L 6.0 4 1 1 1 3 0 93 62
2010-09-11 @OAK L 7.0 6 3 3 0 6 0 111 59
2010-06-01 OAK W 6.0 12 4 4 2 4 1 116 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-12   vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  3   OAK  W   6-3       15-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  2   OAK  W   7-1       14-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  1   TBR  L   5-6       13-16  4th  3.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  1   TBR  L   1-2       13-15  4th  3.0 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   TBR  W   7-4       13-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @TOR  L   1-7       12-14  4th  3.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @TOR  W   7-6       12-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @TOR  W   8-1       11-13  4th  2.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   NYY  L   5-14      10-13  5th  3.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   NYY  W   5-1       10-12  5th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 03, 2014 BOS  6  OAK  3        W:Jon Lester (3-4), L: Tommy Milone (0-3), S: Koji Uehara (7)
Fri, May 02, 2014 BOS  7  OAK  1        W:Clay Buchholz (2-2), L: Dan Straily (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jul 14, 2013 OAK  3  BOS  2 (11)   W:Ryan Cook (2-2), L: Matt Thornton (0-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 OAK  3  BOS  0        W:A.J. Griffin (8-6), L: Jon Lester (8-6), S: Grant Balfour (25)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 BOS  4 @OAK  2        W:John Lackey (7-6), L: Sean Doolittle (3-3), S: Koji Uehara (8)
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 BOS  6  OAK  5        W:Jon Lester (4-0), L: Brett Anderson (1-4), S: Andrew Bailey (5)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 OAK 13 @BOS  0  (7)   W:Bartolo Colon (3-0), L: Alfredo Aceves (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 BOS  9  OAK  6        W:Felix Doubront (2-0), L: A.J. Griffin (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (4)
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 OAK  6  BOS  2        W:Brett Anderson (3-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 OAK  7  BOS  1        W:A.J. Griffin (4-0), L: Felix Doubront (10-7), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 2-0; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - OAK won 8-1; All-Time - BOS leads 1061-872

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 2014 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

COL  5.78

PHI  4.18

SDP  2.58

 RA/G

ATL  2.97

PIT  4.20

ARI  5.52

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .400

A. Escobar  .268

R. Ibanez  .149

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .500

H. Pence  .333

Y. Alonso  .194

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .730

J. Rollins  .408

R. Tejada  .218

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.230

J. Rollins  .750

Y. Alonso  .418

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.31

K. Kendrick  3.52

K. Correia  6.09

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  13.05

H. Santiago  7.80

P. Maholm  3.52

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

Athletics Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 55.Capuano*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 54.Mujica
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 30/.993 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 54/40 .146/.222/.167/.389 .500/.343 .366 39/.462 0/0 0/3
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 17/.941 3/.666 11/.788 6/.167 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 12/.334 112/77 .250/.330/.380/.710 .648/.738 .734 105/.662 0/0 3/3
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 4/.833 110/77 .253/.345/.484/.830 .899/.800 .786 84/.843 0/1 4/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 37/.576 2/no AB 4/.250 4/.500 4/.500 1/5.000 4/.500 6/.733 98/74 .263/.371/.438/.809 .756/.827 .630 75/.747 7/0 3/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.000 141/105 .273/.340/.516/.856 .909/.838 .992 114/1.004 0/0 7/6
3.Gentry G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.500 51/18 .311/.380/.422/.802 .830/.745 .844 51/.802 5/0 0/0
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 16/1.038 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 72/65 .267/.375/.383/.758 .629/.769 .869 56/.806 1/0 1/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 5/.000 132/97 .283/.412/.425/.837 .759/.867 .861 105/.802 0/0 2/4
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 108/94 .250/.352/.413/.765 .857/.751 .721 85/.707 1/0 4/1
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 68/31 .367/.441/.550/.991 .901/1.094 1.040 59/1.018 0/0 2/1
1.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.500 1/.000 3/.333 9/1.270 6/.167 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 64/29 .207/.281/.241/.523 .348/.747 .492 53/.533 1/0 0/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 98/64 .225/.296/.315/.611 .423/.714 .535 76/.706 1/0 1/1
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 73/62 .210/.306/.258/.564 .282/.616 .458 61/.514 3/1 0/0
IP 40.0 17.2 7.0 15.0 11.2 10.0 12.0 11.2 TOTAL .255/.345/.401/.745 .696/.766 .742 .756 20/2 28/26
ERA-K/9 3.83/8.8 3.57/5.1 6.43/5.1 1.20/9.0 2.31/10.8 9.00/5.4 2.25/7.5 1.54/13.8 3.72/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (8-2-1)
 Norris (13-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 166/.265 74/.303 34/.321 59/.200 48/.209 50/.356 52/.275 47/.222 .259  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Moss
 Crisp
 Gentry
0/0/27/1
22/1/0/0
9/0/4/0
0/20/0/0
4/11/3/0
OPS .721 .841 .817 .509 .527 .941 .661 .633 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.698 34/.912 14/.890 23/.356 19/.388 26/.862 24/.917 24/.212 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.756 40/.781 20/.754 36/.609 29/.609 24/1.024 28/.437 23/1.073 .736
Home 118/.639 60/.754 24/.974 32/.744 27/.472 38/1.107 24/.554 28/.596
Last 28d days 144/.760 63/.828 34/.817 48/.544 40/.520 35/.871 34/.706 36/.776
HR/SB/CS 5/5/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 28/19/6
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· ·X······ o·o····X ·oX···o· ·X··X··· ··X····X X·o·o··X
Red Sox Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 123/82 .279/.390/.375/.765 1.019/.647 .664 98/.717 1/2 1/4
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 104/66 .225/.337/.348/.685 .587/.742 .729 92/.698 3/0 0/0
37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 35/31 .226/.314/.323/.637 .500/.656 .590 29/.590 0/1 0/0
5.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/3.334 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 82/44 .232/.329/.435/.764 .911/.641 .879 62/.865 0/0 3/2
10.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 39/32 .182/.289/.182/.471 .452/.476 .567 31/.460 0/1 0/1
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 48/29 .225/.354/.450/.804 .780/.823 .836 33/.771 0/0 2/1
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 129/92 .290/.411/.486/.897 .817/.923 .885 102/.886 0/1 5/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 2/.000 1/.000 15/.867 ··· 2/.000 127/75 .250/.354/.463/.817 .951/.729 .871 103/.815 0/0 6/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.850 2/.500 ··· 18/.801 1/.000 2/.500 139/92 .278/.345/.389/.734 .776/.713 .784 111/.730 2/2 1/1
40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 14/.536 5/.800 1/.000 91/66 .280/.322/.378/.700 .358/.815 .717 75/.804 0/0 2/2
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 36/14 .182/.250/.424/.674 .897/.357 .571 29/.651 0/0 2/3
38.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 94/67 .205/.287/.349/.637 .671/.623 .634 77/.606 2/0 2/0
18.Victorino G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 6/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 8/1.750 36/21 .290/.361/.452/.813 .718/.881 1.011 36/.813 0/0 0/0
IP 41.0 11.2 9.2 13.2 15.2 12.0 15.0 13.2 TOTAL .244/.338/.386/.724 .735/.718 .752 .735 10/7 26/24
ERA-K/9 1.76/8.1 0.00/10.8 1.86/11.1 5.27/10.5 2.87/6.3 5.25/9.8 3.00/6.6 1.98/7.2 3.05/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (9-5-2)
 Ross (10-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.220 41/.054 42/.118 58/.263 61/.220 60/.306 67/.262 56/.220 .223  Bradley
 Sizemore
 Carp
 Victorino
 Gomes
1/23/6/3
11/10/3/2
6/0/0/0
0/0/7/0
19/0/4/0
OPS .576 .200 .550 .667 .538 .727 .674 .644 .627
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.566 16/.125 15/.764 26/.440 30/.509 37/.772 30/.785 20/.583 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.592 25/.247 27/.440 32/.844 31/.567 23/.654 37/.586 36/.677 .606
Road 58/.374 19/.158 29/.537 32/.906 36/.500 30/.489 50/.648 41/.789
Last 28d days 117/.552 32/.225 42/.550 41/.850 45/.591 39/.565 60/.669 45/.748
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/4/0 0/4/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 23/21/2
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··· ·X··X··o o···X··o X··o···X ···X··o· oo····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.