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Game Preview: OAK @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, April 25, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Athletics, 14-8, 14-8 1st, Tied

SP: Jesse Chavez (30, RHP, 1-0, 1.38)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 26.0 19 6 4 5 28 3 1.38
2013 (2-4) 57.1 50 27 25 20 55 3 3.92
2012 (1-1) 24.2 34 29 27 11 30 7 9.85
Last 7 GS 1-1 34.2 29 16 14 9 38 5 3.63 57
2014-04-20 HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 103 63
2014-04-14 @LAA ND 7.0 4 2 1 0 9 1 100 72
2014-04-09 @MIN ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 9 1 94 70
2014-04-03 SEA ND 6.0 5 2 1 2 4 0 91 58
2012-06-24 @MIA L 6.0 7 6 6 0 6 2 92 40
2012-06-19 @MIL ND 2.2 3 4 4 4 4 0 80 36
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 1.50 63
2014-04-20 HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 103 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    8-2    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-6    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest: 10-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 20 Tue, Apr 22   TEX  L   4-5       13-7   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 21   TEX  L   3-4       13-6   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   HOU  W   4-1       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   HOU  W   4-3       12-5   1st  1.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 18   HOU  W  11-3       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  L   4-5 (12)  10-5   1st  2.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @LAA  W  10-9 (11)  10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @LAA  W   3-2        9-4   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-8
Astros, 7-16, 7-16 5th, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 0-2, 6.14)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 14.2 17 10 10 11 15 1 6.14
2013 (5-6) 83.1 78 51 48 37 77 15 5.18
2011 (2-0) 12.0 7 1 1 6 4 0 0.75
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.0 38 21 20 15 38 5 4.50 51
2014-04-20 @OAK L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 83 50
2013-09-24 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 95 54
2013-09-18 CIN ND 5.2 6 4 3 3 5 0 98 45
2013-09-11 @SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 1 105 65
2013-09-05 @OAK W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 67
2013-08-30 SEA L 4.2 7 5 5 4 4 0 103 30
2013-08-24 TOR W 5.2 6 4 4 2 5 2 94 44
Last 5 v.OAK 1-2 20.2 17 9 9 10 25 2 3.92 54
2014-04-20 @OAK L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 83 50
2013-09-05 @OAK W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 67
2013-04-16 @OAK ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 7 0 92 47
2013-04-05 OAK L 4.1 3 2 2 3 5 1 89 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-8    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   6-10   vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  4-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Thu, Apr 24   OAK  L   1-10       7-16  5th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @SEA  L   3-5        7-15  5th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @SEA  W   5-2        7-14  5th  6.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @SEA  W   7-2        6-14  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-4        5-14  5th  8.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @OAK  L   3-4        5-13  5th  7.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @OAK  L   3-11       5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   KCR  L   1-5        5-11  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   KCR  L   4-6 (11)   5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   KCR  L   2-4        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 OAK 10 @HOU  1        W:Scott Kazmir (3-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  1        W:Jesse Chavez (1-0), L: Brad Peacock (0-2), S: Luke Gregerson (3)
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  3        W:Dan Otero (3-0), L: Chad Qualls (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 OAK 11  HOU  3        W:Sonny Gray (3-0), L: Jarred Cosart (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 08, 2013 OAK  7  HOU  2        W:Bartolo Colon (15-6), L: Lucas Harrell (6-16), S: Brett Anderson (3)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 OAK  2  HOU  1        W:Dan Straily (9-7), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-2), S: Sean Doolittle (1)
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 OAK  7  HOU  5        W:A.J. Griffin (13-9), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-9), S: Grant Balfour (37)
Thu, Sep 05, 2013 HOU  3 @OAK  2        W:Brad Peacock (4-5), L: Sonny Gray (2-3), S: Josh Fields (3)
Thu, Aug 15, 2013 OAK  5  HOU  0        W:Sonny Gray (1-1), L: Erik Bedard (3-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 HOU  2 @OAK  1 (11)   W:Lucas Harrell (6-13), L: Sean Doolittle (3-4), S: Josh Fields (2)
Season Series: 2014 - OAK over 4-0; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 24-5

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 44.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 120/91 .269/.350/.375/.725 .653/.749 .616 41/.382 0/0 3/1
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/1.167 8/.125 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 516/348 .258/.333/.369/.702 .763/.672 .734 77/.783 0/2 10/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 7/.453 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.833 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/.700 574/390 .240/.294/.442/.737 .880/.672 .684 95/.780 7/7 26/4
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 12/1.600 6/.334 4/1.250 8/1.250 1/no AB ··· ··· 22/.473 584/373 .261/.335/.444/.779 .645/.857 .841 60/.941 21/5 22/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/.500 2/2.500 6/.167 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 18/.918 668/464 .301/.384/.499/.883 1.042/.813 .877 105/.910 5/2 24/16
3.Gentry G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.666 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 12/1.000 287/126 .280/.373/.386/.759 .801/.709 .734 31/.807 24/3 2/2
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 7/.429 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 14/.742 249/220 .271/.387/.372/.759 .442/.802 .799 52/.702 2/1 3/3
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 10/.311 3/1.334 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 10/1.389 662/431 .290/.344/.446/.791 .772/.800 .813 99/.912 1/0 15/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.667 3/1.666 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 14/1.298 505/417 .256/.337/.522/.859 .649/.904 .911 82/.764 4/2 30/8
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 308/135 .246/.345/.409/.754 .990/.445 .657 48/.872 5/0 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 335/227 .255/.328/.327/.655 .723/.622 .653 44/.529 3/3 2/8
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/.333 4/1.000 3/1.333 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 13/1.447 441/296 .226/.307/.379/.686 .667/.695 .795 69/.564 9/2 12/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 9/1.444 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 10/1.800 410/338 .266/.322/.364/.686 .640/.695 .672 56/.538 10/5 2/9
IP 83.1 63.0 42.0 73.1 38.0 62.0 35.0 169.1 TOTAL .254/.342/.412/.755 .693/.776 .758 .755 15/1 25/21
ERA-K/9 5.18/8.3 3.14/5.0 5.36/6.6 5.40/6.0 4.97/9.5 2.61/7.1 7.46/9.5 4.57/5.7 4.71/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (28-4-0)
 Norris (35-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.241 262/.242 193/.297 323/.283 160/.220 252/.251 152/.300 728/.272 .259  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Gentry
 Crisp
 Moss
94/18/0/10
0/0/113/9
34/71/0/7
0/110/0/2
8/2/27/1
OPS .779 .621 .829 .865 .783 .658 .894 .772 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.919 114/.683 90/.881 161/.871 71/.884 103/.600 51/.650 402/.818 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.594 148/.573 103/.785 162/.859 89/.706 149/.698 101/1.021 326/.716 .742
Home 143/.864 141/.558 69/.586 158/.852 106/.729 131/.631 74/.704 361/.763
Last 28d days 71/.778 42/.675 47/.574 46/.797 39/.596 34/.974 8/1.625 65/.885
HR/SB/CS 15/12/1 2/2/3 4/2/2 16/7/2 8/2/2 4/5/1 7/0/1 23/9/7 25/16/5
Usage ····X··· ···o·XX· X·o··X·X X·····X· ·oXo··X· ·o·o·X·· ·oo···X· X···X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (2.96 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Chavez
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.900 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 103/.674 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 7/.476 6/.167 ··· 5/.650 3/.333 1/.000 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 80/.588 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/1.667 6/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 81/.770 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .655 28/.563 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 83/.723 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 17/1.059 1/2.000 ··· ··· 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 81/.642 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .566 21/.686 6/2 4/10
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.300 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .457 45/.602 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .651 40/.528 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 52/.529 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 57/.627 1/4 3/1
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB / /// / 40/.475 / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 78/.681 18/8 1/16
IP 57.1 37.2 67.1 69.0 66.1 70.1 39.0 21.2 TOTAL .203/.278/.357/.634 .622/.640 .623 .634 18/5 26/12
ERA-K/9 3.92/8.6 3.35/7.6 2.54/9.0 3.13/7.8 2.71/8.7 2.94/7.2 1.38/6.2 6.23/7.9 2.61/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.230 166/.271 294/.238 266/.214 268/.203 291/.273 159/.276 105/.301 .223  Fowler
 Krauss
 Presley
 Carter
 Hoes
 Guzman
0/110/0/3
18/0/9/3
12/28/12/2
49/0/2/0
3/2/44/0
35/0/5/0
OPS .620 .687 .616 .573 .572 .699 .613 .951 .617
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.630 65/.790 132/.730 92/.516 132/.624 155/.740 83/.613 26/.405 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.605 101/.619 162/.526 174/.603 136/.521 136/.653 76/.613 79/1.150 .580
Road 119/.495 91/.856 129/.682 111/.553 119/.635 125/.755 49/.673 43/1.097
Last 28d days 102/.545 31/.198 29/.406 43/.619 46/.540 53/.791 49/.624 46/.624
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 3/2/0 2/16/1 4/6/3 3/10/0 5/1/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 16/19/2
Usage ····X··· ··oX··X· ··oo··X· ···oX··· ··o·o··· ·o··o··· X··X·o·· XX······

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.