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Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals, at O.co Coliseum, August 2, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Start Time:
1:05pt (local), 4:05et
Venue:
O.co Coliseum
Tickets:
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
65° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
110
On This Date:
19-20
Athletics
Manager:
Game #:
109
On This Date:
56-50
Season Series
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0     

Sat, Aug 02, 2014 KCR    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR    @OAK  4:05pm
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 OAK    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
56-52, 2nd, 4 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-27   Road:   29-25   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  43-37   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:25-25   vsWest:  9-11 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Fri, Aug  1  @OAK  W   1-0       56-52  2nd  4.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31   MIN  W   6-3       55-52  2nd  4.0 gb
106 Wed, Jul 30   MIN  W   3-2       54-52  2nd  5.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-2       53-52  2nd  5.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   CLE  L   3-10      53-51  2nd  5.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   CLE  W   7-5       53-50  2nd  5.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25   CLE  W   6-4       52-50  2nd  6.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 24   CLE  W   2-1 (14)  51-50  2nd  7.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 23  @CHW  W   2-1       50-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 22  @CHW  W   7-1       49-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
66-42, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-18   Road:   32-24   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  48-30   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 18-11   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 27-20 IL:10-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Fri, Aug  1   KCR  L   0-1       66-42  1st  1.0 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @HOU  L   1-8       66-41  1st  2.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @HOU  W   7-4       66-40  1st  2.5 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @HOU  L   3-7       65-40  1st  1.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @TEX  W   9-3       65-39  1st  2.0 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @TEX  W   5-1       64-39  1st  2.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @TEX  L   1-4       63-39  1st  2.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 24   HOU  W  13-1       63-38  1st  3.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 23   HOU  W   9-7       62-38  1st  2.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 22   HOU  L   2-3 (12)  61-38  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-9), L: Sonny Gray (12-4), S: Greg Holland (30)

Sun, Jul 07, 2013 OAK 10 @KCR  4        W:A.J. Griffin (7-6), L: Luis Mendoza (2-5), S: Jesse Chavez (1)
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
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 1-0; 2013 - OAK won 5-1; 2012 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 305-250

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 8-4, 3.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-4) 125.0 125 47 46 29 82 14 3.31
2013 (9-8) 150.0 162 68 67 46 109 17 4.02
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
Last 7 GS 3-2 48.0 51 17 17 8 23 3 3.19 54
2014-07-08 @TBR L 5.2 6 2 2 2 3 0 109 50
2014-07-02 @MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 111 72
2014-06-27 LAA ND 4.0 9 6 6 0 1 3 63 21
2014-06-21 SEA L 8.2 10 2 2 0 2 0 115 58
2014-06-16 @DET W 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 95 57
2014-06-10 CLE W 7.2 6 3 3 0 5 0 116 60
2014-06-04 STL ND 8.0 9 2 2 2 3 0 117 57
Last 5 v.OAK 1-2 34.2 30 13 13 9 27 4 3.38 58
2013-09-24 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 110 83
2013-09-18 @OAK ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 109 45
2013-04-11 OAK L 5.2 10 5 5 3 4 1 102 30
2012-09-29 @OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 103 70
2012-09-09 OAK L 7.0 4 3 3 3 6 1 105 60

SP: Jon Lester (30, LHP, 10-7, 2.52)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-7) 143.0 128 52 40 32 149 9 2.52
2013 (15-8) 213.1 209 94 89 67 177 19 3.75
2012 (9-14) 205.1 216 117 110 68 166 25 4.82
Last 7 GS 3-0 51.0 35 10 6 8 50 1 1.06 70
2014-07-25 @TBR ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 110 58
2014-07-20 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 115 80
2014-07-10 CHW ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 12 0 105 71
2014-07-05 BAL ND 8.0 5 2 0 0 7 0 118 75
2014-06-28 @NYY W 8.0 5 1 0 2 6 0 118 74
2014-06-22 @OAK ND 7.2 4 3 2 2 4 0 111 63
2014-06-17 MIN W 6.1 4 1 1 1 6 0 109 66
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 33.0 24 11 6 13 24 1 1.64 61
2014-07-20 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 115 80
2013-08-08 @KCR L 7.0 5 3 1 2 4 0 121 61
2012-08-24 KCR W 7.0 6 3 3 4 6 1 93 55
2012-05-09 @KCR L 5.0 6 4 1 1 3 0 108 47
2011-08-21 @KCR W 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 113 61
Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB
56.Abad*
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
44.Gregerson
G/S/vB
39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 354/271 .262/.329/.328/.657 .804/.611 .625 62/.684 9/4 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 27/.560 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 427/323 .267/.319/.360/.679 .751/.656 .591 77/.748 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 12/.523 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 319/232 .297/.332/.410/.742 .806/.719 .693 74/.608 15/3 3/1
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/10 .333/.333/.667/1.000 1.000/1.000 1.000 6/.333 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 203/166 .280/.333/.335/.668 .612/.682 .807 59/.602 22/4 1/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 16/1.038 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 406/311 .275/.310/.376/.686 .766/.660 .643 77/.464 23/2 2/10
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 22/.340 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 427/307 .273/.351/.416/.768 .769/.767 .793 69/.764 7/2 9/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 17/1.009 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 445/310 .267/.312/.377/.689 .661/.701 .809 61/.957 3/2 6/6
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 15/1.000 4/.500 6/.167 6/.000 6/.000 9/.444 4/.500 241/198 .172/.257/.307/.564 .169/.649 .486 39/.689 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 10/.400 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 372/276 .262/.304/.362/.665 .539/.709 .709 90/.656 4/2 5/5
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 84/42 .198/.226/.346/.572 .653/.488 .588 13/.231 0/0 3/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/.985 1/2.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 315/265 .194/.261/.387/.648 .604/.657 .745 74/.730 0/0 13/10
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 401/306 .272/.312/.414/.726 .580/.768 .746 86/.515 1/0 12/4
IP 143.0 43.1 34.0 48.2 51.1 9.2 62.1 TOTAL .261/.310/.373/.684 .677/.686 .701 .652 90/21 62/62
ERA-K/9 2.52/9.4 1.87/8.1 2.65/8.2 2.59/12.8 1.93/7.7 1.86/6.5 2.31/4.2 3.17/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (13-5-1)
 Perez (36-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.238 162/.164 141/.190 178/.157 201/.219 42/.205 249/.243 .231  Cain
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Aoki
 Ibanez
0/56/43/7
102/0/0/6
3/68/0/3
3/0/76/3
21/0/5/0
OPS .637 .496 .615 .431 .591 .467 .594 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.669 70/.562 56/.849 61/.267 79/.572 16/.708 110/.616 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 443/.627 92/.446 85/.466 117/.518 122/.604 26/.317 139/.577 .628
Home 306/.585 85/.609 75/.653 90/.251 99/.525 21/.340 120/.599
Last 28d days 83/.557 28/.536 32/.256 25/.294 24/.440 38/.463 39/.739
HR/SB/CS 9/10/3 4/1/1 3/2/0 4/5/1 3/8/0 0/2/0 3/2/3 97/58/13
Usage ·······X ··o·oo·· ··o··o·o ···o··X· ··X···o· X·X··X·X o··oo·o·
Athletics Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
17.Davis
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 22/.454 ··· 6/1.667 17/.710 2/2.000 7/.453 2/.500 5/.400 330/217 .231/.303/.303/.606 .487/.667 .693 33/.432 0/1 3/7
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 47/.895 ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 19/.787 15/.729 1/.000 2/1.000 334/248 .274/.372/.416/.789 .695/.823 .821 46/.494 16/4 7/2
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 20/.372 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 7/.762 3/.000 2/.000 468/355 .248/.331/.466/.797 1.098/.705 .780 90/.840 4/0 23/18
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 8/.250 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 232/173 .264/.358/.371/.729 .830/.694 .686 71/.901 13/3 2/2
15.Gomes G/S/vP 18/.489 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 15/.833 10/.744 1/no AB 2/.000 246/106 .234/.329/.354/.683 .831/.494 .750 38/.669 0/0 6/3
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 297/271 .280/.354/.458/.812 .487/.843 .945 64/.917 2/0 8/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 16/.750 ··· ··· 6/.000 8/1.482 7/.143 ··· 3/.000 437/319 .239/.320/.354/.674 .665/.677 .679 84/.804 0/0 5/10
37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 422/337 .257/.336/.497/.834 .813/.839 .798 82/.612 1/0 23/3
36.Norris G/S/vP 17/.485 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 268/160 .300/.401/.476/.877 1.031/.771 .926 52/.785 2/1 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.611 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 202/102 .203/.299/.277/.575 .629/.520 .594 37/.459 3/1 2/6
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 24/.583 ··· 3/.000 8/1.625 9/.333 5/.650 1/2.000 4/1.250 233/160 .252/.309/.411/.720 .398/.867 .781 37/1.064 1/0 6/2
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 202/178 .199/.274/.238/.511 .258/.546 .635 33/.644 8/2 0/2
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 164/138 .342/.372/.516/.888 .868/.892 .870 76/.938 1/0 5/0
IP 125.0 22.1 45.2 47.1 32.2 33.1 47.0 41.2 TOTAL .253/.328/.403/.731 .714/.738 .774 .721 60/12 112/70
ERA-K/9 3.31/5.9 2.42/6.9 3.15/4.9 0.95/13.9 5.51/6.9 2.97/9.5 1.72/7.5 1.73/13.6 3.64/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (26-3-1)
 Norris (32-7-3)
 Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 520/.259 95/.256 186/.230 185/.124 145/.246 141/.230 197/.227 162/.188 .254  Moss
 Fuld
 Gomes
 Reddick
 Crisp
 Vogt
 Punto
29/0/31/5
11/46/5/5
65/0/11/2
0/1/62/2
0/73/0/0
1/0/16/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .705 .620 .723 .363 .718 .656 .605 .517 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.705 46/.472 83/.796 91/.479 75/.646 56/.577 94/.681 93/.557 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 387/.705 49/.766 103/.664 94/.254 70/.797 85/.706 103/.537 69/.464 .710
Road 236/.585 47/.511 94/.583 93/.278 85/.714 68/.906 99/.569 64/.481
Last 28d days 25/.668 43/.714 48/1.088 40/.392 37/.691 24/.673 46/.584 33/.354
HR/SB/CS 14/10/2 0/0/0 7/2/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 2/4/1 0/4/2 3/1/1 97/43/19
Usage ·····X·o ·o·o·X·X XXo···X· ··o··oo· ··oX·X·o X·oX··oX XoX···o·

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

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.