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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Oakland Athletics, Tropicana Field, May 20, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Tropicana Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Tropicana Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
45
On This Date:
49-53
Rays
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
46
On This Date:
6-8
Oakland Athletics
28-16, 28-16 1st, 4 up
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-10   Road:   16-6    ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  20-11   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 9-3    vsWest: 15-11 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 18  @CLE  W  13-3       28-16  1st  3.5 up
 43 Sat, May 17  @CLE  W   6-2       27-16  1st  3.5 up
 42 Fri, May 16  @CLE  W  11-1       26-16  1st  3.5 up
 41 Wed, May 14   CHW  L   2-4       25-16  1st  3.0 up
 40 Tue, May 13   CHW  W  11-0       25-15  1st  4.0 up
 39 Mon, May 12   CHW  W   5-4       24-15  1st  3.5 up
 38 Sun, May 11   WSN  W   9-1       23-15  1st  3.0 up
 37 Sat, May 10   WSN  W   4-3 (10)  22-15  1st  2.5 up
 36 Fri, May  9   WSN  W   8-0       21-15  1st  2.0 up
 35 Wed, May  7   SEA  W   2-0       20-15  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Tampa Bay Rays
19-26, 19-26 5th, 5 GB, 5½ GB in WC
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-12   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-18   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 18  @LAA  L   2-6       19-26  5th  5.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @LAA  L   0-6       19-25  5th  4.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @LAA  W   3-0       19-24  5th  4.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @LAA  L   5-6       18-24  5th  4.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @SEA  W   2-0       18-23  5th  3.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13  @SEA  W   2-1       17-23  5th  4.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 12  @SEA  L   5-12      16-23  5th  5.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 11   CLE  L   5-6       16-22  5th  5.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 10   CLE  W   7-1       16-21  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Fri, May  9   CLE  L   3-6       15-21  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 OAK  5  TBR  1        W:A.J. Griffin (12-9), L: Alex Torres (4-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 OAK  2  TBR  1        W:Sonny Gray (2-2), L: Alex Cobb (8-3), S: Grant Balfour (35)
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)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 89-55

SP: Drew Pomeranz (25, LHP, 3-1, 1.14)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 23.2 16 3 3 8 24 2 1.14
2013 (0-4) 21.2 25 15 15 19 19 4 6.23
2012 (2-9) 96.2 97 57 53 46 83 14 4.93
Last 7 GS 2-4 31.2 32 17 17 22 33 6 4.83 47
2014-05-13 CHW W 5.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 82 67
2014-05-07 SEA W 5.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 68 68
2013-07-22 MIA L 4.1 5 3 3 4 2 1 78 39
2013-07-11 @LAD L 4.0 7 3 3 5 4 0 91 35
2013-07-06 @ARI L 4.0 5 5 5 5 2 1 92 29
2013-06-30 SFG L 4.1 7 4 4 4 5 2 92 34
2012-10-01 @ARI ND 5.0 3 2 2 2 7 2 80 58
Has never faced TBR as starter.

SP: Jake Odorizzi (24, RHP, 2-3, 4.89)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 38.2 42 21 21 18 44 4 4.89
2013 (0-1) 29.2 28 13 13 8 22 3 3.94
2012 (0-1) 7.1 8 4 4 4 4 1 4.91
Last 7 GS 1-3 32.2 39 21 21 15 40 4 5.79 46
2014-05-14 @SEA W 6.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 95 75
2014-05-09 CLE ND 5.0 5 0 0 2 11 0 101 66
2014-05-03 @NYY ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 87 42
2014-04-28 @CHW L 4.1 8 4 4 2 5 1 87 34
2014-04-23 MIN ND 3.1 5 4 4 3 5 1 88 36
2014-04-16 @BAL L 5.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 95 46
2014-04-09 @KCR L 5.0 10 7 7 1 4 1 94 22
Has never faced OAK as starter.

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

Athletics Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Odorizzi
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 52.Lueke
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
88.Blanks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 12/11 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.545 1.000 12/.500 0/0 0/0
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 12/.350 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.666 150/99 .240/.347/.341/.688 .619/.721 .710 81/.576 0/0 3/4
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 166/121 .262/.331/.503/.835 .894/.813 .811 79/.836 0/1 7/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 11/.455 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.333 5/1.000 5/1.600 128/95 .248/.362/.390/.753 .667/.786 .592 73/.585 7/1 3/2
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 199/151 .280/.362/.520/.882 .960/.858 1.082 104/.978 1/0 10/8
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 89/44 .291/.364/.367/.731 .756/.705 .852 67/.683 6/0 0/0
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 116/106 .280/.371/.470/.841 .425/.877 .696 64/.954 1/0 4/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.750 191/143 .258/.358/.399/.757 .788/.744 .831 101/.665 0/0 3/5
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 169/140 .301/.391/.582/.973 .952/.977 .968 92/1.144 1/0 9/1
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 111/61 .354/.441/.552/.994 1.031/.962 1.042 71/1.117 1/0 4/1
1.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 10/.675 88/39 .225/.295/.275/.570 .548/.598 .533 52/.511 1/0 0/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.000 147/98 .237/.299/.385/.685 .493/.778 .646 81/.757 1/0 4/2
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 109/93 .175/.250/.216/.466 .192/.516 .402 54/.385 4/1 0/0
IP 38.2 16.1 13.0 24.2 19.0 12.1 18.1 TOTAL .259/.344/.421/.765 .726/.780 .767 .775 24/3 48/33
ERA-K/9 4.89/10.2 6.06/6.6 2.08/11.1 4.74/5.5 1.42/9.0 2.19/8.8 5.40/8.4 4.20/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (14-2-1)
 Norris (15-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.280 72/.196 55/.190 110/.291 73/.200 51/.178 79/.250 .255  Gentry
 Reddick
 Cespedes
 Moss
 Crisp
 Blanks
4/21/6/2
0/0/39/1
34/3/0/1
17/0/6/1
0/27/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .784 .718 .685 .793 .524 .541 .761 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.828 44/.655 26/.679 56/.711 22/.802 23/.391 46/.836 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.715 28/.821 29/.690 54/.882 51/.409 28/.675 33/.652 .717
Home 63/.685 31/.636 30/.631 59/.715 30/.200 25/.205 39/.790
Last 28d days 101/.827 41/.866 40/.859 65/.822 48/.640 51/.541 54/.910
HR/SB/CS 4/0/4 2/0/0 2/1/1 5/0/0 0/1/1 0/2/0 4/1/0 43/16/11
Usage ·····X·· ···oXo·· ·XX·o··· ··X····X ···XXo·· ··Xo···· ···ooX··
Rays Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 127/125 .265/.346/.469/.815 .000/.829 .896 77/1.028 0/0 4/0
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 14/.607 ··· ··· 171/133 .255/.324/.353/.676 .811/.636 .626 95/.755 0/0 3/7
35.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Forsythe G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 85/42 .184/.259/.250/.509 .569/.449 .523 37/.543 0/0 0/0
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/20 .209/.227/.302/.530 .655/.368 .153 23/.682 0/0 1/0
24.Hanigan G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 115/93 .238/.325/.376/.701 .382/.778 1.013 71/.619 0/0 3/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· 149/138 .277/.376/.412/.788 .000/.855 .996 87/.622 1/2 3/0
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .182/.182/.455/.636 .500/.714 7/1.000 0/0 1/0
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 4/.500 ··· 3/2.000 177/131 .306/.373/.395/.768 .727/.783 .842 104/.716 1/0 1/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 21/.715 1/.000 1/.000 191/137 .263/.330/.386/.716 .767/.695 .959 107/.610 1/0 4/3
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 55/42 .115/.164/.115/.279 .490/.217 .264 27/.305 0/0 0/1
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 185/135 .243/.308/.373/.681 .559/.727 .743 108/.686 0/1 4/3
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 66/28 .242/.288/.516/.804 .930/.643 .909 40/.799 1/0 4/0
IP 23.2 18.1 21.0 22.2 18.0 25.1 3.0 TOTAL .248/.323/.373/.696 .689/.699 .771 .681 16/7 35/23
ERA-K/9 1.14/9.1 2.45/9.3 3.43/12.0 2.38/7.1 7.00/8.0 1.78/5.0 0.00/9.0 2.92/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (8-7-1)
 Molina (8-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 93/.188 68/.115 81/.215 89/.212 91/.324 102/.242 11/.100 .217  Myers
 Joyce
 Kiermaier
 Guyer
 DeJesus
 Forsythe
 Rodriguez
0/1/43/3
28/0/3/3
0/3/1/1
8/5/1/0
8/3/0/0
2/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .517 .306 .542 .556 .793 .590 .282 .614
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.484 28/.375 35/.412 42/.562 57/.816 48/.724 6/.167 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.531 40/.258 46/.639 47/.551 34/.757 54/.473 5/.400 .573
Road 41/.789 31/.235 37/.838 46/.435 44/.534 62/.651 7/.143
Last 28d days 61/.493 37/.399 38/.454 43/.574 43/.797 57/.572 11/.282
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/3/1 1/4/0 0/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 35/29/3
Usage ······X· ·XX··ooo ··o····o ··X··X·· ·X·X···o ··X··oX· ···X····

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  5.53

PHI  4.00

SDP  3.09

 RA/G

OAK  3.18

NYM  4.23

ARI  5.28

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .393

M. Holliday  .267

C. Santana  .148

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .494

D. Wright  .332

J. Gyorko  .211

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .764

K. Suzuki  .416

N. Schierholtz  .252

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.259

D. Gordon  .748

B. Miller  .480

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.25

P. Hughes  3.61

J. Danks  5.64

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

R. Dickey  7.50

C. Young  3.62

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.