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Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Oakland Athletics, at Chase Field & , August 30, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Start Time:

1:10mst (local), 4:10et

Venue:

Chase Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

77° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

131

On This Date:

39-58

D'backs

Manager:

Chip Hale

Game #:

132

On This Date:

8-8

Season Series
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 ARI  6  OAK  4     
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 OAK  3 @ARI  2     

Sun, Aug 30, 2015 OAK    @ARI  4:10pm

                         All times ET

Oakland Athletics

56-74, 5th, 16 GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-36   Road:   26-38   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  45-50   vsLHP:  11-24   1-Run:  15-30
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 25-27 IL: 9-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 29  @ARI  W   3-2       56-74  5th 16.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @ARI  L   4-6       55-74  5th 16.0 gb
128 Wed, Aug 26  @SEA  L   2-8       55-73  5th 16.0 gb
127 Tue, Aug 25  @SEA  L   5-6       55-72  5th 15.0 gb
126 Mon, Aug 24  @SEA  W  11-5       55-71  5th 14.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 23   TBR  W   8-2       54-71  5th 15.0 gb
124 Sat, Aug 22   TBR  L   4-5       53-71  5th 15.0 gb
123 Fri, Aug 21   TBR  L   1-2       53-70  5th 14.0 gb
122 Wed, Aug 19   LAD  W   5-2       53-69  5th 13.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 18   LAD  W   5-4 (10)  52-69  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Arizona Diamondbacks

63-66, 3rd, 9½ GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-34   Road:   32-32   ExtrInn: 8-8 
 vsRHP:  49-48   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:  18-21
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 24-26 IL:10-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 29   OAK  L   2-3       63-66  3rd  9.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   OAK  W   6-4       63-65  3rd  8.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   STL  L   3-5       62-65  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   STL  L   1-3       62-64  3rd  7.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   STL  L   1-9       62-63  3rd  6.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24   STL  L   3-5       62-62  3rd  5.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23  @CIN  W   4-0       62-61  3rd  5.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22  @CIN  W  11-7       61-61  3rd  6.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21  @CIN  W   6-3       60-61  3rd  7.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20  @CIN  W   5-4       59-61  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 OAK  3 @ARI  2        W:Fernando Rodriguez (4-1), L: Andrew Chafin (5-1), S: Drew Pomeranz (3)
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 ARI  6  OAK  4        W:Randall Delgado (5-3), L: Sonny Gray (12-6), S: Brad Ziegler (24)

Sun, Jun 10, 2012 ARI  4  OAK  3        W:Joe Saunders (4-4), L: Travis Blackley (0-2), S: J.J. Putz (13)
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 ARI  8  OAK  3        W:Trevor Cahill (4-5), L: Jarrod Parker (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 ARI  9  OAK  8        W:J.J. Putz (1-3), L: Brian Fuentes (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 03, 2011 OAK  7  ARI  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (8-5), L: Ian Kennedy (8-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 ARI  4 @OAK  2        W:Joe Saunders (5-7), L: Josh Outman (3-3), S: David Hernandez (3)
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 OAK  5  ARI  4        W:Rich Harden (1-0), L: Josh Collmenter (4-5), S: Andrew Bailey (7)
Sun, May 24, 2009 OAK  6  ARI  2        W:Josh Outman (2-0), L: Jon Garland (4-3), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2009 ARI  8 @OAK  7 (11)   W:Tony Pena (4-1), L: Craig Breslow (1-3), S: Chad Qualls (11)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - ARI leads 15-14

SP: Jesse Chavez (31, RHP, 7-13, 4.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (7-13)			144.0	144	67	64	41	122	16	4.00
2014 (8-8)			146.0	142	64	56	49	136	17	3.45
2013 (2-4)			57.1	50	27	25	20	55	3	3.92

Last 7 GS		2-4	37.1	44	26	26	14	29	8	6.27	44
2015-08-25	@SEA	L	4.2	8	6	6	2	3	2	74	25
2015-08-19	LAD	W	8.0	2	2	2	2	6	1	116	74
2015-08-13	@TOR	L	6.0	6	4	4	0	9	1	104	53
2015-08-08	HOU	W	7.0	6	1	1	4	4	1	106	61
2015-08-03	BAL	L	3.2	9	6	6	2	1	2	77	18
2015-07-29	@LAD	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	79	48
2015-07-24	@SFG	L	3.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	80	26

Has never faced ARI as starter.

SP: Allen Webster (25, RHP, 1-1, 6.86)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-1)			21.0	19	18	16	16	13	6	6.86
2014 (5-3)			59.0	58	35	33	28	36	3	5.03
2013 (1-2)			30.1	37	30	29	18	23	7	8.60

Last 7 GS		3-1	37.2	36	21	19	17	22	7	4.54	47
2015-06-29	LAD	ND	3.2	5	4	4	4	3	3	72	34
2015-06-24	@COL	ND	4.1	6	5	3	2	3	1	87	36
2015-06-18	LAA	L	5.1	5	6	6	5	4	2	77	33
2015-06-13	@SFG	W	5.2	2	2	2	3	2	0	81	56
2014-09-25	TBR	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	99	63
2014-09-19	@BAL	ND	5.2	7	1	1	1	3	0	98	53
2014-09-12	@KCR	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	83	57

Has never faced OAK as starter.

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Athletics Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 40.Chafin*
G/S/vB 55.Collmenter
G/S/vB 48.Delgado
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 41.Hudson
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 45.Reynolds*
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Burns# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 450/309 .296/.336/.389/.724 .789/.695 .662 105/.735 25/6 3/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 5/1.400 10/.775 ··· 5/.400 475/335 .236/.309/.356/.666 .676/.661 .662 73/.577 0/0 9/0

20.Canha G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 342/227 .254/.307/.419/.726 .478/.852 .729 82/.885 5/2 10/3

4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.167 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 114/75 .146/.228/.194/.422 .534/.363 .432 62/.567 2/0 0/0

23.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 271/224 .194/.271/.302/.573 .382/.613 .527 39/.354 8/2 2/3

15.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 475/340 .272/.309/.418/.727 .843/.682 .783 88/.788 5/2 13/21

19.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/89 .268/.315/.470/.785 .818/.744 .739 43/.751 0/0 7/2

22.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 3/2.000 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 461/350 .278/.330/.451/.782 .645/.825 .797 77/.723 6/1 15/3

10.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 484/355 .252/.296/.391/.687 .810/.642 .677 75/.765 10/4 11/32

5.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/47 .202/.305/.343/.649 .728/.530 .542 15/.762 1/1 3/0

28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 353/288 .242/.289/.275/.564 .486/.581 .558 52/.580 6/1 0/6

26.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 253/139 .294/.333/.519/.852 .797/.895 .763 80/.885 2/1 12/1

21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 450/335 .264/.344/.456/.801 .660/.850 .839 74/.874 0/2 17/5

IP 21.0 67.1 103.2 56.2 23.1 55.1 40.2 4.2 55.2 TOTAL .252/.310/.388/.698 .688/.702 .696 .724 69/22 105/103

ERA-K/9

6.86/5.6

2.41/6.7

3.99/4.4

3.02/8.4

5.01/8.5

3.90/9.0

4.20/7.5

1.93/7.7

1.46/4.8

4.02/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Phegley (22-15-5)
Vogt (41-19-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 97/.244 270/.206 427/.279 243/.244 101/.298 238/.245 181/.283 19/.176 207/.169 .257 Fuld
Reddick
Smolinski
Crisp
Burns
Canha
Valencia 51/33/16/10
0/1/114/5
33/0/11/2
27/0/0/1
0/102/0/1
50/0/3/0
32/0/5/0

OPS .920 .540 .798 .692 .868 .704 .773 .616 .488 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.881 111/.498 205/.764 91/.709 37/.715 107/.631 74/.673 5/.200 101/.622 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.947 159/.568 222/.831 152/.680 64/.950 131/.761 107/.839 14/.747 106/.363 .733

Home 44/1.249 142/.612 242/.836 120/.553 54/.882 127/.585 80/1.038 16/.741 122/.515

Last 28d days 10/.686 51/.410 52/.277 37/.785 41/1.031 53/.878 56/.618 19/.616 36/.544

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/1/0 16/3/4 6/2/1 5/1/0 7/6/3 2/2/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 140/54/23

Usage Xo·o·o·X ···X·X·· Xo··X··X ·o·o···X ··o··X·o ··o·X·X· ··X·X·o· ·oo·X···

D'backs Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Chavez
G/S/vB 56.Abad*
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB 33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB 29.Venditte
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ahmed G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 404/301 .216/.268/.321/.588 .741/.537 .539 76/.501 4/5 7/11

7.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· ··· 296/216 .243/.311/.490/.801 .830/.791 .724 81/.812 0/0 17/5

44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.500 4/.750 ··· 1/5.000 567/449 .326/.442/.567/1.009 1.098/.985 1.072 110/.840 20/5 26/3

23.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/29 .120/.241/.160/.401 /.401 .449 7/.143 0/0 0/0

2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/1.000 11/1.295 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 310/209 .231/.297/.333/.630 .557/.667 .746 79/.675 7/2 5/3

5.Inciarte* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 441/323 .301/.337/.399/.736 .509/.819 .777 109/.840 13/7 4/5

19.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 291/254 .271/.330/.406/.736 .647/.748 .661 94/.676 3/1 5/5

16.Owings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 441/333 .232/.262/.333/.595 .470/.636 .656 87/.649 14/4 4/4

6.Peralta* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 416/347 .299/.363/.509/.872 .725/.901 .916 91/.973 5/3 13/1

11.Pollock G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 536/420 .320/.371/.484/.855 .925/.835 .846 109/.967 33/6 13/2

8.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 163/131 .204/.296/.359/.655 .827/.612 .799 49/.910 0/0 4/2

24.Tomas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 374/277 .289/.321/.419/.739 .808/.716 .767 55/.662 5/2 8/8

IP 144.0 36.2 2.2 39.2 76.1 44.0 59.2 14.1 TOTAL .265/.325/.407/.732 .726/.733 .750 .759 110/37 116/61

ERA-K/9

4.00/7.6

3.68/8.8

10.13/6.7

4.76/6.1

3.54/8.7

3.89/10.6

4.37/9.5

3.77/5.7

3.67/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (19-6-5)
Hernandez (1-1-2)
Saltalamacchia (17-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.260 153/.241 14/.300 160/.291 312/.210 187/.212 237/.252 54/.160 .242 Inciarte
Pollock
Peralta
Tomas 43/18/54/8
0/119/0/4
98/1/7/3
1/0/49/2

OPS .712 .807 .729 .813 .606 .611 .761 .542 .678

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.779 85/.910 3/.667 65/.829 98/.319 76/.485 100/.704 19/.327 .662

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.631 68/.663 11/.697 95/.802 214/.741 111/.697 137/.803 35/.661 .691

Road 313/.770 71/1.159 5/.650 70/.881 183/.688 92/.552 121/.828 29/.655

Last 28d days 126/.825 33/1.276 10/.833 39/.974 37/.247 53/.810 44/.784 36/.691

HR/SB/CS 16/6/5 9/0/2 0/1/0 9/7/1 5/9/1 2/2/2 14/6/3 2/0/0 120/63/34

Usage ····X··· ···Xo·o· ···X··X· ·o·o·X·· o····o·o X···X·X· ···o·X·· ·X·X·X·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 2015 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

TOR 5.50

CHC 4.10

ATL 3.64

RA/G

STL 2.96

MIA 4.16

COL 5.34

M. Cabrera .361

F. Galvis .266

C. Carter .182

OBP

M. Cabrera .463

D. Murphy .328

O. Infante .231

SLG

B. Harper .632

H. Ramirez .426

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.091

N. Walker .751

O. Infante .539

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.61

A. Wood 3.70

K. Lohse 6.27

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.03

J. Quintana 7.59

M. Buehrle 4.25

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.