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Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, at O.co Coliseum, July 18, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Start Time:
6:05pt (local), 9:05et
Venue:
O.co Coliseum
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
65° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
92
On This Date:
54-59
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
93
On This Date:
58-56
Season Series
Mon, May 04, 2015 MIN  8  OAK  7     
Tue, May 05, 2015 OAK  2 @MIN  1     
Wed, May 06, 2015 MIN 13  OAK  0     
Thu, May 07, 2015 MIN  6  OAK  5     
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 MIN  5 @OAK  0     

Sat, Jul 18, 2015 MIN    @OAK  9:05pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 MIN    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
50-40, 2nd, 4 GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-16   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  31-28   vsLHP:  19-12   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 12-4    vsCntrl:23-22   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @OAK  W   5-0       50-40  2nd  4.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12   DET  W   7-1       49-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 11   DET  W   9-5       48-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 10   DET  W   8-6       47-40  2nd  5.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  9   DET  L   2-4       46-40  2nd  5.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8   BAL  W   5-3       46-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7   BAL  W   8-3       45-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  6   BAL  W   4-2 (10)  44-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @KCR  L   2-3       43-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  W   5-3       43-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Oakland Athletics
41-51, 5th, 9½ GB, 10 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-27   Road:   23-24   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  36-34   vsLHP:   5-17   1-Run:   8-22
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest: 21-24 IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Fri, Jul 17   MIN  L   0-5       41-51  5th  9.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 12  @CLE  W   2-0       41-50  5th  8.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 11  @CLE  W   5-4       40-50  5th  9.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 10  @CLE  L   1-5       39-50  5th 10.0 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  9  @NYY  L   2-6       39-49  5th 10.0 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @NYY  L   4-5       39-48  5th 10.0 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @NYY  W   4-3 (10)  39-47  5th 10.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  5   SEA  L   1-2       38-47  5th 10.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  4   SEA  W   2-0       38-46  5th 10.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  3   SEA  L   5-9       37-46  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 MIN  5 @OAK  0        W:Ervin Santana (1-0), L: Sonny Gray (10-4), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2015 MIN  6  OAK  5        W:Ricky Nolasco (2-1), L: Drew Pomeranz (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (10)
Wed, May 06, 2015 MIN 13  OAK  0        W:Kyle Gibson (3-2), L: Scott Kazmir (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2015 OAK  2 @MIN  1        W:Jesse Chavez (1-2), L: Trevor May (2-2), S: Tyler Clippard (3)
Mon, May 04, 2015 MIN  8  OAK  7        W:Phil Hughes (1-4), L: Jesse Hahn (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (9)

Sun, Aug 10, 2014 MIN  6 @OAK  1        W:Phil Hughes (12-8), L: Luke Gregerson (2-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 OAK  9  MIN  4        W:Jeff Samardzija (5-8), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 OAK  6  MIN  5        W:Scott Kazmir (13-4), L: Kyle Gibson (10-9), S: Sean Doolittle (18)
Thu, Aug 07, 2014 OAK  3  MIN  0        W:Jon Lester (12-7), L: Yohan Pino (1-4), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 OAK  6 @MIN  1        W:Dan Straily (1-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 4-1; 2014 - OAK won 6-1; 2013 - OAK won 6-1; All-Time - MIN leads 1000-995

SP: Phil Hughes (29, RHP, 8-6, 4.32)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-6) 116.2 135 56 56 11 70 22 4.32
2014 (16-10) 209.2 221 88 82 16 186 16 3.52
2013 (4-14) 145.2 170 91 84 42 121 24 5.19
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.2 49 18 18 4 25 10 3.40 54
2015-07-11 DET W 5.0 8 4 4 0 3 1 74 38
2015-07-06 BAL ND 6.1 9 2 2 1 3 2 99 49
2015-06-30 @CIN W 6.2 8 4 4 1 4 2 99 45
2015-06-24 CHW W 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 95 71
2015-06-19 CHC W 8.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 95 78
2015-06-14 @TEX ND 6.0 9 3 3 1 3 2 88 44
2015-06-08 KCR L 7.2 7 3 3 1 3 1 104 55
Last 5 v.OAK 3-1 30.1 26 13 13 13 24 3 3.86 54
2015-05-04 OAK W 6.0 9 5 5 2 2 2 101 34
2014-08-10 @OAK W 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 94 71
2014-04-09 OAK ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 0 104 41
2013-06-12 @OAK L 4.1 4 3 3 5 3 1 95 41
2013-05-04 OAK W 8.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 118 81

SP: Scott Kazmir (31, LHP, 5-5, 2.49)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-5) 101.1 79 34 28 34 96 7 2.49
2014 (15-9) 190.1 171 81 75 50 164 16 3.55
2013 (10-9) 158.0 162 76 71 47 162 19 4.04
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.0 32 12 9 9 39 1 1.88 62
2015-07-08 @NYY ND 3.0 2 1 0 1 4 0 50 56
2015-07-02 SEA W 8.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 105 85
2015-06-27 KCR L 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 102 56
2015-06-21 LAA W 7.1 6 1 1 3 6 0 112 65
2015-06-16 @SDP ND 5.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 81 52
2015-06-11 TEX W 8.0 1 0 0 2 6 0 105 84
2015-06-05 @BOS L 4.2 9 4 3 1 4 0 77 35
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 30.2 31 16 16 10 32 2 4.70 52
2015-05-06 @MIN L 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 2 99 36
2014-08-08 MIN W 6.2 5 5 5 1 4 0 85 47
2014-04-07 @MIN W 6.0 6 3 3 4 5 0 101 49
2013-09-28 @MIN W 6.0 6 1 1 2 11 0 104 65
2013-08-25 MIN ND 6.0 7 1 1 1 8 0 99 61

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Twins Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 49.Mujica
G/S/vB		 39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 25/.427 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.750 398/283 .256/.329/.519/.848 .848/.847 .859 101/.819 9/3 20/4
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/3.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 216/148 .254/.285/.403/.688 .579/.739 .643 27/1.021 2/3 4/4
26.Fryer G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .500/.625/.667/1.292 .000/1.833 8/1.292 0/0 0/1
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 7/1.429 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/99 .260/.331/.378/.709 .796/.672 .521 43/1.007 7/3 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 30/.700 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/2.250 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 338/234 .259/.314/.443/.757 .719/.774 .827 84/.849 1/3 14/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 25/.490 3/1.667 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 370/248 .271/.335/.386/.721 .758/.701 .718 90/.820 1/1 6/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 116/77 .290/.330/.477/.807 .678/.874 .863 38/.716 4/3 2/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 24/.934 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 1/3.000 3/.000 358/247 .262/.322/.458/.781 .746/.795 .713 91/.844 2/0 12/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 126/63 .243/.296/.304/.600 .565/.635 .600 17/.494 4/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 209/154 .288/.314/.419/.733 .641/.763 .530 82/.693 8/5 4/3
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/36 .350/.469/.600/1.069 .580/1.252 .844 49/1.069 0/1 2/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 243/170 .221/.241/.307/.548 .620/.517 .452 55/.625 6/4 0/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 32/.331 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 3/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 275/191 .231/.287/.308/.594 .587/.597 .533 65/.530 0/0 3/1
IP 101.1 23.0 37.0 25.1 17.0 25.1 59.1 27.0 44.1 TOTAL .254/.307/.400/.707 .695/.713 .645 .773 45/32 78/48
ERA-K/9 2.49/8.5 4.30/8.2 2.43/8.5 3.91/6.4 6.88/6.4 6.04/6.8 3.64/7.3 3.33/11.7 4.06/9.5 3.43/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (45-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.215 95/.233 156/.168 98/.256 86/.306 111/.320 248/.223 114/.194 177/.251 .236  Hicks
 Escobar
 Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Santana
0/39/1/6
32/0/0/4
34/3/18/4
34/15/4/3
0/0/69/2
2/0/0/1
0/4/1/0
OPS .607 .800 .532 .766 .842 .866 .639 .535 .751 .654
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.608 58/.995 78/.308 46/.709 41/.464 41/.831 78/.363 46/.403 74/.805 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.606 37/.489 78/.754 52/.816 45/1.198 70/.887 170/.769 68/.627 103/.712 .654
Home 225/.442 49/.518 93/.647 59/.682 42/.982 49/.836 97/.495 59/.527 92/.689
Last 28d days 96/.464 21/.429 33/.354 20/.674 28/.530 5/.800 39/.520 45/.350 37/1.040
HR/SB/CS 7/6/0 6/0/1 3/5/1 6/3/1 1/1/0 4/0/2 4/7/1 0/1/1 11/5/3 74/46/25
Usage ········ X······o ······X· ······o· ······X· X······· ······oX X······X ········
Athletics Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Burns# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 292/202 .302/.339/.396/.735 .795/.709 .845 86/.601 18/3 2/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 34/.749 1/.000 27/.671 12/.872 1/.000 6/1.267 ··· 20/.616 353/261 .246/.312/.372/.684 .759/.659 .692 69/.767 0/0 7/0
20.Canha G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 229/150 .245/.306/.413/.719 .395/.891 .664 39/.625 5/1 8/2
17.Davis* G/S/vP 14/.629 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 179/165 .244/.313/.381/.694 .357/.725 .729 57/.583 0/0 3/4
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 206/179 .208/.288/.317/.605 .569/.609 .772 33/.673 6/2 1/2
15.Lawrie G/S/vP 29/.774 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 334/242 .281/.317/.415/.733 .859/.685 .690 70/.699 4/1 8/16
19.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 129/63 .269/.318/.487/.805 .888/.718 .761 33/.711 0/0 5/2
22.Reddick* G/S/vP 21/.458 ··· 11/.455 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/2.000 336/257 .284/.340/.451/.791 .477/.888 .837 71/.609 3/1 11/3
10.Semien G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 5/.400 359/271 .257/.302/.394/.696 .802/.662 .700 74/.572 7/3 8/28
5.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/32 .143/.282/.206/.488 .623/.296 .427 4/.833 1/0 1/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 16/.259 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 274/226 .250/.290/.285/.576 .581/.574 .544 47/.483 6/1 0/3
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/1.500 333/240 .286/.372/.495/.867 .681/.941 .876 80/.659 0/1 14/4
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 23/.180 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 238/163 .262/.349/.427/.776 .752/.787 .794 88/.792 1/0 5/3
IP 116.2 39.1 23.2 28.1 41.0 84.1 2.2 37.1 TOTAL .255/.315/.389/.705 .673/.716 .718 .649 52/13 74/84
ERA-K/9 4.32/5.4 2.75/4.1 5.32/5.3 4.13/5.1 2.85/7.2 4.16/7.7 0.00/10.0 1.21/8.7 3.76/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Phegley (18-11-4)
 Vogt (28-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.287 164/.262 98/.247 116/.250 171/.265 364/.286 8/.000 143/.188 .268  Fuld
 Reddick
 Burns
 Smolinski
 Zobrist
 Canha
37/29/8/6
0/1/82/4
0/64/0/1
25/0/8/1
26/0/3/0
38/0/2/0
OPS .798 .731 .693 .698 .769 .751 .000 .463 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.774 60/.460 43/.774 45/.818 72/.711 199/.751 3/.000 39/.746 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.825 104/.886 55/.630 71/.621 99/.812 165/.751 5/.000 104/.360 .748
Road 220/.861 72/.927 54/.551 58/.716 69/.789 146/.760 / 59/.294
Last 28d days 108/.843 32/.795 27/.074 40/1.086 43/.516 54/.867 8/.000 22/.045
HR/SB/CS 22/7/2 3/2/3 1/2/0 5/3/0 6/4/0 7/7/2 0/0/0 2/1/0 88/53/15
Usage ······X· ······X· X·····o· ······X· ·······X ·····X·o ·······o ······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 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  5.35

LAD  4.15

CHW  3.36

 RA/G

STL  2.96

SEA  4.04

PHI  5.12

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

A. Pagan  .269

M. Zunino  .162

 OBP

B. Harper  .465

B. McCann  .330

M. Zunino  .225

 SLG

B. Harper  .701

B. Moss  .421

B. Hamilton  .287

 OPS

B. Harper  1.167

T. Hunter  .757

M. Zunino  .517

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.39

C. Hamels  3.63

K. Lohse  6.17

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.84

J. Nelson  7.35

M. Pelfrey  4.45

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.