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Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at O.co Coliseum, August 21, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 21, 2015
Start Time:
7:05pt (local), 10:05et
Venue:
O.co Coliseum
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
64° (based on last ten years)
Rays
Manager:
Kevin Cash
Game #:
123
On This Date:
9-7
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
123
On This Date:
50-52
Season Series
Thu, May 21, 2015 TBR  3  OAK  0     
Fri, May 22, 2015 TBR  5  OAK  2     
Sat, May 23, 2015 OAK  5 @TBR  0     
Sun, May 24, 2015 OAK  7 @TBR  2     

Fri, Aug 21, 2015 TBR    @OAK 10:05pm
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 TBR    @OAK  9:05pm
Sun, Aug 23, 2015 TBR    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET
Tampa Bay Rays
60-61, 4th, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-31   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 2-10
 vsRHP:  39-47   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  19-22
 vsEast: 24-26   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 20  @HOU  W   1-0       60-61  4th  7.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @HOU  L   2-3 (13)  59-61  4th  8.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @HOU  L   2-3 (10)  59-60  4th  7.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @HOU  W   9-2       59-59  4th  6.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @TEX  L   3-5       58-59  4th  6.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @TEX  L   4-12      58-58  4th  6.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @TEX  L   3-5       58-57  4th  5.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   ATL  W   9-6       58-56  3rd  4.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   ATL  W   2-0       57-56  4th  5.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   NYM  W   4-3       56-56  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Oakland Athletics
53-69, 5th, 13 GB, 13½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-34   Road:   24-35   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  42-47   vsLHP:  11-22   1-Run:  14-27
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 24-25 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
120 Mon, Aug 17  @BAL  L   2-4       51-69  5th 13.5 gb
119 Sun, Aug 16  @BAL  L   2-18      51-68  5th 13.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug 15  @BAL  L   3-4       51-67  5th 12.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug 14  @BAL  L   6-8 (13)  51-66  5th 12.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug 13  @TOR  L   2-4       51-65  5th 11.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug 12  @TOR  L   3-10      51-64  5th 11.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug 11  @TOR  L   2-4       51-63  5th 10.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  9   HOU  W   5-4       51-62  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 24, 2015 OAK  7 @TBR  2        W:Sonny Gray (5-2), L: Erasmo Ramirez (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2015 OAK  5 @TBR  0        W:Kendall Graveman (2-2), L: Nate Karns (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2015 TBR  5  OAK  2        W:Chris Archer (5-4), L: Scott Kazmir (2-3), S: Brad Boxberger (13)
Thu, May 21, 2015 TBR  3  OAK  0        W:Alex Colome (3-1), L: Jesse Chavez (1-4), S: Brad Boxberger (12)

Wed, Aug 06, 2014 TBR  7 @OAK  3        W:Jeremy Hellickson (1-1), L: Sonny Gray (12-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2014 OAK  3  TBR  0        W:Jason Hammel (9-9), L: Drew Smyly (6-10), S: Sean Doolittle (17)
Mon, Aug 04, 2014 OAK  3  TBR  2 (10)   W:Ryan Cook (1-1), L: Grant Balfour (1-4), S: none
Thu, May 22, 2014 TBR  5  OAK  2 (11)   W:Josh Lueke (1-2), L: Dan Otero (4-1), S: none
Wed, May 21, 2014 OAK  3 @TBR  2        W:Tommy Milone (2-3), L: Erik Bedard (2-2), S: Sean Doolittle (4)
Tue, May 20, 2014 OAK  3 @TBR  0        W:Drew Pomeranz (4-1), L: Jake Odorizzi (2-4), S: Sean Doolittle (3)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 2-2; 2014 - OAK won 4-2; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - OAK leads 95-59

SP: Drew Smyly (26, LHP, 0-2, 4.35)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-2) 20.2 17 10 10 5 25 6 4.35
2014 (9-10) 153.0 136 57 55 42 133 18 3.24
2013 (6-0) 76.0 62 20 20 17 81 4 2.37
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.1 26 14 14 10 46 9 3.20 59
2015-08-16 @TEX L 4.0 7 5 5 2 4 2 95 30
2015-05-05 @BOS L 6.0 2 1 1 2 6 1 92 68
2015-04-29 @NYY ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 10 2 87 65
2015-04-24 TOR ND 4.2 4 2 2 0 5 1 79 53
2014-09-06 BAL ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 96 66
2014-09-01 BOS ND 5.2 3 2 2 2 7 1 96 60
2014-08-27 @BAL W 7.0 2 1 1 1 6 1 87 74
Last 5 v.OAK 0-2 10.1 15 9 9 4 9 4 7.84 37
2014-08-05 @OAK L 5.1 7 3 3 2 6 0 107 46
2014-05-26 @OAK L 5.0 8 6 6 2 3 4 107 28

SP: Chris Bassitt (26, RHP, 1-4, 2.60)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-4) 62.1 46 20 18 17 50 5 2.60
2014 (1-1) 29.2 34 13 13 13 21 0 3.94
Last 7 GS 1-3 46.2 36 13 13 8 39 4 2.51 62
2015-08-15 @BAL ND 8.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 103 65
2015-08-09 HOU ND 6.2 3 1 1 2 10 0 112 72
2015-08-04 BAL W 7.0 5 0 0 2 7 0 104 72
2015-07-30 CLE L 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 101 58
2015-07-25 @SFG L 6.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 97 58
2015-07-11 @CLE ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 3 0 98 53
2015-07-05 SEA L 5.2 5 2 2 1 3 0 98 53
Has never faced TBR as starter.

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Rays Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Bassitt
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 53.Doubront*
G/S/vB		 49.Mujica
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 29.Venditte
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/81 .233/.290/.452/.742 .810/.668 .845 42/.712 3/1 6/7
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 12/.417 4/1.750 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 409/302 .261/.309/.409/.718 .759/.702 .659 84/1.069 4/3 8/4
19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/72 .237/.294/.581/.875 .719/.942 .788 61/.961 0/0 9/0
11.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.333 2/.000 9/.583 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 474/332 .281/.361/.430/.791 .945/.728 .823 97/.732 8/3 13/7
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 276/119 .265/.366/.393/.759 .786/.725 .772 56/.845 10/2 5/0
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 112/101 .309/.384/.443/.827 .705/.837 1.006 62/.744 1/1 1/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 23/.865 5/.650 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 97/71 .253/.320/.287/.607 .760/.550 .646 25/.777 5/2 0/0
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 408/315 .251/.286/.402/.687 .580/.720 .791 79/.651 13/3 5/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 15/.481 10/1.600 3/.666 2/1.000 4/2.000 ··· ··· 261/207 .266/.310/.357/.667 .658/.670 .658 75/.723 2/4 4/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 25/.850 8/.250 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.750 ··· 495/376 .277/.341/.423/.765 .948/.709 .696 104/.871 3/1 13/7
7.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 102/82 .170/.267/.193/.461 .551/.439 .559 29/.510 0/0 0/0
44.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 283/193 .189/.219/.294/.514 .461/.539 .476 29/.630 0/0 5/10
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 206/188 .232/.272/.376/.648 .951/.620 .522 49/.799 1/1 6/1
IP 62.1 34.0 39.1 36.0 34.0 73.2 38.2 56.0 9.0 TOTAL .247/.309/.390/.700 .757/.677 .715 .786 70/34 111/67
ERA-K/9 2.60/7.2 3.44/8.5 3.89/6.0 5.25/6.0 7.68/6.6 3.67/8.4 4.42/11.4 3.70/9.5 1.00/4.0 3.62/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casali (18-7-0)
 Rivera (33-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 245/.208 141/.232 169/.277 148/.309 152/.350 303/.213 164/.211 220/.243 32/.103 .241  Kiermaier
 Nava
 Sizemore
 Jennings
 Jaso
 Guyer
0/113/2/12
8/0/22/3
13/0/39/2
18/10/0/2
4/0/1/1
43/18/31/0
OPS .613 .749 .725 .861 .927 .614 .606 .712 .394 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.612 80/.904 39/.585 62/.870 56/.876 99/.315 65/.382 92/.689 11/.582 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.614 61/.519 130/.767 86/.854 96/.957 204/.765 99/.759 128/.729 21/.296 .685
Home 146/.544 78/.500 60/.679 90/.759 69/.849 126/.482 89/.650 112/.673 18/.289
Last 28d days 127/.594 37/.706 85/.674 37/1.139 22/1.227 44/.443 43/.781 34/.412 14/.599
HR/SB/CS 5/4/3 7/0/2 2/3/1 9/7/1 5/0/2 5/8/1 2/2/2 11/5/3 1/0/0 109/58/32
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o·X· ··X····· ····o·X· ····X··· ·o·o··XX ··o···Xo ··ooX·X· ··Xo·o··
Athletics Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 37.Colome
G/S/vB		 54.Geltz
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 414/283 .295/.338/.381/.719 .804/.680 .800 97/.630 24/5 2/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 15/1.319 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 4/.500 455/325 .235/.305/.355/.661 .669/.657 .673 76/.456 0/0 9/0
20.Canha G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 308/203 .253/.312/.409/.721 .465/.853 .670 63/.864 5/2 9/3
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/.929 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 94/60 .157/.255/.217/.472 .555/.423 .397 42/.752 1/0 0/0
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 1/4.000 2/1.000 ··· 266/220 .193/.269/.298/.567 .391/.604 .629 55/.424 8/2 2/3
15.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.200 10/1.200 441/316 .263/.299/.399/.698 .826/.648 .643 82/.634 5/2 11/20
19.Phegley G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 183/82 .266/.317/.462/.778 .836/.707 .786 41/.608 0/0 6/2
22.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 7/.429 431/327 .281/.332/.456/.787 .588/.851 .785 75/.773 5/1 14/3
10.Semien G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.833 462/338 .255/.302/.390/.691 .785/.657 .711 84/.707 10/4 10/31
5.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/43 .191/.299/.337/.636 .724/.506 .779 14/.536 1/1 3/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 337/275 .245/.287/.280/.568 .511/.580 .571 58/.545 6/1 0/6
26.Valencia G/S/vP 13/.558 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 227/122 .291/.327/.521/.849 .796/.892 .993 68/.839 2/1 11/1
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 422/311 .259/.344/.449/.793 .617/.856 .768 67/.581 0/2 16/5
IP 20.2 48.0 37.1 87.2 57.1 42.2 35.0 TOTAL .250/.310/.384/.694 .678/.701 .700 .651 66/21 96/99
ERA-K/9 4.35/10.9 3.19/11.1 2.17/9.4 4.11/6.6 3.45/8.3 3.80/7.4 2.57/12.3 3.61/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Phegley (21-14-5)
 Vogt (37-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 84/.221 210/.235 154/.227 369/.277 220/.171 173/.234 137/.195 .235  Fuld
 Reddick
 Smolinski
 Burns
 Crisp
 Canha
 Valencia
49/33/16/10
0/1/107/4
30/0/10/2
0/94/0/1
22/0/0/1
49/0/3/0
32/0/5/0
OPS .759 .705 .604 .733 .545 .666 .538 .672
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.500 112/.670 85/.458 197/.760 105/.569 81/.630 45/.579 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.847 98/.746 69/.796 172/.702 115/.521 92/.696 92/.517 .687
Road 66/.802 101/.842 86/.519 171/.726 114/.593 89/.671 71/.530
Last 28d days 21/1.262 41/.856 31/.194 42/.433 43/.598 37/.270 49/.745
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 6/4/3 3/1/2 9/3/5 7/5/2 5/3/1 3/0/0 124/65/33
Usage ····X··· ·oo····· ·o··o·X· ·o··X··· ··oo··X· ·X·o·o·· ··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  5.24

CHC  4.08

ATL  3.65

 RA/G

STL  2.91

CLE  4.20

COL  5.27

 BA

D. Gordon  .336

M. Carpenter  .267

C. Carter  .180

 OBP

B. Harper  .456

E. Inciarte  .327

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .637

B. Gardner  .424

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.093

O. Herrera  .757

O. Infante  .529

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

C. Carrasco  3.63

K. Lohse  6.11

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.90

A. Burnett  7.58

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.