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Game Preview: OAK @ HOU, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 27, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Athletics, 15-9, 15-9 1st, Tied

SP: Tommy Milone (27, LHP, 0-1, 4.24)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 17.0 20 11 8 6 9 1 4.24
2013 (12-9) 156.1 160 83 72 39 126 25 4.14
2012 (13-10) 190.0 207 90 79 36 137 24 3.74
Last 7 GS 3-1 37.0 40 23 14 12 30 3 3.41 49
2014-04-22 TEX ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 1 0 85 47
2014-04-16 @LAA ND 6.0 6 3 2 2 1 0 95 49
2014-04-11 @SEA L 5.0 9 5 3 0 7 1 93 40
2013-09-23 @LAA W 5.1 5 5 2 1 8 1 88 51
2013-09-15 @TEX W 5.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 86 55
2013-08-27 @DET W 5.0 3 3 2 3 3 0 84 51
2013-08-18 CLE ND 4.2 6 3 1 1 5 1 97 48
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 25.1 30 13 13 1 20 2 4.62 50
2013-07-22 @HOU ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 93 52
2013-05-24 @HOU ND 7.0 8 5 5 0 6 2 94 47
2013-04-15 HOU W 6.2 8 2 2 0 6 0 101 56
2011-09-09 HOU ND 5.2 8 3 3 0 3 0 89 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    9-3    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest: 11-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @HOU  L   6-7       15-9   1st    Tied
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @HOU  W  12-5       15-8   1st  1.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @HOU  W  10-1       14-8   1st    Tied
 21 Wed, Apr 23   TEX  L   0-3       13-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   TEX  L   4-5       13-7   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 21   TEX  L   3-4       13-6   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   HOU  W   4-1       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   HOU  W   4-3       12-5   1st  1.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 18   HOU  W  11-3       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  L   4-5 (12)  10-5   1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-9
Astros, 8-17, 8-17 5th, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 6.2 3 0 0 0 12 0 0.00
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
2012 (0-4) 21.1 27 21 18 8 17 5 7.59
Last 7 GS 1-5 31.0 47 32 32 8 21 5 9.29 35
2014-04-22 @SEA W 6.2 3 0 0 0 12 0 89 80
2013-09-27 @LAD L 4.0 9 8 8 1 3 2 88 14
2013-09-21 ARI L 5.0 11 6 6 0 1 1 80 22
2013-09-16 STL ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 72 57
2013-07-27 MIL L 5.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 84 26
2013-06-01 @MIA L 4.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 69 32
2012-09-25 PIT L 1.1 5 7 7 3 0 1 47 13
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-9    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-11   vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  5-11 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, Apr 26   OAK  W   7-6        8-17  5th  7.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   OAK  L   5-12       7-17  5th  8.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   OAK  L   1-10       7-16  5th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @SEA  L   3-5        7-15  5th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @SEA  W   5-2        7-14  5th  6.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @SEA  W   7-2        6-14  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-4        5-14  5th  8.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @OAK  L   3-4        5-13  5th  7.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @OAK  L   3-11       5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   KCR  L   1-5        5-11  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  6        W:Jerome Williams (1-1), L: Sean Doolittle (0-2), S: Raul Valdes (1)
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 OAK 12 @HOU  5        W:Luke Gregerson (1-1), L: Josh Fields (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 OAK 10 @HOU  1        W:Scott Kazmir (3-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  1        W:Jesse Chavez (1-0), L: Brad Peacock (0-2), S: Luke Gregerson (3)
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  3        W:Dan Otero (3-0), L: Chad Qualls (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 OAK 11  HOU  3        W:Sonny Gray (3-0), L: Jarred Cosart (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 08, 2013 OAK  7  HOU  2        W:Bartolo Colon (15-6), L: Lucas Harrell (6-16), S: Brett Anderson (3)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 OAK  2  HOU  1        W:Dan Straily (9-7), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-2), S: Sean Doolittle (1)
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 OAK  7  HOU  5        W:A.J. Griffin (13-9), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-9), S: Grant Balfour (37)
Thu, Sep 05, 2013 HOU  3 @OAK  2        W:Brad Peacock (4-5), L: Sonny Gray (2-3), S: Josh Fields (3)
Season Series: 2014 - OAK over 5-1; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 25-6

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 44.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 120/91 .269/.350/.375/.725 .653/.749 .616 46/.430 0/0 3/1
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/2.000 5/.000 4/.500 6/.750 4/.500 ··· 6/.833 516/348 .258/.333/.369/.702 .763/.672 .734 87/.781 0/2 10/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.833 3/1.000 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· 10/.700 574/390 .240/.294/.442/.737 .880/.672 .684 95/.780 7/7 26/4
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 2/.000 8/1.250 1/no AB 15/1.384 ··· 1/.000 24/.440 584/373 .261/.335/.444/.779 .645/.857 .841 71/.855 21/5 22/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 3/3.334 3/1.167 6/.167 1/no AB 13/1.021 2/.500 ··· 19/.977 668/464 .301/.384/.499/.883 1.042/.813 .877 115/.919 5/2 24/16
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 13/1.045 287/126 .280/.373/.386/.759 .801/.709 .734 38/.780 24/3 2/2
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.400 1/.000 3/.667 15/.690 249/220 .271/.387/.372/.759 .442/.802 .799 58/.654 2/1 3/3
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 13/.490 2/3.500 2/.000 11/1.255 662/431 .290/.344/.446/.791 .772/.800 .813 110/.885 1/0 15/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 2/3.500 7/.286 2/.500 9/.583 2/1.000 ··· 15/1.600 505/417 .256/.337/.522/.859 .649/.904 .911 92/.838 4/2 30/8
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 308/135 .246/.345/.409/.754 .990/.445 .657 53/.987 5/0 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.334 335/227 .255/.328/.327/.655 .723/.622 .653 50/.613 3/3 2/8
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.762 3/.666 1/2.000 14/1.488 441/296 .226/.307/.379/.686 .667/.695 .795 76/.621 9/2 12/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 3/1.000 11/1.364 ··· 1/.000 10/1.800 410/338 .266/.322/.364/.686 .640/.695 .672 59/.568 10/5 2/9
IP 26.0 42.0 43.2 73.1 38.0 83.1 62.0 35.0 169.1 TOTAL .261/.350/.420/.770 .670/.806 .786 .770 17/1 27/22
ERA-K/9 10.04/3.8 5.36/6.6 4.12/8.4 5.40/6.0 4.97/9.5 5.18/8.3 2.61/7.1 7.46/9.5 4.57/5.7 4.97/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (28-4-0)
 Norris (35-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.388 193/.297 198/.283 323/.283 160/.220 365/.241 252/.251 152/.300 728/.272 .265  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Gentry
 Crisp
 Moss
94/18/0/10
0/0/113/9
34/71/0/7
0/110/0/2
8/2/27/1
OPS 1.053 .829 .826 .865 .783 .779 .658 .894 .772 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.202 90/.881 96/.871 161/.871 71/.884 211/.919 103/.600 51/.650 402/.818 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.941 103/.785 102/.784 162/.859 89/.706 154/.594 149/.698 101/1.021 326/.716 .752
Home 73/.975 69/.586 130/.907 158/.852 106/.729 143/.864 131/.631 74/.704 361/.763
Last 28d days 22/.273 54/.704 7/.629 46/.797 44/.774 97/.782 37/1.004 14/.812 76/.960
HR/SB/CS 6/6/0 4/2/2 5/5/1 16/7/2 8/2/2 15/12/1 4/5/1 7/0/1 23/9/7 27/18/5
Usage ····X··· ·XX·o··X ·X······ ··X····· ·X·oXo·· ·X····X· ·X·o·o·X oX·oo··· X·X···X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.20 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Milone*
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 14/.517 1/.000 2/1.500 7/1.071 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/2.000 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 112/.702 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 7/.476 6/.167 2/1.500 5/.650 3/.333 1/.000 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 88/.674 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 3/1.667 8/.250 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 90/.751 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .655 28/.563 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 90/.687 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 17/1.059 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 90/.710 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .566 24/.683 6/2 4/10
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.300 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .457 47/.575 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .651 41/.514 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 59/.484 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 63/.631 1/4 3/1
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB / /// / 49/.518 / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 82/.694 18/8 1/16
IP 156.1 37.2 67.1 69.0 66.1 70.1 39.0 21.2 TOTAL .210/.282/.364/.645 .637/.649 .647 .645 18/5 28/15
ERA-K/9 4.14/7.3 3.35/7.6 2.54/9.0 3.13/7.8 2.71/8.7 2.94/7.2 1.38/6.2 6.23/7.9 2.86/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.258 166/.271 294/.238 266/.214 268/.203 291/.273 159/.276 105/.301 .227  Fowler
 Krauss
 Presley
 Carter
 Hoes
 Guzman
0/110/0/3
18/0/9/3
12/28/12/2
49/0/2/0
3/2/44/0
35/0/5/0
OPS .738 .687 .616 .573 .572 .699 .613 .951 .629
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.790 65/.790 132/.730 92/.516 132/.624 155/.740 83/.613 26/.405 .659
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 520/.724 101/.619 162/.526 174/.603 136/.521 136/.653 76/.613 79/1.150 .602
Road 381/.719 91/.856 129/.682 111/.553 119/.635 125/.755 49/.673 43/1.097
Last 28d days 79/.753 35/.205 31/.378 51/.720 53/.525 53/.791 53/.614 46/.624
HR/SB/CS 25/9/3 3/2/0 2/16/1 4/6/3 3/10/0 5/1/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 18/19/2
Usage ····X··· ·o··oX·· o···oo·· oX···oX· Xo··o·o· ···o··o· ·oX··X·o ··XX····

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.