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Athletics vs Rangers Game Time: 8:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Ameriquest Field Surface: Grass

Oakland
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/20/09	At	Tb	7-6	N/t	-180	-175	9.5-125	10.5+100	Anderson,br	W	O
5/21/09	At	Tb	5-6	D/t	-178	-190	9.0+110	9.0+100	Braden,da	L	O
5/22/09		Arz	1-2	N/g	-140	-143	9.0+100	9.5-105	Cahill,tr	L	U
5/23/09		Arz	7-8	N/g	+135	+135	8.0-130	7.5+100	Gonzalez,ed	L	O
5/24/09		Arz	6-2	D/g	-128	-140	9.0+105	8.5+100	Outman,jo	W	U
5/25/09		Sea	6-1	D/g	-128	-140	9.0-120	9.5+105	Anderson,br	W	U
5/26/09		Sea	4-3	N/g	-138	-140	8.5+100	8.0-115	Braden,da	W	U
5/27/09		Sea	1-6	D/g	+105	+105	8.0-125	7.5+100	Cahill,tr	L	U
5/29/09	At	Tex	2-5	N/g	-145	-153	10.5-120	10.5-115	Gonzalez,ed	L	U
5/29/09	At	Tex	3-6	D/g	-115	-105	11.0-110	11.0-120	Outman,jo	L	U
Texas
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/20/09	At	Det	3-5	N/g	-160	-160	9.0-125	9.0+110	Harrison,ma	L	U
5/21/09	At	Det	3-4	D/g	-125	-143	9.5+105	8.5-125	Millwood,ke	L	U
5/22/09	At	Hou	6-5	N/g	-113	-300	10.0-125	Holland,de	W
5/23/09	At	Hou	6-3	D/g	+110	+100	10.0-130	10.0-110	Feldman,sc	W	U
5/24/09	At	Hou	5-0	D/g	-110	+100	10.0-120	10.0-125	Mccarthy,br	W	U
5/25/09		Nyy	1-11	D/g	+105	-105	11.5-120	11.5-120	Harrison,ma	L	O
5/26/09		Nyy	7-3	N/g	+110	+110	10.0-130	10.5-125	Millwood,ke	W	U
5/27/09		Nyy	2-9	N/g	+132	+127	11.0-110	11.0-115	Holland,de	L	P
5/29/09		Oak	5-2	N/g	-145	-153	10.5-120	10.5-115	Feldman,sc	W	U
5/29/09		Oak	6-3	D/g	-115	-105	11.0-110	11.0-120	Hunter,to	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
9/14/08	Tex	7-4	D/g	-115	-110	9.0+105	9.0+105	Devine,jo	W	O
9/22/08	Oak	3-4	N/g	-145	-135	10.5-110	10.5-115	Embree,al	L	U
9/23/08	Oak	6-4	N/g	-138	-130	11.0-115	11.0-115	Wright,ja	W	U
9/24/08	Oak	14-4	D/g	-118	-115	11.0-105	10.5-120	Harrison,ma	W	O
4/28/09	Oak	5-4	N/g	-145	-142	10.0-120	10.0-110	Millwood,ke	W	U
4/30/09	Oak	2-4	D/g	-115	-125	10.5-110	11.0+105	Braden,da	L	U
5/06/09	Tex	2-3	N/g	-125	-115	9.5-110	9.5+105	Feldman,sc	L	U
5/07/09	Tex	9-4	D/g	-125	-110	9.5+100	9.5+100	Cahill,tr	W	O
5/29/09	Oak	5-2	N/g	-145	-153	10.5-120	10.5-115	Feldman,sc	W	U
5/29/09	Oak	6-3	D/g	-115	-105	11.0-110	11.0-120	Wilson,c.	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-13	-297	7-15	-595	18-28	-892
Last	10	3-3	-43	1-3	-140	4-6	-183
Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		17-8	+808	12-11	+240	29-19	+1048
Last	10	3-2	+105	3-2	0	6-4	+105
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Oakland		6-13	12-15	15-24	3-4	6-6	11-18
Texas		11-8	18-11	28-17	1-2	12-5	16-11

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-13	-285	12-10	+100	23-23	-185
Last	10	1-5	-425	2-2	-35	3-7	-460
Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-12	-220	8-14	-765	19-26	-985
Last	10	1-3	-260	0-4	-470	1-7	-730

Away Pitcher

OAKLAND ATHLETICS -- ANDERSON,BRETT (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	4	1	1	19.2	22	21	11	6	13	5.03	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Home	4	1	3	23.2	27	13	13	7	11	4.94	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0
Total	8	2	4	43.1	49	34	24	13	24	4.98	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR ANDERSON,BRETT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	31.0	19	18	5.23	33	17	21	3	0	2	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/28/09	at TEX	4-5		5.0	3	1	3	3	5	0	-145	-142	10.0-120	10.0-110
5/04/09	LAA	2-5	L	4.2	5	5	9	1	0	0	-105	+105	8.5-110	8.5-110
5/15/09	at DET	1-14	L	3.1	9	3	6	2	1	1	-145	-145	9.0-125	9.5+115
5/20/09	at TB	7-6	W	6.0	4	2	4	0	5	2	-180	-175	9.5-125	10.5+100
5/25/09	SEA	6-1	W	6.0	1	1	6	2	4	1	-128	-140	9.0-120	9.5+105

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/28/09	at TEX	4-5		5.0	3	1	3	3	5	0	-145	-142	10.0-120	10.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/25/09	SEA	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
5/26/09	SEA	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
5/27/09	SEA	3.0	3	3	9.00	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
5/29/09	at TEX	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/29/09	at TEX	1.1	3	3	20.25	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TEXAS RANGERS -- MCCARTHY,BRANDON (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	5	2	2	31.0	40	18	17	12	17	4.94	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0
Home	4	2	0	23.0	17	11	11	8	22	4.30	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	9	4	2	54.0	57	29	28	20	39	4.67	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR MCCARTHY,BRANDON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	27.0	22	20	6.67	33	12	16	7	1	2	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/02/09	CWS	9-6	W	5.0	1	1	3	0	3	0	-125	-125	11.0-130	11.5+100
5/07/09	at OAK	4-9	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	4	1	-125	-110	9.5+100	9.5+100
5/13/09	SEA	6-5		7.0	4	4	5	1	7	3	-130	-135	10.5+100	10.5-105
5/19/09	at DET	0-4	L	7.0	4	3	9	3	4	0	-102	+115	11.0-120	11.0-115
5/24/09	at HOU	5-0	W	9.0	0	0	9	1	6	0	-110	+100	10.0-120	10.0-125

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/07/09	at OAK	4-9	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	4	1	-125	-110	9.5+100	9.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/25/09	NYY	4.0	4	4	9.00	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/26/09	NYY	3.1	0	0	0.00	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
5/27/09	NYY	4.0	3	3	6.75	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
5/29/09	OAK	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
5/29/09	OAK	3.2	0	0	0.00	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	0

Updated Sat, May 30 5:00 AM EST

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