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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 8/1/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
CLEVELAND  ANDERSON )
 
OAKLAND  BROOKS )
-1.5  +135

+1.5  -155
-110

+100

7.5ov
 
1
Final
5

CLEVELAND (48 - 54) at OAKLAND (45 - 59)
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Saturday, 8/1/2015 9:05 PM
CODY ANDERSON (R) vs. AARON BROOKS (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
973CLEVELAND-120Ov 7.5,-110-110Ov 7.5,-105
974OAKLAND+110Un 7.5,-110+100Un 7.5,-115
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
CLEVELAND - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games48-54-18.348-523.90.2500.3200.3860.7074.20.2450.3000.3940.694
Road Games28-22+5.220-283.90.2460.3140.3830.6973.50.2240.2820.3580.640
vs Right-handed Starters34-30-4.231-314.10.2550.3310.3940.7254.10.2410.2930.3910.684
Past 7 Games3-4-1.73-43.70.2690.3150.4200.7353.70.2060.2480.3260.574
Grass Games44-54-22.444-523.80.2500.3200.3840.7044.30.2500.3060.4020.708
Night Games30-34-11.427-363.70.2440.3100.3840.6944.20.2380.2930.3900.683
CLEVELAND - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.90.2500.320102341985618814830.3863823517175374197569454
Road Games3.90.2460.314501701419795480.3831881673403135052274229
Righty Starters4.10.2550.33164214954912410510.3942522444434248851385829
CLEVELAND - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.201.295281129100262271022859-1025680.6%
Road Games3.051.288118444010210501316-415288.2%

OAKLAND - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games45-59-22.651-454.20.2510.3080.3840.6923.80.2400.2970.3620.659
Home Games21-31-19.426-234.20.2570.3110.3870.6983.60.2260.2790.3360.615
vs Right-handed Starters36-40-10.236-334.30.2540.3090.3850.6943.90.2360.2960.3590.655
Past 7 Games1-6-4.72-52.60.1970.2370.2890.5274.30.2850.3260.4080.734
Grass Games43-57-23.150-434.20.2520.3070.3850.6923.90.2390.2970.3610.657
Night Games29-35-11.136-234.40.2560.3080.3930.7014.00.2480.3050.3760.682
OAKLAND - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.20.2510.308104357489817525830.3844102946826071289909654
Home Games4.20.2570.3115217734559318340.3872091393022235347515225
Righty Starters4.30.2540.30976260166013319570.3853112094914949767677141
OAKLAND - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.281.302290.31501382743610428510-20191555.9%
Home Games3.561.205149.3665913317471444-127750%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
CLEVELAND - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
7/18/2015KLUBER(R)@ CINCINNATIDESCLAFANI(R)9-4W-1557.5 unO1170850
7/19/2015CARRASCO(R)@ CINCINNATICUETO(R)5-3W1007 unO131801081
7/21/2015SALAZAR(R)@ MILWAUKEEGARZA(R)1-8L-1158 unO971960
7/22/2015ANDERSON(R)@ MILWAUKEELOHSE(R)7-5W1009 unO149017101
7/23/2015BAUER(R)CHI WHITE SOXSAMARDZIJA(R)1-8L-1357.5 unO4401030
7/24/2015KLUBER(R)CHI WHITE SOXQUINTANA(L)0-6L-1607 unU7401060
7/25/2015CARRASCO(R)CHI WHITE SOXSALE(L)3-10L+1056 unO8501670
7/26/2015SALAZAR(R)CHI WHITE SOXRODON(L)1-2L-1557 unU662890
7/27/2015ANDERSON(R)KANSAS CITYVOLQUEZ(R)4-9L+1007.5 ovO9811160
7/28/2015BAUER(R)KANSAS CITYYOUNG(R)1-2L-1157.5 ovU881531
7/29/2015KLUBER(R)KANSAS CITYGUTHRIE(R)12-1W-1707.5 unO18110551
7/30/2015CARRASCO(R)@ OAKLANDBASSITT(R)3-1W-1307 unU711222
7/31/2015SALAZAR(R)@ OAKLANDGRAVEMAN(R)2-1W-1407.5 unU881121
8/1/2015ANDERSON(R)@ OAKLANDBROOKS(R) 
8/2/2015BAUER(R)@ OAKLANDGRAY(R) 
8/3/2015KLUBER(R)@ LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R) 
8/4/2015CARRASCO(R)@ LA ANGELSSHOEMAKER(R) 
8/5/2015SALAZAR(R)@ LA ANGELSSANTIAGO(L) 
8/7/2015ANDERSON(R)MINNESOTAPELFREY(R) 
8/8/2015 MINNESOTA  

OAKLAND - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
7/18/2015KAZMIR(L)MINNESOTAHUGHES(R)3-2W-1507 evU1081630
7/19/2015CHAVEZ(R)MINNESOTAMILONE(L)14-1W-1557.5 unO1240783
7/21/2015GRAVEMAN(R)TORONTOBUEHRLE(L)1-7L+1007.5 evO8701071
7/22/2015GRAY(R)TORONTODOUBRONT(L)4-3W-1407 evP1110012112
7/23/2015POMERANZ(L)TORONTODICKEY(R)2-5L+1108.5 ovU540841
7/24/2015CHAVEZ(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOPEAVY(R)3-9L1207 unO84117100
7/25/2015BASSITT(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOBUMGARNER(L)1-2L1826.5 ovU690630
7/26/2015GRAVEMAN(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOHUDSON(R)3-4L1257.5 evU9511291
7/28/2015GRAY(R)@ LA DODGERSANDERSON(L)2-0W1306.5 evU640330
7/29/2015CHAVEZ(R)@ LA DODGERSBOLSINGER(R)7-10L1407 unO13901251
7/30/2015BASSITT(R)CLEVELANDCARRASCO(R)1-3L+1207 unU222711
7/31/2015GRAVEMAN(R)CLEVELANDSALAZAR(R)1-2L+1307.5 unU121881
8/1/2015BROOKS(R)CLEVELANDANDERSON(R) 
8/2/2015GRAY(R)CLEVELANDBAUER(R) 
8/3/2015CHAVEZ(R)BALTIMORETILLMAN(R) 
8/4/2015BASSITT(R)BALTIMOREGONZALEZ(R) 
8/5/2015GRAVEMAN(R)BALTIMORECHEN(L) 
8/6/2015BROOKS(R)HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L) 
8/7/2015GRAY(R)HOUSTONMCHUGH(R) 
8/8/2015 HOUSTON  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
CLEVELAND: CLEVELAND (AP) - While their AL Central rivals jockeyed during the offseason, one trying to outdo the other to improve their chances of winning a World Series title, the Indians watched.
That was the plan.
No, they didn't make any blockbuster trades, sign a big-name, big-ticket free agent or overhaul their roster with new faces. The Indians, who somehow stayed in contention last season until the waning days of September, didn't feel the need to make radical changes. It wasn't necessary.
The pieces are in place for Cleveland to have a special 2015 season.
''The team knows it,'' said second baseman Jason Kipnis. ''We got two winning seasons in a row. We had an 85-win season when we had about three guys playing good. The possibilities are there, the potential is there. That whole last year we never had more than a seven-game winning streak, never really got hot.
''We got the same corps. Same group of guys. We kind of want another chance at this again - and we're getting another chance.''
The Indians return virtually the same team that went 85-77 last season, finishing third behind division champion Detroit and wild-card winner Kansas City, which ended a postseason drought dating to 1985, won the pennant and pushed San Francisco to seven games in the World Series.
Watching the Royals inspired the Indians. And as he prepares for his third season in Cleveland, manager Terry Francona senses a different drive in his players.
They're hungry.
''Our veteran guys are trying to get better,'' he said. ''Our younger guys are excited to prove what they can do. I didn't see anybody just kind of go home and want to kind of keep the status quo. We're all excited about that.''
Francona said they're upping expectations both on performance and results.
''They're kind of at a stage where they're embracing trying to see if we can go up against some of these teams and, not only maybe hold our own, but maybe do a little more than that,'' Francona said.
There's no denying Francona's magical touch. The man who helped end Boston's supposed baseball curse, who got the Indians to the postseason in 2013, has an uncanny ability to convince players buy in to his program and get them to believe they can overcome any obstacles: injuries, payroll, low expectations, the Tigers lineup.
This spring, Francona didn't have to sell the Indians, who haven't won a World Series since 1948, on the idea they can compete. They already know that. Now it's a matter of taking the next step.
''When guys believe they can do it, and then they start to do it, then you see the confidence take over and guys take off, and you can accomplish a lot,'' he said. ''That's part of the fun of the season, to see how good you can get. I'd rather enjoy, as much as we can, the journey.''
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KLUBER UBER ALLES
All Corey Kluber did in his first major-league season was win 18 games, re-write some record books, dominate almost every time he pitched and win the AL Cy Young.
The 28-year-old could do it again.
Seemingly programmed because of his consistent performances and composed demeanor, Kluber gives the Indians a long-needed and legitimate No. 1 starter capable of winning every time he gets the ball. He scares opponents and makes his teammates better.
The Indians have discussed a long-term contract extension for the right-hander, who isn't even eligible for arbitration.
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YOUR TABLE, MR. BRANTLEY
Michael Brantley just might be baseball's most unassuming star, and he plans to keep it that way. The 27-year-old's breakout 2014 season - he batted .327 with 20 homers, 97 RBIs and a third-place finish in MVP voting - was followed by obligatory can-he-do-it-again questions.
Francona thinks Brantley might be poised for bigger things. The spotlight will find Brantley, but he's not craving it.
''He's so consistent at a high level that I don't see that going away,'' he said. ''He's so confident in what he's doing that I think he enjoys playing the game and the other things that come with it, I think he could take it or leave it. He has a really good understanding of who he is.''
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BETTER BE BETTER
For the Indians to get where they want, Kipnis (.240), CF Michael Bourn (106 games) and DH Nick Swisher (offseason knee surgeries) need to bounce back and produce more than they did in `14.
No position player is more important than Kipnis, a 2013 All-Star who was injured most of last season.
''He can affect the game so many ways - steal a base, get a bunt down, hit a ball in the gap,'' Francona said.
OAKLAND: OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Athletics topped even their most trade-happy of days by making nine swaps involving 27 players in a wild offseason for Billy Beane and his front-office mates.
As far as Beane is concerned, the A's wouldn't have even had a chance to close the gap on the reigning AL West champion Los Angeles Angels without a major offseason overhaul.
Even if that meant shipping out a trio of All-Stars in third baseman Josh Donaldson, first baseman Brandon Moss and catcher Derek Norris.
''Our expectations don't change, not with the guys we brought in,'' manager Bob Melvin said. ''You look at it early on and you're thinking, `What are we doing here?' Then we see the last few moves ... and it all came together at the end as far as what this team would look like going into spring. ... We feel real good about this group.''
There were so many changes that Melvin had to search for names on the backs of jerseys during February's FanFest.
Billy Butler is the new designated hitter, and two-time All-Star infielder Ben Zobrist can play just about anywhere for Melvin, who is always one to mix and match his lineups based on matchups and who's playing well. Ike Davis came in a November trade from the Pirates to play first base, while third baseman Brett Lawrie came from the Blue Jays in the swap that sent Donaldson to Toronto.
''It's unique. I don't think many teams have taken turnover like this,'' reliever Dan Otero said. ''Who are we to judge? Everybody's here for a reason, so it's going to be great.''
Still, all the change took some getting used to this spring for an Oakland clubhouse known for its easygoing nature.
You first must know your teammates' names.
''Team chemistry's a little funky. You have to spend time with people and get to know people for team chemistry to fully come,'' center fielder Coco Crisp said. ''You can't expect it just to happen. We'll be fine. We have a good group of core guys, guys that talk and mingle.''
Here are some things to know as the A's chase a fourth straight playoff berth:
BUTLER'S BIG MOVE: Butler makes the first move of his career and is coming off a down season with the Royals, who lost in a seven-game World Series to San Francisco. He batted .271 with nine home runs and 66 RBIs in 151 games last year, 108 of those as a DH. ''Everybody's awesome to be around,'' Butler said. ''I couldn't be happier to get ready for another year with them. There are a lot of talented major league guys in this room.''
FILLING THE VOIDS: Lawrie batted .247 with 12 home runs and 38 RBIs in 70 games for Toronto last season and takes pride in his defense to back up a talented rotation led by Sonny Gray and Scott Kazmir. ''We have a lot of ability out there and that's a plus for the pitching staff,'' Lawrie said. ''All they have to do is take care of business.''
GRIFFIN AND PARKER: Both right-handers are recovering from elbow ligament reconstructive surgery that sidelined them all of 2014. Parker hopes to return shortly after the season begins, while June has long been the target goal for these two. ''There's no reason to start ripping the slider,'' Parker said. ''I'm going to focus on command.''
SPEEDY OUTFIELD: Despite the losses around the diamond, Melvin likes the look of his speedy outfield with Crisp, Sam Fuld and Craig Gentry. ''They can cover a lot of ground,'' Melvin said. ''In the case of Gentry and Fuld, they throw very well, too. Especially in our outfield at home, the field can play big and you need to cover a lot of ground out there. It's a comfort to have, and I know our pitchers feel good about it, too, that on a cold night in Oakland, you can stay. It's tough to go opposite field and know that when a ball's hit in the air and stays in the ballpark it's probably going to get caught.''
ZITO'S COMEBACK: Back in his original uniform two years removed from the end of a $126 million, seven-year contract with San Francisco, lefty Barry Zito looks to be a factor for the A's out of the bullpen - or even to start when needed. After a year off, Zito arrived in Arizona motivated to show he could still pitch at the highest level.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (CLEVELAND-OAKLAND) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(ADDS A's manager Melvin's quote)

*Indians-Athletics Preview* ===========================

By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer

Cleveland (47-54) at Oakland (45-58), 9:05 p.m. EDT

Though the Cleveland Indians were sellers prior to the trade deadline, they've hardly given up hope this season.

They can record a fourth consecutive victory by extending the Oakland Athletics' current struggles Saturday night at the Coliseum.

Cleveland (48-54) is last in the AL Central and dealt veterans David Murphy, Brandon Moss and Marc Rzepczynski this week, but remains optimistic while sitting five games out of the final wild-card spot.

"Things haven't gone the way we've wanted them to so far, but I don't think just because we traded a (few) guys away that it means we've given up on this year," ace Corey Kluber told MLB's official website.

The Indians have built some momentum by winning three straight since losing the first six of a seven-game homestand. Danny Salazar allowed Oakland's only hit over eight innings, Lonnie Chisenhall had three hits and Michael Bourn delivered a tiebreaking double in the ninth of Friday's 2-1 victory.

"This team has so much energy, and we're having fun out there," Salazar said

While Cleveland's hurt itself with a 20-32 home record, it is 28-22 on the road and won 10 of the last 14 away from Progressive Field. The Indians have held Oakland (45-59) to two runs and three hits in the first two of this set.

"I don't know how many times we've said it, but it kind of starts with pitching," manager Terry Francona said. "If you can't pitch, you're in real trouble."

Cody Anderson (2-2, 3.26 ERA) proved to be a pleasant surprise for Francona after becoming the first pitcher since 1914 to last at least 6 2-3 innings and allow one or no runs in each of his first four career starts. However, the right-hander has yielded 11 runs and 18 hits over 8 1-3 innings to go 0-1 in his last two.

He gave up seven runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings of Monday's 9-4 loss to Kansas City.

"I just didn't make my pitches down in the zone," said Anderson, who grew up some five hours northwest of the Bay Area in Quincy, Calif.

He'll face an Oakland club that's scored 20 runs while batting .189 with three homers over a 1-7 stretch. Eric Sogard, Billy Burns and Josh Reddick have accounted for all the team's hits in this series.

"You're going to go through stretches when you struggle offensively," manager Bob Melvin said. "You hope you time it right when you get a good pitching effort, you also have the offense."

All-Star catcher Stephen Vogt is 0 for 19 in his last six games after going hitless in three at-bats Friday.

Acquired in Tuesday's deal that sent the versatile Ben Zobrist to the Royals, Aaron Brooks (0-0, 6.23) makes his fifth career appearance and second start in his Oakland debut. He allowed three runs and six hits in 4 1-3 innings of two relief outings this season but went 6-4 with a 3.72 ERA in 17 starts for Triple-A Omaha.

"I think getting the ball right away, coming from Triple-A straight here, is a big confidence boost and something I've got to take advantage of," said the Los Angeles area native who is expected to have plenty of family and friends on hand.

Bourn is 8 for 14 with four stolen bases in the last four games.


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