Playing in Oakland is a homecoming for 2007 Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia, who is from Vallejo, Calif., about 25 miles north of Oakland.
Sabathia will get the chance to show off his award winning stuff when the Indians play the A's Saturday.So far, hometown cooking has not worked for Sabathia.
In the past four seasons, Sabathia has given up 24 runs, 21 earned, on 29 hits, with 12 walks in 21 innings.
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What do those numbers mean when broken down by season?
Since 2004, Sabathia is 0-3 in in four starts with a 9.00 ERA at McAfee Coliseum.
While he was the top pitcher in the American League last year, he struggled in Oakland. He pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing six earned runs on nine hits.
His worst game in Oakland was in 2005 when he didn't make it out of the second inning. He allowed eight hits and eight runs, all earned.
In 2005, Sabathia had the opportunity to pitch across the bay. He had a dominating start against the Giants at AT&T Park. He allowed two runs on five hits with six strikeouts.
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4 months ago
Good stats to look out for. I hadn't realized he had struggled in Oakland so much. I'm sure he'll be fine. Oakland doesn't quite have murderers row, but they still did score six on us last night.
Go Tribe!
4 months ago
The entire team struggles in Oakland and has the past few years. I have no clue why.. It's like they are visiting a grave yard or something. I hope CC does turn things around tonight.
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