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Game Preview: BOS @ LAA, 10:05pm, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 @Angel Stadium

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Boston Red Sox, 68-45, 1st, 5 up

SP: Jon Lester (23, LHP, 1-0, 5.09)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-0)             17.2  19  10  10   6  13  4    5.09      
 2006 (7-2)             81.1  91  43  43  43  60  7    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  36.1  48  28  28  18  27  6    6.94   39 
 2007-08-03    SEA  ND   5     8   4   4   2   4  1      99   37 
 2007-07-28    TBD  ND   6.2   6   4   4   1   3  2      97   48 
 2007-07-23    CLE   W   6     5   2   2   3   6  1      96   57 
 2006-08-23    LAA   W   5     6   3   3   4   2  0      96   41 
 2006-08-18    NYY  ND   3.2   8   7   7   3   4  1      95   18 
 2006-08-13    BAL   W   5     9   4   4   2   3  1     102   34 
 2006-08-08    KCR   L   5     6   4   4   3   5  0     105   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-20   Road:   32-25   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  51-27   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 25-13   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 15-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  7  @LAA  L   4-10      68-45  1st  5.0 up
112 Mon, Aug  6  @LAA  L   2-4       68-44  1st  6.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  5  @SEA  W   9-2       68-43  1st  7.0 up
110 Sat, Aug  4  @SEA  W   4-3       67-43  1st  7.0 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @SEA  L   4-7       66-43  1st  7.0 up
108 Thu, Aug  2   BAL  W   7-4       66-42  1st  8.0 up
107 Wed, Aug  1   BAL  W   5-4       65-42  1st  7.0 up
106 Tue, Jul 31   BAL  L   3-5       64-42  1st  7.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 29  @TBD  L   2-5       64-41  1st  8.0 up
104 Sat, Jul 28  @TBD  W  12-6 (12)  64-40  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 66-46, 1st, 4 up

SP: Dustin Moseley (25, RHP, 4-1, 4.43)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-1)             61    58  30  30  20  31  5    4.43      
 2006 (1-0)             11    22  11  11   2   3  3    9.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  31    39  20  20   9  18  4    5.81   43 
 2007-08-03    OAK  ND   5.1   4   3   3   3   3  0      75   48 
 2007-07-29    DET  ND   4.2   5   4   4   2   5  0      87   41 
 2007-04-12    CLE  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  1      89   59 
 2007-04-06    OAK   W   6     5   1   1   0   4  0      95   62 
 2006-10-01    OAK  ND   4    10   7   7   2   1  1      93   13 
 2006-07-17    CLE   W   5    10   4   4   0   2  2      92   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-16   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  51-33   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  7   BOS  W  10-4       66-46  1st  4.0 up
111 Mon, Aug  6   BOS  W   4-2       65-46  1st  4.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  5  @OAK  W   4-3       64-46  1st  3.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  4  @OAK  L   1-2       63-46  1st  2.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  3  @OAK  L   4-8       63-45  1st  2.5 up
107 Thu, Aug  2  @OAK  W   6-4       63-44  1st  3.5 up
106 Wed, Aug  1  @SEA  L   7-8 (12)  62-44  1st  3.0 up
105 Tue, Jul 31  @SEA  W   8-0       62-43  1st  4.0 up
104 Mon, Jul 30  @SEA  L   0-2       61-43  1st  3.0 up
103 Sun, Jul 29   DET  W  13-4       61-42  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 LAA 10  BOS  4    W:Joe Saunders (6-0), L: Tim Wakefield (13-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 06, 2007 LAA  4  BOS  2    W:Justin Speier (1-2), L: Curt Schilling (6-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (28)
Mon, Apr 16, 2007 BOS  7  LAA  2    W:Josh Beckett (3-0), L: Ervin Santana (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 BOS  8  LAA  0    W:Curt Schilling (2-1), L: Hector Carrasco (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 BOS 10  LAA  1    W:Tim Wakefield (1-1), L: John Lackey (2-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 24, 2006 BOS  2 @LAA  1    W:Josh Beckett (14-8), L: Jered Weaver (9-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (34)
Wed, Aug 23, 2006 BOS  5 @LAA  4    W:Jon Lester (7-2), L: Kelvim Escobar (9-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (33)
Tue, Aug 22, 2006 LAA  4  BOS  3    W:Scot Shields (7-7), L: Kason Gabbard (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35)
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 LAA 10 @BOS  4    W:John Lackey (10-6), L: Curt Schilling (13-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 29, 2006 BOS  7  LAA  6 (11)   W:Julian Tavarez (2-3), L: Hector Carrasco (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 3-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 304-262

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 2007 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

NYY  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

A. Iwamura  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

S. Stewart  .360

M. Olivo  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Helton  .461

N. Punto  .271

OPS

B. Bonds  1.064

G. Dobbs  .820

D. Navarro  .548

ERA

C. Young  1.82

P. Byrd  4.13

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Moseley
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
37.Jones
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/.750 174/156 .255/.310/.405/.715 .513/.739 .841 31/.455 1/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 5/1.400 9/.583 3/.666 433/317 .277/.340/.402/.742 .795/.721 .706 113/.833 20/5 5/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.429 1/.000 5/1.850 2/1.000 380/276 .251/.355/.378/.733 .634/.771 .720 76/.631 2/2 6/4
25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 8/2.100 3/1.000 2/.000 7/1.000 442/312 .304/.355/.489/.844 .829/.849 .707 106/.766 2/2 15/14
23.Lugo G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.417 1/2.000 6/1.167 6/.500 7/.572 12/.633 446/319 .225/.289/.328/.617 .709/.580 .485 107/.762 26/4 6/12
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 112/94 .210/.288/.380/.668 .694/.663 .673 31/.905 0/0 5/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 10/.675 4/.750 14/1.104 8/.393 459/308 .319/.431/.560/.991 .768/1.106 .971 102/.995 2/0 19/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 381/253 .322/.397/.436/.833 .846/.825 .775 103/.786 4/0 4/3
22.Pena G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 164/91 .223/.299/.399/.698 .847/.579 1.010 32/.911 0/1 5/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.833 28/.871 6/.334 9/.347 6/.533 472/340 .298/.390/.513/.903 1.145/.812 .900 114/1.064 0/0 19/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 4/.500 5/.650 12/.258 10/1.543 357/250 .266/.361/.410/.771 .740/.785 .725 74/.633 1/1 9/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 5/1.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 457/330 .306/.400/.478/.878 .892/.873 .892 113/.751 3/2 12/3
IP 61.0 53.2 4.1 38.2 48.0 59.0 28.1 TOTAL .277/.360/.439/.799 .811/.794 .765 63/18 113/59
ERA-K/9 4.43/4.6 4.36/6.2 10.38/8.4 4.66/6.7 2.63/11.6 2.90/7.9 1.91/8.9 4.13/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mirabelli (30-8-5)
 Varitek (40-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.257 226/.244 22/.350 173/.272 199/.202 236/.212 112/.162 .262  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Moss
100/0/0/7
0/104/0/5
20/12/34/3
0/0/92/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .710 .700 1.009 .737 .574 .613 .525 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.657 96/.739 10/1.389 69/1.070 96/.598 114/.650 50/.686 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.756 130/.672 12/.697 104/.517 103/.552 122/.578 62/.395 .722
Home 115/.761 116/.630 3/.000 73/.697 99/.646 114/.628 64/.484 .700
Last 28d days 75/.857 54/.644 5/.600 40/.463 41/.505 57/.996 51/.561
HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 5/5/2 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/6/1 5/1/1 3/2/1 110/73/20
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· ····o··· o····Xo· ·XX··oX· ·XX·X·X· ·oo·ooX·
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
83.Gagne
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
39.Snyder
G/S/vB
51.Tavarez
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 12/.350 15/.962 255/192 .284/.306/.444/.750 .783/.740 .746 101/.815 0/0 6/1
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 172/132 .241/.284/.272/.556 .641/.531 .593 1/2.000 2/4 0/4
63.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .000/.333/.000/.333 .400/.000 .000 5/.400 1/0 0/0
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 11/.782 ··· 6/.833 3/1.667 19/.845 9/1.000 490/380 .306/.348/.418/.766 .890/.731 .735 107/.606 12/3 7/8
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 8/.286 368/283 .338/.395/.429/.824 .855/.814 .986 110/1.033 31/8 1/12
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/no AB 9/.958 ··· 7/.453 3/1.667 30/.900 15/1.036 473/369 .328/.414/.551/.965 .960/.967 1.065 105/.974 2/2 18/6
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .241/.267/.310/.577 .000/.619 .706 5/.400 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 208/154 .267/.317/.393/.710 .774/.672 .790 90/.769 3/0 3/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 364/308 .307/.371/.489/.860 .753/.878 .976 86/.880 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/49 .214/.250/.304/.554 .573/.549 .801 54/.618 0/0 0/0
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 10/.800 7/.286 448/335 .274/.337/.451/.788 .643/.841 .903 99/.829 12/4 14/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 144/51 .260/.319/.389/.708 .696/.731 .762 35/.544 3/2 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 372/269 .300/.394/.352/.746 .835/.709 .764 90/.652 22/6 0/2
IP 17.2 23.0 35.1 54.0 39.2 43.1 108.0 35.0 TOTAL .285/.343/.418/.761 .770/.758 .824 101/38 80/69
ERA-K/9 5.09/6.6 2.35/9.0 2.55/8.2 1.00/7.3 2.04/13.1 2.91/6.4 5.17/5.3 3.60/4.1 3.79/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (12-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.288 93/.195 143/.214 202/.171 158/.162 190/.220 489/.292 139/.242 .250  Matthews
 Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Aybar
0/104/0/6
46/0/0/4
58/10/19/4
0/0/88/4
5/5/6/1
13/0/6/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .847 .552 .585 .456 .515 .666 .802 .709 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.871 38/.647 66/.437 66/.424 86/.445 79/.541 247/.774 49/.489 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.841 55/.491 77/.716 136/.472 72/.596 111/.758 242/.830 90/.828 .720
Road 76/.847 50/.513 58/.451 102/.439 81/.377 75/.611 286/.796 74/.877 .683
Last 28d days 76/.847 52/.642 37/.906 38/.606 28/.646 48/.641 97/1.003 36/.406
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 2/2/2 2/1/0 3/1/0 4/4/0 3/4/1 11/0/0 6/1/2 98/70/20
Usage ····X··· X·o·o··o ···X·X·· ··o··oo· ···X··o· X·X···X· oX····X· ·o··X···

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.

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