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Game Preview: CLE @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, September 7, 2007 @Angel Stadium

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Cleveland Indians, 81-59, 1st, 6 up

SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 5-8, 4.43)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-8)            120   124  62  59  44  68 10    4.43      
 2006 (15-10)          211.1 247 106  98  55 109 15    4.17      
 2005 (15-15)          210.2 218 121 105  56 119 19    4.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  47.2  44  13  12  12  29  2    2.27   59 
 2007-09-02    CHW   L   5    11   4   3   3   6  0     104   34 
 2007-08-28    MIN   W   6.2  10   3   3   2   4  0     104   44 
 2007-08-23    DET  ND   8     5   0   0   2   3  0     104   73 
 2007-08-18    TBD   W   7     2   1   1   2   4  0      89   71 
 2007-08-12    NYY   L   7     9   4   4   2   2  2     118   43 
 2007-08-07    CHW   W   8     2   1   1   0   5  0     103   79 
 2007-08-02    TEX   W   6     5   0   0   1   5  0     103   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      1-4  35    36  14  11   9  24  3    2.83   56 
 2007-04-11    LAA   L   6     5   3   2   4   4  0     102   52 
 2006-08-09    LAA   W   9     9   0   0   1   7  0     111   75 
 2006-07-17    LAA   L   3.2  12   7   5   1   1  2      86   13 
 2005-05-18    LAA   L   8.1   5   2   2   1   8  0     103   72 
 2005-04-20    LAA   L   8     5   2   2   2   4  1     109   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-27   Road:   37-32   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  54-41   vsLHP:  27-18   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:39-21   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep  6  @LAA  L   3-10      81-59  1st  6.0 up
139 Wed, Sep  5  @MIN  W   6-2       81-58  1st  7.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  4  @MIN  W   7-5 (11)  80-58  1st  7.0 up
137 Mon, Sep  3  @MIN  W   5-0       79-58  1st  6.0 up
136 Sun, Sep  2   CHW  L   0-8       78-58  1st  5.5 up
135 Sat, Sep  1   CHW  W   7-0       78-57  1st  5.5 up
134 Fri, Aug 31   CHW  W   8-5       77-57  1st  5.5 up
133 Thu, Aug 30   SEA  W   6-5       76-57  1st  4.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 29   MIN  W   4-3       75-57  1st  4.5 up
131 Tue, Aug 28   MIN  W   6-5       74-57  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 83-57, 1st, 8 up

SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 16-8, 3.26)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (16-8)           188   190  80  68  48 146 18    3.26      
 2006 (13-11)          217.2 203  98  86  72 190 14    3.56      
 2005 (14-5)           209   208  85  80  71 199 13    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  50.1  59  20  18  10  33  5    3.22   53 
 2007-09-02    TEX  ND   6.2   6   4   4   2   8  2      99   52 
 2007-08-27    SEA   W   9     7   0   0   0   5  0     109   78 
 2007-08-22    NYY   L   7     9   4   3   3   4  1     106   46 
 2007-08-17    BOS   L   4    11   7   6   0   3  1      97   17 
 2007-08-11    MIN   W   8    10   2   2   0   3  0     104   57 
 2007-08-05    OAK   W   6.2   9   3   3   2   5  1     103   47 
 2007-07-31    SEA   W   9     7   0   0   3   5  0     106   75 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      2-3  32    29  13  11  18  27  3    3.09   54 
 2006-08-09    CLE   L   6     9   4   3   3   6  0     104   43 
 2006-07-19    CLE   L   4.2  10   5   5   5   7  1     107   26 
 2006-06-04    CLE   W   7     2   0   0   4   4  0     118   73 
 2005-05-09    CLE   L   7     6   3   3   3   5  2     100   55 
 2004-09-05    CLE   W   7.1   2   1   0   3   5  0     105   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-23   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  67-41   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 21-17   vsCntrl:20-17   vsWest: 28-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep  6   CLE  W  10-3       83-57  1st  8.0 up
139 Wed, Sep  5   OAK  L   2-6       82-57  1st  7.5 up
138 Tue, Sep  4   OAK  W   4-3       82-56  1st  7.5 up
137 Mon, Sep  3   OAK  W   9-5       81-56  1st  6.5 up
136 Sun, Sep  2   TEX  L   7-8       80-56  1st  6.5 up
135 Sat, Sep  1   TEX  L   6-7       80-55  1st  6.5 up
134 Fri, Aug 31   TEX  W   7-6 (10)  80-54  1st  6.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 29  @SEA  W   8-2       79-54  1st  5.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 28  @SEA  W  10-6       78-54  1st  4.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 27  @SEA  W   6-0       77-54  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAA 10  CLE  3    W:Kelvim Escobar (16-7), L: Paul Byrd (14-6), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2007 LAA  8  CLE  0    W:Kelvim Escobar (4-1), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 LAA  3  CLE  2    W:Dustin Moseley (3-0), L: Fernando Cabrera (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11)
Tue, May 08, 2007 CLE  5 @LAA  1    W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (2-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 CLE  4  LAA  2    W:Aaron Fultz (2-0), L: Scot Shields (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (3)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 LAA  4 @CLE  1    W:Joe Saunders (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 CLE  7  LAA  6    W:C.C. Sabathia (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (1-1), S: Joe Borowski (2)

Thu, Aug 10, 2006 CLE 14  LAA  2    W:Cliff Lee (10-8), L: Ervin Santana (12-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 09, 2006 CLE  4  LAA  0    W:Jake Westbrook (9-7), L: John Lackey (10-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 08, 2006 LAA  5 @CLE  4    W:Brendan Donnelly (2-0), L: Rafael Betancourt (0-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (28)
Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 4-3; 2006 - LAA won 5-4; 2005 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - LAA leads 291-271

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  5.89

BAL  4.63

WSN  3.98

RA/G

BOS  4.01

COL  4.76

TBD  5.90

BA

J. Keppinger  .356

D. Young  .293

J. LaRue  .145

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

J. Reyes  .365

J. LaRue  .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .651

J. Gomes  .475

N. Punto  .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.069

X. Nady  .833

J. LaRue  .518

ERA

J. Peavy  2.43

J. Shields  4.01

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.37

S. Trachsel  2.94

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
59.Gwyn
G/S/vB
58.Moseley
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 432/314 .245/.273/.326/.599 .563/.612 .600 14/.643 14/3 3/14
1.Blake G/S/vP 17/.309 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.666 6/.167 8/.375 4/.000 ··· 593/418 .268/.340/.428/.767 .807/.751 .851 98/.659 3/4 15/13
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/71 .317/.367/.476/.842 .955/.801 .868 88/.866 0/0 2/1
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 19/.984 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/1.666 7/.453 11/.920 6/.000 ··· 196/171 .234/.301/.389/.690 .501/.718 .767 / 2/1 4/0
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/48 .271/.308/.542/.849 .750/.858 .651 4/.750 0/2 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 460/315 .297/.365/.472/.837 .900/.809 .810 93/.653 0/1 15/8
27.Gomez G/S/vP 17/.975 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 18/.753 2/.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 213/123 .315/.346/.396/.742 .694/.778 .722 28/.821 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 226/137 .270/.323/.500/.823 .906/.767 .622 78/.890 7/1 11/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 25/.583 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 3/.333 7/1.571 11/1.091 3/2.667 ··· 573/360 .260/.384/.448/.831 .838/.828 .878 95/.894 1/1 21/0
58.Lara G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 14/.891 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 34/.982 4/.833 8/.250 4/.500 ··· 496/395 .303/.379/.426/.805 .567/.865 .801 89/.892 22/6 7/3
30.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/37 .176/.208/.294/.502 .500/.503 .412 1/.000 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 19/1.026 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 3/1.666 6/1.166 4/1.750 ··· 568/358 .304/.373/.506/.879 .880/.879 .882 108/.851 0/0 21/4
8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/2.333 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 261/123 .268/.315/.406/.721 .794/.643 .683 28/.481 2/4 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 17/.607 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.000 1/2.000 8/.833 7/.429 ··· 341/287 .257/.346/.345/.691 .594/.709 .684 24/.652 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 15/1.104 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 573/425 .270/.336/.427/.762 .780/.756 .667 100/.581 3/3 18/15
11.Rivas G/S/vP 17/1.284 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 151/118 .275/.327/.493/.819 1.202/.723 .740 24/.708 0/0 6/2
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 10/.933 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/1.571 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 652/436 .272/.380/.460/.841 .792/.865 .770 115/.840 29/10 23/2
IP 188.0 71.0 2.1 4.0 84.1 53.1 57.2 66.2 41.2 2.2 TOTAL .269/.343/.428/.771 .790/.763 .751 63/34 153/80
ERA-K/9 3.26/7.0 4.06/6.2 3.86/7.8 4.50/2.2 4.48/4.6 3.88/7.1 2.97/11.7 3.92/8.4 3.24/8.0 10.13/16.7 4.17/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (60-27-6)
 Shoppach (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 790/.261 296/.250 12/.222 21/.278 350/.276 229/.239 243/.212 278/.221 166/.196 12/.273 .265  Lofton
 Sizemore
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Dellucci
 Blake
 Gutierrez
 Francisco
34/82/0/7
0/138/0/4
67/1/25/4
0/0/84/4
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
9/6/67/2
12/0/3/0
OPS .711 .698 .639 1.048 .743 .667 .607 .653 .633 1.242 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 377/.770 131/.716 6/1.000 10/1.025 155/.607 85/.892 113/.579 133/.724 77/.690 5/.200 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.657 165/.684 6/.333 11/1.064 195/.853 144/.534 130/.630 145/.587 89/.583 7/1.857 .732
Home 373/.751 166/.700 12/.639 21/1.048 173/.826 113/.585 126/.645 138/.696 103/.619 12/1.242 .719
Last 28d days 145/.822 70/.692 12/.639 17/1.126 76/.737 52/.489 44/.751 36/.944 48/.777 12/1.242
HR/SB/CS 18/16/5 6/5/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 6/5/3 5/3/0 2/9/1 6/2/1 6/2/3 2/0/0 132/90/27
Usage ····X··· ·X··oXo· ·X·X·X·· ········ ·····X·· X·X·o·o· ··X···X· o···X·o· o··Xo·X· ·o·X·X··
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
44.Koplove
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 19/.544 4/.750 3/1.167 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 376/287 .298/.332/.507/.840 .933/.811 .911 116/1.040 1/0 15/2
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 192/148 .239/.286/.278/.564 .659/.537 .654 16/.325 4/4 0/6
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .167/.167/.222/.389 1.000/.267 .625 15/.467 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/.650 4/.000 5/.200 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 613/483 .310/.350/.414/.764 .913/.725 .727 118/.789 18/4 8/10
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 21/1.029 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 425/334 .335/.394/.435/.829 .894/.812 .978 52/.839 34/10 3/13
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 22/.697 5/1.200 12/.333 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 592/472 .326/.404/.545/.948 .956/.946 .981 114/.879 2/3 22/9
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .706 3/.000 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 10/1.056 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 308/237 .274/.336/.401/.736 .782/.713 .869 99/.801 5/1 5/3
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 275/218 .321/.347/.458/.805 .851/.793 .770 71/.952 3/2 5/7
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 440/370 .291/.362/.461/.823 .720/.842 .892 73/.667 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/121 .248/.306/.434/.740 .860/.715 .844 83/.915 0/1 4/3
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 26/.852 2/2.500 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 557/421 .259/.321/.430/.752 .560/.815 .823 105/.608 15/4 18/5
22.Morales# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 96/78 .326/.354/.522/.876 .667/.926 .880 48/.991 0/1 3/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 5/1.150 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 229/169 .253/.346/.459/.805 .805/.805 .835 0/ 5/2 9/7
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 170/64 .244/.300/.353/.653 .699/.574 .687 24/.382 3/2 3/2
20.Rivera G/S/vP 7/.715 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 455/341 .294/.394/.348/.742 .813/.717 .806 78/.671 25/8 0/2
IP 120.0 67.0 55.2 31.0 5.0 19.2 50.1 13.0 52.0 TOTAL .286/.344/.423/.767 .779/.763 .825 121/47 108/89
ERA-K/9 4.43/5.1 1.48/8.1 5.50/8.1 3.19/6.4 7.20/7.2 3.20/9.6 4.47/8.4 8.31/4.8 1.56/9.3 4.21/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-1-0)
 Mathis (29-8-3)
 Napoli (43-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 510/.274 242/.179 250/.296 133/.226 23/.300 87/.273 228/.278 60/.333 202/.182 .271  Matthews
 Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Haynes
 Rivera
 Morales
 Aybar
 Quinlan
0/128/0/7
69/0/0/6
64/15/27/5
0/0/109/5
5/6/9/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
4/0/2/0
14/0/6/0
OPS .721 .485 .778 .673 .891 .719 .786 .982 .512 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.812 95/.547 126/.729 67/.646 9/.476 34/.415 90/.769 27/.933 79/.349 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.623 147/.444 124/.831 66/.702 14/1.121 53/.905 138/.796 33/1.020 123/.611 .736
Road 203/.692 132/.470 136/.797 62/.533 18/.833 36/.536 114/.767 23/1.331 93/.532 .735
Last 28d days 143/.714 51/.466 49/.998 43/.834 5/1.100 34/.748 34/.834 17/1.294 46/.493
HR/SB/CS 10/10/5 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/1 5/4/2 3/1/0 4/2/1 129/80/36
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· ··X····X X·····X· ····X··· o·X····· ··X·X··· o······· ·X·X···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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