BOS @ LAA, Sunday, October 7, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 96-66, 1st, 2 up	SP: Curt Schilling (40, RHP, 9-8, 3.87) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (9-8) 151 165 68 65 23 101 21 3.87 2006 (15-7) 204 220 90 90 28 183 28 3.97 2005 (8-8) 93.1 121 59 59 22 87 12 5.69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 3-5 61 66 28 27 6 30 10 3.98 51 2007-09-25 OAK W 6 6 1 1 0 6 1 86 62 2007-09-16 NYY L 7.2 6 4 4 0 2 2 90 53 2007-09-10 TBD L 6 5 1 1 1 5 0 99 62 2007-09-05 TOR ND 6 8 3 3 1 2 0 90 45 2007-08-30 NYY L 7 6 2 2 1 4 2 88 60 2007-08-24 CHW W 6 3 1 1 1 3 1 99 64 2007-08-18 LAA W 6 8 5 5 0 3 2 85 39 2007-08-12 BAL ND 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 92 60 2007-08-06 LAA L 6 9 4 4 0 5 1 83 43 2007-06-18 ATL L 4.1 10 6 6 2 0 1 81 17 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.ANA 5-2 49 52 21 21 1 35 9 3.86 55 2007-08-18 LAA W 6 8 5 5 0 3 2 85 39 2007-08-06 LAA L 6 9 4 4 0 5 1 83 43 2007-04-14 LAA W 8 4 0 0 1 4 0 103 77 2006-07-30 LAA L 5 10 6 6 0 5 3 89 28 2004-08-31 ANA W 7.2 9 3 3 0 4 0 104 53 2004-07-18 ANA W 8 3 1 1 0 7 1 113 79 2001-07-13 ANA W 8.1 9 2 2 0 7 2 120 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 51-30 Road: 45-36 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 71-43 vsLHP: 25-23 1-Run: 22-28 vsEast: 42-30 vsCntrl:22-13 vsWest: 20-17 IL:12-6 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Fri, Oct 5 LAA W 6-3 - 1 Wed, Oct 3 LAA W 4-0 - 162 Sun, Sep 30 MIN L 2-3 96-66 1st 2.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 29 MIN W 6-4 96-65 1st 3.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 28 MIN W 5-2 95-65 1st 3.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 27 MIN L 4-5 94-65 1st 2.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 26 OAK W 11-6 94-64 1st 3.0 up 157 Tue, Sep 25 OAK W 7-3 93-64 1st 3.0 up 156 Sun, Sep 23 @TBD L 4-5 92-64 1st 1.5 up 155 Sat, Sep 22 @TBD W 8-6 92-63 1st 2.5 up 154 Fri, Sep 21 @TBD W 8-1 91-63 1st 2.5 up 153 Wed, Sep 19 @TOR L 1-6 90-63 1st 1.5 up 152 Tue, Sep 18 @TOR L 3-4 90-62 1st 2.5 up 151 Mon, Sep 17 @TOR L 1-6 90-61 1st 3.5 up 150 Sun, Sep 16 NYY L 3-4 90-60 1st 4.5 up 149 Sat, Sep 15 NYY W 10-1 90-59 1st 5.5 up 148 Fri, Sep 14 NYY L 7-8 89-59 1st 4.5 up 147 Wed, Sep 12 TBD W 5-4 89-58 1st 5.0 up 146 Tue, Sep 11 TBD W 16-10 88-58 1st 5.0 up 145 Mon, Sep 10 TBD L 0-1 87-58 1st 5.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 94-68, 1st, 6 up	SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 13-7, 3.91) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-7) 161 178 77 70 45 115 17 3.91 2006 (11-2) 123 94 36 35 33 105 15 2.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 10 GS 6-2 59.2 64 26 25 10 44 6 3.77 52 2007-09-30 OAK ND 6 4 1 1 1 2 1 86 61 2007-09-20 SEA W 5 9 4 4 0 1 1 105 34 2007-09-15 CHW W 6 4 1 1 1 8 0 114 67 2007-09-09 CLE L 5 9 6 6 1 5 1 97 29 2007-09-04 OAK W 6 7 2 2 3 5 1 107 52 2007-08-29 SEA W 8 7 2 1 0 5 0 100 67 2007-08-24 TOR W 6 5 0 0 1 5 0 104 66 2007-08-18 BOS L 4.1 8 6 6 1 5 1 84 27 2007-08-12 MIN W 7.1 5 2 2 0 4 0 93 64 2007-08-06 BOS ND 6 6 2 2 2 4 1 107 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.BOS 0-2 23 25 12 12 6 19 3 4.70 49 2007-08-18 BOS L 4.1 8 6 6 1 5 1 84 27 2007-08-06 BOS ND 6 6 2 2 2 4 1 107 54 2006-08-24 BOS L 6 4 1 1 1 6 1 107 65 2006-07-29 BOS ND 6.2 7 3 3 2 4 0 98 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 54-27 Road: 40-41 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 75-47 vsLHP: 19-21 1-Run: 25-19 vsEast: 26-18 vsCntrl:22-21 vsWest: 32-25 IL:14-4 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Fri, Oct 5 @BOS L 3-6 - 1 Wed, Oct 3 @BOS L 0-4 - 162 Sun, Sep 30 @OAK L 2-3 94-68 1st 6.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 29 @OAK W 3-2 94-67 1st 7.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 28 @OAK W 2-0 93-67 1st 7.0 up 159 Wed, Sep 26 @TEX L 2-16 92-67 1st 7.5 up 158 Tue, Sep 25 @TEX L 1-3 92-66 1st 8.0 up 157 Mon, Sep 24 @TEX L 7-8 92-65 1st 8.0 up 156 Sun, Sep 23 SEA W 7-4 92-64 1st 8.5 up 155 Sat, Sep 22 SEA L 2-3 91-64 1st 7.5 up 154 Fri, Sep 21 SEA L 0-6 91-63 1st 8.5 up 153 Thu, Sep 20 SEA W 9-5 91-62 1st 9.5 up 152 Wed, Sep 19 TBD W 2-1 90-62 1st 8.5 up 151 Tue, Sep 18 TBD W 2-1 89-62 1st 8.5 up 150 Mon, Sep 17 TBD W 10-7 88-62 1st 8.5 up 149 Sun, Sep 16 @CHW L 7-9 87-62 1st 8.5 up 148 Sat, Sep 15 @CHW W 2-1 87-61 1st 8.5 up 147 Fri, Sep 14 @CHW L 3-5 86-61 1st 7.5 up 146 Thu, Sep 13 @BAL L 0-3 86-60 1st 8.5 up 145 Wed, Sep 12 @BAL W 18-6 86-59 1st 9.5 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Oct 05, 2007 BOS 6 LAA 3 W:Jonathan Papelbon , L: Justin Speier , S: none Wed, Oct 03, 2007 BOS 4 LAA 0 W:Josh Beckett , L: John Lackey , S: none Sun, Aug 19, 2007 LAA 3 @BOS 1 W:Joe Saunders , L: Julian Tavarez , S: Francisco Rodriguez Sat, Aug 18, 2007 BOS 10 LAA 5 W:Curt Schilling , L: Jered Weaver , S: none Fri, Aug 17, 2007 LAA 7 @BOS 5 W:Francisco Rodriguez , L: Eric Gagne , S: none Fri, Aug 17, 2007 BOS 8 LAA 4 W:Clay Buchholz , L: John Lackey , S: Jonathan Papelbon Wed, Aug 08, 2007 BOS 9 @LAA 6 W:Hideki Okajima , L: Justin Speier , S: Jonathan Papelbon Tue, Aug 07, 2007 LAA 10 BOS 4 W:Joe Saunders , L: Tim Wakefield , S: none Mon, Aug 06, 2007 LAA 4 BOS 2 W:Justin Speier , L: Curt Schilling , S: Francisco Rodriguez Mon, Apr 16, 2007 BOS 7 LAA 2 W:Josh Beckett , L: Ervin Santana , S: none Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 6-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 307-264 Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

W. Taveras .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

T. Hunter .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 58.Moseley
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 54.Santana
G/S/vB 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .620 0/0 0/1

13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 4/2.417 ··· 4/.500 5/1.000 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .777 1/1 3/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· 4/.833 6/1.166 4/2.083 9/.666 11/.586 5/.400 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .668 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/1.167 10/1.114 2/.000 7/.715 ··· 5/1.850 6/.900 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .763 4/2 11/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .772 9/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 8/1.125 6/.533 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .519 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 13/1.052 8/.000 9/1.334 12/.555 1/.000 101/41 .218/.287/.287/.574 .633/.490 .750 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 8/.661 4/2.000 9/2.056 4/.750 6/1.300 9/.583 4/.500 9/.944 653/473 .324/.378/.501/.879 .849/.890 .767 3/2 21/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 8/1.500 4/1.500 9/.777 8/.375 15/1.000 5/.400 10/.550 14/.749 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .547 33/6 8/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 5/1.933 1/.000 2/1.000 127/108 .202/.278/.360/.637 .771/.615 .659 0/0 5/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/1.683 ··· 11/.606 10/1.300 12/1.583 10/.400 17/1.199 9/.476 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.005 3/1 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 9/.888 3/.666 3/1.666 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .729 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/.125 3/1.000 29/.837 11/.973 12/.166 6/.167 14/.974 8/.804 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .871 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 8/.375 3/.000 7/.572 9/.476 9/.111 ··· 15/.204 13/1.108 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .781 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 13/.968 4/.583 3/1.334 8/.625 4/.833 10/.633 3/1.667 3/.666 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .889 4/2 16/3

IP 161.0 92.0 64.1 67.1 150.0 107.1 77.0 50.0 TOTAL .279/.362/.444/.806 .801/.808 .768 96/24 166/81

ERA-K/9

3.91/6.4

4.40/4.9

3.78/7.1

2.81/12.0

5.76/7.6

4.44/5.8

3.86/9.0

2.88/8.5

4.23/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (9-2-0)
Mirabelli (35-10-6)
Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 695/.280 383/.277 273/.239 285/.204 675/.288 473/.298 320/.220 198/.202 .266 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Kielty
Hinske
Ellsbury 120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
12/1/17/2
24/0/12/1
22/16/1/0

OPS .745 .747 .648 .605 .854 .792 .643 .614 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 353/.754 173/.644 102/.810 128/.549 316/.868 87/.620 163/.694 90/.659 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.736 210/.833 171/.553 157/.649 359/.841 386/.833 157/.589 108/.575 .738

Home 350/.752 180/.824 140/.567 151/.650 326/.696 256/.848 157/.665 120/.608 .716

HR/SB/CS 17/19/2 7/6/3 5/3/0 3/12/1 26/11/3 11/7/4 7/3/1 6/2/3 151/107/31

Usage ······X· ········ ······o· ·o·····o ···X··o· ········ ·X·····X ·o····o·

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Schilling
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 83.Gagne
G/S/vB 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 27/.444 1/no AB 4/1.750 5/1.800 1/2.000 4/.500 5/.200 15/.962 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .897 1/0 16/2

32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 211/160 .237/.279/.289/.568 .753/.509 .647 4/4 1/7

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 45/.879 3/.000 13/.814 8/.804 2/.000 2/.000 8/.875 10/.900 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 20/4 8/11

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 21/.857 2/.000 5/.400 6/.933 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 12/.182 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .993 41/12 3/14

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 71/.907 3/4.000 10/1.178 8/1.071 ··· 2/.000 9/.347 19/1.101 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .954 2/3 27/9

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 1/2 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 12/.667 2/.000 3/.000 7/.929 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 374/284 .289/.349/.405/.753 .738/.749 .887 7/1 6/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 353/270 .322/.347/.450/.796 .837/.784 .768 5/4 5/9

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 5/.000 508/424 .296/.372/.467/.840 .775/.852 .915 2/4 11/3

5.Mathis G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .716 0/1 4/4

22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 126/96 .294/.333/.479/.812 .577/.887 .798 0/1 4/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 263/195 .247/.351/.443/.794 .828/.783 .785 5/2 10/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .644 3/2 3/2

20.Rivera G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 6/.167 5/.900 44/15 .279/.295/.442/.737 .759/.690 .458 0/0 2/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.333 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 518/374 .293/.391/.344/.735 .787/.714 .780 27/8 0/3

IP 151.0 44.0 52.0 63.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 55.1 TOTAL .284/.345/.417/.762 .760/.762 .812 139/55 123/101

ERA-K/9

3.87/6.0

2.05/8.4

3.81/8.8

4.57/7.1

3.10/5.7

2.22/8.2

1.85/13.0

3.42/5.0

3.87/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (40-8-5)
Napoli (49-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 633/.275 176/.183 221/.245 275/.257 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 222/.232 .247 Anderson
Willits
Guerrero
Rivera
Haynes
Figgins
Morales
Aybar
Quinlan 85/0/0/7
64/30/31/6
0/0/109/5
2/0/7/1
8/12/13/1
0/0/11/1
0/0/6/0
6/0/2/0
16/0/6/0

OPS .748 .564 .667 .753 .695 .561 .463 .664 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.765 73/.578 107/.575 77/.725 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 92/.500 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.725 103/.555 114/.754 198/.764 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 130/.779 .711

Road 284/.706 88/.461 97/.617 173/.740 82/.664 134/.483 105/.358 116/.721 .683

HR/SB/CS 21/5/1 4/2/2 3/1/0 10/4/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 7/3/2 151/107/32

Usage ········ ·X····o· ······o· ······X· ·o·····o ·X·····o ·X····o· ······o·

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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SP: Curt Schilling (40, RHP, 9-8, 3.87)

SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 13-7, 3.91)

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