LAA @ BOS, Saturday, August 18, 2007 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 71-50, 1st, 3 up	SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 8-5, 3.85) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-5) 114.2 125 55 49 37 79 12 3.85 2006 (11-2) 123 94 36 35 33 105 15 2.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 43.2 50 23 21 9 22 5 4.33 48 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 2007-08-01 SEA ND 6 12 6 6 1 1 0 106 24 2007-07-27 DET W 5.1 11 6 6 1 3 2 100 24 2007-07-21 MIN ND 7 5 2 2 1 2 2 101 60 2007-07-15 TEX ND 7 4 2 0 2 6 0 96 69 2007-07-04 TEX L 5 7 3 3 2 2 0 105 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 18.2 17 6 6 5 14 2 2.89 56 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: 40-17 Road: 31-33 ExtrInn: 4-3 vsRHP: 56-36 vsLHP: 15-14 1-Run: 17-13 vsEast: 16-13 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 121 Fri, Aug 17 @BOS W 7-5 71-50 1st 3.0 up 120 Fri, Aug 17 @BOS L 4-8 70-50 1st 3.0 up 119 Thu, Aug 16 @TOR W 4-3 70-49 1st 3.5 up 118 Wed, Aug 15 @TOR L 1-2 69-49 1st 3.0 up 117 Tue, Aug 14 @TOR L 1-4 69-48 1st 3.0 up 116 Sun, Aug 12 MIN W 6-2 69-47 1st 3.5 up 115 Sat, Aug 11 MIN W 4-3 68-47 1st 3.5 up 114 Fri, Aug 10 MIN W 10-1 67-47 1st 3.5 up 113 Wed, Aug 8 BOS L 6-9 66-47 1st 3.0 up 112 Tue, Aug 7 BOS W 10-4 66-46 1st 4.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox, 73-49, 1st, 5 up	SP: Curt Schilling (40, RHP, 6-5, 4.06) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-5) 106.1 123 51 48 19 76 13 4.06 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 7 GS 2-3 42.1 49 22 20 4 26 5 4.25 49 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 2007-06-13 COL L 5 9 6 5 1 5 1 98 31 2007-06-07 OAK W 9 1 0 0 0 4 0 100 89 2007-06-02 NYY ND 5 9 4 4 1 2 2 75 34 2007-05-28 CLE W 7 6 1 1 0 10 0 114 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAA Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-22 Road: 34-27 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 54-30 vsLHP: 19-19 1-Run: 18-18 vsEast: 28-16 vsCntrl:16-11 vsWest: 17-16 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 17 LAA L 5-7 73-49 1st 5.0 up 121 Fri, Aug 17 LAA W 8-4 73-48 1st 5.0 up 120 Wed, Aug 15 TBD L 5-6 72-48 1st 5.0 up 119 Tue, Aug 14 TBD W 2-1 72-47 1st 5.0 up 118 Mon, Aug 13 TBD W 3-0 71-47 1st 4.0 up 117 Sun, Aug 12 @BAL L 3-6 (10) 70-47 1st 4.0 up 116 Sat, Aug 11 @BAL W 6-2 70-46 1st 5.0 up 115 Fri, Aug 10 @BAL L 5-6 69-46 1st 5.0 up 114 Wed, Aug 8 @LAA W 9-6 69-45 1st 6.0 up 113 Tue, Aug 7 @LAA L 4-10 68-45 1st 5.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 17, 2007 LAA 7 @BOS 5 W:Francisco Rodriguez (5-2), L: Eric Gagne (3-1), S: none Fri, Aug 17, 2007 BOS 8 LAA 4 W:Clay Buchholz (1-0), L: John Lackey (15-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29) Wed, Aug 08, 2007 BOS 9 @LAA 6 W:Hideki Okajima (3-0), L: Justin Speier (1-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26) 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) Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 5-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 306-263

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 5.91

BAL 4.65

WSN 3.88

RA/G

SDP 3.88

NYY 4.67

TBD 6.01

M. Ordonez .355

C. Floyd .290

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

J. Hermida .361

M. Olivo .254

SLG

R. Braun .662

C. Guzman .468

N. Punto .265

OPS

B. Bonds 1.081

M. Byrd .824

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 1.93

G. Maddux 4.00

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.02

G. Meche 6.38

A. Cook 3.31

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.03 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 20/.600 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 14/.377 15/.962 292/221 .275/.301/.420/.722 .771/.706 .719 112/.710 0/0 6/1

32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 189/145 .243/.290/.283/.574 .659/.548 .472 18/.826 4/4 0/6

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.400 .333 7/.286 0/0 0/0

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 42/.821 2/.000 12/.712 1/.000 6/.833 4/1.250 20/.800 9/1.000 526/412 .309/.349/.415/.764 .857/.739 .789 116/.732 16/3 7/8

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 14/.786 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 9/.250 409/319 .339/.395/.434/.829 .887/.813 .714 120/.983 33/9 2/13

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 64/.896 1/no AB 9/.958 1/.000 8/.393 4/1.167 32/1.053 15/1.036 513/405 .323/.405/.540/.945 .941/.946 .867 115/.936 2/3 18/8

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .321 8/.250 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/.889 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.350 3/.000 234/178 .263/.321/.408/.729 .800/.695 .626 92/.900 3/0 5/2

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 5/.000 394/333 .306/.371/.483/.854 .757/.870 .765 92/.912 2/1 9/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 85/72 .195/.247/.299/.546 .481/.558 .348 72/.576 0/0 1/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 31/.579 2/1.000 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 4/2.500 11/1.031 8/.250 478/359 .269/.335/.450/.784 .637/.837 .699 99/.799 13/4 16/4

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 151/56 .246/.305/.370/.674 .681/.661 .619 34/.461 3/2 3/2

77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 403/297 .297/.397/.345/.742 .865/.696 .679 89/.671 25/7 0/2

IP 106.1 25.2 39.1 58.2 43.1 43.2 110.2 39.0 TOTAL .283/.341/.414/.755 .768/.752 .694 113/41 86/78

ERA-K/9

4.06/6.4

2.81/9.1

4.12/8.5

1.23/7.7

1.87/13.1

3.50/6.4

5.12/5.4

3.23/4.2

3.80/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-0-0)
Mathis (19-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.287 108/.217 166/.245 222/.176 171/.156 194/.233 500/.291 152/.230 .250 Matthews
Anderson
Willits
Guerrero
Haynes
Quinlan
Aybar 0/109/0/7
54/0/0/4
59/14/22/4
0/0/94/4
5/5/8/1
14/0/6/0
4/0/2/0

OPS .768 .650 .684 .465 .493 .703 .800 .673 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.797 47/.753 79/.552 74/.459 94/.405 81/.580 252/.769 60/.460 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.731 61/.576 87/.806 148/.467 77/.600 113/.795 248/.830 92/.809 .715

Home 220/.819 53/.792 95/.725 107/.480 86/.625 115/.702 210/.801 70/.505 .725

Last 28d days 51/.686 50/.959 53/1.166 41/.489 34/.531 37/.812 61/.960 30/.558

HR/SB/CS 13/5/1 3/2/2 3/1/0 3/2/0 4/4/0 4/5/1 11/0/0 6/1/2 101/79/24

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Weaver
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /

13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/.750 182/164 .255/.307/.404/.711 .513/.734 .586 35/.461 1/1 2/4

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/.666 5/1.400 10/.522 3/.666 456/331 .273/.338/.392/.729 .734/.728 .772 98/.752 21/5 5/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.666 8/1.175 1/.000 5/1.850 3/1.334 414/306 .266/.365/.398/.763 .688/.790 .754 85/.811 2/2 6/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/19 .316/.409/.368/.778 .000/.911 .778 4/.250 1/0 0/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 7/1.071 6/.533 8/.250 1/.000 145/131 .194/.303/.411/.715 .599/.727 .816 29/.727 2/0 5/3

25.Lowell G/S/vP 8/.661 2/.000 4/1.500 8/2.100 3/1.000 2/.000 8/1.071 481/341 .310/.362/.498/.859 .810/.879 .973 110/.845 2/2 16/14

23.Lugo G/S/vP 5/1.400 5/1.100 1/2.000 8/.875 6/.500 8/.536 12/.633 480/343 .239/.300/.348/.648 .709/.624 .786 106/.742 27/4 6/16

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 9/1.431 3/.666 2/2.500 10/.675 4/.750 14/1.104 8/.393 495/331 .314/.424/.551/.975 .737/1.098 1.002 98/.888 2/0 20/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 418/280 .324/.395/.449/.844 .861/.835 .890 100/.841 5/0 6/4

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/.200 3/1.667 4/.833 28/.871 6/.334 10/.311 7/.453 513/370 .293/.384/.499/.883 1.102/.802 .898 116/.897 0/0 19/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 5/.650 5/.400 5/.650 12/.258 11/1.364 390/273 .263/.359/.410/.769 .733/.785 .827 84/.714 1/1 10/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/1.067 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 5/1.000 2/3.000 2/1.000 495/357 .294/.394/.455/.848 .875/.838 .813 119/.759 3/2 12/3

IP 114.2 58.2 8.1 42.0 51.2 61.1 32.2 TOTAL .277/.359/.438/.797 .797/.797 .828 67/18 118/66

ERA-K/9

3.85/6.2

3.99/5.8

6.48/5.4

4.29/6.6

2.96/11.5

3.23/8.2

1.93/8.8

4.10/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Varitek (48-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.277 243/.239 39/.265 185/.259 218/.216 250/.213 129/.165 .263 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Hinske
Ellsbury 108/0/0/8
0/111/0/5
0/3/99/1
16/0/12/0
4/4/0/0

OPS .742 .674 .888 .705 .613 .617 .554 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.757 106/.684 20/.744 71/1.037 102/.614 121/.650 57/.634 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.727 137/.666 19/1.046 114/.498 116/.611 129/.584 72/.491 .723

Road 246/.782 127/.713 28/1.095 105/.759 114/.584 130/.607 50/.554 .767

Last 28d days 138/.812 58/.546 22/.694 40/.386 46/.839 59/.916 56/.586

HR/SB/CS 12/13/1 5/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 113/80/21

Usage ·····X·· X·X····· X··o···o ··X····o XX····X· XX······ o····X·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: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 8-5, 3.85)

SP: Curt Schilling (40, RHP, 6-5, 4.06)

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