LAA @ BOS, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 94-68, 1st, 6 up	SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 19-9, 3.01) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (19-9) 224 219 87 75 52 179 18 3.01 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 4-1 51.2 42 11 11 6 46 2 1.92 66 2007-09-28 OAK W 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 74 75 2007-09-23 SEA W 7 7 2 2 0 7 0 101 62 2007-09-18 TBD W 8 5 1 1 2 10 0 105 76 2007-09-13 BAL L 7 9 3 3 1 8 0 112 54 2007-09-07 CLE ND 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 105 66 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 27.2 43 19 17 12 24 2 5.53 40 2007-08-17 BOS L 4 11 7 6 0 3 1 97 17 2007-04-13 BOS L 5.2 9 3 3 1 6 1 108 44 2006-07-30 BOS W 6 9 4 3 2 6 0 108 44 2005-09-06 BOS ND 6 5 2 2 4 3 0 110 53 2005-08-19 BOS ND 6 9 3 3 5 6 0 124 43
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 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox, 96-66, 1st, 2 up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 20-7, 3.27) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (20-7) 200.2 189 76 73 40 194 17 3.27 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 2005 (15-8) 178.2 153 75 67 58 166 14 3.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-2 46.1 49 19 19 10 46 8 3.69 55 2007-09-27 MIN L 6 10 5 5 0 6 2 99 38 2007-09-21 TBD W 6 4 1 1 2 8 0 113 66 2007-09-15 NYY W 7 3 1 1 2 7 1 108 72 2007-09-09 BAL W 7 7 2 2 0 8 2 116 63 2007-09-04 TOR W 8 5 3 3 2 7 1 117 65 2007-08-29 NYY L 6.2 13 4 4 1 6 1 113 37 2007-08-24 CHW W 5.2 7 3 3 3 4 1 111 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 2-0 25 19 7 6 8 22 1 2.16 61 2007-08-17 LAA ND 7 5 2 1 1 8 0 104 68 2007-04-16 LAA W 6 6 1 1 1 5 1 99 60 2006-08-24 LAA W 6 4 1 1 2 3 0 70 61 2006-07-29 LAA ND 6 4 3 3 4 6 0 102 54
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 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 19, 2007 LAA 3 @BOS 1 W:Joe Saunders (7-1), L: Julian Tavarez (6-9), S: Francisco Rodriguez (31) Sat, Aug 18, 2007 BOS 10 LAA 5 W:Curt Schilling (7-5), L: Jered Weaver (8-6), S: none 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 Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 6-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 307-264

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 5.98

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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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 19.Beckett
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 Rd SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 12/1.100 1/no AB 4/1.750 5/1.800 1/2.000 3/.666 4/.000 15/.962 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .745 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 .487 4/4 1/7

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 35/.724 2/.000 13/.814 8/.804 2/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 10/.900 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 20/4 8/11

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.425 1/.000 5/.400 6/.933 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 12/.182 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .705 41/12 3/14

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 29/.770 2/4.000 10/1.178 8/1.071 ··· 2/.000 9/.347 19/1.101 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .946 2/3 27/9

13.Haynes* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .414 1/2 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 18/.572 2/.000 3/.000 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 374/284 .289/.349/.405/.753 .738/.749 .616 7/1 6/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/.750 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 353/270 .322/.347/.450/.796 .837/.784 .831 5/4 5/9

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 5/.000 508/424 .296/.372/.467/.840 .775/.852 .774 2/4 11/3

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .501 0/1 4/4

22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/96 .294/.333/.479/.812 .577/.887 .833 0/1 4/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 263/195 .247/.351/.443/.794 .828/.783 .803 5/2 10/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .661 3/2 3/2

20.Rivera G/S/vP 12/.350 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.900 44/15 .279/.295/.442/.737 .759/.690 1.082 0/0 2/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 518/374 .293/.391/.344/.735 .787/.714 .689 27/8 0/3

IP 200.2 44.0 52.0 63.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 55.1 TOTAL .284/.345/.417/.762 .760/.762 .712 139/55 123/101

ERA-K/9

3.27/8.7

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 822/.245 176/.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 .663 .564 .667 .753 .695 .561 .463 .664 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 410/.684 73/.578 107/.575 77/.725 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 92/.500 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.641 103/.555 114/.754 198/.764 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 130/.779 .711

Home 458/.683 88/.675 124/.702 102/.775 92/.723 138/.632 119/.555 106/.604 .727

HR/SB/CS 17/14/6 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···XX ··X···X· ···o··o· ···o·o·· ··o·o··o ··o···o·

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 41.Lackey
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 Hm SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .138 0/0 0/1

13.Cora* G/S/vP 15/.800 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 4/2.417 ··· 4/.500 5/1.000 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .588 1/1 3/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 24/.705 ··· 4/.833 6/1.166 3/3.000 9/.666 10/.522 4/.500 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .765 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/1.227 4/1.167 10/1.114 2/.000 7/.715 ··· 5/1.850 5/1.100 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .833 4/2 11/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .971 9/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.287 ··· 8/1.125 6/.533 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 16/.527 ··· 3/.000 13/1.052 8/.000 9/1.334 12/.555 1/.000 101/41 .218/.287/.287/.574 .633/.490 .411 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.500 4/2.000 9/2.056 4/.750 6/1.300 9/.583 3/.666 9/.944 653/473 .324/.378/.501/.879 .849/.890 .993 3/2 21/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.578 4/1.500 9/.777 8/.375 14/1.071 5/.400 9/.619 13/.633 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .745 33/6 8/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 10/1.400 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 5/1.933 1/.000 2/1.000 127/108 .202/.278/.360/.637 .771/.615 .620 0/0 5/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 33/1.214 ··· 11/.606 9/1.267 11/1.747 10/.400 16/1.159 9/.476 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.128 3/1 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.833 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 9/.888 2/1.000 2/2.500 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .912 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 31/1.668 3/1.000 29/.837 10/.533 11/.182 6/.167 13/.930 8/.804 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .891 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 21/.825 3/.000 7/.572 9/.476 9/.111 ··· 14/.220 12/1.222 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .794 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.600 4/.583 3/1.334 7/.715 3/1.167 10/.633 2/3.000 3/.666 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .797 4/2 16/3

IP 224.0 92.0 64.1 67.1 150.0 107.1 77.0 50.0 TOTAL .279/.362/.444/.806 .801/.808 .844 96/24 166/81

ERA-K/9

3.01/7.2

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 929/.254 383/.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 .680 .747 .648 .605 .854 .792 .643 .614 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 455/.734 173/.644 102/.810 128/.549 316/.868 87/.620 163/.694 90/.659 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 474/.629 210/.833 171/.553 157/.649 359/.841 386/.833 157/.589 108/.575 .738

Road 470/.653 203/.678 133/.731 134/.557 349/1.005 217/.726 163/.621 78/.623 .763

HR/SB/CS 18/19/6 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··· ·······X ··o····X ···oX··· ··o····· ······X· ···X···X ··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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Game Preview: LAA @ BOS, 6:30pm, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 19-9, 3.01)

SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 20-7, 3.27)

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