LAA @ CHW, Sunday, September 16, 2007 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 87-61, 1st, 8½ up	SP: Joe Saunders (26, LHP, 8-3, 3.97) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-3) 90.2 109 43 40 25 53 8 3.97 2006 (7-3) 70.2 71 42 37 29 51 6 4.71 2005 (0-0) 9.1 10 8 8 4 4 3 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 41.1 58 26 23 9 27 4 5.01 43 2007-09-11 BAL W 5 10 4 4 1 3 1 87 33 2007-09-05 OAK L 6 7 4 4 2 4 2 102 44 2007-08-31 TEX ND 5 10 4 2 1 5 0 99 39 2007-08-25 TOR L 5.1 9 5 5 2 2 0 84 30 2007-08-19 BOS W 7.2 6 1 1 2 7 0 103 68 2007-08-14 TOR L 7 8 4 3 0 4 0 102 51 2007-08-07 BOS W 5.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 89 37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 3.1 8 7 7 3 5 0 18.90 18 2006-09-13 CHW L 3.1 8 7 7 3 5 0 73 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-25 Road: 38-36 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 71-43 vsLHP: 16-18 1-Run: 22-16 vsEast: 23-18 vsCntrl:22-20 vsWest: 28-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 144 Tue, Sep 11 @BAL W 10-5 85-59 1st 9.5 up 143 Sun, Sep 9 CLE L 2-6 84-59 1st 8.0 up 142 Sat, Sep 8 CLE L 1-6 84-58 1st 9.0 up 141 Fri, Sep 7 CLE W 3-2 (10) 84-57 1st 9.0 up 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Chicago White Sox, 63-85, 5th, 24 GB, 21 GB in WC	SP: Mark Buehrle (28, LHP, 9-9, 3.39) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (9-9) 188.2 188 75 71 40 109 20 3.39 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 2005 (16-8) 236.2 240 99 82 40 149 20 3.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 44.1 45 23 22 13 24 4 4.47 49 2007-09-06 DET ND 7 7 1 1 1 4 1 105 62 2007-08-31 CLE ND 7 4 2 2 0 4 0 98 65 2007-08-25 BOS L 6 6 4 4 3 3 0 99 44 2007-08-20 KCR ND 5.1 6 3 3 2 4 1 101 46 2007-08-15 OAK L 7 7 3 3 3 4 1 112 52 2007-08-09 CLE L 4 8 7 6 2 2 1 89 20 2007-08-03 DET W 8 7 3 3 2 3 0 105 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-2 31.2 41 20 20 8 17 8 5.68 43 2007-05-06 LAA ND 6 7 3 3 3 3 1 109 46 2007-04-29 LAA L 6 9 3 3 1 8 2 101 49 2006-09-12 LAA ND 7 8 3 3 1 2 1 91 50 2006-08-07 LAA L 6.2 7 6 6 2 2 3 104 36 2005-09-09 LAA ND 6 10 5 5 1 2 1 85 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-41 Road: 30-44 ExtrInn: 6-7 vsRHP: 50-58 vsLHP: 13-27 1-Run: 15-25 vsEast: 17-23 vsCntrl:31-28 vsWest: 11-20 IL: 4-14 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 148 Sat, Sep 15 LAA L 1-2 63-85 5th 24.0 gb 147 Fri, Sep 14 LAA W 5-3 63-84 5th 23.0 gb 146 Wed, Sep 12 CLE W 7-4 62-84 5th 23.0 gb 145 Tue, Sep 11 CLE L 3-8 61-84 5th 24.0 gb 144 Mon, Sep 10 CLE L 2-6 61-83 5th 23.0 gb 143 Sun, Sep 9 MIN L 2-5 61-82 5th 22.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 8 MIN W 8-7 61-81 5th 21.0 gb 141 Fri, Sep 7 MIN W 11-10(13) 60-81 5th 21.0 gb 140 Thu, Sep 6 @DET L 2-3 59-81 5th 22.0 gb 139 Wed, Sep 5 @DET L 1-2 (11) 59-80 5th 22.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 15, 2007 LAA 2 @CHW 1 W:Jered Weaver (12-7), L: Jon Garland (9-12), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35) Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CHW 5 LAA 3 W:Jose Contreras (9-16), L: Bartolo Colon (6-7), S: Bobby Jenks (38) Sun, May 06, 2007 CHW 4 @LAA 3 (10) W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (10) Sat, May 05, 2007 CHW 6 @LAA 3 W:Jon Garland (1-2), L: John Lackey (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (9) Fri, May 04, 2007 LAA 5 CHW 1 W:Kelvim Escobar (3-1), L: Jose Contreras (2-3), S: Scot Shields (2) Sun, Apr 29, 2007 LAA 5 @CHW 2 W:Kelvim Escobar (2-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (8) Sat, Apr 28, 2007 LAA 3 @CHW 0 W:Jered Weaver (1-2), L: Jon Garland (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (7) Fri, Apr 27, 2007 CHW 7 LAA 3 W:Jose Contreras (2-2), L: Ervin Santana (2-3), S: none Wed, Sep 13, 2006 CHW 9 @LAA 0 W:Freddy Garcia (14-9), L: Joe Saunders (5-3), S: none Tue, Sep 12, 2006 LAA 4 CHW 3 (11) W:Hector Carrasco (5-3), L: Bobby Jenks (3-4), S: none Season Series: 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; 2005 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - Tied 325-325

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 5.86

BAL 4.62

WSN 4.03

RA/G

SDP 4.03

NYY 4.78

TBD 5.85

M. Ordonez .356

J. Reyes .292

J. LaRue .143

OBP

B. Bonds .483

T. Glaus .366

J. LaRue .235

SLG

A. Rodriguez .657

T. Glaus .473

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.079

R. Spilborghs .829

J. LaRue .502

ERA

J. Peavy 2.44

F. Hernandez 4.03

A. Eaton 6.31

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.42

S. Trachsel 3.04

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 41.Broadway
G/S/vB 63.Bukvich
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 36.Myers*
G/S/vB 43.Phillips*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 62.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 40/.625 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 22/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· 412/313 .298/.335/.503/.838 .855/.832 .777 116/1.176 1/0 16/2

32.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 194/149 .236/.283/.275/.558 .643/.533 .450 4/.000 4/4 0/6

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .167/.167/.222/.389 1.000/.267 .200 11/.455 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 37/.849 ··· 3/no AB 4/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 652/515 .303/.346/.402/.749 .891/.712 .782 122/.664 19/4 8/11

64.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .200/.429/.800/1.229 1.667/.500 .333 2/.500 0/0 1/0

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 30/.355 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 6/.533 ··· 457/364 .344/.407/.448/.855 .907/.841 .747 44/1.064 39/11 3/14

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 18/1.244 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 5/.650 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 616/496 .327/.404/.548/.953 .956/.951 .925 99/.954 2/3 24/9

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/32 .212/.235/.273/.508 .000/.540 .301 1/.000 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 337/256 .282/.348/.399/.747 .776/.729 .610 99/.821 6/1 5/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 306/239 .317/.341/.451/.791 .841/.781 .835 102/.866 4/3 5/7

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 469/392 .288/.358/.453/.811 .748/.823 .744 71/.567 2/1 9/3

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 171/142 .232/.296/.391/.687 .806/.662 .540 83/.825 0/1 4/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 25/.695 ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/.167 ··· 563/426 .257/.323/.428/.751 .565/.812 .685 81/.596 17/4 18/5

22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 106/84 .317/.349/.505/.854 .545/.938 .956 58/.932 0/1 3/0

65.Murphy# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .200/.222/.229/.451 .250/.509 .465 1/2.000 0/0 0/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 237/175 .245/.339/.445/.784 .784/.784 .756 8/.125 5/2 9/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 18/1.389 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 177/65 .242/.305/.348/.653 .691/.585 .612 26/.525 3/2 3/2

20.Rivera G/S/vP 23/.478 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 4/.500 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 13/2 .077/.077/.077/.154 .182/.000 13/.154 0/0 0/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 488/365 .292/.394/.342/.736 .760/.727 .701 81/.688 26/8 0/2

3.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .182/.182/.364/.545 .556/.538 1.111 1/5.000 0/0 1/1

IP 188.2 4.1 35.2 62.0 46.1 37.2 51.0 5.0 51.0 21.1 TOTAL .285/.345/.420/.765 .762/.766 .715 132/49 112/95

ERA-K/9

3.39/5.2

2.08/12.6

5.05/4.5

2.90/8.1

4.86/5.6

6.69/8.8

3.88/4.4

1.80/1.8

5.12/8.5

2.53/5.5

4.85/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-1-0)
Mathis (36-8-3)
Napoli (46-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 774/.261 19/.200 167/.254 238/.199 207/.300 185/.278 223/.269 20/.316 229/.280 86/.224 .278 Anderson
Matthews
Guerrero
Willits
Haynes
Murphy
Morales
Figgins
Rivera
Aybar
Evans
Quinlan 76/0/0/7
0/130/0/7
0/0/109/5
64/22/29/5
6/6/11/1
4/2/7/1
0/0/4/0
0/0/4/0
0/0/3/0
4/0/2/0
0/0/4/0
15/0/6/0

OPS .708 .649 .795 .495 .811 .796 .756 .771 .812 .592 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.843 8/1.000 54/.719 101/.560 89/.606 48/.906 109/.764 5/.800 94/.869 19/1.365 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 614/.673 11/.455 113/.829 137/.447 118/.965 137/.759 114/.748 15/.762 135/.773 67/.389 .763

Home 397/.748 19/.649 95/.911 126/.471 110/.884 84/.672 150/.699 15/.600 117/.929 38/.520 .781

Last 28d days 106/.626 19/.649 44/.911 40/.485 43/1.058 46/.786 48/.988 20/.771 55/.810 34/.686

HR/SB/CS 20/2/3 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/5/0 6/5/1 2/7/0 6/4/2 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/2/0 163/88/22

Usage ········ ····XX·· ·····X·· ·o·o···· o··X···· o···X··o oo···X·X ····X·o· ····X··X oo·o····

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.800 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 183/162 .231/.273/.312/.585 .649/.577 .535 22/.983 2/1 2/10

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 15/.900 14/.846 23/.304 12/1.084 ··· 513/378 .252/.316/.487/.803 .941/.755 .797 79/.867 2/1 26/3

17.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/.752 2/.500 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 319/231 .254/.315/.338/.653 .445/.731 .701 66/.570 7/2 3/2

27.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/261 .229/.283/.433/.716 .997/.607 .774 98/.645 1/1 18/10

26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/108 .191/.289/.260/.549 .578/.526 .580 67/.373 1/5 2/7

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 3/1.000 6/.733 ··· 100/55 .204/.210/.235/.445 .614/.309 .306 21/.333 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.250 8/.804 11/.495 12/.533 ··· 589/428 .264/.355/.494/.849 .982/.798 .841 99/.836 0/1 29/5

55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 335/272 .253/.316/.299/.616 .518/.638 .607 108/.727 26/6 1/2

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 7/.762 5/1.000 6/.666 ··· 482/369 .263/.312/.407/.719 .718/.719 .674 83/.615 1/1 14/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 6/.833 3/.000 ··· 200/137 .254/.315/.365/.679 .823/.616 .626 40/.660 12/5 2/4

1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/122 .217/.285/.377/.662 .762/.638 .661 96/.684 1/3 4/3

30.Terrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/71 .236/.359/.382/.741 .762/.734 .720 4/2.000 4/3 5/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/1.059 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 490/337 .268/.404/.516/.921 .638/1.056 .956 100/.922 0/1 27/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 509/373 .231/.284/.395/.680 .791/.638 .798 102/.802 1/7 19/15

IP 90.2 74.1 3.1 4.0 88.0 58.0 61.1 70.0 43.1 3.2 TOTAL .244/.317/.397/.714 .728/.708 .734 72/41 169/100

ERA-K/9

3.97/5.3

4.24/6.4

2.70/13.6

4.50/2.2

4.40/4.8

3.57/7.1

2.93/12.0

3.73/8.7

3.12/8.3

7.36/12.2

4.16/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (20-2-5)
Lucy (7-0-0)
Pierzynski (59-20-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 397/.298 312/.255 15/.167 21/.278 365/.273 244/.228 260/.208 289/.216 172/.201 15/.214 .264 Dye
Podsednik
Gonzalez
Erstad
Terrero
Owens
Fields 0/0/122/9
47/2/0/3
18/10/10/2
9/44/8/2
5/37/10/2
11/72/0/1
15/0/0/1

OPS .777 .717 .500 1.048 .738 .637 .610 .634 .634 .981 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.619 139/.768 8/.700 10/1.025 161/.622 92/.859 120/.554 141/.695 81/.680 7/.143 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.813 173/.677 7/.286 11/1.064 204/.831 152/.504 140/.657 148/.574 91/.593 8/1.625 .732

Road 167/.676 137/.716 3/.000 / 185/.653 124/.710 125/.557 147/.594 66/.657 / .756

Last 28d days 135/.847 69/.872 15/.500 17/1.126 66/.660 48/.392 42/.591 39/.745 36/.792 15/.981

HR/SB/CS 8/7/3 6/5/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 6/5/3 5/3/0 3/11/1 6/2/1 6/2/3 2/0/0 137/100/29

Usage ····X··· ·o··X·oX ···o···· ········ ···Xo··X o··X··X· X·X···o· o···X··· ····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: Joe Saunders (26, LHP, 8-3, 3.97)

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