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Game Preview: LAA @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, August 16, 2007 @Rogers Centre

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 69-49, 1st, 3 up

SP: Kelvim Escobar (31, RHP, 12-6, 2.74)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-6)           151   132  51  46  50 115  7    2.74      
 2006 (11-14)          189.1 192  93  76  50 147 17    3.61      
 2005 (3-2)             59.2  45  21  20  21  63  4    3.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  50.2  42  10   9  22  35  1    1.60   62 
 2007-08-10    MIN   W   6     5   1   1   5   4  0     104   57 
 2007-08-04    OAK   L   7     2   2   1   7   2  0     112   62 
 2007-07-30    SEA   L   8     8   2   2   1   7  0     115   64 
 2007-07-24    OAK   L   7     9   3   3   2   3  1     113   48 
 2007-07-19    TBD   W   7.2   9   0   0   3   5  0     106   63 
 2007-07-13    TEX  ND   8     6   1   1   1   6  0     110   71 
 2007-07-05    TEX   W   7     3   1   1   3   8  0     104   72 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-3  34    34   8   8   9  37  1    2.12   61 
 2006-09-09    TOR   L   7     9   2   2   1   5  0     110   55 
 2006-05-17    TOR   L   7    12   3   3   2   5  1     107   44 
 2006-05-06    TOR   W   6.2   3   0   0   2   6  0      93   72 
 2004-09-08    TOR   L   8     5   1   1   1  12  0     115   79 
 2004-07-10    TOR   W   5.1   5   2   2   3   9  0     105   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-17   Road:   29-32   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  54-35   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
111 Mon, Aug  6   BOS  W   4-2       65-46  1st  4.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  5  @OAK  W   4-3       64-46  1st  3.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  4  @OAK  L   1-2       63-46  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Toronto Blue Jays, 61-58, 3rd, 10½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 8-6, 4.12)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-6)            111.1 101  52  51  41  83 10    4.12      
 2006 (1-2)             27.1  35  27  22  25  22  2    7.24      
 2005 (1-3)             45.1  49  34  32  17  34  7    6.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  46.2  38  15  14  15  30  6    2.70   58 
 2007-08-11    KCR   L   6.1   6   4   3   1   4  1     100   50 
 2007-08-05    TEX   W   8     8   1   1   1   6  1     106   67 
 2007-07-30    TBD  ND   6     4   2   2   3   4  1      95   57 
 2007-07-24    MIN   W   7.1   4   0   0   3   5  0     111   72 
 2007-07-19    NYY   W   7     4   2   2   3   3  0     111   61 
 2007-07-14    BOS   L   5     8   6   6   2   4  3     104   29 
 2007-07-04    OAK   W   7     4   0   0   2   4  0     101   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   24-36   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  42-44   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  21-19
 vsEast: 21-23   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 11-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 15   LAA  W   2-1       61-58  3rd 10.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14   LAA  W   4-1       60-58  3rd 11.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 13  @KCR  L   2-6       59-58  3rd 11.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12  @KCR  W   4-1       59-57  3rd 10.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11  @KCR  L   1-4       58-57  3rd 11.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10  @KCR  W   2-1       58-56  3rd 10.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8   NYY  W  15-4       57-56  3rd 11.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7   NYY  L   2-9       56-56  3rd 11.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6   NYY  L   4-5       56-55  3rd 11.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   TEX  W   4-1       56-54  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TOR  2  LAA  1    W:Shaun Marcum (10-4), L: Dustin Moseley (4-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (23)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 TOR  4  LAA  1    W:Roy Halladay (14-5), L: Joe Saunders (6-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 10, 2006 LAA  4  TOR  3    W:Jered Weaver (11-2), L: Josh Towers (1-10), S: Francisco Rodriguez (41)
Sat, Sep 09, 2006 TOR  2 @LAA  1    W:Gustavo Chacin (8-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (10-13), S: B.J. Ryan (32)
Fri, Sep 08, 2006 LAA  4  TOR  1    W:Joe Saunders (5-2), L: A.J. Burnett (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (40)
Thu, May 18, 2006 TOR  8 @LAA  4 (10)   W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 17, 2006 TOR  3 @LAA  0    W:Casey Janssen (2-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (5-3), S: B.J. Ryan (9)
Tue, May 16, 2006 LAA  8  TOR  3    W:Ervin Santana (4-1), L: Ted Lilly (4-3), S: none
Mon, May 08, 2006 TOR  5  LAA  1    W:Roy Halladay (4-1), L: Jeff Weaver (1-5), S: none
Sun, May 07, 2006 TOR  3  LAA  1    W:Casey Janssen (1-2), L: John Lackey (3-3), S: B.J. Ryan (7)
Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 2-0; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; 2005 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 171-158

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  5.92

CHC  4.64

WSN  3.91

RA/G

SDP  3.84

NYY  4.68

TBD  6.04

BA

M. Ordonez  .357

K. Lofton  .291

R. Langerhans  .154

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

Y. Escobar  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .677

G. Sizemore  .465

N. Punto  .266

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

M. Reynolds  .825

R. Langerhans  .538

ERA

C. Young  1.93

R. Halladay  3.99

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

B. Arroyo  6.38

S. Trachsel  3.06

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 3/.000 ··· ··· 279/210 .275/.301/.426/.727 .764/.715 .730 107/.737 0/0 6/1
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/142 .249/.297/.290/.587 .675/.561 .497 14/1.083 4/4 0/6
43.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .000/.286/.000/.286 .400/.000 .400 6/.333 1/0 0/0
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.500 4/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· 512/399 .308/.348/.417/.765 .865/.738 .793 107/.718 15/3 7/8
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.467 3/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 395/306 .342/.396/.438/.834 .898/.815 .715 115/1.022 33/9 2/13
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 7/.286 6/.000 ··· ··· 499/392 .322/.407/.536/.943 .950/.941 .858 109/.925 2/3 18/7
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .241/.267/.310/.577 .000/.619 .398 5/.400 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 226/170 .263/.323/.410/.733 .800/.698 .626 92/.877 3/0 5/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 385/326 .301/.366/.477/.843 .748/.859 .742 91/.840 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/66 .203/.241/.311/.552 .481/.565 .338 69/.605 0/0 1/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 5/2.000 3/.666 5/.800 2/1.000 ··· 466/349 .271/.335/.441/.776 .650/.822 .680 95/.782 12/4 14/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 147/52 .254/.313/.381/.694 .681/.716 .655 33/.475 3/2 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 395/289 .304/.405/.354/.759 .866/.718 .710 89/.706 25/7 0/2
IP 111.1 50.1 44.1 42.2 57.1 48.1 22.2 TOTAL .284/.343/.415/.758 .772/.754 .695 111/41 84/77
ERA-K/9 4.12/6.7 2.32/8.4 2.44/9.5 4.43/8.9 2.35/4.9 3.72/7.8 1.99/4.8 4.05/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 467/.240 208/.214 184/.213 182/.217 230/.234 205/.216 86/.215 .251  Matthews
 Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Aybar
0/107/0/6
52/0/0/4
58/13/21/4
0/0/92/4
5/5/7/1
14/0/6/0
4/0/2/0
OPS .670 .561 .600 .637 .631 .595 .623 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.808 102/.390 94/.534 82/.718 82/.538 75/.696 34/1.101 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.524 106/.724 90/.668 100/.574 148/.682 130/.538 52/.301 .681
Home 187/.597 95/.522 96/.565 92/.614 115/.626 92/.514 53/.584 .688
Last 28d days 138/.585 44/.488 24/.375 22/.637 33/.542 29/.792 35/.532
HR/SB/CS 10/20/0 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 0/6/1 3/0/0 122/107/17
Usage ····X··· o··o·X·X ···o·o·· ··o····· X····X·· ··o·o··· ···oo··o
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Escobar
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Glaus G/S/vP 26/.439 ··· ··· 20/.667 3/.000 ··· 4/1.417 368/283 .257/.353/.454/.807 1.081/.728 .849 87/.443 0/1 15/6
2.Hill G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 482/363 .270/.319/.436/.755 .851/.723 .881 103/.698 3/2 12/10
3.Johnson G/S/vP 15/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 9/.666 ··· 159/110 .259/.316/.371/.687 1.089/.512 .609 77/.724 4/1 2/0
18.Luna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/6 .000/.091/.000/.091 .000/.167 .125 11/.091 0/0 0/1
6.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 242/178 .258/.282/.342/.624 .788/.565 .693 64/.640 5/2 1/6
1.Olmedo# G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/8 .286/.286/.429/.715 /.715 1.000 8/.715 0/0 0/0
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 13/.490 ··· ··· 9/.333 2/1.500 3/.666 2/.000 357/267 .255/.345/.419/.764 .821/.742 .663 94/.643 1/0 8/3
15.Rios G/S/vP 13/.770 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 8/.500 ··· 527/399 .314/.370/.535/.905 1.052/.858 .903 106/.925 11/4 20/5
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 23/.366 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.429 5/.800 4/.500 277/241 .291/.365/.547/.912 .850/.919 .956 53/1.002 2/1 14/5
59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/25 .278/.339/.315/.654 .682/.613 .558 20/.753 1/0 0/0
35.Thomas G/S/vP 36/.802 1/2.000 4/.000 23/.637 8/.875 12/1.000 9/.904 460/352 .262/.372/.456/.828 1.026/.767 .889 95/.864 0/0 18/
10.Wells G/S/vP 13/.331 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 11/.182 13/1.000 ··· 505/389 .260/.313/.432/.745 .887/.703 .726 105/.739 8/3 14/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 8/1.375 ··· 1/.000 11/.664 5/.800 8/.500 4/.750 251/190 .247/.332/.414/.746 .639/.783 .839 81/.863 0/0 6/3
IP 151.0 55.2 7.1 42.0 49.0 60.0 32.0 TOTAL .261/.328/.423/.751 .832/.726 .774 39/18 121/74
ERA-K/9 2.74/6.9 4.20/6.0 6.14/4.9 4.29/6.6 2.57/11.8 2.85/8.0 1.97/8.7 4.07/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Thigpen (2-3-0)
 Zaun (51-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 616/.237 232/.242 33/.267 185/.259 204/.203 242/.213 127/.168 .263  Rios
 Johnson
 Wells
 Stairs
0/9/115/9
40/0/0/2
0/116/0/2
30/0/12/2
OPS .639 .689 .800 .705 .576 .612 .564 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 303/.707 99/.715 17/.886 71/1.037 97/.592 116/.655 56/.646 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 313/.575 133/.671 16/.713 114/.498 107/.563 126/.572 71/.499 .723
Road 271/.713 116/.750 22/1.009 105/.759 100/.506 122/.599 48/.579 .767
Last 28d days 152/.664 47/.590 16/.455 47/.396 36/.647 52/.919 59/.613
HR/SB/CS 7/15/2 5/5/2 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 111/80/21
Usage ·····X·· X······· ·o···o·o X····o·X ····X··· ·······X ···X·o·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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