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Game Preview: CLE @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, April 7, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Cleveland Indians, 3-3, 3rd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 1-0, 1.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              7     4   1   1   4   4  0    1.29      
 2007 (19-8)           215   199  78  73  61 137 16    3.06      
 2006 (1-10)            74.2  88  46  45  31  58  9    5.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  48.1  37  14  13  19  35  2    2.42   60 
 2008-04-02    CHW   W   7     4   1   1   4   4  0     108   65 
 2007-09-26    SEA   W   7     7   3   3   0   4  2     113   55 
 2007-09-21    OAK   W   6     5   1   1   4   7  0     106   61 
 2007-09-15    KCR   W   8     3   0   0   0   9  0     103   85 
 2007-09-10    CHW   W   7     3   2   1   3   3  0     102   65 
 2007-09-05    MIN   W   7.1   8   2   2   2   4  0     105   56 
 2007-08-31    CHW  ND   6     7   5   5   6   4  0     103   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA    Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-1    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @OAK  W   2-1        3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @OAK  L   1-6        2-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @OAK  L   3-6        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   CHW  L   1-2        2-1   2nd  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   CHW  W   7-2        2-0   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   CHW  W  10-8        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-3    Last 20: 3-3    Last 30: 3-3 
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4-3, 1st, Tied

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 1-0, 0.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              8     4   0   0   1   4  0    0.00      
 2007 (8-5)            107.1 129  56  53  34  69 11    4.44      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.2  51  25  23  14  32  6    5.09   45 
 2008-04-02    MIN   W   8     4   0   0   1   4  0      78   77 
 2007-09-26    TEX   L   5     9   7   7   3   6  3     104   24 
 2007-09-21    SEA   L   5.2   9   5   5   1   3  0      90   33 
 2007-09-16    CHW  ND   6     2   1   1   5   7  0     105   66 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      2-0  13.2   8   3   2   8  10  1    1.32   64 
 2007-04-11    CLE   W   6.2   4   1   1   4   5  1     109   63 
 2006-07-18    CLE   W   7     4   2   1   4   5  0     102   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-2    Road:    3-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Sun, Apr  6   TEX  L   4-10       4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sat, Apr  5   TEX  W   2-1        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Fri, Apr  4   TEX  L   6-11       3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Thu, Apr  3  @MIN  W   5-4        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @MIN  W   1-0        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @MIN  W   9-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @MIN  L   2-3        0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 CLE  6 @LAA  2        W:Aaron Laffey , L: Jered Weaver , S: none
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 CLE  6 @LAA  1        W:C.C. Sabathia , L: Ervin Santana , S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 LAA  3  CLE  2 (10)   W:Scot Shields , L: Rafael Betancourt , S: none
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAA 10  CLE  3        W:Kelvim Escobar , L: Paul Byrd , S: none
Thu, May 10, 2007 LAA  8  CLE  0        W:Kelvim Escobar , L: Jeremy Sowers , S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 LAA  3  CLE  2        W:Dustin Moseley , L: Fernando Cabrera , S: Francisco Rodriguez 
Tue, May 08, 2007 CLE  5 @LAA  1        W:Cliff Lee , L: Ervin Santana , S: none
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 CLE  4  LAA  2        W:Aaron Fultz , L: Scot Shields , S: Joe Borowski 
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 LAA  4 @CLE  1        W:Joe Saunders , L: Jake Westbrook , S: Francisco Rodriguez 
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 CLE  7  LAA  6        W:C.C. Sabathia , L: Ervin Santana , S: Joe Borowski 
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - LAA won 5-4; All-Time - LAA leads 292-273

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 2008 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

For the 2007 season

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

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Pierre  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

G. Atkins  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

R. Ludwick  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

T. Glaus  .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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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
53.O'Day
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 7/.143 8/.375 4/.000 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .846 / 4/5 18/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .826 / 0/0 3/1
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .739 / 6/2 2/4
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.666 7/.453 11/.920 6/.000 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .743 / 2/1 4/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .828 / 0/1 21/8
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .625 / 8/3 13/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 7/1.571 12/1.000 4/1.833 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .883 / 1/1 24/0
15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .490 / 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/1.666 7/1.000 5/1.400 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .886 / 0/0 25/5
8.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/2.333 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .661 / 3/4 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 6/.334 3/.000 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .659 / 4/4 21/19
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .742 / 0/0 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/2.000 4/.500 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .802 / 33/10 24/2
IP 107.1 6.1 64.1 67.1 77.0 50.0 TOTAL /// / / /2
ERA-K/9 4.44/5.8 2.84/11.4 /0.0 3.78/7.1 2.81/12.0 3.86/9.0 2.88/8.5 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (70-33-6)
 Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.298 25/.227 / 273/.239 285/.204 320/.220 198/.202  Sizemore
 Michaels
 Gutierrez
 Dellucci
 Blake
 Carroll
0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
9/8/88/3
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
0/1/2/0
OPS .792 .547 .648 .605 .643 .614
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.620 12/.639 / 102/.810 128/.549 163/.694 90/.659
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 386/.833 13/.462 / 171/.553 157/.649 157/.589 108/.575
Home 256/.848 17/.567 / 140/.567 151/.650 157/.665 120/.608
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 11/7/4 0/0/0 // 5/3/0 3/12/1 7/3/1 6/2/3 //
Usage ····X··· X·X····· X·o··XX· ·o·X··o· ·X·Xo··· X······· ·o·o····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.800 3/1.167 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .897 / 1/0 16/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 211/160 .237/.279/.289/.568 .753/.509 .647 / 4/4 1/7
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .993 / 41/12 3/14
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 12/.333 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .954 / 2/3 27/9
48.Hunter G/S/vP 19/.566 15/.553 4/.917 ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 650/470 .287/.334/.505/.839 .906/.813 .858 / 18/9 28/2
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 374/289 .289/.349/.405/.753 .738/.758 .887 / 7/1 6/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 353/270 .322/.347/.450/.796 .837/.784 .768 / 5/4 5/9
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 508/424 .296/.372/.467/.840 .775/.852 .915 / 2/4 11/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .716 / 0/1 4/4
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/no AB 579/442 .252/.323/.419/.742 .563/.796 .812 / 18/4 18/5
44.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 263/195 .247/.351/.443/.794 .828/.783 .785 / 5/2 10/7
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .644 / 3/2 3/2
21.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 44/15 .279/.295/.442/.737 .759/.690 .458 / 0/0 2/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 518/374 .293/.391/.344/.735 .787/.714 .780 / 27/8 0/3
IP 215.0 79.1 65.2 62.0 29.1 60.2 TOTAL /// / / /4
ERA-K/9 3.06/5.7 1.47/9.1 5.07/7.9 /0.0 5.23/8.1 /0.0 2.15/10.4 1.78/9.2 0.00/0.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 879/.248 289/.183 292/.289 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 236/.187  Anderson
 Matthews
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Figgins
 Aybar
 Quinlan
85/0/0/7
0/135/0/7
64/30/31/6
0/0/109/5
0/155/0/5
2/0/7/1
0/0/11/1
6/0/2/0
16/0/6/0
OPS .661 .485 .768 .813 .616 .531
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 482/.711 113/.617 152/.742 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 92/.450
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.601 176/.400 140/.798 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 144/.580
Road 444/.672 153/.487 159/.825 / 144/.928 / 60/.496 116/.498
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/13/5 4/4/4 9/9/2 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 5/2/1 //
Usage ····X··· oX····X· X·····X· ·oX····· ··X·X··· ·X··X··· ·o·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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