CLE @ LAA, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 4-4, 1st, Tied	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 0-1, 6.23) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 4.1 8 5 3 2 0 0 6.23 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 42.1 56 28 25 9 14 6 5.31 41 2008-04-04 OAK L 4.1 8 5 3 2 0 0 82 29 2007-09-27 SEA L 6.1 11 4 4 0 2 2 96 37 2007-09-22 OAK L 4.1 9 6 6 2 3 1 84 22 2007-09-17 DET ND 7.1 10 5 4 1 0 1 99 39 2007-09-11 CHW W 6.1 6 3 3 1 1 2 96 49 2007-09-06 LAA L 4.2 8 5 5 1 5 0 82 32 2007-09-01 CHW W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 110 80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 3-1 34.1 37 14 13 3 15 5 3.41 53 2007-09-06 LAA L 4.2 8 5 5 1 5 0 82 32 2007-05-09 LAA ND 7 9 2 2 0 3 1 95 54 2006-07-19 LAA W 6 10 3 3 0 1 1 93 41 2002-07-13 ANA W 9 3 0 0 2 2 0 109 81 2002-05-28 ANA W 7.2 7 4 3 0 4 3 89 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-1 Road: 2-3 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 3-1 vsLHP: 1-3 1-Run: 2-1 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 2-1 vsWest: 2-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 8 Tue, Apr 8 @LAA W 4-3 4-4 1st Tied 7 Mon, Apr 7 @LAA L 4-6 3-4 4th 0.5 gb 6 Sun, Apr 6 @OAK W 2-1 3-3 1st Tied 5 Sat, Apr 5 @OAK L 1-6 2-3 1st Tied 4 Fri, Apr 4 @OAK L 3-6 2-2 1st Tied 3 Thu, Apr 3 CHW L 1-2 2-1 1st Tied 2 Wed, Apr 2 CHW W 7-2 2-0 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 CHW W 10-8 1-0 1st Tied Last 10: 4-4 Last 20: 4-4 Last 30: 4-4
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 5-4, 1st, Tied	SP: Dustin Moseley (26, RHP, 0-1, 9.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 5 6 5 5 2 4 1 9.00 2007 (4-3) 92 97 45 45 27 50 7 4.40 2006 (1-0) 11 22 11 11 2 3 3 9.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 33.2 44 22 22 10 22 1 5.88 42 2008-04-04 TEX L 5 6 5 5 2 4 1 91 37 2007-09-25 TEX ND 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 63 56 2007-08-20 NYY ND 5 6 2 2 0 4 0 72 51 2007-08-15 TOR L 5 9 2 2 1 2 0 90 42 2007-08-08 BOS ND 4.2 10 6 6 1 1 0 83 20 2007-08-03 OAK ND 5.1 4 3 3 3 3 0 75 48 2007-07-29 DET ND 4.2 5 4 4 2 5 0 87 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-0 11 15 5 5 2 5 3 4.09 46 2007-04-12 CLE ND 6 5 1 1 2 3 1 89 59 2006-07-17 CLE W 5 10 4 4 0 2 2 92 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-3 Road: 3-1 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 5-3 vsLHP: 0-1 1-Run: 3-2 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 4-2 vsWest: 1-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 9 Tue, Apr 8 CLE L 3-4 5-4 1st Tied 8 Mon, Apr 7 CLE W 6-4 5-3 1st Tied 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: 5-4 Last 20: 5-4 Last 30: 5-4
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Apr 08, 2008 CLE 4 @LAA 3 W:Jake Westbrook (1-1), L: Justin Speier (0-1), S: none Mon, Apr 07, 2008 LAA 6 CLE 4 W:Scot Shields (1-0), L: Joe Borowski (0-1), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - LAA won 5-4; All-Time - LAA leads 293-274

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

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .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 (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Moseley
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/.500 7/.143 9/.555 5/.000 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .846 / 4/5 18/14

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .826 / 0/0 3/1

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .739 / 6/2 2/4

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.762 7/.453 11/.920 6/.000 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .743 / 2/1 4/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/.000 1/.000 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .828 / 0/1 21/8

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .625 / 8/3 13/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 8/1.625 12/1.000 5/2.600 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .883 / 1/1 24/0

15.Marte G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .490 / 0/0 1/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 4/2.000 7/1.000 6/1.167 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .886 / 0/0 25/5

8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 3/2.333 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .661 / 3/4 7/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.600 6/.334 3/.000 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .659 / 4/4 21/19

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .742 / 0/0 7/4

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 8/1.911 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.833 3/1.167 5/.400 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .802 / 33/10 24/2

IP 92.0 6.1 64.1 67.1 77.0 50.0 TOTAL .228/.322/.355/.677 .606/.725 .649 .677 3/1 6/5

ERA-K/9

4.40/4.9

2.84/11.4

/0.0

3.78/7.1

2.81/12.0

3.86/9.0

2.88/8.5

4.28/5.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.277 25/.227 / 273/.239 285/.204 320/.220 198/.202 .255 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 .747 .547 .648 .605 .643 .614 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.644 12/.639 / 102/.810 128/.549 163/.694 90/.659 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.833 13/.462 / 171/.553 157/.649 157/.589 108/.575 .686

Home 180/.824 17/.567 / 140/.567 151/.650 157/.665 120/.608 .835

Last 28d days / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 7/6/3 0/0/0 // 5/3/0 3/12/1 7/3/1 6/2/3 8/9/2

Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· ··X·o··X X··o·X·· ·o·X·Xo· ·XX····· 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 (4.22 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

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

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 20/.950 5/.800 4/1.250 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 2/.000 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .897 / 1/0 16/2

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 211/160 .237/.279/.289/.568 .753/.509 .647 / 4/4 1/7

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .993 / 41/12 3/14

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 23/1.253 5/1.200 13/.462 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .954 / 2/3 27/9

48.Hunter G/S/vP 50/.350 16/.846 5/1.900 ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 650/470 .287/.334/.505/.839 .906/.813 .858 / 18/9 28/2

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/.833 3/.666 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 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 6/.500 1/.000 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 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .716 / 0/1 4/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 13/.847 2/2.500 3/.333 ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 2/no AB 579/442 .252/.323/.419/.742 .563/.796 .812 / 18/4 18/5

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 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/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .644 / 3/2 3/2

21.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.834 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 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 518/374 .293/.391/.344/.735 .787/.714 .780 / 27/8 0/3

IP 192.1 79.1 65.2 62.0 29.1 60.2 TOTAL .292/.337/.439/.776 .657/.793 .790 .776 10/3 10/4

ERA-K/9

4.59/4.1

1.47/9.1

5.07/7.9

/0.0

5.23/8.1

/0.0

2.15/10.4

1.78/9.2

3.89/5.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.301 289/.183 292/.289 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 236/.187 .262 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 .801 .485 .768 .813 .616 .531 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.805 113/.617 152/.742 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 92/.450 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 407/.798 176/.400 140/.798 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 144/.580 .745

Road 407/.731 153/.487 159/.825 / 144/.928 / 60/.496 116/.498 .703

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 27/11/2 4/4/4 9/9/2 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 5/2/1 10/6/1

Usage ····X··· ·XoX···· ·XX····· ···oX··· ····X·X· ···X··X· ···o·X·· ·Xo···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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Game Preview: CLE @ LAA, 3:35pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 0-1, 6.23)

SP: Dustin Moseley (26, RHP, 0-1, 9.00)

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