BOS @ LAA, Saturday, July 19, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 57-41, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 9-5, 3.94) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-5) 112 105 50 49 24 107 14 3.94 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 45 46 17 17 10 32 3 3.40 54 2008-07-09 MIN W 5 8 5 5 2 2 2 104 31 2008-07-04 @NYY W 6 4 3 3 2 4 0 102 54 2008-06-29 @HOU ND 7 8 2 2 1 4 1 111 56 2008-06-23 ARI L 8 5 2 2 2 8 0 115 70 2008-06-15 @CIN W 7 6 0 0 2 6 0 98 69 2008-06-10 BAL ND 6 8 4 4 1 3 0 113 42 2008-06-04 TBR W 6 7 1 1 0 5 0 92 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 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 72 61 2006-07-29 LAA ND 6 4 3 3 4 6 0 102 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-11 Road: 21-30 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 43-36 vsLHP: 14-5 1-Run: 14-16 vsEast: 20-19 vsCntrl:15-5 vsWest: 11-10 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 98 Fri, Jul 18 @LAA L 3-11 57-41 2nd 0.5 gb 97 Sun, Jul 13 BAL W 2-1 57-40 1st 0.5 up 96 Sat, Jul 12 BAL W 12-1 56-40 2nd 0.5 gb 95 Fri, Jul 11 BAL L 3-7 55-40 2nd 1.5 gb 94 Wed, Jul 9 MIN W 18-5 55-39 2nd 2.0 gb 93 Tue, Jul 8 MIN W 6-5 54-39 2nd 3.0 gb 92 Mon, Jul 7 MIN W 1-0 53-39 2nd 4.0 gb 91 Sun, Jul 6 @NYY L 4-5 (10) 52-39 2nd 5.0 gb 90 Sat, Jul 5 @NYY L 1-2 52-38 2nd 4.0 gb 89 Fri, Jul 4 @NYY W 6-4 52-37 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 58-38, 1st, 7 up	SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 12-5, 3.07) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-5) 120.1 105 47 41 31 63 14 3.07 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 4-3 45.1 43 24 18 11 29 7 3.57 52 2008-07-08 @TEX L 8 6 3 3 0 5 1 109 63 2008-07-02 OAK W 6.1 6 4 2 2 5 0 111 52 2008-06-27 @LAD L 5 5 3 2 4 4 1 92 47 2008-06-21 @PHI W 7 5 2 2 2 3 1 93 60 2008-06-15 ATL W 7.1 6 0 0 0 3 0 99 69 2008-06-09 TBR L 4.2 9 8 8 2 4 3 102 16 2008-06-03 @SEA W 7 6 4 1 1 5 1 110 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 3-0 24.2 27 10 8 9 16 1 2.92 51 2008-04-24 @BOS W 6 7 3 3 3 3 0 101 46 2007-08-19 @BOS W 7.2 6 1 1 2 7 0 102 68 2007-08-07 BOS W 5.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 89 37 2006-08-22 BOS ND 5.2 6 2 0 3 4 0 98 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-20 Road: 31-18 ExtrInn: 3-2 vsRHP: 41-32 vsLHP: 17-6 1-Run: 18-13 vsEast: 13-9 vsCntrl:16-9 vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 96 Fri, Jul 18 BOS W 11-3 58-38 1st 7.0 up 95 Sun, Jul 13 @OAK W 4-3 57-38 1st 6.0 up 94 Sat, Jul 12 @OAK W 4-1 56-38 1st 5.0 up 93 Fri, Jul 11 @OAK L 2-9 55-38 1st 4.0 up 92 Thu, Jul 10 @TEX W 11-10(11) 55-37 1st 5.0 up 91 Wed, Jul 9 @TEX L 4-5 54-37 1st 5.0 up 90 Tue, Jul 8 @TEX L 2-3 54-36 1st 5.0 up 89 Mon, Jul 7 @TEX W 9-6 54-35 1st 6.0 up 88 Sun, Jul 6 TOR W 7-1 53-35 1st 6.0 up 87 Sat, Jul 5 TOR L 5-7 52-35 1st 5.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 18, 2008 LAA 11 BOS 3 W:John Lackey (7-2), L: Clay Buchholz (2-5), S: none Thu, Apr 24, 2008 LAA 7 @BOS 5 W:Joe Saunders (4-0), L: Manny Delcarmen (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (9) Wed, Apr 23, 2008 LAA 6 @BOS 4 W:Jon Garland (3-2), L: Craig Hansen (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (8) Tue, Apr 22, 2008 BOS 7 LAA 6 W:Mike Timlin (2-1), L: Darren Oliver (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8) 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 Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 3-1; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 308-267

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.55

CLE 4.51

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.67

CLE 4.48

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .375

A. Jones .283

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

F. Catalanotto .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .645

J. Damon .470

O. Vizquel .175

OPS

C. Jones 1.084

C. Barmes .820

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.82

T. Wellemeyer 4.04

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.91

T. Wakefield 6.18

K. Rogers 3.36

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
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

22.Casey* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 19/1.214 1/.000 5/.650 5/1.800 141/115 .364/.418/.465/.884 .945/.868 .708 30/.844 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 101/80 .242/.307/.374/.681 .873/.631 .695 17/.982 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 4/.500 6/1.100 72/65 .279/.380/.361/.741 1.071/.705 .713 20/.743 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 6/1.166 11/.473 4/.500 234/187 .259/.309/.410/.719 .983/.651 .668 41/.750 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.871 2/.000 6/1.500 5/1.100 341/277 .298/.408/.564/.971 .984/.968 .932 86/.790 2/1 17/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 368/287 .266/.336/.370/.706 .604/.735 .612 99/.581 35/7 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 1/.000 9/2.056 4/.750 3/.666 9/.944 332/271 .293/.355/.500/.855 1.033/.818 .847 96/.918 1/2 13/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 53/40 .277/.308/.426/.733 1.318/.556 .890 5/.000 0/0 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 86/63 .295/.337/.462/.799 .664/.842 .884 42/.831 1/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 12/.834 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 4/1.250 5/1.000 438/343 .316/.359/.461/.820 .987/.774 .827 102/1.111 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 2/1.000 29/.837 8/.625 12/.350 10/.956 384/316 .296/.393/.529/.922 .725/.966 .921 90/.936 1/0 19/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 7/.453 12/.258 12/1.222 291/234 .215/.296/.350/.646 .662/.642 .594 72/.394 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 13/.685 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 6/.833 3/1.667 4/.500 376/318 .314/.380/.559/.939 1.061/.918 .942 89/1.080 3/4 16/

IP 120.1 24.0 32.1 39.2 42.0 37.2 38.2 TOTAL .281/.355/.450/.806 .833/.799 .765 .803 78/22 110/56

ERA-K/9

3.07/4.7

1.13/8.6

3.06/5.3

3.63/4.5

2.36/8.8

3.11/9.3

5.12/7.2

3.83/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (29-11-11)
Varitek (41-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 479/.238 90/.146 141/.283 166/.285 175/.182 147/.237 177/.248 .256 Ramirez
Drew
Crisp
Ellsbury
Moss
Youkilis 61/0/0/6
0/1/80/5
0/70/0/3
48/43/12/3
11/0/14/2
0/0/2/0

OPS .657 .417 .708 .775 .582 .655 .834 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.582 40/.386 65/.702 75/.910 85/.734 72/.420 81/1.074 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 367/.680 50/.442 76/.714 91/.665 90/.445 75/.881 96/.627 .695

Home 239/.714 40/.583 64/.618 95/.689 72/.643 69/.691 83/.786 .724

Last 28d days 104/.689 35/.229 27/.296 26/.828 45/.674 41/.693 50/.952

HR/SB/CS 14/11/5 1/2/1 1/2/1 3/4/1 2/5/0 4/3/1 9/5/1 90/74/21

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 12/1.100 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 5/.000 15/.962 355/282 .272/.310/.405/.715 .682/.723 .835 74/.850 6/2 9/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 232/173 .281/.311/.387/.699 .769/.674 .584 68/.832 6/2 3/

28.Budde G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /// / 1/ 0/0 0/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.425 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 4/.250 13/.166 266/206 .273/.377/.322/.699 .785/.674 .760 83/.563 16/6 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 29/.770 3/1.167 2/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 10/.311 17/1.027 369/280 .288/.350/.483/.833 .760/.857 .760 85/.845 2/1 15/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/.733 4/1.417 2/.500 2/3.500 2/2.500 4/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 378/285 .270/.333/.452/.786 .813/.777 .899 82/.748 10/4 12/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 18/.572 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 269/210 .276/.337/.370/.707 .721/.703 .709 45/.886 9/2 3/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/.750 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 201/148 .319/.338/.471/.810 .701/.848 .716 84/.810 5/3 2/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.333 5/1.400 3/.000 6/.000 359/279 .284/.326/.430/.756 .915/.711 .709 86/.627 2/0 9/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 194/141 .211/.291/.343/.634 .853/.558 .482 56/.418 1/1 6/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 13/.481 1/3.000 3/2.334 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 9/.222 348/260 .235/.310/.350/.661 .681/.653 .623 54/.484 6/2 7/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 106/61 .258/.311/.299/.610 .650/.581 .724 12/.167 1/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 12/.350 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 6/1.100 99/58 .236/.303/.371/.674 .400/.879 .791 42/.988 0/0 3/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 78/63 .161/.293/.210/.503 .457/.509 .629 10/.236 1/0 0/

IP 112.0 39.1 39.2 27.1 37.2 38.1 40.2 27.0 TOTAL .258/.319/.391/.710 .714/.709 .715 .706 70/25 84/52

ERA-K/9

3.94/8.6

2.75/9.4

4.54/8.8

5.27/7.9

2.87/5.0

2.82/8.7

2.43/11.3

6.00/5.0

3.84/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-0-0)
Mathis (38-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.245 171/.207 171/.240 127/.229 159/.277 168/.255 161/.213 126/.303 .244 Anderson
Matthews
Guerrero
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 52/0/0/4
29/12/29/4
0/0/64/4
0/84/0/3
12/1/6/2
12/5/10/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .687 .637 .686 .651 .778 .697 .568 .846 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.684 73/.596 73/.604 51/.749 83/.741 66/.588 91/.563 59/.965 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.689 98/.669 98/.750 76/.586 76/.814 102/.770 70/.575 67/.740 .695

Road 273/.625 81/.490 88/.757 57/.585 67/.828 92/.589 75/.694 69/.814 .695

Last 28d days 110/.733 26/.650 41/.732 40/.569 49/.986 36/.817 36/.678 21/.501

HR/SB/CS 14/5/4 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 84/70/21

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

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: BOS @ LAA, 3:55pm, Saturday, July 19, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 9-5, 3.94)

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 12-5, 3.07)

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