LAA @ BAL, Friday, July 25, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 62-39, 1st, 10 up	SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 12-5, 3.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-5) 127 111 49 43 34 64 15 3.05 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 3-3 45 43 22 19 13 25 7 3.80 51 2008-07-19 BOS ND 6.2 6 2 2 3 1 1 111 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 16 26 10 10 4 4 2 5.63 38 2008-05-04 BAL W 5 12 4 4 0 1 1 85 28 2007-09-11 @BAL W 5 10 4 4 1 3 1 87 33 2007-06-02 BAL W 6 4 2 2 3 0 0 99 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-21 Road: 31-18 ExtrInn: 3-2 vsRHP: 44-33 vsLHP: 18-6 1-Run: 19-13 vsEast: 15-9 vsCntrl:18-10 vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 101 Wed, Jul 23 CLE W 14-11 62-39 1st 10.0 up 100 Tue, Jul 22 CLE W 3-2 61-39 1st 9.0 up 99 Mon, Jul 21 CLE L 2-5 60-39 1st 8.5 up 98 Sun, Jul 20 BOS W 5-3 60-38 1st 9.0 up 97 Sat, Jul 19 BOS W 4-2 59-38 1st 8.0 up 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Baltimore Orioles, 48-53, 5th, 11 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 7-6, 5.02) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 104 125 60 58 38 51 14 5.02 2007 (6-8) 121 140 81 80 66 96 14 5.95 2006 (0-0) 8 6 2 2 1 6 1 2.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 38.1 46 22 22 19 20 5 5.17 43 2008-07-20 DET L 5.1 6 3 3 4 5 2 109 45 2008-07-11 @BOS W 6.1 6 3 3 3 2 0 100 48 2008-07-05 TEX ND 5.2 9 3 3 1 2 0 73 40 2008-06-30 KCR ND 5 5 1 1 3 3 0 95 53 2008-06-19 HOU W 5.2 7 3 3 2 3 2 87 44 2008-06-13 PIT W 6 8 6 6 3 4 1 101 33 2008-06-06 @TOR ND 4.1 5 3 3 3 1 0 94 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 2-0 12.2 8 4 4 7 7 0 2.84 57 2007-06-30 LAA W 7.2 5 3 3 4 4 0 121 57 2007-05-31 @LAA W 5 3 1 1 3 3 0 84 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-21 Road: 20-32 ExtrInn: 4-6 vsRHP: 38-37 vsLHP: 10-16 1-Run: 18-19 vsEast: 17-27 vsCntrl:11-9 vsWest: 9-10 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 102 Thu, Jul 24 TOR L 1-7 48-53 5th 11.0 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 TOR L 1-5 48-52 5th 11.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 TOR L 8-10 48-51 5th 10.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 TOR W 8-3 48-50 4th 10.0 gb 98 Sun, Jul 20 DET L 1-5 47-50 5th 10.0 gb 97 Sat, Jul 19 DET W 11-10(10) 47-49 4th 10.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 DET W 7-4 46-49 5th 10.0 gb 95 Thu, Jul 17 DET L 5-6 45-49 5th 10.5 gb 94 Sun, Jul 13 @BOS L 1-2 45-48 5th 10.0 gb 93 Sat, Jul 12 @BOS L 1-12 45-47 4th 9.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, May 04, 2008 LAA 6 BAL 5 W:Joe Saunders (6-0), L: Steve Trachsel (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13) Sat, May 03, 2008 LAA 3 BAL 1 W:Jon Garland (4-3), L: Daniel Cabrera (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12) Fri, May 02, 2008 BAL 4 @LAA 3 W:Jeremy Guthrie (1-3), L: Jered Weaver (2-4), S: George Sherrill (11) Thu, Sep 13, 2007 BAL 3 LAA 0 W:Jon Leicester (2-1), L: John Lackey (16-9), S: Jamie Walker (5) Wed, Sep 12, 2007 LAA 18 @BAL 6 W:Kelvim Escobar (17-7), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-16), S: none Tue, Sep 11, 2007 LAA 10 @BAL 5 W:Joe Saunders (8-3), L: Victor Santos (1-5), S: none Sun, Jul 01, 2007 LAA 4 @BAL 3 W:John Lackey (11-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (24) Sat, Jun 30, 2007 BAL 6 LAA 3 W:Brian Burres (4-2), L: Bartolo Colon (6-4), S: Paul Shuey (1) Fri, Jun 29, 2007 LAA 9 @BAL 7 W:Scot Shields (2-2), L: Chris Ray (4-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (23) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 LAA 4 BAL 3 W:Chris Bootcheck (1-0), L: Chris Ray (3-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 2-1; 2007 - LAA won 7-3; 2006 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - BAL leads 325-263

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 5.46

COL 4.58

SDP 3.74

RA/G

OAK 3.63

CLE 4.53

TEX 5.88

C. Jones .369

K. Suzuki .286

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

G. Laird .360

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .625

C. Coste .469

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.063

J. Loney .822

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

R. Nolasco 3.99

I. Snell 6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

T. Wellemeyer 6.13

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 26.Cabrera
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.730 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 13/1.129 374/297 .266/.305/.398/.703 .663/.713 .606 74/.878 6/2 9/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 239/177 .286/.315/.402/.717 .764/.700 .791 54/.907 6/2 3/

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

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 7/.572 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.730 289/225 .269/.368/.317/.685 .732/.672 .639 83/.525 17/7 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 7/1.096 ··· 8/.875 4/1.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 389/296 .283/.342/.484/.826 .749/.851 .906 91/.747 2/1 17/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 285/222 .270/.329/.359/.688 .709/.691 .706 60/.733 9/2 3/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 219/162 .341/.361/.514/.875 .905/.865 .881 82/1.048 7/3 3/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.250 381/297 .289/.331/.433/.763 .956/.709 .799 88/.658 2/0 9/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 210/155 .228/.304/.389/.693 .900/.624 .759 60/.739 2/1 8/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.500 4/2.500 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 6/1.334 357/266 .233/.311/.346/.657 .696/.643 .698 49/.451 6/2 7/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 106/61 .258/.311/.299/.610 .650/.581 .489 11/.182 1/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 112/68 .248/.313/.376/.689 .419/.874 .587 53/.980 0/0 3/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 82/67 .185/.308/.231/.538 .457/.551 .279 10/.536 1/0 0/

IP 104.0 17.0 36.2 12.1 4.2 38.2 55.1 46.2 42.2 TOTAL .261/.321/.396/.717 .728/.713 .705 .751 74/26 90/57

ERA-K/9

5.02/4.4

1.59/4.8

2.45/3.2

1.46/11.0

1.93/7.7

3.26/7.0

1.95/4.7

4.05/9.6

3.80/9.7

4.63/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-0-0)
Mathis (40-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 468/.298 74/.246 148/.274 51/.214 18/.188 167/.245 214/.180 208/.213 187/.234 .267 Guerrero
Anderson
Matthews
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/66/5
56/0/0/4
29/14/30/4
13/1/8/2
13/6/12/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .812 .663 .651 .576 .653 .687 .458 .686 .707 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.848 34/.699 46/.733 23/.803 7/1.286 72/.569 101/.497 94/.584 57/.513 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.797 40/.628 102/.616 28/.388 11/.182 95/.773 113/.424 114/.764 130/.792 .762

Home 256/.939 45/.708 77/.728 32/.582 12/.530 47/.741 101/.393 97/.779 106/.666 .777

Last 28d days 104/.794 17/.584 30/.464 51/.576 18/.653 61/.735 52/.544 57/.764 40/1.068

HR/SB/CS 14/7/2 1/0/0 2/0/3 0/2/1 1/1/0 2/3/0 0/2/2 3/5/1 5/2/0 111/86/25

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

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 24/15 .087/.125/.087/.212 .347/.133 .284 13/.308 0/0 0/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 81/61 .224/.253/.329/.582 .358/.657 .647 54/.637 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/1.145 7/.429 19/.941 7/.453 317/243 .244/.291/.409/.700 .715/.696 .791 81/.836 0/0 11/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.167 9/.222 13/.962 423/299 .289/.352/.529/.881 .729/.947 .930 104/.968 2/0 19/

10.Jones G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 390/302 .281/.325/.407/.731 .707/.738 .773 100/.915 8/3 6/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 450/315 .292/.396/.482/.877 .963/.840 .837 110/.909 9/4 15/

15.Millar G/S/vP 9/2.064 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 7/.453 11/1.936 13/.490 406/300 .239/.335/.387/.722 .841/.682 .808 89/.635 0/1 12/

6.Mora G/S/vP 9/1.921 ··· ··· ··· 11/.573 11/.573 8/1.500 16/1.114 398/292 .255/.321/.437/.758 .943/.691 .874 97/.956 2/7 15/

16.Payton G/S/vP 11/1.164 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/1.667 12/.334 8/.946 4/1.250 205/136 .244/.281/.363/.643 .872/.522 .537 42/.357 4/0 6/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/76 .200/.277/.294/.571 .961/.466 .614 17/.243 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 8/.500 4/.000 7/.733 450/321 .289/.371/.480/.851 .888/.835 .866 108/.840 27/10 7/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 339/269 .262/.342/.503/.846 .752/.871 .956 87/.779 2/1 17/

IP 127.0 27.0 5.2 34.2 43.2 45.1 39.2 40.2 TOTAL .260/.329/.428/.756 .791/.744 .806 .789 58/30 114/58

ERA-K/9

3.05/4.5

1.33/9.0

7.94/9.5

3.89/5.4

3.30/4.9

2.18/9.3

2.95/9.7

5.09/7.5

3.85/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (67-17-6)
Quiroz (19-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.238 107/.186 25/.292 153/.285 179/.270 188/.176 157/.232 185/.248 .256 Markakis
Jones
Payton
Scott 0/0/100/11
0/98/0/3
60/7/2/3
69/0/0/2

OPS .666 .499 1.070 .739 .736 .564 .651 .836 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.613 47/.463 14/.786 71/.782 78/.873 93/.694 76/.413 84/1.032 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.681 60/.526 11/1.455 82/.701 101/.630 95/.443 81/.876 101/.672 .705

Road 240/.598 50/.270 9/1.444 77/.786 71/.894 103/.535 78/.625 94/.871 .706

Last 28d days 106/.734 44/.513 / 39/.528 34/.599 47/.642 34/.807 52/.949

HR/SB/CS 15/11/5 1/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/1 3/4/2 2/6/0 4/3/1 10/5/1 97/76/23

Usage ·····X·· ·XX··o·· ········ ·X·o··o· ··X·X··· ·oX·XX·· ··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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Game Preview: LAA @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 12-5, 3.05)

SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 7-6, 5.02)

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