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Game Preview: LAA @ BOS, 7:05pm, Monday, July 28, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 64-40, 1st, 10½ up

SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 8-8, 4.08)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-8)            119   116  57  54  35  92 13    4.08      
 2007 (13-7)           161   178  77  70  45 115 17    3.91      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42    32  15  13  14  37  4    2.79   58 
 2008-07-22    CLE  ND   3     3   2   2   2   4  1      77   47 
 2008-07-09   @TEX  ND   6     7   2   1   2   5  0     102   55 
 2008-07-04    TOR   W   7.1   6   2   2   1   6  0     106   63 
 2008-06-28   @LAD   L   6     0   1   0   3   6  0      97   73 
 2008-06-22   @PHI   W   5.1   4   1   1   3   6  0      92   59 
 2008-06-16    NYM   L   6.1   8   6   6   1   5  2      98   37 
 2008-06-10    TBR   W   8     4   1   1   2   5  1     110   73 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-2  28    35  17  17   6  23  5    5.46   45 
 2008-04-22   @BOS  ND   5    10   5   5   0   4  2     105   31 
 2007-08-18   @BOS   L   4.1   8   6   6   1   5  1      84   27 
 2007-08-06    BOS  ND   6     6   2   2   2   4  1     107   54 
 2006-08-24    BOS   L   6     4   1   1   1   6  1     107   65 
 2006-07-29   @BOS  ND   6.2   7   3   3   2   4  0      98   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-21   Road:   33-19   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  45-33   vsLHP:  19-7    1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 17-10   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sun, Jul 27  @BAL  L   2-5       64-40  1st 10.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @BAL  W  11-6       64-39  1st 10.5 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @BAL  W   6-5       63-39  1st 10.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Boston Red Sox, 60-45, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 11-1, 2.63)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-1)            95.2  70  31  28  60  83  5    2.63      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  35.2  29  13  12  22  30  1    3.03   54 
 2008-07-22   @SEA   W   7.1   5   2   2   3   6  0      99   63 
 2008-07-13    BAL   W   6     4   0   0   5   7  0     115   66 
 2008-07-07    MIN  ND   7.1   6   0   0   3   5  0     108   68 
 2008-07-02   @TBR  ND   5     2   1   1   5   5  0     101   59 
 2008-06-27   @HOU   W   5     2   0   0   3   4  0      87   64 
 2008-06-21    STL   L   1     6   7   7   3   1  1      48   11 
 2008-05-27   @SEA  ND   4     4   3   2   0   2  0      65   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA    Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-13   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  45-38   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 14-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sat, Jul 26   NYY  L   3-10      60-45  2nd  2.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   NYY  L   0-1       60-44  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Wed, Jul 23  @SEA  W   6-3 (12)  60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 22  @SEA  W   4-2       59-43  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21  @SEA  W   4-0       58-43  2nd  1.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20  @LAA  L   3-5       57-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19  @LAA  L   2-4       57-42  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 LAA  5  BOS  3        W:Darren Oliver (3-1), L: Tim Wakefield (6-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (40)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 LAA  4  BOS  2        W:Jose Arredondo (4-0), L: Josh Beckett (9-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (39)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 5-1; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 308-269

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  5.57

CLE  4.58

WSN  3.70

RA/G

OAK  3.80

CLE  4.58

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

B. Molina  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

I. Suzuki  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .623

J. Willingham  .470

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.066

O. Hudson  .825

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

Z. Greinke  4.06

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

P. Maholm  6.17

K. Rogers  3.48

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.000 5/.400 5/.000 15/.962 384/305 .271/.310/.399/.709 .672/.719 .623 76/.909 6/2 9/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 243/178 .285/.314/.399/.713 .759/.696 .782 46/.961 6/2 3/
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 13/.166 303/233 .268/.368/.314/.682 .726/.668 .636 92/.568 17/7 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 3/2.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 4/.250 10/.311 17/1.027 402/304 .285/.348/.483/.832 .777/.850 .912 93/.813 2/2 17/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 2/3.500 2/2.500 3/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 402/304 .278/.341/.477/.818 .823/.816 .735 83/.949 10/4 15/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 294/228 .263/.325/.350/.675 .674/.684 .679 61/.680 10/2 3/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 232/170 .336/.358/.500/.858 .888/.847 .848 87/1.017 7/3 3/
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/5.000 3/.333 2/.500 5/1.400 3/.000 6/.000 393/305 .288/.328/.443/.771 .971/.714 .812 89/.768 2/1 11/
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 218/161 .220/.302/.376/.678 .893/.607 .726 63/.725 2/1 8/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/.400 1/.000 9/.222 361/266 .234/.313/.346/.659 .702/.643 .702 48/.480 6/2 7/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 108/61 .263/.315/.303/.618 .666/.581 .509 10/.400 1/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 6/1.100 124/74 .248/.306/.416/.722 .512/.873 .667 61/.988 0/0 5/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 82/67 .185/.308/.231/.538 .457/.551 .279 8/.733 1/0 0/
IP 95.2 43.1 29.0 39.2 56.2 41.0 44.1 29.1 TOTAL .261/.322/.398/.720 .735/.715 .712 .804 75/28 96/59
ERA-K/9 2.63/7.8 4.36/8.9 5.90/7.8 2.72/5.0 3.65/6.7 2.63/8.6 2.23/10.6 5.52/4.9 3.82/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (40-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 415/.202 181/.234 140/.239 164/.269 241/.210 177/.242 172/.211 131/.298 .245  Guerrero
 Anderson
 Matthews
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
0/0/68/5
57/0/0/4
30/14/30/4
0/90/0/3
14/1/9/2
14/6/12/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .630 .675 .689 .761 .690 .667 .555 .827 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 215/.742 78/.622 58/.783 86/.712 137/.823 69/.561 95/.560 60/.948 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.514 103/.718 82/.625 78/.811 104/.526 108/.738 77/.548 71/.725 .691
Home 228/.732 84/.606 77/.748 97/.709 128/.701 80/.789 86/.465 62/.841 .713
Last 28d days 108/.557 36/.619 31/.897 42/.855 68/.761 28/.377 33/.689 26/.481
HR/SB/CS 5/10/3 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/3 8/7/0 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 90/74/25
Usage ·····X·· ··o·X··X ·X··X··· ·Xo····· ·o··X··· ··o·oo·· ····ooo· ·X······
Boston Red Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 19/1.214 2/.000 5/.650 5/1.800 148/121 .356/.412/.452/.864 .984/.835 1.032 33/.873 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 108/85 .235/.296/.357/.653 .885/.592 .659 19/.632 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 4/.500 6/1.100 72/65 .279/.380/.361/.741 1.071/.705 .802 14/.862 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· ··· 4/.833 7/1.000 12/.432 4/.500 263/207 .248/.307/.385/.692 .847/.648 .745 49/.414 14/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 9/.888 1/.000 1/.000 11/.773 3/.333 6/1.500 5/1.100 374/299 .287/.401/.554/.955 .992/.946 .999 86/.849 3/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 398/308 .259/.327/.355/.682 .626/.698 .795 95/.511 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 10/1.786 5/.600 4/.500 9/.944 365/293 .285/.351/.477/.827 .876/.815 .852 92/.676 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 82/57 .286/.346/.386/.731 .962/.628 .631 34/.603 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 15/1.456 ··· 1/.000 11/.606 5/1.800 16/1.458 11/.489 254/201 .257/.354/.482/.836 .628/.892 .976 8/.750 0/0 14/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 9/1.069 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/1.250 5/1.000 472/366 .317/.363/.455/.817 .918/.788 .792 98/.918 11/1 9/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/.293 ··· 2/1.000 30/.807 9/.555 13/.408 10/.956 407/328 .298/.398/.524/.922 .749/.966 .900 79/1.029 1/0 19/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· ··· 7/.572 7/.453 13/.322 12/1.222 313/248 .215/.297/.351/.648 .735/.626 .691 64/.496 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 16/1.108 ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 6/.833 4/1.750 4/.500 408/340 .313/.382/.547/.930 1.083/.902 .930 91/.943 3/4 17/
IP 119.0 28.2 35.2 45.2 46.1 41.0 42.2 TOTAL .278/.354/.441/.795 .819/.789 .837 .750 81/23 114/56
ERA-K/9 4.08/7.0 1.26/8.8 3.79/5.5 3.35/4.9 2.33/9.3 2.85/9.9 4.85/7.2 3.88/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-14-11)
 Varitek (43-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.254 113/.176 158/.289 187/.266 193/.183 161/.226 192/.245 .256  Ramirez
 Drew
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
62/0/0/6
0/1/87/5
0/77/0/3
54/43/12/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .711 .482 .741 .730 .595 .634 .819 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.742 49/.443 72/.771 80/.850 95/.715 79/.397 88/1.005 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.682 64/.511 86/.716 107/.639 98/.485 82/.865 104/.657 .705
Road 253/.742 56/.259 82/.787 79/.865 108/.595 82/.593 101/.836 .709
Last 28d days 72/.737 44/.541 41/.552 42/.597 50/.755 38/.718 48/.819
HR/SB/CS 13/18/4 1/2/1 2/2/1 3/4/2 3/6/0 4/3/1 10/5/1 101/76/24
Usage ·····X·· ·X··XX·· o···X·o· ·X···X·X ··X·oX·X ··o··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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