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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 8:05pm, Sunday, May 25, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 30-21, 1st, 2½ up

SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 1-0, 1.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             14    13   2   2   4  10  1    1.29      
 2007 (19-9)           224   219  87  75  52 179 18    3.01      
 2006 (13-11)          217.2 203  98  86  72 190 14    3.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  50    42   9   9   8  43  1    1.62   66 
 2008-05-20   @TOR   W   7     7   1   1   3   6  1     106   62 
 2008-05-14    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      99   64 
 2007-09-28   @OAK   W   7     2   0   0   0   2  0      74   75 
 2007-09-23    SEA   W   7     7   2   2   0   7  0     101   62 
 2007-09-18    TBD   W   8     5   1   1   2  10  0     105   76 
 2007-09-13   @BAL   L   7     9   3   3   1   8  0     112   54 
 2007-09-07    CLE  ND   7     6   1   1   1   6  0     105   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-2  37    34  12  12   8  26  1    2.92   59 
 2008-05-14    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      99   64 
 2007-05-05    CHW   L   8     8   4   4   2   8  0     110   56 
 2006-09-11    CHW   L   8     4   3   3   2   8  0     119   68 
 2005-09-11   @CHW   W   7     6   0   0   1   3  0     105   67 
 2005-05-31   @CHW  ND   7    10   4   4   2   3  1     104   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-11   Road:   16-10   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  22-19   vsLHP:   8-2    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:14-7    vsWest:  8-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sat, May 24  @CHW  W   2-0       30-21  1st  2.5 up
 50 Fri, May 23  @CHW  W   3-1       29-21  1st  2.5 up
 49 Thu, May 22  @TOR  L   3-4       28-21  1st  2.5 up
 48 Wed, May 21  @TOR  W   4-3       28-20  1st  3.0 up
 47 Tue, May 20  @TOR  W   3-1       27-20  1st  3.0 up
 46 Sun, May 18   LAD  W  10-2       26-20  1st  1.5 up
 45 Sat, May 17   LAD  L   3-6       25-20  1st  0.5 up
 44 Fri, May 16   LAD  W   4-2       25-19  1st  1.5 up
 43 Thu, May 15   CHW  L   3-4       24-19  1st  0.5 up
 42 Wed, May 14   CHW  L   1-6       24-18  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Chicago White Sox, 26-22, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 5-3, 3.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             59.2  52  22  21  16  32  2    3.17      
 2007 (10-17)          189   232 134 117  62 113 21    5.57      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  48    36  13  13   9  28  2    2.44   61 
 2008-05-20    CLE   W   6     4   1   1   0   4  0      99   64 
 2008-05-14   @LAA   W   7     4   1   1   3   3  0     104   65 
 2008-05-09   @SEA   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  0      98   63 
 2008-05-04   @TOR   L   8     6   4   4   0   5  0     104   59 
 2008-04-27    BAL   W   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  1     100   60 
 2008-04-22    NYY   L   6.1   7   4   4   1   3  1      97   45 
 2008-04-16   @BAL   W   7     4   1   1   0   6  0      91   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      4-1  34.2  34  12   9  11  21  1    2.34   56 
 2008-05-14   @LAA   W   7     4   1   1   3   3  0     104   65 
 2007-09-14    LAA   W   7.1  11   3   3   1   3  0     103   46 
 2007-05-04   @LAA   L   6     6   4   1   3   6  0     100   53 
 2007-04-27    LAA   W   6.1   7   3   3   3   1  1      99   45 
 2006-09-11   @LAA   W   8     6   1   1   1   8  0     113   73 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-9    Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  16-17   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 24   LAA  L   0-2       26-22  1st  2.5 up
 48 Fri, May 23   LAA  L   1-3       26-21  1st  2.5 up
 47 Thu, May 22   CLE  W   3-1       26-20  1st  3.5 up
 46 Wed, May 21   CLE  W   7-2       25-20  1st  2.5 up
 45 Tue, May 20   CLE  W   4-1       24-20  1st  1.5 up
 44 Sun, May 18  @SFG  W  13-8       23-20  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sat, May 17  @SFG  W   3-1       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 42 Fri, May 16  @SFG  W   2-0       21-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 15  @LAA  W   4-3       20-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 14  @LAA  W   6-1       19-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 24, 2008 LAA  2 @CHW  0        W:Jered Weaver (4-5), L: John Danks (3-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (21)
Fri, May 23, 2008 LAA  3 @CHW  1        W:Joe Saunders (8-1), L: Gavin Floyd (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20)
Thu, May 15, 2008 CHW  4 @LAA  3        W:Octavio Dotel (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Wed, May 14, 2008 CHW  6 @LAA  1        W:Jose Contreras (4-3), L: Scot Shields (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 LAA  2  CHW  0        W:Scot Shields (2-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16)
Mon, May 12, 2008 LAA 10  CHW  7        W:Nick Adenhart (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (15)

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 CHW  9  LAA  7        W:Mike MacDougal (2-5), L: Dustin Moseley (4-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 LAA  2 @CHW  1        W:Jered Weaver (12-7), L: Jon Garland (9-12), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CHW  5  LAA  3        W:Jose Contreras (9-16), L: Bartolo Colon (6-7), S: Bobby Jenks (38)
Sun, May 06, 2007 CHW  4 @LAA  3 (10)   W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (10)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 4-2; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 329-328

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

CHC  5.78

MIN  4.51

SDP  3.33

RA/G

OAK  3.62

KCR  4.57

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .417

F. Sanchez  .250

J. Thome  .205

OBP

C. Jones  .488

A. Rios  .323

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .769

J. Lopez  .393

O. Cabrera  .295

OPS

L. Berkman  1.241

R. Weeks  .711

O. Cabrera  .578

ERA

E. Volquez  1.34

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.04

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  1.96

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 24/1.065 4/1.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 193/151 .280/.306/.430/.736 .651/.760 .680 91/.852 2/0 5/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 21/.606 4/.833 4/.833 1/.000 1/no AB 1/4.000 6/.533 ··· 149/125 .306/.423/.355/.778 .845/.764 .733 34/.681 11/4 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 22/.697 21/.983 5/.650 4/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 205/161 .254/.317/.438/.755 .759/.754 .854 99/.663 1/1 7/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 23/.704 5/.650 8/.708 3/.666 4/.500 5/1.267 7/.762 2/1.000 196/151 .283/.342/.478/.820 .697/.858 .691 98/.775 4/2 6/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 13/.658 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.833 1/.000 ··· 122/104 .209/.279/.255/.533 .389/.559 .491 45/.604 6/0 0/
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 18/.575 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 187/146 .320/.374/.488/.863 1.044/.811 .998 92/.739 1/0 6/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 83/59 .219/.275/.384/.659 .679/.651 .875 37/.280 1/0 3/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 10/.211 7/.629 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 6/.167 ··· 212/169 .219/.316/.350/.666 .823/.625 .695 100/.587 3/1 5/
44.Napoli G/S/vP 11/.884 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 113/94 .237/.319/.557/.875 .344/.975 .927 60/.884 3/1 10/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 63/39 .228/.302/.281/.582 .432/.676 .258 55/.571 0/0 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.417 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 42/19 .179/.238/.231/.469 .391/.566 .229 19/.669 0/0 0/
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 56/39 .163/.268/.184/.452 .567/.402 .358 52/.447 1/0 0/
77.Willits# G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 31/27 .269/.367/.346/.713 .500/.748 .476 30/.625 0/0 0/
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 36/24 .152/.200/.242/.442 .282/.513 .458 36/.442 0/0 1/
IP 59.2 19.0 20.1 21.0 15.2 23.1 17.1 3.2 TOTAL .260/.323/.398/.721 .703/.727 .736 .649 40/13 45/21
ERA-K/9 3.17/4.8 3.79/14.7 1.77/5.8 1.29/6.4 2.87/7.5 3.47/8.9 3.63/10.9 27.00/4.9 3.46/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (14-9-1)
 Napoli (22-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 244/.234 88/.233 77/.211 81/.197 69/.302 100/.247 70/.177 26/.565 .244  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Anderson
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
20/7/10/3
0/0/40/3
28/0/0/2
0/43/0/2
4/1/3/0
2/3/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .600 .658 .570 .550 .734 .742 .499 1.296 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.668 26/.962 38/.577 43/.363 35/.627 42/.890 28/.577 5/1.600 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.533 62/.538 39/.562 38/.749 34/.845 58/.636 42/.449 21/1.211 .639
Home 105/.639 41/.633 37/.564 38/.669 28/.893 47/1.026 34/.531 8/1.417 .656
Last 28d days 138/.514 51/.457 34/.500 45/.526 28/.753 49/.725 33/.438 26/1.296
HR/SB/CS 2/8/1 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 26/41/8
Usage ····X··· X···o·Xo ··o·o··o ··ooo··o o··o···· X·····o· ···Xo·o· o·····o·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
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
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 60/52 .250/.300/.375/.675 1.089/.615 .733 41/.747 0/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 1/.000 7/.429 4/.000 3/2.333 19/.610 214/161 .223/.283/.295/.578 .684/.545 .577 113/.541 7/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 22/.728 ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.300 8/1.196 4/.583 175/137 .263/.331/.481/.812 .327/.951 .762 84/.752 0/1 8/
23.Dye G/S/vP 39/.708 ··· 3/3.333 16/.976 19/.833 23/.304 14/1.029 181/136 .297/.348/.509/.857 .729/.893 .903 97/.836 0/1 8/
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 4/1.250 5/.200 3/1.000 6/.733 37/23 .351/.351/.405/.757 1.000/.609 .750 21/.952 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 27/.805 ··· 1/.000 11/1.122 10/.633 11/.495 14/.793 188/141 .212/.335/.346/.681 .707/.672 .809 94/.678 1/0 5/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 42/32 .231/.250/.231/.481 .733/.400 .588 26/.448 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 31/.725 1/.000 1/3.000 4/1.250 10/.844 7/.953 6/.666 168/131 .290/.345/.452/.797 .687/.829 .678 89/.680 1/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 1/5.000 ··· 196/154 .288/.403/.564/.967 .987/.963 .931 108/.974 4/2 12/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 73/48 .194/.225/.299/.524 .738/.405 .402 45/.606 1/1 1/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 45/.402 1/5.000 5/.900 3/.333 11/.182 13/.558 12/.361 198/146 .209/.343/.325/.669 .686/.659 .617 100/.591 1/2 4/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 12/.167 ··· 1/.000 28/1.081 6/.334 4/.250 3/.000 187/135 .205/.337/.417/.754 .925/.678 .668 93/.632 1/0 9/
31.Wise* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 1/0 0/
IP 14.0 4.0 12.1 21.1 22.0 19.1 18.0 TOTAL .244/.327/.401/.728 .727/.728 .710 .706 17/9 57/28
ERA-K/9 1.29/6.4 2.25/9.0 8.76/7.3 2.53/4.2 2.45/7.8 3.72/7.5 5.00/6.5 4.09/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (11-3-0)
 Pierzynski (30-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.260 14/.286 68/.383 86/.267 91/.195 77/.290 85/.264 .270  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
3/31/7/2
47/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/43/1
0/22/2/0
OPS .655 .786 .956 .721 .578 .771 .920 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.589 5/1.000 29/1.021 38/.824 41/.724 32/.603 37/1.361 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 32/.699 9/.667 39/.906 48/.645 50/.465 45/.888 48/.571 .679
Road 28/.757 4/1.000 12/.606 48/.836 47/.358 41/.668 50/1.008 .741
Last 28d days 54/.655 14/.786 64/.969 40/.514 46/.488 34/.762 39/1.175
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/2/0 2/1/0 5/1/1 42/36/15
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· ······XX ··X····X oX·oX··· ···Xo··· ··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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