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Game Preview: PHI @ LAD, 8:22pm, Monday, October 13, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

Philadelphia Phillies, 92-70, 1st, 3 up

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 9-12, 4.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-12)           197.2 211 110 103  66 111 22    4.69      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 10 GS        4-0  54.2  55  29  26  23  42  8    4.28   49 
 2008-10-05    MIL   W   6     5   1   1   0   7  1     107   65 
 2008-09-26    WSN   W   6     5   4   1   1   2  1      89   53 
 2008-09-20    FLA   W   5     4   2   2   2   9  0      96   58 
 2008-09-14    MIL  ND   7     5   3   3   2   4  2      99   57 
 2008-09-08    FLA   W   5     5   4   4   3   1  1      97   39 
 2008-09-03    WSN  ND   4     6   4   4   3   2  0      84   33 
 2008-08-29    CHC  ND   5.2   2   2   2   5   4  0     114   56 
 2008-08-24    LAD  ND   6     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   57 
 2008-08-19    WSN  ND   5     8   4   4   1   3  1      91   37 
 2008-08-13    LAD  ND   5     9   4   4   3   6  2      97   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 8 v.LAD      1-0  19    24   7   7   7  13  3    3.32   50 
 2008-08-24    LAD  ND   6     6   1   1   3   4  0     102   57 
 2008-08-13    LAD  ND   5     9   4   4   3   6  2      97   36 
 2006-06-18    LAD   W   8     9   2   2   1   3  1      96   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-33   Road:   44-37   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  60-48   vsLHP:  32-22   1-Run:  27-23
 vsEast: 41-31   vsCntrl:27-16   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 4-11

Last 20 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Sun, Oct 12  @LAD  L   2-7         -               
  6 Fri, Oct 10   LAD  W   8-5         -               
  5 Thu, Oct  9   LAD  W   3-2         -               
  4 Sun, Oct  5  @MIL  W   6-2         -               
  3 Sat, Oct  4  @MIL  L   1-4         -               
  2 Thu, Oct  2   MIL  W   5-2         -               
  1 Wed, Oct  1   MIL  W   3-1         -               
162 Sun, Sep 28   WSN  W   8-3       92-70  1st  3.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 27   WSN  W   4-3       91-70  1st  2.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 26   WSN  W   8-4       90-70  1st  2.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 24   ATL  L   4-10      89-70  1st  1.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 23   ATL  L   2-3       89-69  1st  1.5 up
157 Mon, Sep 22   ATL  W   6-2       89-68  1st  2.5 up
156 Sun, Sep 21  @FLA  W   5-2       88-68  1st  1.5 up
155 Sat, Sep 20  @FLA  W   3-2       87-68  1st  0.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 19  @FLA  L   8-14      86-68  2nd  0.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 18  @ATL  W   4-3       86-67  1st  0.5 up
152 Wed, Sep 17  @ATL  W   6-1       85-67  1st  0.5 up
151 Tue, Sep 16  @ATL  W   8-7       84-67  1st  0.5 up
150 Sun, Sep 14   MIL  W   6-1       83-67  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Los Angeles Dodgers, 84-78, 1st, 2 up

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 14-11, 3.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-11)          211   194  84  76  45 147 14    3.24      
 2007 (12-14)          199.1 194 100  86  59 147 20    3.88      
 2006 (16-8)           218   221  97  88  55 123 14    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 10 GS        6-2  62    44  10   9  12  42  4    1.31   63 
 2008-10-09    PHI   L   5.1   6   3   2   1   2  2      90   47 
 2008-10-01    CHC   W   6     7   2   2   1   6  1      94   55 
 2008-09-26    SFG  ND   3     2   0   0   0   2  0      33   57 
 2008-09-21    SFG  ND   7     5   0   0   3   7  0     120   71 
 2008-09-16    PIT   W   7     5   1   1   0   3  0      97   66 
 2008-09-10    SDP   W   5.1   3   1   1   1   3  0      86   60 
 2008-09-05    ARI   W   8     2   0   0   2   4  0     101   80 
 2008-08-31    ARI   W   6     4   0   0   1   2  0      80   65 
 2008-08-26    WSN   L   8     6   2   2   1   6  1     112   67 
 2008-08-21    COL   W   6.1   4   1   1   2   7  0     107   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 8 v.PHI      4-0  38.1  33  15  11   8  15  3    2.58   55 
 2008-08-11    PHI   W   6.1   5   3   3   1   3  0      96   53 
 2007-08-22    PHI   W   7     6   3   3   0   3  1      92   56 
 2006-06-01    PHI   W   6     5   0   0   2   3  0      99   63 
 2006-04-09    PHI  ND   6     4   2   2   3   0  0      83   53 
 2005-08-10    PHI  ND   6     7   5   3   2   1  1      87   41 
 2005-07-20    PHI   W   7     6   2   0   0   5  1      99   66 
 1998-06-23    PHI   L   6     7   3   3   2   4  1      99   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-33   Road:   36-45   ExtrInn: 6-12
 vsRHP:  53-57   vsLHP:  31-21   1-Run:  19-24
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 40-32 IL: 5-10

Last 20 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sun, Oct 12   PHI  W   7-2         -               
  5 Fri, Oct 10  @PHI  L   5-8         -               
  4 Thu, Oct  9  @PHI  L   2-3         -               
  3 Sat, Oct  4   CHC  W   3-1         -               
  2 Thu, Oct  2  @CHC  W  10-3         -               
  1 Wed, Oct  1  @CHC  W   7-2         -               
162 Sun, Sep 28  @SFG  L   1-3       84-78  1st  2.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 27  @SFG  W   2-1       84-77  1st  3.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 26  @SFG  L   5-6 (10)  83-77  1st  3.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 25   SDP  L   5-7       83-76  1st  4.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 24   SDP  W  12-4       83-75  1st  4.0 up
157 Tue, Sep 23   SDP  W  10-1       82-75  1st  3.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 21   SFG  L   0-1 (11)  81-75  1st  2.5 up
155 Sat, Sep 20   SFG  W  10-7       81-74  1st  3.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 19   SFG  L   1-7       80-74  1st  3.5 up
153 Thu, Sep 18  @PIT  W   4-3 (12)  80-73  1st  3.5 up
152 Wed, Sep 17  @PIT  L   8-15      79-73  1st  3.5 up
151 Tue, Sep 16  @PIT  W   6-2       79-72  1st  4.5 up
150 Mon, Sep 15  @PIT  W   8-2       78-72  1st  4.5 up
149 Sun, Sep 14  @COL  L   0-1 (10)  77-72  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Oct 12, 2008 LAD  7  PHI  2    W:Hiroki Kuroda , L: Jamie Moyer , S: none
Fri, Oct 10, 2008 PHI  8  LAD  5    W:Brett Myers , L: Chad Billingsley , S: Brad Lidge 
Thu, Oct 09, 2008 PHI  3  LAD  2    W:Cole Hamels , L: Derek Lowe , S: Brad Lidge 
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 PHI  5  LAD  0    W:Brett Myers , L: Chad Billingsley , S: none
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 PHI  5  LAD  2 (11)   W:Chad Durbin , L: Joe Beimel , S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 PHI  9  LAD  2    W:Cole Hamels , L: Clayton Kershaw , S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 PHI  8  LAD  1    W:Kyle Kendrick , L: Greg Maddux , S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 LAD  3  PHI  1    W:Hiroki Kuroda , L: Brett Myers , S: Hong-Chih Kuo 
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 LAD  7  PHI  6    W:Jonathan Broxton , L: Clay Condrey , S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 LAD  4  PHI  3    W:Hong-Chih Kuo , L: J.C. Romero , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - LAD won 4-2; 2006 - LAD won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1133-887
Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

BA

C. Jones  .364

S. Victorino  .293

J. Towles  .137

OBP

C. Jones  .470

J. Votto  .368

T. Pena  .189

SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Note: That all pitcher-batter matchups contain both regular and postseason meetings.
Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
52.McDonald
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdSB/CSHR/E
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 238/155 .217/.297/.297/.594 .742/.517 .603 9/2 2/
5.Burrell G/S/vP 23/.982 6/.750 6/.533 4/.833 2/.000 16/.544 ··· 645/453 .250/.367/.507/.875 .952/.843 .964 0/0 33/
27.Coste G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 305/213 .263/.325/.423/.748 .881/.691 .642 0/1 9/
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 1/.000 240/230 .301/.333/.491/.824 .311/.846 .798 3/1 9/
7.Feliz G/S/vP 26/.727 7/1.571 11/.364 4/.000 ··· 13/.808 1/.000 463/311 .249/.302/.402/.705 .845/.636 .695 0/0 14/
6.Howard* G/S/vP 21/.295 7/.571 6/.000 4/.000 1/.000 7/1.285 ··· 700/435 .251/.339/.543/.881 .746/.966 .832 1/1 48/
10.Jenkins* G/S/vP 13/.564 13/.917 ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/1.024 ··· 322/297 .246/.301/.392/.694 .290/.728 .658 1/1 9/
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 23/.609 10/.800 6/.750 4/.000 1/.000 13/.462 1/.000 625/448 .277/.349/.437/.786 .776/.790 .708 47/3 11/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 373/292 .219/.320/.300/.620 .679/.604 .680 1/2 4/
12.Stairs* G/S/vP 19/.544 5/.900 ··· 1/no AB ··· 14/.702 ··· 387/352 .252/.341/.409/.751 .639/.762 .743 1/1 13/
99.Taguchi G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.333 ··· 103/49 .220/.283/.297/.580 .455/.721 .415 3/0 0/
26.Utley* G/S/vP 18/1.209 9/.873 4/1.250 5/.400 1/no AB 7/.857 1/.000 707/437 .292/.380/.535/.915 .888/.932 .907 14/2 33/
8.Victorino# G/S/vP 9/.347 5/1.000 5/1.200 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 627/431 .293/.352/.447/.799 .882/.762 .721 36/11 14/
28.Werth G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 5/.650 2/.000 482/311 .273/.363/.498/.861 1.020/.767 .887 20/1 24/
IP 211.0 49.0 69.0 80.0 6.0 95.1 71.1 TOTAL .255/.332/.438/.770 .801/.757 .753 136/25 214/90
ERA-K/9 3.24/6.3 2.02/5.9 3.13/11.5 2.14/10.8 0.00/3.0 3.40/7.5 2.27/6.4 3.68/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (44-13-1)
 Ruiz (65-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 851/.246 214/.270 285/.217 323/.204 24/.227 412/.264 275/.202 .251  Burrell
 Werth
 Jenkins
 Victorino
 Taguchi
 Stairs
 Dobbs
 Bruntlett
155/0/0/12
28/31/88/9
0/0/90/7
0/139/5/7
38/1/11/0
9/0/10/0
3/0/4/0
29/0/7/0
OPS .637 .672 .595 .566 .534 .749 .584 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 403/.635 100/.641 126/.800 98/.557 18/.284 180/.863 116/.555 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.638 114/.700 159/.445 225/.569 6/1.400 232/.664 159/.606 .662
Home 454/.541 100/.633 154/.495 141/.482 13/.641 186/.649 130/.451 .621
HR/SB/CS 14/14/3 0/5/3 2/10/3 4/2/0 0/0/0 12/5/1 7/2/0 123/82/26
Usage ···X···· ··o····· o······· ···o···· ··X····· ··oo···· X·o·····
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB
55.Condrey
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
63.Madson
G/S/vB
16.Romero*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmSB/CSHR/E
28.Ardoin G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 54/28 .235/.278/.314/.592 .826/.368 .352 1/0 1/
13.Berroa G/S/vP 14/.702 1/.000 10/.956 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.533 256/182 .230/.304/.310/.614 .674/.590 .511 0/0 1/
30.Blake G/S/vP 25/.215 2/.000 9/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 13/.650 601/456 .274/.345/.463/.808 .823/.803 .727 3/0 21/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 421/319 .264/.344/.383/.728 .854/.689 .796 3/0 9/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 9/1.431 7/.858 2/.000 4/2.000 4/.833 7/.143 7/.971 596/441 .305/.375/.510/.885 .692/.953 .888 6/3 20/
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 4/.000 4/1.500 1/2.000 9/.708 14/.231 19/.498 4/1.500 164/106 .357/.439/.573/1.012 1.066/.982 .961 8/3 5/
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 10/1.067 3/1.666 6/.167 16/1.696 5/1.600 7/.762 7/.715 181/115 .264/.326/.466/.792 1.067/.643 .817 1/1 8/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 10/.775 7/2.428 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 3/2.334 3/.333 657/470 .290/.340/.459/.799 .989/.725 .822 35/11 18/
12.Kent G/S/vP 6/1.666 5/.400 3/1.667 6/.334 6/.333 9/.819 2/1.000 474/345 .280/.327/.418/.745 .782/.732 .725 0/1 12/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 6/.900 5/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 7/.572 5/.400 651/462 .289/.338/.434/.772 .664/.815 .735 7/4 13/
55.Martin G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/1.100 5/.650 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/2.000 650/469 .280/.385/.396/.781 .767/.786 .775 18/6 13/
14.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/.500 1/2.000 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 102/70 .260/.290/.344/.634 .987/.466 .910 1/3 1/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 1/no AB 8/.666 8/.750 14/.774 4/1.000 406/289 .283/.327/.328/.655 .771/.608 .618 40/12 1/
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 30/1.320 3/1.167 14/.929 7/3.500 2/.500 10/.800 12/1.017 654/503 .332/.430/.601/1.031 .879/1.079 1.047 3/0 37/
IP 197.2 69.0 87.2 25.2 69.1 82.2 59.0 TOTAL .264/.333/.399/.732 .769/.716 .731 126/43 137/101
ERA-K/9 4.69/5.1 3.26/4.4 2.87/6.5 4.21/11.2 1.95/11.9 3.05/7.3 2.75/7.9 3.89/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (10-3-2)
 Martin (70-23-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 855/.271 303/.302 365/.254 106/.242 292/.198 340/.254 255/.197 .260  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Pierre
 Ozuna
0/101/63/16
41/0/109/11
119/0/0/7
84/18/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .758 .792 .675 .733 .565 .675 .647 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 425/.717 136/.818 153/.795 53/.664 159/.700 155/.728 111/.346 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 430/.799 167/.771 212/.588 53/.806 133/.403 185/.632 144/.898 .717
Road 310/.801 151/.869 152/.735 51/1.006 138/.472 155/.665 119/.674 .757
HR/SB/CS 22/4/1 6/3/3 5/3/4 2/4/0 2/8/1 6/7/1 5/10/2 160/109/34
Usage ·······X o······· X·o····· o······· ··Xo···X ··oo···X 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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