LAA @ TBR, Friday, May 9, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 22-14, 1st, Tied	SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 4-3, 5.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 44.1 54 28 25 13 10 6 5.08 2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 44.1 54 28 25 13 10 6 5.08 43 2008-05-03 BAL W 8 3 1 1 1 1 0 96 72 2008-04-28 OAK L 6 10 7 7 3 5 2 109 26 2008-04-23 @BOS W 6 8 4 4 2 1 1 82 39 2008-04-17 KCR W 6.1 7 2 2 3 1 0 92 49 2008-04-12 @SEA L 5 12 6 3 1 0 1 98 24 2008-04-06 TEX L 5 8 7 7 2 2 2 91 23 2008-04-01 @MIN W 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 96 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-8 Road: 12-6 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 17-13 vsLHP: 5-1 1-Run: 6-5 vsEast: 4-2 vsCntrl:10-5 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Wed, May 7 @KCR L 4-9 22-14 1st Tied 35 Tue, May 6 @KCR W 5-3 22-13 1st 1.0 up 34 Mon, May 5 @KCR W 4-0 21-13 1st 1.0 up 33 Sun, May 4 BAL W 6-5 20-13 1st 1.0 up 32 Sat, May 3 BAL W 3-1 19-13 1st 1.0 up 31 Fri, May 2 BAL L 3-4 18-13 1st Tied 30 Thu, May 1 OAK L 8-15 18-12 1st Tied 29 Wed, Apr 30 OAK W 6-1 18-11 1st 1.0 up 28 Tue, Apr 29 OAK W 2-0 17-11 1st Tied 27 Mon, Apr 28 OAK L 2-14 16-11 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Tampa Bay Rays, 18-16, 2nd, 3½ GB	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.80) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 42.2 46 25 18 12 31 2 3.80 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 46 25 18 12 31 2 3.80 50 2008-05-03 @BOS L 3.2 10 7 7 3 3 0 98 13 2008-04-27 BOS W 9 2 0 0 1 7 0 99 89 2008-04-22 TOR W 7 6 4 2 2 5 1 104 56 2008-04-16 @MIN ND 5 8 5 3 1 5 0 96 39 2008-04-11 BAL ND 6 7 5 2 1 4 0 95 47 2008-04-06 @NYY L 5 8 2 2 1 5 1 96 47 2008-03-31 @BAL W 7 5 2 2 3 2 0 85 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 2-1 25.1 33 10 10 7 14 1 3.55 49 2007-07-17 LAA W 7 7 2 2 1 2 0 107 56 2006-07-25 LAA ND 6.1 10 2 2 1 6 0 92 50 2006-07-15 @LAA L 6 9 6 6 3 0 1 94 27 2006-06-05 LAA W 6 7 0 0 2 6 0 108 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-7 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 14-10 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 1-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Thu, May 8 @TOR W 8-3 (13) 18-16 2nd 3.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @TOR L 2-6 17-16 2nd 3.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @TOR W 5-4 17-15 2nd 3.5 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @BOS L 3-7 16-15 2nd 3.0 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @BOS L 4-12 16-14 2nd 2.0 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @BOS L 3-7 16-13 2nd 1.0 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @BAL W 4-2 16-12 1st Tied 27 Wed, Apr 30 @BAL W 8-1 15-12 2nd 1.0 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @BAL L 4-7 14-12 3rd 1.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 BOS W 3-0 14-11 1st Tied Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 19, 2007 LAA 2 TBD 1 W:Ervin Santana (7-13), L: J.P. Howell (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (37) Tue, Sep 18, 2007 LAA 2 TBD 1 W:John Lackey (17-9), L: Jason Hammel (2-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (36) Mon, Sep 17, 2007 LAA 10 TBD 7 W:Darren Oliver (3-0), L: Edwin Jackson (4-15), S: none Thu, Jul 19, 2007 LAA 3 @TBD 0 W:Kelvim Escobar (11-3), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (25) Wed, Jul 18, 2007 TBD 7 LAA 2 W:Scott Kazmir (7-6), L: Bartolo Colon (6-5), S: none Tue, Jul 17, 2007 TBD 8 LAA 3 W:James Shields (8-5), L: Ervin Santana (5-11), S: none Thu, Apr 26, 2007 LAA 11 TBD 3 W:Bartolo Colon (2-0), L: Jae Weong Seo (1-2), S: none Wed, Apr 25, 2007 LAA 9 TBD 1 W:John Lackey (3-2), L: Edwin Jackson (0-3), S: none Wed, Jul 26, 2006 LAA 15 @TBD 6 W:Kevin Gregg (3-3), L: Casey Fossum (4-4), S: none Tue, Jul 25, 2006 TBD 6 LAA 3 W:Jon Switzer (2-1), L: Ervin Santana (11-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - LAA won 6-2; 2006 - LAA won 7-2; All-Time - LAA leads 63-32

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

ARI 5.74

TEX 4.53

SDP 3.34

RA/G

OAK 3.58

CHC 4.44

PIT 5.65

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

R. Dempster 6.07

J. Garland 2.03

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 24.Birkins*
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 3/.000 4/.750 1/.000 5/.400 141/114 .246/.284/.425/.709 .339/.798 .767 98/.663 1/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/97 .299/.308/.393/.701 .935/.647 .844 102/.754 5/2 1/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 12/1.045 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 1/2.000 145/121 .306/.421/.355/.776 .845/.761 .728 101/.704 11/4 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 4/.750 1/2.000 4/2.417 143/118 .266/.343/.422/.765 .711/.776 .849 101/.744 1/1 3/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.666 8/.393 6/1.000 139/110 .305/.360/.516/.875 .844/.885 .665 97/.821 3/1 5/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/106 .333/.389/.542/.931 1.386/.823 1.172 95/.991 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 67/48 .246/.266/.443/.708 .793/.676 .962 56/.768 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 1/2.000 154/130 .216/.305/.358/.663 .792/.638 .695 111/.615 1/1 5/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/66 .273/.324/.652/.975 .400/1.022 1.227 43/1.024 1/0 8/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/19 .214/.267/.321/.588 .473/.652 .250 27/.579 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 32/15 .161/.188/.194/.381 .412/.343 .182 29/.421 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .222/.300/.222/.522 .500/.527 .333 20/.522 0/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/12 .455/.500/.545/1.045 .000/1.145 .667 12/.855 0/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 22/15 .158/.238/.316/.554 .533/.557 .700 22/.554 0/0 1/

IP 42.2 10.0 14.2 30.1 22.0 9.1 12.0 19.0 TOTAL .274/.334/.427/.761 .764/.761 .815 .749 32/11 38/15

ERA-K/9

3.80/6.5

0.90/6.3

6.14/7.3

5.04/4.8

3.27/7.8

5.79/9.7

2.25/9.0

1.42/5.7

4.10/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (9-7-1)
Napoli (12-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.272 37/.161 66/.310 137/.287 93/.225 44/.270 43/.143 71/.152 .253 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/29/3
15/5/7/2
19/0/0/1
0/31/0/1
2/1/3/0
1/2/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .709 .432 .862 .819 .615 .738 .425 .485 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.774 14/.298 26/.724 71/1.012 32/.476 22/.596 24/.299 27/.273 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.630 23/.515 40/.954 66/.613 61/.686 22/.876 19/.579 44/.608 .674

Home 83/.507 11/.614 35/.619 53/.702 38/.753 22/.384 27/.226 27/.454 .649

Last 28d days 132/.682 37/.432 49/.899 110/.794 74/.624 29/.649 37/.495 54/.647

HR/SB/CS 2/6/2 0/0/0 2/4/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 26/26/6

Usage ·····X·· ····X·X· ·o··oX·· ·X····X· X····X·· ·X··oX·· X·o····o X·X·X··X

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
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

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 28/.327 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 122/88 .243/.275/.270/.545 .758/.460 .426 88/.561 4/2 0/

41.Cannizaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 15/.204 6/1.834 ··· ··· 4/.000 9/.000 6/.666 157/106 .284/.306/.385/.691 .661/.706 .826 115/.797 9/1 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 7/1.262 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 4/.000 10/.100 76/41 .219/.329/.438/.766 .752/.778 .734 55/.650 2/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 94/89 .197/.330/.316/.646 .000/.686 .671 78/.685 2/0 2/

37.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/43 .222/.271/.222/.493 .400/.504 .613 35/.564 4/1 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 33/1.020 1/no AB ··· 8/1.125 6/.533 9/.222 1/.000 112/84 .271/.375/.583/.958 .500/1.111 .811 90/.912 3/1 7/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/107 .226/.299/.307/.605 .509/.648 .624 113/.621 2/1 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/65 .225/.330/.400/.730 .372/.878 1.025 94/.730 2/0 3/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 60/44 .368/.400/.474/.874 .962/.909 .894 51/.891 0/2 1/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 41/.737 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 7/.000 12/.969 1/.000 138/86 .200/.304/.408/.713 .877/.618 .797 97/.694 0/0 8/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/29 .222/.280/.378/.658 .571/.718 .448 32/.603 0/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 137/95 .293/.387/.431/.818 .763/.841 .856 98/.886 6/4 3/

IP 44.1 7.2 18.2 16.0 14.2 14.2 14.1 TOTAL .251/.323/.391/.715 .673/.734 .729 .718 32/15 36/18

ERA-K/9

5.08/2.0

10.57/7.0

3.86/5.3

2.81/3.9

3.07/6.1

1.84/7.3

3.14/5.7

4.44/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (12-4-0)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.309 45/.410 89/.307 65/.271 59/.200 55/.235 67/.232 .276 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Haynes
Gomes 0/32/0/4
2/14/11/2
34/0/0/1
0/0/11/1
2/2/14/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .857 1.002 .831 .736 .582 .626 .790 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.782 19/1.167 36/.844 29/.881 30/.733 26/.591 29/1.351 .841

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.935 26/.878 53/.825 36/.629 29/.434 29/.656 38/.367 .710

Road 84/.861 12/.606 50/.953 38/.837 30/.313 32/.583 39/.708 .764

Last 28d days 138/.873 45/1.002 65/.850 45/.714 43/.435 41/.502 49/.737

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 34/21/10

Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ·X··o··X ··o·o·oo ··o·Xo·· ··o·o··· ··X·X·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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Game Preview: LAA @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, May 9, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 4-3, 5.08)

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.80)

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