CLE @ LAA, Thursday, September 6, 2007 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 81-58, 1st, 7 up	SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 14-5, 4.19) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (14-5) 163.1 195 84 76 23 77 21 4.19 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 2005 (12-11) 204.1 216 95 85 28 102 22 3.74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 42.2 45 21 17 10 17 5 3.59 50 2007-09-01 CHW W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 110 80 2007-08-27 MIN W 6 6 3 3 1 0 1 92 47 2007-08-22 DET W 5.1 6 6 3 2 4 3 78 40 2007-08-17 TBD W 6 8 1 1 1 5 0 98 56 2007-08-11 NYY L 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 56 14 2007-08-06 MIN W 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 99 79 2007-08-01 TEX ND 5.1 10 4 3 2 3 0 107 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 3-0 36.2 34 13 12 3 14 6 2.95 57 2007-05-09 LAA ND 7 9 2 2 0 3 1 95 54 2006-07-19 LAA W 6 10 3 3 0 1 1 94 41 2002-07-13 ANA W 9 3 0 0 2 2 0 109 81 2002-05-28 ANA W 7.2 7 4 3 0 4 3 89 55 2002-05-22 ANA ND 7 5 4 4 1 4 1 99 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-27 Road: 37-31 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 54-40 vsLHP: 27-18 1-Run: 25-20 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:39-21 vsWest: 15-10 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Wed, Sep 5 @MIN W 6-2 81-58 1st 7.0 up 138 Tue, Sep 4 @MIN W 7-5 (11) 80-58 1st 7.0 up 137 Mon, Sep 3 @MIN W 5-0 79-58 1st 6.0 up 136 Sun, Sep 2 CHW L 0-8 78-58 1st 5.5 up 135 Sat, Sep 1 CHW W 7-0 78-57 1st 5.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 31 CHW W 8-5 77-57 1st 5.5 up 133 Thu, Aug 30 SEA W 6-5 76-57 1st 4.5 up 132 Wed, Aug 29 MIN W 4-3 75-57 1st 4.5 up 131 Tue, Aug 28 MIN W 6-5 74-57 1st 3.5 up 130 Mon, Aug 27 MIN W 8-3 73-57 1st 2.5 up Last 10: 9-1 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:19-11
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 82-57, 1st, 7½ up	SP: Kelvim Escobar (31, RHP, 15-7, 2.99) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (15-7) 174.2 154 63 58 57 142 8 2.99 2006 (11-14) 189.1 192 93 76 50 147 17 3.61 2005 (3-2) 59.2 45 21 20 21 63 4 3.02 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 44.2 37 17 16 20 40 1 3.22 57 2007-09-01 TEX L 2.2 6 5 5 4 6 0 78 28 2007-08-26 TOR W 8 6 1 1 0 5 0 109 71 2007-08-21 NYY W 6 5 5 5 3 7 1 93 46 2007-08-16 TOR W 7 5 1 1 0 9 0 103 72 2007-08-10 MIN W 6 5 1 1 5 4 0 104 57 2007-08-04 OAK L 7 2 2 1 7 2 0 112 62 2007-07-30 SEA L 8 8 2 2 1 7 0 115 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 34.1 35 17 11 12 32 3 2.88 55 2007-05-10 CLE W 9 7 0 0 0 9 0 103 82 2006-06-03 CLE L 5.2 6 8 2 5 6 1 115 38 2005-05-11 CLE L 5 6 4 4 2 9 1 91 46 2004-09-03 CLE W 6.2 8 4 4 4 2 1 113 40 2004-06-03 CLE W 8 8 1 1 1 6 0 102 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-23 Road: 35-34 ExtrInn: 6-3 vsRHP: 66-41 vsLHP: 16-16 1-Run: 20-16 vsEast: 21-17 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 28-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Wed, Sep 5 OAK L 2-6 82-57 1st 7.5 up 138 Tue, Sep 4 OAK W 4-3 82-56 1st 7.5 up 137 Mon, Sep 3 OAK W 9-5 81-56 1st 6.5 up 136 Sun, Sep 2 TEX L 7-8 80-56 1st 6.5 up 135 Sat, Sep 1 TEX L 6-7 80-55 1st 6.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 31 TEX W 7-6 (10) 80-54 1st 6.5 up 133 Wed, Aug 29 @SEA W 8-2 79-54 1st 5.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 28 @SEA W 10-6 78-54 1st 4.0 up 131 Mon, Aug 27 @SEA W 6-0 77-54 1st 3.0 up 130 Sun, Aug 26 TOR W 3-1 76-54 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 10, 2007 LAA 8 CLE 0 W:Kelvim Escobar (4-1), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-3), S: none Wed, May 09, 2007 LAA 3 CLE 2 W:Dustin Moseley (3-0), L: Fernando Cabrera (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11) Tue, May 08, 2007 CLE 5 @LAA 1 W:Cliff Lee (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (2-5), S: none Thu, Apr 12, 2007 CLE 4 LAA 2 W:Aaron Fultz (2-0), L: Scot Shields (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (3) Wed, Apr 11, 2007 LAA 4 @CLE 1 W:Joe Saunders (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4) Tue, Apr 10, 2007 CLE 7 LAA 6 W:C.C. Sabathia (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (1-1), S: Joe Borowski (2) Thu, Aug 10, 2006 CLE 14 LAA 2 W:Cliff Lee (10-8), L: Ervin Santana (12-6), S: none Wed, Aug 09, 2006 CLE 4 LAA 0 W:Jake Westbrook (9-7), L: John Lackey (10-8), S: none Tue, Aug 08, 2006 LAA 5 @CLE 4 W:Brendan Donnelly (2-0), L: Rafael Betancourt (0-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (28) Wed, Jul 19, 2006 CLE 6 @LAA 4 W:Paul Byrd (7-6), L: John Lackey (8-6), S: Bob Wickman (15) Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - LAA won 5-4; 2005 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - LAA leads 290-271

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 2007 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

NYY 5.89

BAL 4.62

WSN 3.98

RA/G

BOS 3.99

KCR 4.76

TBD 5.90

J. Keppinger .356

M. Cabrera .293

J. LaRue .145

OBP

B. Bonds .483

J. Reyes .365

J. LaRue .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez .651

S. Hatteberg .474

N. Punto .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.069

B. Phillips .830

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.43

I. Snell 4.01

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.37

S. Trachsel 2.94

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Escobar
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 59.Gwyn
G/S/vB 58.Moseley
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 429/311 .244/.272/.326/.598 .563/.611 .599 15/.800 13/3 3/13

1.Blake G/S/vP 20/.450 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.666 6/.167 8/.375 3/.000 ··· 589/414 .268/.340/.429/.769 .807/.753 .856 99/.645 3/4 15/13

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/71 .317/.367/.476/.842 .955/.801 .868 88/.866 0/0 2/1

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/47 .277/.314/.553/.867 .750/.877 .674 3/1.000 0/2 3/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 460/315 .297/.365/.472/.837 .900/.809 .810 98/.667 0/1 15/8

27.Gomez G/S/vP 13/.917 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 18/.753 2/.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 213/123 .315/.346/.396/.742 .694/.778 .722 28/.821 1/2 1/3

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/134 .264/.315/.483/.798 .894/.732 .566 79/.759 7/0 10/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 19/1.085 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 2/.500 7/1.571 11/1.091 3/2.667 ··· 569/357 .260/.383/.446/.829 .842/.821 .874 91/.882 1/1 21/0

58.Lara G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 27/.842 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 34/.982 4/.833 8/.250 3/.666 ··· 492/391 .304/.380/.425/.805 .567/.866 .801 85/.898 22/6 7/3

30.Marte G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/36 .180/.212/.300/.512 .500/.518 .424 / 0/0 1/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 14/.428 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.500 3/1.666 6/1.166 4/1.750 ··· 564/355 .305/.374/.508/.882 .885/.880 .887 109/.896 0/0 21/4

8.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/2.333 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 261/123 .268/.315/.406/.721 .794/.643 .683 33/.506 2/4 7/0

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 41/.814 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/1.000 1/2.000 8/.833 7/.429 ··· 341/287 .257/.346/.345/.691 .594/.709 .684 24/.652 0/0 3/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.384 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 569/421 .270/.335/.427/.762 .780/.755 .664 101/.573 3/3 18/15

11.Rivas G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 148/115 .274/.327/.489/.815 1.202/.715 .728 25/.880 0/0 6/2

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 10/1.250 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/1.571 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 648/433 .274/.383/.464/.846 .796/.872 .780 116/.851 29/10 23/2

IP 174.2 71.0 2.1 4.0 84.1 52.1 57.2 65.2 40.1 2.2 TOTAL .270/.343/.428/.771 .790/.762 .750 62/33 152/79

ERA-K/9

2.99/7.3

4.06/6.2

3.86/7.8

4.50/2.2

4.48/4.6

3.96/6.9

2.97/11.7

3.97/8.2

3.35/8.3

10.13/16.7

4.18/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (60-27-6)
Shoppach (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.238 296/.250 12/.222 21/.278 350/.276 225/.239 243/.212 275/.224 163/.200 12/.273 .265 Lofton
Nixon
Sizemore
Michaels
Blake
Gutierrez
Francisco 33/82/0/7
0/0/84/4
0/137/0/4
67/1/25/4
0/0/7/2
9/6/66/2
12/0/3/0

OPS .639 .698 .639 1.048 .743 .670 .607 .661 .646 1.242 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.704 131/.716 6/1.000 10/1.025 155/.607 83/.915 113/.579 133/.724 76/.700 5/.200 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.579 165/.684 6/.333 11/1.064 195/.853 142/.527 130/.630 142/.600 87/.598 7/1.857 .731

Home 419/.604 166/.700 12/.639 21/1.048 173/.826 109/.588 126/.645 135/.712 100/.639 12/1.242 .719

Last 28d days 127/.625 70/.692 12/.639 17/1.126 76/.737 48/.488 44/.751 33/1.045 45/.832 12/1.242

HR/SB/CS 8/16/3 6/5/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 6/5/3 5/2/0 2/9/1 6/2/1 6/2/2 2/0/0 131/89/26

Usage ····X··· X··oXo·o X·X·X··· ········ ····X··· ·X·o·o·· ·X···X·· ···X·o·· ··Xo·X·· o·X·X···

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 46.Fultz*
G/S/vB 44.Koplove
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 17/.882 4/.750 3/1.167 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 371/284 .294/.329/.497/.826 .894/.805 .887 111/1.002 1/0 14/2

32.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 192/148 .239/.286/.278/.564 .659/.537 .654 16/.325 4/4 0/6

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .167/.167/.222/.389 1.000/.267 .625 15/.467 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 25/.285 4/.000 5/.200 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 608/480 .309/.350/.414/.764 .895/.729 .726 113/.788 18/4 8/10

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 425/334 .335/.394/.435/.829 .894/.812 .978 52/.839 34/10 3/13

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 23/1.253 5/1.200 12/.333 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 592/472 .326/.404/.545/.948 .956/.946 .981 114/.879 2/3 22/9

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .706 3/.000 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 303/234 .276/.331/.404/.735 .763/.717 .869 94/.799 5/1 5/3

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 270/214 .323/.349/.463/.812 .867/.798 .782 66/.995 3/2 5/7

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 435/367 .290/.361/.457/.818 .693/.840 .883 68/.622 2/1 9/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/117 .246/.300/.429/.729 .860/.700 .829 79/.903 0/1 4/3

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 10/.700 2/2.500 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 552/418 .258/.321/.431/.751 .569/.812 .823 100/.598 15/4 18/5

22.Morales# G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 91/75 .322/.352/.529/.880 .750/.909 .887 43/1.014 0/1 3/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 229/169 .253/.346/.459/.805 .805/.805 .835 0/ 5/2 9/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 170/64 .244/.300/.353/.653 .699/.574 .687 24/.382 3/2 3/2

20.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.834 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 451/337 .292/.393/.341/.734 .813/.706 .792 74/.618 25/8 0/2

IP 163.1 67.0 55.2 30.0 5.0 19.0 50.1 12.2 52.0 TOTAL .285/.343/.422/.765 .775/.763 .822 121/47 107/89

ERA-K/9

4.19/4.2

1.48/8.1

5.50/8.1

2.70/6.3

7.20/7.2

2.84/9.5

4.47/8.4

8.53/5.0

1.56/9.3

4.16/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-1-0)
Mathis (28-7-3)
Napoli (43-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 703/.292 242/.179 250/.296 127/.218 23/.300 84/.270 228/.278 57/.315 202/.182 .270 Matthews
Anderson
Willits
Guerrero
Haynes
Rivera
Morales
Aybar
Quinlan 0/127/0/7
68/0/0/6
64/15/26/5
0/0/109/5
5/6/9/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
4/0/2/0
14/0/6/0

OPS .776 .485 .778 .654 .891 .708 .786 .944 .512 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.782 95/.547 126/.729 65/.616 9/.476 33/.429 90/.769 26/.849 79/.349 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 344/.770 147/.444 124/.831 62/.693 14/1.121 51/.880 138/.796 31/1.022 123/.611 .736

Road 329/.693 132/.470 136/.797 56/.474 18/.833 33/.492 114/.767 20/1.278 93/.532 .730

Last 28d days 120/.781 51/.466 53/1.021 37/.793 5/1.100 35/.639 34/.834 14/1.214 49/.462

HR/SB/CS 21/10/1 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/1 5/4/2 3/1/0 4/2/1 128/80/36

Usage ····X··· ·X···o·X ·X····Xo ·····X·· ···X···· ·X·····o ·X·X···· ········ 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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SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 14-5, 4.19)

SP: Kelvim Escobar (31, RHP, 15-7, 2.99)

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