CLE @ LAA, Saturday, September 8, 2007 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 81-60, 1st, 5 up	SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 16-7, 3.24) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (16-7) 211 213 84 76 32 182 19 3.24 2006 (12-11) 192.2 182 83 69 44 172 17 3.22 2005 (15-10) 196.2 185 92 88 62 161 19 4.03 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 50 44 12 12 11 37 2 2.16 62 2007-09-03 MIN W 8 6 0 0 1 6 0 100 75 2007-08-29 MIN W 6 7 2 2 2 2 0 109 50 2007-08-24 KCR L 8 5 2 2 2 6 0 119 68 2007-08-19 TBD ND 8 5 2 2 0 6 2 102 70 2007-08-14 DET ND 7 7 2 2 1 8 0 96 62 2007-08-08 CHW ND 7 6 2 2 3 6 0 106 60 2007-08-03 MIN W 6 8 2 2 2 3 0 107 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 3-2 31 34 15 13 13 30 5 3.77 51 2007-04-10 LAA W 7 10 3 1 2 7 0 108 54 2006-06-04 LAA L 5 8 7 7 4 5 3 101 24 2005-05-10 LAA L 6.1 8 4 4 1 5 2 113 45 2004-06-06 ANA W 7 4 0 0 2 6 0 112 73 2003-08-10 ANA W 5.2 4 1 1 4 7 0 94 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-27 Road: 37-33 ExtrInn: 9-7 vsRHP: 54-42 vsLHP: 27-18 1-Run: 25-21 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:39-21 vsWest: 15-12 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Fri, Sep 7 @LAA L 2-3 (10) 81-60 1st 5.0 up 140 Thu, Sep 6 @LAA L 3-10 81-59 1st 6.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 84-57, 1st, 9 up	SP: Ervin Santana (24, RHP, 6-12, 6.07) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-12) 129 154 93 87 50 100 23 6.07 2006 (16-8) 204 181 106 97 70 141 21 4.28 2005 (12-8) 133.2 139 73 69 47 99 17 4.65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 33.1 46 32 31 16 30 4 8.37 38 2007-09-03 OAK W 6.1 2 0 0 5 4 0 105 68 2007-08-28 SEA ND 0.1 4 5 5 2 0 0 23 21 2007-08-23 TOR L 6 8 5 5 1 4 0 83 39 2007-08-17 BOS ND 6.1 4 1 1 0 5 0 100 66 2007-07-17 TBD L 6 14 7 7 4 4 0 108 16 2007-07-08 NYY L 3 7 9 9 2 2 2 80 9 2007-07-03 TEX L 5.1 7 5 4 2 11 2 111 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-4 15.2 23 16 16 10 10 5 9.19 36 2007-05-08 CLE L 7 7 3 3 3 6 1 110 54 2007-04-10 CLE L 4.1 7 6 6 4 2 2 93 23 2006-08-10 CLE L 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 46 2005-05-17 CLE L 4 8 6 6 3 1 2 92 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-23 Road: 35-34 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 68-41 vsLHP: 16-16 1-Run: 21-16 vsEast: 21-17 vsCntrl:21-17 vsWest: 28-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Fri, Sep 7 CLE W 3-2 (10) 84-57 1st 9.0 up 140 Thu, Sep 6 CLE W 10-3 83-57 1st 8.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Sep 07, 2007 LAA 3 CLE 2 (10) W:Scot Shields (4-5), L: Rafael Betancourt (4-1), S: none Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAA 10 CLE 3 W:Kelvim Escobar (16-7), L: Paul Byrd (14-6), S: none 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 Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 5-3; 2006 - LAA won 5-4; 2005 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - LAA leads 292-271

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 4.63

WSN 3.98

RA/G

BOS 4.01

COL 4.76

TBD 5.90

J. Keppinger .356

D. Young .293

J. LaRue .145

OBP

B. Bonds .483

J. Reyes .365

J. LaRue .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez .651

J. Gomes .475

N. Punto .254

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.069

X. Nady .833

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.43

J. Shields 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 (5.00 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
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 7/.715 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 432/314 .245/.273/.326/.599 .563/.612 .600 14/.643 14/3 3/14

1.Blake G/S/vP 9/1.556 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.666 6/.167 8/.375 4/.000 ··· 593/418 .268/.340/.428/.767 .807/.751 .851 98/.659 3/4 15/13

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

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 12/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/1.666 7/.453 11/.920 6/.000 ··· 196/171 .234/.301/.389/.690 .501/.718 .767 / 2/1 4/0

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/48 .271/.308/.542/.849 .750/.858 .651 4/.750 0/2 3/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 460/315 .297/.365/.472/.837 .900/.809 .810 93/.653 0/1 16/8

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 226/137 .270/.323/.500/.823 .906/.767 .622 78/.890 7/1 11/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 10/1.067 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 3/.333 7/1.571 11/1.091 3/2.667 ··· 573/360 .260/.384/.448/.831 .838/.828 .878 95/.894 1/1 21/0

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

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 34/.982 4/.833 8/.250 4/.500 ··· 496/395 .303/.379/.426/.805 .567/.865 .801 89/.892 22/6 7/3

30.Marte G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/37 .176/.208/.294/.502 .500/.503 .412 1/.000 0/0 1/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 3/1.666 6/1.166 4/1.750 ··· 568/358 .304/.373/.506/.879 .880/.879 .882 108/.851 0/0 21/4

8.Michaels G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/2.333 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 261/123 .268/.315/.406/.721 .794/.643 .683 28/.481 2/4 7/0

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 8/.536 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 7/.143 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 573/425 .270/.336/.427/.762 .780/.756 .667 100/.581 3/3 18/15

11.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 151/118 .275/.327/.493/.819 1.202/.723 .740 24/.708 0/0 6/2

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 11/.808 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/1.571 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 652/436 .272/.380/.460/.841 .792/.865 .770 115/.840 30/10 23/2

IP 129.0 71.0 2.1 4.0 84.1 53.1 58.1 68.0 42.2 2.2 TOTAL .269/.343/.428/.771 .790/.763 .751 63/34 153/80

ERA-K/9

6.07/7.0

4.06/6.2

3.86/7.8

4.50/2.2

4.48/4.6

3.88/7.1

3.09/11.7

3.84/8.6

3.16/8.2

10.13/16.7

4.17/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 585/.294 296/.250 12/.222 21/.278 350/.276 229/.239 243/.212 278/.221 166/.196 12/.273 .265 Lofton
Sizemore
Michaels
Nixon
Dellucci
Blake
Gutierrez
Francisco 34/82/0/7
0/138/0/4
67/1/25/4
0/0/84/4
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
9/6/67/2
12/0/3/0

OPS .869 .698 .639 1.048 .743 .667 .607 .653 .633 1.242 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 275/.907 131/.716 6/1.000 10/1.025 155/.607 85/.892 113/.579 133/.724 77/.690 5/.200 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.836 165/.684 6/.333 11/1.064 195/.853 144/.534 130/.630 145/.587 89/.583 7/1.857 .732

Home 274/.697 166/.700 12/.639 21/1.048 173/.826 113/.585 126/.645 138/.696 103/.619 12/1.242 .719

Last 28d days 82/.695 70/.692 12/.639 17/1.126 76/.737 52/.489 44/.751 36/.944 48/.777 12/1.242

HR/SB/CS 23/9/3 6/5/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 6/5/3 5/3/0 2/9/1 6/2/1 6/2/3 2/0/0 132/90/27

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
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 32/.744 4/.750 3/1.167 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 376/287 .298/.332/.507/.840 .933/.811 .911 116/1.040 1/0 15/2

32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 13/.802 4/.000 5/.200 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 613/483 .310/.350/.414/.764 .913/.725 .727 118/.789 18/4 8/10

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 12/1.167 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 425/334 .335/.394/.435/.829 .894/.812 .978 52/.839 34/10 3/14

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 16/.717 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 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 308/237 .274/.336/.401/.736 .782/.713 .869 99/.801 6/1 5/3

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 275/218 .321/.347/.458/.805 .851/.793 .770 71/.952 3/2 5/7

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 440/370 .291/.362/.461/.823 .720/.842 .892 73/.667 2/1 9/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/121 .248/.306/.434/.740 .860/.715 .844 83/.915 0/1 4/3

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 23/.648 2/2.500 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 557/421 .259/.321/.430/.752 .560/.815 .823 105/.608 17/4 18/5

22.Morales# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 96/78 .326/.354/.522/.876 .667/.926 .880 48/.991 0/1 3/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 229/169 .253/.346/.459/.805 .805/.805 .835 0/ 5/2 9/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 11/.586 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/.367 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 455/341 .294/.394/.348/.742 .813/.717 .806 78/.671 25/8 0/2

IP 211.0 68.0 55.2 31.0 5.0 19.2 50.1 13.0 52.2 TOTAL .286/.344/.423/.767 .779/.763 .825 121/47 108/90

ERA-K/9

3.24/7.8

1.59/8.1

5.50/8.1

3.19/6.4

7.20/7.2

3.20/9.6

4.47/8.4

8.31/4.8

1.54/9.2

4.21/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-1-0)
Mathis (29-8-3)
Napoli (43-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 861/.263 242/.179 250/.296 133/.226 23/.300 87/.273 228/.278 60/.333 202/.182 .271 Matthews
Anderson
Willits
Guerrero
Haynes
Rivera
Morales
Aybar
Quinlan 0/128/0/7
69/0/0/6
64/15/27/5
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 .700 .485 .778 .673 .891 .719 .786 .982 .512 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.578 95/.547 126/.729 67/.646 9/.476 34/.415 90/.769 27/.933 79/.349 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 663/.737 147/.444 124/.831 66/.702 14/1.121 53/.905 138/.796 33/1.020 123/.611 .736

Road 367/.759 132/.470 136/.797 62/.533 18/.833 36/.536 114/.767 23/1.331 93/.532 .735

Last 28d days 147/.598 51/.466 49/.998 43/.834 5/1.100 34/.748 34/.834 17/1.294 46/.493

HR/SB/CS 19/8/9 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/1 5/4/2 3/1/0 4/2/1 129/80/36

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