LAA @ BOS, Friday, August 17, 2007 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 70-49, 1st, 3½ up	SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 15-6, 3.07) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (15-6) 161.1 157 65 55 43 126 14 3.07 2006 (13-11) 217.2 203 98 86 72 190 14 3.56 2005 (14-5) 209 208 85 80 71 199 13 3.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 48.2 55 20 17 11 39 3 3.14 54 2007-08-11 MIN W 8 10 2 2 0 3 0 104 57 2007-08-05 OAK W 6.2 9 3 3 2 5 1 103 47 2007-07-31 SEA W 9 7 0 0 3 5 0 106 75 2007-07-25 OAK ND 6 7 3 3 4 7 1 110 49 2007-07-20 MIN L 5 10 7 5 1 3 1 93 25 2007-07-14 TEX W 6 7 4 3 1 5 0 113 48 2007-07-07 NYY ND 8 5 1 1 0 11 0 107 79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 27 39 18 15 15 24 3 5.00 42 2007-04-13 BOS L 5.2 9 3 3 1 6 1 108 44 2006-07-30 BOS W 6 9 4 3 2 6 0 108 44 2005-09-06 BOS ND 6 5 2 2 4 3 0 110 53 2005-08-19 BOS ND 6 9 3 3 5 6 0 124 43 2004-08-31 BOS L 3.1 7 6 4 3 3 2 82 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-17 Road: 30-32 ExtrInn: 4-3 vsRHP: 55-35 vsLHP: 15-14 1-Run: 17-13 vsEast: 15-12 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 119 Thu, Aug 16 @TOR W 4-3 70-49 1st 3.5 up 118 Wed, Aug 15 @TOR L 1-2 69-49 1st 3.0 up 117 Tue, Aug 14 @TOR L 1-4 69-48 1st 3.0 up 116 Sun, Aug 12 MIN W 6-2 69-47 1st 3.5 up 115 Sat, Aug 11 MIN W 4-3 68-47 1st 3.5 up 114 Fri, Aug 10 MIN W 10-1 67-47 1st 3.5 up 113 Wed, Aug 8 BOS L 6-9 66-47 1st 3.0 up 112 Tue, Aug 7 BOS W 10-4 66-46 1st 4.0 up 111 Mon, Aug 6 BOS W 4-2 65-46 1st 4.0 up 110 Sun, Aug 5 @OAK W 4-3 64-46 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox, 72-48, 1st, 5½ up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 15-5, 3.24) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (15-5) 147.1 135 55 53 29 140 9 3.24 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 2005 (15-8) 178.2 153 75 67 58 166 14 3.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 51.1 49 17 17 9 57 3 2.98 61 2007-08-11 BAL W 8.2 8 2 2 0 8 0 115 68 2007-08-05 SEA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 9 0 107 61 2007-07-31 BAL L 8 9 5 5 2 6 1 110 48 2007-07-25 CLE L 8 4 1 1 0 7 1 114 77 2007-07-20 CHW W 6 4 3 3 2 10 1 114 60 2007-07-15 TOR L 8 7 2 2 2 8 0 118 66 2007-07-05 TBD W 6 9 3 3 1 9 0 105 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAA Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-21 Road: 34-27 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 53-29 vsLHP: 19-19 1-Run: 18-18 vsEast: 28-16 vsCntrl:16-11 vsWest: 16-15 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 120 Wed, Aug 15 TBD L 5-6 72-48 1st 5.0 up 119 Tue, Aug 14 TBD W 2-1 72-47 1st 5.0 up 118 Mon, Aug 13 TBD W 3-0 71-47 1st 4.0 up 117 Sun, Aug 12 @BAL L 3-6 (10) 70-47 1st 4.0 up 116 Sat, Aug 11 @BAL W 6-2 70-46 1st 5.0 up 115 Fri, Aug 10 @BAL L 5-6 69-46 1st 5.0 up 114 Wed, Aug 8 @LAA W 9-6 69-45 1st 6.0 up 113 Tue, Aug 7 @LAA L 4-10 68-45 1st 5.0 up 112 Mon, Aug 6 @LAA L 2-4 68-44 1st 6.0 up 111 Sun, Aug 5 @SEA W 9-2 68-43 1st 7.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 08, 2007 BOS 9 @LAA 6 W:Hideki Okajima (3-0), L: Justin Speier (1-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26) Tue, Aug 07, 2007 LAA 10 BOS 4 W:Joe Saunders (6-0), L: Tim Wakefield (13-10), S: none Mon, Aug 06, 2007 LAA 4 BOS 2 W:Justin Speier (1-2), L: Curt Schilling (6-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (28) Mon, Apr 16, 2007 BOS 7 LAA 2 W:Josh Beckett (3-0), L: Ervin Santana (1-2), S: none Sat, Apr 14, 2007 BOS 8 LAA 0 W:Curt Schilling (2-1), L: Hector Carrasco (0-1), S: none Fri, Apr 13, 2007 BOS 10 LAA 1 W:Tim Wakefield (1-1), L: John Lackey (2-1), S: none Thu, Aug 24, 2006 BOS 2 @LAA 1 W:Josh Beckett (14-8), L: Jered Weaver (9-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (34) Wed, Aug 23, 2006 BOS 5 @LAA 4 W:Jon Lester (7-2), L: Kelvim Escobar (9-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (33) Tue, Aug 22, 2006 LAA 4 BOS 3 W:Scot Shields (7-7), L: Kason Gabbard (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35) Sun, Jul 30, 2006 LAA 10 @BOS 4 W:John Lackey (10-6), L: Curt Schilling (13-4), S: none Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 305-262

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 5.91

BAL 4.67

WSN 3.89

RA/G

SDP 3.88

NYY 4.70

TBD 6.04

M. Ordonez .356

K. Lofton .291

R. Langerhans .154

OBP

B. Bonds .495

S. Stewart .361

M. Olivo .254

SLG

R. Braun .668

A. Ethier .464

N. Punto .266

OPS

B. Bonds 1.084

X. Nady .825

R. Langerhans .538

ERA

C. Young 1.93

G. Maddux 4.00

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.02

B. Arroyo 6.38

S. Trachsel 3.06

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 83.Gagne
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 39.Snyder
G/S/vB 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 9/1.069 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 14/.377 15/.962 283/213 .271/.297/.420/.717 .753/.705 .709 107/.698 0/0 6/1

32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 185/142 .249/.297/.290/.587 .675/.561 .497 14/1.083 4/4 0/6

43.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .000/.286/.000/.286 .400/.000 .400 6/.333 1/0 0/0

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 31/.754 2/.000 12/.712 1/.000 6/.833 4/1.250 20/.800 9/1.000 516/403 .307/.348/.415/.763 .865/.735 .788 111/.709 15/3 7/8

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 9/.250 399/310 .341/.394/.439/.833 .898/.815 .716 115/1.013 33/9 2/13

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 26/.735 1/no AB 9/.958 1/.000 8/.393 4/1.167 32/1.053 15/1.036 503/396 .319/.404/.531/.935 .950/.931 .843 109/.891 2/3 18/7

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .241/.267/.310/.577 .000/.619 .398 5/.400 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 15/.553 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.350 3/.000 229/173 .264/.323/.413/.736 .800/.703 .636 91/.923 3/0 5/2

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 5/.000 389/329 .298/.363/.471/.834 .735/.851 .728 91/.804 2/1 9/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 82/69 .197/.244/.303/.547 .481/.559 .342 69/.578 0/0 1/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 10/.633 2/1.000 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 4/2.500 11/1.031 8/.250 470/352 .272/.338/.449/.787 .643/.839 .701 95/.816 13/4 15/4

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 147/52 .254/.313/.381/.694 .681/.716 .655 30/.526 3/2 3/2

77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 398/292 .302/.402/.351/.753 .866/.710 .698 88/.689 25/7 0/2

IP 147.1 24.2 38.1 57.0 42.0 43.2 110.2 39.0 TOTAL .283/.342/.414/.756 .770/.752 .692 112/41 85/77

ERA-K/9

3.24/8.6

2.19/9.5

3.52/8.7

1.26/7.4

1.93/13.1

3.50/6.4

5.12/5.4

3.23/4.2

3.79/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-0-0)
Mathis (19-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 600/.239 103/.205 160/.233 215/.173 166/.154 194/.233 500/.291 152/.230 .249 Matthews
Anderson
Willits
Guerrero
Haynes
Quinlan
Aybar 0/108/0/7
52/0/0/4
59/13/21/4
0/0/93/4
5/5/7/1
14/0/6/0
4/0/2/0

OPS .638 .581 .656 .462 .496 .703 .800 .673 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 285/.685 44/.663 75/.538 72/.413 91/.419 81/.580 252/.769 60/.459 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 315/.597 59/.523 85/.763 143/.484 75/.589 113/.795 248/.830 92/.809 .713

Home 346/.697 48/.641 89/.678 100/.473 81/.640 115/.701 210/.800 70/.505 .723

Last 28d days 145/.607 45/.833 47/1.129 37/.432 29/.556 37/.811 61/.960 33/.502

HR/SB/CS 9/9/3 2/2/2 3/1/0 3/2/0 4/4/0 4/5/1 11/0/0 6/1/2 100/78/24

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 37.Jones
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

13.Cora* G/S/vP 13/.693 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/.750 178/160 .255/.308/.401/.709 .513/.733 .578 32/.405 1/1 2/4

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 22/.773 2/.000 3/.333 3/.666 5/1.400 10/.522 3/.666 452/327 .274/.339/.393/.732 .734/.731 .778 99/.768 21/5 5/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 9/.708 2/.000 3/.666 8/1.175 1/.000 5/1.850 3/1.334 405/297 .258/.360/.386/.746 .688/.767 .715 80/.771 2/2 6/5

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.287 1/no AB 1/no AB 7/1.071 6/.533 8/.250 1/.000 142/128 .198/.310/.421/.731 .599/.746 .848 29/.803 2/0 5/3

25.Lowell G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 4/1.500 8/2.100 3/1.000 2/.000 8/1.071 473/333 .313/.366/.505/.871 .810/.894 .999 106/.874 2/2 16/14

23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.578 5/1.100 1/2.000 8/.875 6/.500 8/.536 12/.633 476/339 .238/.298/.346/.644 .709/.617 .780 106/.788 27/4 6/14

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 116/98 .204/.287/.369/.656 .694/.650 .641 23/1.020 0/0 5/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 27/1.140 3/.666 2/2.500 10/.675 4/.750 14/1.104 8/.393 486/322 .311/.424/.543/.967 .738/1.091 .987 92/.846 2/0 19/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 409/271 .324/.397/.440/.837 .861/.825 .878 96/.787 5/0 5/4

22.Pena G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 172/93 .218/.291/.385/.676 .805/.566 .423 32/.861 0/1 5/3

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 28/1.714 3/1.667 4/.833 28/.871 6/.334 10/.311 7/.453 504/361 .291/.381/.498/.879 1.102/.794 .889 111/.877 0/0 19/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 20/.871 1/.000 5/.650 5/.400 5/.650 12/.258 11/1.364 383/266 .269/.366/.419/.785 .732/.808 .862 81/.766 1/1 10/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 5/1.000 2/3.000 2/1.000 489/351 .295/.395/.458/.853 .875/.844 .821 114/.777 3/2 12/3

IP 161.1 55.2 7.1 42.0 50.0 61.0 32.0 TOTAL .277/.360/.437/.797 .797/.797 .827 67/18 116/63

ERA-K/9

3.07/7.0

4.20/6.0

6.14/4.9

4.29/6.6

2.88/11.7

2.80/8.1

1.97/8.7

4.07/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mirabelli (31-9-5)
Varitek (47-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 676/.252 232/.242 33/.267 185/.259 211/.213 246/.210 127/.168 .263 Ramirez
Crisp
Pena
Drew
Hinske 106/0/0/8
0/109/0/5
22/12/36/3
0/3/97/1
16/0/12/0

OPS .688 .689 .800 .705 .604 .608 .564 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.711 99/.715 17/.886 71/1.037 99/.600 119/.650 56/.646 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.668 133/.671 16/.713 114/.498 112/.606 127/.567 71/.499 .720

Road 361/.652 116/.750 22/1.009 105/.759 107/.564 126/.590 48/.579 .765

Last 28d days 150/.796 47/.590 16/.455 47/.396 39/.829 55/.893 59/.613

HR/SB/CS 14/14/5 5/5/2 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 111/80/21

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