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Game Preview: LAA @ BOS, 2:05pm, Sunday, August 19, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 71-51, 1st, 2 up

SP: Joe Saunders (26, LHP, 6-1, 3.50)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-1)             61.2  67  25  24  17  32  5    3.50      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
 2005 (0-0)              9.1  10   8   8   4   4  3    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  43.1  47  21  20   8  21  4    4.15   49 
 2007-08-14    TOR   L   7     8   4   3   0   4  0     102   51 
 2007-08-07    BOS   W   5.1   8   4   4   1   2  1      89   37 
 2007-08-02    OAK   W   6.2   6   2   2   2   3  1     102   55 
 2007-07-28    DET  ND   5.1   8   3   3   1   4  1     101   43 
 2007-07-22    MIN   W   7     6   2   2   1   5  0     103   61 
 2007-06-22    PIT  ND   6     7   4   4   0   3  1     100   45 
 2007-06-02    BAL   W   6     4   2   2   3   0  0      98   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-0  11    14   6   4   4   6  1    3.27   46 
 2007-08-07    BOS   W   5.1   8   4   4   1   2  1      89   37 
 2006-08-22    BOS  ND   5.2   6   2   0   3   4  0      98   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-17   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  56-37   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 18  @BOS  L   5-10      71-51  1st  2.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 17  @BOS  W   7-5       71-50  1st  3.0 up
120 Fri, Aug 17  @BOS  L   4-8       70-50  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox, 74-49, 1st, 5 up

SP: Julian Tavarez (34, RHP, 6-8, 5.12)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-8)            110.2 130  74  63  42  66 11    5.12      
 2006 (5-4)             98.2 110  54  49  44  56 10    4.47      
 2005 (2-3)             65.2  68  28  25  19  47  6    3.43      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  35.1  51  29  23  12  17  3    5.86   38 
 2007-08-01    BAL  ND   5     7   3   3   1   0  1      82   40 
 2007-07-18    KCR   L   4.2   9   6   4   0   3  0      76   29 
 2007-07-13    TOR  ND   4     9   4   4   3   3  0     101   28 
 2007-07-06    DET   L   4.2  10   8   8   1   4  2      85   15 
 2007-07-01    TEX   L   5.2   7   2   1   3   2  0     106   48 
 2007-06-25    SEA   L   4.1   6   6   3   3   1  0      87   31 
 2007-06-20    ATL   W   7     3   0   0   1   4  0      97   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-22   Road:   34-27   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  55-30   vsLHP:  19-19   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 28-16   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 18-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 18   LAA  W  10-5       74-49  1st  5.0 up
122 Fri, Aug 17   LAA  L   5-7       73-49  1st  5.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 17   LAA  W   8-4       73-48  1st  5.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 BOS 10  LAA  5    W:Curt Schilling (7-5), L: Jered Weaver (8-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 LAA  7 @BOS  5    W:Francisco Rodriguez (5-2), L: Eric Gagne (3-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 BOS  8  LAA  4    W:Clay Buchholz (1-0), L: John Lackey (15-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29)
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)
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 6-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 307-263

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  4.65

WSN  3.88

RA/G

SDP  3.88

NYY  4.67

TBD  6.01

BA

M. Ordonez  .352

C. Floyd  .290

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

C. Jackson  .361

J. Lane  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .659

J. Hardy  .468

N. Punto  .263

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

W. Betemit  .823

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  1.93

A. Wainwright  4.01

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

G. Meche  6.38

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Tavarez
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 14/.377 1/no AB 3/1.666 2/1.000 4/.000 4/.500 14/.377 15/.962 296/224 .271/.297/.414/.712 .760/.696 .700 112/.662 0/0 6/1
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 190/146 .241/.289/.282/.570 .659/.544 .466 19/.780 4/4 0/6
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.400 .333 7/.286 0/0 0/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/.800 2/.000 13/.814 2/.000 7/1.000 4/1.250 20/.800 9/1.000 530/416 .311/.350/.418/.767 .857/.744 .796 116/.759 16/3 7/8
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 4/.250 4/.500 3/.000 9/.250 413/323 .338/.393/.441/.834 .887/.819 .724 120/.975 33/9 3/13
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 32/1.053 2/4.000 10/1.178 2/.000 9/.347 4/1.167 32/1.053 15/1.036 517/409 .324/.406/.546/.952 .941/.955 .882 115/1.002 2/3 19/8
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .321 8/.250 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/1.350 3/.000 238/182 .258/.315/.401/.716 .800/.679 .606 93/.832 3/0 5/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 5/.000 398/336 .305/.370/.483/.853 .744/.872 .765 92/.948 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 88/75 .200/.250/.313/.563 .481/.577 .396 75/.595 0/0 1/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 11/1.031 3/2.334 7/.715 3/.000 ··· 4/2.500 11/1.031 8/.250 482/362 .267/.332/.445/.777 .631/.829 .688 99/.799 13/4 16/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 151/56 .246/.305/.370/.674 .681/.661 .619 33/.476 3/2 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 407/301 .299/.398/.347/.745 .865/.701 .686 91/.704 25/7 0/2
IP 110.2 25.2 39.1 59.2 44.1 43.2 110.2 40.0 TOTAL .283/.341/.415/.756 .766/.753 .695 113/41 88/78
ERA-K/9 5.12/5.4 2.81/9.1 4.12/8.5 1.21/7.5 1.83/13.2 3.50/6.4 5.12/5.4 3.15/4.0 3.81/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.291 108/.217 166/.245 225/.174 174/.153 194/.233 500/.291 156/.231 .250  Matthews
 Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Aybar
0/110/0/7
54/0/0/4
60/14/22/4
0/0/95/4
5/5/8/1
14/0/6/0
4/0/2/0
OPS .800 .650 .684 .458 .484 .703 .800 .668 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.769 47/.753 79/.552 76/.446 97/.391 81/.580 252/.769 62/.478 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.830 61/.576 87/.806 149/.464 77/.600 113/.795 248/.830 94/.791 .717
Home 210/.801 53/.792 95/.725 110/.466 89/.603 115/.702 210/.801 74/.505 .725
Last 28d days 61/.960 50/.959 48/1.212 44/.454 37/.486 37/.812 61/.960 34/.550
HR/SB/CS 11/0/0 3/2/2 3/1/0 3/2/0 4/4/0 4/5/1 11/0/0 6/1/2 103/79/24
Usage ···X···· ·o··X·Xo ·X··X·o· ·X····o· ·X···X·o ······o· ···X···· ···Xo·o·
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/.750 186/167 .262/.317/.409/.725 .485/.754 .619 39/.554 1/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.500 3/.333 3/.666 5/1.400 10/.522 3/.666 461/335 .273/.338/.393/.731 .739/.728 .775 99/.727 21/5 5/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.500 8/1.175 2/.000 5/1.850 3/1.334 419/310 .265/.365/.397/.762 .681/.790 .752 85/.780 2/2 6/6
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 22/19 .316/.409/.368/.778 .000/.911 .778 4/.250 1/0 0/0
12.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 7/1.071 6/.533 9/.222 1/.000 148/133 .198/.311/.413/.724 .651/.732 .828 30/.592 2/0 5/3
25.Lowell G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.000 4/1.500 8/2.100 4/.750 2/.000 9/.944 483/342 .311/.364/.499/.863 .819/.880 .980 107/.862 2/2 16/14
23.Lugo G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.100 1/2.000 8/.875 7/.429 9/.619 12/.633 485/347 .241/.301/.352/.653 .703/.633 .795 106/.769 27/4 6/16
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.500 3/1.666 10/.675 5/1.800 14/1.104 8/.393 500/335 .314/.426/.556/.982 .733/1.112 1.016 103/.927 2/0 21/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 418/280 .324/.395/.449/.844 .861/.835 .890 95/.843 5/0 6/4
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 5/.933 28/.871 7/.715 10/.311 7/.453 518/374 .292/.382/.498/.880 1.093/.802 .892 116/.911 0/0 19/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.650 5/.400 6/.533 12/.258 12/1.222 395/276 .265/.359/.410/.770 .738/.784 .826 85/.714 1/1 10/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.333 1/no AB 2/2.000 6/.833 2/3.000 2/1.000 500/361 .293/.392/.452/.844 .868/.834 .804 119/.735 3/2 12/3
IP 61.2 58.2 8.2 44.1 51.2 61.1 33.2 TOTAL .278/.360/.439/.799 .795/.801 .830 67/18 119/66
ERA-K/9 3.50/4.7 3.99/5.8 6.23/5.2 4.06/6.9 2.96/11.5 3.23/8.2 2.94/8.5 4.16/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Varitek (48-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 262/.279 243/.239 42/.278 196/.257 218/.216 250/.213 136/.176 .264  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Hinske
 Ellsbury
109/0/0/8
0/112/0/5
0/3/100/1
16/0/12/0
4/4/0/0
OPS .741 .674 .909 .699 .613 .617 .588 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.440 106/.684 22/.768 75/1.000 102/.614 121/.650 61/.670 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.809 137/.666 20/1.075 121/.513 116/.611 129/.584 75/.521 .724
Road 113/.624 127/.713 31/1.105 116/.744 114/.584 130/.607 57/.636 .771
Last 28d days 134/.742 58/.546 25/.749 51/.428 46/.839 55/.774 63/.656
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 5/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 114/80/21
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· ·X··o··· ···X···· ·XX····X ·XX····· ·o····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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