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Game Preview: LAA @ BOS, 6:30pm, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 94-68, 1st, 6 up

SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 19-9, 3.01)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (19-9)           224   219  87  75  52 179 18    3.01      
 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  51.2  42  11  11   6  46  2    1.92   66 
 2007-09-28    OAK   W   7     2   0   0   0   2  0      74   75 
 2007-09-23    SEA   W   7     7   2   2   0   7  0     101   62 
 2007-09-18    TBD   W   8     5   1   1   2  10  0     105   76 
 2007-09-13    BAL   L   7     9   3   3   1   8  0     112   54 
 2007-09-07    CLE  ND   7     6   1   1   1   6  0     105   66 
 2007-09-02    TEX  ND   6.2   6   4   4   2   8  2      99   52 
 2007-08-27    SEA   W   9     7   0   0   0   5  0     109   78 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-2  27.2  43  19  17  12  24  2    5.53   40 
 2007-08-17    BOS   L   4    11   7   6   0   3  1      97   17 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   54-27   Road:   40-41   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  75-47   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  25-19
 vsEast: 26-18   vsCntrl:22-21   vsWest: 32-25 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 30  @OAK  L   2-3       94-68  1st  6.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 29  @OAK  W   3-2       94-67  1st  7.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 28  @OAK  W   2-0       93-67  1st  7.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 26  @TEX  L   2-16      92-67  1st  7.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 25  @TEX  L   1-3       92-66  1st  8.0 up
157 Mon, Sep 24  @TEX  L   7-8       92-65  1st  8.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 23   SEA  W   7-4       92-64  1st  8.5 up
155 Sat, Sep 22   SEA  L   2-3       91-64  1st  7.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 21   SEA  L   0-6       91-63  1st  8.5 up
153 Thu, Sep 20   SEA  W   9-5       91-62  1st  9.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox, 96-66, 1st, 2 up

SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 20-7, 3.27)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (20-7)           200.2 189  76  73  40 194 17    3.27      
 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         5-2  46.1  49  19  19  10  46  8    3.69   55 
 2007-09-27    MIN   L   6    10   5   5   0   6  2      99   38 
 2007-09-21    TBD   W   6     4   1   1   2   8  0     113   66 
 2007-09-15    NYY   W   7     3   1   1   2   7  1     108   72 
 2007-09-09    BAL   W   7     7   2   2   0   8  2     116   63 
 2007-09-04    TOR   W   8     5   3   3   2   7  1     117   65 
 2007-08-29    NYY   L   6.2  13   4   4   1   6  1     113   37 
 2007-08-24    CHW   W   5.2   7   3   3   3   4  1     111   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      2-0  25    19   7   6   8  22  1    2.16   61 
 2007-08-17    LAA  ND   7     5   2   1   1   8  0     104   68 
 2007-04-16    LAA   W   6     6   1   1   1   5  1      99   60 
 2006-08-24    LAA   W   6     4   1   1   2   3  0      70   61 
 2006-07-29    LAA  ND   6     4   3   3   4   6  0     102   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-30   Road:   45-36   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  71-43   vsLHP:  25-23   1-Run:  22-28
 vsEast: 42-30   vsCntrl:22-13   vsWest: 20-17 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 30   MIN  L   2-3       96-66  1st  2.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 29   MIN  W   6-4       96-65  1st  3.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 28   MIN  W   5-2       95-65  1st  3.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 27   MIN  L   4-5       94-65  1st  2.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 26   OAK  W  11-6       94-64  1st  3.0 up
157 Tue, Sep 25   OAK  W   7-3       93-64  1st  3.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 23  @TBD  L   4-5       92-64  1st  1.5 up
155 Sat, Sep 22  @TBD  W   8-6       92-63  1st  2.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 21  @TBD  W   8-1       91-63  1st  2.5 up
153 Wed, Sep 19  @TOR  L   1-6       90-63  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 LAA  3 @BOS  1    W:Joe Saunders (7-1), L: Julian Tavarez (6-9), S: Francisco Rodriguez (31)
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
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 6-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - BOS won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 307-264

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  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

W. Taveras  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

T. Hunter  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.06 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
31.Lester*
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 12/1.100 1/no AB 4/1.750 5/1.800 1/2.000 3/.666 4/.000 15/.962 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .745 1/0 16/2
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 211/160 .237/.279/.289/.568 .753/.509 .487 4/4 1/7
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 35/.724 2/.000 13/.814 8/.804 2/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 10/.900 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 20/4 8/11
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.425 1/.000 5/.400 6/.933 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 12/.182 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .705 41/12 3/14
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 29/.770 2/4.000 10/1.178 8/1.071 ··· 2/.000 9/.347 19/1.101 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .946 2/3 27/9
13.Haynes* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .414 1/2 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 18/.572 2/.000 3/.000 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 374/284 .289/.349/.405/.753 .738/.749 .616 7/1 6/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/.750 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 353/270 .322/.347/.450/.796 .837/.784 .831 5/4 5/9
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 5/.000 508/424 .296/.372/.467/.840 .775/.852 .774 2/4 11/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .501 0/1 4/4
22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/96 .294/.333/.479/.812 .577/.887 .833 0/1 4/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 263/195 .247/.351/.443/.794 .828/.783 .803 5/2 10/7
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .661 3/2 3/2
20.Rivera G/S/vP 12/.350 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.900 44/15 .279/.295/.442/.737 .759/.690 1.082 0/0 2/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 518/374 .293/.391/.344/.735 .787/.714 .689 27/8 0/3
IP 200.2 44.0 52.0 63.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 55.1 TOTAL .284/.345/.417/.762 .760/.762 .712 139/55 123/101
ERA-K/9 3.27/8.7 2.05/8.4 3.81/8.8 4.57/7.1 3.10/5.7 2.22/8.2 1.85/13.0 3.42/5.0 3.87/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (40-8-5)
 Napoli (49-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.245 176/.183 221/.245 275/.257 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 222/.232 .247  Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Rivera
 Haynes
 Figgins
 Morales
 Aybar
 Quinlan
85/0/0/7
64/30/31/6
0/0/109/5
2/0/7/1
8/12/13/1
0/0/11/1
0/0/6/0
6/0/2/0
16/0/6/0
OPS .663 .564 .667 .753 .695 .561 .463 .664 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 410/.684 73/.578 107/.575 77/.725 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 92/.500 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.641 103/.555 114/.754 198/.764 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 130/.779 .711
Home 458/.683 88/.675 124/.702 102/.775 92/.723 138/.632 119/.555 106/.604 .727
HR/SB/CS 17/14/6 4/2/2 3/1/0 10/4/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 7/3/2 151/107/32
Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·X ··o···XX ··X···X· ···o··o· ···o·o·· ··o·o··o ··o···o·
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB
58.Moseley
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
54.Santana
G/S/vB
51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmSB/CSHR/E
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .138 0/0 0/1
13.Cora* G/S/vP 15/.800 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 4/2.417 ··· 4/.500 5/1.000 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .588 1/1 3/5
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 24/.705 ··· 4/.833 6/1.166 3/3.000 9/.666 10/.522 4/.500 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .765 28/6 6/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/1.227 4/1.167 10/1.114 2/.000 7/.715 ··· 5/1.850 5/1.100 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .833 4/2 11/6
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .971 9/0 3/0
12.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.287 ··· 8/1.125 6/.533 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 3/0 6/3
32.Kielty# G/S/vP 16/.527 ··· 3/.000 13/1.052 8/.000 9/1.334 12/.555 1/.000 101/41 .218/.287/.287/.574 .633/.490 .411 0/0 1/0
25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.500 4/2.000 9/2.056 4/.750 6/1.300 9/.583 3/.666 9/.944 653/473 .324/.378/.501/.879 .849/.890 .993 3/2 21/15
23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.578 4/1.500 9/.777 8/.375 14/1.071 5/.400 9/.619 13/.633 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .745 33/6 8/19
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 10/1.400 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 5/1.933 1/.000 2/1.000 127/108 .202/.278/.360/.637 .771/.615 .620 0/0 5/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 33/1.214 ··· 11/.606 9/1.267 11/1.747 10/.400 16/1.159 9/.476 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.128 3/1 35/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.833 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 9/.888 2/1.000 2/2.500 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .912 7/1 8/6
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 31/1.668 3/1.000 29/.837 10/.533 11/.182 6/.167 13/.930 8/.804 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .891 0/0 20/2
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 21/.825 3/.000 7/.572 9/.476 9/.111 ··· 14/.220 12/1.222 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .794 1/2 17/6
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.600 4/.583 3/1.334 7/.715 3/1.167 10/.633 2/3.000 3/.666 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .797 4/2 16/3
IP 224.0 92.0 64.1 67.1 150.0 107.1 77.0 50.0 TOTAL .279/.362/.444/.806 .801/.808 .844 96/24 166/81
ERA-K/9 3.01/7.2 4.40/4.9 3.78/7.1 2.81/12.0 5.76/7.6 4.44/5.8 3.86/9.0 2.88/8.5 4.23/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (9-2-0)
 Mirabelli (35-10-6)
 Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 929/.254 383/.277 273/.239 285/.204 675/.288 473/.298 320/.220 198/.202 .266  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Kielty
 Hinske
 Ellsbury
120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
12/1/17/2
24/0/12/1
22/16/1/0
OPS .680 .747 .648 .605 .854 .792 .643 .614 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 455/.734 173/.644 102/.810 128/.549 316/.868 87/.620 163/.694 90/.659 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 474/.629 210/.833 171/.553 157/.649 359/.841 386/.833 157/.589 108/.575 .738
Road 470/.653 203/.678 133/.731 134/.557 349/1.005 217/.726 163/.621 78/.623 .763
HR/SB/CS 18/19/6 7/6/3 5/3/0 3/12/1 26/11/3 11/7/4 7/3/1 6/2/3 151/107/31
Usage ····X··· ·······X ··o····X ···oX··· ··o····· ······X· ···X···X ··o·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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