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Game Preview: LAA @ TEX, 8:35pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 51-33, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Kelvim Escobar (31, RHP, 9-3, 3.32)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-3)            100.1  90  41  37  28  80  6    3.32      
 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         4-1  49.1  46  21  21  14  43  4    3.83   56 
 2007-06-29    BAL  ND   4.1  10   7   7   1   2  2      82   16 
 2007-06-23    PIT   W   8     5   1   1   2   4  0     107   70 
 2007-06-17    LAD   W   7     8   3   3   2   8  1     110   55 
 2007-06-12    CIN  ND   6     5   3   3   1  14  0     116   63 
 2007-06-05    MIN   W   9     3   1   1   3   4  1     109   78 
 2007-05-31    BAL   L   8     9   5   5   4   3  0     109   43 
 2007-05-26    NYY   W   7     6   1   1   1   8  0     103   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-3  21.2  28  20  15  11  16  4    6.23   40 
 2007-04-03    TEX   W   5.1   3   3   2   5   4  1     103   51 
 2006-09-26    TEX   L   1.2   7   5   5   0   0  1      35   21 
 2006-09-14    TEX  ND   4     2   1   1   3   2  0      62   53 
 2006-05-22    TEX   L   6.1   8   3   3   1   6  1     102   50 
 2006-04-12    TEX   L   4.1   8   8   4   2   4  1      96   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-13   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  38-24   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 15-9  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  4  @TEX  L   2-4       51-33  1st  3.5 up
 83 Tue, Jul  3  @TEX  L   3-8       51-32  1st  4.5 up
 82 Sun, Jul  1  @BAL  W   4-3       51-31  1st  4.0 up
 81 Sat, Jun 30  @BAL  L   3-6       50-31  1st  4.0 up
 80 Fri, Jun 29  @BAL  W   9-7       50-30  1st  5.0 up
 79 Wed, Jun 27   KCR  L   0-1       49-30  1st  5.0 up
 78 Tue, Jun 26   KCR  L   4-12      49-29  1st  6.0 up
 77 Mon, Jun 25   KCR  L   3-5       49-28  1st  7.0 up
 76 Sun, Jun 24   PIT  W   4-3 (10)  49-27  1st  8.0 up
 75 Sat, Jun 23   PIT  W  10-1       48-27  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Texas Rangers, 36-48, 4th, 15 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Robinson Tejeda (25, RHP, 5-7, 6.69)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)             80.2  95  66  60  46  59 16    6.69      
 2006 (5-5)             73.2  83  40  35  32  40 10    4.28      
 2005 (4-3)             85.2  67  36  34  51  72  5    3.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  32    45  38  32  26  22  8    9.00   31 
 2007-06-30    BOS  ND   4     5   4   4   6   4  1     101   34 
 2007-06-24    HOU  ND   3.2   5   7   5   4   4  2      88   27 
 2007-06-19    CHC  ND   5     8   4   2   3   1  0      95   37 
 2007-06-13    PIT   L   4     7   4   3   3   2  0      83   33 
 2007-06-08    MIL   W   6.2   8   6   6   3   7  3      96   38 
 2007-06-03    SEA   L   5.2   8   8   7   3   4  0     101   24 
 2007-05-28    OAK   L   3     4   5   5   4   0  2      79   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-20   Road:   16-28   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  26-33   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast: 12-17   vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  8-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  4   LAA  W   4-2       36-48  4th 15.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3   LAA  W   8-3       35-48  4th 16.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2  @BOS  L   3-7       34-48  4th 17.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  1  @BOS  W   2-1       34-47  4th 16.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 30  @BOS  W   5-4       33-47  4th 16.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 29  @BOS  L   1-2       32-47  4th 17.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 28  @DET  L   2-5       32-46  4th 16.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 26  @DET  W   9-6       32-45  4th 16.5 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 25  @DET  W   8-3       31-45  4th 17.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 24   HOU  L   9-12(10)  30-45  4th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 TEX  4  LAA  2    W:Jamey Wright (2-2), L: Jered Weaver (6-5), S: Eric Gagne (11)
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 TEX  8  LAA  3    W:Kevin Millwood (5-7), L: Ervin Santana (5-9), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2007 LAA  7 @TEX  2    W:Jered Weaver (2-3), L: Kevin Millwood (2-4), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 TEX  7  LAA  6    W:Eric Gagne (1-0), L: Scot Shields (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 LAA  6 @TEX  3    W:Bartolo Colon (4-0), L: Kameron Loe (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Fri, May 11, 2007 LAA  6 @TEX  3    W:John Lackey (5-3), L: Vicente Padilla (1-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 LAA  5  TEX  3    W:Ervin Santana (1-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (2)
Tue, Apr 03, 2007 LAA  8  TEX  3    W:Kelvim Escobar (1-0), L: Vicente Padilla (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 LAA  4  TEX  1    W:John Lackey (1-0), L: Kevin Millwood (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (1)

Wed, Sep 27, 2006 LAA  6  TEX  5    W:Brendan Donnelly (6-0), L: C.J. Wilson (2-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (45)
Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 6-3; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; 2005 - LAA won 15-4; All-Time - LAA leads 360-334

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

DET  5.88

NYM  4.58

WSN  3.69

RA/G

SDP  3.35

CLE  4.63

TBD  5.99

BA

I. Suzuki  .368

T. Tulowitzki  .285

D. Navarro  .179

OBP

B. Bonds  .517

S. Casey  .359

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .660

A. Gonzalez  .455

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.131

A. Gonzalez  .814

D. Navarro  .499

ERA

C. Young  2.00

D. Wells  4.16

K. Wells  6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

B. Arroyo  6.09

A. Cook  2.72

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Tejeda
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
40.Otsuka
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 8/.500 18/.804 3/1.167 2/.000 2/2.500 22/.139 2/.000 8/.500 138/105 .259/.261/.407/.668 .741/.646 .618 24/.833 0/0 3/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.347 7/.000 4/.000 5/.000 10/.867 1/.000 2/.000 6/.533 365/280 .332/.370/.449/.819 .894/.796 .886 108/.783 9/2 5/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 8/.661 6/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 11/.364 3/.000 9/1.127 238/180 .321/.370/.412/.782 .843/.761 .673 111/1.021 19/4 1/9
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 9/.888 15/1.078 5/.400 6/3.833 8/1.089 5/1.467 1/2.000 6/1.100 351/271 .327/.422/.561/.983 .956/.991 .860 106/.814 1/2 14/5
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/23 .261/.292/.348/.640 .000/.668 .453 17/.791 1/0 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.572 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 106/78 .240/.292/.313/.605 .942/.488 .518 2/.000 2/0 1/1
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 199/160 .295/.322/.426/.748 .765/.744 .868 92/.831 3/2 4/6
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 3/.667 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.333 264/225 .302/.375/.511/.886 .594/.937 .823 59/.748 2/0 9/1
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/2.000 3/.000 7/.715 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 333/251 .279/.339/.436/.775 .667/.820 .659 80/.661 12/3 10/3
28.Molina G/S/vP 4/.000 7/.619 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 3/.000 104/81 .230/.245/.280/.525 .783/.449 .427 28/.546 2/1 0/2
22.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 42/36 .282/.333/.538/.871 1.333/.791 .455 25/.925 0/0 2/0
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 104/31 .271/.317/.427/.744 .771/.680 .645 38/.750 1/1 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 262/185 .326/.420/.386/.806 .884/.778 .846 77/.837 18/2 0/1
IP 80.2 44.0 44.0 31.1 25.1 27.0 32.1 38.0 TOTAL .286/.342/.418/.760 .788/.752 .706 76/25 64/53
ERA-K/9 6.69/6.6 3.27/10.0 3.68/5.7 4.02/6.0 1.07/7.5 2.33/7.3 2.51/6.4 2.61/8.3 5.20/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (0-0-0)
 Molina (12-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.295 186/.257 188/.244 139/.233 97/.140 112/.185 132/.218 158/.194 .279  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Willits
 Anderson
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Morales
0/77/0/3
0/0/68/3
46/10/11/2
30/0/0/1
5/3/4/1
11/0/4/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .908 .716 .726 .688 .435 .641 .552 .588 .802
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/1.060 77/.577 83/.829 65/.761 45/.276 49/.576 65/.436 64/.294 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.763 109/.814 105/.652 74/.625 52/.577 63/.692 67/.664 94/.792 .778
Home 199/.911 94/.685 91/.660 69/.793 52/.486 68/.641 64/.451 84/.673 .768
Last 28d days 121/1.061 59/.608 79/.861 50/.880 49/.424 37/.400 41/.460 34/.609
HR/SB/CS 16/10/5 4/1/1 5/2/1 2/4/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 0/3/2 3/0/0 92/45/27
Usage ····X··· o·X·XX·· ··X····· ·X·o·X·· o··XX··· ····X·o· ···oo··· o··o·o··
Texas Rangers Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Escobar
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
58.Moseley
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
34.Resop
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 145/107 .383/.428/.556/.984 1.045/.962 1.085 100/1.032 0/2 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 19/.325 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.536 7/.000 174/168 .222/.306/.405/.711 .200/.726 .928 72/.796 2/0 6/0
14.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/54 .250/.269/.560/.829 .823/.834 .529 34/.487 0/0 9/1
25.Hairston G/S/vP 30/.678 ··· 1/.000 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 112/59 .232/.303/.379/.682 .683/.681 .721 53/.772 2/1 3/2
15.Laird G/S/vP 11/.637 3/2.667 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 7/.572 263/196 .230/.286/.343/.629 .674/.614 .549 72/.621 3/2 5/6
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 23/.759 ··· 1/.000 33/.950 3/1.334 3/1.167 7/.286 308/248 .296/.378/.416/.794 .619/.834 .869 102/.945 20/4 5/2
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.400 58/50 .294/.368/.412/.780 1.500/.649 .878 28/.967 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/27 .182/.250/.318/.568 .592/.541 .308 47/.560 0/0 1/0
1.Relaford# G/S/vP 11/.855 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/.000 10/.800 8/5 .286/.375/.286/.661 .333/.800 1.000 8/.661 0/1 0/0
21.Sosa G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 19/.839 ··· ··· 4/.000 300/227 .251/.303/.465/.768 1.045/.685 .657 86/.770 0/0 14/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 131/97 .248/.315/.393/.708 .378/.820 .579 73/.589 1/0 4/3
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/5.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/3.000 5/1.067 7/.143 195/152 .235/.314/.524/.838 1.145/.754 .862 93/.853 2/1 13/3
10.Young G/S/vP 35/.681 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 18/.716 29/.457 375/283 .292/.344/.396/.740 .665/.764 .806 116/.799 6/2 4/10
IP 100.1 37.1 42.0 24.1 3.0 35.2 43.2 TOTAL .260/.327/.432/.759 .795/.746 .793 51/16 104/63
ERA-K/9 3.32/7.2 4.58/4.6 2.36/3.2 5.92/7.4 3.00/6.0 2.27/12.4 1.85/8.4 3.97/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (36-23-8)
 Melhuse (7-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 408/.241 155/.234 163/.238 115/.292 12/.300 144/.211 165/.161 .256  Lofton
 Byrd
 Hairston
 Catalanotto
 Wilkerson
 Sosa
 Relaford
 Laird
 Diaz
0/68/0/4
14/8/22/3
15/18/2/2
32/0/0/2
21/1/12/2
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/22/0
OPS .641 .664 .641 .806 .573 .590 .504 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.661 63/.767 74/.656 50/1.178 6/.666 68/.614 79/.577 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.620 92/.597 89/.628 65/.517 6/.450 76/.567 86/.438 .709
Road 154/.780 75/.746 88/.643 63/.738 12/.573 68/.492 84/.453 .767
Last 28d days 110/.780 58/.767 41/.822 36/.622 12/.573 39/.506 55/.412
HR/SB/CS 6/11/0 3/4/2 2/1/1 3/2/0 0/0/0 2/4/1 4/1/0 87/50/16
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· ·····o·X Xo··o··· Xo······ ···o·o·· ···o·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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