LAA @ TEX, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 92-65, 1st, 8 up	SP: Dustin Moseley (25, RHP, 4-3, 4.60) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (4-3) 88 93 45 45 26 47 7 4.60 2006 (1-0) 11 22 11 11 2 3 3 9.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-1 36.2 44 19 19 9 22 1 4.66 46 2007-08-20 NYY ND 5 6 2 2 0 4 0 72 51 2007-08-15 TOR L 5 9 2 2 1 2 0 90 42 2007-08-08 BOS ND 4.2 10 6 6 1 1 0 83 20 2007-08-03 OAK ND 5.1 4 3 3 3 3 0 75 48 2007-07-29 DET ND 4.2 5 4 4 2 5 0 87 41 2007-04-12 CLE ND 6 5 1 1 2 3 1 89 59 2007-04-06 OAK W 6 5 1 1 0 4 0 95 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 54-27 Road: 38-38 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 74-45 vsLHP: 18-20 1-Run: 24-18 vsEast: 26-18 vsCntrl:22-21 vsWest: 30-22 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 152 Wed, Sep 19 TBD W 2-1 90-62 1st 8.5 up 151 Tue, Sep 18 TBD W 2-1 89-62 1st 8.5 up 150 Mon, Sep 17 TBD W 10-7 88-62 1st 8.5 up 149 Sun, Sep 16 @CHW L 7-9 87-62 1st 8.5 up 148 Sat, Sep 15 @CHW W 2-1 87-61 1st 8.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Texas Rangers, 73-84, 4th, 19 GB, 17½ GB in WC	SP: A.J. Murray (25, LHP, 1-1, 5.29) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-1) 17 15 10 10 12 9 3 5.29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS inf +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-34 Road: 28-50 ExtrInn: 5-9 vsRHP: 52-59 vsLHP: 21-25 1-Run: 26-18 vsEast: 20-25 vsCntrl:17-25 vsWest: 25-27 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Mon, Sep 24 LAA W 8-7 73-84 4th 19.0 gb 156 Sun, Sep 23 BAL W 3-0 72-84 4th 20.0 gb 155 Sat, Sep 22 BAL L 9-11 71-84 4th 20.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 21 BAL W 3-2 71-83 4th 20.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 20 BAL L 3-6 (10) 70-83 4th 21.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 19 @MIN L 2-4 70-82 4th 20.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 18 @MIN L 2-4 70-81 4th 19.0 gb 150 Mon, Sep 17 @MIN L 4-5 70-80 4th 18.0 gb 149 Sun, Sep 16 @OAK W 11-9 70-79 4th 17.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 15 @OAK L 3-7 69-79 4th 18.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Sep 24, 2007 TEX 8 LAA 7 W:Bill White (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (7-14), S: Wes Littleton (2) Sun, Sep 02, 2007 TEX 8 @LAA 7 W:Wes Littleton (3-1), L: Scot Shields (3-5), S: C.J. Wilson (10) Sat, Sep 01, 2007 TEX 7 @LAA 6 W:Edinson Volquez (1-0), L: Kelvim Escobar (15-7), S: C.J. Wilson (9) Fri, Aug 31, 2007 LAA 7 TEX 6 (10) W:Darren Oliver (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (1-1), S: none Sun, Jul 15, 2007 TEX 5 @LAA 4 (11) W:C.J. Wilson (1-1), L: Justin Speier (0-1), S: Eric Gagne (13) Sat, Jul 14, 2007 LAA 9 TEX 5 W:John Lackey (12-5), L: Kameron Loe (5-7), S: none Fri, Jul 13, 2007 LAA 2 TEX 1 W:Francisco Rodriguez (3-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (3-3), S: none Thu, Jul 05, 2007 LAA 5 @TEX 2 W:Kelvim Escobar (10-3), L: Robinson Tejeda (5-8), S: none 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 Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 10-7; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; 2005 - LAA won 15-4; All-Time - LAA leads 364-338

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

CHC 4.67

WSN 4.08

RA/G

SDP 3.99

MIL 4.77

TBD 5.82

M. Ordonez .358

O. Hudson .294

J. LaRue .150

OBP

B. Bonds .483

H. Matsui .366

J. LaRue .242

SLG

C. Ross .659

C. Young .479

A. Gonzalez .250

OPS

C. Ross 1.067

Y. Escobar .837

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.36

J. Maine 4.07

A. Eaton 6.33

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

K. Wells 6.49

A. Cook 3.31

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Murray*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 46.Galarraga
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 32.Mendoza
G/S/vB 47.Murray*
G/S/vB 48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB 35.White*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 29.Wood
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 18/.804 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.846 9/1.111 10/.311 442/333 .303/.342/.501/.843 .821/.850 .777 108/1.079 1/0 16/2

32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 196/151 .233/.280/.272/.552 .643/.526 .439 4/.000 4/4 0/6

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .167/.167/.222/.389 1.000/.267 .200 2/.000 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 10/.422 4/.500 7/.143 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.629 8/.500 19/.210 693/544 .305/.349/.402/.751 .855/.723 .788 123/.677 20/4 8/11

64.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .125/.300/.500/.800 .833/.500 .167 5/.200 0/0 1/0

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 8/.000 4/.750 4/1.417 ··· 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.127 12/.955 7/1.143 485/387 .341/.400/.446/.846 .879/.837 .734 60/.971 40/12 3/14

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 18/.962 4/1.250 8/2.917 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.171 13/.648 33/.927 653/521 .323/.401/.542/.943 .982/.934 .932 98/.948 2/3 26/9

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/39 .256/.293/.308/.600 .000/.632 .284 8/.929 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 367/277 .288/.350/.403/.753 .738/.749 .609 96/.766 6/1 6/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 3/.666 4/.500 341/263 .325/.350/.457/.807 .866/.790 .859 105/.876 4/3 5/9

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 4/.833 3/.000 496/413 .297/.371/.470/.841 .768/.856 .774 83/.845 2/2 10/3

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 189/157 .217/.285/.361/.646 .792/.616 .540 75/.749 0/1 4/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 1/2.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 6/1.500 10/.650 575/435 .254/.325/.422/.747 .572/.805 .684 56/.586 17/4 18/5

22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 112/88 .299/.330/.477/.807 .500/.894 .824 49/.836 0/1 3/0

65.Murphy# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 36/28 .200/.222/.229/.451 .250/.509 .465 1/2.000 0/0 0/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 251/184 .246/.344/.436/.780 .842/.758 .774 22/.495 5/2 9/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/1.334 3/.000 187/65 .240/.299/.339/.639 .666/.585 .631 25/.718 3/2 3/2

20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/no AB ··· 32/9 .226/.250/.452/.702 .783/.472 1.500 32/.702 0/0 2/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.333 3/.333 506/370 .294/.394/.347/.741 .789/.722 .699 69/.707 26/8 0/3

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/14 .160/.160/.320/.480 .455/.500 1.111 4/1.250 0/0 1/1

IP 17.0 81.0 37.0 57.1 4.0 46.1 9.1 17.0 49.0 6.0 68.1 49.0 73.0 TOTAL .286/.347/.420/.767 .765/.768 .720 136/53 119/99

ERA-K/9

5.29/4.8

2.78/9.7

6.08/4.4

4.71/7.4

2.25/4.5

4.47/4.5

1.93/2.9

5.29/4.8

5.51/7.0

7.50/12.0

3.03/8.3

4.78/4.6

3.82/4.6

4.80/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-1-0)
Mathis (38-8-5)
Napoli (48-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 78/.231 331/.222 185/.291 265/.261 40/.250 203/.264 37/.250 78/.231 232/.294 35/.259 285/.208 230/.317 316/.265 .275 Anderson
Matthews
Guerrero
Willits
Haynes
Figgins
Rivera
Murphy
Morales
Aybar
Evans
Quinlan 83/0/0/7
0/133/0/7
0/0/109/5
64/27/30/5
7/10/12/1
0/0/9/1
2/0/6/1
4/2/8/1
0/0/5/0
5/0/2/0
0/0/5/0
15/0/6/0

OPS .823 .636 .847 .764 .844 .737 .687 .823 .859 .836 .602 .890 .766 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/1.079 142/.474 73/.924 119/.708 24/.954 79/.695 19/.579 27/1.079 73/.651 15/.690 115/.381 128/.951 136/.906 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.675 189/.761 112/.799 146/.808 16/.683 124/.764 18/.807 51/.675 159/.958 20/.962 170/.754 102/.816 180/.666 .776

Home 26/.835 185/.584 85/.562 151/.765 21/.881 107/.884 27/.682 26/.835 164/.817 20/.871 163/.635 130/.804 137/.679 .744

Last 28d days 38/.962 53/.740 23/.635 39/.780 40/.844 62/.659 37/.687 38/.962 49/.680 35/.836 46/.936 72/.993 72/.542

HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 6/1/2 3/6/2 3/4/4 2/2/1 6/3/1 1/0/0 3/2/0 9/0/0 1/1/0 4/2/0 8/1/1 6/3/4 150/94/45

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

Texas Rangers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Moseley
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 17/1.118 25/.742 4/.000 ··· 223/170 .296/.363/.543/.906 .772/.946 .980 65/1.103 3/1 9/6

19.Botts# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 171/127 .228/.322/.336/.657 .797/.608 .615 81/.662 1/0 2/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP 1/5.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 7/.286 3/.666 3/1.667 6/.000 ··· 442/331 .308/.357/.460/.818 .838/.811 .913 112/.831 5/3 9/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.775 11/.091 3/.000 ··· 369/351 .266/.344/.455/.799 .650/.805 .965 70/.800 2/1 11/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 2/2.500 ··· 321/216 .237/.292/.380/.671 .548/.731 .759 64/.804 2/4 8/4

4.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 5.000/ 1/5.000 0/0 1/0

3.Hairston G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.555 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 184/98 .189/.249/.289/.538 .566/.512 .496 11/.282 5/1 3/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.167 7/.453 4/.000 1/3.000 544/413 .263/.356/.447/.803 1.016/.736 .920 122/.908 22/2 20/17

15.Laird G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/2.050 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.286 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 439/323 .223/.276/.340/.616 .624/.614 .633 58/.608 6/2 8/12

30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 166/102 .235/.284/.389/.673 .695/.659 .640 35/.570 0/0 3/7

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/74 .356/.402/.578/.980 1.071/.951 .738 68/.852 0/0 2/1

16.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .429/.500/.571/1.071 1.667/.800 .000 8/1.071 0/0 0/1

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 318/196 .266/.311/.424/.736 .630/.801 .746 75/.776 0/0 11/12

21.Sosa G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/.839 2/1.000 4/.000 13/1.379 ··· 446/310 .252/.309/.464/.774 .994/.681 .725 39/.917 0/0 20/0

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 4/.750 5/.800 1/.000 334/247 .235/.307/.381/.688 .489/.758 .620 62/.676 1/0 8/7

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 8/.583 9/.222 7/1.229 ··· 380/274 .233/.316/.471/.787 .845/.764 .882 62/.771 4/1 20/5

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 21/.707 31/.493 8/.625 ··· 681/517 .313/.364/.418/.782 .804/.775 .808 121/.856 13/3 8/19

IP 88.0 75.0 5.1 4.0 88.0 62.2 65.1 74.1 47.1 5.0 TOTAL .263/.329/.426/.755 .750/.757 .786 86/24 173/120

ERA-K/9

4.60/4.8

4.68/6.5

1.69/10.2

4.50/2.2

4.60/4.8

3.30/7.0

2.89/12.4

4.00/8.8

3.04/8.6

7.20/9.0

4.20/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (59-37-9)
Quiroz (4-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (34-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.278 324/.266 25/.227 21/.278 367/.278 264/.231 276/.205 309/.217 189/.206 25/.261 .266 Byrd
Cruz
Murphy
Hairston
Catalanotto
Wilkerson
Botts
Sosa
Laird
Guzman 18/60/40/9
16/0/77/6
29/9/13/3
21/22/6/3
64/0/0/2
36/1/19/2
24/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .754 .750 .547 1.048 .754 .635 .607 .642 .632 1.016 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.660 142/.797 12/.639 10/1.025 163/.660 98/.824 125/.543 153/.691 86/.687 10/.311 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 204/.831 182/.714 13/.462 11/1.064 204/.831 166/.525 151/.658 156/.593 103/.584 15/1.471 .736

Road 187/.686 148/.792 8/.500 / 187/.686 124/.710 125/.557 152/.618 69/.674 3/.333 .765

Last 28d days 44/.783 51/.977 25/.547 / 44/.783 52/.395 43/.708 49/.611 44/.724 25/1.016

HR/SB/CS 7/5/3 7/6/2 0/0/0 2/0/0 7/5/3 5/3/0 3/12/1 7/2/1 6/2/3 3/0/1 145/104/31

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