LAD @ LAA, Saturday, May 17, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 21-20, 2nd, 5½ GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Chan Ho Park (35, RHP, 1-0, 2.16) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 25 23 6 6 10 9 4 2.16 2007 (0-1) 4 6 7 7 2 4 2 15.75 2006 (7-7) 136.2 146 81 73 44 96 20 4.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 51 31 29 15 27 9 6.75 39 2007-04-30 FLA L 4 6 7 7 2 4 2 73 24 2006-08-16 SFG ND 5.1 5 3 3 3 3 2 85 46 2006-08-11 @HOU L 5 8 3 3 2 3 1 87 40 2006-07-25 @LAD W 6 10 3 3 0 3 1 92 43 2006-07-20 @SFG L 6 5 5 5 2 6 1 95 46 2006-07-15 ATL L 5.1 8 7 5 4 2 2 106 26 2006-07-06 @PHI W 7 9 3 3 2 6 0 119 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 2-3 24 35 23 23 10 15 5 8.63 35 2006-06-18 @LAA W 6.2 5 3 3 3 4 0 97 53 2005-06-21 @LAA L 1 10 8 8 1 0 0 44 0 2005-04-13 LAA W 6.2 5 3 3 1 6 1 105 57 2004-09-28 ANA L 4.2 6 4 4 4 3 2 94 35 2004-09-17 @ANA L 5 9 5 5 1 2 2 103 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-9 Road: 10-11 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 11-16 vsLHP: 10-4 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 5-4 vsCntrl: 5-6 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 0-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Fri, May 16 @LAA L 2-4 21-20 2nd 5.5 gb 40 Thu, May 15 @MIL W 7-2 21-19 2nd 4.5 gb 39 Wed, May 14 @MIL W 6-4 20-19 2nd 4.5 gb 38 Tue, May 13 @MIL L 3-5 19-19 2nd 4.5 gb 37 Sun, May 11 HOU L 5-8 19-18 2nd 3.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 HOU L 0-5 19-17 2nd 3.5 gb 35 Fri, May 9 HOU L 1-7 19-16 2nd 3.5 gb 34 Wed, May 7 NYM L 1-12 19-15 2nd 3.0 gb 33 Tue, May 6 NYM W 5-4 19-14 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Mon, May 5 NYM W 5-1 18-14 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 25-19, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Ervin Santana (25, RHP, 6-0, 2.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-0) 54.2 43 17 16 10 45 3 2.63 2007 (7-14) 150 174 103 96 58 126 26 5.76 2006 (16-8) 204 181 106 97 70 141 21 4.28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 48.2 39 15 14 8 42 3 2.59 62 2008-05-11 @TBR ND 5.2 9 5 5 1 7 0 113 37 2008-05-05 @KCR W 9 4 0 0 0 9 0 97 88 2008-04-30 OAK W 6.2 4 1 0 1 3 0 112 66 2008-04-25 @DET W 6.1 6 3 3 2 4 1 111 51 2008-04-19 SEA W 8 3 1 1 0 8 1 109 80 2008-04-14 @TEX W 7 7 3 3 1 6 1 105 56 2008-04-08 CLE ND 6 6 2 2 3 5 0 107 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 2-2 23.2 23 9 9 7 17 2 3.42 53 2007-06-15 @LAD L 7 5 2 2 2 4 0 87 61 2007-05-18 LAD W 6 6 1 1 3 4 0 95 57 2006-05-21 @LAD L 4 5 5 5 1 2 1 54 33 2005-06-25 LAD W 6.2 7 1 1 1 7 1 111 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 13-10 Road: 12-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 18-17 vsLHP: 7-2 1-Run: 6-6 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:12-7 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 1-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 44 Fri, May 16 LAD W 4-2 25-19 1st 1.5 up 43 Thu, May 15 CHW L 3-4 24-19 1st 0.5 up 42 Wed, May 14 CHW L 1-6 24-18 1st 0.5 up 41 Tue, May 13 CHW W 2-0 24-17 1st 0.5 up 40 Mon, May 12 CHW W 10-7 23-17 2nd 0.5 gb 39 Sun, May 11 @TBR L 5-8 22-17 2nd 1.0 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @TBR L 0-2 22-16 1st Tied 37 Fri, May 9 @TBR L 0-2 22-15 1st Tied 36 Wed, May 7 @KCR L 4-9 22-14 1st Tied 35 Tue, May 6 @KCR W 5-3 22-13 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 16, 2008 LAA 4 LAD 2 W:Joe Saunders (7-1), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (17) Sun, Jun 17, 2007 LAA 10 @LAD 4 W:Kelvim Escobar (8-3), L: Randy Wolf (8-5), S: none Sat, Jun 16, 2007 LAA 3 @LAD 0 W:Jered Weaver (6-3), L: Jason Schmidt (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (22) Fri, Jun 15, 2007 LAD 2 LAA 1 W:Derek Lowe (7-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-7), S: Takashi Saito (19) Sun, May 20, 2007 LAA 4 LAD 1 W:Kelvim Escobar (5-2), L: Derek Lowe (4-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13) Sat, May 19, 2007 LAA 6 LAD 2 W:Jered Weaver (3-3), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-1), S: none Fri, May 18, 2007 LAA 9 LAD 1 W:Ervin Santana (3-5), L: Brad Penny (5-1), S: none Sun, Jul 02, 2006 LAA 4 LAD 0 W:John Lackey (6-5), L: Chad Billingsley (0-2), S: none Sat, Jul 01, 2006 LAA 9 LAD 2 W:Kelvim Escobar (6-9), L: Mark Hendrickson (4-9), S: none Fri, Jun 30, 2006 LAD 6 @LAA 1 W:Brad Penny (9-2), L: Bartolo Colon (0-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 1-0; 2007 - LAA won 5-1; 2006 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAA leads 36-27

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 2008 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

CHC 5.83

OAK 4.44

SDP 3.40

RA/G

CLE 3.50

LAA 4.48

TEX 5.51

A. Pujols .347

R. Zimmerman .244

OBP

A. Pujols .492

R. Zimmerman .277

SLG

C. Utley .655

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

A. Pujols 1.070

C. Crawford .680

ERA

C. Lee .67

M. Mussina 3.99

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

J. Weaver 6.20

J. Garland 2.01

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Bennett G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.150 ··· ··· 5/.000 23/9 .190/.261/.381/.642 .536/.778 .639 20/.744 0/0 1/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/77 .320/.397/.495/.892 1.184/.751 .750 61/1.024 1/0 3/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 144/106 .298/.371/.463/.833 .520/.945 .865 79/.856 2/0 4/

14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/45 .200/.279/.218/.497 .773/.405 .367 48/.472 1/0 0/

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 15/.833 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 145/94 .176/.283/.288/.571 .710/.498 .550 83/.599 0/0 2/

27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 151/94 .302/.340/.460/.800 1.029/.660 .829 105/.824 9/3 3/

12.Kent G/S/vP 11/.489 ··· ··· 14/.891 2/.000 5/.600 14/1.500 136/88 .236/.279/.394/.673 .844/.579 .641 79/.538 0/0 4/

7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 172/112 .290/.343/.465/.808 .673/.876 .627 104/.755 1/3 4/

55.Martin G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 169/121 .307/.432/.416/.848 .863/.842 .874 104/1.016 3/3 3/

57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .333/.429/.333/.762 .833/.667 .762 7/.762 0/0 0/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 9/1.069 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 5/1.000 1/no AB 122/85 .287/.353/.333/.686 .819/.629 .743 87/.685 14/2 0/

22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 33/27 .143/.273/.179/.451 .500/.433 .548 20/.600 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/18 .292/.346/.333/.679 .661/.686 .730 20/.764 0/0 0/

IP 54.2 1.1 9.1 19.1 18.1 17.1 16.0 TOTAL .274/.348/.406/.754 .844/.711 .734 .756 40/13 30/27

ERA-K/9

2.63/7.4

6.75/13.8

10.61/7.7

2.79/3.7

2.95/7.4

4.15/7.3

5.63/5.6

4.37/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (2-0-1)
Martin (27-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.214 5/.200 54/.404 79/.290 74/.215 68/.274 78/.277 .275 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Young
Jones
Sweeney 0/10/29/5
21/0/18/2
28/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/36/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .555 1.000 1.013 .772 .603 .743 .969 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.769 2/2.500 22/1.145 34/.935 35/.779 29/.622 34/1.397 .846

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.364 3/.000 32/.919 45/.660 39/.453 39/.831 44/.629 .690

Home 79/.491 5/1.000 42/1.135 34/.604 44/.789 36/.889 32/.875 .750

Last 28d days 137/.492 5/1.000 54/1.013 39/.632 36/.400 43/.810 47/1.110

HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 39/26/11

Usage ·····X·· ·oo····· ····X··· ·X····X· oX·oX··· o·ooX··· ··o··o·o

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Park
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 43.Brazoban
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 40/.850 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 169/131 .278/.308/.438/.746 .614/.785 .751 90/.810 2/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 152/117 .276/.293/.372/.666 .957/.580 .537 103/.659 5/2 1/

43.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/6 .077/.077/.154/.231 .429/.000 .231 13/.231 0/0 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 49/1.019 7/.829 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 176/140 .264/.330/.421/.751 .690/.767 .658 102/.737 1/1 4/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 11/.384 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.661 ··· ··· 171/131 .285/.339/.468/.808 .659/.855 .936 99/.690 3/2 5/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.629 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· ··· 95/83 .214/.295/.250/.545 .583/.537 .530 42/.840 6/0 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 159/125 .306/.358/.490/.848 1.127/.771 .674 89/.775 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/52 .231/.261/.415/.676 .750/.648 .345 46/.479 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.000 1/2.000 ··· 180/145 .224/.317/.353/.669 .933/.606 .648 100/.653 2/1 5/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 95/79 .238/.295/.536/.830 .341/.922 .671 51/.775 3/0 8/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 49/30 .244/.306/.311/.617 .551/.657 .795 45/.628 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 36/15 .171/.194/.200/.394 .429/.343 .558 25/.408 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/22 .233/.324/.233/.557 .717/.473 .864 34/.557 0/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 25/23 .286/.375/.381/.756 .000/.830 .900 24/.648 0/0 0/

IP 25.0 13.2 1.0 17.0 26.0 20.1 16.1 10.2 TOTAL .266/.325/.403/.728 .738/.725 .693 .675 37/12 39/19

ERA-K/9

2.16/3.2

0.66/6.6

0.00/0.0

5.29/11.6

2.77/11.8

5.31/8.0

1.65/9.9

1.69/4.2

4.04/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (12-7-1)
Napoli (14-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.250 57/.235 5/.333 73/.258 110/.232 92/.244 66/.213 44/.231 .260 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/36/3
18/6/8/2
23/0/0/1
0/37/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/3/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .726 .571 .933 .708 .687 .830 .601 .661 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.981 25/.440 1/.000 27/1.222 28/.950 32/1.033 33/.639 17/1.009 .864

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.539 32/.675 4/1.250 46/.440 82/.588 60/.717 33/.563 27/.462 .611

Road 53/.962 23/.542 / 29/.846 58/.852 48/1.017 17/.243 24/.810 .778

Last 28d days 66/.631 35/.601 5/.933 44/.814 62/.835 64/.862 43/.592 44/.661

HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 29/29/7

Usage ······X· o·o··oo· ·······X ·Xo··X·· ·····X·· o·X····X ··X····· ·o·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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Game Preview: LAD @ LAA, 3:55pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Chan Ho Park (35, RHP, 1-0, 2.16)

SP: Ervin Santana (25, RHP, 6-0, 2.63)

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