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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 85-56, 1st, 16 up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-7, 3.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-7)           170.2 167  77  70  48  81 19    3.69      
 2007 (8-5)            107.1 129  56  53  34  69 11    4.44      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  37    50  24  24  12  15  3    5.84   41 
 2008-09-02   @DET  ND   6.1   8   3   3   1   2  0      97   46 
 2008-08-27    OAK   L   1.1   8   6   6   1   1  1      49   14 
 2008-08-22    MIN   L   5.1   9   6   6   0   0  1      88   26 
 2008-08-17   @CLE  ND   5     8   3   3   2   2  0     101   39 
 2008-08-10    NYY  ND   7     6   3   3   3   6  0     112   56 
 2008-08-04    BAL  ND   6     6   1   1   2   2  0      98   56 
 2008-07-30   @BOS   W   6     5   2   2   3   2  1     103   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  17.2  13   9   9  11  16  0    4.58   53 
 2008-05-23   @CHW   W   8.1   3   1   1   3   4  0      99   74 
 2007-09-16   @CHW  ND   6     2   1   1   5   7  0     105   66 
 2006-09-13    CHW   L   3.1   8   7   7   3   5  0      73   18 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-28   Road:   42-28   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  60-42   vsLHP:  25-14   1-Run:  27-20
 vsEast: 28-15   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 24-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Sat, Sep  6  @CHW  L   6-7 (15)  85-56  1st 16.0 up
140 Fri, Sep  5  @CHW  L   2-10      85-55  1st 17.0 up
139 Thu, Sep  4  @DET  W   7-1       85-54  1st 17.0 up
138 Wed, Sep  3  @DET  L   6-9       84-54  1st 16.5 up
137 Tue, Sep  2  @DET  W   5-4       84-53  1st 17.5 up
136 Sun, Aug 31   TEX  L   3-4       83-53  1st 17.0 up
135 Sat, Aug 30   TEX  W   4-3       83-52  1st 18.0 up
134 Fri, Aug 29   TEX  W   3-1       82-52  1st 17.0 up
133 Thu, Aug 28   TEX  W   7-5       81-52  1st 16.0 up
132 Wed, Aug 27   OAK  L   5-6       80-52  1st 15.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 80-61, 1st, 2½ up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 10-8, 3.44)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           164.2 160  65  63  50 134 13    3.44      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  40    42  19  19  17  32  3    4.28   50 
 2008-09-02   @CLE   L   4     8   4   4   2   3  1      72   31 
 2008-08-27   @BAL   L   4     7   4   4   3   1  0      93   30 
 2008-08-22    TBR   L   6.1   7   3   3   2   4  1      99   49 
 2008-08-16   @OAK   W   6     6   1   1   5   5  0     108   56 
 2008-08-11    BOS   L   7     2   2   2   2   9  0     103   72 
 2008-08-06    DET   W   6.2   4   1   1   1   6  0      98   67 
 2008-07-31   @MIN  ND   6     8   4   4   2   4  1     102   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      0-1  11.1  12   2   2   4   9  1    1.59   57 
 2008-05-24    LAA   L   5     5   2   2   2   4  1      99   51 
 2008-05-13   @LAA  ND   6.1   7   0   0   2   5  0      99   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-22   Road:   32-39   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  51-44   vsLHP:  29-17   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 13-20   vsCntrl:37-23   vsWest: 18-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Sat, Sep  6   LAA  W   7-6 (15)  80-61  1st  2.5 up
140 Fri, Sep  5   LAA  W  10-2       79-61  1st  1.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  3  @CLE  W   4-2       78-61  1st  1.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  2  @CLE  L   3-9       77-61  1st    Tied
137 Mon, Sep  1  @CLE  L   0-5       77-60  1st    Tied
136 Sun, Aug 31  @BOS  W   4-2       77-59  1st  0.5 up
135 Sat, Aug 30  @BOS  L   2-8       76-59  1st  0.5 up
134 Fri, Aug 29  @BOS  L   0-8       76-58  1st  0.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 27  @BAL  L   3-11      76-57  1st  1.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 26  @BAL  W   8-3       76-56  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 CHW  7  LAA  6 (15)   W:Ehren Wassermann (1-1), L: Justin Speier (1-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CHW 10  LAA  2        W:Mark Buehrle (12-11), L: Dustin Moseley (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 CHW  3  LAA  2        W:Scott Linebrink (2-0), L: John Lackey (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 LAA  2 @CHW  0        W:Jered Weaver (4-5), L: John Danks (3-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (21)
Fri, May 23, 2008 LAA  3 @CHW  1        W:Joe Saunders (8-1), L: Gavin Floyd (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20)
Thu, May 15, 2008 CHW  4 @LAA  3        W:Octavio Dotel (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Wed, May 14, 2008 CHW  6 @LAA  1        W:Jose Contreras (4-3), L: Scot Shields (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2008 LAA  2  CHW  0        W:Scot Shields (2-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16)
Mon, May 12, 2008 LAA 10  CHW  7        W:Nick Adenhart (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (15)

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 CHW  9  LAA  7        W:Mike MacDougal (2-5), L: Dustin Moseley (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 5-4; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - CHW leads 331-329

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

TEX  5.49

LAA  4.64

SDP  3.83

RA/G

TOR  3.85

NYY  4.56

TEX  5.96

BA

R. Furcal  .366

B. Hawpe  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

J. Thome  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .646

A. Ramirez  .484

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

P. Fielder  .842

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

H. Kuroda  3.96

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

M. Mussina  6.42

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
41.Broadway
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/1.000 4/1.000 5/.800 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 7/.619 ··· 7/.572 ··· 523/410 .282/.317/.427/.744 .698/.756 .700 89/.666 7/3 14/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 335/233 .277/.316/.384/.700 .720/.692 .774 60/.630 6/2 3/
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 0/ 0/0 0/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.096 4/.833 5/.650 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.600 ··· 7/.453 ··· 468/347 .281/.373/.328/.701 .676/.710 .709 108/.719 30/11 1/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 2/1.000 22/.937 6/.900 4/.000 2/.500 6/.533 12/1.833 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 548/409 .295/.358/.501/.859 .752/.895 .891 97/.860 4/3 23/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 15/.414 ··· 12/.432 6/.533 9/.619 3/.666 4/.500 14/.917 7/.858 ··· 8/.661 2/1.000 551/407 .279/.343/.475/.818 .809/.821 .765 104/.658 13/5 20/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 302/217 .194/.279/.329/.608 .764/.550 .623 39/.212 2/1 9/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 7/1.171 ··· 7/.286 7/.629 3/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.167 ··· 414/293 .236/.314/.344/.658 .721/.632 .687 36/.902 7/3 7/
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 15/13 .214/.267/.214/.481 1.000/.397 .473 14/.516 0/0 0/
44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 225/176 .215/.330/.484/.814 .800/.817 .814 52/.782 4/1 15/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 140/72 .281/.336/.328/.664 .676/.653 .618 25/.889 2/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 7/1.171 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/1.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 242/162 .240/.273/.430/.703 .671/.718 .698 77/.761 1/1 11/
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 122/90 .176/.250/.241/.491 .369/.533 .393 49/.445 2/0 1/
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.929 6/1.300 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 7/.762 ··· 8/.375 ··· 607/398 .303/.404/.535/.939 .899/.959 .834 110/1.080 2/0 29/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 99/84 .173/.330/.213/.543 .457/.556 .383 13/.350 1/0 0/
3.Wood G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 101/79 .165/.190/.247/.437 .293/.475 .456 33/.606 1/0 2/
IP 164.2 10.2 32.1 61.0 53.0 40.0 41.0 12.1 33.1 24.1 58.1 16.2 TOTAL .265/.326/.405/.731 .730/.731 .720 .718 106/38 134/79
ERA-K/9 3.44/7.3 8.44/4.2 3.62/7.2 3.69/12.2 1.87/4.9 2.25/7.4 5.49/9.0 1.46/6.6 3.51/3.5 4.81/8.1 2.62/10.7 8.10/4.3 3.98/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (54-19-3)
 Napoli (45-9-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 685/.254 52/.354 130/.202 267/.213 205/.219 153/.205 190/.306 54/.222 142/.269 107/.266 234/.198 88/.342 .259  Anderson
 Guerrero
 Matthews
 Rivera
 Hunter
 Morales
 Willits
 Quinlan
72/0/0/8
0/0/92/8
34/22/36/5
36/1/15/4
0/122/0/4
0/0/2/0
20/6/18/0
2/0/3/0
OPS .694 1.050 .555 .690 .586 .591 .830 .641 .663 .701 .559 .928 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.720 23/1.035 54/.461 84/.794 107/.550 72/.579 104/.757 17/.769 54/.787 55/.789 112/.494 26/1.007 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 501/.684 29/1.058 76/.626 183/.643 98/.623 81/.601 86/.919 37/.582 88/.588 52/.612 122/.616 62/.894 .702
Home 337/.674 24/.564 74/.454 128/.599 115/.595 89/.584 84/.875 22/.586 100/.633 73/.599 122/.592 20/1.288 .683
Last 28d days 123/.831 52/1.050 46/.604 45/.965 45/.559 3/.333 5/1.100 13/.481 34/.886 41/.491 47/.517 7/.533
HR/SB/CS 13/16/8 3/0/1 1/2/2 10/15/1 2/5/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 0/5/1 130/122/28
Usage ····X··· ········ ·X··X··o o··oo·XX X··o··X· ·o······ ····oo·· o···Xo·· oo······ ·····X·· X··X··oo o····X··
Chicago White Sox Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
26.Bulger
G/S/vB
53.O'Day
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
32.Anderson G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 168/100 .234/.271/.437/.708 .854/.605 .830 16/.583 4/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 5/.000 4/2.333 20/.683 633/460 .276/.330/.363/.693 .781/.661 .714 109/.751 18/4 7/
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.300 8/1.196 4/.583 373/281 .248/.314/.460/.773 .353/.910 .878 24/.513 0/3 17/
23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 17/1.042 19/.833 24/.375 15/.945 554/395 .294/.348/.561/.910 .861/.928 .998 97/.890 3/2 32/
22.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/22 .179/.258/.214/.472 .944/.282 .000 6/.333 0/0 0/
39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .667 7/.571 1/1 0/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 28/.477 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 519/350 .247/.353/.417/.770 .643/.832 .788 71/.755 0/1 16/
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 3/1.000 6/.733 122/72 .265/.314/.319/.633 .929/.422 .510 24/.467 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 13/1.629 10/.633 12/.450 14/.793 451/315 .244/.353/.412/.765 .736/.777 .935 85/1.125 2/0 15/
7.Owens* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .667 7/.286 1/0 0/
27.Phillips G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 10/.844 9/.958 7/.572 501/375 .291/.321/.429/.751 .787/.739 .760 88/.813 1/0 12/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 1/5.000 ··· 569/409 .288/.394/.571/.965 .937/.975 .979 81/1.070 7/3 36/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 426/296 .304/.322/.484/.806 .902/.764 .814 99/.829 10/8 16/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 16/.938 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 12/.350 13/.558 13/.331 539/388 .228/.344/.434/.777 .794/.770 .946 84/.885 3/2 24/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 30/1.000 6/.334 5/.200 4/1.250 518/368 .249/.367/.516/.883 .830/.905 .830 91/.808 1/0 30/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.000 7/.453 3/.000 276/211 .246/.298/.409/.707 .921/.643 .762 72/.857 1/2 7/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 73/63 .288/.319/.470/.789 .400/.857 .564 6/.583 6/0 2/
IP 170.2 50.1 9.2 40.1 63.2 60.1 55.0 60.2 TOTAL .267/.337/.454/.792 .795/.790 .844 .834 58/28 207/98
ERA-K/9 3.69/4.3 1.43/8.1 4.66/10.2 4.69/5.6 2.97/5.5 2.54/10.1 2.62/9.2 5.04/7.1 3.93/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (36-9-1)
 Phillips (0-0-0)
 Pierzynski (86-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 702/.261 201/.197 37/.194 181/.290 262/.268 252/.206 234/.238 272/.261 .260  Griffey
 Quentin
 Dye
 Swisher
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
 Owens
0/17/91/7
130/0/0/5
0/0/129/3
12/70/18/3
0/11/0/1
1/80/2/0
7/19/4/0
3/1/0/0
OPS .714 .536 .716 .735 .730 .623 .671 .838 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.643 98/.432 18/.611 83/.774 108/.711 134/.687 116/.586 123/.998 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 533/.736 103/.638 19/.819 98/.702 154/.744 118/.554 118/.755 149/.707 .721
Road 344/.656 99/.526 18/.693 105/.767 119/.936 131/.621 120/.668 146/.862 .736
Last 28d days 117/.940 56/.637 12/.000 14/.607 59/.688 48/.659 49/.704 58/.965
HR/SB/CS 19/16/7 2/3/2 2/1/0 2/2/1 5/5/2 4/7/0 5/7/1 13/7/1 145/99/28
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··X X······· ·X······ ·X····X· o···X··o X·o·X··X oXXX··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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