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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 8:05pm, Sunday, April 27, 2008 @Comerica Park

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 15-10, 1st, Tied

SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 1-3, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             30    35  16  15   7  19  4    4.50      
 2007 (13-7)           161   178  77  70  45 115 17    3.91      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41    48  21  20   8  22  6    4.39   48 
 2008-04-22   @BOS  ND   5    10   5   5   0   4  2     105   31 
 2008-04-16    KCR   L   6    10   3   2   1   1  0      96   42 
 2008-04-11   @SEA   L   5.2   4   5   5   4   3  2     102   40 
 2008-04-05    TEX   W   7     3   0   0   0   6  0      93   77 
 2008-03-31   @MIN   L   6.1   8   3   3   2   5  0     106   48 
 2007-09-30   @OAK  ND   6     4   1   1   1   2  1      86   61 
 2007-09-20    SEA   W   5     9   4   4   0   1  1      99   34 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-1   7    18  13  11   3   5  3   14.14   21 
 2007-07-27    DET   W   5.1  11   6   6   1   3  2     100   24 
 2007-04-23    DET   L   1.2   7   7   5   2   2  1      70   17 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-5    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  12-9    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @DET  L   4-6       15-10  1st    Tied
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @DET  W   4-3       15-9   1st    Tied
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @BOS  W   7-5       14-9   1st    Tied
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @BOS  W   6-4       13-9   1st    Tied
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @BOS  L   6-7       12-9   1st    Tied
 20 Sun, Apr 20   SEA  L   2-4       12-8   1st    Tied
 19 Sat, Apr 19   SEA  W   4-1       12-7   1st  1.0 up
 18 Fri, Apr 18   SEA  W   5-4       11-7   1st  1.0 up
 17 Thu, Apr 17   KCR  W   5-3       10-7   1st  1.0 up
 16 Wed, Apr 16   KCR  L   2-3        9-7   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-10
Detroit Tigers, 11-14, 5th, 3 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 1-3, 5.93)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             30.1  28  25  20  14  17  5    5.93      
 2007 (18-6)           201.2 181  88  82  67 183 20    3.66      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42.1  37  29  24  18  30  7    5.10   48 
 2008-04-22    TEX   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  1     110   57 
 2008-04-17   @CLE   L   5     7   5   5   4   1  1     104   30 
 2008-04-12   @CHW   L   7.2   4   6   6   4   3  1     115   46 
 2008-04-06    CHW   L   5.2   7   9   4   3   4  1     109   30 
 2008-03-31    KCR  ND   6     4   4   4   1   6  1      97   53 
 2007-09-29   @CHW  ND   6     4   2   2   2   7  1     117   61 
 2007-09-23    KCR   W   6     5   2   2   2   6  1     104   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      0-1  13    13   4   3   5   8  2    2.08   56 
 2006-09-02    LAA  ND   7     4   0   0   4   6  0     126   71 
 2006-05-04    LAA   L   6     9   4   3   1   2  2      77   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-7    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-13   vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, Apr 26   LAA  W   6-4       11-14  5th  3.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   LAA  L   3-4       10-14  5th  3.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   TEX  W   8-2       10-13  4th  3.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   TEX  W  19-6        9-13  4th  3.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   TEX  W  10-2        8-13  5th  4.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @TOR  W   5-1        7-13  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @TOR  L   3-5        6-13  5th  5.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @TOR  L   2-3        6-12  5th  4.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @TOR  W   8-4        6-11  5th  4.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @CLE  L   1-11       5-11  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 DET  6  LAA  4        W:Aquilino Lopez (2-0), L: Darren O'Day (0-1), S: Todd Jones (4)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 LAA  4 @DET  3        W:Ervin Santana (4-0), L: Nate Robertson (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (10)

Sun, Jul 29, 2007 LAA 13  DET  4        W:Chris Bootcheck (3-2), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 LAA 10  DET  3        W:Scot Shields (3-3), L: Jason Grilli (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 LAA 11  DET  6        W:Jered Weaver (7-5), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: none
Thu, May 24, 2007 DET 12  LAA  0        W:Jeremy Bonderman (3-0), L: Ervin Santana (3-6), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2007 DET  8  LAA  7        W:Chad Durbin (4-1), L: Bartolo Colon (5-1), S: Todd Jones (15)
Tue, May 22, 2007 LAA  6 @DET  3        W:John Lackey (7-3), L: Mike Maroth (3-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (14)
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 LAA  9  DET  8 (10)   W:Dustin Moseley (2-0), L: Todd Jones (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 DET  9 @LAA  5        W:Jason Grilli (2-1), L: Jered Weaver (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; 2006 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 295-270

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

For the 2007 season

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

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .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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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 6/1.167 4/.000 6/.167 12/.705 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .745 / 1/0 16/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 211/160 .237/.279/.289/.568 .753/.509 .487 / 4/4 1/7
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 7/.453 4/.500 4/1.417 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .705 / 41/12 3/14
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/1.500 5/1.000 10/.600 9/1.681 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .946 / 2/3 27/9
48.Hunter G/S/vP 17/.352 2/.000 8/1.071 14/.572 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 650/470 .287/.334/.505/.839 .906/.813 .821 / 18/9 28/2
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 374/289 .289/.349/.405/.753 .738/.758 .616 / 7/1 6/4
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.500 508/424 .296/.372/.467/.840 .775/.852 .774 / 2/4 11/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .501 / 0/1 4/4
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 3/3.000 3/.333 5/.200 5/.200 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/no AB 579/442 .252/.323/.419/.742 .563/.796 .675 / 18/4 18/5
44.Napoli G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 263/195 .247/.351/.443/.794 .828/.783 .803 / 5/2 10/7
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .661 / 3/2 3/2
21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 44/15 .279/.295/.442/.737 .759/.690 1.082 / 0/0 2/0
IP 201.2 8.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 2.2 46.1 TOTAL .288/.346/.445/.791 .863/.775 .825 .791 24/7 27/11
ERA-K/9 3.66/8.2 12.46/8.3 4.74/7.0 4.26/4.8 5.19/3.6 3.02/5.7 10.13/13.3 2.33/7.4 4.99/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 866/.233 48/.429 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 13/.273 189/.228 .253  Anderson
 Matthews
 Guerrero
 Hunter
 Figgins
 Rivera
 Aybar
 Quinlan
85/0/0/7
0/135/0/7
0/0/109/5
0/155/0/5
0/0/11/1
2/0/7/1
6/0/2/0
16/0/6/0
OPS .668 .989 .714 .702 .751 .727 1.294 .619 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.689 28/1.096 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 9/.905 101/.545 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.643 20/.833 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 4/2.000 88/.707 .736
Home 454/.664 21/1.303 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 12/1.417 99/.487 .727
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/4/1 0/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 2/0/0 1/1/1 21/10/3
Usage ····X··· oX··oX·· ···oX··X oo···X·· o··X·X·o ··X·o·X· ···X·o·o ··X·X·X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
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
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/2.334 6/1.500 1/4.000 5/2.000 6/.533 3/.666 2/5.000 1/.000 676/543 .302/.361/.552/.913 .494/1.014 .863 / 26/1 23/5
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 5/2.000 5/3.267 ··· 16/.388 7/.286 20/.703 5/.000 ··· 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25
15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.834 1/.000 4/.666 9/.333 8/1.375 6/.600 1/.000 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18
19.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.834 4/.500 3/2.667 ··· 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 5/1.417 3/1.667 1/3.000 12/.733 5/1.850 14/.900 9/.583 ··· 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 6/2.433 4/1.000 1/no AB 11/.664 4/1.250 3/.666 6/.167 1/.000 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 10/1.000 ··· 6/.533 12/.667 ··· 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 5/.400 8/.250 13/.408 9/.583 ··· 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 5/.650 6/.334 1/.000 12/.833 5/.900 10/.700 24/.355 ··· 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.933 2/.500 ··· 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4
IP 161.0 77.1 64.1 67.1 77.0 50.0 6.2 TOTAL .267/.356/.432/.789 .769/.792 .860 .789 12/2 27/15
ERA-K/9 3.91/6.4 4.77/6.5 /0.0 3.78/7.1 2.81/12.0 3.86/9.0 2.88/8.5 10.80/12.1 4.25/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 695/.280 331/.274 / 273/.239 285/.204 320/.220 198/.202 32/.345 .278  Granderson
 Jones
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Sheffield
 Thames
2/157/0/10
2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
10/13/16/1
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
OPS .745 .757 .648 .605 .643 .614 1.268 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 353/.754 143/.796 / 102/.810 128/.549 163/.694 90/.659 11/.473 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.736 188/.727 / 171/.553 157/.649 157/.589 108/.575 21/1.687 .720
Road 345/.738 155/.805 / 133/.731 134/.557 163/.621 78/.623 10/1.725 .787
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 17/19/2 7/6/2 // 5/3/0 3/12/1 7/3/1 6/2/3 4/0/1 25/18/5
Usage ····X··· ······o· X···X·X· ·o··X··· ·Xoo···· ··Xoo··o ·XXX···· 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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