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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @Comerica Park

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 83-53, 1st, 17½ up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-7, 3.67)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-7)           164.1 159  74  67  47  79 19    3.67      
 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         2-2  37.1  48  25  24  13  15  4    5.79   42 
 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 
 2008-07-25   @BAL   W   6.2   6   4   3   2   2  1     103   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1  17.2  20   9   9   2  14  3    4.58   50 
 2008-05-28    DET   L   5     7   5   5   1   5  2      93   37 
 2007-07-28    DET  ND   5.1   8   3   3   1   4  1     101   43 
 2006-09-02   @DET  ND   7.1   5   1   1   0   5  0      95   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-28   Road:   40-25   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  59-40   vsLHP:  24-13   1-Run:  26-19
 vsEast: 28-15   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 24-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
131 Tue, Aug 26   OAK  W   5-1       80-51  1st 16.0 up
130 Mon, Aug 25   OAK  L   1-2       79-51  1st 16.0 up
129 Sun, Aug 24   MIN  W   5-3       79-50  1st 17.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 23   MIN  W   7-5       78-50  1st 16.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 22   MIN  L   0-9       77-50  1st 15.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Detroit Tigers, 66-71, 4th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Chris Lambert (25, RHP, 0-1, 6.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              2.2   5   6   2   1   2  2    6.75      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   2.2   5   6   2   1   2  2    6.75   33 
 2008-08-26    CLE   L   2.2   5   6   2   1   2  2      67   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA    Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-33   Road:   31-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  43-55   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:25-35   vsWest: 16-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  1   NYY  L   9-13      66-71  4th 11.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   KCR  W   4-2       66-70  3rd 11.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   KCR  L   3-13      65-70  4th 11.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   KCR  W   6-3       65-69  4th 11.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CLE  L   7-9       64-69  4th 12.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CLE  L   4-10      64-68  4th 12.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   CLE  L   3-4 (10)  64-67  3rd 11.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @KCR  L   3-7       64-66  3rd 10.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @KCR  W   4-0       64-65  3rd 10.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @KCR  W   4-3       63-65  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 28, 2008 DET  6 @LAA  2        W:Armando Galarraga (4-2), L: Joe Saunders (8-2), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 LAA  3  DET  2        W:Ervin Santana (7-2), L: Aquilino Lopez (2-1), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 LAA  1  DET  0 (12)   W:Jose Arredondo (1-0), L: Freddy Dolsi (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 LAA  6 @DET  2        W:Jered Weaver (2-3), L: Justin Verlander (1-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 4-2; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; 2006 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 296-273

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  5.48

LAA  4.62

SFG  3.83

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.60

TEX  5.99

BA

A. Pujols  .363

A. Pierzynski  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .470

L. Overbay  .366

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .648

J. Hardy  .486

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.117

B. Roberts  .839

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

J. Lannan  3.92

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/2.334 16/.875 12/.788 ··· 14/.286 5/1.800 3/.667 502/395 .281/.317/.430/.747 .687/.763 .701 82/.747 6/3 14/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 335/233 .277/.316/.384/.700 .720/.692 .774 73/.617 6/2 3/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 12/.600 1/2.000 1/2.000 23/1.184 2/no AB 2/1.000 447/332 .283/.373/.321/.694 .702/.692 .696 106/.612 27/11 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 11/.282 10/1.000 3/.000 ··· 20/1.600 4/.833 2/1.000 524/391 .288/.351/.497/.848 .750/.882 .871 91/.922 4/3 23/
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 10/.744 9/1.222 13/1.308 2/.000 46/.813 9/.347 4/.500 528/390 .279/.343/.471/.814 .769/.829 .751 99/.672 12/5 19/
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 296/214 .198/.285/.337/.622 .796/.559 .649 44/.435 2/1 9/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 9/.889 6/1.500 2/1.000 17/.669 2/.000 2/no AB 405/291 .228/.309/.333/.642 .702/.618 .655 30/.713 7/3 7/
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/7 .250/.250/.250/.500 2.000/.286 .500 7/.571 0/0 0/
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 211/164 .218/.333/.489/.822 .840/.815 .833 42/1.002 4/1 14/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/.764 ··· 1/.000 11/1.295 ··· ··· 130/68 .271/.331/.322/.653 .676/.631 .587 18/.778 2/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 14/.690 3/.000 1/.000 7/.000 3/.666 ··· 230/152 .239/.274/.421/.695 .649/.719 .682 77/.745 1/0 10/
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 100/75 .170/.255/.239/.494 .393/.525 .350 27/.417 2/0 1/
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 19/1.474 2/.500 3/.000 26/1.093 6/.000 2/.000 582/382 .304/.409/.539/.948 .905/.969 .844 103/1.175 2/0 28/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 96/81 .178/.330/.219/.549 .457/.563 .387 10/.347 1/0 0/
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/63 .167/.198/.218/.415 .343/.436 .421 14/.714 1/0 1/
IP 2.2 40.2 55.2 33.1 41.0 66.2 151.1 31.1 45.2 TOTAL .264/.327/.403/.730 .732/.729 .717 .741 101/37 128/77
ERA-K/9 6.75/6.7 3.76/4.0 3.88/8.7 5.13/6.5 5.71/5.7 3.92/6.1 6.36/5.7 4.60/11.2 3.74/8.5 4.65/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (52-19-3)
 Napoli (43-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 16/.357 184/.261 236/.283 144/.285 187/.289 293/.285 685/.322 137/.186 198/.279 .272  Anderson
 Guerrero
 Matthews
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
 Morales
71/0/0/8
0/0/88/7
33/21/35/5
0/117/0/4
33/1/15/4
16/6/18/0
1/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS 1.295 .720 .872 .808 .835 .799 .913 .660 .742 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 5/.900 69/1.002 112/.962 64/.603 83/.844 108/.846 218/.874 65/.688 103/.792 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/1.455 115/.560 124/.796 80/.976 104/.829 185/.772 467/.932 72/.632 95/.688 .778
Home 16/1.295 96/.622 126/.842 74/.714 112/.864 159/.719 340/.826 56/.395 109/.797 .778
Last 28d days 16/1.295 28/.701 42/.881 47/.693 27/.798 91/1.003 118/1.152 50/.484 44/1.005
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 3/9/2 14/6/7 3/0/1 5/0/0 9/3/0 25/7/4 3/3/0 3/0/1 145/55/28
Usage X······· ···o·o·X o·X···Xo ·o·o·X·X X·····X· ··X····· ·X·X···o X··o·o··
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 581/443 .288/.346/.526/.872 .887/.867 .886 112/.876 1/0 30/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 5/2.000 7/.453 4/.500 3/3.500 516/396 .302/.384/.510/.894 .737/.944 .895 122/1.016 9/4 16/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 16/.388 7/.286 22/.697 5/.000 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .887 58/.904 9/3 10/
15.Inge G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 4/.666 9/.333 8/1.375 7/.500 323/253 .218/.320/.404/.723 .733/.719 .839 96/.631 2/2 11/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 219/199 .270/.338/.556/.894 .775/.904 .936 64/.792 0/0 12/
3.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/74 .229/.289/.343/.632 1.000/.622 .619 21/.381 2/0 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 13/.840 5/1.850 16/.864 10/.650 521/399 .313/.372/.478/.850 .869/.844 .993 112/.755 1/5 16/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 12/.606 5/1.300 4/.500 7/.453 547/398 .309/.354/.422/.776 .855/.747 .710 106/.820 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 158/84 .248/.306/.400/.706 .769/.647 .743 42/.635 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 10/1.000 1/2.000 6/.533 14/.599 485/366 .266/.317/.367/.684 .901/.616 .830 87/.929 4/3 9/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 113/93 .322/.440/.444/.885 .874/.887 .885 34/.693 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/33 .128/.150/.179/.329 .125/.375 .416 19/.284 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 12/.833 5/.900 11/.637 24/.355 396/301 .224/.323/.387/.710 .701/.713 .684 100/.698 7/1 14/
33.Thames G/S/vP 6/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.933 3/.333 288/174 .240/.292/.524/.816 .857/.790 .874 43/.558 0/3 22/
IP 164.1 47.2 61.1 58.1 51.1 57.0 TOTAL .274/.342/.442/.784 .804/.778 .837 .781 52/25 162/101
ERA-K/9 3.67/4.3 1.13/7.7 2.64/5.1 2.47/10.3 2.63/9.1 4.89/7.3 3.86/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (20-9-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 676/.257 190/.192 250/.259 243/.199 216/.236 255/.256 .258  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/113/6
0/115/0/4
2/11/0/2
59/0/7/2
26/5/20/2
44/0/20/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .709 .524 .688 .614 .657 .815 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.635 92/.416 103/.749 130/.679 111/.576 117/.982 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 510/.733 98/.629 147/.646 113/.543 105/.741 138/.672 .711
Road 318/.641 88/.496 107/.860 122/.603 102/.637 129/.821 .723
Last 28d days 91/.970 57/.513 47/.436 39/.613 39/.623 46/.881
HR/SB/CS 19/15/6 2/3/2 3/5/2 4/6/0 4/6/1 11/7/1 136/95/27
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ·X···X·· ··ooo··· ··X····· ·X···o·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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