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Game Preview: LAD @ FLA, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @Dolphin Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers, 13-13, 2nd, 5½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 0-4, 6.53)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-4)             20.2  24  16  15  13  32  2    6.53      
 2007 (12-5)           147   131  56  54  64 141 15    3.31      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  30.2  36  22  21  22  43  2    6.16   45 
 2008-04-24    ARI   L   6     6   5   5   2  12  1     109   50 
 2008-04-19   @ATL   L   5     6   4   4   5   9  0      99   43 
 2008-04-13    SDP   L   5     4   1   1   2   8  0      90   61 
 2008-04-08   @ARI   L   2.1   5   5   4   3   1  1      70   27 
 2007-09-29    SFG  ND   1.1   6   4   4   3   1  0      54   24 
 2007-09-23   @ARI   W   5.2   5   1   1   4   6  0      95   57 
 2007-09-18   @COL   L   5.1   4   2   2   3   6  0     102   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.FLA      2-0  18    12   4   4   7  21  1    2.00   63 
 2007-07-06    FLA  ND   5     6   3   3   3   5  1      92   45 
 2006-08-15    FLA   W   7     3   0   0   1   9  0     106   79 
 2006-08-05   @FLA   W   6     3   1   1   3   7  0     107   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   8-10   vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  9-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @FLA  W   7-6       13-13  2nd  5.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   COL  W   3-2 (10)  12-13  2nd  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   COL  W  11-3       11-13  2nd  6.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   COL  W   8-7 (13)  10-13  3rd  7.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   ARI  L   4-6        9-13  4th  7.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   ARI  W   8-3        9-12  2nd  6.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @CIN  L   1-8        8-12  4th  7.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21  @CIN  W   9-3        8-11  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @ATL  L   1-6        7-11  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @ATL  L   1-4        7-10  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-13
Florida Marlins, 15-11, 1st, ½ up

SP: Scott Olsen (24, LHP, 3-0, 2.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             35    23   9   8  13  13  3    2.06      
 2007 (10-15)          176.2 226 134 114  85 133 29    5.81      
 2006 (12-10)          180.2 160  94  81  75 166 23    4.04      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45.1  37  21  10  18  18  3    1.99   55 
 2008-04-25   @MIL  ND   7.1   4   0   0   5   0  0      98   65 
 2008-04-20    WSN   W   7     3   1   1   2   3  1      98   68 
 2008-04-15    ATL   W   7     5   0   0   0   3  0      84   70 
 2008-04-09   @WSN   W   7.2   4   4   3   4   2  1     120   55 
 2008-04-04    PIT  ND   6     7   4   4   2   5  1      97   45 
 2007-09-27    CHC   W   5.1   7   4   2   2   4  0     101   44 
 2007-09-21    NYM   L   5     7   8   0   3   1  0      93   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      0-2   7.1  13   7   6   3   7  1    7.36   39 
 2007-07-08   @LAD   L   1     5   3   3   1   1  1      31   31 
 2006-08-06    LAD   L   6.1   8   4   3   2   6  0     109   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, Apr 29   LAD  L   6-7       15-11  1st  0.5 up
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @MIL  W   3-2 (10)  15-10  1st  1.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @MIL  L   3-4       14-10  1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @MIL  W   3-0 (10)  14-9   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @ATL  L   4-7       13-9   1st  1.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @ATL  W   7-2       13-8   1st  1.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @PIT  L   2-3       12-8   1st  1.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 21  @PIT  W  10-4       12-7   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   WSN  W   6-1       11-7   1st  0.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   WSN  W   6-5       10-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 LAD  7 @FLA  6        W:Joe Beimel (2-0), L: Kevin Gregg (3-1), S: Takashi Saito (3)

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 LAD  9  FLA  3        W:Mark Hendrickson (3-4), L: Scott Olsen (6-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 FLA  7 @LAD  2        W:Sergio Mitre (3-4), L: Derek Lowe (8-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 FLA  6 @LAD  5 (10)   W:Renyel Pinto (1-3), L: Brett Tomko (1-7), S: Kevin Gregg (18)
Thu, May 10, 2007 FLA  3  LAD  0        W:Taylor Tankersley (2-0), L: Derek Lowe (3-4), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 LAD  5 @FLA  3        W:Brett Tomko (1-3), L: Dontrelle Willis (5-2), S: Takashi Saito (10)
Tue, May 08, 2007 FLA  6  LAD  5        W:Henry Owens (2-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 07, 2007 LAD  6 @FLA  1        W:Brad Penny (4-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 16, 2006 FLA 15 @LAD  4        W:Josh Johnson (11-6), L: Mark Hendrickson (5-13), S: none
Tue, Aug 15, 2006 LAD  4  FLA  0        W:Chad Billingsley (4-3), L: Randy Messenger (1-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 1-0; 2007 - FLA won 4-3; 2006 - LAD won 5-1; All-Time - LAD leads 69-57

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 Dodgers Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Florida Marlins Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Olsen*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
19.Kensing
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
32.Miller
G/S/vB
37.Pinto*
G/S/vB
57.Tankersley*
G/S/vB
35.Waechter
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bennett G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· 170/123 .252/.286/.335/.621 .484/.675 .754 / 1/1 2/1
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/1.000 507/388 .284/.350/.452/.802 .716/.830 .817 / 0/4 13/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.900 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 643/468 .270/.333/.355/.687 .744/.666 .608 / 25/6 6/19
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/21 .241/.241/.517/.759 .600/.842 .333 / 0/0 2/1
25.Jones G/S/vP 20/.259 6/.834 8/1.125 6/1.500 5/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 659/441 .222/.311/.413/.724 .785/.694 .745 / 5/2 26/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 311/200 .342/.373/.521/.894 1.002/.835 .851 / 10/5 10/4
12.Kent G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 562/437 .302/.375/.500/.875 .950/.855 .824 / 1/3 20/14
7.Loney* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 375/269 .331/.381/.538/.919 .866/.939 1.076 / 0/1 15/9
55.Martin G/S/vP 1/5.000 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 620/467 .293/.374/.469/.843 1.062/.773 .932 / 21/9 19/14
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 729/519 .293/.331/.353/.685 .621/.710 .665 / 64/15 0/5
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 141/129 .260/.350/.382/.732 .500/.756 .633 / 2/0 2/0
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 36/20 .382/.417/.647/1.064 .908/1.187 1.364 / 1/0 2/0
IP 176.2 84.0 13.1 67.0 61.2 58.2 47.1 TOTAL .277/.354/.401/.755 .847/.715 .670 .750 21/9 16/17
ERA-K/9 5.81/6.8 3.54/9.3 1.35/8.8 3.09/8.3 3.65/10.8 3.68/8.6 3.99/9.3 /0.0 4.38/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (24-4-2)
 Martin (82-41-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 826/.315 355/.206 59/.224 284/.258 259/.228 242/.222 205/.246 / .270  Ethier
 Pierre
 Jones
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
 Young
60/0/102/10
0/162/0/4
0/154/0/3
0/6/88/2
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .888 .627 .590 .641 .676 .696 .718 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.869 171/.514 33/.649 109/.598 83/.944 76/.559 91/.581 / .826
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 670/.893 184/.732 26/.510 175/.668 176/.550 166/.757 114/.830 / .708
Home 496/.823 194/.632 30/.575 153/.574 155/.697 144/.634 106/.636 / .793
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 29/10/6 7/3/0 0/2/0 2/1/1 5/1/2 7/2/3 4/1/4 // 22/16/9
Usage ····X··· X·X·X··· ··o··X·· ··X···X· ··Xoo·o· X·oXo··X ··o···X· X·o··oo·

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

Florida Marlins Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
21.Loaiza
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Amezaga# G/S/vP 7/1.142 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 448/388 .263/.324/.358/.682 .544/.704 .674 / 13/7 2/8
11.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .385/.385/.462/.846 1.000/.800 .889 / 0/0 0/0
3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· ··· 133/54 .252/.331/.357/.687 .635/.765 .693 / 0/0 1/0
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/.733 14/.368 3/.667 37/1.005 56/1.003 ··· 1/.000 ··· 526/414 .278/.359/.433/.793 .889/.766 .761 / 6/2 15/1
18.Helms G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 308/178 .246/.297/.368/.665 .791/.574 .520 / 0/0 5/10
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 484/362 .296/.369/.501/.870 .813/.889 .786 / 3/4 18/9
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 9/.777 2/2.000 ··· 7/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 460/346 .265/.317/.458/.775 .819/.760 .770 / 1/2 17/7
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/154 .256/.300/.357/.657 .702/.648 .504 / 0/0 1/5
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.958 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 706/542 .332/.386/.562/.948 1.154/.886 .973 / 51/14 29/24
12.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 197/121 .335/.411/.653/1.064 1.212/.974 1.267 / 2/0 12/3
20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/135 .269/.357/.392/.749 .686/.777 .722 / 0/0 4/3
6.Uggla G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 728/564 .245/.326/.479/.805 .829/.799 .894 / 2/1 31/11
14.Willingham G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 604/451 .265/.364/.463/.827 .621/.897 .800 / 8/1 21/3
IP 147.0 67.1 82.0 37.1 4.0 86.1 64.1 TOTAL .264/.324/.458/.782 .599/.856 .720 .786 17/5 36/25
ERA-K/9 3.31/8.6 3.88/5.2 2.85/10.9 5.79/4.8 15.75/9.0 3.65/6.7 1.40/10.9 /0.0 3.66/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (26-10-3)
 Treanor (42-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.241 281/.253 334/.225 164/.259 20/.333 382/.242 234/.151 / .265  Willingham
 Amezaga
 Hermida
 Ross
 Gonzalez
137/0/0/9
2/87/3/8
0/0/116/7
8/36/19/5
127/0/0/4
OPS .701 .648 .617 .872 1.122 .738 .448 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 290/.748 108/.490 167/.589 64/.997 8/1.250 163/.766 121/.558 / .870
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.660 173/.745 167/.640 100/.795 12/1.017 219/.717 113/.329 / .623
Road 346/.652 131/.587 159/.766 77/.788 / 188/.725 104/.550 / .855
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 15/5/6 1/2/3 6/6/3 10/1/0 2/0/0 12/9/4 5/2/0 // 20/10/6
Usage ·····X·· X·o··oo· ··X·o·XX ··X····X ····X·X· X··X·X·o o·X·X·X· ··X·Xo··

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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