LAA @ OAK, Saturday, June 7, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 38-24, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 5-3, 3.99) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-3) 76.2 82 37 34 29 22 7 3.99 2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 46.1 41 17 17 20 18 3 3.30 53 2008-06-01 TOR ND 5 5 3 3 4 3 1 115 44 2008-05-26 DET ND 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 108 72 2008-05-21 @TOR W 6 8 3 3 2 1 0 99 43 2008-05-15 CHW ND 6 7 3 3 4 1 0 109 43 2008-05-09 @TBR ND 8 4 0 0 3 2 0 119 73 2008-05-03 BAL W 8 3 1 1 1 1 0 96 72 2008-04-28 OAK L 6 10 7 7 3 5 2 109 26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 0-4 30.2 38 18 18 12 16 6 5.28 43 2008-04-28 OAK L 6 10 7 7 3 5 2 109 26 2007-08-14 @OAK L 5.2 6 4 4 3 3 3 100 41 2007-05-23 OAK L 6.1 10 4 4 1 4 1 114 40 2007-04-10 @OAK ND 7 3 0 0 3 3 0 113 71 2006-09-15 @OAK L 5.2 9 3 3 2 1 0 111 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 18-13 Road: 20-11 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 27-22 vsLHP: 11-2 1-Run: 13-8 vsEast: 8-7 vsCntrl:16-9 vsWest: 12-7 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 62 Fri, Jun 6 @OAK W 3-1 38-24 1st 4.5 up 61 Wed, Jun 4 @SEA W 5-4 37-24 1st 3.5 up 60 Tue, Jun 3 @SEA W 5-4 36-24 1st 3.5 up 59 Mon, Jun 2 @SEA W 4-2 35-24 1st 3.5 up 58 Sun, Jun 1 TOR W 4-3 34-24 1st 3.5 up 57 Sat, May 31 TOR W 3-2 (10) 33-24 1st 3.5 up 56 Fri, May 30 TOR L 4-10 32-24 1st 2.5 up 55 Wed, May 28 DET L 2-6 32-23 1st 2.0 up 54 Tue, May 27 DET W 3-2 32-22 1st 2.0 up 53 Mon, May 26 DET W 1-0 (12) 31-22 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Oakland Athletics, 33-28, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 3-4, 3.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 68.1 58 29 27 24 53 6 3.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 43.1 37 19 19 16 37 3 3.95 54 2008-06-01 @TEX ND 5 7 7 7 1 4 1 99 28 2008-05-27 TOR W 6.2 6 0 0 1 3 0 107 64 2008-05-20 TBR L 7 5 2 2 4 4 0 99 59 2008-05-15 @CLE L 4.2 7 3 3 3 7 0 102 42 2008-05-09 @TEX L 6 6 4 4 2 4 1 105 46 2008-05-04 TEX ND 6 3 1 1 2 10 1 103 70 2008-04-29 @LAA L 8 3 2 2 3 5 0 101 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-1 8 3 2 2 3 5 0 2.25 70 2008-04-29 @LAA L 8 3 2 2 3 5 0 101 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-14 Road: 13-14 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 22-17 vsLHP: 11-11 1-Run: 10-9 vsEast: 12-7 vsCntrl:13-7 vsWest: 7-12 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 61 Fri, Jun 6 LAA L 1-3 33-28 2nd 4.5 gb 60 Wed, Jun 4 DET W 10-2 33-27 2nd 3.5 gb 59 Tue, Jun 3 DET W 5-4 (11) 32-27 2nd 3.5 gb 58 Mon, Jun 2 DET W 3-2 31-27 2nd 3.5 gb 57 Sun, Jun 1 @TEX W 13-8 30-27 2nd 3.5 gb 56 Sat, May 31 @TEX L 4-8 29-27 2nd 3.5 gb 55 Fri, May 30 @TEX L 1-3 29-26 2nd 2.5 gb 54 Thu, May 29 TOR L 0-12 29-25 2nd 2.5 gb 53 Wed, May 28 TOR L 1-2 29-24 2nd 2.0 gb 52 Tue, May 27 TOR W 3-1 29-23 2nd 2.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 06, 2008 LAA 3 @OAK 1 W:John Lackey (2-1), L: Joe Blanton (3-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (25) Thu, May 01, 2008 OAK 15 @LAA 8 W:Justin Duchscherer (2-1), L: Dustin Moseley (1-3), S: none Wed, Apr 30, 2008 LAA 6 OAK 1 W:Ervin Santana (5-0), L: Dana Eveland (3-2), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 LAA 2 OAK 0 W:Joe Saunders (5-0), L: Greg Smith (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11) Mon, Apr 28, 2008 OAK 14 @LAA 2 W:Chad Gaudin (3-1), L: Jon Garland (3-3), S: none Sun, Sep 30, 2007 OAK 3 LAA 2 W:Huston Street (5-2), L: Chris Bootcheck (3-3), S: none Sat, Sep 29, 2007 LAA 3 @OAK 2 W:Kelvim Escobar (18-7), L: Lenny DiNardo (8-10), S: Francisco Rodriguez (40) Fri, Sep 28, 2007 LAA 2 @OAK 0 W:John Lackey (19-9), L: Danny Haren (15-9), S: Francisco Rodriguez (39) Wed, Sep 05, 2007 OAK 6 @LAA 2 W:Joe Blanton (12-9), L: Joe Saunders (7-3), S: none Tue, Sep 04, 2007 LAA 4 OAK 3 W:Jered Weaver (11-6), L: Lenny DiNardo (8-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (34) Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 3-2; 2007 - OAK won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 392-343

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 5.58

CHW 4.51

KCR 3.61

RA/G

CHW 3.70

SDP 4.60

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .421

T. Hunter .274

A. Cabrera .188

OBP

C. Jones .504

P. Polanco .344

R. Hernandez .256

SLG

L. Berkman .722

A. Ethier .442

A. Cabrera .253

OPS

L. Berkman 1.184

J. Ellsbury .785

A. Cabrera .541

ERA

E. Volquez 1.32

J. Sanchez 4.08

N. Robertson 6.03

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.92

Z. Greinke 6.22

J. Garland 2.58

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 50.Calero
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 29.Foulke
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB 47.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.583 19/.564 12/1.409 19/.505 12/.349 ··· 242/190 .260/.293/.385/.679 .628/.693 .608 98/.657 3/1 5/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 8/.250 11/1.101 2/3.500 17/1.534 8/.929 ··· 232/184 .254/.319/.426/.745 .801/.729 .859 86/.739 1/1 7/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 5/.400 11/.664 11/.489 1/.000 ··· 244/190 .274/.336/.453/.789 .737/.805 .640 102/.694 7/3 7/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.500 5/.400 1/.000 17/.912 11/.573 ··· 173/140 .252/.320/.329/.649 .585/.664 .617 93/.763 6/1 2/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 9/.508 3/1.334 ··· 66/52 .355/.379/.500/.879 .819/.895 .908 28/.409 2/2 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 6/.533 4/.250 2/1.500 19/.576 6/.533 ··· 231/179 .312/.359/.456/.815 1.066/.743 .925 97/.689 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.229 2/1.500 ··· 103/72 .205/.290/.375/.665 .897/.573 .939 36/.556 1/0 4/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 11/.705 7/.714 8/.929 23/.467 11/.700 ··· 254/202 .227/.307/.351/.658 .793/.623 .729 96/.679 3/1 6/

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 14/1.682 3/.000 ··· 135/112 .217/.304/.487/.791 .481/.844 .853 61/.578 4/1 10/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 3/.667 4/.000 3/1.333 5/.650 3/.000 ··· 80/50 .301/.363/.356/.719 .724/.716 .596 49/.815 0/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 52/25 .167/.231/.208/.439 .377/.507 .197 20/.535 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/53 .185/.274/.246/.520 .476/.535 .330 50/.553 1/0 1/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 10/.944 2/.000 ··· 53/45 .209/.333/.279/.612 .286/.669 .289 40/.470 1/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 58/43 .130/.175/.185/.361 .220/.406 .419 33/.215 0/0 1/

IP 68.1 13.0 2.1 25.1 17.1 50.2 27.1 3.0 TOTAL .255/.319/.383/.702 .728/.694 .714 .633 46/17 51/26

ERA-K/9

3.56/7.0

4.85/8.3

0.00/11.7

4.26/8.5

3.12/7.8

3.38/6.4

3.62/10.5

0.00/0.0

3.46/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (14-11-1)
Napoli (23-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.230 57/.300 8/.000 105/.237 75/.242 210/.245 106/.188 10/.250 .238 Guerrero
Anderson
Matthews
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/44/4
35/0/0/3
21/9/16/3
0/52/0/3
4/1/4/0
5/3/5/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .642 .786 .125 .701 .703 .657 .643 .550 .660

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.400 11/.545 2/.500 36/.688 35/.486 112/.598 50/.914 3/.333 .622

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.726 46/.849 6/.000 69/.709 40/.887 98/.725 56/.412 7/.619 .687

Home 127/.631 26/.804 3/.000 57/.541 44/.569 104/.589 65/.683 9/.365 .614

Last 28d days 103/.673 19/1.060 8/.125 46/.776 47/.770 53/.690 41/.460 10/.550

HR/SB/CS 6/4/7 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 0/0/0 39/24/17

Usage ·····X·· ········ ··X··X·o ··oX·o·· ···Xo··X X··X·XX· ···ooX·· ··oX··o·

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 226/165 .232/.347/.347/.694 .805/.651 .722 74/.739 0/0 3/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 32/21 .258/.281/.323/.604 .727/.538 .625 16/.750 0/0 0/

8.Brown G/S/vP 28/.667 ··· 7/1.262 2/.500 6/.167 5/.900 3/.000 237/162 .252/.291/.378/.670 .713/.650 .717 94/.644 3/0 5/

6.Buck* G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.500 ··· 4/.500 101/63 .172/.218/.323/.540 .444/.599 .256 30/.695 0/0 2/

3.Chavez* G/S/vP 34/.863 ··· 2/.000 14/.517 15/.708 25/.738 10/.644 26/19 .240/.269/.400/.669 1.071/.526 .647 26/.669 0/0 1/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 21/1.095 1/.000 6/1.133 1/.000 9/.222 7/.286 6/.333 265/191 .264/.325/.384/.709 .821/.666 .731 108/.743 5/3 3/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/1.777 ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 4/.500 3/.333 4/.250 223/160 .249/.404/.458/.861 .777/.894 .927 100/.892 0/0 10/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/34 .182/.203/.227/.430 .377/.485 .577 26/.308 9/1 0/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 29/.611 ··· 12/1.227 5/1.000 15/.517 26/.513 9/.730 230/158 .236/.328/.382/.709 .484/.807 .567 64/.804 6/2 5/

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/15 .192/.192/.385/.577 .273/.800 .200 27/.577 0/0 0/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/2.000 4/1.417 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 202/152 .248/.363/.370/.733 .717/.738 .710 99/.735 1/0 3/

2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/9 .333/.375/.400/.775 .762/.778 .500 16/.775 0/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 7/.929 4/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 224/162 .260/.323/.314/.637 .563/.664 .754 80/.579 1/2 1/

IP 76.2 10.2 15.1 27.0 28.0 22.0 22.0 TOTAL .253/.332/.377/.709 .651/.735 .713 .732 28/8 43/37

ERA-K/9

3.99/2.6

0.84/6.7

8.22/7.6

2.33/4.7

1.93/8.0

3.27/7.8

4.91/5.7

3.87/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (4-1-0)
Suzuki (20-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 332/.280 36/.194 84/.370 111/.280 112/.167 85/.263 100/.259 .262 Brown
Buck
Davis
Gonzalez
Cust 35/1/39/5
2/0/22/2
3/33/1/1
0/7/2/1
41/0/0/1

OPS .766 .472 .932 .721 .504 .711 .891 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.737 12/.583 35/1.002 46/1.000 50/.608 35/.586 40/1.443 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.794 24/.417 49/.881 65/.532 62/.424 50/.795 60/.510 .680

Road 141/.743 12/.500 12/.606 53/.832 59/.282 41/.668 52/.965 .720

Last 28d days 110/.689 36/.472 39/.851 46/.699 53/.419 30/.873 30/.949

HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/2/0 2/1/1 6/1/1 55/37/18

Usage ·····X·· o··ooX·· ·······X ··X··X·X o·ooo·X· ······o· ··o····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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Game Preview: LAA @ OAK, 9:05pm, Saturday, June 7, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 5-3, 3.99)

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 3-4, 3.56)

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