LAA @ OAK, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 92-57, 1st, 19 up	SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 11-3, 3.25) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-3) 149.1 138 57 54 34 113 23 3.25 2007 (19-9) 224 219 87 75 52 179 18 3.01 2006 (13-11) 217.2 203 98 86 72 190 14 3.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 48 52 21 21 13 32 10 3.94 52 2008-09-06 @CHW ND 7 9 5 5 2 4 2 100 41 2008-08-31 TEX L 5 9 4 4 1 5 2 103 37 2008-08-26 OAK W 9 7 1 1 0 5 1 98 74 2008-08-21 MIN ND 8 5 1 1 2 6 0 105 72 2008-08-16 @CLE W 6 6 3 3 3 3 2 106 48 2008-08-09 NYY ND 7 9 3 3 1 5 2 95 51 2008-08-03 @NYY ND 6 7 4 4 4 4 1 102 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 4-0 35.2 29 8 8 6 24 4 2.02 63 2008-08-26 OAK W 9 7 1 1 0 5 1 98 74 2008-06-06 @OAK W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 100 70 2007-09-28 @OAK W 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 74 75 2007-08-05 @OAK W 6.2 9 3 3 2 5 1 103 47 2007-07-25 OAK ND 6 7 3 3 4 7 1 110 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-29 Road: 43-28 ExtrInn: 3-5 vsRHP: 63-43 vsLHP: 29-14 1-Run: 29-20 vsEast: 30-16 vsCntrl:24-17 vsWest: 28-16 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 149 Sun, Sep 14 SEA W 4-3 92-57 1st 19.5 up 148 Sat, Sep 13 SEA W 5-2 91-57 1st 18.5 up 147 Fri, Sep 12 SEA W 5-3 90-57 1st 17.5 up 146 Thu, Sep 11 SEA W 7-4 89-57 1st 17.5 up 145 Wed, Sep 10 NYY W 4-2 88-57 1st 17.5 up 144 Tue, Sep 9 NYY L 1-7 87-57 1st 16.5 up 143 Mon, Sep 8 NYY W 12-1 87-56 1st 17.5 up 142 Sun, Sep 7 @CHW W 3-2 86-56 1st 17.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Oakland Athletics, 69-80, 3rd, 23 GB, 14 GB in WC	SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 4-6, 5.01) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-6) 97 100 61 54 54 88 10 5.01 2007 (0-0) 14.2 19 15 14 12 5 3 8.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 31.1 40 28 23 29 32 4 6.61 39 2008-09-10 @DET ND 4 0 0 0 6 6 0 88 62 2008-08-19 @MIN L 5 11 10 10 3 2 2 104 4 2008-08-14 TBR ND 4 4 3 3 4 4 0 91 42 2008-08-04 @TOR L 3 4 5 4 4 4 0 94 33 2008-07-30 KCR ND 5 5 3 3 3 4 0 83 46 2008-07-25 TEX ND 5.1 9 5 1 5 5 2 103 38 2008-07-19 @NYY ND 5 7 2 2 4 7 0 98 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 1-0 7 2 2 2 3 7 0 2.57 69 2008-07-11 LAA W 7 2 2 2 3 7 0 96 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-37 Road: 31-43 ExtrInn: 7-7 vsRHP: 44-55 vsLHP: 25-25 1-Run: 22-23 vsEast: 17-23 vsCntrl:22-24 vsWest: 20-25 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 149 Sun, Sep 14 TEX W 7-4 69-80 3rd 23.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 TEX W 7-1 68-80 3rd 23.0 gb 147 Fri, Sep 12 TEX L 0-7 67-80 3rd 23.0 gb 146 Thu, Sep 11 TEX L 1-6 67-79 3rd 22.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 @DET W 5-2 67-78 3rd 21.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 9 @DET W 3-2 66-78 3rd 21.0 gb 143 Mon, Sep 8 @DET L 8-14 65-78 3rd 22.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 @BAL W 5-1 65-77 3rd 20.5 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 @BAL W 11-2 64-77 3rd 21.5 gb 140 Thu, Sep 4 @KCR L 6-9 63-77 3rd 22.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 27, 2008 OAK 6 @LAA 5 W:Huston Street (4-5), L: Joe Saunders (14-7), S: Brad Ziegler (6) Tue, Aug 26, 2008 LAA 5 OAK 1 W:John Lackey (11-2), L: Greg Smith (6-13), S: none Mon, Aug 25, 2008 OAK 2 @LAA 1 W:Dallas Braden (4-3), L: Jered Weaver (10-10), S: Brad Ziegler (5) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 LAA 4 @OAK 3 W:Jose Arredondo (3-0), L: Huston Street (2-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (38) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 LAA 4 @OAK 1 W:Ervin Santana (11-3), L: Dana Eveland (7-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (37) Fri, Jul 11, 2008 OAK 9 LAA 2 W:Sean Gallagher (4-4), L: Jon Garland (8-6), S: none Wed, Jul 02, 2008 LAA 7 OAK 4 W:Joe Saunders (12-4), L: Keith Foulke (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (34) Tue, Jul 01, 2008 LAA 5 OAK 3 W:Scot Shields (4-2), L: Alan Embree (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (33) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 OAK 6 @LAA 1 W:Greg Smith (5-6), L: Jon Garland (7-5), S: none Sun, Jun 08, 2008 OAK 7 LAA 3 (12) W:Brad Ziegler (1-0), L: Chris Bootcheck (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 9-7; 2007 - OAK won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 397-349

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 5.50

ATL 4.63

SDP 3.92

RA/G

TOR 3.83

NYY 4.59

TEX 5.91

R. Furcal .366

J. Dye .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .465

D. Mientkiewicz .370

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .650

F. Tatis .487

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.115

B. Abreu .845

T. Pena .387

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

A. Cook 4.00

C. Silva 6.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

J. Lester 6.57

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 29.Foulke
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 55.Outman*
G/S/vB 21.Saarloos
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB 31.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/.000 1/.000 22/.727 12/1.409 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/.637 13/.481 3/.000 548/427 .288/.323/.431/.754 .711/.766 .699 88/.726 7/3 14/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.142 1/.000 335/233 .277/.316/.384/.700 .720/.692 .774 33/.591 6/2 3/

43.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/6 .077/.077/.154/.231 .429/.000 0/ 0/0 0/

28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 0/ 0/0 0/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/2.167 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.334 7/.858 5/1.400 ··· ··· 14/.762 6/.533 2/.000 486/358 .277/.370/.322/.692 .638/.712 .693 91/.728 32/11 1/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 14/1.000 2/3.500 5/1.850 ··· ··· 17/1.654 10/.944 4/1.500 570/422 .298/.360/.506/.865 .782/.895 .896 89/.996 5/3 24/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 12/.606 5/.200 ··· ··· 6/.334 4/.500 5/.000 564/414 .283/.346/.478/.823 .846/.815 .778 87/.829 17/5 20/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 2/.000 313/226 .190/.275/.321/.596 .744/.542 .615 35/.203 2/2 9/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.821 9/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 20/.718 12/.637 3/.666 439/306 .237/.314/.349/.664 .719/.640 .680 57/.840 8/3 7/

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 31/25 .267/.290/.300/.590 .333/.653 .473 28/.582 0/1 0/

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.650 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 242/186 .222/.340/.490/.830 .821/.831 .821 58/.841 5/3 16/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.333 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 160/83 .269/.331/.324/.655 .676/.636 .618 42/.714 3/2 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 2/.000 265/174 .244/.279/.446/.726 .763/.705 .681 75/.717 1/1 12/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 152/112 .199/.267/.301/.568 .456/.607 .417 78/.612 3/0 2/

59.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .250/.400/.250/.650 /.650 5/.650 0/0 0/

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.167 16/1.053 3/.000 ··· ··· 22/1.441 8/1.625 2/.000 632/413 .302/.405/.538/.943 .899/.966 .841 105/1.028 2/0 30/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 109/91 .176/.317/.212/.529 .507/.533 .371 23/.377 1/1 0/

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 2.000/ 0/ 0/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 132/101 .190/.214/.317/.531 .310/.595 .447 64/.717 3/0 4/

IP 97.0 32.1 40.2 56.1 30.0 48.2 2.2 9.1 23.0 66.0 54.0 TOTAL .266/.328/.408/.736 .736/.735 .719 .750 119/44 141/83

ERA-K/9

5.01/8.2

3.06/8.4

0.66/10.0

4.63/8.3

3.30/6.9

3.33/7.6

6.75/10.0

3.86/5.8

4.30/4.7

3.95/8.9

0.50/4.5

3.92/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-0-0)
Mathis (57-20-3)
Napoli (49-10-7)
Wilson (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.265 135/.218 150/.154 246/.255 127/.227 218/.288 14/.333 39/.286 101/.313 274/.237 203/.206 .249 Anderson
Guerrero
Matthews
Rivera
Hunter
Willits
Quinlan
Morales 76/0/0/8
0/0/95/8
34/28/38/6
39/1/18/4
0/126/0/4
23/6/18/0
2/0/3/0
0/0/5/0

OPS .799 .615 .398 .760 .719 .787 1.012 .848 .705 .692 .538 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.849 51/.453 62/.519 86/.692 61/.562 94/.788 4/.000 10/.311 48/.769 118/.711 96/.648 .682

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.736 84/.715 88/.316 160/.798 66/.865 124/.785 10/1.475 29/1.033 53/.648 156/.678 107/.444 .730

Home 194/.709 56/.418 64/.457 130/.688 72/.593 101/.849 9/.819 18/.708 63/.683 146/.696 96/.479 .680

Last 28d days 46/1.046 46/.765 41/.231 40/.506 16/.536 50/.844 14/1.012 39/.848 58/.948 46/.432 53/.710

HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/4/1 4/3/1 5/7/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 6/6/3 0/1/0 119/66/37

Usage ·····X·· ·oX··X·· ·oX··oo· ·X·o·o·X ····X··· ·····o·X ···Xo··X ··X····X ····X··· ·XX··oX· ·XX··oX·

Oakland Athletics Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 68.Loux
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

52.Baisley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/6 .000/.143/.000/.143 .125/.167 .143 14/.143 0/0 0/

10.Barton* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 7/.167 2/1.000 3/.000 485/338 .213/.313/.331/.644 .746/.601 .639 97/.790 1/1 9/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 87/59 .169/.207/.265/.472 .437/.489 .373 21/.476 0/0 1/

8.Brown G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 4/.250 6/.167 7/.929 6/.000 434/271 .245/.295/.388/.682 .809/.604 .709 52/.622 4/2 13/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 33/.493 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 9/.222 9/.476 8/.375 559/397 .243/.301/.360/.660 .670/.657 .695 84/.569 6/3 7/

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/38 .304/.360/.457/.817 .833/.810 .905 50/.817 2/0 1/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 13/1.218 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 6/1.500 5/1.933 5/.200 4/.250 549/390 .230/.370/.464/.834 .794/.850 .895 90/.893 0/0 29/

38.Davis G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 222/139 .243/.273/.348/.620 .628/.616 .520 89/.744 28/6 3/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 54/.714 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 7/.715 17/.525 29/.650 12/.833 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .609 15/.641 14/2 12/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 2/3.000 2/.000 5/1.000 483/363 .217/.304/.338/.642 .565/.667 .669 72/.688 2/0 8/

4.Patterson* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 146/123 .195/.288/.250/.538 .478/.548 .514 74/.509 10/1 1/

56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/37 .263/.348/.316/.664 .535/.772 .613 57/.695 2/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 14/.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 5/.000 2/.500 6/.533 547/398 .287/.354/.378/.732 .644/.764 .850 91/.682 2/3 7/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 387/293 .294/.353/.395/.749 .552/.810 .700 67/.924 8/1 5/

IP 149.1 54.0 11.1 3.0 11.2 41.1 64.2 64.1 58.1 63.1 TOTAL .240/.315/.366/.681 .640/.699 .686 .682 81/20 115/91

ERA-K/9

3.25/6.8

1.33/8.0

3.97/9.6

0.00/6.0

2.31/2.3

4.57/5.9

2.92/5.6

2.38/10.4

2.78/9.0

5.40/7.3

3.88/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (13-8-2)
Suzuki (53-29-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 605/.248 214/.190 44/.190 10/.100 48/.233 184/.285 266/.268 270/.214 249/.245 285/.267 .259 Brown
Sweeney
Cust
Davis
Patterson
Cunningham 65/1/55/10
13/44/68/5
78/0/5/4
3/85/1/4
17/1/0/1
10/0/2/0

OPS .713 .518 .680 .200 .600 .722 .726 .633 .677 .862 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.600 107/.426 22/.500 4/.000 25/.893 85/.755 110/.717 144/.669 122/.590 130/1.042 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.831 107/.612 22/.868 6/.333 23/.310 99/.695 156/.733 126/.593 127/.760 155/.713 .719

Road 292/.735 101/.515 18/.693 / 13/.780 105/.767 119/.936 135/.617 120/.668 146/.862 .733

Last 28d days 119/.752 51/.521 19/.161 10/.200 28/.632 17/.494 49/.783 53/.659 50/.738 51/1.021

HR/SB/CS 23/10/2 2/3/2 2/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/2/1 5/5/2 4/8/0 5/8/1 15/7/1 151/106/30

Usage ········ ·o·o·X·· ····o·X· ···o·X·o ········ ·······o ··X····· ··X·oX·· ·Xo·oX·· ····X·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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Game Preview: LAA @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 11-3, 3.25)

SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 4-6, 5.01)

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