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Game Preview: LAD @ PHI, 8:05pm, Sunday, August 24, 2008 @Citizens Bank Park

Los Angeles Dodgers, 65-63, 2nd, 2½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 7-9, 3.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-9)            145   143  71  64  34  89 12    3.97      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40    46  25  24   5  27  2    5.40   47 
 2008-08-19    COL   L   6     6   4   4   1   3  1      97   46 
 2008-08-14    PHI   W   7     2   1   1   0   7  0      79   76 
 2008-08-09   @SFG  ND   8     8   1   1   2   4  0      96   64 
 2008-08-02    ARI   W   7.1   4   1   1   0   6  1      94   72 
 2008-07-28    SFG   L   3.2   9   7   7   0   2  0      66   17 
 2008-07-23   @COL   L   6     9   5   5   1   4  0      97   37 
 2008-07-18   @ARI  ND   2     8   6   5   1   1  0      60   18 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PHI      1-0   7     2   1   1   0   7  0    1.29   76 
 2008-08-14    PHI   W   7     2   1   1   0   7  0      79   76 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-30   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  42-46   vsLHP:  23-17   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:20-17   vsWest: 24-24 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 23  @PHI  L   2-9       65-63  2nd  2.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   COL  W   3-1       65-62  2nd  2.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   COL  L   3-4       64-62  2nd  2.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   COL  L   3-8       64-61  2nd  1.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   MIL  W   7-5       64-60  1st    Tied
123 Sat, Aug 16   MIL  L   3-4 (10)  63-60  2nd  1.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   MIL  W   5-3       63-59  1st    Tied
121 Thu, Aug 14   PHI  W   3-1       62-59  1st    Tied
120 Wed, Aug 13   PHI  W   7-6       61-59  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 12   PHI  W   4-3       60-59  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Philadelphia Phillies, 69-59, 2nd, 2 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 6-12, 4.87)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-12)           159   178  90  86  47  85 18    4.87      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  38    42  22  22  12  25  6    5.21   47 
 2008-08-19    WSN  ND   5     8   4   4   1   3  1      91   37 
 2008-08-13   @LAD  ND   5     9   4   4   3   6  2      97   36 
 2008-08-08    PIT  ND   7     1   0   0   2   7  0     105   80 
 2008-08-02   @STL   W   7     4   1   1   2   5  1     106   68 
 2008-07-27    ATL  ND   2     3   2   2   1   1  0      30   42 
 2008-07-22   @NYM  ND   6     8   5   5   3   1  2     109   34 
 2008-07-09    SEA   L   6     9   6   6   0   2  0      92   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      1-0  13    18   6   6   4   9  3    4.15   47 
 2008-08-13   @LAD  ND   5     9   4   4   3   6  2      97   36 
 2006-06-18    LAD   W   8     9   2   2   1   3  1      96   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-28   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  44-42   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  22-21
 vsEast: 27-22   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 17-12 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 23   LAD  W   9-2       69-59  2nd  2.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   WSN  L   3-4       68-59  2nd  2.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   WSN  W   4-0       68-58  2nd  1.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   WSN  W   5-4       67-58  2nd  1.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @SDP  W   2-1       66-58  2nd  2.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16  @SDP  L   3-8       65-58  2nd  2.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15  @SDP  W   1-0       65-57  2nd  1.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14  @LAD  L   1-3       64-57  2nd  1.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13  @LAD  L   6-7       64-56  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 12  @LAD  L   3-4       64-55  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 PHI  9  LAD  2        W:Cole Hamels (11-8), L: Clayton Kershaw (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 LAD  3  PHI  1        W:Hiroki Kuroda (7-8), L: Brett Myers (5-10), S: Hong-Chih Kuo (1)
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 LAD  7  PHI  6        W:Jonathan Broxton (3-3), L: Clay Condrey (3-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 LAD  4  PHI  3        W:Hong-Chih Kuo (4-2), L: J.C. Romero (4-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 LAD  8  PHI  6        W:Derek Lowe (9-10), L: Kyle Kendrick (10-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (8)

Thu, Aug 23, 2007 LAD  5 @PHI  2        W:Chad Billingsley (8-4), L: J.C. Romero (1-2), S: Takashi Saito (34)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 LAD 15 @PHI  3        W:Derek Lowe (10-11), L: J.D. Durbin (5-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 PHI  5  LAD  4        W:Kyle Kendrick (6-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-11), S: Brett Myers (12)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 LAD  5  PHI  4        W:Rudy Seanez (6-1), L: Kyle Kendrick (4-1), S: Takashi Saito (25)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 PHI 15 @LAD  3        W:J.D. Durbin (1-2), L: Mark Hendrickson (4-5), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 4-1; 2007 - LAD won 4-2; 2006 - LAD won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 1133-884

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  5.58

LAA  4.65

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.91

SFG  4.62

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .360

M. Cabrera  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .462

C. Snyder  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .630

D. Ortiz  .480

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.092

D. Pedroia  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Lannan  3.95

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

M. Garza  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Philadelphia Phillies Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB
55.Condrey
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
54.Lidge
G/S/vB
63.Madson
G/S/vB
16.Romero*
G/S/vB
57.Seanez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Ardoin G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 37/18 .235/.297/.353/.650 .924/.347 .833 15/.795 1/0 1/
13.Berroa G/S/vP 14/.702 1/.000 9/.833 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 149/107 .206/.265/.272/.537 .544/.535 .678 59/.545 0/0 0/
30.Blake G/S/vP 22/.196 2/.000 6/2.267 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.717 5/.200 473/365 .284/.350/.468/.818 .873/.801 .923 102/.747 2/0 15/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 6/1.834 6/.666 1/.000 3/2.667 2/.500 5/.200 4/1.417 ··· 455/347 .276/.339/.466/.805 .624/.861 .835 76/.858 3/2 16/
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 7/1.262 3/1.666 5/.200 15/1.814 4/2.000 5/.650 6/.833 6/1.333 130/86 .250/.300/.442/.742 .939/.646 .829 37/.473 1/1 6/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 7/.453 6/2.500 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 519/367 .298/.346/.477/.823 1.002/.749 .808 111/.865 28/8 15/
12.Kent G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.500 2/3.000 6/.334 5/.400 6/.900 1/2.000 8/.750 436/313 .282/.330/.426/.756 .798/.740 .801 94/.882 0/1 11/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 514/360 .292/.349/.449/.798 .693/.843 .816 96/.692 6/4 10/
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/2.500 4/1.417 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 515/372 .289/.386/.418/.804 .759/.821 .842 96/.726 12/5 12/
14.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 85/59 .263/.289/.325/.614 .865/.500 .395 13/.462 1/2 0/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 1/no AB 7/.800 8/.750 14/.774 2/1.000 2/.000 357/250 .276/.323/.315/.638 .777/.578 .672 52/.626 38/8 0/
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 27/1.413 1/2.000 11/1.026 7/3.500 1/.000 7/1.143 12/1.017 1/.000 512/403 .315/.412/.555/.967 .781/1.019 .954 105/1.141 2/0 26/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 3/1.167 86/73 .120/.221/.160/.381 .231/.408 .327 14/.792 0/0 0/
IP 159.0 56.0 70.2 15.1 52.1 65.0 48.1 33.2 TOTAL .259/.323/.388/.711 .752/.695 .719 .749 103/32 98/82
ERA-K/9 4.87/4.8 3.54/4.5 2.04/6.9 5.28/11.2 2.06/12.0 3.32/6.8 2.23/7.5 3.48/6.1 3.91/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (6-2-1)
 Martin (59-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 689/.280 247/.310 281/.235 65/.281 222/.194 264/.249 206/.183 150/.248 .258  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Pierre
 Sweeney
0/69/60/13
41/0/78/8
86/0/0/6
73/11/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .769 .822 .610 .812 .557 .681 .613 .666 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.692 115/.872 124/.698 34/.750 125/.675 125/.705 91/.304 73/.610 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.853 132/.778 157/.540 31/.878 97/.400 139/.660 115/.879 77/.717 .728
Home 445/.727 120/.732 166/.613 26/.561 117/.653 142/.698 110/.563 77/.582 .713
Last 28d days 111/.725 50/.773 47/.662 16/.646 41/.665 48/.714 25/.304 13/1.007
HR/SB/CS 18/0/1 5/3/3 2/2/4 1/3/0 2/6/0 5/6/1 4/8/0 0/6/1 127/88/27
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ··o·X··· o······o ····o·X· ··o·o··· ··o····· o·······
Philadelphia Phillies Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
54.Johnson
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
37.Sturtze
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 220/143 .214/.297/.291/.588 .714/.521 .534 50/.376 9/2 2/
5.Burrell G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.750 5/.650 14/.357 3/.333 16/.544 ··· 1/.000 516/362 .267/.390/.558/.947 .984/.932 .783 96/.790 0/0 30/
27.Coste G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 247/173 .272/.324/.446/.770 1.013/.670 .824 51/.591 0/1 9/
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 184/178 .304/.342/.474/.816 .533/.825 .968 45/.872 3/1 6/
7.Feliz G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 9/.222 5/.800 4/.000 10/.856 ··· ··· 373/252 .254/.302/.419/.721 .888/.640 .698 6/.333 0/0 12/
6.Howard* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 554/341 .229/.318/.474/.792 .600/.916 .841 102/.631 1/0 34/
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.800 5/.933 17/.192 3/.000 12/.500 ··· ··· 468/336 .261/.327/.419/.746 .795/.727 .792 111/.720 31/2 8/
51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 289/226 .220/.321/.292/.613 .734/.580 .602 46/.802 1/1 3/
99.Taguchi G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.333 ··· ··· 94/44 .207/.278/.268/.546 .451/.658 .676 11/.282 3/0 0/
33.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Utley* G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.929 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.857 ··· 1/.000 558/343 .288/.373/.557/.930 .908/.943 .918 104/.934 10/1 31/
8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 4/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 487/331 .290/.355/.447/.802 .866/.773 .907 94/.940 28/9 11/
28.Werth G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.417 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 339/210 .265/.357/.486/.843 .955/.770 .847 75/.914 12/1 17/
IP 145.0 36.0 54.2 25.0 73.1 82.1 1.1 29.1 TOTAL .253/.330/.434/.764 .795/.750 .771 .723 99/19 170/78
ERA-K/9 3.97/5.5 1.75/5.8 3.62/11.2 3.96/5.8 2.21/10.4 2.51/7.2 0.00/0.0 3.99/9.2 3.69/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Coste (35-11-1)
 Ruiz (53-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 613/.252 161/.273 224/.221 103/.247 294/.199 350/.252 4/.250 116/.265 .251  Burrell
 Werth
 Victorino
 Dobbs
 Bruntlett
 Taguchi
124/0/0/12
24/30/56/6
0/106/4/5
3/0/4/0
11/0/6/0
33/1/11/0
OPS .661 .665 .607 .755 .558 .728 .750 .673 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.717 79/.657 92/.870 45/.816 89/.615 154/.832 1/.000 43/.390 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.611 82/.671 132/.438 58/.708 205/.531 196/.650 3/1.000 73/.850 .667
Road 303/.772 80/.678 101/.798 38/.897 166/.606 176/.822 / 55/.640 .784
Last 28d days 129/.582 26/.635 50/.593 76/.775 64/.548 63/.656 4/.750 38/.525
HR/SB/CS 12/7/1 0/5/2 2/7/3 4/1/0 4/2/0 11/4/0 0/0/0 0/4/0 99/67/16
Usage ····X··· X·····o· ··XX···X X···X·X· ··X·X··X ···X··oo ····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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