LAA @ TEX, Thursday, July 10, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 54-37, 1st, 5 up	SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 6-2, 1.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-2) 74.2 56 19 16 14 61 7 1.93 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 5-1 52.2 37 14 11 9 48 4 1.88 67 2008-07-05 TOR L 6 8 6 5 1 7 1 104 40 2008-06-29 @LAD W 8.2 3 0 0 2 9 0 120 85 2008-06-23 @WSN W 8 6 2 1 2 6 1 97 68 2008-06-17 NYM W 7.2 6 1 1 1 7 0 106 69 2008-06-11 TBR W 7.1 4 2 2 2 7 0 99 67 2008-06-06 @OAK W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 100 70 2008-05-31 TOR ND 8 6 2 1 1 7 1 106 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 30 32 18 16 10 29 4 4.80 49 2007-09-02 TEX ND 6.2 6 4 4 2 8 2 99 52 2007-07-14 TEX W 6 7 4 3 1 5 0 113 48 2007-05-11 @TEX W 8.1 5 3 3 1 7 1 97 67 2007-04-02 TEX W 5 4 1 0 4 5 1 96 58 2006-09-16 @TEX L 4 10 6 6 2 4 0 92 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 26-20 Road: 28-17 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 38-31 vsLHP: 16-6 1-Run: 16-13 vsEast: 12-9 vsCntrl:16-9 vsWest: 16-11 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 91 Wed, Jul 9 @TEX L 4-5 54-37 1st 5.0 up 90 Tue, Jul 8 @TEX L 2-3 54-36 1st 5.0 up 89 Mon, Jul 7 @TEX W 9-6 54-35 1st 6.0 up 88 Sun, Jul 6 TOR W 7-1 53-35 1st 6.0 up 87 Sat, Jul 5 TOR L 5-7 52-35 1st 5.0 up 86 Fri, Jul 4 TOR W 8-2 52-34 1st 5.0 up 85 Wed, Jul 2 OAK W 7-4 51-34 1st 5.5 up 84 Tue, Jul 1 OAK W 5-3 50-34 1st 4.5 up 83 Mon, Jun 30 OAK L 1-6 49-34 1st 3.5 up 82 Sun, Jun 29 @LAD W 1-0 49-33 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Texas Rangers, 48-44, 3rd, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 3-3, 4.39) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 84 79 46 41 31 39 10 4.39 2007 (1-2) 39 44 26 25 32 19 3 5.77 2006 (0-2) 41.1 42 19 18 10 30 4 3.92 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 40.2 37 21 19 18 17 4 4.20 49 2008-07-05 @BAL W 6 5 3 3 4 0 0 93 46 2008-06-30 @NYY W 5.2 4 1 1 3 3 1 101 57 2008-06-25 @HOU ND 4 6 2 2 2 2 1 99 42 2008-06-19 ATL ND 7 5 2 2 3 4 0 104 60 2008-06-13 @NYM L 5 8 7 6 2 1 0 95 24 2008-06-07 TBR ND 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 108 62 2008-06-01 OAK ND 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 85 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-19 Road: 25-25 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 37-27 vsLHP: 11-17 1-Run: 18-10 vsEast: 10-14 vsCntrl:12-11 vsWest: 16-11 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 92 Wed, Jul 9 LAA W 5-4 48-44 3rd 6.5 gb 91 Tue, Jul 8 LAA W 3-2 47-44 3rd 7.5 gb 90 Mon, Jul 7 LAA L 6-9 46-44 3rd 8.5 gb 89 Sun, Jul 6 @BAL W 11-10 46-43 3rd 7.5 gb 88 Sat, Jul 5 @BAL W 5-3 45-43 3rd 7.5 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 @BAL L 4-10 44-43 3rd 8.5 gb 86 Wed, Jul 2 @NYY L 7-18 44-42 3rd 7.5 gb 85 Tue, Jul 1 @NYY W 3-2 44-41 3rd 6.5 gb 84 Mon, Jun 30 @NYY W 2-1 43-41 3rd 6.5 gb 83 Sun, Jun 29 PHI W 5-1 42-41 3rd 7.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jul 09, 2008 TEX 5 LAA 4 W:Jamey Wright (5-3), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-2), S: none Tue, Jul 08, 2008 TEX 3 LAA 2 W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Joe Saunders (12-5), S: C.J. Wilson (22) Mon, Jul 07, 2008 LAA 9 @TEX 6 W:Ervin Santana (10-3), L: Luis Mendoza (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35) Tue, Apr 15, 2008 LAA 7 @TEX 4 W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Josh Rupe (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5) Mon, Apr 14, 2008 LAA 7 @TEX 4 W:Ervin Santana (2-0), L: Jason Jennings (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4) Sun, Apr 06, 2008 TEX 10 @LAA 4 W:Vicente Padilla (1-0), L: Jon Garland (1-1), S: none Sat, Apr 05, 2008 LAA 2 TEX 1 W:Jered Weaver (1-1), L: Kevin Millwood (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (3) Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TEX 11 @LAA 6 W:Kason Gabbard (1-0), L: Dustin Moseley (0-1), S: none Wed, Sep 26, 2007 TEX 16 LAA 2 W:John Rheinecker (4-3), L: Joe Saunders (8-5), S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 TEX 3 LAA 1 W:Jamey Wright (4-5), L: Darren Oliver (3-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - LAA won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - LAA leads 368-344

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 5.46

COL 4.53

WSN 3.60

RA/G

OAK 3.66

NYM 4.58

TEX 5.72

C. Jones .375

M. DeRosa .285

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

O. Hudson .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .661

J. Bowker .461

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.107

J. Crede .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Sanchez 3.97

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 21/.333 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.750 7/.143 15/.833 11/.282 337/267 .267/.306/.397/.702 .663/.713 .623 81/.762 6/2 8/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 213/158 .276/.295/.379/.675 .802/.631 .751 53/.752 5/2 3/

28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 5/.600 5/1.100 10/1.100 6/1.250 2/1.000 4/.500 7/.821 9/1.127 10/.800 251/193 .278/.376/.315/.691 .757/.671 .615 102/.568 15/6 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 4/1.250 9/2.524 8/1.125 8/.250 1/.000 3/1.167 6/2.433 9/1.127 35/.873 347/263 .291/.346/.497/.843 .808/.854 .936 93/.938 1/1 15/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.600 4/1.250 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 2/.500 6/1.917 8/.750 356/268 .271/.329/.460/.789 .768/.796 .684 90/.828 10/3 12/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.000 10/.543 6/.666 3/1.167 254/199 .270/.329/.348/.677 .674/.677 .692 58/.673 9/2 3/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.667 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 6/.000 6/1.333 6/.666 180/131 .320/.339/.448/.787 .647/.839 .837 92/.782 5/3 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 7/.143 5/.000 339/261 .287/.333/.426/.759 .939/.706 .816 90/.631 2/0 8/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 176/127 .227/.304/.373/.677 .853/.615 .829 62/.700 1/1 6/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/.600 7/.929 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 1/3.000 6/.834 13/.490 342/257 .236/.313/.354/.667 .706/.653 .712 71/.518 6/2 7/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 3/.000 101/59 .261/.317/.304/.621 .649/.601 .488 10/.100 1/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 4/.500 2/3.500 4/1.250 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.900 6/1.167 3/.666 78/42 .194/.244/.361/.605 .367/.823 .438 21/1.023 0/0 3/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 75/60 .167/.301/.217/.518 .457/.528 .291 13/.331 1/0 0/

IP 84.0 36.0 32.0 8.1 6.1 15.2 51.0 39.1 50.2 TOTAL .258/.317/.389/.706 .710/.704 .703 .704 67/24 80/50

ERA-K/9

4.39/4.2

3.75/10.5

2.81/4.8

8.64/3.3

9.95/2.9

9.77/5.7

4.24/4.6

4.58/7.6

4.26/6.2

4.99/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (37-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 354/.251 158/.234 122/.186 40/.313 28/.360 78/.348 217/.279 173/.237 216/.241 .281 Anderson
Matthews
Guerrero
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 50/0/0/4
28/11/29/4
0/0/60/4
0/79/0/3
10/1/5/2
12/4/7/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .746 .703 .547 .800 .873 .944 .762 .758 .633 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.768 80/.709 51/.569 20/.850 17/1.217 42/.819 108/.814 49/.820 102/.680 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.722 78/.698 71/.530 20/.753 11/.293 36/1.085 109/.708 124/.734 114/.591 .772

Home 182/.679 67/.813 69/.572 7/.286 14/.690 41/.507 101/.709 96/.851 102/.604 .791

Last 28d days 121/.778 48/.666 42/.522 / 28/.873 27/.502 59/.728 60/.996 61/.615

HR/SB/CS 10/13/1 4/6/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/0/1 6/1/0 2/5/1 93/68/22

Usage ····X··· X···Xo·· ·o·ooo·· ········ X·o··X·X ··X····· X··o·o·· ·X·Xo··· X··X···X

Texas Rangers Batters (5.46 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
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

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/135 .250/.332/.415/.746 .942/.668 .788 53/.790 2/2 4/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 14/.468 ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.125 3/1.000 4/1.250 323/209 .315/.441/.596/1.037 1.168/.961 1.251 63/.847 4/2 17/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.583 3/.666 4/1.250 6/.000 184/113 .238/.324/.363/.687 .713/.670 .909 85/.525 2/1 3/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 19/.516 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 12/.633 13/.077 3/.000 207/197 .280/.356/.396/.752 .775/.750 .604 53/.760 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 45/33 .195/.267/.585/.852 1.133/.759 1.152 45/.852 0/0 5/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/55 .224/.280/.357/.638 .747/.526 .477 40/.757 1/1 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 404/280 .307/.364/.547/.911 .876/.927 1.085 103/.815 4/0 20/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/1.379 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 9/.472 9/.583 6/.167 429/322 .335/.392/.549/.941 .831/.978 .991 120/1.203 23/1 14/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 367/263 .273/.312/.460/.772 .580/.852 .777 81/.598 5/2 12/

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/20 .167/.265/.267/.531 .214/.721 .639 34/.531 0/0 1/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 160/106 .219/.325/.321/.646 .345/.810 .726 69/.422 0/1 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 2/.500 6/.500 5/.800 233/196 .317/.384/.485/.869 .476/.943 .884 71/.744 0/1 5/

10.Young G/S/vP 72/.933 1/.000 1/3.000 3/1.334 23/.733 33/.462 10/.500 403/302 .297/.345/.427/.772 .856/.743 .837 107/.701 6/0 7/

IP 74.2 21.0 27.1 37.1 39.0 36.0 35.1 TOTAL .280/.351/.455/.805 .746/.829 .864 .755 50/14 110/82

ERA-K/9

1.93/7.3

1.29/8.6

3.62/5.6

3.13/4.6

2.54/8.5

2.50/9.5

5.09/6.9

3.76/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (7-1-0)
Saltalamacchia (31-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 284/.210 76/.164 123/.303 156/.284 160/.182 138/.222 161/.248 .254 Hamilton
Bradley
Byrd
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto
Duran 0/57/28/5
1/0/18/4
4/34/17/4
42/0/1/1
42/12/44/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .591 .417 .767 .759 .577 .608 .816 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.515 34/.382 56/.747 68/.883 77/.697 68/.369 72/1.048 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.665 42/.443 67/.785 88/.665 83/.471 70/.840 89/.625 .690

Road 144/.584 36/.227 62/.891 61/.873 88/.520 69/.526 81/.828 .689

Last 28d days 118/.540 33/.379 14/.286 36/.649 38/.649 44/.496 52/.826

HR/SB/CS 7/7/2 1/1/1 1/2/1 2/4/1 2/5/0 3/3/1 8/5/1 83/73/21

Usage ····X··· o······X ····X··· ·····o·· X·X····X o·o····X ····XX··

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 @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, July 10, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 6-2, 1.93)

SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 3-3, 4.39)

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