LAA @ TOR, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 26-20, 1st, 2 up	SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 0-0, 1.29) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 1.29 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 3-1 49.2 41 12 12 7 45 2 2.17 64 2008-05-14 CHW ND 7 6 1 1 1 4 0 99 64 2007-09-28 @OAK W 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 74 75 2007-09-23 SEA W 7 7 2 2 0 7 0 101 62 2007-09-18 TBD W 8 5 1 1 2 10 0 105 76 2007-09-13 @BAL L 7 9 3 3 1 8 0 112 54 2007-09-07 CLE ND 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 105 66 2007-09-02 TEX ND 6.2 6 4 4 2 8 2 99 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 33.1 26 12 11 8 23 2 2.97 58 2006-05-18 TOR ND 6 4 3 3 5 3 0 104 50 2006-05-07 @TOR L 8 6 3 2 0 3 1 105 63 2005-07-28 @TOR ND 8 4 0 0 1 9 0 109 82 2004-07-11 @TOR W 5.2 6 2 2 0 5 1 104 54 2004-05-24 @TOR ND 5.2 6 4 4 2 3 0 97 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-11 Road: 12-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 19-18 vsLHP: 7-2 1-Run: 6-6 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:12-7 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 46 Sun, May 18 LAD W 10-2 26-20 1st 1.5 up 45 Sat, May 17 LAD L 3-6 25-20 1st 0.5 up 44 Fri, May 16 LAD W 4-2 25-19 1st 1.5 up 43 Thu, May 15 CHW L 3-4 24-19 1st 0.5 up 42 Wed, May 14 CHW L 1-6 24-18 1st 0.5 up 41 Tue, May 13 CHW W 2-0 24-17 1st 0.5 up 40 Mon, May 12 CHW W 10-7 23-17 2nd 0.5 gb 39 Sun, May 11 @TBR L 5-8 22-17 2nd 1.0 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @TBR L 0-2 22-16 1st Tied 37 Fri, May 9 @TBR L 0-2 22-15 1st Tied Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 23-23, 4th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 2-3, 4.38) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 51.1 51 26 25 23 38 3 4.38 2007 (12-10) 169.2 146 80 77 61 144 14 4.08 2006 (1-2) 27.1 35 27 22 25 22 2 7.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 40 22 21 17 27 3 4.69 48 2008-05-15 @MIN ND 5 2 2 2 5 3 0 101 53 2008-05-10 @CLE L 3.2 9 9 9 1 1 1 79 7 2008-05-05 CHW W 7.1 4 0 0 0 6 0 103 76 2008-04-30 @BOS ND 7.1 4 1 1 1 5 1 102 70 2008-04-24 @TBR L 4 4 5 4 7 6 0 88 35 2008-04-19 DET W 7 7 2 2 2 1 0 105 54 2008-04-14 @BAL L 6 10 3 3 1 5 1 97 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-2 13 10 7 6 3 13 2 4.15 57 2007-08-26 @LAA L 7 6 3 3 0 6 1 101 59 2007-08-16 LAA L 6 4 4 3 3 7 1 97 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-9 Road: 13-14 ExtrInn: 3-3 vsRHP: 18-15 vsLHP: 5-8 1-Run: 7-9 vsEast: 7-10 vsCntrl:11-7 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 46 Sun, May 18 @PHI W 6-5 23-23 4th 4.0 gb 45 Sat, May 17 @PHI W 6-3 22-23 4th 4.0 gb 44 Fri, May 16 @PHI L 3-10 21-23 4th 5.0 gb 43 Thu, May 15 @MIN W 3-2 (11) 21-22 4th 4.0 gb 42 Wed, May 14 @MIN W 6-5 20-22 5th 4.0 gb 41 Tue, May 13 @MIN W 5-3 19-22 5th 5.0 gb 40 Mon, May 12 @CLE W 3-0 (10) 18-22 5th 5.5 gb 39 Mon, May 12 @CLE L 0-3 17-22 5th 5.5 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @CLE L 0-12 17-21 5th 6.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 @CLE L 1-6 17-20 5th 5.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 26, 2007 LAA 3 TOR 1 W:Kelvim Escobar (15-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (33) Sat, Aug 25, 2007 TOR 9 @LAA 2 W:Shaun Marcum (11-5), L: Joe Saunders (7-2), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 LAA 3 TOR 0 W:Jered Weaver (9-6), L: Roy Halladay (14-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (32) Thu, Aug 23, 2007 TOR 5 @LAA 4 W:Jesse Litsch (5-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-12), S: Jeremy Accardo (25) Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAA 4 @TOR 3 W:Kelvim Escobar (13-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (30) Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TOR 2 LAA 1 W:Shaun Marcum (10-4), L: Dustin Moseley (4-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (23) Tue, Aug 14, 2007 TOR 4 LAA 1 W:Roy Halladay (14-5), L: Joe Saunders (6-1), S: none Sun, Sep 10, 2006 LAA 4 TOR 3 W:Jered Weaver (11-2), L: Josh Towers (1-10), S: Francisco Rodriguez (41) Sat, Sep 09, 2006 TOR 2 @LAA 1 W:Gustavo Chacin (8-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (10-13), S: B.J. Ryan (32) Fri, Sep 08, 2006 LAA 4 TOR 1 W:Joe Saunders (5-2), L: A.J. Burnett (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (40) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TOR leads 173-161

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 5.82

CIN 4.47

SDP 3.30

RA/G

CLE 3.57

MIN 4.48

TEX 5.46

L. Berkman .389

R. Howard .187

OBP

A. Pujols .495

K. Greene .263

SLG

L. Berkman .784

O. Cabrera .301

OPS

L. Berkman 1.251

K. Greene .585

ERA

E. Volquez 1.33

S. Chacon 4.14

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 10.44

C. Zambrano 6.27

J. Garland 2.01

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 48.Benitez
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 7/1.429 5/.200 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 5/1.850 12/.792 ··· 177/137 .288/.316/.453/.769 .633/.810 .741 93/.871 2/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/124 .270/.287/.362/.648 .929/.568 .804 104/.618 5/2 1/

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

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 7/.000 12/.533 8/1.250 ··· 5/.400 7/.286 4/.833 ··· 184/146 .259/.326/.410/.736 .706/.743 .838 101/.682 1/1 4/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 6/.733 ··· 5/.800 7/1.429 12/.417 6/.500 175/135 .292/.349/.478/.827 .659/.879 .674 99/.725 3/2 5/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.715 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 103/89 .228/.301/.272/.573 .500/.584 .560 46/.802 6/0 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 167/131 .312/.365/.487/.852 1.062/.794 1.009 93/.801 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/54 .224/.264/.403/.667 .712/.650 .928 45/.438 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 8/1.792 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/1.429 3/.666 6/.167 2/1.000 190/153 .223/.311/.349/.660 .878/.608 .689 101/.666 2/1 5/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 100/84 .258/.310/.607/.917 .341/1.018 1.044 52/1.016 3/1 10/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 52/32 .250/.308/.313/.620 .522/.679 .154 44/.613 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.600 4/1.417 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 38/16 .189/.211/.243/.454 .429/.517 .143 19/.526 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/26 .206/.289/.206/.495 .717/.397 .358 34/.494 0/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/27 .269/.367/.346/.713 .500/.748 .476 30/.625 0/0 0/

IP 51.1 2.0 12.0 18.1 18.2 15.1 14.0 19.0 TOTAL .268/.327/.406/.733 .725/.735 .764 .689 37/13 41/20

ERA-K/9

4.38/6.7

9.00/9.0

4.50/8.2

1.96/9.3

2.41/9.1

4.11/7.6

0.64/10.9

1.42/9.0

3.71/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (13-8-1)
Napoli (16-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.268 10/.250 51/.239 73/.194 83/.239 61/.208 58/.212 82/.247 .239 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/37/3
18/7/8/2
25/0/0/1
0/38/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/3/4/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .731 1.150 .642 .633 .685 .635 .639 .596 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.772 3/4.000 20/1.156 39/.618 37/.697 21/.707 19/.328 36/.606 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.693 7/.143 31/.331 34/.652 46/.675 40/.594 39/.790 46/.589 .638

Home 78/.614 / 19/.675 27/.431 34/.526 30/.621 22/.540 42/.508 .674

Last 28d days 119/.687 10/1.150 46/.716 43/.738 41/.666 29/.588 44/.598 34/.646

HR/SB/CS 3/6/2 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 38/26/9

Usage ····X··· ··o·X·o· ·X··oo·o ·o··Xooo ··X··ooX ·X··X·X· ·Xo·o·oo ·o·Xoo··

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP 17/.507 ··· ··· 5/.200 10/.425 9/.347 7/1.000 72/49 .273/.333/.470/.803 .824/.793 .656 44/.829 0/0 3/

2.Hill G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.500 3/1.334 1/.000 188/143 .272/.330/.385/.714 .809/.686 .752 100/.608 4/1 2/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 7/1.464 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 48/46 .310/.375/.381/.756 .000/.791 .857 20/.585 2/1 0/

18.Luna G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 1/2.000 0/1 0/

36.Mench G/S/vP 29/.433 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 13/.749 13/.398 4/.750 18/2 .176/.222/.176/.399 .450/.000 18/.399 1/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.273 2/1.500 5/.400 2/.000 175/124 .272/.374/.374/.748 .510/.854 .767 94/.767 0/2 2/

15.Rios G/S/vP 9/.625 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 3/.333 9/.444 ··· 197/148 .253/.315/.376/.691 .599/.722 .694 107/.567 8/2 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.542 ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 92/67 .296/.370/.506/.876 .572/.999 1.019 92/.876 2/0 2/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 35/.619 ··· 6/1.100 2/.500 14/.824 14/.585 6/1.000 132/95 .245/.366/.309/.676 .806/.619 .727 64/.743 3/2 1/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 8/.946 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 7/1.000 4/.500 134/120 .295/.351/.475/.826 .220/.898 .671 84/.872 0/0 6/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 42/.852 ··· 2/2.000 20/.628 14/.972 12/.872 8/.804 125/86 .248/.328/.321/.649 .796/.582 .687 79/.681 1/0 0/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 17/.489 ··· 3/2.667 5/1.833 8/.583 9/.222 8/1.042 106/92 .209/.301/.253/.554 .364/.578 .480 52/.549 1/2 0/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 2/.000 12/.606 7/.858 9/.583 5/.600 127/92 .250/.339/.324/.663 .575/.715 .706 65/.601 2/1 1/

IP 7.0 3.0 12.1 20.1 18.1 17.1 17.0 TOTAL .254/.331/.366/.697 .621/.723 .726 .664 29/14 29/26

ERA-K/9

1.29/5.1

3.00/9.0

8.76/7.3

2.66/3.5

2.95/7.4

4.15/7.3

5.29/5.8

4.33/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (9-3-1)
Zaun (17-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 26/.240 10/.200 68/.383 83/.278 74/.215 68/.274 81/.265 .273 Wilkerson
Rios
Stewart
Scutaro
Inglett
Mench
Stairs 3/0/26/3
0/11/33/3
26/0/0/2
2/0/0/1
4/0/4/0
4/0/1/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .549 .700 .956 .750 .603 .743 .929 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.347 4/1.250 29/1.021 37/.849 35/.779 29/.622 36/1.311 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.647 6/.333 39/.906 46/.675 39/.453 39/.831 45/.613 .691

Road / / 12/.606 45/.897 30/.313 32/.583 46/1.032 .764

Last 28d days 26/.549 10/.700 64/.969 43/.602 36/.400 40/.822 50/1.034

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 40/29/13

Usage ·····X·· ·X··oo·· ·XX····X ··X·X··· ···oX·oX ···o·ooX ·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 @ TOR, 7:07pm, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 0-0, 1.29)

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 2-3, 4.38)

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