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Game Preview: LAA @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, May 22, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 28-20, 1st, 3 up

SP: Ervin Santana (25, RHP, 6-1, 2.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-1)             60.2  48  21  20  13  50  4    2.97      
 2007 (7-14)           150   174 103  96  58 126 26    5.76      
 2006 (16-8)           204   181 106  97  70 141 21    4.28      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  48.2  38  17  16   8  42  4    2.96   61 
 2008-05-17    LAD   L   6     5   4   4   3   5  1     109   48 
 2008-05-11   @TBR  ND   5.2   9   5   5   1   7  0     113   37 
 2008-05-05   @KCR   W   9     4   0   0   0   9  0      97   88 
 2008-04-30    OAK   W   6.2   4   1   0   1   3  0     112   66 
 2008-04-25   @DET   W   6.1   6   3   3   2   4  1     111   51 
 2008-04-19    SEA   W   8     3   1   1   0   8  1     109   80 
 2008-04-14   @TEX   W   7     7   3   3   1   6  1     105   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-2  22.2  28  18  16   7  12  0    6.35   40 
 2007-08-23    TOR   L   6     8   5   5   1   4  0      83   39 
 2006-05-16    TOR   W   6.2   5   3   2   0   3  0     107   57 
 2006-05-05   @TOR   L   4     9   6   6   4   4  0      89   20 
 2005-08-15    TOR  ND   6     6   4   3   2   1  0     107   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-11   Road:   14-9    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  21-18   vsLHP:   7-2    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  8-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Wed, May 21  @TOR  W   4-3       28-20  1st  3.0 up
 47 Tue, May 20  @TOR  W   3-1       27-20  1st  3.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 23-25, 4th, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 4-4, 4.71)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             57.1  58  32  30  27  49  4    4.71      
 2007 (10-8)           165.2 131  74  69  66 176 23    3.75      
 2006 (10-8)           135.2 138  67  60  39 118 14    3.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  45.2  40  22  20  23  43  3    3.94   53 
 2008-05-17   @PHI   W   6.1   4   2   2   3   8  0     106   62 
 2008-05-12   @CLE   L   7.2   5   3   3   3   7  1     117   61 
 2008-05-06    TBR   L   6     9   5   5   1  10  1      97   43 
 2008-05-01   @BOS   W   7.2   3   0   0   5   5  0     112   73 
 2008-04-25   @KCR   L   7.1   8   5   3   3   6  0     102   49 
 2008-04-20    DET   W   5     4   3   3   6   4  0     113   45 
 2008-04-13   @TEX  ND   5.2   7   4   4   2   3  1     113   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      0-1   7     7   3   3   2   6  1    3.86   55 
 2006-09-08   @LAA   L   7     7   3   3   2   6  1     116   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-11   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  18-17   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Wed, May 21   LAA  L   3-4       23-25  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 20   LAA  L   1-3       23-24  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 21, 2008 LAA  4 @TOR  3        W:Jon Garland (5-3), L: Shaun Marcum (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19)
Tue, May 20, 2008 LAA  3 @TOR  1        W:John Lackey (1-0), L: Dustin McGowan (2-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (18)

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)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 2-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TOR leads 173-163

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  5.68

TBR  4.51

SDP  3.29

RA/G

CLE  3.65

NYY  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .410

C. Pena  .206

R. Howard  .195

OBP

C. Jones  .482

M. Bourn  .272

K. Greene  .264

SLG

L. Berkman  .763

M. Bourn  .298

O. Cabrera  .290

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

M. Bourn  .569

O. Cabrera  .565

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

D. Lowe  6.30

J. Garland  1.96

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.200 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 12/.792 1/.000 185/144 .281/.308/.438/.746 .618/.784 .696 92/.842 2/0 5/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 6/1.467 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 149/125 .306/.423/.355/.778 .845/.764 .733 48/.657 11/4 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 36/.721 12/.533 8/1.250 ··· 5/.400 8/.250 4/.833 1/.000 192/153 .266/.328/.445/.773 .687/.796 .903 99/.790 1/1 6/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 8/.625 3/.000 6/.733 ··· 5/.800 8/1.518 12/.417 7/.429 183/142 .286/.344/.470/.815 .643/.867 .662 98/.684 3/2 5/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.833 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 112/96 .208/.277/.248/.524 .438/.539 .466 47/.584 6/0 0/
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 175/137 .309/.360/.481/.841 1.004/.795 .974 93/.705 1/0 6/
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/54 .224/.264/.403/.667 .712/.650 .928 37/.250 1/0 3/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/1.250 3/.666 6/.167 3/.666 199/160 .220/.312/.353/.664 .830/.624 .695 100/.596 2/1 5/
44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 108/90 .247/.324/.581/.905 .365/1.003 1.000 60/.983 3/1 10/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 56/35 .235/.304/.294/.598 .496/.658 .180 48/.587 0/0 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 4/.833 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 46/32 .175/.283/.175/.458 .701/.357 .334 42/.452 0/0 0/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/27 .269/.367/.346/.713 .500/.748 .476 30/.625 0/0 0/
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/19 .154/.214/.269/.484 .347/.544 .529 29/.484 0/0 1/
IP 57.1 2.0 12.0 19.1 19.2 16.0 14.0 21.1 TOTAL .263/.324/.403/.727 .705/.733 .750 .654 37/13 43/21
ERA-K/9 4.71/7.7 9.00/9.0 4.50/8.2 1.86/8.9 2.29/9.1 3.94/7.3 0.64/10.9 1.27/8.5 3.68/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (13-8-1)
 Napoli (18-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 253/.262 10/.250 51/.239 76/.188 86/.230 64/.204 58/.212 90/.225 .235  Guerrero
 Matthews
 Anderson
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Willits
 Quinlan
0/0/38/3
19/7/9/2
26/0/0/1
0/40/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/3/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .734 1.150 .642 .625 .659 .630 .639 .555 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.793 3/4.000 20/1.156 40/.601 37/.697 22/.673 19/.328 38/.573 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.661 7/.143 31/.331 36/.653 49/.630 42/.604 39/.790 52/.541 .638
Home 85/.971 / 19/.675 30/.426 37/.481 33/.613 22/.540 50/.446 .666
Last 28d days 147/.624 10/1.150 42/.739 38/.736 38/.610 32/.583 44/.598 42/.549
HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 40/26/9
Usage ····X··· ····o·X· ···X··oo ·o·o··Xo ·o··X··o ·o·X··X· ···Xo·o· X··o·Xoo
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 10/.300 ··· ··· 5/.200 10/.425 9/.347 7/1.000 72/49 .273/.333/.470/.803 .824/.793 .656 40/.916 0/0 3/
2.Hill G/S/vP 10/.522 1/2.000 1/no AB 5/.400 8/.536 4/1.500 1/.000 198/153 .281/.338/.388/.726 .809/.702 .773 102/.671 4/2 2/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 48/46 .310/.375/.381/.756 .000/.791 .857 13/.657 2/1 0/
18.Luna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 8/.125 ··· 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 9/.619 ··· 2/.000 11/.273 3/1.000 6/.334 2/.000 183/132 .266/.368/.370/.738 .510/.834 .743 98/.767 0/2 2/
15.Rios G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.250 5/.200 10/.522 ··· 207/158 .258/.324/.376/.700 .599/.732 .712 117/.592 9/2 3/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 8/.542 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.500 101/76 .289/.356/.478/.834 .572/.927 .853 101/.834 2/0 2/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 15/.285 ··· 6/1.100 2/.500 15/.871 15/.539 6/1.000 140/103 .259/.381/.319/.700 .806/.657 .771 69/.789 3/2 1/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 11/1.555 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 8/.875 4/.500 142/128 .285/.338/.454/.792 .220/.855 .613 84/.742 0/0 6/
23.Stewart G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 2/2.000 20/.628 14/.972 14/.891 8/.804 133/94 .248/.323/.316/.640 .796/.575 .660 79/.673 2/0 0/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 18/1.111 ··· 3/2.667 5/1.833 10/.586 9/.222 8/1.042 116/102 .204/.310/.276/.585 .364/.611 .580 61/.619 1/2 1/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.606 8/.929 10/.650 5/.600 135/100 .263/.356/.333/.689 .575/.748 .757 65/.690 2/1 1/
IP 60.2 4.0 12.1 20.1 20.1 19.1 17.0 TOTAL .256/.334/.366/.699 .621/.724 .728 .676 31/15 30/28
ERA-K/9 2.97/7.4 2.25/9.0 8.76/7.3 2.66/3.5 2.66/7.1 3.72/7.5 5.29/5.8 4.23/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 243/.214 14/.286 68/.383 83/.278 84/.197 77/.290 81/.265 .274  Wilkerson
 Rios
 Stewart
 Scutaro
 Inglett
 Mench
 Stairs
3/0/28/3
0/13/33/3
28/0/0/2
2/0/0/1
4/0/4/0
4/0/1/0
7/0/5/0
OPS .568 .786 .956 .750 .589 .771 .929 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.754 5/1.000 29/1.021 37/.849 39/.765 32/.603 36/1.311 .823
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.397 9/.667 39/.906 46/.675 45/.444 45/.888 45/.613 .694
Road 137/.591 4/1.000 12/.606 45/.897 40/.340 41/.668 46/1.032 .763
Last 28d days 137/.552 14/.786 64/.969 38/.543 43/.445 41/.810 46/1.097
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 5/1/1 41/31/14
Usage ····X··· X··X··oo ···XX··· ····X·X· oX···oX· Xo···o·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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