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Game Preview: LAA @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Angels, 72-45, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Jered Weaver (26, RHP, 12-4, 4.12)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-4)			153.0	139	73	70	51	140	21	4.12
2008 (11-10)			176.2	173	88	85	54	152	20	4.33
2007 (13-7)			161.0	178	77	70	45	115	17	3.91

Last 7 GS		3-1	38.2	44	31	30	17	45	9	6.98	44
2009-08-14	@BAL	L	3.1	9	8	8	4	3	1	87	9
2009-08-08	TEX	W	7.1	5	2	2	1	11	1	100	70
2009-08-02	@MIN	W	6.1	4	4	4	2	11	2	114	58
2009-07-28	CLE	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	3	2	102	35
2009-07-23	MIN	ND	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	1	102	52
2009-07-18	@OAK	ND	3.2	8	5	5	3	3	0	92	25
2009-07-11	NYY	W	6.0	4	4	3	2	9	2	110	57

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	24.1	31	16	15	11	23	4	5.55	44
2009-07-28	CLE	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	3	2	102	35
2008-08-15	@CLE	ND	5.1	5	2	2	2	6	0	105	54
2008-07-22	CLE	ND	3.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	77	47
2007-09-09	CLE	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	5	1	97	29
2007-05-09	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	1	3	5	0	112	56

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   36-22   Road:   36-23   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  46-34   vsLHP:  26-11   1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 23-10   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest: 15-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Tue, Aug 18  @CLE  W   5-4       72-45  1st  5.5 up
116 Mon, Aug 17  @BAL  W   8-5       71-45  1st  4.5 up
115 Sun, Aug 16  @BAL  W  17-8 (13)  70-45  1st  4.5 up
114 Sat, Aug 15  @BAL  W   5-1       69-45  1st  4.5 up
113 Fri, Aug 14  @BAL  L   6-16      68-45  1st  4.5 up
112 Wed, Aug 12   TBR  W  10-5       68-44  1st  5.0 up
111 Tue, Aug 11   TBR  W   6-0       67-44  1st  5.0 up
110 Mon, Aug 10   TBR  W   8-7       66-44  1st  4.0 up
109 Sun, Aug  9   TEX  L   0-7       65-44  1st  3.5 up
108 Sat, Aug  8   TEX  W   3-2       65-43  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8

Indians, 51-67, 4th, 12 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (26, LHP, 4-8, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-8)			83.0	87	46	45	34	38	8	4.88
2008 (4-9)			121.0	141	84	75	39	64	18	5.58
2007 (1-6)			67.1	84	49	48	21	24	10	6.42

Last 7 GS		3-3	43.2	44	19	19	13	20	3	3.92	51
2009-08-13	TEX	L	5.1	8	4	4	1	0	1	101	35
2009-08-07	@CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	94	58
2009-08-01	DET	ND	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	95	55
2009-07-25	@SEA	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	103	69
2009-07-07	@CHW	L	5.1	5	4	4	2	4	1	83	44
2009-07-01	CHW	L	6.0	11	5	5	1	2	1	79	31
2009-06-26	CIN	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	106	62

Has never faced ANA.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-33   Road:   26-34   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  34-53   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:24-27   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 18   LAA  L   4-5       51-67  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @MIN  W   7-4       51-66  4th 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @MIN  W   7-3       50-66  4th 12.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @MIN  L   0-11      49-66  4th 12.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   TEX  L   1-4       49-65  4th 11.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   TEX  L   0-5       49-64  4th 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   TEX  W   5-0       49-63  4th 10.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @CHW  W   8-4       48-63  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @CHW  L   5-8       47-63  4th 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @CHW  W   6-2       47-62  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 LAA  9  CLE  3        W:John Lackey (7-4), L: Aaron Laffey (4-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 LAA  7  CLE  6        W:Matt Palmer (9-1), L: David Huff (5-5), S: Jason Bulger (1)
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 CLE  8 @LAA  6        W:Jose Veras (4-1), L: Brian Fuentes (1-3), S: Kerry Wood (14)

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 CLE  4  LAA  3        W:Jeremy Sowers (2-6), L: Justin Speier (1-6), S: Jensen Lewis (3)
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 LAA  4 @CLE  3        W:John Lackey (10-2), L: Fausto Carmona (5-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (47)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 CLE  3  LAA  2        W:Cliff Lee (17-2), L: Jose Arredondo (4-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 LAA 14  CLE 11        W:John Lackey (8-2), L: Aaron Laffey (5-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (42)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 LAA  3  CLE  2        W:Darren Oliver (4-1), L: Matt Ginter (1-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (41)
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 CLE  5 @LAA  2        W:Paul Byrd (4-10), L: Ervin Santana (11-4), S: Masahide Kobayashi (6)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 LAA  9  CLE  5        W:Dustin Moseley (1-1), L: Paul Byrd (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 3-1; 2008 - LAA won 5-4; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - LAA leads 300-278

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 2009 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

LAA 5.81

DET 4.62

SDP 3.88

RA/G

SFG 3.69

NYY 4.67

BAL 5.42

J. Mauer .380

D. Lee .292

A. Casilla .180

OBP

J. Mauer .446

C. McGehee .363

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .683

A. Jones .476

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.127

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .493

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Angels Batters (5.80 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 16.Ohka
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 40.Todd
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 2/1.500 9/.730 4/1.250 6/1.000 1/.000 8/1.000 35/.572 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 20/1.050 488/343 .309/.404/.449/.853 .800/.876 .905 110/.860 26/6 11/6

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 7/1.000 7/.143 4/1.250 3/.666 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 392/264 .311/.352/.432/.785 .817/.771 .798 104/.775 11/5 5/6

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/1.167 9/.611 4/.500 6/.334 3/.666 8/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 530/372 .310/.403/.411/.813 .633/.889 .866 112/.879 37/13 3/12

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 12/.878 7/.143 ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 6/.750 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 16/1.317 236/185 .306/.343/.486/.830 .733/.856 .884 51/1.192 2/1 10/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/2.167 25/.507 ··· 4/1.167 5/.000 8/1.208 6/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 331/254 .306/.378/.557/.934 .976/.922 .905 7/.786 13/3 17/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.800 ··· 6/.666 2/.500 7/.679 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/1.000 321/272 .301/.354/.437/.791 .991/.769 .780 82/.887 10/4 7/3

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 10/.200 5/.650 3/.000 8/1.375 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 306/203 .275/.322/.412/.734 .778/.704 .675 65/1.037 9/3 7/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 2/3.000 6/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 203/142 .209/.301/.320/.621 .693/.589 .479 40/.828 2/2 5/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/1.166 6/.750 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 294/214 .243/.316/.335/.651 .532/.694 .616 91/.738 4/1 3/3

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 4/.917 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 447/352 .304/.353/.579/.933 .718/.993 .872 98/1.067 1/3 26/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.375 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 336/252 .297/.372/.530/.902 1.171/.815 .900 71/.987 2/3 16/4

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 12/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/32 .256/.287/.367/.654 .641/.679 .622 16/.908 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.500 3/.000 8/.250 3/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.750 404/305 .314/.351/.519/.870 1.023/.822 .899 80/.857 0/1 19/1

IP 83.0 82.2 92.0 77.1 46.1 82.1 48.2 38.0 30.1 23.2 30.1 6.2 42.0 TOTAL .291/.355/.454/.809 .786/.817 .802 .888 121/46 134/66

ERA-K/9

4.88/4.1

6.31/5.0

6.55/4.6

3.38/4.8

4.66/8.6

4.70/8.5

6.10/4.1

4.03/10.7

8.31/6.8

4.18/9.9

2.97/8.0

8.10/8.1

4.71/10.5

5.08/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 364/.269 367/.273 421/.319 328/.255 191/.262 362/.273 213/.283 162/.191 146/.367 100/.183 129/.237 30/.417 183/.234 .277

OPS .751 .810 .905 .673 .851 .741 .877 .631 .974 .738 .663 1.066 .747 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.713 213/.957 150/1.071 104/.562 91/1.162 179/.898 115/.832 52/.656 68/1.079 54/.674 31/.919 14/1.532 93/.776 .816

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.767 154/.613 271/.817 224/.726 100/.588 183/.592 98/.931 110/.619 78/.882 46/.814 98/.581 16/.625 90/.717 .767

Home 212/.766 195/.767 169/.886 148/.660 109/.719 152/.651 120/.805 73/.717 72/1.030 52/.498 81/.686 19/.978 90/.603

Last 28d days 108/.596 76/.659 138/.946 129/.612 22/.759 66/.627 41/.863 31/.337 20/.885 36/.732 34/.455 20/.974 41/.617

HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 9/6/3 15/4/1 3/1/1 10/1/0 7/11/4 12/2/0 4/2/4 3/4/1 5/3/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 7/9/0 131/90/20

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

Indians Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 68.Loux
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 55.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 54.Santana
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.889 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 13/.322 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 9/.347 417/285 .309/.358/.448/.806 .736/.846 .751 111/.892 15/4 5/7

11.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 8/1.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 230/168 .306/.396/.393/.789 .935/.736 .649 54/.976 1/2 2/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 14/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 12/1.139 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 505/339 .291/.396/.474/.870 .834/.888 .815 103/.931 17/1 14/5

26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/93 .208/.271/.283/.554 .858/.480 .540 47/.695 4/0 0/2

8.Gimenez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 105/80 .167/.269/.289/.558 .423/.599 .325 65/.434 1/1 3/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 15/.214 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/.459 1/no AB 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 16/.780 252/184 .275/.357/.477/.835 .815/.842 .892 78/.670 0/0 11/

25.Marte G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 9/.393 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/2.000 42/34 .194/.310/.222/.532 .250/.590 .367 42/.532 0/0 0/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 15/1.190 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/3.334 1/.000 27/.847 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 13/.398 464/334 .272/.335/.402/.738 .754/.731 .624 106/.874 0/2 9/13

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 7/.143 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 244/189 .224/.351/.423/.774 1.165/.666 .582 45/1.156 0/0 10/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 17/1.103 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/.567 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 21/.777 432/292 .242/.335/.444/.779 .726/.804 .741 98/.803 11/8 17/0

15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/18 .235/.263/.235/.498 2.000/.410 .182 19/.498 0/0 0/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 247/223 .233/.291/.410/.701 .772/.693 .576 72/.797 1/3 6/7

IP 153.0 31.0 10.2 54.0 41.2 34.2 118.1 54.0 50.0 42.2 95.2 85.0 TOTAL .265/.346/.425/.771 .819/.754 .717 .826 66/26 127/70

ERA-K/9

4.12/8.2

5.52/9.6

5.91/5.0

3.67/9.0

4.10/8.4

5.45/7.5

3.73/7.5

5.83/3.0

2.88/6.5

5.91/5.3

4.42/5.5

6.25/7.3

4.85/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 643/.241 138/.289 25/.375 212/.208 173/.250 144/.318 506/.256 247/.326 204/.249 188/.304 413/.257 379/.296 .276

OPS .721 .777 1.067 .698 .703 .762 .701 .863 .703 .941 .738 .875 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.842 66/.619 14/1.352 103/.797 57/.511 80/.898 283/.755 136/.978 85/.730 90/.885 224/.846 199/.969 .839

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.575 72/.918 11/.727 109/.606 116/.802 64/.590 223/.627 111/.720 119/.680 98/.994 189/.613 180/.771 .746

Road 283/.861 74/.676 / 94/.655 86/.540 72/.895 264/.699 161/.771 114/.717 118/.861 174/.846 217/.765

Last 28d days 129/.900 28/.952 25/1.067 41/.561 34/1.136 54/.624 150/.622 66/.976 35/.663 65/1.149 78/.768 129/.765

HR/SB/CS 21/13/5 3/1/1 2/1/0 7/1/0 5/1/1 2/2/0 12/9/0 4/6/3 5/4/3 10/5/0 10/10/1 14/9/3 144/94/25

Usage ····X··· ·XX·o·X· X·····X· o·Xo··o· ooXo···· X·oo··o· ···X···· ····X··· ·Xo···X· ··X····· ··X·X··· ·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.