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Game Preview: LAA @ BOS, 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @Fenway Park II

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Angels, 12-16, 12-163rd, 2½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Joel Pineiro (31, RHP, 2-3, 5.76)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-3)			29.2	40	20	19	5	16	4	5.76
2009 (15-12)			214.0	218	94	83	27	105	11	3.49
2008 (7-7)			148.2	180	89	85	35	81	22	5.15

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.2	54	31	29	7	21	8	6.42	41
2010-04-30	@DET	L	3.1	10	10	9	1	1	3	63	2
2010-04-24	NYY	L	6.0	11	6	6	1	2	0	101	27
2010-04-19	DET	W	7.1	9	0	0	0	4	0	104	64
2010-04-14	@NYY	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	107	70
2010-04-08	MIN	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	103	49
2009-10-04	MIL	ND	5.0	6	4	3	1	4	1	81	44
2009-09-29	@CIN	L	6.0	8	7	7	1	1	3	88	28

Last 5 v.BOS		1-2	27.2	37	22	22	11	15	5	7.16	38
2008-06-22	@BOS	ND	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	81	56
2006-04-15	@BOS	W	6.1	5	0	0	2	5	0	111	66
2005-05-13	BOS	ND	3.2	8	6	6	4	0	2	81	17
2005-05-08	@BOS	L	7.0	10	6	6	1	4	0	109	36
2004-07-20	BOS	L	3.2	7	8	8	4	5	2	81	16

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

 Home:    8-9    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   8-11   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Tue, May  4  @BOS  L   1-5       12-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 27 Mon, May  3  @BOS  L   8-17      12-15  3rd  2.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  2  @DET  L   1-5       12-14  3rd  1.5 gb
 25 Sat, May  1  @DET  L   2-3       12-13  3rd  1.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 30  @DET  L   6-10      12-12  1st    Tied
 23 Wed, Apr 28   CLE  W   4-3       12-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Tue, Apr 27   CLE  L   2-9       11-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Mon, Apr 26   CLE  W   5-2       11-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 25   NYY  W   8-4       10-10  2nd  2.0 gb
 19 Sat, Apr 24   NYY  L   1-7        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-16

RedSox, 13-14, 13-144th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: John Lackey (31, RHP, 2-1, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-1)			30.0	35	16	15	12	17	2	4.50
2009 (11-8)			176.1	177	84	75	47	139	17	3.83
2008 (12-5)			163.1	161	71	68	40	130	26	3.75

Last 7 GS		2-1	37.0	49	24	23	13	21	5	5.59	43
2010-04-30	@BAL	ND	7.0	6	3	2	3	6	0	120	58
2010-04-24	BAL	W	7.0	10	3	3	2	3	1	111	46
2010-04-19	TBR	L	3.1	9	8	8	1	3	1	79	12
2010-04-14	@MIN	W	6.2	7	2	2	4	2	0	107	50
2010-04-07	NYY	ND	6.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	100	67
2009-10-01	TEX	ND	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	40	42
2009-09-26	OAK	ND	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	2	92	24

Has never faced LAA as starter.

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

 Home:    7-8    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:   7-11   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  6-10   vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, May  4   LAA  W   5-1       13-14  4th  6.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  3   LAA  W  17-8       12-14  4th  6.5 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @BAL  L   2-3 (10)  11-14  4th  7.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1  @BAL  L   9-12      11-13  4th  6.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @BAL  L   4-5 (10)  11-12  4th  6.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 28  @TOR  W   2-0       11-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 27  @TOR  W   2-1       10-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 26  @TOR  W  13-12       9-11  4th  5.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25   BAL  L   6-7 (10)   8-11  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24   BAL  W   7-6        8-10  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 04, 2010 BOS  5  LAA  1        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 03, 2010 BOS 17  LAA  8        W:Clay Buchholz (3-2), L: Joe Saunders (1-5), S: none

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 LAA  4 @BOS  3        W:Kevin Jepsen (6-3), L: Billy Wagner (1-1), S: Brian Fuentes (42)
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 BOS  9  LAA  8        W:Daniel Bard (2-1), L: Brian Fuentes (1-5), S: none
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 BOS  4  LAA  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-5), L: John Lackey (10-8), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2009 LAA  5  BOS  4 (12)   W:Jason Bulger (1-1), L: Manny Delcarmen (1-1), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 LAA  8  BOS  4        W:Matt Palmer (4-0), L: Tim Wakefield (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 BOS  4 @LAA  3        W:Ramon Ramirez (4-0), L: Scot Shields (1-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 LAA  5  BOS  4        W:Dustin Moseley (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (1-1), S: Brian Fuentes (2)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 BOS  5 @LAA  4        W:Brad Penny (1-0), L: Joe Saunders (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (2)
Season Series: 2010 - BOS leads 2-0; 2009 - LAA won 5-4; 2008 - LAA won 8-1; All-Time - BOS leads 314-277

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 2010 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

TBR 5.85

TEX 4.48

HOU 2.81

RA/G

STL 3.00

DET 4.64

PIT 6.81

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez .87

R. Wolf 3.86

E. Jackson 8.07

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.91

S. Baker 6.63

N. Blackburn 2.48

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Angels Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Lackey
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 28/.619 ··· 2/2.000 7/.829 9/1.431 12/.786 4/.500 119/75 .264/.319/.455/.774 .522/.923 .536 107/.812 3/3 4/1

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 3/1.000 5/.800 116/78 .245/.325/.324/.648 .876/.540 .688 103/.654 2/3 1/3

28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.667/1.000 3.000/.000 3.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0

17.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 36/.806 1/.000 1/.000 6/.750 5/.800 6/1.500 2/.000 110/74 .302/.373/.510/.883 .833/.907 .875 98/.834 3/2 3/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 44/38 .270/.364/.351/.715 .667/.723 1.136 43/.733 3/1 0/0

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 102/73 .284/.324/.368/.692 .841/.635 .581 90/.668 2/1 1/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 37/26 .324/.351/.500/.851 .909/.824 .842 30/.811 2/0 1/0

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 32/.808 2/1.000 4/.250 6/.334 9/.583 7/.000 5/1.600 116/74 .250/.319/.423/.742 .773/.722 .640 104/.674 0/0 4/0

8.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 111/70 .311/.351/.505/.856 .663/.969 .782 99/.869 0/0 6/2

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 5/1.800 63/47 .236/.333/.327/.661 1.000/.545 1.031 59/.672 2/0 0/3

33.Pettit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 8/.000 6/.833 99/66 .242/.303/.396/.699 .703/.696 .669 87/.752 0/0 3/1

12.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 22/15 .167/.318/.222/.540 .629/.497 .675 22/.540 0/0 0/0

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/55 .179/.200/.231/.431 .497/.400 .328 69/.478 1/0 1/5

IP 30.0 10.1 15.2 12.2 8.0 14.0 11.2 TOTAL .260/.321/.398/.719 .737/.710 .694 .719 18/10 24/21

ERA-K/9

4.50/5.1

6.10/7.9

2.87/11.5

1.42/3.5

6.75/5.6

1.93/7.1

6.17/3.8

4.76/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (2-1-0)
Mathis (4-0-0)
Napoli (16-3-1)
Wilson (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.307 45/.250 61/.182 46/.075 41/.361 58/.184 51/.271 .267 Willits
Hunter
Abreu
Rivera
Matsui
Evans 2/5/1/2
0/25/0/1
0/0/25/1
23/1/2/0
3/0/0/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .805 .886 .615 .371 .981 .596 .835 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.676 25/.956 32/.291 20/.261 19/1.000 32/.782 22/.668 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.976 20/.800 29/.978 26/.458 22/.955 26/.367 29/.953 .776

Home 72/.917 28/.846 32/.356 30/.473 30/.956 38/.655 28/.804

Last 28d days 107/.880 37/.900 48/.689 42/.329 31/.971 47/.523 47/.765

HR/SB/CS 2/2/3 3/2/0 3/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 29/39/9

Usage ····X··· ········ ··X·o·X· ·o·oo··· ····o··· o·X···o· ·o··X··o

RedSox Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 9/.889 4/.500 8/1.089 6/.666 24/.742 5/.600 103/76 .323/.359/.427/.786 .491/.894 .733 91/.798 1/1 1/6

23.Cameron G/S/vP 20/.516 ··· 10/.543 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/.192 3/.000 36/30 .233/.361/.333/.694 1.100/.613 .871 24/.633 0/0 0/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 7/.629 2/2.000 4/.500 1/no AB 10/1.389 4/1.500 107/70 .258/.336/.484/.820 .537/.979 .735 95/.889 0/1 5/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 30/24 .333/.333/.467/.800 .333/.917 .467 15/1.133 2/0 0/0

22.Hall G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/2.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 42/21 .250/.415/.375/.790 .929/.650 .829 42/.790 1/0 1/2

32.Hermida* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 60/52 .255/.317/.491/.808 .804/.808 .891 60/.808 1/0 3/2

70.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

25.Lowell G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.750 1/.000 5/.600 4/.000 9/.555 4/2.500 46/24 .317/.391/.512/.903 .837/.962 1.357 46/.903 0/0 1/0

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 17/.607 2/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 2/.000 7/.929 7/1.000 8/1.625 104/76 .242/.308/.326/.634 .929/.524 .802 90/.568 0/0 1/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 29/1.266 1/.000 4/.833 4/.500 4/.500 9/.778 18/1.389 3/1.000 75/58 .149/.240/.358/.598 .694/.570 .447 63/.665 0/1 3/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 7/1.238 3/2.334 129/98 .287/.328/.548/.876 .576/.972 .705 114/.858 2/0 7/0

68.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.333/.500 /.500 .500 6/.500 0/0 0/0

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 18/.860 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 3/2.000 16/.650 1/.000 123/92 .290/.372/.393/.764 .757/.767 .746 111/.759 1/2 2/3

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 20/.105 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.917 17/.508 2/2.000 37/26 .324/.378/.824/1.202 1.064/1.260 .984 37/1.202 0/0 5/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 12/.833 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/1.167 1/3.000 1/.000 5/1.800 4/1.833 118/88 .293/.398/.545/.944 1.417/.790 1.043 106/.898 1/0 5/0

IP 29.2 10.0 4.2 11.2 21.1 12.2 7.2 13.2 TOTAL .272/.345/.461/.806 .824/.799 .803 .813 10/5 37/25

ERA-K/9

5.76/4.8

6.30/7.2

3.86/11.5

4.63/9.2

6.75/4.6

2.84/6.4

9.39/8.2

5.93/8.5

5.25/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (28-7-1)
Varitek (11-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.320 50/.293 21/.222 52/.250 106/.322 48/.122 46/.343 67/.339 .280 Hermida
Cameron
Hall
Ellsbury
Reddick
Drew 17/0/1/1
0/11/0/1
11/3/2/1
6/1/0/0
1/2/0/0
0/0/26/0

OPS .868 .920 .722 .694 .891 .470 1.003 1.076 .834

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.853 27/1.126 6/.333 33/.592 44/.902 25/.520 22/1.101 32/1.149 .832

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.887 23/.679 15/.900 19/.874 62/.878 23/.412 24/.921 35/1.013 .836

Road 49/.986 19/1.233 / 17/1.145 36/.841 14/.220 15/1.433 26/1.253

Last 28d days 133/.868 43/1.041 18/.856 46/.667 98/.917 45/.475 42/1.061 61/1.165

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/0 1/2/1 3/0/0 36/22/4

Usage ····X··· ·oX····· ······X· X··o··o· ·X··X··X ···X··o· o·Xo···o ·Xo·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.