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Game Preview: BOS @ LAA, 10:05pm, Thursday, April 21, 2011 @Angel Stadium

RedSox, 6-11, 6-11 5th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (31, RHP, 2-1, 1.80)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-1) 20.0 10 4 4 7 23 0 1.80
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
2009 (17-6) 212.1 198 99 91 55 199 25 3.86
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.2 43 20 19 20 44 6 3.74 54
2011-04-16 TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 2 9 0 101 74
2011-04-10 NYY W 8.0 2 0 0 1 10 0 103 87
2011-04-05 @CLE L 5.0 5 3 3 4 4 0 106 45
2010-09-29 @CHW L 6.0 11 4 4 4 5 1 105 35
2010-09-24 @NYY W 6.2 7 5 5 2 5 4 95 43
2010-09-18 TOR L 7.0 10 4 3 2 4 1 111 45
2010-09-12 @OAK W 6.0 5 3 3 5 7 0 110 52
Last 5 v.LAA 1-3 32.2 38 24 23 6 31 3 6.34 45
2010-08-19 LAA L 6.1 7 6 6 2 6 1 105 39
2010-07-28 @LAA W 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 0 112 59
2009-09-17 LAA ND 8.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 114 63
2009-04-12 @LAA L 6.0 8 4 4 2 5 0 103 43
2008-07-30 LAA L 5.1 11 8 7 1 8 1 100 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    1-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Wed, Apr 20  @OAK  W   5-3        6-11  5th  4.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 19  @OAK  L   0-5        5-11  5th  4.5 gb
 15 Mon, Apr 18   TOR  W   9-1        5-10  5th  4.5 gb
 14 Sun, Apr 17   TOR  W   8-1        4-10  5th  5.0 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 16   TOR  W   4-1        3-10  5th  5.0 gb
 12 Fri, Apr 15   TOR  L   6-7        2-10  5th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12   TBR  L   2-3        2-9   5th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11   TBR  L   5-16       2-8   4th  4.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   NYY  W   4-0        2-7   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9   NYY  L   4-9        1-7   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-11   Last 30: 6-11
Angels, 12-6, 12-6 1st, 1 up

SP: (2011, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    8-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-3    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-1    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @TEX  W   4-1       12-6   1st  1.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @TEX  W  15-4       11-6   1st    Tied
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @TEX  L   1-7       10-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @CHW  W   4-2       10-5   1st    Tied
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @CHW  W   7-2        9-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @CHW  W   4-3        8-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13   CLE  W   4-3 (12)   7-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12   CLE  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11   CLE  L   0-4        5-5   2nd  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   TOR  W   3-1        5-4   2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-6    Last 30:12-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 LAA  7 @BOS  2        W:Ervin Santana (13-8), L: Josh Beckett (3-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 BOS  7  LAA  5        W:John Lackey (11-7), L: Kevin Jepsen (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 BOS  6  LAA  0        W:Clay Buchholz (14-5), L: Jered Weaver (11-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 BOS  7 @LAA  3        W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Fernando Rodney (4-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 BOS  4 @LAA  2        W:John Lackey (10-5), L: Jered Weaver (9-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 BOS  6 @LAA  3        W:Clay Buchholz (11-5), L: Dan Haren (7-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Thu, May 06, 2010 BOS 11  LAA  6        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1), L: Scott Kazmir (2-2), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 BOS  3  LAA  1        W:John Lackey (3-1), L: Joel Pineiro (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)
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
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - BOS won 9-1; 2009 - LAA won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 321-278

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 2011 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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

RedSox Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Bulger
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 63.Thompson
G/S/vB		 51.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/132 .259/.328/.401/.729 1.128/.588 .706 20/.377 0/1 4/2
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 2/.000 21/.979 9/1.056 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 663/438 .307/.356/.495/.851 .696/.930 .846 70/.365 47/10 19/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP 1/.000 17/.544 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 546/374 .255/.341/.452/.793 .611/.875 .820 49/.786 3/1 22/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.857 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/67 .192/.241/.244/.485 .471/.488 .556 61/.680 7/1 0/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 693/460 .298/.393/.511/.904 .937/.887 .980 74/.780 0/0 31/8
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 197/116 .287/.381/.526/.907 1.025/.823 .962 41/1.231 1/1 9/5
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 363/189 .270/.336/.429/.766 .821/.715 .741 15/.557 9/1 9/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 1/.000 23/.949 10/1.200 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 606/406 .270/.370/.529/.899 .599/1.059 .867 64/.852 0/1 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.333 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 351/261 .288/.367/.493/.860 .700/.910 .898 74/.887 9/1 12/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 30/11 .167/.333/.292/.625 .654/.573 .721 39/.479 0/0 0/1
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/2.333 8/.250 5/2.300 2/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 695/495 .275/.333/.388/.721 .743/.711 .707 41/.595 5/4 11/20
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 13/.693 4/.917 ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/94 .232/.293/.473/.766 .868/.733 .624 23/.186 0/0 7/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/2.000 7/.429 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 435/322 .307/.411/.564/.975 1.311/.863 .967 72/.876 4/1 19/3
IP 24.0 61.1 68.0 47.1 122.0 19.2 15.1 TOTAL .238/.331/.383/.713 .737/.692 .566 .713 6/5 17/7
ERA-K/9 4.88/9.4 2.64/7.0 4.24/7.0 4.37/6.8 3.61/8.4 1.37/6.9 2.35/13.5 2.90/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (6-1-0)
 Varitek (34-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 111/.269 241/.211 308/.263 209/.254 516/.252 75/.171 65/.224 .215  McDonald
 Crawford
 Cameron
 Drew
 Ellsbury
30/69/34/9
148/0/0/7
0/46/0/3
0/0/133/1
6/13/0/0
OPS .823 .584 .739 .732 .712 .516 .670 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.912 89/.488 153/.728 94/.984 126/.544 32/.296 32/.527 .559
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.752 152/.637 155/.750 115/.539 390/.768 43/.679 33/.803 .703
Home 49/.772 113/.606 187/.743 105/.734 252/.654 38/.454 33/.724
Last 28d days 34/.828 6/.333 33/.488 20/.850 35/.823 32/.594 33/.362
HR/SB/CS 3/2/2 3/3/0 4/13/1 5/1/0 13/3/4 2/1/0 1/2/0 18/17/5
Usage ··X····· ·······o ···o·X·X ·X·oo··· ·X·o···X ··X·o··· ···X·X·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 52.Jenks
G/S/vB		 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 95/.665 3/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 9/1.431 13/.712 38/.871 5/2.800 667/461 .255/.352/.435/.787 .639/.856 .831 78/.765 24/10 20/6
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 11/.600 4/1.250 3/.666 5/.400 3/1.667 6/.500 3/.666 2/.000 589/419 .253/.306/.330/.636 .609/.646 .561 16/.813 22/8 5/21
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 193/134 .204/.237/.381/.618 .480/.679 .523 69/.868 10/3 6/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 18/.516 2/.000 2/no AB 3/1.667 4/1.750 4/.000 10/.400 1/.000 601/471 .265/.302/.374/.675 .576/.706 .686 73/.835 5/3 10/11
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/31 .172/.294/.276/.570 .333/.587 1.012 28/1.054 0/0 0/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 20/.844 6/.666 3/.000 10/.686 5/.800 7/1.286 45/1.182 7/.829 646/445 .281/.354/.464/.819 .775/.838 .707 83/.578 9/12 23/3
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 34/.822 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 4/.000 12/.500 ··· 238/181 .250/.321/.363/.684 .697/.680 .525 76/.984 7/3 3/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 26/.943 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 13/1.007 6/1.166 658/462 .279/.313/.407/.721 .673/.741 .763 86/.996 14/4 10/10
5.Mathis G/S/vP 10/.600 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/.625 1/.000 218/160 .195/.219/.278/.497 .580/.467 .540 39/.616 3/0 3/7
44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .067/.125/.067/.192 .167/.200 .091 69/.789 0/0 0/1
10.Wells G/S/vP 44/1.225 5/.600 5/.650 8/.000 9/1.333 20/.500 73/.673 18/.343 646/518 .273/.331/.515/.847 .643/.895 .990 79/.538 6/4 31/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 7/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.666 2/.500 182/121 .258/.341/.302/.643 .630/.648 .687 4/.000 2/4 0/1
46.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/81 .229/.288/.417/.705 .947/.624 .724 8/.250 0/0 4/1
IP 127.2 12.0 74.2 52.2 46.0 67.0 140.0 48.1 TOTAL .268/.332/.442/.773 .832/.744 .606 .773 10/4 23/9
ERA-K/9 5.78/8.2 3.00/1.5 1.93/9.2 4.44/10.4 4.50/6.5 3.90/10.2 5.34/5.4 3.35/8.6 5.42/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (7-2-0)
 Mathis (43-11-6)
 Wilson (26-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 577/.292 53/.208 295/.176 231/.260 213/.314 287/.226 610/.272 195/.207 .254  Bourjos
 Abreu
 Wells
 Willits
 Hunter
 Trumbo
 Kendrick
 Callaspo
0/51/0/10
41/0/93/7
0/151/0/5
44/29/8/5
0/98/46/4
0/0/1/1
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .848 .575 .540 .668 .841 .674 .773 .681 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 331/.940 20/.585 158/.462 120/.648 99/.732 158/.717 276/.782 44/.663 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.726 33/.565 137/.627 111/.689 114/.936 129/.619 334/.766 151/.687 .820
Road 324/.895 27/.377 174/.651 122/.690 103/.999 149/.758 234/.738 90/.707
Last 28d days 77/.440 30/.662 33/.680 27/.712 5/1.350 27/.638 41/.858 30/1.000
HR/SB/CS 20/18/1 1/3/0 6/8/1 3/11/0 6/1/1 7/11/0 19/24/5 7/2/1 23/20/8
Usage ····X··· ·oo··o·· X··Xo··· X··o·X·· ·X······ X···XX·· ··o····· ·X·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.