LAA @ CHW, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 85-56, 1st, 16 up	SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-7, 3.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (14-7) 170.2 167 77 70 48 81 19 3.69 2007 (8-5) 107.1 129 56 53 34 69 11 4.44 2006 (7-3) 70.2 71 42 37 29 51 6 4.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 37 50 24 24 12 15 3 5.84 41 2008-09-02 @DET ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 2 0 97 46 2008-08-27 OAK L 1.1 8 6 6 1 1 1 49 14 2008-08-22 MIN L 5.1 9 6 6 0 0 1 88 26 2008-08-17 @CLE ND 5 8 3 3 2 2 0 101 39 2008-08-10 NYY ND 7 6 3 3 3 6 0 112 56 2008-08-04 BAL ND 6 6 1 1 2 2 0 98 56 2008-07-30 @BOS W 6 5 2 2 3 2 1 103 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 17.2 13 9 9 11 16 0 4.58 53 2008-05-23 @CHW W 8.1 3 1 1 3 4 0 99 74 2007-09-16 @CHW ND 6 2 1 1 5 7 0 105 66 2006-09-13 CHW L 3.1 8 7 7 3 5 0 73 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-28 Road: 42-28 ExtrInn: 3-5 vsRHP: 60-42 vsLHP: 25-14 1-Run: 27-20 vsEast: 28-15 vsCntrl:23-17 vsWest: 24-16 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sat, Sep 6 @CHW L 6-7 (15) 85-56 1st 16.0 up 140 Fri, Sep 5 @CHW L 2-10 85-55 1st 17.0 up 139 Thu, Sep 4 @DET W 7-1 85-54 1st 17.0 up 138 Wed, Sep 3 @DET L 6-9 84-54 1st 16.5 up 137 Tue, Sep 2 @DET W 5-4 84-53 1st 17.5 up 136 Sun, Aug 31 TEX L 3-4 83-53 1st 17.0 up 135 Sat, Aug 30 TEX W 4-3 83-52 1st 18.0 up 134 Fri, Aug 29 TEX W 3-1 82-52 1st 17.0 up 133 Thu, Aug 28 TEX W 7-5 81-52 1st 16.0 up 132 Wed, Aug 27 OAK L 5-6 80-52 1st 15.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 80-61, 1st, 2½ up	SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 10-8, 3.44) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-8) 164.2 160 65 63 50 134 13 3.44 2007 (6-13) 139 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 40 42 19 19 17 32 3 4.28 50 2008-09-02 @CLE L 4 8 4 4 2 3 1 72 31 2008-08-27 @BAL L 4 7 4 4 3 1 0 93 30 2008-08-22 TBR L 6.1 7 3 3 2 4 1 99 49 2008-08-16 @OAK W 6 6 1 1 5 5 0 108 56 2008-08-11 BOS L 7 2 2 2 2 9 0 103 72 2008-08-06 DET W 6.2 4 1 1 1 6 0 98 67 2008-07-31 @MIN ND 6 8 4 4 2 4 1 102 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-1 11.1 12 2 2 4 9 1 1.59 57 2008-05-24 LAA L 5 5 2 2 2 4 1 99 51 2008-05-13 @LAA ND 6.1 7 0 0 2 5 0 99 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-22 Road: 32-39 ExtrInn: 8-3 vsRHP: 51-44 vsLHP: 29-17 1-Run: 20-14 vsEast: 13-20 vsCntrl:37-23 vsWest: 18-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sat, Sep 6 LAA W 7-6 (15) 80-61 1st 2.5 up 140 Fri, Sep 5 LAA W 10-2 79-61 1st 1.5 up 139 Wed, Sep 3 @CLE W 4-2 78-61 1st 1.0 up 138 Tue, Sep 2 @CLE L 3-9 77-61 1st Tied 137 Mon, Sep 1 @CLE L 0-5 77-60 1st Tied 136 Sun, Aug 31 @BOS W 4-2 77-59 1st 0.5 up 135 Sat, Aug 30 @BOS L 2-8 76-59 1st 0.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 29 @BOS L 0-8 76-58 1st 0.5 up 133 Wed, Aug 27 @BAL L 3-11 76-57 1st 1.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 26 @BAL W 8-3 76-56 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 06, 2008 CHW 7 LAA 6 (15) W:Ehren Wassermann (1-1), L: Justin Speier (1-8), S: none Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CHW 10 LAA 2 W:Mark Buehrle (12-11), L: Dustin Moseley (1-4), S: none Sun, May 25, 2008 CHW 3 LAA 2 W:Scott Linebrink (2-0), L: John Lackey (1-1), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 LAA 2 @CHW 0 W:Jered Weaver (4-5), L: John Danks (3-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (21) Fri, May 23, 2008 LAA 3 @CHW 1 W:Joe Saunders (8-1), L: Gavin Floyd (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20) Thu, May 15, 2008 CHW 4 @LAA 3 W:Octavio Dotel (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (8) Wed, May 14, 2008 CHW 6 @LAA 1 W:Jose Contreras (4-3), L: Scot Shields (2-1), S: none Tue, May 13, 2008 LAA 2 CHW 0 W:Scot Shields (2-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16) Mon, May 12, 2008 LAA 10 CHW 7 W:Nick Adenhart (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (15) Sun, Sep 16, 2007 CHW 9 LAA 7 W:Mike MacDougal (2-5), L: Dustin Moseley (4-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 5-4; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - CHW leads 331-329

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

TEX 5.42

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.58

TEX 5.94

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

A. Callaspo .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .642

B. Moss .486

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.110

J. Damon .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

M. Buehrle 3.98

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 41.Broadway
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/1.000 4/1.000 4/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 6/.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· 516/405 .281/.316/.428/.744 .680/.761 .698 87/.703 6/3 14/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 335/233 .277/.316/.384/.700 .720/.692 .774 60/.630 6/2 3/

28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 0/ 0/0 0/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.096 4/.833 4/.833 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/.750 ··· 6/.533 ··· 461/342 .280/.373/.318/.690 .688/.690 .687 106/.678 30/11 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 2/1.000 21/.983 5/.650 4/.000 2/.500 6/.533 12/1.833 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 541/403 .295/.359/.504/.863 .758/.899 .900 95/.914 4/3 23/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 15/.414 ··· 12/.432 5/.650 8/.708 3/.666 4/.500 14/.917 7/.858 ··· 7/.762 2/1.000 545/402 .283/.347/.481/.828 .815/.832 .783 103/.696 13/5 20/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 300/216 .195/.281/.332/.613 .775/.553 .631 37/.223 2/1 9/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 7/1.171 ··· 7/.286 7/.629 3/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.167 ··· 414/293 .236/.314/.344/.658 .721/.632 .687 36/.902 7/3 7/

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 15/13 .214/.267/.214/.481 1.000/.397 .473 14/.516 0/0 0/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 222/173 .212/.326/.467/.793 .800/.790 .766 53/.837 4/1 14/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 138/71 .278/.333/.325/.659 .686/.633 .607 23/.878 2/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.417 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/1.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 238/158 .240/.273/.419/.692 .671/.703 .679 77/.760 1/1 10/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 116/85 .186/.263/.255/.518 .381/.567 .435 43/.514 2/0 1/

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.929 6/1.300 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 6/.900 ··· 7/.429 ··· 600/393 .304/.407/.540/.946 .909/.965 .847 108/1.148 2/0 29/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 98/83 .176/.333/.216/.550 .457/.563 .396 12/.384 1/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/74 .165/.191/.220/.411 .308/.439 .412 27/.556 1/0 1/

IP 164.2 10.2 32.1 60.0 51.0 40.0 41.0 11.0 32.2 24.1 55.2 16.1 TOTAL .266/.327/.404/.731 .734/.730 .721 .738 105/38 130/78

ERA-K/9

3.44/7.3

8.44/4.2

3.62/7.2

3.75/12.2

1.76/5.1

2.25/7.4

5.49/9.0

1.64/7.4

3.58/3.6

4.81/8.1

2.75/10.7

8.27/3.9

3.98/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-0-0)
Mathis (53-19-3)
Napoli (45-9-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 685/.254 52/.354 130/.202 264/.216 197/.218 153/.205 190/.306 50/.220 139/.273 107/.266 225/.202 87/.347 .259 Anderson
Guerrero
Matthews
Rivera
Hunter
Morales
Willits
Quinlan 72/0/0/8
0/0/91/7
34/22/36/5
35/1/15/4
0/121/0/4
0/0/2/0
19/6/18/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .694 1.050 .555 .699 .573 .591 .830 .653 .668 .701 .573 .940 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.720 23/1.035 54/.461 84/.794 103/.573 72/.579 104/.757 17/.769 53/.775 55/.789 111/.479 26/1.007 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 501/.684 29/1.058 76/.626 180/.654 94/.572 81/.601 86/.919 33/.593 86/.602 52/.612 114/.661 61/.911 .703

Home 337/.674 24/.564 74/.454 125/.615 107/.572 89/.584 84/.875 18/.603 97/.639 73/.599 113/.624 19/1.365 .683

Last 28d days 123/.831 52/1.050 63/.554 42/1.039 37/.482 3/.333 10/1.675 9/.472 31/.930 54/.609 38/.592 6/.650

HR/SB/CS 13/16/8 3/0/1 1/2/2 10/15/1 1/5/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 0/5/1 126/121/28

Usage ····X··· ········ ·X··X··o ···oo·XX ···o··X· ·o······ ····oo·· ····Xo·· ·o······ ·····X·· ···X··oo ·····X··

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 58.Moseley
G/S/vB 53.O'Day
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

32.Anderson G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 168/100 .234/.271/.437/.708 .854/.605 .830 16/.583 4/1 7/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.625 4/.000 3/2.333 20/.683 626/453 .277/.330/.365/.695 .781/.664 .720 106/.793 18/4 7/

24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.300 8/1.196 4/.583 373/281 .248/.314/.460/.773 .353/.910 .878 24/.513 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 17/1.042 19/.833 23/.304 14/1.029 547/388 .297/.351/.567/.918 .861/.941 1.019 94/.897 3/2 32/

22.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/20 .192/.276/.231/.507 .944/.311 .000 4/.500 0/0 0/

39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .667 7/.571 1/1 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 28/.477 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 513/344 .246/.353/.416/.769 .643/.832 .786 65/.747 0/1 16/

44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 3/1.000 6/.733 122/72 .265/.314/.319/.633 .929/.422 .510 24/.467 0/0 1/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 13/1.629 10/.633 11/.495 14/.793 445/309 .245/.355/.408/.763 .736/.775 .937 79/1.146 2/0 14/

7.Owens* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/

27.Phillips G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 10/.844 7/.953 7/.572 494/368 .289/.320/.430/.749 .787/.736 .757 85/.769 1/0 12/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 1/5.000 ··· 569/409 .288/.394/.571/.965 .937/.975 .979 85/1.032 7/3 36/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 420/290 .305/.322/.488/.810 .902/.769 .820 97/.831 10/8 16/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 16/.938 1/5.000 8/.542 1/.000 4/.500 11/.182 13/.558 13/.331 535/384 .225/.343/.426/.769 .794/.759 .932 83/.822 3/2 23/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 30/1.000 6/.334 4/.250 3/.000 511/361 .250/.368/.514/.882 .830/.904 .827 88/.820 1/0 29/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.000 7/.453 3/.000 273/208 .241/.294/.402/.695 .921/.627 .741 72/.835 1/2 7/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/62 .288/.324/.470/.794 .400/.862 .570 8/.452 6/0 2/

IP 170.2 49.1 35.1 40.1 63.2 59.1 53.0 60.1 TOTAL .266/.338/.454/.792 .795/.790 .845 .828 57/28 204/98

ERA-K/9

3.69/4.3

1.46/7.8

7.90/6.4

4.69/5.6

2.97/5.5

2.43/10.3

2.72/9.0

4.92/7.2

3.93/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (36-9-1)
Phillips (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (85-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 702/.261 198/.200 171/.351 181/.290 262/.268 248/.200 224/.234 270/.259 .260 Griffey
Quentin
Swisher
Dye
Ramirez
Anderson
Wise
Owens 0/16/91/7
130/0/0/5
11/70/18/3
0/0/128/3
0/11/0/1
1/80/2/0
7/19/4/0
2/1/0/0

OPS .714 .545 .942 .735 .730 .615 .669 .824 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.643 96/.442 82/1.036 83/.774 108/.711 132/.678 111/.576 122/.960 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 533/.736 102/.644 89/.858 98/.702 154/.744 116/.546 113/.759 148/.712 .723

Road 344/.656 96/.543 77/.887 105/.767 119/.936 127/.605 110/.662 144/.836 .735

Last 28d days 117/.940 53/.675 12/1.567 14/.607 59/.688 44/.618 42/.675 61/.903

HR/SB/CS 19/16/7 2/3/2 6/3/1 2/2/1 5/5/2 4/7/0 5/6/1 12/7/1 142/98/28

Usage ····X··· ···Xo··X ·X······ ·X······ ·X····X· ····X··o ··o·X··X ·XXX··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.

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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Friday, September 5, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-7, 3.69)

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 10-8, 3.44)

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