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Game Preview: NYY @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, August 8, 2008 @Angel Stadium

New York Yankees, 63-52, 3rd, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Ian Kennedy (23, RHP, 0-3, 7.41)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-3)             37.2  41  32  31  25  26  5    7.41      
 2007 (1-0)             19    13   6   4   9  15  1    1.89      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  32.1  35  24  23  19  21  5    6.40   42 
 2008-05-27   @BAL  ND   3     4   4   3   0   3  2      51   40 
 2008-05-22    BAL  ND   6     4   1   1   4   4  0      97   60 
 2008-05-15   @TBR   L   5     5   5   5   1   3  2      78   39 
 2008-05-01    DET  ND   4.2   5   4   4   3   1  0      96   36 
 2008-04-26   @CLE  ND   5     4   3   3   4   2  0     105   45 
 2008-04-19   @BAL   L   2.2   5   4   4   5   4  1      85   31 
 2008-04-14   @TBR  ND   6     8   3   3   2   4  0      94   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA    Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-26   Road:   27-26   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  46-35   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 16-7  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Thu, Aug  7  @TEX  W   3-0       63-52  3rd  5.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @TEX  W   5-3       62-52  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @TEX  L   6-8       61-52  3rd  6.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @TEX  L   5-9       61-51  3rd  5.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3   LAA  W  14-9       61-50  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   LAA  W   8-2       60-50  3rd  5.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   LAA  L   0-1       59-50  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31   LAA  L   6-12      59-49  3rd  4.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   BAL  W  13-3       59-48  3rd  4.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   BAL  L   6-7       58-48  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 71-43, 1st, 12 up

SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 9-9, 4.37)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-9)            129.2 130  66  63  39 101 17    4.37      
 2007 (13-7)           161   178  77  70  45 115 17    3.91      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  38.1  34  17  15  15  36  5    3.52   53 
 2008-08-02   @NYY   L   5     8   6   6   1   5  4      99   31 
 2008-07-28   @BOS   W   5.2   6   3   3   3   4  0      97   46 
 2008-07-22    CLE  ND   3     3   2   2   2   4  1      77   47 
 2008-07-09   @TEX  ND   6     7   2   1   2   5  0     102   55 
 2008-07-04    TOR   W   7.1   6   2   2   1   6  0     106   63 
 2008-06-28   @LAD   L   6     0   1   0   3   6  0      97   73 
 2008-06-22   @PHI   W   5.1   4   1   1   3   6  0      92   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-1  16    18  10  10   7  18  6    5.63   47 
 2008-08-02   @NYY   L   5     8   6   6   1   5  4      99   31 
 2007-05-25   @NYY   W   5     7   3   3   3   5  1     103   43 
 2006-08-13   @NYY   W   6     3   1   1   3   8  1     104   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-22   Road:   38-21   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  50-35   vsLHP:  21-8    1-Run:  22-13
 vsEast: 24-13   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  6   BAL  W   9-4       71-43  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5   BAL  L   0-3       70-43  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4   BAL  W   6-5       70-42  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @NYY  L   9-14      69-42  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @NYY  L   2-8       69-41  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @NYY  W   1-0       69-40  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31  @NYY  W  12-6       68-40  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @BOS  W   9-2       67-40  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @BOS  W   6-2       66-40  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @BOS  W   7-5       65-40  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 NYY 14  LAA  9        W:Edwar Ramirez (3-0), L: Scot Shields (4-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 NYY  8  LAA  2        W:Mike Mussina (14-7), L: Jered Weaver (9-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 LAA  1 @NYY  0        W:Ervin Santana (12-5), L: Mariano Rivera (4-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (45)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 LAA 12 @NYY  6        W:Jon Garland (10-6), L: Andy Pettitte (12-8), S: none

Wed, Aug 22, 2007 NYY  8 @LAA  2        W:Andy Pettitte (11-7), L: John Lackey (15-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 LAA 18  NYY  9        W:Kelvim Escobar (14-6), L: Mike Mussina (8-9), S: Marcus Gwyn (1)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 LAA  7  NYY  6 (10)   W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Sean Henn (2-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 NYY 12  LAA  0        W:Chien-Ming Wang (9-4), L: Ervin Santana (5-10), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 LAA  2 @NYY  1 (13)   W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-2), L: Luis Vizcaino (4-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 NYY 14  LAA  9        W:Edwar Ramirez (1-0), L: Chris Bootcheck (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; 2006 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - NYY leads 316-261

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  5.61

LAA  4.63

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.93

SFG  4.65

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

A. Pierzynski  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

M. Byrd  .360

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .620

J. Werth  .476

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.075

M. Reynolds  .825

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

O. Perez  4.12

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

M. Mussina  6.16

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
68.Loux
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 8/.821 2/1.000 ··· 15/.467 6/.333 5/.200 4/2.250 487/344 .291/.363/.474/.837 .792/.856 .775 99/1.059 14/7 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 7/1.229 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 151/112 .250/.273/.410/.683 .615/.706 .625 43/.676 0/1 5/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 7/.310 6/.533 1/.000 427/289 .242/.298/.340/.638 .600/.660 .644 76/.578 9/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.500 8/.500 8/.375 2/.000 449/313 .266/.304/.399/.703 .830/.648 .651 88/.929 1/4 10/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/13 .281/.343/.344/.687 .955/.237 .590 15/.829 6/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 ··· 36/.790 9/.730 20/.997 6/.533 429/302 .318/.391/.461/.852 .796/.875 .852 78/.828 17/6 7/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/.000 ··· 43/1.612 8/.250 14/.714 4/.500 388/276 .255/.394/.516/.910 .919/.907 .882 72/.890 2/1 22/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 9/.611 2/.000 ··· 41/.509 13/1.027 20/.616 13/1.371 485/340 .286/.349/.403/.752 .765/.747 .794 103/.803 7/3 7/
26.Molina G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 231/156 .236/.284/.322/.607 .524/.646 .563 50/.724 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 12/1.083 2/1.000 2/1.000 6/.334 406/312 .333/.387/.558/.945 .969/.937 .956 79/1.106 1/1 17/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/1.333 2/1.000 3/.666 27/1.181 14/.297 30/1.015 21/.508 408/293 .312/.397/.581/.978 .954/.987 .804 98/.999 16/1 24/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 9/.222 14/.539 11/.764 343/260 .291/.335/.418/.753 .718/.764 .653 49/.834 6/1 6/
39.Sexson G/S/vP 15/.204 1/.000 ··· 11/.664 8/.125 15/.276 7/.619 319/227 .226/.323/.391/.713 1.039/.583 .892 27/.907 1/0 12/
IP 129.2 35.0 2.0 49.1 48.2 43.0 47.0 TOTAL .272/.345/.424/.769 .748/.778 .742 .842 77/28 118/56
ERA-K/9 4.37/7.0 1.03/7.7 0.00/0.0 3.28/4.9 2.40/9.4 2.93/9.4 4.79/7.1 3.87/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (31-26-6)
 Rodriguez (35-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.259 139/.183 7/.000 203/.281 204/.189 177/.239 209/.246 .257  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Christian
9/0/83/11
0/0/109/9
0/111/1/6
74/8/0/1
7/2/4/0
OPS .739 .505 .143 .742 .615 .663 .800 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.774 62/.434 3/.333 84/.832 101/.689 88/.481 96/.988 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.707 77/.563 4/.000 119/.677 103/.545 89/.840 113/.638 .712
Home 247/.680 67/.601 7/.143 108/.634 89/.627 83/.695 94/.769 .726
Last 28d days 63/1.060 54/.652 7/.143 43/.629 39/.816 35/.745 35/.608
HR/SB/CS 17/18/4 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/4/2 4/6/0 4/5/1 10/5/1 115/80/25
Usage ·····X·· ·X·oX··o ··X····· ····X··X ···X··o· ···oX··· ···o·X··
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
63.Britton
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
34.Marte*
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 2/1.500 9/.708 2/2.500 19/.378 ··· ··· 424/337 .290/.325/.431/.756 .715/.767 .816 77/1.037 6/3 11/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 270/193 .283/.317/.398/.715 .681/.729 .618 48/.776 6/2 3/
28.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 2/2.000 7/.572 ··· 1/no AB 350/264 .280/.381/.323/.704 .698/.706 .702 89/.715 22/8 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 7/.858 ··· 2/3.500 441/331 .287/.351/.494/.845 .796/.862 .799 85/.878 2/2 20/
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 12/.705 ··· 8/.661 ··· ··· 437/328 .282/.346/.494/.839 .828/.843 .907 72/1.140 10/4 18/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 311/243 .263/.324/.352/.676 .652/.691 .672 56/.646 10/2 3/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/2.334 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 275/202 .322/.349/.465/.814 .855/.799 .808 86/.784 10/3 3/
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 259/189 .210/.299/.365/.664 .934/.571 .652 75/.693 2/1 9/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 11/.546 ··· 2/.000 378/280 .223/.304/.330/.635 .694/.613 .613 35/.267 6/2 7/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 115/65 .255/.304/.311/.616 .624/.609 .684 13/.615 1/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 157/97 .224/.280/.385/.665 .567/.728 .708 70/.713 0/0 6/
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 7/2.357 1/5.000 10/.311 ··· ··· 487/318 .284/.394/.506/.900 .877/.912 .961 89/1.103 1/0 21/
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 86/71 .185/.341/.231/.572 .457/.593 .675 9/1.250 1/0 0/
IP 37.2 10.2 14.1 32.1 52.1 41.2 50.1 16.1 39.0 TOTAL .262/.325/.402/.727 .736/.723 .729 .812 84/30 108/66
ERA-K/9 7.41/6.2 3.38/2.5 1.88/8.8 2.51/5.6 4.13/9.6 3.02/10.6 1.43/10.9 5.51/11.6 2.54/9.5 4.16/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (44-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.279 44/.250 63/.176 132/.200 219/.222 168/.170 185/.176 71/.217 163/.208 .262  Anderson
 Guerrero
 Matthews
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Quinlan
 Willits
62/0/0/5
0/0/74/5
31/18/31/4
0/98/0/3
19/1/11/2
1/0/3/0
14/6/16/0
OPS .868 .718 .651 .524 .635 .573 .457 .657 .623 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.711 20/1.111 29/.495 77/.541 69/.725 94/.652 96/.418 35/.514 80/.662 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/1.065 24/.394 34/.746 55/.501 150/.593 74/.474 89/.499 36/.800 83/.588 .732
Road 117/.896 13/.322 38/.851 27/.625 99/.692 66/.490 82/.325 28/.539 65/.635 .744
Last 28d days / 16/1.250 15/.673 42/.529 42/.895 38/.449 31/.657 43/.720 38/.597
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/6/1 5/3/1 4/1/3 3/5/1 2/2/0 4/3/1 102/82/42
Usage ·······X o·XX·X·· ····X··· oo·X··o· ·X·oX··· oo····X· ··X····· ·oo·XX··

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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