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Game Preview: NYY @ LAA, 4:10pm, Saturday, July 11, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Yankees, 51-35, 2nd, 1 GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 8-4, 4.53)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-4) 103.1 114 58 52 42 69 14 4.53
2008 (14-14) 204.0 233 112 103 55 158 19 4.54
2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 44 27 23 19 35 6 5.22 46
2009-07-06 TOR L 6.0 5 6 6 5 3 2 109 36
2009-07-01 SEA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 98 61
2009-06-25 @ATL ND 3.2 7 6 3 3 4 0 95 30
2009-06-19 @FLA W 7.0 3 1 1 0 7 1 108 74
2009-06-13 NYM L 5.0 11 5 5 1 3 1 104 27
2009-06-08 TBR W 6.0 5 3 2 3 7 1 104 56
2009-06-03 TEX L 5.0 7 4 4 6 6 0 104 37
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-16   Road:   25-19   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  34-25   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:16-5    vsWest: 10-5  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @LAA  L   6-10      51-35  2nd  1.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9  @MIN  W   6-4       51-34  1st    Tied
 84 Wed, Jul  8  @MIN  W   4-3       50-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7  @MIN  W  10-2       49-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   TOR  L   6-7       48-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5   TOR  W  10-8       48-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4   TOR  W   6-5 (12)  47-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3   TOR  W   4-2       46-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   SEA  L   4-8       45-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   SEA  W   4-2       45-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Angels, 47-37, 2nd, ½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (26, RHP, 9-3, 3.15)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-3) 114.1 95 42 40 34 95 12 3.15
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 5-1 45.2 42 23 22 16 42 5 4.34 53
2009-07-06 TEX W 7.0 7 4 3 1 9 1 118 57
2009-07-01 @TEX ND 5.1 8 7 7 1 3 1 96 26
2009-06-26 @ARI W 6.0 4 3 3 4 5 2 91 53
2009-06-20 LAD L 5.1 10 6 6 3 4 1 96 25
2009-06-14 SDP W 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 119 81
2009-06-09 @TBR W 6.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 101 56
2009-06-03 @TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 2 10 0 107 75
Last 5 v.NYY 3-1 28.0 29 19 19 12 23 9 6.11 45
2009-05-01 @NYY ND 6.0 4 4 4 3 2 1 102 47
2008-08-08 NYY W 6.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 111 39
2008-08-02 @NYY L 5.0 8 6 6 1 5 4 99 31
2007-05-25 @NYY W 5.0 7 3 3 3 5 1 103 43
2006-08-13 @NYY W 6.0 3 1 1 3 8 1 104 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-18   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  33-27   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:  15-9 
 vsEast: 15-9    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest: 11-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Fri, Jul 10   NYY  W  10-6       47-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  8   TEX  L   1-8       46-37  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  7   TEX  L   5-8       46-36  1st    Tied
 81 Mon, Jul  6   TEX  W   9-4       46-35  1st  1.0 up
 80 Sun, Jul  5   BAL  W   9-6       45-35  1st    Tied
 79 Sat, Jul  4   BAL  W  11-4       44-35  1st    Tied
 78 Fri, Jul  3   BAL  L   4-6       43-35  1st    Tied
 77 Thu, Jul  2   BAL  W   5-2       43-34  1st  1.0 up
 76 Wed, Jul  1  @TEX  L   7-9       42-34  1st  0.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 30  @TEX  L   5-9       42-33  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 02, 2009 LAA  8 @NYY  4        W:Matt Palmer (2-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-3), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 NYY 10  LAA  9        W:Jonathan Albaladejo (2-1), L: Brian Fuentes (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 NYY  7  LAA  4        W:Phil Coke (1-1), L: Justin Speier (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5)

Wed, Sep 10, 2008 LAA  4  NYY  2        W:Dustin Moseley (2-4), L: Andy Pettitte (13-13), S: Francisco Rodriguez (56)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 NYY  7 @LAA  1        W:Alfredo Aceves (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (15-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 LAA 12  NYY  1        W:Jon Garland (13-8), L: Carl Pavano (2-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 LAA  4  NYY  3        W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 LAA 11  NYY  4        W:Scot Shields (5-3), L: Edwar Ramirez (3-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 LAA 10  NYY  5        W:Jered Weaver (10-9), L: Ian Kennedy (0-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 NYY 14  LAA  9        W:Edwar Ramirez (3-0), L: Scot Shields (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - LAA won 7-3; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - NYY leads 319-268

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

NYY  5.61

CHW  4.56

SDP  3.80

RA/G

SFG  3.68

COL  4.59

WSN  5.67

BA

J. Mauer  .389

A. Rowand  .288

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .461

W. Harris  .362

D. Navarro  .252

SLG

A. Pujols  .723

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .234

OPS

A. Pujols  1.181

R. Cano  .827

B. Giles  .548

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.12

B. Bannister  3.87

J. Moyer  5.99

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

D. Davis  6.75

J. Garland  3.46

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

Yankees Batters (5.62 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
65.Jepsen
G/S/vB
41.Lackey
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
32.Palmer
G/S/vB
54.Santana
G/S/vB
51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/.739 5/.400 3/.666 8/.661 3/.667 3/1.334 ··· 266/183 .277/.335/.433/.767 .850/.731 .709 77/.749 5/2 8/2
24.Cano* G/S/vP 10/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 24/.683 6/1.500 3/.000 19/.740 5/.400 4/.500 ··· 365/251 .304/.337/.490/.827 .921/.784 .797 101/.883 4/4 13/3
18.Damon* G/S/vP 15/.564 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 51/.748 36/.790 3/.000 25/.670 9/.944 8/1.089 ··· 347/241 .280/.364/.520/.884 .725/.958 .781 90/.851 8/0 16/4
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 209/160 .286/.358/.412/.770 .657/.803 .795 64/.873 18/4 3/1
14.Hinske* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 18/.236 10/.875 ··· 7/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 132/101 .261/.379/.396/.775 .932/.729 .709 34/.729 0/0 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 15/.424 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 50/.988 41/.509 3/1.667 23/1.407 9/.958 15/1.236 ··· 372/274 .314/.394/.454/.848 1.163/.737 .788 96/.903 17/3 10/4
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/.567 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 29/.791 2/.000 3/.666 13/.595 ··· 11/.764 ··· 266/187 .268/.365/.513/.878 .984/.834 .905 59/1.041 0/0 13/
26.Molina G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 49/42 .273/.333/.386/.720 1.314/.627 .757 / 0/0 1/1
20.Posada# G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 31/1.023 17/.765 ··· 10/.567 2/.500 12/2.128 ··· 217/153 .289/.373/.519/.892 .872/.902 .804 76/.749 1/0 11/4
12.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/42 .185/.243/.308/.551 .407/.647 .566 17/.561 1/0 0/4
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 12/1.599 1/no AB 1/5.000 2/.000 57/.827 27/1.181 ··· 21/.654 8/1.071 21/.508 ··· 239/180 .247/.410/.505/.915 .971/.899 .856 94/.975 3/0 15/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 21/.554 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 51/.464 4/.500 ··· 27/.502 19/.888 14/.386 1/.000 329/226 .239/.364/.470/.834 .796/.845 .954 92/.627 0/0 14/5
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 19/.879 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 52/1.059 3/1.334 3/.333 27/.733 11/.586 7/2.571 ··· 375/270 .281/.387/.552/.939 1.034/.882 .873 112/.720 1/0 21/1
IP 114.1 38.1 29.2 16.2 66.0 37.0 74.0 40.1 112.1 33.0 16.2 TOTAL .275/.358/.469/.827 .876/.808 .805 .810 61/16 126/55
ERA-K/9 3.15/7.5 3.99/9.4 3.34/10.0 9.18/5.4 5.18/7.5 2.68/6.3 4.86/5.1 7.81/6.7 4.65/5.1 4.09/9.0 5.40/9.7 4.75/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 468/.225 152/.203 124/.245 75/.379 294/.304 151/.275 322/.257 196/.349 461/.257 134/.222 79/.329 .277
OPS .655 .672 .647 .895 .805 .720 .725 1.011 .771 .662 1.013 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 246/.811 73/.842 41/.505 43/.978 159/.937 62/.699 176/.773 95/1.049 125/.575 59/.937 36/1.104 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.487 79/.517 83/.721 32/.777 135/.636 89/.734 146/.669 101/.973 336/.842 75/.454 43/.936 .734
Home 254/.544 86/.595 66/.770 39/.639 123/.808 61/.641 190/.664 114/1.224 247/.736 67/.694 41/1.203
Last 28d days 143/.763 42/.420 31/.355 41/.811 149/.734 34/.467 109/.832 46/1.191 133/.901 31/.579 44/1.043
HR/SB/CS 12/9/4 5/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 8/5/0 2/4/3 7/8/1 8/6/2 20/9/5 4/3/0 6/5/0 93/69/22
Usage ····X··· o·oo·oo· o····X·· X·o·X·oX ···X···· o··o·oX· ··XX···X ··X····X X····X·· X···oo·· ··Xo···X
Angels Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB
91.Aceves
G/S/vB
63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB
38.Bruney
G/S/vB
34.Burnett
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Coke*
G/S/vB
65.Hughes
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
28.Tomko
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 18/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 74/.907 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 31/.849 335/249 .304/.406/.438/.844 .819/.852 .810 99/.880 19/3 6/5
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 11/.855 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.223 254/176 .282/.325/.374/.700 .675/.711 .652 81/.683 6/2 3/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 15/.757 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 8/.750 1/2.000 16/.900 9/.666 375/272 .310/.395/.401/.796 .608/.868 .751 108/.786 25/8 1/9
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 21/.929 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 46/.735 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.858 1/2.000 16/.717 16/.250 185/148 .290/.319/.415/.734 .633/.759 .717 79/.887 2/1 4/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 34/.632 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 21/.543 ··· ··· ··· 9/.819 2/.000 74/.895 14/.774 324/247 .305/.380/.558/.938 .976/.925 .961 88/.841 13/3 17/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 18/.646 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 9/.985 3/.000 214/184 .302/.352/.422/.774 1.070/.746 .814 82/.918 7/2 2/3
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.750 9/1.181 ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/.533 1/.000 10/1.400 1/2.000 217/158 .228/.274/.342/.616 .634/.608 .639 16/.375 7/2 4/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP 8/.804 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.600 146/114 .198/.287/.294/.580 .365/.637 .727 44/.713 0/1 3/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 28/.964 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.349 ··· ··· 3/1.000 11/.546 ··· 27/.546 9/.722 163/129 .223/.282/.324/.607 .587/.612 .630 30/.503 1/0 2/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 9/.777 ··· 321/261 .283/.336/.521/.857 .475/.950 .918 90/1.034 1/2 15/4
44.Napoli G/S/vP 9/1.635 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 9/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 9/1.389 1/.000 225/170 .284/.373/.490/.863 1.372/.703 .818 52/1.009 2/3 10/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 15/.733 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 14/.453 7/.572 63/21 .213/.238/.279/.517 .386/.783 .541 17/.485 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.453 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 12/.523 13/.840 309/237 .313/.353/.531/.884 1.194/.794 .892 104/1.039 0/0 16/1
77.Willits# G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 10/10 .222/.222/.222/.444 /.444 .667 0/ 1/0 0/0
IP 103.1 43.1 25.0 16.2 107.1 89.0 37.1 51.2 37.0 21.1 121.2 19.1 TOTAL .281/.345/.433/.778 .757/.785 .793 .843 83/27 82/50
ERA-K/9 4.53/6.0 2.49/7.5 5.04/5.8 4.86/9.7 3.77/8.5 4.25/7.9 3.13/7.2 4.01/8.5 2.43/10.5 2.53/13.1 3.70/6.6 5.12/5.1 4.38/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.279 173/.214 111/.284 66/.204 461/.241 378/.273 144/.181 218/.230 143/.214 91/.171 495/.225 79/.225 .251
OPS .785 .637 .890 .572 .735 .803 .622 .726 .581 .610 .631 .731 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.721 78/.527 55/.809 32/.262 251/.690 213/.752 79/.640 104/.801 76/.508 38/.671 119/.624 34/.435 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.813 95/.727 56/.971 34/.882 210/.787 165/.863 65/.593 114/.660 67/.663 53/.569 376/.633 45/.951 .761
Road 178/.660 75/.720 58/.951 33/.316 232/.696 181/.755 66/.747 127/.603 52/.486 42/.806 261/.590 42/.747
Last 28d days 129/.813 71/.584 16/.517 34/.885 137/.571 102/.965 40/.391 42/.265 33/.182 45/.635 115/.668 29/.530
HR/SB/CS 14/11/6 6/3/2 5/3/2 0/0/0 14/14/8 11/14/5 6/1/1 7/3/1 5/1/0 2/0/1 11/7/5 4/3/0 108/76/35
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· X···X·o· ··X····X X····X·· ·oo···Xo ·Xo···oo ·oo···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.