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Game Preview: NYY @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, August 10, 2008 @Angel Stadium

New York Yankees, 63-54, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-9, 4.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-9)           149.1 163  79  72  39 116 17    4.34      
 2007 (15-9)           215.1 238 106  97  69 141 16    4.05      
 2006 (14-13)          214.1 238 114 100  70 178 27    4.20      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  43    47  28  25  13  38  5    5.23   47 
 2008-08-05   @TEX   L   5     6   5   5   3   5  1     104   37 
 2008-07-31    LAA   L   5.1  11   9   9   3   4  2     110   11 
 2008-07-26   @BOS   W   6     5   3   1   3   7  1     110   58 
 2008-07-20    OAK   W   8     4   1   1   0   9  0     114   79 
 2008-07-13   @TOR   L   6     8   4   4   1   6  1     107   45 
 2008-07-08    TBR   W   8     4   0   0   0   5  0     114   79 
 2008-07-03    BOS   L   4.2   9   6   5   3   2  0      89   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      2-2  30.1  43  26  26   9  27  6    7.71   38 
 2008-07-31    LAA   L   5.1  11   9   9   3   4  2     110   11 
 2007-08-22   @LAA   W   7     5   1   1   2   6  1      95   67 
 2007-07-06    LAA  ND   5    10   8   8   1   5  0      88   19 
 2003-07-29   @ANA   W   8     9   2   2   0   9  1     101   65 
 2003-04-24   @ANA   L   5     8   6   6   3   3  2      96   27 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-26   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  46-37   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 16-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug  9  @LAA  L   4-11      63-54  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @LAA  L   5-10      63-53  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 73-43, 1st, 14 up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-5, 3.03)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-5)           145.2 128  56  49  41  70 17    3.03      
 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         3-2  44.2  40  19  15  16  21  5    3.02   53 
 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 
 2008-07-25   @BAL   W   6.2   6   4   3   2   2  1     103   48 
 2008-07-19    BOS  ND   6.2   6   2   2   3   1  1     111   52 
 2008-07-08   @TEX   L   8     6   3   3   0   5  1     109   63 
 2008-07-02    OAK   W   6.1   6   4   2   2   5  0     111   52 
 2008-06-27   @LAD   L   5     5   3   2   4   4  1      92   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-1   8.1  13  11  10   5   7  3   10.80   32 
 2006-08-27    NYY   L   2.1   7   8   8   3   3  3      74   11 
 2006-08-11   @NYY   W   6     6   3   2   2   4  0     100   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-22   Road:   38-21   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  52-35   vsLHP:  21-8    1-Run:  22-13
 vsEast: 26-13   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 19-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug  9   NYY  W  11-4       73-43  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   NYY  W  10-5       72-43  1st 9223372036854775808.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 4-2; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; 2006 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - NYY leads 316-263

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  5.53

CLE  4.66

WSN  3.76

RA/G

LAD  3.96

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .370

K. Suzuki  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .169

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

E. Hinske  .479

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

B. Abreu  .827

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

Z. Greinke  4.09

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.18

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
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 5/1.100 3/.666 ··· 15/.467 6/.333 5/.200 5/1.800 496/353 .287/.359/.469/.827 .792/.842 .756 103/1.026 14/7 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 152/113 .255/.278/.414/.692 .615/.718 .649 43/.676 0/1 5/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 5/.400 7/.310 7/.453 2/1.000 435/297 .245/.299/.341/.640 .600/.663 .649 79/.581 9/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/1.500 8/.500 10/.300 2/.000 457/321 .266/.303/.401/.704 .830/.651 .655 91/.932 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 5/.900 2/.000 ··· 36/.790 9/.730 21/1.048 7/.453 439/312 .321/.391/.459/.850 .796/.872 .849 88/.825 17/6 7/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 43/1.612 8/.250 15/.667 4/.500 396/284 .253/.394/.519/.913 .919/.911 .889 76/.960 2/1 23/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.666 ··· 41/.509 13/1.027 21/.586 14/1.333 495/350 .285/.347/.400/.747 .765/.740 .782 108/.744 7/3 7/
26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 234/159 .232/.281/.318/.598 .524/.633 .547 53/.680 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 12/1.083 2/1.000 3/1.167 6/.334 414/320 .335/.389/.564/.953 .969/.947 .970 82/1.175 1/1 18/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.666 3/.666 27/1.181 14/.297 30/1.015 21/.508 416/301 .312/.399/.593/.992 .954/1.007 .841 101/1.035 16/1 26/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 9/.222 14/.539 12/.872 347/264 .294/.337/.419/.756 .718/.768 .660 53/.847 6/1 6/
39.Sexson G/S/vP 14/1.512 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 145.2 37.0 2.0 49.1 48.2 45.0 48.0 TOTAL .273/.345/.426/.771 .748/.780 .746 .843 77/28 122/57
ERA-K/9 3.03/4.3 0.97/7.5 0.00/0.0 3.28/4.9 2.40/9.4 2.80/9.2 4.88/6.9 3.88/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (31-26-6)
 Rodriguez (39-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 585/.239 145/.182 7/.000 203/.281 204/.189 185/.241 214/.251 .257  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Christian
10/0/84/11
0/0/110/9
0/113/1/6
75/8/0/1
7/2/4/0
OPS .669 .498 .143 .742 .615 .663 .803 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.616 65/.413 3/.333 84/.832 101/.689 94/.493 99/.977 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.686 80/.568 4/.000 119/.677 103/.545 91/.837 115/.649 .716
Home 292/.717 73/.578 7/.143 108/.634 89/.627 91/.692 99/.776 .731
Last 28d days 106/.724 60/.619 7/.143 43/.629 35/.824 38/.685 40/.643
HR/SB/CS 17/11/6 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/4/2 4/6/0 4/5/1 10/5/1 119/80/25
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X·oX· ····X··· ······X· ·····X·· oX···oX· o····o·X
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
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 75/.941 3/.000 4/.750 9/.708 3/2.334 19/.378 1/.000 1/5.000 434/347 .290/.325/.435/.760 .715/.771 .821 87/1.021 6/3 12/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 4/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 275/198 .282/.319/.396/.715 .681/.727 .619 48/.759 6/2 3/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 7/1.142 2/.000 4/.000 6/.167 2/2.000 7/.572 1/2.000 2/2.000 360/274 .277/.376/.319/.695 .698/.694 .684 99/.682 24/8 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 15/.762 4/.250 3/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 7/.858 1/2.000 2/3.500 451/341 .292/.355/.504/.858 .796/.879 .828 90/.951 2/2 21/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 28/.650 3/1.000 3/.000 12/.705 1/3.000 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 447/338 .287/.349/.506/.855 .828/.864 .936 77/1.221 10/4 19/
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 316/248 .263/.325/.351/.676 .652/.690 .671 56/.646 10/2 3/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/1.750 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 284/211 .326/.352/.468/.820 .855/.808 .822 91/.796 11/3 3/
5.Mathis G/S/vP 5/.900 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 263/193 .212/.302/.369/.671 .934/.583 .668 75/.709 2/1 9/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 19/.921 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 11/.546 ··· 2/.000 378/280 .223/.304/.330/.635 .694/.613 .613 31/.303 6/2 7/
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 173/139 .215/.324/.500/.824 .524/.894 .784 4/3.500 4/1 13/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 115/65 .255/.304/.311/.616 .624/.609 .684 10/.600 1/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.500 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 165/105 .232/.285/.391/.676 .567/.740 .728 74/.724 1/0 6/
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/53 .185/.274/.246/.520 .476/.535 .768 0/ 1/0 1/
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 23/1.141 3/.666 4/1.750 7/2.357 1/5.000 10/.311 1/.000 1/.000 497/328 .286/.394/.513/.907 .877/.922 .973 95/1.147 1/0 22/
IP 149.1 16.0 38.1 52.1 41.2 50.1 17.1 40.0 TOTAL .264/.327/.407/.734 .736/.733 .744 .847 88/30 113/66
ERA-K/9 4.34/7.0 2.81/9.0 2.35/5.9 4.13/9.6 3.89/10.6 1.43/10.9 6.75/12.0 2.93/9.4 4.27/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (44-18-3)
 Napoli (36-7-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.281 72/.203 155/.191 219/.222 173/.191 185/.176 78/.254 170/.220 .265  Anderson
 Guerrero
 Matthews
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Quinlan
63/0/0/5
0/0/75/5
32/18/32/4
0/100/0/3
20/1/12/2
1/0/3/0
OPS .749 .689 .521 .635 .638 .457 .704 .681 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.513 33/.538 88/.556 69/.725 95/.667 96/.418 39/.569 84/.740 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.852 39/.780 67/.477 150/.593 78/.603 89/.499 39/.844 86/.628 .744
Road 318/.753 47/.869 50/.569 99/.692 71/.646 82/.325 35/.671 72/.771 .759
Last 28d days 132/.811 24/.785 65/.520 38/.943 40/.782 31/.657 50/.785 42/.895
HR/SB/CS 17/15/7 2/0/0 2/7/1 5/3/1 5/2/3 3/5/1 2/3/0 6/4/1 107/86/42
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·XX·X X·····X· ··oo·X·· o··X·oX· ··oo···· X···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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