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Game Preview: LAD @ LAA, 8:05pm, Sunday, June 21, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Dodgers, 45-24, 1st, 8 up

SP: Clayton Kershaw (21, LHP, 3-5, 4.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			69.2	53	32	32	42	70	5	4.13
2008 (5-5)			107.2	109	51	51	52	100	11	4.26

Last 7 GS		2-3	36.2	26	14	14	26	36	1	3.44	54
2009-06-16	OAK	ND	5.2	4	0	0	3	8	0	105	66
2009-06-10	SDP	L	2.2	5	3	3	4	2	0	81	34
2009-06-04	PHI	L	5.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	105	54
2009-05-27	@COL	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	98	52
2009-05-22	LAA	ND	5.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	97	54
2009-05-17	@FLA	W	7.0	1	1	1	4	9	0	112	76
2009-05-12	@PHI	L	5.0	4	4	4	4	5	0	98	44

Has never faced ANA.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-10   Road:   20-14   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  30-17   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  16-7 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 26-10 IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sat, Jun 20  @LAA  W   6-4       45-24  1st  8.0 up
 68 Fri, Jun 19  @LAA  L   4-5       44-24  1st  8.0 up
 67 Thu, Jun 18   OAK  W   3-2       44-23  1st  9.0 up
 66 Wed, Jun 17   OAK  L   4-5       43-23  1st  8.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 16   OAK  W   5-4 (10)  43-22  1st  8.5 up
 64 Sun, Jun 14  @TEX  W   6-3       42-22  1st  7.0 up
 63 Sat, Jun 13  @TEX  W   3-1       41-22  1st  7.0 up
 62 Fri, Jun 12  @TEX  L   0-6       40-22  1st  7.0 up
 61 Wed, Jun 10   SDP  L   1-3       40-21  1st  7.5 up
 60 Tue, Jun  9   SDP  W   6-4       40-20  1st  8.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Angels, 36-30, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: John Lackey (30, RHP, 2-2, 6.10)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-2)			38.1	52	28	26	8	28	5	6.10
2008 (12-5)			163.1	161	71	68	40	130	26	3.75
2007 (19-9)			224.0	219	87	75	52	179	18	3.01

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.1	52	28	26	8	28	5	6.10	43
2009-06-15	@SFG	W	7.0	10	3	3	0	10	1	106	55
2009-06-10	@TBR	L	5.0	11	9	8	2	2	2	98	11
2009-06-04	@TOR	ND	7.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	114	58
2009-05-29	SEA	L	7.1	10	5	5	2	2	1	106	38
2009-05-23	@LAD	ND	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	106	55
2009-05-18	@SEA	W	5.0	7	5	4	0	3	1	82	38
2009-05-16	@TEX	ND	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	46

Last 5 v.LAD		3-0	35.2	22	4	4	6	43	0	1.01	72
2009-05-23	@LAD	ND	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	106	55
2008-06-29	@LAD	W	8.2	3	0	0	2	9	0	120	85
2006-07-02	LAD	W	6.2	4	0	0	1	10	0	108	75
2005-06-24	LAD	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	103	79
2005-05-21	@LAD	ND	6.1	5	1	1	1	10	0	106	68

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   18-13   Road:   18-17   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  24-21   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  9-12 IL: 9-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Sat, Jun 20   LAD  L   4-6       36-30  2nd  0.5 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 19   LAD  W   5-4       36-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17  @SFG  W   4-3       35-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16  @SFG  W   8-1       34-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 62 Mon, Jun 15  @SFG  W   9-7       33-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 61 Sun, Jun 14   SDP  W   6-0       32-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 60 Sat, Jun 13   SDP  W   9-1       31-29  2nd  3.5 gb
 59 Fri, Jun 12   SDP  W  11-6       30-29  2nd  4.5 gb
 58 Thu, Jun 11  @TBR  L   1-11      29-29  2nd  4.5 gb
 57 Wed, Jun 10  @TBR  L   5-9       29-28  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 LAD  6 @LAA  4        W:Jeff Weaver (4-1), L: Jered Weaver (7-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 LAA  5  LAD  4        W:Justin Speier (3-1), L: Guillermo Mota (3-2), S: Brian Fuentes (19)
Sun, May 24, 2009 LAA 10 @LAD  7        W:Jason Bulger (2-1), L: Chad Billingsley (6-2), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2009 LAD  5  LAA  4 (10)   W:Jonathan Broxton (5-0), L: Jose Arredondo (1-1), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 LAA  3 @LAD  1        W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Cory Wade (0-3), S: Brian Fuentes (12)

Sun, Jun 29, 2008 LAA  1 @LAD  0        W:John Lackey (6-1), L: Derek Lowe (5-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (32)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 LAD  1  LAA  0        W:Chad Billingsley (7-7), L: Jered Weaver (7-8), S: Takashi Saito (12)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 LAD  6  LAA  0        W:Chan Ho Park (3-2), L: Joe Saunders (11-4), S: none
Sun, May 18, 2008 LAA 10  LAD  2        W:Jered Weaver (3-5), L: Derek Lowe (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2008 LAD  6 @LAA  3        W:Hong-Chih Kuo (3-1), L: Ervin Santana (6-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 3-2; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - LAA won 5-1; All-Time - LAA leads 41-32

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

TBR 5.59

STL 4.55

SEA 3.78

RA/G

LAD 3.77

TEX 4.63

WSN 5.54

J. Mauer .417

J. Damon .280

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .485

M. Reynolds .354

D. Navarro .243

SLG

J. Mauer .744

O. Hudson .462

N. Punto .248

OPS

J. Mauer 1.229

B. Abreu .810

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.96

J. Peavy 3.97

A. Sonnanstine 6.60

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

B. Zito 6.49

S. Martis 3.45

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Dodgers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 59.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 16/.527 ··· 3/.333 ··· 46/39 .317/.391/.366/.757 1.238/.673 1.022 18/.722 1/0 0/0

23.Blake G/S/vP 20/.550 2/.000 6/1.667 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 250/183 .297/.360/.521/.881 1.003/.835 .847 86/.749 0/1 10/4

14.Castro G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/.650 ··· 6/.000 ··· 56/46 .347/.411/.449/.860 1.178/.788 .866 25/.748 0/0 1/0

44.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 11/.697 2/1.000 6/.750 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 285/199 .265/.358/.469/.827 .656/.904 .663 92/.890 4/2 11/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 10/.733 1/.000 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 269/196 .246/.325/.333/.658 .749/.624 .636 82/.794 4/4 3/8

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 15/.800 1/2.000 11/1.200 ··· 4/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 315/229 .315/.388/.462/.849 .951/.813 .768 104/.725 5/0 5/4

17.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .250/.400/.250/.650 .333/1.000 .333 5/.650 0/0 0/

27.Kemp G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 281/205 .315/.381/.482/.863 .997/.814 .918 96/.956 18/3 8/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 5/.450 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 296/216 .279/.345/.374/.718 .766/.699 .833 104/.715 5/1 3/2

5.Loretta G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.500 18/1.212 ··· 37/.632 ··· 10/.522 1/.000 96/76 .244/.354/.280/.635 .713/.615 .774 44/.402 0/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 11/.382 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 259/187 .249/.359/.303/.662 .729/.636 .655 86/.606 7/3 1/2

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 11/.182 ··· 9/.500 ··· 9/.555 ··· 5/.750 1/.000 225/160 .330/.387/.419/.806 .994/.733 .888 112/.652 16/5 0/0

IP 38.1 28.0 23.1 8.2 29.0 15.1 26.0 10.0 TOTAL .278/.357/.407/.765 .817/.746 .760 .707 60/20 50/30

ERA-K/9

6.10/6.6

4.82/9.6

4.24/10.0

13.50/4.1

3.41/6.2

7.04/4.1

4.50/8.7

4.50/9.0

4.65/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.335 118/.230 102/.267 43/.432 125/.299 78/.389 114/.235 44/.243 .276

OPS .877 .752 .713 1.056 .791 .980 .695 .839 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/1.101 53/1.000 31/.540 25/1.089 49/.824 38/1.105 50/.988 20/1.017 .828

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.619 65/.547 71/.791 18/1.000 76/.767 40/.861 64/.470 24/.673 .715

Home 33/.943 63/.698 54/.834 17/.882 45/.786 52/.945 59/.798 16/.728

Last 28d days 121/.909 50/.813 28/.750 14/.929 41/1.063 24/1.140 43/.659 29/.790

HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 5/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 2/2/2 2/1/0 3/3/0 3/1/0 65/52/19

Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··· ·X·o·o·· o··o·o·o ·o·X···· o······· ·o·ooo·· X·······

Angels Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 45.Leach*
G/S/vB 52.McDonald
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· 11/.489 2/.000 1/no AB 259/193 .299/.394/.416/.810 .810/.810 .712 88/.862 15/2 3/5

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 197/133 .281/.314/.393/.707 .759/.685 .635 71/.668 3/1 2/3

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 3/1.333 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 297/213 .327/.399/.424/.823 .633/.900 .726 102/.990 22/7 1/7

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.056 1/.000 ··· 125/97 .300/.320/.375/.695 .657/.706 .701 90/.709 2/0 1/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/no AB 1/2.000 257/195 .318/.401/.605/1.006 1.084/.981 1.083 74/1.075 12/3 16/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 156/135 .275/.335/.355/.691 1.158/.645 .759 55/.838 6/1 1/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/84 .196/.295/.237/.532 .378/.586 .732 42/.536 0/1 1/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/no AB 1/2.000 149/115 .226/.275/.328/.604 .587/.608 .664 40/.356 0/0 2/2

19.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 1/2.000 256/209 .274/.324/.509/.833 .474/.918 .968 86/.782 0/2 11/4

44.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 187/145 .280/.358/.506/.864 1.492/.686 .872 44/.787 2/3 9/3

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 55/19 .241/.255/.315/.569 .417/.868 .600 22/.558 1/0 0/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 9/1.111 1/2.000 2/.000 235/176 .312/.353/.509/.862 1.410/.690 .850 88/1.053 0/0 10/0

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .200/.200/.500/.700 .000/1.400 2.000 10/.700 0/0 1/0

IP 69.2 42.0 34.0 13.1 18.2 29.0 44.1 25.0 TOTAL .281/.342/.430/.772 .801/.763 .796 .799 70/22 62/34

ERA-K/9

4.13/9.0

2.14/8.4

1.85/14.3

3.38/9.5

6.75/4.3

4.97/4.7

2.23/5.5

4.68/5.8

3.59/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.217 176/.204 129/.113 52/.174 89/.246 130/.284 179/.250 108/.240 .236

OPS .676 .556 .375 .595 .771 .812 .627 .669 .686

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.459 78/.665 70/.286 25/.741 43/.765 52/.738 80/.627 47/.706 .669

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.744 98/.473 59/.478 27/.465 46/.778 78/.855 99/.627 61/.641 .697

Road 139/.779 96/.560 62/.570 20/.376 42/.777 57/1.005 84/.475 35/.712

Last 28d days 88/.736 63/.469 44/.506 29/.287 / 43/.580 65/.741 41/.414

HR/SB/CS 5/4/3 2/6/1 1/3/0 0/0/1 2/1/1 3/4/1 2/3/2 1/1/0 48/41/22

Usage ····X··· X·XoX··o X···o·oo ·ooX···· ········ ·X·oX··· X·o·X·oX ··o·o··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.