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Game Preview: LAA @ ARI, 4:10pm, Sunday, June 28, 2009 @Chase Field

Angels, 40-32, 1st, ½ up

SP: Matt Palmer (30, RHP, 6-1, 4.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-1) 61.1 57 34 32 27 40 7 4.70
2008 (0-2) 12.2 17 13 12 13 3 1 8.53
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.2 44 26 25 17 31 6 5.27 47
2009-06-22 COL L 4.2 7 6 6 5 5 1 93 26
2009-06-17 @SFG ND 6.1 6 3 3 2 5 1 96 52
2009-06-12 SDP W 6.0 10 4 3 3 3 0 112 38
2009-05-30 SEA ND 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 111 74
2009-05-24 @LAD ND 4.2 5 4 4 2 3 1 82 39
2009-05-19 @SEA W 5.0 7 5 5 3 2 2 87 32
2009-05-13 BOS W 9.0 5 4 4 2 8 1 109 67
Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-15   Road:   20-17   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  27-22   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  15-9 
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  9-12 IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Sat, Jun 27  @ARI  W   2-1       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Fri, Jun 26  @ARI  W  12-3       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   COL  W  11-3       38-32  1st    Tied
 69 Tue, Jun 23   COL  W   4-3       37-32  1st    Tied
 68 Mon, Jun 22   COL  L   1-11      36-32  2nd  1.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 21   LAD  L   3-5       36-31  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
D'backs, 30-45, 5th, 18 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (24, RHP, 5-4, 3.53)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-4) 79.0 77 32 31 32 81 8 3.53
2008 (0-4) 56.0 48 24 19 21 66 5 3.05
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.1 44 17 17 15 48 4 3.70 54
2009-06-23 TEX W 6.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 119 56
2009-06-17 @KCR W 6.0 9 2 2 3 5 0 109 48
2009-06-11 SFG W 7.2 3 0 0 1 6 0 116 78
2009-06-06 @SDP ND 5.0 3 0 0 5 6 0 104 62
2009-05-31 ATL L 3.2 10 8 8 3 4 2 86 10
2009-05-26 SDP W 7.0 6 2 2 0 10 1 103 67
2009-05-21 @FLA ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 10 1 109 56
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-27   Road:   15-18   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  22-31   vsLHP:   8-14   1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sat, Jun 27   LAA  L   1-2       30-45  5th 18.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 26   LAA  L   3-12      30-44  5th 18.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 25   TEX  L   8-9 (12)  30-43  5th 17.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 24   TEX  L   1-2       30-42  5th 17.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 23   TEX  W   8-2       30-41  5th 17.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 21  @SEA  L   2-3       29-41  5th 17.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 20  @SEA  L   3-7       29-40  5th 16.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 19  @SEA  L   3-4       29-39  5th 15.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 18  @KCR  W  12-5       29-38  5th 15.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 17  @KCR  W  12-5       28-38  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 LAA 12 @ARI  3        W:Jered Weaver (8-3), L: Billy Buckner (2-5), S: none

Sun, Jun 25, 2006 ARI  9  LAA  7        W:Miguel Batista (7-5), L: Kelvim Escobar (5-9), S: Jorge Julio (6)
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 LAA  6 @ARI  4 (13)   W:Brendan Donnelly (1-0), L: Brandon Medders (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (18)
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 LAA  8 @ARI  2        W:Ervin Santana (8-3), L: Enrique Gonzalez (2-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2001 ARI  7 @ANA  5        W:Bret Prinz (4-0), L: Troy Percival (3-2), S: Byung-Hyun Kim (6)
Fri, Jul 13, 2001 ARI  6 @ANA  2        W:Curt Schilling (13-4), L: Ismael Valdez (5-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 12, 2001 ANA  4  ARI  1        W:Scott Schoeneweis (7-8), L: Brian Anderson (2-5), S: Troy Percival (22)
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 ARI  3  ANA  2        W:Dan Plesac (1-0), L: Scott Schoeneweis (5-4), S: Byung-Hyun Kim (8)
Sat, Jun 10, 2000 ANA 10 @ARI  3        W:Jarrod Washburn (2-1), L: Omar Daal (2-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 09, 2000 ARI  4  ANA  1        W:Randy Johnson (10-1), L: Brian Cooper (2-2), S: Byung-Hyun Kim (7)
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - LAA leads 9-8

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  5.68

NYM  4.60

SDP  3.85

 RA/G

LAD  3.82

MIL  4.60

WSN  5.71

 BA

J. Mauer  .396

M. Byrd  .283

B. Crosby  .189

 OBP

J. Mauer  .471

B. Roberts  .358

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

A. Pujols  .697

N. Markakis  .467

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.166

B. Phillips  .819

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

A. Cook  4.00

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Pavano  6.54

J. Garland  3.33

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Angels Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 55.Boyer
G/S/vB		 33.Buckner
G/S/vB		 56.Pena
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 57.Rauch
G/S/vB		 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 35.Zavada*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.333 6/2.033 ··· 1/.000 281/208 .300/.395/.429/.824 .802/.832 .914 91/.915 17/2 4/5
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 216/148 .276/.321/.380/.701 .721/.693 .770 76/.671 5/1 2/3
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 12/.606 1/.000 1/no AB 320/230 .325/.403/.416/.819 .673/.877 .883 105/1.017 23/7 1/7
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 144/112 .275/.299/.370/.668 .574/.695 .674 88/.742 2/0 2/
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 5/1.400 ··· ··· 5/.650 16/1.144 ··· 1/.000 279/211 .309/.387/.593/.980 1.005/.972 .947 77/.981 12/3 17/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 172/149 .279/.333/.370/.703 1.032/.675 .665 63/.915 6/1 1/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 127/96 .206/.306/.262/.568 .378/.627 .351 43/.620 0/1 1/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 10/1.289 ··· ··· 152/118 .223/.276/.324/.600 .587/.604 .560 37/.364 0/0 2/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 273/224 .273/.326/.510/.836 .454/.925 .733 83/.833 0/2 12/4
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/150 .285/.359/.500/.859 1.479/.676 .860 44/.928 2/3 10/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 4/.000 ··· ··· 59/20 .228/.254/.298/.552 .416/.824 .558 22/.523 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 256/193 .308/.352/.502/.854 1.347/.701 .869 94/.966 0/0 11/1
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/6 .154/.214/.385/.599 .125/1.167 .556 14/.599 0/0 1/0
IP 79.0 24.2 40.2 32.0 29.2 34.0 12.2 26.0 16.1 TOTAL .278/.342/.428/.770 .783/.765 .757 .827 75/22 67/42
ERA-K/9 3.53/9.2 5.84/5.1 8.63/7.3 3.66/7.0 4.25/8.2 4.50/5.8 4.26/5.0 5.19/7.3 0.00/9.4 4.50/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 345/.252 115/.255 185/.339 141/.281 122/.284 147/.260 59/.245 121/.288 66/.175 .265
OPS .735 .706 .996 .726 .728 .730 .756 .854 .483 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.761 48/.674 73/1.169 65/.825 62/.818 72/.714 35/.710 54/.749 28/.649 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.705 67/.730 112/.887 76/.645 60/.635 75/.743 24/.825 67/.939 38/.362 .734
Home 173/.840 81/.842 106/1.252 69/.577 66/.611 97/.731 39/.396 69/1.079 30/.381
Last 28d days 131/.813 59/.748 114/1.026 40/.981 36/.833 42/.396 11/.919 46/.838 52/.512
HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 1/4/0 10/2/1 2/1/2 2/0/0 3/4/0 3/3/0 3/4/1 0/0/0 76/49/14
Usage ····X··· ·Xo····X ··o·o··· o·oo··o· o·Xo··X· ·oo···o· ·oX·X··· ·Xo···Xo
D'backs Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Palmer
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 55.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 59.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 33.Speier
G/S/vB		 63.Thompson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
38.Carlin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
31.Clark# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.929 ··· 11/1.155 ··· ··· 12/.083 ··· 49/34 .209/.306/.535/.841 .855/.827 .939 18/1.122 0/0 4/3
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.089 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/169 .256/.317/.419/.736 .643/.768 .829 106/.852 2/1 5/5
2.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 8/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 303/225 .304/.360/.417/.776 .861/.747 .889 113/.657 6/2 4/8
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/138 .229/.323/.350/.673 .583/.689 .571 70/.653 1/0 3/6
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 155/120 .227/.318/.303/.621 .464/.664 .723 42/.438 2/1 1/4
9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/131 .261/.305/.418/.723 .362/.818 .836 95/.644 0/2 3/3
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.917 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 307/239 .266/.352/.561/.913 .975/.895 1.021 103/.936 13/5 21/12
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/73 .260/.359/.330/.689 .864/.585 .817 53/.423 4/0 0/3
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 292/229 .320/.401/.586/.987 1.226/.924 .892 99/.940 10/2 14/5
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.300 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 250/183 .201/.274/.375/.649 .754/.612 .716 79/.915 11/2 6/0
IP 61.1 32.0 25.1 10.2 33.0 12.0 18.2 27.0 11.0 TOTAL .244/.319/.405/.724 .737/.719 .776 .728 61/17 76/76
ERA-K/9 4.70/5.9 4.78/9.3 3.91/10.7 11.81/4.2 3.00/6.3 3.00/6.0 7.23/3.9 4.33/9.3 5.73/10.6 4.67/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 264/.248 135/.225 106/.261 52/.413 135/.284 50/.250 95/.395 117/.228 50/.279 .276
OPS .713 .743 .705 .983 .754 .761 1.013 .675 .952 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.742 65/.907 31/.540 31/1.003 54/.771 27/.617 48/1.074 51/.966 24/1.280 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.679 70/.592 75/.776 21/.947 81/.741 23/.919 47/.949 66/.455 26/.613 .717
Road 98/.780 62/.773 48/.583 26/1.188 84/.794 27/.462 26/1.052 55/.586 28/.899
Last 28d days 80/.921 56/.781 22/.488 23/.826 43/.995 50/.761 24/1.150 31/.527 35/.956
HR/SB/CS 7/8/1 5/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 2/2/2 2/0/0 2/1/0 3/3/0 4/2/0 73/56/19
Usage ·····X·· ·X··XX·· X···X··· ····o·Xo oo·oX··· ····X··· ···X·X·o ···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.