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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, June 5, 2009 @Comerica Park

Angels, 27-25, 2nd, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (26, RHP, 0-2, 9.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 18.0 31 19 19 9 11 3 9.50
2008 (16-7) 219.0 198 89 85 47 214 23 3.49
2007 (7-14) 150.0 174 103 96 58 126 26 5.76
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.2 52 30 30 11 28 5 6.98 40
2009-05-31 SEA ND 5.1 10 8 8 3 2 2 97 15
2009-05-25 CHW L 1.0 9 7 7 1 1 1 41 7
2009-05-20 @SEA L 6.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 95 61
2009-05-14 BOS ND 5.0 7 3 3 3 5 0 92 43
2008-09-27 TEX L 5.2 10 8 8 1 5 2 106 21
2008-09-22 @SEA W 8.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 98 77
2008-09-14 SEA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 91 59
Last 5 v.DET 3-2 30.1 29 19 19 7 29 6 5.64 50
2008-09-04 @DET W 7.1 6 1 1 1 8 1 112 69
2008-05-27 DET W 9.0 3 2 2 0 7 1 113 80
2008-04-25 @DET W 6.1 6 3 3 2 4 1 111 51
2007-05-24 @DET L 3.2 7 8 8 3 3 2 88 15
2006-09-01 @DET L 4.0 7 5 5 1 7 1 87 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-12   Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  9-12 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Thu, Jun  4  @TOR  W   6-5       27-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @TOR  W   8-1       26-25  2nd  4.5 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @TOR  L   4-6       25-25  2nd  4.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   SEA  W   9-8       25-24  2nd  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   SEA  L   3-4 (10)  24-24  2nd  5.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   SEA  L   2-5       24-23  2nd  4.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   CHW  W   3-1       24-22  2nd  3.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 26   CHW  L   2-4       23-22  2nd  4.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 25   CHW  L   3-17      23-21  2nd  3.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 24  @LAD  W  10-7       23-20  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Tigers, 28-24, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Justin Verlander (26, RHP, 6-2, 3.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-2) 69.1 60 31 28 20 90 4 3.63
2008 (11-17) 201.0 195 119 108 87 163 18 4.84
2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66
Last 7 GS 6-0 48.1 33 7 7 11 65 1 1.30 71
2009-05-30 @BAL W 6.0 9 3 3 1 5 1 112 46
2009-05-25 @KCR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 8 0 96 75
2009-05-20 TEX W 6.0 3 1 1 2 8 0 114 68
2009-05-14 @MIN ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 13 0 122 65
2009-05-08 @CLE W 9.0 2 0 0 2 11 0 118 92
2009-05-03 CLE W 7.0 2 1 1 3 11 0 121 77
2009-04-27 NYY W 7.0 7 0 0 0 9 0 110 72
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-10   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 12-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Thu, Jun  4   BOS  L   3-6       28-24  1st  2.5 up
 51 Wed, Jun  3   BOS  L   5-10      28-23  1st  3.5 up
 50 Tue, Jun  2   BOS  L   1-5       28-22  1st  3.5 up
 49 Sun, May 31  @BAL  W   3-0       28-21  1st  4.0 up
 48 Sat, May 30  @BAL  W   6-3       27-21  1st  4.0 up
 47 Fri, May 29  @BAL  L   2-7       26-21  1st  3.5 up
 46 Thu, May 28  @BAL  L   1-5       26-20  1st  3.5 up
 45 Wed, May 27  @KCR  W   8-3       26-19  1st  3.5 up
 44 Tue, May 26  @KCR  L   1-6       25-19  1st  3.0 up
 43 Mon, May 25  @KCR  W  13-1       25-18  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 LAA 10  DET  5        W:Matt Palmer (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 DET 12 @LAA 10        W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Scot Shields (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 LAA  4  DET  3        W:Jose Arredondo (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (1-2), S: Brian Fuentes (3)

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 LAA  7 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (15-5), L: Kenny Rogers (9-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 DET  9  LAA  6        W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-2), L: Jose Arredondo (7-2), S: Fernando Rodney (8)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 LAA  5 @DET  4        W:Scot Shields (6-4), L: Fernando Rodney (0-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (54)
Wed, May 28, 2008 DET  6 @LAA  2        W:Armando Galarraga (4-2), L: Joe Saunders (8-2), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 LAA  3  DET  2        W:Ervin Santana (7-2), L: Aquilino Lopez (2-1), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 LAA  1  DET  0 (12)   W:Jose Arredondo (1-0), L: Freddy Dolsi (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 LAA  6 @DET  2        W:Jered Weaver (2-3), L: Justin Verlander (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 2-1; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 298-277

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  5.74

MIL  4.70

SEA  3.85

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

TBR  4.71

WSN  6.09

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

R. Hernandez  .276

C. Young  .172

 OBP

A. Pujols  .470

C. Granderson  .347

C. Young  .216

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .699

M. Scutaro  .439

J. Kendall  .260

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.168

D. Uggla  .787

C. Young  .515

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.10

U. Jimenez  4.11

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.69

B. Myers  6.50

J. Pineiro  3.45

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

Angels Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 44.Seay*
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 11/1.323 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 204/151 .297/.392/.406/.798 .817/.790 .876 85/.882 15/0 2/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 5/1.150 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 153/96 .275/.304/.391/.695 .696/.696 .739 82/.713 1/1 1/3
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 13/.322 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/no AB 3/1.334 2/.000 234/163 .307/.385/.371/.757 .678/.791 .915 110/.817 20/4 0/5
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 9/1.223 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.667 2/1.000 3/.000 75/51 .271/.307/.357/.664 .685/.652 .681 40/.668 1/0 1/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 23/.782 8/1.042 ··· ··· 12/.639 4/.500 8/.125 215/159 .312/.395/.581/.976 1.041/.953 .952 99/.966 11/3 12/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 10/.844 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 119/101 .269/.305/.296/.601 .813/.591 .526 45/.520 5/1 0/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 178/125 .229/.273/.349/.622 .668/.600 .558 66/.539 6/1 4/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/60 .227/.306/.240/.546 .380/.622 .258 40/.520 0/1 0/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 9/1.431 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/no AB 2/2.500 124/93 .257/.306/.345/.652 .603/.668 .669 54/.636 0/0 1/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP 3/2.334 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 206/163 .278/.330/.487/.817 .447/.921 .802 98/.800 0/2 8/3
44.Napoli G/S/vP 11/.717 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 162/126 .270/.358/.496/.854 1.333/.723 .817 77/.599 2/3 8/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/11 .238/.238/.310/.548 .323/1.182 .500 25/.640 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 176/126 .301/.341/.442/.783 1.321/.580 .779 85/.859 0/0 5/0
IP 69.1 23.2 22.0 56.0 22.0 15.2 17.0 TOTAL .277/.338/.408/.746 .768/.738 .745 .734 63/16 42/28
ERA-K/9 3.63/11.7 5.70/3.8 3.27/8.2 3.70/5.5 2.86/7.4 5.17/5.2 2.65/8.5 4.19/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.228 106/.250 97/.171 231/.254 87/.213 64/.241 70/.246 .251
OPS .633 .867 .570 .706 .563 .631 .640 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.707 45/.701 44/.826 128/.850 54/.576 41/.661 36/.848 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.524 61/.975 53/.366 103/.527 33/.542 23/.573 34/.402 .703
Home 101/.435 46/.739 53/.596 114/.705 42/.365 25/.610 41/.617
Last 28d days 102/.587 50/.964 41/.614 113/.666 48/.461 32/.726 52/.704
HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 5/2/1 1/1/1 8/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 51/27/10
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· o·X··o·o ··X····· X···Xo·· ·X···o·o X····o··
Tigers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
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
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 107/96 .260/.302/.330/.632 .473/.650 .583 52/.455 10/1 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.417 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 ··· 212/159 .354/.415/.568/.983 .968/.985 1.111 95/.880 1/2 10/4
4.Everett G/S/vP 5/.200 1/2.000 ··· 7/.667 5/1.200 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 131/88 .267/.312/.353/.665 .807/.592 .702 63/.644 3/1 1/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 23/.854 3/2.000 ··· ··· 5/2.000 ··· 6/1.867 2/.000 238/173 .271/.347/.500/.847 .775/.872 .735 108/.874 9/2 13/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 19/.369 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.666 ··· 9/.625 2/2.500 208/159 .280/.367/.522/.889 1.239/.790 .861 96/.803 1/3 12/4
8.Laird G/S/vP 17/.846 2/1.000 4/1.833 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 159/121 .224/.329/.321/.650 .754/.615 .701 74/.622 1/0 2/0
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/76 .224/.361/.463/.824 .286/.868 .528 64/.916 0/1 4/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 17/.824 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.840 ··· 10/.650 ··· 200/152 .275/.355/.348/.703 .824/.666 .742 81/.846 1/0 2/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 19/.833 3/1.334 1/2.000 3/.666 12/.606 ··· 8/.393 2/.000 213/156 .250/.295/.352/.647 .877/.554 .749 90/.553 0/1 1/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/25 .265/.333/.490/.823 .910/.735 1.005 30/1.226 1/1 3/1
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 94/77 .306/.341/.482/.823 .471/.909 1.169 50/.945 0/1 3/3
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/18 .115/.111/.154/.265 .333/.229 .636 17/.235 0/0 0/0
34.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/83 .247/.330/.412/.743 .683/.762 .635 96/.674 1/0 3/1
IP 18.0 23.0 22.1 19.2 22.2 14.2 21.1 5.0 TOTAL .265/.334/.416/.750 .803/.732 .775 .762 29/13 55/24
ERA-K/9 9.50/5.5 5.09/10.2 4.43/8.1 5.03/10.1 3.18/5.9 7.36/3.7 5.06/7.6 1.80/7.2 4.69/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 95/.373 104/.308 92/.241 89/.288 95/.286 75/.391 96/.256 21/.235 .277
OPS 1.025 .735 .720 .760 .704 .993 .725 .712 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/1.122 48/.801 36/.909 28/.555 35/.734 36/1.111 39/1.050 5/.400 .823
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.957 56/.680 56/.596 61/.856 60/.686 39/.885 57/.510 16/.833 .711
Road 27/.499 51/.626 35/.684 40/.670 59/.713 26/1.052 43/.583 14/.452
Last 28d days 95/1.025 48/.861 45/.571 39/.778 53/.768 21/1.213 45/.608 6/.167
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 2/1/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 48/43/13
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· ·oo·X·o· X····X·· o····o·· ····o··· X···X·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.