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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 6, 2009 @Comerica Park

Angels, 28-25, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Kelvim Escobar (33, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2007 (18-7) 195.2 182 79 74 66 160 11 3.40
2006 (11-14) 189.1 192 93 76 50 147 17 3.61
2005 (3-2) 59.2 45 21 20 21 63 4 3.02
Last 7 GS 5-1 37.2 45 27 27 16 36 4 6.45 44
2007-09-29 @OAK W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 92 60
2007-09-17 TBD ND 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 0 98 23
2007-09-12 @BAL W 5.1 7 6 6 2 3 2 91 31
2007-09-06 CLE W 5.2 8 3 3 3 8 1 109 46
2007-09-01 TEX L 2.2 6 5 5 4 6 0 78 28
2007-08-26 TOR W 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 109 71
2007-08-21 NYY W 6.0 5 5 5 3 7 1 93 46
Last 5 v.DET 3-0 31.1 22 14 11 11 31 2 3.16 58
2007-04-24 DET ND 5.2 5 4 3 2 6 0 95 49
2006-09-03 @DET W 8.0 2 1 0 2 7 0 103 81
2005-05-06 DET W 7.1 6 3 3 2 5 1 103 57
2004-05-05 DET W 5.2 4 3 3 3 4 1 108 50
2001-08-31 DET ND 4.2 5 3 2 2 9 0 90 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-12   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-17   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  9-12 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Fri, Jun  5  @DET  W   2-1       28-25  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Tigers, 28-25, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Edwin Jackson (25, RHP, 5-3, 2.30)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-3) 74.1 59 25 19 18 57 5 2.30
2008 (14-11) 183.1 199 91 90 77 108 23 4.42
2007 (5-15) 161.0 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.1 38 13 11 11 40 1 2.05 63
2009-05-31 @BAL W 8.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 101 84
2009-05-26 @KCR L 6.1 7 4 2 1 2 0 89 48
2009-05-21 TEX W 8.0 7 3 3 5 7 1 132 58
2009-05-15 OAK W 7.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 97 67
2009-05-09 @CLE W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 102 73
2009-05-04 MIN L 6.0 7 5 5 2 7 0 105 43
2009-04-28 NYY ND 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 117 67
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-11   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  18-20   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 12-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Fri, Jun  5   LAA  L   1-2       28-25  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 LAA  2 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (1-2), L: Fernando Rodney (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (15)
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
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 3-1; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 298-278

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

BAL  4.65

SEA  3.80

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

TEX  4.76

WSN  6.04

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .276

C. Young  .181

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .475

S. Victorino  .349

C. Young  .232

 SLG

A. Pujols  .704

M. DeRosa  .441

J. Kendall  .266

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.170

C. Barmes  .794

C. Young  .554

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

A. Harang  4.11

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.42

C. Lee  6.48

J. Pineiro  3.45

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

Angels Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
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 28/.494 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 208/155 .295/.399/.403/.802 .817/.796 .884 86/.927 15/0 2/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 157/100 .277/.305/.390/.695 .696/.695 .736 83/.691 1/1 1/3
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 9/1.445 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.667 3/1.334 2/.000 239/168 .302/.383/.366/.749 .678/.779 .896 111/.826 21/4 0/5
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 12/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.667 2/1.000 3/.000 79/55 .270/.304/.351/.655 .685/.641 .653 44/.653 1/0 1/
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/1.569 8/1.042 ··· ··· 13/.762 4/.500 8/.125 219/163 .316/.397/.579/.976 1.041/.954 .953 100/1.000 11/3 12/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 16/.838 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 120/102 .269/.311/.296/.607 .813/.597 .538 43/.576 5/1 0/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 11/.182 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 182/129 .229/.272/.347/.619 .668/.597 .555 70/.537 6/2 4/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/63 .221/.307/.234/.541 .380/.611 .265 43/.510 0/1 0/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 13/1.315 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/no AB 2/2.500 124/93 .257/.306/.345/.652 .603/.668 .669 51/.613 0/0 1/2
19.Morales# G/S/vP 4/1.417 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 210/167 .277/.329/.482/.810 .447/.910 .790 99/.759 0/2 8/3
44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 162/126 .270/.358/.496/.854 1.333/.723 .817 74/.624 2/3 8/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/11 .238/.238/.310/.548 .323/1.182 .500 25/.640 1/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 180/130 .299/.339/.437/.776 1.321/.577 .767 86/.873 0/0 5/0
IP 74.1 23.2 22.0 56.0 23.0 15.2 17.0 TOTAL .276/.339/.405/.744 .768/.735 .741 .739 64/17 42/28
ERA-K/9 2.30/6.9 5.70/3.8 3.27/8.2 3.70/5.5 3.52/7.4 5.17/5.2 2.65/8.5 4.15/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 293/.216 106/.250 97/.171 231/.254 94/.235 64/.241 70/.246 .251
OPS .598 .867 .570 .706 .607 .631 .640 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.512 45/.701 44/.826 128/.850 58/.604 41/.661 36/.848 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.704 61/.975 53/.366 103/.527 36/.611 23/.573 34/.402 .701
Home 135/.700 46/.739 53/.596 114/.705 49/.472 25/.610 41/.617
Last 28d days 115/.549 50/.964 41/.614 113/.666 50/.539 32/.726 48/.699
HR/SB/CS 5/12/3 5/2/1 1/1/1 8/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 51/28/11
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·o·X··o· ···X···· XX···Xo· ··X···o· ·X····o·
Tigers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 1/2.000 111/100 .269/.309/.356/.665 .473/.685 .646 51/.521 10/2 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.417 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 ··· 213/160 .354/.418/.568/.986 .968/.988 1.116 92/.881 1/2 10/4
4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.667 5/1.200 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 134/91 .263/.307/.347/.655 .807/.577 .679 66/.622 3/1 1/4
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/.444 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 ··· 6/1.867 2/.000 242/176 .271/.346/.495/.841 .762/.869 .726 108/.846 9/2 13/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 12/.167 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.666 ··· 9/.625 2/2.500 211/162 .277/.367/.516/.883 1.239/.784 .849 95/.797 1/3 12/5
8.Laird G/S/vP 16/.626 2/1.000 4/1.833 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 162/124 .226/.329/.328/.658 .754/.626 .714 73/.678 1/0 2/0
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/79 .214/.349/.443/.792 .286/.831 .485 63/.830 0/1 4/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 28/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.840 ··· 10/.650 ··· 204/156 .280/.358/.357/.715 .824/.682 .767 85/.866 1/0 2/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/1.334 1/2.000 3/.666 12/.606 ··· 8/.393 2/.000 217/160 .245/.290/.345/.635 .877/.540 .719 89/.521 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 4/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 94/77 .306/.341/.482/.823 .471/.909 1.169 46/.951 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/86 .240/.321/.400/.721 .683/.733 .598 95/.682 1/0 3/1
IP 23.0 22.1 20.0 22.2 14.2 21.1 5.0 TOTAL .264/.333/.415/.748 .801/.730 .770 .759 29/14 55/24
ERA-K/9 /0.0 5.09/10.2 4.43/8.1 4.95/9.9 3.18/5.9 7.36/3.7 5.06/7.6 1.80/7.2 4.61/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 104/.308 92/.241 90/.284 95/.286 75/.391 96/.256 21/.235 .276
OPS .735 .720 .751 .704 .993 .725 .712 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 48/.801 36/.909 29/.535 35/.734 36/1.111 39/1.050 5/.400 .818
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 56/.680 56/.596 61/.856 60/.686 39/.885 57/.510 16/.833 .709
Road / 51/.626 35/.684 41/.653 59/.713 26/1.052 43/.583 14/.452
Last 28d days / 48/.861 45/.571 40/.757 53/.768 21/1.213 45/.608 6/.167
HR/SB/CS // 0/1/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/1 2/1/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 48/43/14
Usage ··o···X· ··oo·X·o oX····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.