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Game Preview: LAA @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, June 7, 2009 @Comerica Park

Angels, 28-26, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (28, LHP, 6-4, 3.77)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-4)			71.2	69	32	30	19	37	10	3.77
2008 (17-7)			198.0	187	82	75	53	103	21	3.41
2007 (8-5)			107.1	129	56	53	34	69	11	4.44

Last 7 GS		4-3	46.0	49	22	20	11	29	7	3.91	51
2009-06-02	@TOR	L	5.1	9	6	6	0	4	1	92	30
2009-05-26	CHW	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	2	114	49
2009-05-21	@SEA	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	101	69
2009-05-15	@TEX	L	5.1	8	7	7	2	4	3	84	26
2009-05-09	KCR	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	101	82
2009-05-04	@OAK	W	6.2	6	2	2	1	7	1	110	60
2009-04-28	@BAL	W	6.0	10	4	2	1	1	0	89	40

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	29.0	35	17	17	5	17	4	5.28	45
2009-04-22	DET	ND	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	84	32
2008-09-02	@DET	ND	6.1	8	3	3	1	2	0	97	46
2008-05-28	DET	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	2	93	37
2007-07-28	DET	ND	5.1	8	3	3	1	4	1	101	43
2006-09-02	@DET	ND	7.1	5	1	1	0	5	0	95	69

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

 Home:   14-12   Road:   14-14   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-18   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  9-12 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Sat, Jun  6  @DET  L   1-2       28-26  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Tigers, 29-25, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Rick Porcello (20, RHP, 6-4, 3.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-4)			56.0	54	24	23	17	34	8	3.70

Last 7 GS		5-2	38.0	36	14	14	14	23	3	3.32	52
2009-06-02	BOS	L	4.1	8	3	3	1	2	1	84	36
2009-05-27	@KCR	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	82	59
2009-05-22	COL	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	86	57
2009-05-16	OAK	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	86	65
2009-05-10	@CLE	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	95	56
2009-05-05	MIN	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	87	69
2009-04-29	NYY	L	3.2	6	6	6	3	1	1	75	23

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   16-11   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 13-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Sat, Jun  6   LAA  W   2-1       29-25  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 DET  2  LAA  1        W:Edwin Jackson (6-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 3-2; 2008 - LAA won 6-3; 2007 - LAA won 5-3; All-Time - DET leads 299-278

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 5.76

FLA 4.63

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.72

TBR 4.75

WSN 5.95

J. Bartlett .373

M. Cuddyer .275

C. Young .178

OBP

K. Youkilis .470

A. Callaspo .347

C. Young .228

SLG

A. Pujols .689

M. DeRosa .442

J. Kendall .266

OPS

A. Pujols 1.148

M. Byrd .791

D. Navarro .526

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

J. Peavy 4.10

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.42

G. Meche 6.59

J. Pineiro 3.45

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Angels Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 212/159 .294/.396/.406/.802 .817/.795 .879 86/.893 15/0 2/2

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 157/100 .277/.305/.390/.695 .696/.695 .736 80/.666 1/1 1/3

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.667 3/1.334 2/.000 243/172 .306/.385/.368/.753 .678/.785 .899 111/.856 21/5 0/5

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.667 2/1.000 3/.000 83/59 .256/.289/.333/.622 .685/.596 .566 48/.597 1/0 1/

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 8/1.042 ··· 13/.762 4/.500 8/.125 223/167 .314/.395/.577/.972 1.041/.949 .946 100/1.016 11/3 12/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 123/105 .261/.303/.288/.592 .813/.579 .511 46/.535 5/1 0/2

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/132 .227/.273/.343/.616 .668/.593 .551 69/.564 6/2 4/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/63 .221/.307/.234/.541 .380/.611 .265 40/.495 0/1 0/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/no AB 2/2.500 124/93 .257/.306/.345/.652 .603/.668 .669 47/.623 0/0 1/2

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 213/170 .273/.324/.474/.798 .447/.892 .768 98/.740 0/2 8/3

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 165/129 .264/.352/.486/.838 1.333/.705 .788 73/.614 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 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 183/133 .294/.333/.429/.763 1.321/.564 .743 89/.842 0/0 5/0

IP 56.0 23.2 22.0 23.0 15.2 17.0 TOTAL .274/.336/.402/.738 .768/.727 .730 .733 64/18 42/28

ERA-K/9

3.70/5.5

5.70/3.8

3.27/8.2

3.52/7.4

5.17/5.2

2.65/8.5

4.09/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.254 106/.250 97/.171 94/.235 64/.241 70/.246 .249

OPS .706 .867 .570 .607 .631 .640 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.850 45/.701 44/.826 58/.604 41/.661 36/.848 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.527 61/.975 53/.366 36/.611 23/.573 34/.402 .692

Home 114/.705 46/.739 53/.596 49/.472 25/.610 41/.617

Last 28d days 91/.689 49/.987 41/.614 43/.446 27/.870 48/.699

HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 5/2/1 1/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 51/28/12

Usage ····X··· ····X··· ··o·X··o ·XX···Xo ···X···o ··X····o

Tigers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 115/103 .269/.307/.352/.659 .606/.665 .637 55/.519 10/2 0/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.127 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.417 3/.333 3/.333 ··· 213/160 .354/.418/.568/.986 .968/.988 1.116 88/.906 1/2 10/4

4.Everett G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· 7/.667 5/1.200 4/.500 1/no AB 134/91 .263/.307/.347/.655 .807/.577 .679 62/.571 3/1 1/4

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 12/1.323 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.667 6/1.867 2/.000 246/179 .269/.344/.491/.835 .749/.865 .717 107/.854 10/2 13/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 11/.400 2/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 9/.625 2/2.500 215/165 .278/.369/.513/.883 1.255/.778 .849 95/.797 1/4 12/5

8.Laird G/S/vP 18/.749 2/1.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 3/.666 5/.000 3/.333 165/127 .229/.329/.329/.658 .754/.627 .712 72/.699 1/0 2/0

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/82 .216/.344/.446/.790 .250/.839 .513 63/.765 0/1 4/0

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 15/1.067 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 14/.774 10/.650 ··· 208/159 .281/.361/.357/.717 .806/.690 .770 85/.829 1/0 2/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 12/.788 3/1.334 1/2.000 3/.666 13/.606 8/.393 2/.000 221/163 .252/.300/.351/.651 .877/.563 .750 89/.567 1/1 1/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· 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 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 97/80 .295/.330/.466/.796 .471/.872 1.083 49/.890 0/2 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 116/89 .243/.328/.398/.726 .733/.723 .614 95/.682 1/0 3/1

IP 71.2 23.0 23.1 20.0 24.2 21.1 5.0 TOTAL .264/.334/.413/.748 .803/.729 .768 .754 31/16 55/24

ERA-K/9

3.77/4.6

5.09/10.2

4.24/8.5

4.95/9.9

2.92/6.2

5.06/7.6

1.80/7.2

4.58/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.254 104/.308 96/.241 90/.284 102/.300 96/.256 21/.235 .276

OPS .723 .735 .721 .751 .722 .725 .712 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.606 48/.801 38/.944 29/.535 39/.762 39/1.050 5/.400 .812

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.762 56/.680 58/.573 61/.856 63/.697 57/.510 16/.833 .713

Road 162/.735 51/.626 39/.692 41/.653 66/.742 43/.583 14/.452

Last 28d days 108/.879 48/.861 49/.588 36/.747 52/.845 45/.608 6/.167

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 0/1/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/2 2/3/0 1/0/0 48/45/16

Usage ····X··· ···o···X X··oo·X· ·oX····X X·o····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.