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Game Preview: LAA @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 30, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Angels, 9-11, 3rd, 3 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Anthony Ortega (23, RHP, 0-1, 7.20)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 5.0 5 5 4 1 5 2 7.20
Last 7 GS 0-1 5.0 5 5 4 1 5 2 7.20 43
2009-04-25 SEA L 5.0 5 5 4 1 5 2 98 43
Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-1    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Wed, Apr 29  @BAL  W   3-2        9-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28  @BAL  W   7-5        8-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   SEA  W   8-0        7-11  4th  4.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   SEA  L   8-9        6-11  4th  5.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24   SEA  L   3-8        6-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23   DET  W  10-5        6-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22   DET  L  10-12       5-9   3rd  3.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21   DET  W   4-3        5-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @MIN  L   1-3        4-8   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @MIN  L   2-9        4-7   3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11
Yankees, 11-10, 3rd, 3 GB, tied for WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (32, RHP, 2-0, 5.47)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-0) 24.2 21 15 15 12 20 5 5.47
2008 (18-10) 221.1 211 109 100 86 231 19 4.07
2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75
Last 7 GS 3-0 45.2 39 21 19 19 43 5 3.74 55
2009-04-25 @BOS ND 5.0 8 8 8 3 3 2 91 19
2009-04-19 CLE ND 6.1 3 3 3 7 2 2 111 50
2009-04-14 @TBR W 8.0 3 2 2 1 9 0 103 76
2009-04-09 @BAL W 5.1 7 2 2 1 6 1 98 51
2008-09-24 NYY ND 8.0 7 2 1 2 11 0 117 71
2008-09-19 BOS ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 121 53
2008-09-13 @BOS W 6.0 3 1 0 3 6 0 102 67
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @DET  W   8-6       11-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @DET  W  11-0       10-10  3rd  4.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @DET  L   2-4        9-10  3rd  4.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @BOS  L   1-4        9-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @BOS  L  11-16       9-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @BOS  L   4-5 (11)   9-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   OAK  W   9-7 (14)   9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 21   OAK  W   5-3        8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 19   CLE  W   7-3        7-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 18   CLE  L   4-22       6-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 LAA  4  NYY  2        W:Dustin Moseley (2-4), L: Andy Pettitte (13-13), S: Francisco Rodriguez (56)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 NYY  7 @LAA  1        W:Alfredo Aceves (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (15-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 LAA 12  NYY  1        W:Jon Garland (13-8), L: Carl Pavano (2-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 LAA  4  NYY  3        W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 LAA 11  NYY  4        W:Scot Shields (5-3), L: Edwar Ramirez (3-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 LAA 10  NYY  5        W:Jered Weaver (10-9), L: Ian Kennedy (0-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 NYY 14  LAA  9        W:Edwar Ramirez (3-0), L: Scot Shields (4-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 NYY  8  LAA  2        W:Mike Mussina (14-7), L: Jered Weaver (9-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 LAA  1 @NYY  0        W:Ervin Santana (12-5), L: Mariano Rivera (4-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (45)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 LAA 12 @NYY  6        W:Jon Garland (10-6), L: Andy Pettitte (12-8), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - LAA won 7-3; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - NYY leads 317-266

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (6.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 43.Marte*
G/S/vB		 39.Melancon
G/S/vB		 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 71/.920 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 684/484 .296/.371/.471/.843 .865/.833 .772 90/.847 22/11 20/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 375/261 .277/.314/.384/.699 .686/.704 .758 56/.573 7/2 3/18
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/1.334 8/.750 1/2.000 2/2.000 520/383 .276/.367/.318/.685 .640/.701 .676 88/.623 34/13 1/6
48.Hunter G/S/vP 18/.638 ··· ··· ··· 13/.648 ··· 1/3.000 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 608/444 .278/.344/.466/.810 .865/.790 .774 83/1.125 19/5 21/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 15/.785 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 321/256 .269/.329/.362/.691 .652/.701 .680 49/.688 11/2 3/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 361/255 .306/.333/.421/.754 .743/.758 .770 79/.705 11/4 3/4
5.Mathis G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 328/236 .194/.275/.318/.593 .747/.536 .594 31/.674 2/2 9/13
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 12/.349 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.667 11/.546 ··· 3/.000 477/332 .242/.319/.357/.675 .774/.632 .692 51/.644 8/3 8/8
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/50 .213/.273/.393/.666 .813/.622 .709 78/.868 0/1 3/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 274/210 .273/.374/.586/.960 .978/.954 1.029 51/.940 7/3 20/3
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 181/96 .262/.326/.311/.637 .650/.625 .570 13/.308 4/2 1/4
20.Rivera G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 280/185 .246/.282/.438/.720 .730/.714 .665 66/.773 1/1 12/3
3.Wood G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 157/121 .200/.224/.327/.551 .296/.621 .510 5/.400 4/0 5/4
IP 221.1 13.2 100.1 14.2 65.0 55.1 70.2 30.1 57.2 TOTAL .280/.343/.425/.768 .694/.791 .670 .768 21/3 19/16
ERA-K/9 4.07/9.4 3.95/8.5 2.60/10.6 0.61/8.6 4.02/9.8 /0.0 3.90/10.3 1.40/9.8 5.34/10.7 3.59/9.8 5.88/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (57-20-3)
 Napoli (52-11-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 957/.249 58/.294 417/.233 52/.160 272/.214 / 233/.215 259/.165 131/.257 253/.239 .272  Abreu
 Matthews
 Rivera
 Hunter
 Morales
 Quinlan
0/0/150/10
37/31/43/6
41/1/19/4
0/137/0/4
0/0/12/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .710 .839 .617 .392 .608 .685 .423 .690 .738 .819
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 546/.751 24/.899 211/.660 30/.509 96/.679 / 134/.711 136/.376 63/.627 114/.767 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 411/.656 34/.787 206/.573 22/.232 176/.570 / 99/.651 123/.474 68/.747 139/.716 .842
Home 487/.732 38/1.023 213/.570 24/.303 143/.537 / 128/.612 145/.501 62/.765 134/.721
Last 28d days 103/.783 48/1.017 103/.804 36/.757 30/1.248 12/.350 45/1.015 37/.757 11/.764 47/.631
HR/SB/CS 19/22/9 1/2/2 5/8/4 0/0/0 5/3/1 // 7/2/4 4/6/1 3/4/3 7/5/3 27/15/11
Usage ····X··· X···oo·o X····X·· o···oX·o ····oX·o ·o·X···· ·X··X··X o····X·o ····o··· ·X··X··X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Yankees Batters (5.76 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Ortega
G/S/vB		 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 68.Loux
G/S/vB		 59.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 62.Shields
G/S/vB		 33.Speier
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 8/.762 6/.833 256/182 .230/.304/.310/.614 .674/.590 .511 9/.500 0/0 1/8
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 2/1.000 453/312 .249/.301/.341/.641 .578/.670 .633 51/.970 9/2 8/4
24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.300 3/.000 634/447 .271/.305/.410/.715 .794/.683 .763 96/1.002 2/4 14/13
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 22/.996 8/1.089 623/438 .303/.375/.461/.836 .710/.889 .846 86/.857 29/8 17/2
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/115 .228/.283/.299/.582 .250/.656 .521 65/.525 13/1 0/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/.559 15/1.236 668/470 .300/.363/.408/.771 .822/.750 .764 98/.792 11/5 11/12
55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 13/.725 10/.844 378/262 .294/.370/.424/.795 .751/.815 .783 74/.927 0/0 9/1
26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 297/203 .216/.263/.313/.576 .521/.602 .660 33/.723 0/0 3/3
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 26/.547 / /
20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/.800 11/2.045 195/134 .268/.364/.411/.775 .733/.793 .745 78/.864 0/0 3/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 13/.558 13/.331 588/420 .219/.332/.410/.743 .746/.741 .878 89/1.136 3/3 24/7
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 25/.850 7/2.571 685/449 .308/.410/.552/.962 .902/.994 1.026 85/.728 2/0 33/5
IP 61.0 16.0 62.2 16.0 63.1 68.0 TOTAL .277/.359/.470/.829 .977/.777 .905 .829 16/2 32/10
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.62/8.1 7.31/11.2 2.73/11.8 2.81/2.2 /0.0 2.70/9.1 5.03/7.4 4.81/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (42-33-7)
 Posada (34-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 244/.190 73/.242 256/.205 66/.262 / 270/.236 305/.261 .295  Cabrera
 Gardner
 Damon
 Swisher
 Matsui
8/117/5/7
17/22/0/5
87/34/0/3
18/70/18/3
21/0/3/2
OPS .533 .856 .569 .685 .669 .839 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 124/.418 38/.747 53/.471 33/1.058 / 130/.578 138/1.001 .830
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 120/.655 35/.984 203/.596 33/.338 / 140/.755 167/.707 .734
Road / 127/.546 35/1.087 115/.440 17/.708 / 138/.671 161/.834
Last 28d days 22/.936 41/.692 35/1.029 38/.789 101/.810 31/.919 39/.731 31/.460
HR/SB/CS // 3/3/2 3/1/0 3/4/1 1/0/0 // 6/8/1 15/7/1 19/15/9
Usage ····X··· XX··o··X ····X·Xo XX·X···· X····X·· ·····X·· ·X·o·o·X o···X·oX

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.