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Game Preview: LAA @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, May 1, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Angels, 9-12, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (26, RHP, 2-1, 2.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 25.2 24 8 7 6 21 4 2.45
2008 (11-10) 176.2 173 88 85 54 152 20 4.33
2007 (13-7) 161.0 178 77 70 45 115 17 3.91
Last 7 GS 3-1 43.1 42 15 14 12 40 4 2.91 56
2009-04-26 SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 95 74
2009-04-21 DET ND 7.0 7 3 3 0 6 2 99 57
2009-04-15 @SEA L 5.0 10 4 4 2 2 2 89 31
2009-04-10 BOS W 6.2 4 1 0 2 8 0 101 70
2008-09-23 @SEA ND 5.2 9 6 6 0 8 0 99 35
2008-09-17 @OAK ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 8 0 105 61
2008-09-11 SEA W 6.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 96 66
Last 5 v.NYY 3-1 22.0 25 15 15 9 21 8 6.14 45
2008-08-08 NYY W 6.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 111 39
2008-08-02 @NYY L 5.0 8 6 6 1 5 4 99 31
2007-05-25 @NYY W 5.0 7 3 3 3 5 1 103 43
2006-08-13 @NYY W 6.0 3 1 1 3 8 1 104 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Thu, Apr 30  @NYY  L   4-7        9-12  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 9-12
Yankees, 12-10, 3rd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 2-1, 2.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 27.1 24 10 9 6 16 1 2.96
2008 (14-14) 204.0 233 112 103 55 158 19 4.54
2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.0 46 21 18 11 28 2 3.77 51
2009-04-26 @BOS L 6.0 6 4 3 4 6 0 116 48
2009-04-21 OAK W 7.0 9 2 2 0 0 0 105 51
2009-04-15 @TBR ND 7.1 6 3 3 1 4 1 96 57
2009-04-10 @KCR W 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 99 72
2008-09-21 BAL W 5.0 7 3 2 1 3 0 85 45
2008-09-16 CHW L 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 77 45
2008-09-10 @LAA L 4.2 9 4 3 1 5 0 100 36
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-2    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Thu, Apr 30   LAA  W   7-4       12-10  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 NYY  7  LAA  4        W:Phil Coke (1-1), L: Justin Speier (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5)

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)
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 1-0; 2008 - LAA won 7-3; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - NYY leads 318-266

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

PHI  5.95

CHC  4.62

HOU  3.55

 RA/G

PIT  3.57

ARI  4.77

BAL  6.55

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

N. Blackburn  4.02

M. Harrison  7.89

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  12.36

V. Padilla  6.40

J. Pineiro  2.05

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

Angels Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (6.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
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 15/.421 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 94/71 .357/.415/.417/.832 .609/.907 .893 94/.832 9/0 0/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 59/42 .245/.263/.340/.603 .376/.695 .656 59/.603 0/1 0/2
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 11/.910 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 3/1.334 8/.750 1/2.000 2/2.000 92/71 .244/.359/.308/.666 .348/.764 .727 92/.666 9/2 0/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 31/.583 ··· ··· ··· 13/.648 ··· 1/3.000 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 87/70 .325/.379/.714/1.094 .941/1.136 1.183 87/1.094 1/0 8/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 53/46 .275/.302/.333/.635 .500/.690 .333 53/.635 2/0 0/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 83/63 .260/.296/.442/.738 .900/.681 .470 83/.738 3/0 3/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 31/18 .269/.367/.308/.674 .397/.899 .364 31/.674 0/0 0/1
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 25/.916 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.667 11/.546 ··· 3/.000 51/42 .267/.333/.311/.644 .222/.726 .450 51/.644 0/0 0/0
19.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 82/69 .273/.317/.506/.824 .308/.926 .732 82/.824 0/1 3/1
44.Napoli G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 55/48 .283/.400/.609/1.009 1.738/.900 .669 55/1.009 0/1 4/1
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 13/2 .154/.154/.154/.308 .182/1.000 .000 13/.308 0/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 69/54 .297/.348/.391/.738 1.529/.518 .744 69/.738 0/0 1/0
3.Wood G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 5/2 .200/.200/.200/.400 .667/.000 5/.400 0/0 0/0
IP 27.1 11.0 23.0 9.2 5.1 3.0 8.1 9.2 2.1 11.0 TOTAL .280/.341/.427/.768 .683/.794 .680 .768 24/5 20/17
ERA-K/9 2.96/5.3 8.18/4.1 3.13/6.7 3.72/7.4 15.19/10.2 0.00/6.0 6.48/8.7 2.79/12.1 3.86/15.7 5.73/8.2 5.79/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 108/.240 48/.317 103/.265 39/.206 30/.360 12/.100 45/.306 41/.293 11/.300 47/.154 .273
OPS .630 1.017 .804 .694 1.248 .350 1.015 .732 .764 .631 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.670 25/.798 55/.631 18/.422 11/1.030 5/.200 24/.879 22/.500 5/.400 21/.912 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.602 23/1.288 48/.992 21/.912 19/1.375 7/.452 21/1.151 19/1.000 6/1.100 26/.369 .843
Home 29/.679 8/.286 23/1.066 10/.200 18/1.588 / 19/1.207 21/.571 8/.500 25/.604
Last 28d days 108/.630 48/1.017 103/.804 39/.694 30/1.248 12/.350 45/1.015 41/.732 11/.764 47/.631
HR/SB/CS 1/4/3 3/0/1 2/2/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 28/18/13
Usage ····X··· ·X···oo· ·X····X· Xo···oX· ·····oX· ··o·X··· ··X··X·· oo····X· ·····o·· ··X··X··
Yankees Batters (5.82 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 68.Loux
G/S/vB		 49.Ortega
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 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 8/.762 6/.833 9/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 9/.500 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 7/.453 3/1.334 55/40 .327/.400/.571/.971 1.050/.943 1.429 55/.971 2/1 4/0
24.Cano* G/S/vP 7/1.143 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 10/.300 4/.500 100/72 .366/.400/.581/.981 1.082/.941 .842 100/.981 1/0 5/1
18.Damon* G/S/vP 12/.432 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 23/1.023 8/1.089 91/65 .295/.385/.500/.885 .706/.966 1.177 91/.885 3/0 4/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/53 .220/.254/.271/.525 .697/.485 .496 65/.525 5/1 0/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 12/.444 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 22/.559 15/1.236 103/80 .287/.350/.457/.807 1.006/.750 .961 103/.807 4/0 4/0
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 13/.725 11/.764 78/56 .292/.410/.492/.903 1.139/.806 1.155 78/.903 0/0 2/
26.Molina G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 33/29 .276/.344/.379/.723 2.000/.583 .500 33/.723 0/0 1/0
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 30/28 .269/.345/.308/.653 .500/.653 .636 30/.653 0/0 0/0
20.Posada# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 16/.800 12/2.128 82/57 .275/.366/.493/.859 1.092/.746 .959 82/.859 1/0 3/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 20/.516 1/5.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 13/.558 14/.386 93/67 .312/.430/.714/1.144 1.414/1.043 .667 93/1.144 0/0 7/2
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 16/1.067 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 26/.814 7/2.571 90/68 .200/.367/.371/.738 .830/.709 .945 90/.738 0/0 3/0
IP 25.2 10.0 7.2 8.0 22.1 11.1 6.0 8.1 9.0 TOTAL .281/.362/.473/.835 .977/.787 .913 .835 17/2 33/10
ERA-K/9 2.45/7.4 5.40/11.7 11.74/9.4 5.63/13.5 5.24/3.2 5.56/5.6 3.00/1.5 8.64/4.3 5.00/9.0 4.89/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.247 41/.316 38/.344 38/.303 101/.337 50/.283 31/.393 41/.233 37/.257 .297
OPS .701 .692 .984 .789 .810 .870 .919 .725 .697 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.823 21/.616 15/1.683 12/.350 56/.813 35/.807 15/.900 18/.722 19/.892 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.590 20/.768 23/.554 26/.983 45/.806 15/1.000 16/.938 23/.721 18/.500 .738
Road 27/1.306 16/.579 14/1.409 11/.636 76/.672 28/.819 19/1.099 13/1.056 18/.708
Last 28d days 106/.701 41/.692 38/.984 38/.789 101/.810 50/.870 31/.919 41/.725 37/.697
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/2 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 20/16/9
Usage ····X··· ·XX··o·· o····X·X ·XX·X··· ·X····X· X····X·· ······X· o·X·o·o· oo···X·o

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.