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Game Preview: LAA @ SEA, 10:10pm, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 @Safeco Field

Angels, 19-18, 2nd, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Palmer (30, RHP, 4-0, 3.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-0) 26.2 16 11 10 10 16 2 3.38
2008 (0-2) 12.2 17 13 12 13 3 1 8.53
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.1 33 24 22 23 19 3 5.03 47
2009-05-13 BOS W 9.0 5 4 4 2 8 1 109 67
2009-05-08 KCR W 5.1 2 1 1 3 5 0 92 62
2009-05-02 @NYY W 6.1 3 1 1 2 2 0 101 63
2009-04-23 DET W 6.0 6 5 4 3 1 1 100 40
2008-08-26 COL L 4.1 4 5 4 6 1 0 86 32
2008-08-21 FLA ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 2 1 100 51
2008-08-16 @ATL L 2.1 7 6 6 4 0 0 66 15
Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-8    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Mon, May 18  @SEA  W  10-6       19-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 36 Sun, May 17  @TEX  L   0-3       18-18  2nd  4.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 16  @TEX  L   3-5       18-17  2nd  3.5 gb
 34 Fri, May 15  @TEX  L   8-10      18-16  2nd  2.5 gb
 33 Thu, May 14   BOS  W   5-4 (12)  18-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 13   BOS  W   8-4       17-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Tue, May 12   BOS  L   3-4       16-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 30 Sun, May 10   KCR  W   4-3       16-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  9   KCR  W   1-0       15-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  8   KCR  W   4-1       14-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Mariners, 18-21, 3rd, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 4-2, 3.53)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 51.0 47 21 20 15 53 5 3.53
2008 (9-11) 200.2 198 85 77 80 175 17 3.45
2007 (14-7) 190.1 209 88 83 53 165 20 3.92
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.0 42 20 19 12 47 5 3.98 55
2009-05-14 @TEX ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 110 73
2009-05-09 @MIN L 4.0 6 6 5 3 2 2 81 27
2009-05-04 TEX L 6.0 10 6 6 0 9 2 97 37
2009-04-28 @CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 100 82
2009-04-23 TBR W 7.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 104 73
2009-04-17 DET W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 104 51
2009-04-11 @OAK ND 5.0 7 5 5 2 8 1 94 39
Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-9    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  10-18   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  9-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Mon, May 18   LAA  L   6-10      18-21  3rd  6.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17   BOS  W   3-2       18-20  3rd  5.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 16   BOS  L   3-5       17-20  3rd  5.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 15   BOS  W   5-4       17-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @TEX  L   2-3       16-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @TEX  L   5-6 (11)  16-18  3rd  3.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @TEX  L   1-7       16-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 32 Sun, May 10  @MIN  W   5-3       16-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9  @MIN  L   6-9       15-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  8  @MIN  L   0-11      15-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 18, 2009 LAA 10 @SEA  6        W:John Lackey (1-0), L: Jarrod Washburn (3-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 LAA  8  SEA  0        W:Jered Weaver (2-1), L: Jarrod Washburn (3-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 SEA  9 @LAA  8        W:Carlos Silva (1-2), L: Anthony Ortega (0-1), S: David Aardsma (3)
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 SEA  8 @LAA  3        W:Erik Bedard (2-1), L: Shane Loux (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 LAA  5 @SEA  1        W:Joe Saunders (2-1), L: Chris Jakubauskas (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 SEA 11  LAA  3        W:Jarrod Washburn (2-0), L: Jered Weaver (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 SEA  3  LAA  2 (10)   W:Roy Corcoran (1-0), L: Scot Shields (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 LAA  6 @SEA  4        W:Jose Arredondo (10-2), L: J.J. Putz (6-5), S: Scot Shields (4)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 LAA  6 @SEA  5        W:Darren Oliver (7-1), L: Mark Lowe (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (62)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 SEA  9  LAA  6        W:Roy Corcoran (6-2), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-1), S: J.J. Putz (14)
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 4-3; 2008 - LAA won 14-5; 2007 - LAA won 13-6; All-Time - LAA leads 251-214

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  5.75

LAA  5.00

SDP  3.82

 RA/G

LAD  3.85

TEX  4.84

WSN  6.50

 BA

A. Hill  .345

  

V. Wells  .259

 OBP

M. Scutaro  .415

  

V. Wells  .317

 SLG

A. Hill  .565

  

V. Wells  .418

 OPS

A. Hill  .947

  

V. Wells  .735

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

J. Verlander  4.29

R. Nolasco  7.78

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

K. Uehara  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.41

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

Angels Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 43.Batista
G/S/vB		 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.White
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 10/.733 6/.533 33/1.031 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.250 159/117 .289/.390/.348/.738 .744/.733 .755 102/.682 14/0 0/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 9/.889 4/.500 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 4/.250 104/71 .309/.323/.457/.781 .863/.751 .868 65/.887 1/1 1/3
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 37/.497 3/1.167 19/.956 3/1.334 4/.250 2/.000 167/122 .277/.366/.326/.692 .548/.747 .858 108/.683 17/3 0/5
48.Hunter G/S/vP 20/.844 6/2.333 14/.819 2/1.500 5/.200 2/.000 156/119 .313/.397/.597/.994 .964/1.004 1.009 106/.927 6/2 9/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 26/.654 3/.333 22/.814 2/.000 6/3.000 4/.000 91/75 .262/.289/.298/.587 .606/.608 .405 66/.662 4/0 0/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 15/.134 2/2.000 9/.666 3/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 138/102 .236/.287/.370/.657 .694/.641 .465 83/.746 5/0 3/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP 15/.934 1/.000 7/.533 ··· 5/.000 ··· 66/46 .259/.313/.276/.588 .426/.658 .285 47/.594 0/0 0/1
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 43/1.176 1/3.000 31/.517 2/.000 6/1.500 5/.400 88/68 .272/.307/.346/.652 .578/.674 .636 64/.690 0/0 0/1
19.Morales# G/S/vP 17/1.059 2/.000 9/1.222 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 147/121 .287/.327/.551/.878 .423/.983 .872 96/1.018 0/2 8/2
44.Napoli G/S/vP 15/1.015 4/.000 12/1.242 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 124/100 .327/.419/.570/.989 1.433/.886 .979 90/1.039 2/3 6/2
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 20/3 .150/.150/.200/.350 .118/1.667 .000 14/.500 0/0 0/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 15/.350 1/no AB 10/.311 2/1.000 7/1.371 2/.000 121/92 .292/.331/.389/.720 1.252/.558 .794 82/.755 0/0 2/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 12/.167 1/.000 9/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/7 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 7/.667 1/0 0/0
IP 51.0 18.2 20.2 35.1 17.1 18.0 TOTAL .283/.344/.417/.761 .758/.761 .746 .799 50/11 30/23
ERA-K/9 3.53/9.4 1.45/9.1 2.61/8.3 7.13/3.8 4.15/8.3 2.50/3.5 4.29/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 213/.245 78/.154 97/.272 158/.287 80/.292 77/.194 .262
OPS .657 .532 .733 .811 .767 .649 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.748 36/.600 48/.806 73/1.030 34/.974 33/.469 .852
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.580 42/.472 49/.664 85/.633 46/.604 44/.762 .679
Home 82/.689 40/.552 56/.693 90/.873 42/.635 47/.480
Last 28d days 130/.643 52/.641 71/.713 120/.887 58/.843 66/.738
HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/0 4/0/1 1/2/0 2/1/2 39/20/11
Usage ····X··· ·X·XoX·· ··X···X· ···X···· ·X·X··X· ·X·X·Xo·
Mariners Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Palmer
G/S/vB		 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 52.Bulger
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 68.Loux
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 62.Shields
G/S/vB		 33.Speier
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 80/51 .288/.325/.438/.763 .899/.690 .733 66/.768 1/0 1/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.533 6/.500 28/.214 23/.685 24/.637 161/115 .211/.242/.316/.558 .597/.542 .327 103/.599 5/2 2/7
7.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 4/2.000 1/.000 5/.800 5/.000 11/.311 8/.875 136/106 .258/.284/.359/.643 .762/.609 .623 89/.578 2/0 2/7
30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 5/2.467 4/.750 1/.000 3/.000 138/94 .309/.372/.642/1.015 .926/1.056 1.256 100/1.074 1/0 10/2
3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 47/35 .186/.239/.326/.565 .432/.610 .912 22/.538 1/1 1/1
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/4.000 5/.500 6/1.334 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 125/95 .273/.336/.318/.654 .618/.666 .740 64/.438 6/1 1/1
24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 6/1.267 29/.458 2/.000 4/1.833 114/91 .219/.342/.354/.696 .749/.685 .564 68/.715 0/0 3/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 6/.450 4/1.250 2/1.000 134/100 .272/.349/.377/.726 .813/.698 .968 84/.757 2/2 3/0
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 10/1.589 6/.666 71/50 .250/.271/.368/.639 .536/.682 .648 46/.714 1/0 2/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 68/57 .206/.227/.286/.513 .000/.619 .595 44/.434 0/1 0/1
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 2/1.000 6/.666 7/.286 20/.513 13/.641 159/116 .234/.280/.338/.618 .754/.569 .472 107/.642 0/1 3/6
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 6/1.166 ··· 6/.533 19/1.143 37/.532 8/2.161 147/111 .324/.361/.439/.799 .804/.798 .883 122/.841 5/3 4/1
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/1.667 19/1.214 12/.417 7/.858 74/36 .246/.297/.391/.689 .689/.688 .698 41/.674 0/0 2/1
IP 26.2 17.1 12.1 12.2 38.1 18.1 13.2 14.2 TOTAL .255/.307/.383/.690 .714/.681 .702 .701 24/11 34/33
ERA-K/9 3.38/5.4 5.19/10.4 7.30/8.0 4.97/11.3 5.40/3.3 1.47/6.4 7.90/5.9 6.14/8.0 4.68/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.168 74/.294 58/.286 59/.294 174/.331 70/.222 65/.250 64/.236 .272
OPS .507 .681 .828 .743 .837 .562 .756 .715 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.426 37/.694 24/1.067 18/.465 93/.905 26/.724 32/.708 28/1.048 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/.601 37/.667 34/.663 41/.868 81/.758 44/.463 33/.806 36/.454 .726
Road 25/.422 33/.633 19/1.171 20/.721 130/.722 42/.436 19/1.087 31/.526
Last 28d days 106/.507 50/.737 41/.627 33/.678 123/.903 38/.475 40/.794 51/.775
HR/SB/CS 2/5/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 1/0/1 2/6/3 0/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 35/27/11
Usage ·····X·· X···X·X· ··o·X·o· ····X··· ··XX···· X·X·X·o· ····o·X· o·Xo····

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.