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Game Preview: LAA @ SEA, 6:40pm, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @Safeco Field

Angels, 78-53, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Scott Kazmir (25, LHP, 8-7, 5.92)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-7)			111.0	121	77	73	50	91	15	5.92
2008 (12-8)			152.1	123	61	59	70	166	23	3.49
2007 (13-9)			206.2	196	91	80	89	239	18	3.48

Last 7 GS		4-2	43.0	39	23	23	13	38	4	4.81	52
2009-08-26	@TOR	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	108	69
2009-08-21	TEX	W	7.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	106	58
2009-08-15	TOR	W	6.1	5	3	3	3	7	1	103	55
2009-08-09	@SEA	L	4.1	9	7	7	2	3	1	92	18
2009-08-03	KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	114	52
2009-07-28	NYY	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	113	66
2009-07-23	@CHW	L	6.0	5	5	5	3	5	1	98	44

Last 5 v.SEA		2-1	28.2	22	13	12	12	32	2	3.77	56
2009-08-09	@SEA	L	4.1	9	7	7	2	3	1	92	18
2007-09-15	@SEA	W	6.0	3	1	0	2	11	0	99	73
2007-05-22	SEA	ND	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	96	52
2006-05-10	@SEA	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	110	79
2005-06-04	@SEA	ND	6.1	3	3	3	4	5	1	105	56

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

 Home:   39-26   Road:   39-27   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  49-39   vsLHP:  29-14   1-Run:  22-13
 vsEast: 24-12   vsCntrl:22-15   vsWest: 18-22 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Sep  1  @SEA  L   1-2       78-53  1st  4.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 31  @SEA  W  10-0       78-52  1st  6.0 up
129 Sun, Aug 30   OAK  W   9-1       77-52  1st  5.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 29   OAK  L   3-4       76-52  1st  4.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 28   OAK  W  11-7       76-51  1st  5.0 up
126 Thu, Aug 27   OAK  L   0-2       75-51  1st  4.0 up
125 Wed, Aug 26   DET  W   4-2       75-50  1st  5.0 up
124 Tue, Aug 25   DET  L   3-5       74-50  1st  4.0 up
123 Mon, Aug 24   DET  L   7-10      74-49  1st  5.0 up
122 Sun, Aug 23  @TOR  L   3-8       74-48  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Mariners, 69-64, 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 13-5, 2.77)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (13-5)			185.1	164	68	57	55	179	14	2.77
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		2-2	45.2	47	24	19	17	42	6	3.74	52
2009-08-28	KCR	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	104	60
2009-08-23	@CLE	L	6.0	9	6	3	0	6	1	101	42
2009-08-18	@DET	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	107	71
2009-08-12	CHW	ND	7.0	6	0	0	4	10	0	105	71
2009-08-07	TBR	ND	6.0	5	5	3	6	7	1	113	47
2009-08-01	@TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	4	2	1	104	55
2009-07-27	TOR	L	5.2	11	7	7	1	2	2	103	20

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   38-30   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  46-40   vsLHP:  23-24   1-Run:  29-16
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 21-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Sep  1   LAA  W   2-1       69-64  3rd 10.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31   LAA  L   0-10      68-64  3rd 11.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30   KCR  L   0-3       68-63  3rd 10.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29   KCR  W   8-4       68-62  3rd  9.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28   KCR  W   6-3       67-62  3rd 10.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27   KCR  L   4-8       66-62  3rd 10.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26   OAK  W   5-3       66-61  3rd 10.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25   OAK  W   4-2 (10)  65-61  3rd 10.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   OAK  W   3-1       64-61  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @CLE  L   1-6       63-61  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 LAA 10 @SEA  0        W:Joe Saunders (11-7), L: Lucas French (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 31, 2009 LAA  9  SEA  8        W:Justin Speier (1-1), L: David Aardsma (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 30, 2009 SEA  4 @LAA  3 (10)   W:Miguel Batista (3-1), L: Jose Arredondo (1-2), S: David Aardsma (8)
Fri, May 29, 2009 SEA  5 @LAA  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-0), L: John Lackey (1-1), S: David Aardsma (7)
Thu, May 21, 2009 LAA  3 @SEA  0        W:Joe Saunders (6-2), L: Erik Bedard (2-2), S: Brian Fuentes (11)
Wed, May 20, 2009 SEA  1  LAA  0        W:Chris Jakubauskas (3-4), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: David Aardsma (5)
Tue, May 19, 2009 LAA  6 @SEA  5        W:Matt Palmer (5-0), L: Felix Hernandez (4-3), S: Brian Fuentes (10)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 8-7; 2008 - LAA won 14-5; 2007 - LAA won 13-6; All-Time - LAA leads 255-218

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

LAA 5.74

ARI 4.56

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.79

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .368

C. Gonzalez .290

A. Miles .176

OBP

A. Pujols .443

F. Lewis .360

A. Miles .218

SLG

A. Pujols .669

T. Hafner .482

A. Miles .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

V. Guerrero .838

A. Miles .454

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

C. Zambrano 3.91

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

R. Wolf 6.89

J. Lannan 3.68

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Angels Batters (5.70 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.38 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 58.Fister
G/S/vB 25.French*
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 26.Messenger
G/S/vB 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB 48.Snell
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 17/.850 7/.453 36/1.044 ··· 3/.333 5/.400 2/1.000 3/1.334 6/1.000 5/1.850 9/1.778 4/.250 543/380 .297/.392/.430/.822 .759/.850 .866 110/.637 27/6 12/6

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 12/.916 5/.400 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 445/295 .305/.346/.419/.765 .750/.774 .772 105/.730 13/5 5/9

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 44/.589 4/1.250 21/.960 ··· 3/1.334 7/.572 3/.000 8/.393 3/.000 5/.400 4/1.000 2/.000 596/409 .310/.402/.407/.809 .658/.877 .836 118/.794 39/15 3/12

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 39/.926 7/1.514 34/1.156 ··· 3/2.334 1/5.000 1/.000 5/1.600 1/5.000 7/1.571 3/.666 3/.666 298/227 .307/.346/.493/.838 .758/.864 .948 109/1.019 2/1 13/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 26/.940 10/1.457 15/.762 ··· 3/1.333 6/1.300 2/1.000 5/.200 2/1.000 5/.900 3/.666 4/.000 384/288 .315/.385/.555/.940 1.029/.911 .893 60/.955 15/3 19/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 33/.739 4/.500 22/.814 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 8/2.375 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 4/.000 353/302 .298/.359/.439/.798 .978/.780 .785 70/.874 11/4 8/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 18/.222 2/2.000 11/.546 ··· 3/.666 6/.334 1/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 3/.000 338/216 .283/.327/.419/.746 .774/.729 .665 65/.822 9/3 8/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP 18/.889 1/.000 8/.533 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 7/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 225/155 .208/.298/.323/.621 .675/.596 .510 44/.727 2/2 5/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 49/1.057 2/1.500 32/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.500 2/.500 7/.857 2/2.500 6/.666 315/229 .246/.321/.349/.669 .582/.702 .634 58/.791 4/1 3/3

19.Morales# G/S/vP 23/1.071 6/.750 12/.916 ··· 3/1.667 5/.900 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 502/388 .314/.359/.598/.957 .807/1.002 .877 101/1.093 1/4 30/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP 18/.833 5/.000 14/1.055 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 5/.000 371/276 .281/.358/.502/.860 1.059/.793 .871 62/.647 2/3 17/5

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 103/34 .242/.272/.343/.615 .604/.638 .595 17/.471 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 18/.289 4/1.250 11/.573 ··· 3/2.334 5/.400 ··· 8/1.167 ··· 6/.733 ··· 4/.500 457/338 .304/.339/.506/.845 1.064/.769 .887 101/.740 0/1 21/1

IP 185.1 60.2 61.1 33.2 62.1 90.2 35.1 65.0 5.2 54.2 110.2 64.1 TOTAL .290/.353/.452/.805 .788/.812 .797 .816 130/48 149/71

ERA-K/9

2.77/8.7

2.23/10.5

3.96/6.5

2.94/5.3

4.62/5.9

5.46/4.4

4.08/8.2

3.05/7.3

6.35/3.2

3.95/5.4

5.29/5.4

2.80/3.9

3.96/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 766/.236 250/.195 282/.271 107/.214 286/.297 381/.255 149/.265 269/.222 23/.348 230/.220 492/.266 262/.216 .247

OPS .630 .577 .769 .658 .848 .777 .769 .636 1.130 .648 .841 .584 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 408/.653 133/.546 135/.866 67/.579 87/.696 187/.845 71/.497 129/.803 16/1.375 65/.593 252/.831 127/.531 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.604 117/.612 147/.682 40/.792 199/.919 194/.712 78/1.024 140/.482 7/.571 165/.669 240/.850 135/.632 .702

Home 348/.670 135/.618 140/.813 81/.650 163/.826 202/.813 81/.821 146/.622 20/1.050 165/.575 219/.821 151/.525

Last 28d days 140/.654 43/.898 43/.629 107/.658 153/.916 45/.627 51/.544 50/.602 23/1.130 137/.621 109/.779 53/.438

HR/SB/CS 14/17/6 3/2/2 7/6/1 5/0/0 9/1/0 15/2/2 7/2/0 5/2/2 3/0/0 6/0/0 13/8/5 3/5/3 151/59/38

Usage ····X··· X···X·Xo ···X··o· X····X·· ·X····X· ·X······ ··X··X·X oo····oo ·o·X·X·· ··X····X ···X···· ····o···

Mariners Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 54.Santana
G/S/vB 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/1.250 6/.333 1/2.000 13/.962 29/.458 6/1.500 6/.900 ··· 6/1.133 377/299 .221/.329/.399/.728 .879/.689 .883 53/.743 0/0 14/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 9/1.555 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 7/.367 5/.000 14/.220 11/.586 11/1.350 494/343 .284/.343/.420/.763 .904/.705 .830 116/.665 12/5 14/7

3.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 275/173 .205/.269/.337/.606 .689/.557 .699 53/.671 1/1 6/4

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 10/.700 4/.000 ··· 16/.599 6/.334 11/.273 272/179 .213/.299/.329/.628 .551/.669 .690 73/.595 1/1 4/7

2.Johjima G/S/vP 8/.250 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 25/.880 6/1.500 3/1.667 16/.250 11/.182 32/.952 198/128 .241/.279/.369/.648 .629/.659 .607 46/.658 2/2 6/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 5/.000 1/3.000 258/181 .224/.293/.345/.638 .492/.700 .594 56/.663 1/1 2/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.350 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 114/78 .211/.306/.389/.696 .704/.687 .601 35/.609 0/1 3/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 10/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 4/1.750 3/.833 39/.783 7/.286 6/.000 38/.624 29/.537 37/.686 522/354 .268/.299/.460/.759 .776/.751 .632 113/.727 3/3 20/14

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/51 .220/.268/.253/.521 .435/.603 .449 65/.552 3/1 0/1

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 18/.722 7/.143 ··· 8/1.250 1/.000 3/.666 84/.740 20/1.084 6/.833 46/.814 29/.491 39/.615 542/353 .359/.389/.468/.857 .897/.835 .884 85/.780 24/8 8/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 16/.813 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 11/1.064 19/1.214 ··· ··· 15/.500 3/1.000 209/94 .265/.321/.418/.739 .752/.723 .711 59/.939 0/0 5/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP 7/.900 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 362/258 .255/.291/.374/.664 .630/.677 .641 55/.502 3/1 5/8

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 3/1.000 ··· 131/89 .217/.277/.342/.619 .793/.539 .440 56/.840 0/1 3/5

IP 111.0 37.2 17.0 56.0 43.1 39.1 137.2 59.0 105.2 103.0 148.2 173.1 TOTAL .258/.314/.400/.713 .731/.705 .711 .707 75/30 129/105

ERA-K/9

5.92/7.4

6.21/9.8

9.53/6.4

3.54/8.8

3.95/8.1

5.03/7.8

3.92/7.5

2.90/7.0

4.26/5.1

5.68/7.0

5.02/5.0

3.89/7.7

4.81/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 504/.273 171/.289 87/.403 224/.214 184/.242 171/.310 590/.260 230/.238 448/.249 433/.299 653/.276 728/.241 .277

OPS .796 .786 1.031 .712 .685 .730 .721 .665 .726 .878 .809 .714 .790

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.871 78/.679 45/1.195 104/.804 60/.485 93/.873 336/.756 97/.732 241/.837 223/1.009 171/.661 398/.811 .840

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.772 93/.874 42/.866 120/.634 124/.788 78/.560 254/.673 133/.611 207/.599 210/.737 482/.862 330/.599 .744

Road 219/.774 86/.631 47/.893 99/.647 90/.538 84/.853 290/.709 121/.689 192/.871 243/.777 325/.788 317/.828

Last 28d days 105/.712 61/.890 87/1.031 35/.748 31/.591 55/.618 144/.779 45/.602 70/.693 136/.747 57/.829 136/.769

HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 4/2/1 3/1/1 7/1/0 5/1/1 2/2/0 14/9/0 5/5/3 11/10/2 16/10/4 25/16/7 22/15/5 155/102/30

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