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ANGELS IN THE POSTSEASON (2009)

       Angels 2009 DIVISION Series

       PLAYER   AVG   G  AB   R   H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI   SH  SF   HP   BB   IBB   SO   SB   CS  GIDP  E
       Abreu, B   .556   3   9   4   5   7   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   1   0   0
       Aybar, E   .364   3   11   2   4   7   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
       Figgins, C   .000  3  12  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  6  0  0  0  0
       Guerrero, V   .400   3   10   2   4   4   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0
       Hunter, T   .200   3   10   2   2   6   1   0   1   3   0   0   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   0
       Izturis, M   .143   2   7   1   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0
       Kendrick, H   .200   2   5   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0
       Mathis, J   .333  2  3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  1
       Matthews, G   .000  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
       Morales, K   .200   3   10   1   2   5   0   0   1   3   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
       Napoli, M   .250  2  4  1  1  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0
       Rivera, J   .273   3   11   1   3   4   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   2   0
       Willits, R   .000  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
       Wood, B   .000  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
       Totals   .258   3   93  16   24   38   6   1   2   14   2   1   3   10   1   18   3   1   2   1
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       PITCHER   R/L  W  L  ERA  G  GS  CG  GF  SHO  SV   IP   H   R   ER  HR  HB  BB  IBB  SO  WP  BK  AVG
       Bulger, J   R   0   0  0.00  1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  .000
       Fuentes, B   L   0   0  0.00  2   0   0   2   0   2   1.2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  .000
       Jepsen, K   R   0   0  6.75  2   0   0   0   0   0   1.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  .429
       Kazmir, S   L   0   0  7.50  1   1   0   0   0   0   6   5   5   5   1   0   3   0   1   0   0  .217
       Lackey, J  R  1  0  0 .00  1  1  0  0  0  0  7 .1  4  0  0  0  0  1  0  4  1  0   .160
       Oliver, D   L   1   0  0.00  3   0   0   1   0   0   2.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  .125
       Weaver, J   R   1   0  1.23  1   1   0   0   0   0   7.1   2   1   1   0   0   2   0   7   0   0  .083
       Totals      3   0  2.33  3   3   0   3   1   2   27   15   7   7   1   0   8   0   16   1   0  .158
       2009 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Series RecaP
         Following a three-game sweep of Boston in the Division Series, the Halos were headed to the ALCS for the sixth time
       in club history. It marked the third playoff matchup with the New York Yankees, the Angels winning both previous DS in
       2002 & 2005. The Angels and Yankees were the two statistical leaders in several offensive categories during the 2009
       campaign .
         MISCUES LEAD TO 0-2: After setting a club record for fewest errors (85) committed during 2009 season, the Angels
       committed five errors leading to three unearned runs through the first two games in New York. While leading the Majors
       batting .297 with RISP during the regular season, the Halos hit .222 (4/18), stranding 21 runners after two games. The
       2009 ALCS marked the fifth time Angels fell behind 0-2 in a playoff series.
         ANOTHER GAME 3 COMEBACK: After spotting the Yankees a 3-0 lead through four innings, a solo HR by Howie
       Kendrick in the fifth inning put the Angels on the board. Vladimir Guerrero followed the next inning with a game-tying,
       two-run home run. The game would go to the bottom of the 11th inning where another “nobody on with two outs” rally
       took place.  Kendrick lined a single up the middle and Jeff Mathis followed with a game-winning RBI double to get the
       Angels back in the series. The comeback win snapped the Halos’ six-game LCS losing streak and marked the third walk-off
       hit in Club playoff history (also Game 3 of ‘79 ALCS & Game 4 of ‘86 LCS).
         CLASSIC GAME 5: Following a shutdown performance by CC Sabathia in a 10-1 Game 4 loss (8 IP, 1 ER), the Angels   club postseason
       were facing elimination down 3-1 in the series.  The Angels put up a four-run first inning in Game 5.  Starter John Lackey
       was lifted after 6.2 IP and that’s when the trouble started - a six-run Yankee 7th inning put them up 6-4 after 6 1/2
       frames.  However, the Halos immediately responded in the bottom half of the seventh with a leadoff hit by Jeff Mathis
       (his 6th consecutive hit, an Angels’ playoff club record) and key RBI singles by Vladimir Guerrero and Kendry Morales.
       Brian Fuentes worked through a dicey 9th inning (1 IP, 2 BB, 1 HB) to preserve the one-run save and send the series
       back to the Bronx.  The win was the Halos’ eighth all-time in the postseason vs. New York - all of which have been of the
       comeback variety.
         YANKEES TAKE THE PENNANT: In Game 6 at New York, a strong pitching performance by Andy Pettitte (6.1 IP, 1 ER,
       6 SO), timely hitting by the Yankees and another game of Angels miscues sent New York to the World Series for the 40th
       time.  The Halos scratched across the game’s first run with an RBI single from Bobby Abreu with two outs in the third.
       Starter Joe Saunders got out of jams in the first and second innings before the Yankees tagged him for three runs in the
       fourth, sparked by Johnny Damon’s two-run single. No scoring took place during innings 5-7 before the Halos pulled
       within 3-2 on Guerrero’s two-out RBI single in the eighth, his last at-bat of the postseason (his RBI off Mariano Rivera
       was the first postseason earned run off the Yankees’ closer since Game 2 of the 2000 World Series).  A comeback was not
       meant to be as New York capitalized on two crucial Angel errors in the bottom of the eighth (Kendrick fielding, Kazmir
       throwing) to push the lead to 5-2, it took only three outs for Rivera to get in the ninth to close out the series.  The Angels
       fell to 1-5 in six League Championship Series.




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