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2009
CLUB POSTSEASON

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
OPP
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 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 6.0 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 27.0 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). CLUB POSTSEASON
CLASSIC GAME 5: Following a shutdown performance by CC Sabathia in a 10-1 Game 4 loss (8 IP, 1 ER), the Angels
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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