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| All Games | 11-13 | -3.8 | 13-9 | 4.0 | 0.229 | 0.289 | 0.348 | 0.637 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.308 | 0.385 | 0.693 | | Road Games | 7-7 | +0.1 | 7-5 | 3.9 | 0.231 | 0.285 | 0.352 | 0.637 | 3.8 | 0.232 | 0.290 | 0.383 | 0.673 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 7-11 | -5.6 | 12-5 | 3.8 | 0.223 | 0.283 | 0.328 | 0.611 | 4.6 | 0.271 | 0.328 | 0.425 | 0.754 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.4 | 5-2 | 4.0 | 0.259 | 0.314 | 0.343 | 0.657 | 4.0 | 0.246 | 0.309 | 0.354 | 0.663 | | Grass Games | 11-13 | -3.8 | 13-9 | 4.0 | 0.229 | 0.289 | 0.348 | 0.637 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.308 | 0.385 | 0.693 | | Day Games | 3-5 | -2.7 | 5-3 | 4.0 | 0.237 | 0.297 | 0.367 | 0.664 | 4.2 | 0.260 | 0.327 | 0.413 | 0.740 | | Interleague | 0-2 | -2 | 1-1 | 3.0 | 0.200 | 0.235 | 0.308 | 0.543 | 4.0 | 0.281 | 0.333 | 0.406 | 0.740 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.229 | 0.289 | 24 | 790 | 181 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 0.348 | 90 | 67 | 177 | 10 | 139 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 22 | | Road Games | 3.9 | 0.231 | 0.285 | 14 | 463 | 107 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0.352 | 54 | 35 | 104 | 7 | 78 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | | Righty Starters | 3.8 | 0.223 | 0.283 | 18 | 588 | 131 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0.328 | 66 | 49 | 125 | 8 | 99 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 19 |
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| All Games | 3.33 | 1.205 | 73 | 29 | 27 | 65 | 9 | 23 | 67 | 3-3 | 9 | 3 | 75% | | Road Games | 3.31 | 1.245 | 35.3 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 2-1 | 6 | 2 | 75% |
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| All Games | 11-13 | -2.6 | 10-13 | 3.1 | 0.250 | 0.313 | 0.366 | 0.678 | 4.2 | 0.260 | 0.316 | 0.407 | 0.723 | | Home Games | 6-6 | -1.6 | 4-8 | 2.8 | 0.245 | 0.308 | 0.334 | 0.643 | 3.7 | 0.242 | 0.296 | 0.363 | 0.659 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 5-11 | -8.2 | 7-8 | 2.8 | 0.242 | 0.305 | 0.351 | 0.657 | 4.6 | 0.275 | 0.333 | 0.439 | 0.772 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.8 | 3-3 | 3.6 | 0.269 | 0.332 | 0.416 | 0.748 | 4.6 | 0.269 | 0.312 | 0.471 | 0.783 | | Grass Games | 11-13 | -2.6 | 10-13 | 3.1 | 0.250 | 0.313 | 0.366 | 0.678 | 4.2 | 0.260 | 0.316 | 0.407 | 0.723 | | Day Games | 3-3 | -0.5 | 2-4 | 2.3 | 0.230 | 0.308 | 0.333 | 0.642 | 3.2 | 0.226 | 0.288 | 0.370 | 0.658 | | Interleague | 2-0 | +2 | 1-1 | 4.0 | 0.281 | 0.333 | 0.406 | 0.740 | 3.0 | 0.200 | 0.235 | 0.308 | 0.543 |
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| All Games | 3.1 | 0.250 | 0.313 | 24 | 829 | 207 | 34 | 7 | 16 | 0.366 | 72 | 76 | 175 | 13 | 189 | 29 | 13 | 27 | 11 | | Home Games | 2.8 | 0.245 | 0.308 | 12 | 404 | 99 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0.334 | 33 | 37 | 83 | 9 | 96 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | | Righty Starters | 2.8 | 0.242 | 0.305 | 16 | 558 | 135 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 0.351 | 44 | 51 | 112 | 4 | 126 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 8 |
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| All Games | 3.01 | 1.300 | 77.7 | 29 | 26 | 74 | 4 | 27 | 54 | 5-2 | 7 | 2 | 77.8% | | Home Games | 2.43 | 1.351 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 3-1 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
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| 4/19/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 3-4 | L | -115 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | | 4/20/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | OAKLAND | GRAVEMAN(R) | 3-6 | L | -155 | 7.5 ev | O | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | | 4/21/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | OAKLAND | POMERANZ(L) | 14-1 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | | 4/22/2015 | WEAVER(R) | OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 2-9 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | O | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | | 4/23/2015 | TROPEANO(R) | OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | 2-0 | W | -115 | 8 un | U | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | | 4/24/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | TEXAS | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 3-2 | W | -170 | 8 un | U | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | 4/25/2015 | WILSON(L) | TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 4-1 | W | -145 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | | 4/26/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | TEXAS | MARTINEZ(R) | 4-5 | L | -155 | 8 ov | O | 15 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1 | | 4/28/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 2-6 | L | 135 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 4/29/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ OAKLAND | HAHN(R) | 6-3 | W | 100 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 4/30/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | 6-5 | W | 115 | 7.5 ov | O | 12 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | | 5/1/2015 | WILSON(L) | @ SAN FRANCISCO | HESTON(R) | 2-3 | L | 105 | 7 ov | U | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 5/2/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ SAN FRANCISCO | HUDSON(R) | 4-5 | L | 110 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 5/3/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ SAN FRANCISCO | LINCECUM(R) | | | 5/4/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | | | 5/5/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | | | 5/6/2015 | WILSON(L) | SEATTLE | ELIAS(L) | | | 5/7/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | | | 5/8/2015 | WEAVER(R) | HOUSTON | HERNANDEZ(R) | | | 5/9/2015 | | HOUSTON | | | | 5/10/2015 | | HOUSTON | | |
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| 4/19/2015 | HUDSON(R) | ARIZONA | HELLICKSON(R) | 1-5 | L | -140 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 4/21/2015 | LINCECUM(R) | LA DODGERS | ANDERSON(L) | 6-2 | W | +125 | 7 ov | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 4/22/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | LA DODGERS | KERSHAW(L) | 3-2 | W | +130 | 5.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | | 4/23/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | LA DODGERS | BOLSINGER(R) | 3-2 | W | +100 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | | 4/24/2015 | HESTON(R) | @ COLORADO | BUTLER(R) | 4-6 | L | -125 | 10 ov | P | 12 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | | 4/25/2015 | HUDSON(R) | @ COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | 5-4 | W | 125 | 9.5 ev | U | 12 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | | 4/27/2015 | LINCECUM(R) | @ LA DODGERS | ANDERSON(L) | 3-8 | L | 140 | 7.5 ev | O | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 4/28/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | @ LA DODGERS | KERSHAW(L) | 2-1 | W | 175 | 6 un | U | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 4/29/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | @ LA DODGERS | GREINKE(R) | 3-7 | L | 187 | 7 ov | O | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | 5/1/2015 | HESTON(R) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 3-2 | W | -115 | 7 ov | U | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 5/2/2015 | HUDSON(R) | LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 5-4 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | | 5/3/2015 | LINCECUM(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | | | 5/4/2015 | BUMGARNER(L) | SAN DIEGO | ROSS(R) | | | 5/5/2015 | VOGELSONG(R) | SAN DIEGO | CASHNER(R) | | | 5/6/2015 | HESTON(R) | SAN DIEGO | KENNEDY(R) | | | 5/7/2015 | HUDSON(R) | MIAMI | HAREN(R) | | | 5/8/2015 | LINCECUM(R) | MIAMI | COSART(R) | | | 5/9/2015 | | MIAMI | | | | 5/10/2015 | | MIAMI | | |
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| |  | LA ANGELS: ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels had the majors' best record last year, and they return this season with baseball's best player at the center of largely the same roster.
Yet the Angels accomplished none of their biggest goals last year when they were swept out of the division series, and their sky-high payroll makes those unmet expectations even more painful.
So are the Angels a legitimate power or an unbalanced, aging team with a rapidly closing window? Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and manager Mike Scioscia can only figure it out by going back to work to find the right combination to contend again.
The Angels are difficult to evaluate because everything depends on the window from which they're viewed.
They have an enormous payroll topped by some of baseball's highest-paid players at their positions - Pujols, Josh Hamilton, C.J. Wilson and Trout, the reigning AL MVP. For all that money, consistent winning and championship contention is expected, which means the Angels' inability to win a single playoff game in five seasons is a disaster.
Yet the Angels still won 98 games last season despite losing budding ace Garrett Richards to a knee injury in August, and general manager Jerry Dipoto has restocked his roster while breathing life into what was considered the majors' worst farm system in recent years. From the bullpen to the heart of the order, Los Angeles has an undeniably solid complement of talent around Trout, the best player in baseball at 23 years old.
But just when the Angels look sharp, new worries arise. The biggest problem in 2015 is the fate of Hamilton, who is likely to be hit by a lengthy suspension for an apparent drug relapse before opening day. His recovery from shoulder surgery would have kept him out anyway.
Hamilton still has three years left on his $125 million contract, but at least his absence is cushioned by the grim fact that he has made no significant, consistent impact on the Angels' offense in two expensive seasons. Los Angeles acquired veteran Matt Joyce from Tampa Bay in the offseason, and returning outfielder Collin Cowgill also can fill in capably.
Some other things to watch when the Angels embark on their 55th season:
WHAT'S ON SECOND: The Angels' biggest problem is at second base, where Howie Kendrick leaves a gaping hole after nearly a decade entrenched in the job. With just a year left on Kendrick's contract, Dipoto traded him to the Dodgers to get promising young starter Andrew Heaney. But the lineup that led the AL in runs has lost its top hit producer - yes, Kendrick had even more than Trout - with no real plan to replace him. Josh Rutledge, Grant Green and Johnny Giavotella are among the light-hitting infielders getting a look in the spring, but none is likely to replace Kendrick's big bat.
RICH MAN: After leading the AL in RBIs and runs last season while winning the MVP trophy, Trout already has accomplished more than pretty much any 23-year-old in baseball history - and he's about to get paid for it. The outfielder's six-year, $144.5 million contract begins this year, albeit at a modest $5.25 million salary for 2015 before the deal skyrockets. Yet Trout hasn't shown any signs of complacency in the offseason, and he is working aggressively with hitting coach Don Baylor on limiting his strikeouts, which jumped to an AL-worst 184 last year.
WEAKNESS TO STRENGTH: After years of ineptitude, the Angels are confident their bullpen will again be among the majors' tops this season. Closer Huston Street and setup man Joe Smith are among the best in the business, while Mike Morin is expected to move into a bigger role with Kevin Jepsen's departure. Fernando Salas, Vinny Pestano and newcomer Cesar Ramos - Jered Weaver's college teammate - all are angling for innings, likely making the bullpen into a source of comfort for Scioscia.
GOTTA PITCH: The Angels' rotation has a high ceiling and a low floor - just like the rest of this team. Weaver and Wilson are on top of the rotation, but many believe both 30-something veterans took a step backward last season. Richards faces an uncertain mid-April return from a long rehabilitation, while Matt Shoemaker must prove he can replicate his shocking 16-victory performance that made him second on AL Rookie of the Year voting. Scioscia also must pick a fifth starter among Heaney, Hector Santiago and Nick Tropeano. | | SAN FRANCISCO: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants lost Pablo Sandoval to big money and the Boston Red Sox. They missed out paying big money to left-hander Jon Lester, who instead signed with the Chicago Cubs.
While the reigning World Series champions are ready to shed that every-other-year title trend, plenty of people wonder whether general manager Brian Sabean and his staff did enough during the offseason to stay near the top in the talented NL West.
Ask manager Bruce Bochy and his players, and they consider the additions of healthy right-hander Matt Cain and center fielder Angel Pagan back into the mix as a big deal right up there with signing a prized free agent.
And, of course, they have World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner ready to build off his remarkable postseason.
As he addressed the team at the start of spring training, Bochy reminded the Giants that it's hard to win consistently year after year.
''We had a great year last year,'' Bochy said. ''We have to go about our business and get ready for a new year. We'll still enjoy and savor those memories but at the same time it's time for us to get ready. ... Your lock on success is as good as that last game, so we've got to get after it.''
Durable right fielder Hunter Pence is sidelined with a broken left forearm that could keep him out until early May, while left fielder Nori Aoki will join the team he lost to in last year's Fall Classic while with the Kansas City Royals.
Casey McGehee, traded to San Francisco from the Marlins, will take over at third base with Sandoval's departure on a $95 million, five-year contract to Boston. He has said he won't try to replace the formerly popular Kung Fu Panda.
''I feel like we get a lot of flak for not doing anything this offseason,'' shortstop Brandon Crawford said. ''We got Aoki, we got McGehee. We have Cain coming back healthy that I think a lot of people forget. We've got Pagan coming back healthy. It's almost like getting four new guys.''
Bochy joked to Aoki - whom he calls ''a catalyst'' - about hitting 30 home runs. The speedy Japanese outfielder responded, ''24.''
''We're playing for a championship,'' Aoki said. ''It's a passionate group of guys.''
Here are some things to look for with the Giants, who have captured three World Series titles in the past five years:
BUMGARNER'S NEXT STEP: Bumgarner threw 270 innings, including 21 with two wins and a save in the World Series.
He went 4-1 during the postseason following an 18-10 regular season. From his four-hit, 10-strikeout gem that got things started in an 8-0 wild-card win at Pittsburgh all the way through his brilliant relief outing in Game 7 of the World Series to beat the Royals, Bumgarner became one of the postseason's best pitchers ever.
''I think he'll be comfortable in his skin,'' pitching coach Dave Righetti said.
HUDSON'S HURRAH: This is it for Tim Hudson, who has said he will retire after his 17th major league season.
He won his first championship last year, advancing out of the first round for the first time.
Now, the 39-year-old pitcher is bouncing back from surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle, the same one he injured during the 2013 season with Atlanta that sidelined him for the final two months.
PAGAN'S BALKY BACK: Pagan arrived at spring training declaring himself pain-free for the first time in years following back surgery.
Despite some flare-ups, Pagan and the Giants are counting on a full season. He joked to Bochy that he's ready to play 160 games.
Pagan played in only 96 last season and 71 in 2013 because of injuries.
''It's a new slate for everybody, including him,'' Bochy said.
RELIABLE BULLPEN: San Francisco's bullpen is lined up again - Jeremy Affeldt, Javier Lopez, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla. Each of these pitchers has been part of all three title teams.
Casilla became closer after Romo struggled in June, though Bochy knows he can mix and match with these guys. Then, there's Yusmeiro Petit, who showed he can start or relieve with equal efficiency.
''You want to remind them to take advantage of what you have,'' Bochy said. ''We've got a great group here and we don't ever want to lose out on this opportunity.'' |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (LA ANGELS-SAN FRANCISCO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(CLARIFIES wording in 12th graph)
*Angels-Giants Preview* =======================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Los Angeles (11-12) at San Francisco (10-13), 4:05 p.m. EDT
Brandon Crawford's offensive improvement coincides with the San Francisco Giants' turnaround.
The shortstop has been particularly effective at home.
Crawford and the Giants go for a sixth straight home win in Sunday's series finale with the Los Angeles Angels.
San Francisco (11-13) has won eight of 12 with 3.5 runs per game and a .276 batting average after averaging 1.9 runs while hitting .189 during an eight-game losing streak.
Crawford is batting .333 in the last 12 and is 8 for 22 (.364) with two homers while the Giants have gone 6-1 at home over that stretch. He hit a solo homer for one of his two hits as the Giants won their fifth in a row in San Francisco with Saturday's 5-4 victory.
Crawford, though, is still struggling to solve right-handers, hitting .204 in 54 at-bats compared to going 7 for 21 versus lefties.
"I wish I knew what it was; I'd try it against right-handers," Crawford said. "It's a lot of work against left-handers in batting practice and focusing on staying up the middle."
Crawford is facing a right-hander in Jered Weaver (0-3, 5.83 ERA). Weaver, though, is trying to end his worst start to a season and avoid matching his longest single-season win drought. He went six straight games without a victory in 2010 and '11.
Weaver was hammered for five runs - three on a homer - in the opening inning Tuesday, gave up a solo shot in the sixth and left after the seventh of a 6-2 loss at Oakland.
"If he was throwing the ball as well as he could and hitting spots and had everything going, and was getting hit, we'd be a little more concerned," manager Mike Scioscia told MLB's official website. "But you can still see the upside with Jered. This guy just knows his way through a game. He knows what he's doing. He will figure this out.
"His stuff is not that far away from when he won 20 games."
Weaver tossed six scoreless innings while winning his only career meeting with the Giants in 2012, and this will be his first outing at San Francisco. The veteran is 8-1 with a 1.93 ERA in 15 games at NL parks - the lowest ERA among 59 pitchers who have made as least 15 interleague road starts.
Los Angeles (11-13) had won five of seven prior to this series and is trying to avoid being swept for the first time since April 10-12 to Kansas City.
Mike Trout is 7 for 14 with two homers, three doubles, four RBIs and six runs in the last four. He had a solo shot Saturday, while Albert Pujols had one of his own after missing two games with a hamstring injury.
"It's my job to be out there as much as possible but you don't want to do something stupid," said Pujols, who has homered in the same game as Trout 18 times, ranking only one behind Baltimore's Chris Davis and Adam Jones for the most by teammates in the majors since 2012.
The Giants are turning to Tim Lincecum (1-2, 3.27), who is trying to rebound from his shortest outing of the season. All four runs the right-hander allowed came in the third inning Monday against the Los Angeles Dodgers and he was pulled after the fourth in an 8-3 road loss.
"I was missing over the middle of the plate too much. And regardless of the ball being down or up, I'm missing on the sides of the plate that I shouldn't be missing on," said Lincecum, who allowed eight hits and three walks.
Lincecum lost his only meeting with the Angels in 2009.
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