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| 921 | LA ANGELS | +100 | Ov 8.5,-105 | +105 | Ov 8,-110 | | 922 | BOSTON | -110 | Un 8.5,-115 | -115 | Un 8,-110 |
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| All Games | 21-20 | -0.8 | 17-22 | 3.7 | 0.231 | 0.283 | 0.357 | 0.640 | 3.7 | 0.233 | 0.290 | 0.366 | 0.655 | | Road Games | 11-11 | +0.1 | 9-11 | 3.7 | 0.227 | 0.275 | 0.358 | 0.633 | 3.9 | 0.234 | 0.291 | 0.386 | 0.676 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 14-17 | -4.5 | 14-16 | 3.5 | 0.225 | 0.274 | 0.340 | 0.613 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.302 | 0.385 | 0.686 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.1 | 2-5 | 3.7 | 0.235 | 0.269 | 0.403 | 0.672 | 4.0 | 0.229 | 0.283 | 0.359 | 0.642 | | Grass Games | 19-18 | -1 | 15-20 | 3.6 | 0.231 | 0.284 | 0.348 | 0.632 | 3.5 | 0.228 | 0.283 | 0.357 | 0.640 | | Night Games | 17-12 | +4.2 | 11-16 | 3.8 | 0.232 | 0.284 | 0.360 | 0.644 | 3.4 | 0.219 | 0.272 | 0.345 | 0.617 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.231 | 0.283 | 41 | 1343 | 310 | 55 | 2 | 37 | 0.357 | 143 | 97 | 294 | 13 | 229 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 29 | | Road Games | 3.7 | 0.227 | 0.275 | 22 | 731 | 166 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 0.358 | 78 | 48 | 163 | 8 | 121 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | | Righty Starters | 3.5 | 0.225 | 0.274 | 31 | 1013 | 228 | 39 | 1 | 25 | 0.340 | 102 | 68 | 217 | 11 | 168 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 25 |
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| All Games | 3.30 | 1.146 | 111.7 | 43 | 41 | 93 | 10 | 35 | 106 | 6-5 | 14 | 7 | 66.7% | | Road Games | 3.51 | 1.247 | 51.3 | 21 | 20 | 44 | 7 | 20 | 52 | 2-2 | 9 | 3 | 75% |
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| All Games | 19-22 | -6.7 | 18-22 | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.307 | 0.368 | 0.675 | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.322 | 0.418 | 0.740 | | Home Games | 8-11 | -7.2 | 7-12 | 3.9 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 0.403 | 0.726 | 4.5 | 0.263 | 0.325 | 0.431 | 0.756 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 14-15 | -3.7 | 13-15 | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.310 | 0.365 | 0.675 | 5.1 | 0.264 | 0.330 | 0.423 | 0.753 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.8 | 0-7 | 1.9 | 0.248 | 0.304 | 0.389 | 0.693 | 2.6 | 0.217 | 0.262 | 0.367 | 0.630 | | Grass Games | 17-18 | -4.5 | 17-18 | 4.1 | 0.243 | 0.315 | 0.381 | 0.696 | 4.7 | 0.257 | 0.318 | 0.421 | 0.739 | | Night Games | 13-15 | -4.8 | 12-16 | 3.5 | 0.235 | 0.305 | 0.363 | 0.668 | 4.4 | 0.257 | 0.319 | 0.412 | 0.731 |
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| All Games | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.307 | 41 | 1404 | 329 | 53 | 6 | 41 | 0.368 | 149 | 147 | 271 | 14 | 315 | 34 | 21 | 37 | 21 | | Home Games | 3.9 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 19 | 620 | 157 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 0.403 | 69 | 64 | 122 | 6 | 144 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 13 | | Righty Starters | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.310 | 29 | 1021 | 243 | 38 | 4 | 28 | 0.365 | 113 | 106 | 196 | 10 | 239 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 17 |
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| All Games | 3.62 | 1.317 | 136.7 | 57 | 55 | 130 | 19 | 50 | 108 | 7-5 | 10 | 6 | 62.5% | | Home Games | 2.70 | 1.183 | 60 | 18 | 18 | 48 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 3-1 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
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| 5/8/2015 | WEAVER(R) | HOUSTON | HERNANDEZ(R) | 2-0 | W | -125 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | 5/9/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 5-6 | L | -105 | 7 ev | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 5/10/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 3-1 | W | -160 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | | 5/12/2015 | WILSON(L) | COLORADO | KENDRICK(R) | 5-2 | W | -175 | 8 un | U | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 5/13/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | COLORADO | LYLES(R) | 2-1 | W | -165 | 8 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 5/15/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 3-1 | W | 100 | 8.5 ev | U | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 5/16/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 6-1 | W | 120 | 9 un | U | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 5/17/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ BALTIMORE | WRIGHT(R) | 0-3 | L | -125 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | | 5/18/2015 | WILSON(L) | @ TORONTO | REDMOND(R) | 6-10 | L | 100 | 9.5 ev | O | 12 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | | 5/19/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ TORONTO | SANCHEZ(R) | 3-2 | W | 110 | 9.5 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | 5/20/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 4-3 | W | 115 | 9 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | 5/21/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 4-8 | L | -110 | 8.5 ov | O | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 5/22/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | | | 5/23/2015 | WILSON(L) | @ BOSTON | WRIGHT(R) | | | 5/24/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ BOSTON | MILEY(L) | | | 5/25/2015 | WEAVER(R) | SAN DIEGO | ROSS(R) | | | 5/26/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | SAN DIEGO | DESPAIGNE(R) | | | 5/27/2015 | | SAN DIEGO | | | | 5/28/2015 | | DETROIT | | | | 5/29/2015 | | DETROIT | | |
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| 5/8/2015 | MILEY(L) | @ TORONTO | SANCHEZ(R) | 0-7 | L | 125 | 9 ov | U | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | 5/9/2015 | KELLY(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 1-7 | L | 105 | 9 un | U | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | | 5/10/2015 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 6-3 | W | -110 | 9 un | P | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 5/11/2015 | PORCELLO(R) | @ OAKLAND | KAZMIR(L) | 5-4 | W | 110 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1 | | 5/12/2015 | MASTERSON(R) | @ OAKLAND | POMERANZ(L) | 2-9 | L | 110 | 8 un | O | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | | 5/13/2015 | MILEY(L) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 2-0 | W | 130 | 7 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | | 5/14/2015 | KELLY(R) | @ SEATTLE | ELIAS(L) | 2-1 | W | 100 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 5/15/2015 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ SEATTLE | HAPP(L) | 1-2 | L | 100 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 5/16/2015 | PORCELLO(R) | @ SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 4-2 | W | 160 | 6.5 un | U | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 5/17/2015 | WRIGHT(R) | @ SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | 0-5 | L | 120 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 5/19/2015 | MILEY(L) | TEXAS | GALLARDO(R) | 4-3 | W | -160 | 9 ov | U | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 5/20/2015 | KELLY(R) | TEXAS | KLEIN(R) | 1-2 | L | -165 | 9 un | U | 9 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 5/21/2015 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | TEXAS | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 1-3 | L | -180 | 8.5 ov | U | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 5/22/2015 | PORCELLO(R) | LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | | | 5/23/2015 | WRIGHT(R) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | | | 5/24/2015 | MILEY(L) | LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | | | 5/25/2015 | KELLY(R) | @ MINNESOTA | NOLASCO(R) | | | 5/26/2015 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ MINNESOTA | PELFREY(R) | | | 5/27/2015 | | @ MINNESOTA | | | | 5/28/2015 | | @ TEXAS | | | | 5/29/2015 | | @ TEXAS | | |
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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. | | BOSTON: BOSTON (AP) - A revamped lineup and change in attitude has the Boston Red Sox looking to repeat a feat they performed just two seasons ago when they went from worst to World Series champions.
Like the hip-hop song they blasted in their locker room after the 2013 division and World Series titles were clinched in Fenway Park, the Red Sox started at the bottom.
They've carried the theme over this season.
''There's a good vibe going around,'' said first baseman Mike Napoli, who rallies spirits in the clubhouse by growing beards with teammates. ''It feels a little like 2013 in here. We're just having fun.''
During this past offseason, GM Ben Cherington looked to grow a weak offense that finished 11th in the AL in scoring.
Cherington spent $88 million to sign Hanley Ramirez, who began in the organization's minor league system before stints with Miami and Los Angeles, and signed third baseman Pablo Sandoval to a five-year, $95 million deal.
It was a quick fix for a lineup that lacked pop besides another strong season by Big Papi.
''This has a chance to be a lineup that doesn't give the opposition too many breathers or take a hitter off - so to speak,'' manager John Farrell said. ''There's the ability to do some damage up and down the lineup.''
The 39-year old Ortiz posted a .263 average with 35 homers and 104 RBIs last season, his eighth time in 12 reaching 30/100 with the club.
The revised order still leaves the question of how Red Sox starting pitching will hold up.
Cherington moved quickly after left-hander Jon Lester opted not to return, signing instead with the Cubs.
The GM acquired right-hander Rick Porcello from Detroit for slugger Yoenis Cespedes, traded for lefty Wade Miley and signed free agent Justin Masterson, who was coming off an injury-plagued season. The trio is expected to join Clay Buchholz and Joe Kelly.
Some have questioned whether they have a top-of-the-rotation type. Buchholz thinks they'll feed off the doubters and strive.
''I think we're going to fly under the radar for the most part, which I think is a good thing,'' he said. ''At some point they're going to say, `They've got their stuff in order and they've got a pretty good staff.'''
They aren't hiding from how bad last season ended after going 71-91 and finishing 25 games out in the AL East.
''Our record says what we were, and that wasn't good,'' Farrell said.
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A FUN TRIO
Just a few days into spring training, Ortiz dubbed himself, Ramirez and Sandoval as ''The Three Amigos.'' The three are expected to bring both pop and some interesting times in the clubhouse.
''This will be a lively group and, I think, a fun one to be part of,'' Farrell said. ''I think the biggest thing is, they love to play the game. You can see the joy come out of them when they do well, and there's no question they'll draw from one another - the confidence they'll draw from one another.''
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NO STICKER SHOCK HERE
The Red Sox pledged more than $180 million to bring in Ramirez and Sandoval.
''The proven power hitter obviously has a hefty price tag attached to it,'' Farrell said.
Ramirez hit 13 homers with 71 RBIs. Sandoval had 16 with 73 and won a World Series with San Francisco.
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KEEP QUIET AND PLAY
Shane Victorino, who had his 2014 season cut short by back surgery, isn't about to try to analyze what went wrong last season. He feels like it's time to move on and make up for it.
''You try to be the best team you can be,'' he said. ''Don't want to sit here and talk about this and talk about that. You've got to go out there and do it. There's no other way of looking at it.''
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KEEP AN EYE ON THIS
Ortiz didn't want to listen to any new rules about speeding up the game by having batters keep one foot in the box in between pitches. He even joked that he'll run out of money if he's fined.
''This game has been going on for over 100 years,'' he said. ''It's the nature of the game. I don't care who you are, you're not going to change. The pitch comes through, you come out of the box, you come back in.'' |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (LA ANGELS-BOSTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Angels-Red Sox Preview* ========================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Los Angeles (21-19) at Boston (19-21), 7:10 p.m. EDT
Garrett Richards' last outing at Fenway Park cut his season short, along with his bid for the Cy Young Award.
Fully recovered from injury and again looking like one of the AL's best arms, Richards will return to Boston trying to help the Los Angeles Angels knock off the Red Sox on Friday night.
Richards (3-2, 2.29 ERA) is pitching at Boston for the first time since tearing his left patellar tendon there Aug. 20, getting hurt covering first in the second inning of an 8-3 win. The right-hander was 13-4 with a 2.61 ERA at the time he went down - among the AL's top five in wins, ERA and opponent batting average (.201) - and left the Angels without arguably their best starter going into the playoffs.
Since coming back from surgery, Richards has five quality starts in six outings while limiting opponents to a .169 batting average.
"My injury is in the past," he told MLB's official website. "I don't even think about it anymore. I just focus on my start every five days. The work in between, the preparation, that's all I'm concerned with right now."
He has a 5.40 ERA without a decision in six appearances, including two starts, against Boston. He's given up seven runs over four innings at Fenway Park.
Los Angeles hasn't been consistent offensively behind Richards, who owns a 3.66 run-support average. A lack of production helped end his three-game winning streak Sunday, when he held Baltimore to two runs in 7 2-3 innings of a 3-0 defeat.
The Angels (21-20) have won 16 of the last 21 meetings, including 10 of 12 in Boston, and swept the four-game series in which Richards was injured. They've won seven of 10 overall, though they come off an 8-4 loss at Toronto on Thursday.
Marc Krauss homered while starting at first base in place of Albert Pujols, who didn't play after a pitch bruised his left hand Wednesday. X-rays were negative and he was unable to grip a bat, though Los Angeles is hopeful he'll return Friday. Pujols is a .341 hitter at Fenway.
Boston (19-22) has dropped four of six, going 6 for 38 with runners in scoring position and scoring no more than one run in each loss.
"We don't need to change anything," said Pablo Sandoval, who struck out while pinch hitting in the eighth. "Just need to keep doing the things we are doing. We have a great team in here."
Sandoval was held out of the lineup for a second straight game after being hit on the left knee by a pitch Tuesday, though he's expected to start Friday. Shane Victorino, who just came off the disabled list last week from a strained hamstring, didn't play due to a sore left calf.
David Ortiz could be a good candidate to jump-start the Red Sox offense, as he's hitting .520 with eight homers and 13 RBIs in his last 14 at home against the Angels.
Rick Porcello (4-2, 4.26) started his Boston tenure in dreadful fashion with a 6.48 ERA through his first four games, surrendering six home runs. He's since gone 3-0 with a 2.10 ERA in four outings while limiting the opposition to two homers.
He's 1-3 with a 7.04 ERA in his last six starts against the Angels, though he held them to one earned run over 14 innings in the last two.
Mike Napoli is 4 for 7 against Richards with a home run.
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