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| 929 | LA ANGELS | +145 | Ov 7.5,+105 | +135 | Ov 7.5,+105 | | 930 | LA DODGERS | -155 | Un 7.5,-125 | -145 | Un 7.5,-125 |
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| All Games | 55-48 | +1.7 | 47-52 | 4.2 | 0.248 | 0.306 | 0.397 | 0.703 | 3.8 | 0.244 | 0.298 | 0.380 | 0.678 | | Road Games | 23-27 | -3.6 | 26-22 | 4.5 | 0.248 | 0.305 | 0.395 | 0.700 | 4.2 | 0.267 | 0.315 | 0.428 | 0.743 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 39-38 | -3.6 | 40-34 | 4.3 | 0.253 | 0.309 | 0.399 | 0.707 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.305 | 0.392 | 0.697 | | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -5.5 | 5-2 | 4.4 | 0.239 | 0.296 | 0.382 | 0.678 | 5.9 | 0.294 | 0.349 | 0.485 | 0.834 | | Grass Games | 51-45 | +0.6 | 43-49 | 4.2 | 0.247 | 0.306 | 0.394 | 0.700 | 3.7 | 0.244 | 0.298 | 0.379 | 0.676 | | Day Games | 11-16 | -6.8 | 10-17 | 3.7 | 0.224 | 0.286 | 0.346 | 0.632 | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.310 | 0.391 | 0.700 | | Interleague | 7-9 | -3.8 | 5-11 | 3.4 | 0.233 | 0.283 | 0.362 | 0.645 | 3.2 | 0.262 | 0.307 | 0.386 | 0.692 |
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| All Games | 4.2 | 0.248 | 0.306 | 103 | 3440 | 854 | 149 | 9 | 115 | 0.397 | 414 | 288 | 739 | 29 | 649 | 87 | 55 | 67 | 56 | | Road Games | 4.5 | 0.248 | 0.305 | 50 | 1713 | 425 | 80 | 5 | 54 | 0.395 | 216 | 139 | 352 | 13 | 318 | 42 | 25 | 32 | 25 | | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.253 | 0.309 | 77 | 2597 | 656 | 115 | 8 | 83 | 0.399 | 312 | 210 | 552 | 25 | 492 | 63 | 41 | 54 | 48 |
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| All Games | 3.56 | 1.241 | 278 | 119 | 110 | 257 | 23 | 88 | 255 | 15-9 | 26 | 12 | 68.4% | | Road Games | 4.08 | 1.437 | 119 | 57 | 54 | 129 | 13 | 42 | 112 | 4-3 | 10 | 3 | 76.9% |
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| All Games | 59-45 | -8 | 51-50 | 4.1 | 0.252 | 0.321 | 0.424 | 0.746 | 3.5 | 0.241 | 0.295 | 0.362 | 0.656 | | Home Games | 36-18 | +5.5 | 33-20 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.322 | 0.441 | 0.763 | 3.4 | 0.233 | 0.280 | 0.353 | 0.633 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 48-35 | -2.8 | 43-38 | 4.3 | 0.257 | 0.325 | 0.435 | 0.761 | 3.6 | 0.243 | 0.298 | 0.362 | 0.659 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.4 | 4-3 | 4.1 | 0.242 | 0.289 | 0.429 | 0.717 | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.314 | 0.402 | 0.716 | | Grass Games | 59-45 | -8 | 51-50 | 4.1 | 0.252 | 0.321 | 0.424 | 0.746 | 3.5 | 0.241 | 0.295 | 0.362 | 0.656 | | Day Games | 16-11 | +0.5 | 9-18 | 3.6 | 0.237 | 0.318 | 0.395 | 0.714 | 3.1 | 0.243 | 0.290 | 0.334 | 0.624 | | Interleague | 7-4 | +0.3 | 5-6 | 3.8 | 0.251 | 0.327 | 0.399 | 0.726 | 3.4 | 0.223 | 0.268 | 0.359 | 0.627 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.252 | 0.321 | 104 | 3432 | 866 | 176 | 15 | 128 | 0.424 | 417 | 349 | 782 | 22 | 701 | 99 | 46 | 77 | 55 | | Home Games | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.322 | 54 | 1747 | 450 | 108 | 6 | 67 | 0.441 | 232 | 166 | 392 | 18 | 346 | 42 | 18 | 36 | 23 | | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.257 | 0.325 | 83 | 2752 | 707 | 143 | 12 | 108 | 0.435 | 346 | 279 | 626 | 19 | 559 | 76 | 41 | 63 | 48 |
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| All Games | 3.97 | 1.299 | 288 | 136 | 127 | 269 | 29 | 105 | 325 | 22-19 | 27 | 13 | 67.5% | | Home Games | 3.52 | 1.166 | 158.7 | 66 | 62 | 135 | 12 | 50 | 184 | 16-6 | 17 | 8 | 68% |
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| 7/20/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | BOSTON | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 11-1 | W | -115 | 8 ov | O | 11 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 7/20/2015 | HEANEY(L) | BOSTON | WRIGHT(R) | 7-3 | W | -145 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 7/21/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | 7-0 | W | -125 | 7 ev | P | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | 7/22/2015 | WILSON(L) | MINNESOTA | PELFREY(R) | 5-2 | W | -160 | 7.5 ov | U | 12 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | | 7/23/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | MINNESOTA | SANTANA(R) | 0-3 | L | -180 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 7/24/2015 | TROPEANO(R) | TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 2-4 | L | -140 | 8 un | U | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | | 7/25/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | TEXAS | GALLARDO(R) | 6-7 | L | -150 | 7.5 ev | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 7/26/2015 | HEANEY(L) | TEXAS | MARTINEZ(R) | 13-7 | W | -185 | 7.5 un | O | 15 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | | 7/28/2015 | WILSON(L) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 5-10 | L | 130 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | | 7/29/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ HOUSTON | MCCULLERS(R) | 3-6 | L | 120 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 7/30/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ HOUSTON | KAZMIR(L) | 0-3 | L | 120 | 7.5 ov | U | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 7/31/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ LA DODGERS | GREINKE(R) | 3-5 | L | 170 | 6 ov | O | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | 8/1/2015 | HEANEY(L) | @ LA DODGERS | KERSHAW(L) | 1-3 | L | 187 | 6 ov | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 8/2/2015 | RASMUS(R) | @ LA DODGERS | LATOS(R) | | | 8/3/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | | 8/4/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | | | 8/5/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | | | 8/7/2015 | HEANEY(L) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | | | 8/8/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | | | 8/9/2015 | | BALTIMORE | | |
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| 7/19/2015 | GREINKE(R) | @ WASHINGTON | SCHERZER(R) | 5-0 | W | -110 | 6.5 un | U | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 7/20/2015 | BEACHY(R) | @ ATLANTA | WISLER(R) | 5-7 | L | -135 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 7/21/2015 | ANDERSON(L) | @ ATLANTA | WOOD(L) | 3-4 | L | -135 | 7 un | P | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | | 7/22/2015 | BOLSINGER(R) | @ ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 3-1 | W | -155 | 7.5 ev | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | 7/23/2015 | KERSHAW(L) | @ NY METS | COLON(R) | 3-0 | W | -260 | 6.5 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 7/24/2015 | THOMAS(L) | @ NY METS | NIESE(L) | 7-2 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | 7/25/2015 | LEE(R) | @ NY METS | HARVEY(R) | 2-15 | L | 110 | 7 un | O | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 0 | | 7/26/2015 | GREINKE(R) | @ NY METS | DEGROM(R) | 2-3 | L | -125 | 6 ov | U | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | 7/28/2015 | ANDERSON(L) | OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 0-2 | L | -140 | 6.5 ev | U | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 7/29/2015 | BOLSINGER(R) | OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | 10-7 | W | -150 | 7 un | O | 12 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | | 7/31/2015 | GREINKE(R) | LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 5-3 | W | -180 | 6 ov | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 8/1/2015 | KERSHAW(L) | LA ANGELS | HEANEY(L) | 3-1 | W | -205 | 6 ov | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | 8/2/2015 | LATOS(R) | LA ANGELS | RASMUS(R) | | | 8/4/2015 | WOOD(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | WILLIAMS(R) | | | 8/5/2015 | ANDERSON(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HARANG(R) | | | 8/6/2015 | GREINKE(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | BUCHANAN(R) | | | 8/7/2015 | KERSHAW(L) | @ PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | | | 8/8/2015 | LATOS(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MORTON(R) | | | 8/9/2015 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | |
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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. | | LA DODGERS: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have a new front office. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, outfielder Matt Kemp, second-baseman Dee Gordon and pitcher Dan Haren are gone from a roster that won the NL West title last season.
Change was everywhere at the Dodgers' spring camp and all of it was designed to enhance their chances of achieving a goal that has never changed: Winning the World Series.
It eluded them last October in the NL Division series against the St. Louis Cardinals. It eluded them after the club was sold for $2.15 billion three years ago. It's eluded them since 1988.
''Everything we're doing is in the vein of trying to put ourselves in the best position to make it into October and then play as long as we can,'' said Andrew Friedman, the team's new president of baseball operations, who along with new general manager Farhan Zaidi employed an analytic approach to a winter makeover of a roster that had won back-to-back NL West titles.
Make no mistake, though, the changes were built around those who are back. At the top of the pitching order is Clayton Kershaw, the 2014 NL MVP and three-time Cy Young Award winner. Kershaw is armed with motivation to make amends for last fall's struggles. In right field, there's the young Yasiel Puig, an All-Star who was benched for some of the postseason.
A key to the makeover is in the heart of the infield, where Friedman and Zaidi acquired shortstop Jimmy Rollins from Philadelphia and second baseman Howie Kendrick from the Angels.
''Instant credibility,'' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said of the two veterans who some think will plug holes in what was an inconsistent defense. ''I think they bring a ton to the table for us. They create stability up the middle.''
There are questions whether the Dodgers sacrificed some offense in losing Ramirez' big bat and Gordon's speed. Ramirez signed with Boston. Gordon, a 2014 All Star, was traded to Miami. Meanwhile, Kemp's proven power is also gone. He was traded to San Diego for catcher Yasmani Grandal.
The Dodgers were willing to move Kemp because of what they've seen in 22-year-old Joc Pederson, who through 17 spring games was batting .417. Pederson appears to have the edge over veteran Andre Ethier as the starter in center field. With Carl Crawford in left and Puig in right, there's no room for Ethier, who said early in camp that he wants to be an everyday player.
Then there's the pitching staff. Kershaw and Zack Greinke are locks for the top of the rotation. After them, there are questions. No. 3 starter Hyun-Jin Ryu is likely to start the season on the disabled list because of an ailing left shoulder. Friedman signed projected starters Brandon McCarthy (four years at $48 million) and Brett Anderson (one year at $10 million), but each has a long history of injury.
With the uncertainty surrounding Ryu, it's not clear who will be the fifth starter. Joe Wieland, also acquired from San Diego in the deal for Kemp, was considered a leading possibility.
In the bullpen, the biggest question is about closer Kenley Jansen, who underwent surgery on Feb. 17 to have a growth removed from the fifth metatarsal on his left foot. He was expected to be out for 8-to-12 weeks. Until he's back, Mattingly said he might use a committee of pitchers to fill the role.
QUIET PUIG: Except for an occasional flip of the bat, it was a quiet camp for Puig, who is beginning his third season. Through 12 games, he was batting a modest .226 with 3 homers. ''I don't think his spring was that great last year either,'' Mattingly said. ''I'm not really concerned about his average or anything. I think he looks fine. He's hit some balls decent. He's a lot like other guys who know they're going to be around. They take their bats different than guys who are trying to show us what they can do.''
IMPATIENT KERSHAW: Kershaw never has much patience for questions about the World Series in the spring. ''Every team thinks they're going to win the World Series at this time of year,'' he said. ''That's everybody's goal and it should be. If you don't win the World Series, it's a failure.''
POWER ADJUSTMENT: First baseman Adrian Gonzalez has his own take on the Dodgers' altered offense. ''People are saying say that we lost power, but I think we just put the power in different spots of the lineup,'' he said. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (LA ANGELS-LA DODGERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Angels-Dodgers Preview* ========================
Los Angeles (55-47) at Los Angeles (58-45), 4:10 p.m. EDT
Mat Latos has a chance to quickly ingratiate himself to the Los Angeles Dodgers fan base in his club debut.
He can pitch the Dodgers to their first three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in over nine years Sunday as he seeks his second career victory at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers (59-45) acquired Latos on Thursday in a 13-player deal with Atlanta and Miami. Latos (4-7, 4.48 ERA) was in his first season with the Marlins after previously pitching for Cincinnati and San Diego.
The right-hander, who is making $9.4 million in the final year of his contact, has gone 1-5 with a 3.34 ERA in six starts as a visitor in Dodger Stadium.
Latos has faced the Angels (55-48) once, allowing three runs in 6 2-3 innings in a 5-4 victory for Cincinnati in April 2013. Mike Trout had a double in three at-bats against him in their only meeting.
Other Angels have more experience versus Latos. Shane Victorino is 3 for 10 with a homer in this matchup while Albert Pujols and Chris Iannetta each have gone 2 for 8.
Facing Latos can be considered a break for the Angels after they were beaten by Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in the first two games. Kershaw fired eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball in Saturday's 3-1 victory.
The Angels, who have 10 hits and 18 strikeouts in the first two games, seek to avoid an 0-6 trip and their first single-season six-game losing streak since July 26-31, 2013.
"We'll keep moving forward and hopefully start to get a little more continuity on the offensive side and start to regain some momentum," said manager Mike Scioscia, who was ejected Saturday for the second time in 2015. "I think we're holding tight in these games, we're just not able to get a little momentum to get the big hit and have been on the wrong side of them."
The Dodgers can complete their first three-game Freeway Series sweep since May 19-21, 2006. They have captured five straight meetings for the first time.
"Obviously it feels good for us, that kind of team over there, to be able to do that, it's not an easy thing," manager Don Mattingly said.
Trout fell a double short of the cycle in Friday's 5-3 defeat before going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts the next day. Pujols is 2 for 8 in this series while Victorino is hitless in six at-bats.
Kole Calhoun, who had three hits Friday, figures to be back in the lineup after not starting Saturday with the left-hander Kershaw on the mound.
The Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal drilled a two-run homer Saturday and is 6 for 8 in the series.
"Yas is a guy who can swing the bat, obviously a guy who puts two runs on the board right there," Mattingly said.
The Angels figure to use multiple pitchers since right-hander Cory Rasmus (0-0, 0.00) will make his first 2015 start after he was recalled Thursday from Triple-A Salt Lake. Rasmus, pitching in the spot of the injured C.J. Wilson, struck out the side on 12 pitches in an inning of relief Friday and his innings will likely be limited.
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