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| All Games | 65-62 | -3.4 | 60-63 | 4.0 | 0.243 | 0.300 | 0.388 | 0.689 | 4.0 | 0.249 | 0.303 | 0.392 | 0.696 | | Road Games | 26-35 | -9 | 31-28 | 4.2 | 0.243 | 0.299 | 0.384 | 0.683 | 4.3 | 0.263 | 0.315 | 0.428 | 0.743 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 46-46 | -5.2 | 49-40 | 4.2 | 0.250 | 0.305 | 0.396 | 0.700 | 4.3 | 0.257 | 0.312 | 0.408 | 0.720 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.3 | 5-2 | 3.1 | 0.236 | 0.285 | 0.341 | 0.626 | 8.0 | 0.318 | 0.374 | 0.537 | 0.911 | | Grass Games | 61-59 | -4.5 | 56-60 | 4.0 | 0.242 | 0.300 | 0.385 | 0.685 | 4.0 | 0.249 | 0.303 | 0.392 | 0.695 | | Night Games | 51-44 | +2.4 | 47-44 | 4.1 | 0.249 | 0.304 | 0.401 | 0.705 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.302 | 0.390 | 0.693 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.243 | 0.300 | 127 | 4251 | 1035 | 185 | 13 | 135 | 0.388 | 481 | 345 | 907 | 38 | 801 | 108 | 75 | 86 | 71 | | Road Games | 4.2 | 0.243 | 0.299 | 61 | 2092 | 508 | 99 | 8 | 60 | 0.384 | 243 | 168 | 432 | 18 | 390 | 55 | 35 | 37 | 34 | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.250 | 0.305 | 92 | 3112 | 778 | 139 | 10 | 98 | 0.396 | 362 | 244 | 654 | 31 | 584 | 77 | 53 | 66 | 56 |
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| All Games | 3.59 | 1.260 | 369 | 157 | 147 | 346 | 33 | 119 | 325 | 20-13 | 33 | 14 | 70.2% | | Road Games | 3.89 | 1.416 | 159.7 | 72 | 69 | 164 | 16 | 62 | 143 | 5-6 | 13 | 4 | 76.5% |
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| All Games | 60-66 | -18.3 | 61-63 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.324 | 0.392 | 0.716 | 4.2 | 0.240 | 0.294 | 0.393 | 0.687 | | Home Games | 26-34 | -19.8 | 35-25 | 4.4 | 0.270 | 0.341 | 0.408 | 0.749 | 4.9 | 0.258 | 0.311 | 0.427 | 0.737 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 16-28 | -15.9 | 18-26 | 3.3 | 0.240 | 0.302 | 0.370 | 0.672 | 4.4 | 0.249 | 0.312 | 0.395 | 0.706 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +4 | 4-3 | 4.9 | 0.279 | 0.366 | 0.451 | 0.817 | 3.4 | 0.216 | 0.261 | 0.385 | 0.647 | | Grass Games | 56-66 | -22.4 | 57-63 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.324 | 0.390 | 0.714 | 4.2 | 0.244 | 0.299 | 0.399 | 0.698 | | Night Games | 40-41 | -8.5 | 38-42 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.318 | 0.394 | 0.712 | 4.2 | 0.234 | 0.288 | 0.394 | 0.682 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.324 | 126 | 4263 | 1088 | 232 | 19 | 104 | 0.392 | 490 | 436 | 909 | 70 | 919 | 126 | 68 | 109 | 61 | | Home Games | 4.4 | 0.270 | 0.341 | 60 | 2026 | 547 | 131 | 11 | 42 | 0.408 | 255 | 218 | 437 | 31 | 465 | 53 | 33 | 61 | 26 | | Lefty Starters | 3.3 | 0.240 | 0.302 | 44 | 1453 | 349 | 68 | 5 | 37 | 0.370 | 142 | 128 | 309 | 12 | 294 | 57 | 21 | 39 | 28 |
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| All Games | 3.29 | 1.284 | 349.7 | 159 | 128 | 329 | 33 | 120 | 347 | 13-14 | 30 | 9 | 76.9% | | Home Games | 3.18 | 1.262 | 195 | 95 | 69 | 186 | 20 | 60 | 190 | 5-7 | 11 | 5 | 68.8% |
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| 8/14/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 1-4 | L | 110 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | 8/15/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | CUETO(R) | 4-9 | L | 140 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | | 8/16/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 3-4 | L | 120 | 8 ov | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | 8/17/2015 | HEANEY(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | RODON(L) | 2-1 | W | -160 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 8/18/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 5-3 | W | -195 | 7 ov | O | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | 8/19/2015 | WEAVER(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 1-0 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 8/20/2015 | TROPEANO(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 2-8 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | | 8/21/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | TORONTO | PRICE(L) | 2-9 | L | +165 | 7 ev | O | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | | 8/22/2015 | HEANEY(L) | TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | 3-15 | L | +110 | 8 ov | O | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | | 8/23/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 5-12 | L | -110 | 8 ov | O | 12 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | | 8/25/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ DETROIT | SIMON(R) | 8-7 | W | -120 | 9 ev | O | 11 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | 8/26/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 0-5 | L | 125 | 9 un | U | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 8/27/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ DETROIT | WOLF(L) | 2-0 | W | -115 | 9 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 8/28/2015 | HEANEY(L) | @ CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | | | 8/29/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | | | 8/30/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | | 8/31/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ OAKLAND | BASSITT(R) | | | 9/1/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ OAKLAND | BROOKS(R) | | | 9/2/2015 | HEANEY(L) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | | | 9/4/2015 | | TEXAS | | |
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| 8/14/2015 | KLUBER(R) | @ MINNESOTA | MAY(R) | 6-1 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 8/15/2015 | TOMLIN(R) | @ MINNESOTA | DUFFEY(R) | 1-4 | L | 105 | 9 un | U | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | 8/16/2015 | CARRASCO(R) | @ MINNESOTA | MILONE(L) | 1-4 | L | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | | 8/17/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | @ BOSTON | BARNES(R) | 8-2 | W | -115 | 9 ov | O | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 8/18/2015 | BAUER(R) | @ BOSTON | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 1-9 | L | 125 | 9.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | | 8/19/2015 | KLUBER(R) | @ BOSTON | KELLY(R) | 4-6 | L | -135 | 9 un | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | 8/20/2015 | TOMLIN(R) | @ NY YANKEES | NOVA(R) | 3-2 | W | 140 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 8/21/2015 | CARRASCO(R) | @ NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 7-3 | W | 115 | 7 ev | O | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 8/22/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | 2-6 | L | 120 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 8/23/2015 | BAUER(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 4-3 | W | 140 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | | 8/24/2015 | KLUBER(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | LESTER(L) | 1-2 | L | 120 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | 8/25/2015 | TOMLIN(R) | MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 11-6 | W | -170 | 8 un | O | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | | 8/26/2015 | ANDERSON(R) | MILWAUKEE | NELSON(R) | 6-2 | W | -130 | 7.5 ov | O | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | 8/28/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | LA ANGELS | HEANEY(L) | | | 8/29/2015 | BAUER(R) | LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | | | 8/30/2015 | KLUBER(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | | | 8/31/2015 | TOMLIN(R) | @ TORONTO | PRICE(L) | | | 9/1/2015 | ANDERSON(R) | @ TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | | | 9/2/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | | 9/4/2015 | | @ DETROIT | | |
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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. | | CLEVELAND: CLEVELAND (AP) - While their AL Central rivals jockeyed during the offseason, one trying to outdo the other to improve their chances of winning a World Series title, the Indians watched.
That was the plan.
No, they didn't make any blockbuster trades, sign a big-name, big-ticket free agent or overhaul their roster with new faces. The Indians, who somehow stayed in contention last season until the waning days of September, didn't feel the need to make radical changes. It wasn't necessary.
The pieces are in place for Cleveland to have a special 2015 season.
''The team knows it,'' said second baseman Jason Kipnis. ''We got two winning seasons in a row. We had an 85-win season when we had about three guys playing good. The possibilities are there, the potential is there. That whole last year we never had more than a seven-game winning streak, never really got hot.
''We got the same corps. Same group of guys. We kind of want another chance at this again - and we're getting another chance.''
The Indians return virtually the same team that went 85-77 last season, finishing third behind division champion Detroit and wild-card winner Kansas City, which ended a postseason drought dating to 1985, won the pennant and pushed San Francisco to seven games in the World Series.
Watching the Royals inspired the Indians. And as he prepares for his third season in Cleveland, manager Terry Francona senses a different drive in his players.
They're hungry.
''Our veteran guys are trying to get better,'' he said. ''Our younger guys are excited to prove what they can do. I didn't see anybody just kind of go home and want to kind of keep the status quo. We're all excited about that.''
Francona said they're upping expectations both on performance and results.
''They're kind of at a stage where they're embracing trying to see if we can go up against some of these teams and, not only maybe hold our own, but maybe do a little more than that,'' Francona said.
There's no denying Francona's magical touch. The man who helped end Boston's supposed baseball curse, who got the Indians to the postseason in 2013, has an uncanny ability to convince players buy in to his program and get them to believe they can overcome any obstacles: injuries, payroll, low expectations, the Tigers lineup.
This spring, Francona didn't have to sell the Indians, who haven't won a World Series since 1948, on the idea they can compete. They already know that. Now it's a matter of taking the next step.
''When guys believe they can do it, and then they start to do it, then you see the confidence take over and guys take off, and you can accomplish a lot,'' he said. ''That's part of the fun of the season, to see how good you can get. I'd rather enjoy, as much as we can, the journey.''
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KLUBER UBER ALLES
All Corey Kluber did in his first major-league season was win 18 games, re-write some record books, dominate almost every time he pitched and win the AL Cy Young.
The 28-year-old could do it again.
Seemingly programmed because of his consistent performances and composed demeanor, Kluber gives the Indians a long-needed and legitimate No. 1 starter capable of winning every time he gets the ball. He scares opponents and makes his teammates better.
The Indians have discussed a long-term contract extension for the right-hander, who isn't even eligible for arbitration.
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YOUR TABLE, MR. BRANTLEY
Michael Brantley just might be baseball's most unassuming star, and he plans to keep it that way. The 27-year-old's breakout 2014 season - he batted .327 with 20 homers, 97 RBIs and a third-place finish in MVP voting - was followed by obligatory can-he-do-it-again questions.
Francona thinks Brantley might be poised for bigger things. The spotlight will find Brantley, but he's not craving it.
''He's so consistent at a high level that I don't see that going away,'' he said. ''He's so confident in what he's doing that I think he enjoys playing the game and the other things that come with it, I think he could take it or leave it. He has a really good understanding of who he is.''
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BETTER BE BETTER
For the Indians to get where they want, Kipnis (.240), CF Michael Bourn (106 games) and DH Nick Swisher (offseason knee surgeries) need to bounce back and produce more than they did in `14.
No position player is more important than Kipnis, a 2013 All-Star who was injured most of last season.
''He can affect the game so many ways - steal a base, get a bunt down, hit a ball in the gap,'' Francona said. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (LA ANGELS-CLEVELAND) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Angels-Indians Preview* ========================
By SCOTT GARBARINI STATS Writer
Los Angeles (64-62) at Cleveland (60-66), 7:10 p.m. EDT
The Los Angeles Angels' postseason fortune could hinge on how they handle their remaining road games.
They're off to a good start on a trip that continues Friday night with the first of three meetings with the Cleveland Indians.
After losing 12 of their previous 13 road tilts, the Angels (65-62) began this nine-game trek by winning two of three from Detroit. That series ended with Michigan native Matt Shoemaker limiting the Tigers to one hit through 7 1-3 innings in Thursday's 2-0 victory.
"It's special to be able to do it here, but more importantly to get a win in a tight playoff race," said Shoemaker, whose Angels are among three teams within one game of each other for the AL's second wild-card spot.
Los Angeles had lost 12 of 13 road games before that series win. The Angels are just 26-35 as the visitor this season and play 20 of their final 35 games away from Anaheim, where the team's ERA is 4.41 compared to 3.36 at home.
Though Cleveland (60-66) is an AL-worst 26-34 at home, it has won six of seven at Progressive Field following a two-game sweep of Milwaukee capped by Wednesday's 6-2 victory. Jason Kipnis went 5 for 9 with a homer, three doubles and five RBIs in that series while increasing his MLB-best home average to .383.
Kipnis, hitting an AL-best .325 overall, leads a top three of the order that's been hot. Rookie Francisco Lindor is 12 for 19 with two homers over the last five games, and Michael Brantley is batting .415 with 15 RBIs in his last 15.
"I enjoy being part of it, whether I'm in the middle, the back or I'm just watching them because I got a day off," said Lindor, hitting .310 since being promoted to the majors in mid-June.
The trio takes its first swings against Andrew Heaney (5-2, 3.39 ERA), who is 0-2 with a 5.88 ERA in five August starts after winning five straight June 30-July 26.
Heaney comes in off his worst outing, having surrendered eight runs in 3 1-3 innings in a 15-3 loss to heavy-hitting Toronto on Saturday. The rookie left-hander had yielded two runs or fewer in nine of his 10 previous outings and all four on the road, where he's 2-1 with 2.13 ERA this season.
The Indians are 15-27 against lefty starters, though both Lindor (.315) and Brantley (.313) have fared well versus southpaws.
Like Heaney, Danny Salazar (11-7, 3.30) looks to rebound from a rough last assignment. The hard-throwing righty was reached for five runs and eight hits in 4 2-3 innings in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the New York Yankees, ending a superb four-start sequence in which he went 3-0 with a 0.95 ERA.
One of those starts came against the Angels on Aug. 5. Salazar allowed a solo homer to Kole Calhoun and two other hits across six innings but was denied a victory when Los Angeles rallied for three runs in the ninth to win 4-3.
Calhoun is 3 for 6 with two homers off Salazar, who is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA in three starts versus the Angels despite handling Mike Trout. The reigning MVP is 1 for 6 with four strikeouts in the matchup.
Trout has 33 homers but has failed to hit one in 19 straight games.
The Angels won two of three from Cleveland earlier this month and are 7-3 in the series since the start of last season.
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| | Last Updated: 4/19/2024 4:06:12 PM EST. |
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