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971 | LA ANGELS | +155 | Ov 8.5,-110 | +155 | Ov 8,-120 | 972 | HOUSTON | -165 | Un 8.5,-110 | -165 | Un 8,+100 |
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All Games | 76-76 | +5.1 | 64-77 | 4.4 | 0.244 | 0.311 | 0.387 | 0.698 | 4.4 | 0.252 | 0.311 | 0.418 | 0.729 | Road Games | 35-39 | +6.4 | 30-40 | 4.4 | 0.241 | 0.311 | 0.381 | 0.692 | 4.6 | 0.264 | 0.332 | 0.446 | 0.778 | vs Right-handed Starters | 54-53 | +5.2 | 41-56 | 4.5 | 0.244 | 0.308 | 0.398 | 0.706 | 4.1 | 0.249 | 0.308 | 0.405 | 0.713 | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -4 | 3-4 | 3.1 | 0.214 | 0.301 | 0.371 | 0.672 | 4.4 | 0.249 | 0.294 | 0.392 | 0.686 | Grass Games | 72-73 | +3.6 | 62-72 | 4.4 | 0.245 | 0.311 | 0.387 | 0.697 | 4.4 | 0.252 | 0.312 | 0.418 | 0.730 | Night Games | 58-54 | +6.9 | 51-52 | 4.4 | 0.248 | 0.308 | 0.392 | 0.700 | 4.3 | 0.253 | 0.311 | 0.417 | 0.728 | Division | 36-34 | +1.3 | 33-32 | 4.5 | 0.245 | 0.314 | 0.381 | 0.695 | 4.5 | 0.252 | 0.312 | 0.423 | 0.734 |
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All Games | 4.4 | 0.244 | 0.311 | 152 | 5088 | 1244 | 215 | 14 | 161 | 0.387 | 634 | 492 | 1109 | 113 | 976 | 150 | 75 | 125 | 60 | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.241 | 0.311 | 74 | 2519 | 606 | 112 | 10 | 74 | 0.381 | 313 | 258 | 571 | 55 | 488 | 72 | 33 | 59 | 36 | Righty Starters | 4.5 | 0.244 | 0.308 | 107 | 3556 | 867 | 156 | 9 | 125 | 0.398 | 455 | 328 | 793 | 75 | 652 | 108 | 53 | 87 | 43 |
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All Games | 3.78 | 1.190 | 532.7 | 235 | 224 | 476 | 64 | 158 | 560 | 34-20 | 41 | 18 | 69.5% | Road Games | 4.25 | 1.302 | 252 | 123 | 119 | 235 | 34 | 93 | 255 | 16-8 | 22 | 9 | 71% |
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All Games | 93-59 | +6.7 | 76-68 | 5.4 | 0.281 | 0.341 | 0.465 | 0.807 | 4.4 | 0.242 | 0.309 | 0.402 | 0.710 | Home Games | 46-32 | -4.7 | 34-43 | 4.9 | 0.281 | 0.339 | 0.465 | 0.803 | 4.1 | 0.226 | 0.295 | 0.381 | 0.675 | vs Right-handed Starters | 74-37 | +19.4 | 55-50 | 5.5 | 0.283 | 0.340 | 0.471 | 0.811 | 4.3 | 0.237 | 0.306 | 0.396 | 0.702 | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +3 | 1-6 | 4.7 | 0.275 | 0.341 | 0.441 | 0.782 | 2.6 | 0.199 | 0.248 | 0.320 | 0.568 | Grass Games | 89-56 | +6.3 | 70-68 | 5.3 | 0.280 | 0.339 | 0.462 | 0.801 | 4.4 | 0.241 | 0.308 | 0.400 | 0.708 | Night Games | 64-44 | -1.3 | 52-51 | 5.2 | 0.284 | 0.338 | 0.467 | 0.805 | 4.2 | 0.240 | 0.301 | 0.397 | 0.698 | Division | 45-25 | +7.4 | 31-35 | 4.9 | 0.268 | 0.329 | 0.436 | 0.764 | 4.3 | 0.236 | 0.304 | 0.390 | 0.694 |
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All Games | 5.4 | 0.281 | 0.341 | 152 | 5250 | 1477 | 294 | 18 | 212 | 0.465 | 786 | 477 | 1005 | 85 | 1027 | 171 | 93 | 145 | 88 | Home Games | 4.9 | 0.281 | 0.339 | 78 | 2608 | 734 | 148 | 6 | 106 | 0.465 | 368 | 225 | 477 | 46 | 518 | 93 | 49 | 82 | 51 | Righty Starters | 5.5 | 0.283 | 0.340 | 111 | 3811 | 1079 | 222 | 14 | 155 | 0.471 | 582 | 328 | 718 | 54 | 733 | 123 | 68 | 107 | 60 |
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All Games | 4.43 | 1.290 | 512.3 | 264 | 252 | 462 | 73 | 199 | 622 | 30-21 | 42 | 19 | 68.9% | Home Games | 3.75 | 1.189 | 266.7 | 120 | 111 | 218 | 39 | 99 | 331 | 13-11 | 26 | 8 | 76.5% |
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9/8/2017 | NOLASCO(R) | @ SEATTLE | LEAKE(R) | 3-4 | L | 115 | 9 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9/9/2017 | HEANEY(L) | @ SEATTLE | ALBERS(L) | 1-8 | L | -110 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9/10/2017 | BRIDWELL(R) | @ SEATTLE | RAMIREZ(R) | 5-3 | W | 115 | 9.5 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9/12/2017 | RICHARDS(R) | HOUSTON | VERLANDER(R) | 0-1 | L | +105 | 8 ev | U | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9/13/2017 | SKAGGS(L) | HOUSTON | FIERS(R) | 9-1 | W | -115 | 8.5 ov | O | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9/14/2017 | NOLASCO(R) | HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | 2-5 | L | +125 | 9 ev | U | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 9/15/2017 | NORRIS(R) | TEXAS | MARTINEZ(R) | 7-6 | W | -145 | 9 ev | O | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9/16/2017 | BRIDWELL(R) | TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | 2-0 | W | -130 | 9 ov | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9/17/2017 | RICHARDS(R) | TEXAS | GONZALEZ(R) | 2-4 | L | -185 | 9 un | U | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9/19/2017 | SKAGGS(L) | CLEVELAND | CLEVINGER(R) | 3-6 | L | -105 | 8 un | O | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9/20/2017 | NOLASCO(R) | CLEVELAND | TOMLIN(R) | 5-6 | L | -105 | 8.5 un | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 9/21/2017 | BRIDWELL(R) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 1-4 | L | +100 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9/22/2017 | RICHARDS(R) | @ HOUSTON | VERLANDER(R) | | 9/23/2017 | HEANEY(L) | @ HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | | 9/24/2017 | SKAGGS(L) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | | 9/25/2017 | NOLASCO(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SHIELDS(R) | | 9/26/2017 | BRIDWELL(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | FULMER(R) | | 9/27/2017 | RICHARDS(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | LOPEZ(R) | | 9/28/2017 | | @ CHI WHITE SOX | | | 9/29/2017 | | SEATTLE | | |
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9/8/2017 | MCHUGH(R) | @ OAKLAND | COTTON(R) | 8-9 | L | -165 | 9.5 ev | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 9/9/2017 | MORTON(R) | @ OAKLAND | GOSSETT(R) | 1-11 | L | -145 | 9.5 un | O | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 9/9/2017 | PEACOCK(R) | @ OAKLAND | MENGDEN(R) | 4-11 | L | -230 | 9.5 ev | O | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 9/10/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ OAKLAND | GRAVEMAN(R) | 2-10 | L | -175 | 9 ov | O | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9/12/2017 | VERLANDER(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | 1-0 | W | -115 | 8 ev | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9/13/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SKAGGS(L) | 1-9 | L | 105 | 8.5 ov | O | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 9/14/2017 | PEACOCK(R) | @ LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 5-2 | W | -135 | 9 ev | U | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9/15/2017 | MORTON(R) | SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | 5-2 | W | -110 | 9 ev | U | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9/16/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | SEATTLE | RAMIREZ(R) | 8-6 | W | -195 | 9 un | O | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 9/17/2017 | VERLANDER(R) | SEATTLE | MOORE(R) | 7-1 | W | -225 | 9 un | U | 12 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9/19/2017 | MCHUGH(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | GIOLITO(R) | 3-1 | W | -260 | 9 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9/20/2017 | PEACOCK(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SHIELDS(R) | 4-3 | W | -300 | 9.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9/21/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | FULMER(R) | 1-3 | L | -300 | 9.5 un | U | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9/22/2017 | VERLANDER(R) | LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | | 9/23/2017 | MORTON(R) | LA ANGELS | HEANEY(L) | | 9/24/2017 | MCHUGH(R) | LA ANGELS | SKAGGS(L) | | 9/25/2017 | PEACOCK(R) | @ TEXAS | CASHNER(R) | | 9/26/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | | 9/27/2017 | VERLANDER(R) | @ TEXAS | MARTINEZ(R) | | 9/28/2017 | | @ BOSTON | | | 9/29/2017 | | @ BOSTON | | |
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| | | LA ANGELS: 2016: 74-88, fourth place
Manager: Mike Scioscia (18th season)
Who's new? C Martin Maldonado, 2B Danny Espinosa, INF Luis Valbuena, OF Ben Revere, OF Cameron Maybin, RHP Jesse Chavez, RHP Austin Adams, RHP Yusmeiro Petit
Who's gone? C Jett Bandy, C Geovany Soto, C Juan Graterol, OF Gregorio Petit, OF Rafael Ortega, RHP Jered Weaver, LHP C.J. Wilson, RHP Jhoulys Chacin, RHP Tim Lincecum, RHP Cory Rasmus, LHP Brett Oberholtzer
Projected lineup: 3B Yunel Escobar (.304, 5 HR, 39 RBI), RF Kole Calhoun (.271, 18, 75), CF Mike Trout (.315, 29, 100, 30 SB), DH Albert Pujols (.268, 31, 119), 1B C.J. Cron (.278, 16, 69) or Luis Valbuena (.260, 13, 40 in 90 games with Astros), LF Cameron Maybin (.315, 4, 43, 15 SB with Tigers), 2B Danny Espinosa (.209, 24, 72 with Nationals), SS Andrelton Simmons (.281, 4, 44, 10 in 124 games), C Martin Maldonado (.202, 8, 21 with Brewers) or Carlos Perez (.209, 5, 31)
Rotation: RH Garrett Richards (1-3, 2.34 in six starts), RH Matt Shoemaker (9-13, 3.88), LH Tyler Skaggs (3-4, 4.17), RH Ricky Nolasco (8-14, 4.42 with Twins and Angels), RH Jesse Chavez (2-2, 4.43 with Blue Jays and Dodgers) or RH Bud Norris (6-10, 5.10 for Braves and Dodgers)
Key relievers: RH Huston Street (3-2, 6.45, 9/12 SV), RH Cam Bedrosian (2-0, 1.12), RH Andrew Bailey (3-1, 5.36 6/7 SV for Phillies and Angels), RH J.C. Ramirez (2-1, 2.91), LH Jose Alvarez (1-3, 3.45), RH Austin Adams (0-0, 9.82 with Indians), RH Yusmeiro Petit (3-5, 4.30 with Nationals), RH Mike Morin (2-2, 4.37)
Hot spots: First base and fifth starter. Pujols started 23 games at first base last year, and will likely play fewer this year after offseason plantar fascia surgery. For now, Pujols is the primary DH, Cron is the first baseman, and Valbuena will begin the season on the DL with a strained hamstring. One problem: neither Cron (.698 OPS) nor Valbuena (.666) could hit lefties last year. The top candidates for fifth starter are similarly flawed. Chavez and Norris finished last season as relievers. Alex Meyer has six major league starts to his name. The Angels might need all of them at points in 2017.
Outlook: It's hard to be too optimistic about a team that's made one playoff appearance in seven years. Yet it's hard to be too pessimistic considering the hard-luck injuries that decimated the Angels in 2016, particularly on the pitching side. Still, 2017 figures to be a transition year. The back of the rotation is a patch job until Tommy John patients Andrew Heaney and Nick Tropeano return from rehab. The Angels will gain some financial freedom after the season, when Josh Hamilton finally comes off the books. Any positive momentum in the meantime would make Anaheim a more attractive destination for free agents. Getting back above .500 would be a realistic step in that direction; anything beyond that is a bonus | | HOUSTON: 2016: 84-78, third place
Manager: A.J. Hinch (third season)
Who's new? RF Josh Reddick, CF Carlos Beltran, LF Nori Aoki, C Brian McCann, RHP Charlie Morton
Who's gone? C Jason Castro, INF Luis Valbuena, OF Colby Rasmus, RHP Doug Fister
Projected lineup: CF George Springer (.261, 29 HR, 82 RBI), 2B Jose Altuve (.338, 24, 96, 30 SB), SS Carlos Correa (.274, 20, 96, 13 SB), DH Carlos Beltran (.295, 29, 93 with Yankees and Rangers), C Brian McCann (.242, 20, 58 with Yankees) or Evan Gattis (.251, 32, 72), 3B Alex Bregman (.264, 8, 34 in 49 games), RF Josh Reddick (.281, 10, 37 with A's and Dodgers), 1B Yulieski Gurriel (.262, 3, 15), LF Nori Aoki (.283, 4, 28 with Mariners)
Rotation: LH Dallas Keuchel (9-12, 4.55 ERA), RH Collin McHugh (13-10, 4.34), RH Mike Fiers (11-8, 4.48), RH Lance McCullers (6-5, 3.22), RH Charlie Morton (1-1, 4.15 in four games with Phillies)
Key relievers: RH Ken Giles (2-5, 4.11, 15/20 SV), RH Luke Gregerson (4-3, 3.28, 15/21 SV), RH Will Harris (1-2, 2.25, 12/15 SV), RH Chris Devenski (4-4, 2.16), LH Tony Sipp (1-2, 4.95), RH Michael Feliz (8-1, 4.43)
Hot spots: Fifth starter and catcher. Hamstring issues limited 33-year-old Morton to four starts with the Phillies last season. That didn't stop the Astros from signing him to a two-year contract worth at least $14 million. Now, veteran Fiers and 24-year-old Joe Musgrove are on the bubble for the fifth starter's job. McCann and Gattis give the Astros a pair of veteran catchers with slugging potential. McCann has fewer weaknesses behind the plate; Gattis is the better all-around hitter. With Beltran aboard as the primary designated hitter, McCann and Gattis won't both be in the lineup on most nights.
Outlook: After slipping to third place in the AL West last year, the Astros' front office decided to double down on dingers rather than upgrade a rotation that lacks a true ace. The result: A lineup with eight potential 20-home run hitters, including possible MVP candidates in Altuve and Correa. Everyone returns from an impressive young bullpen with high strikeout potential. If the Astros are in contention by the trade deadline, the front office should have the financial flexibility to add a front-line starter. Then again, if Dallas Keuchel looks like the pitcher who won a Cy Young Award in 2015, Houston might not have a problem. |
| | Angels look to halt Houston starters' domination
HOUSTON -- While Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel failed to keep an impressive streak going for the rotation, what Houston starters have done recently qualifies as a positive development. Before Keuchel allowed two runs over six innings in a 3-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, Houston starters had recorded the decision in six consecutive wins. The Astros will aim to bounce back Friday when they open a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. Including Keuchel's loss Thursday, the rotation has allowed just nine earned runs on 26 hits and 13 walks with 42 strikeouts over the past 42 innings, good for a 1.93 ERA during that stretch. Houston starters are trending in the right direction at the most opportune time with the postseason upcoming. "A lot of that comes with the health, too," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "There were times this year where we weren't rolling the same five guys or six guys out in a row, and these guys come out and stay in games long enough. "I remember the stretch in the season where the starter wouldn't get through five innings. I remember the part early on where we had a really strong top end of the rotation and we scuffled in the back, and then it flipped when the top of our rotation got hurt. Rolling out a good starting pitcher every game is key for a winning ballclub." Right-hander Justin Verlander (3-0, 0.86 ERA with Houston; 13-8, 3.50 ERA for overall) will make his fourth start for the Astros (93-59) in the opener against the Angels. Verlander is 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA over two starts against Los Angeles this season and 7-8 with a 3.55 ERA over 18 starts in his career. While pitching for the Astros on Sept. 12, Verlander tossed eight shutout innings in Anaheim, allowing just one hit. The Angels will counter with right-hander Garrett Richards (0-2, 2.00 ERA). The injury-plagued Richards has made just four starts in 2017 and 10 total over the past two seasons. He took a 1-0 loss against the Astros on Sept. 12 despite allowing just a run on four hits and no walks over five innings. For his career, Skaggs is 5-4 with a 3.58 over 13 appearances (10 starts) against Houston. The Angels (76-76) will arrive in Houston reeling from four consecutive losses and facing a 2 1/2-game deficit behind the Twins in pursuit of the second American League wild card. The Texas Rangers are also 2 1/2 games back of Minnesota. The Twins had lost five of six games before beating the Detroit Tigers 12-1 on Thursday. After losing the past three games to the visiting Cleveland Indians, including a 4-1 setback on Thursday, the Angels now need help. "That's neither here nor there, that's a distraction," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "We know we do (have to rely on other teams), but we have to focus on our nine innings, what we need to do on the field, don't be distracted by numbers and this and that and where teams are and who's playing who. We'll figure that out after our game. "What we need to do is go out there and start to get games on our terms, and part of it's on the offensive side and we've struggled a little bit. The only way we can change the momentum is to focus on how we need to play the game and what we need to do. That's what we're going to do when we get on this plane to Houston and hopefully pick it up (Friday)." The Astros' motivation for the remainder of the regular season involves the race for the top record in the AL and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Houston sits 2 1/2 games behind Cleveland for the league's top spot. |
| Last Updated: 4/26/2024 1:26:06 AM EST. |
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