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MLB : ATS Matchup
Monday 8/3/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
CLEVELAND  KLUBER )
 
LA ANGELS  RICHARDS )
+1.5  -210

-1.5  +175
+100

-110

6.5un
 
4
Final
5

CLEVELAND (48 - 56) at LA ANGELS (55 - 49)
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Monday, 8/3/2015 10:05 PM
COREY KLUBER (R) vs. GARRETT RICHARDS (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
969CLEVELAND+105Ov 6.5,-110+105Ov 6.5,-105
970LA ANGELS-115Un 6.5,-110-115Un 6.5,-115
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
CLEVELAND - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games48-56-20.448-543.80.2490.3180.3830.7024.20.2450.3000.3920.693
Road Games28-24+3.120-303.80.2430.3110.3770.6883.50.2240.2830.3570.639
vs Right-handed Starters34-32-6.331-334.00.2530.3280.3880.7174.10.2410.2930.3890.682
Past 7 Games3-4-1.22-53.40.2580.3160.3900.7063.00.1760.2210.2930.514
Grass Games44-56-24.544-543.70.2480.3180.3810.6994.30.2500.3060.4000.706
Night Games30-35-12.527-373.60.2420.3070.3820.6904.20.2390.2930.3900.684
CLEVELAND - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.80.2490.318104348486718814840.38338435673653753100579655
Road Games3.80.2430.311521766430795490.3771901723593136255284430
Righty Starters4.00.2530.32866221456012410520.3882542494624250054396030
CLEVELAND - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.221.293285.3131102267271022889-1125680.6%
Road Games3.091.283122.3464210710501346-515288.2%

LA ANGELS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games55-49+0.748-524.20.2480.3060.3960.7023.80.2440.2990.3810.680
Home Games32-21+5.421-304.00.2480.3080.3990.7073.40.2230.2830.3360.619
vs Right-handed Starters39-39-4.641-344.30.2520.3070.3980.7064.10.2510.3050.3940.699
Past 7 Games1-6-55-24.00.2250.2710.3670.6375.60.2950.3480.5040.852
Grass Games51-46-0.444-494.20.2460.3050.3930.6983.70.2440.2980.3800.678
Night Games44-32+8.537-354.40.2570.3140.4150.7293.70.2390.2940.3760.670
LA ANGELS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.20.2480.306104347886215191160.3964172897443165587556856
Home Games4.00.2480.308531727429694610.3991981493871633145303531
Righty Starters4.30.2520.3077826356641178840.3983152115572749863415548
LA ANGELS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.581.245284.3122113263259126215-10261268.4%
Home Games3.171.0941596256128104614311-616964%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
CLEVELAND - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
7/21/2015SALAZAR(R)@ MILWAUKEEGARZA(R)1-8L-1158 unO971960
7/22/2015ANDERSON(R)@ MILWAUKEELOHSE(R)7-5W1009 unO149017101
7/23/2015BAUER(R)CHI WHITE SOXSAMARDZIJA(R)1-8L-1357.5 unO4401030
7/24/2015KLUBER(R)CHI WHITE SOXQUINTANA(L)0-6L-1607 unU7401060
7/25/2015CARRASCO(R)CHI WHITE SOXSALE(L)3-10L+1056 unO8501670
7/26/2015SALAZAR(R)CHI WHITE SOXRODON(L)1-2L-1557 unU662890
7/27/2015ANDERSON(R)KANSAS CITYVOLQUEZ(R)4-9L+1007.5 ovO9811160
7/28/2015BAUER(R)KANSAS CITYYOUNG(R)1-2L-1157.5 ovU881531
7/29/2015KLUBER(R)KANSAS CITYGUTHRIE(R)12-1W-1707.5 unO18110551
7/30/2015CARRASCO(R)@ OAKLANDBASSITT(R)3-1W-1307 unU711222
7/31/2015SALAZAR(R)@ OAKLANDGRAVEMAN(R)2-1W-1407.5 unU881121
8/1/2015ANDERSON(R)@ OAKLANDBROOKS(R)1-5L-1107.5 ovU551831
8/2/2015BAUER(R)@ OAKLANDGRAY(R)1-2L1356.5 unU670780
8/3/2015KLUBER(R)@ LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R) 
8/4/2015CARRASCO(R)@ LA ANGELSSHOEMAKER(R) 
8/5/2015SALAZAR(R)@ LA ANGELSSANTIAGO(L) 
8/7/2015ANDERSON(R)MINNESOTAPELFREY(R) 
8/8/2015BAUER(R)MINNESOTASANTANA(R) 
8/9/2015KLUBER(R)MINNESOTAHUGHES(R) 

LA ANGELS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
7/20/2015SANTIAGO(L)BOSTONRODRIGUEZ(L)11-1W-1158 ovO1150991
7/20/2015HEANEY(L)BOSTONWRIGHT(R)7-3W-1457.5 unO850650
7/21/2015SHOEMAKER(R)MINNESOTAGIBSON(R)7-0W-1257 evP1360240
7/22/2015WILSON(L)MINNESOTAPELFREY(R)5-2W-1607.5 ovU12719121
7/23/2015RICHARDS(R)MINNESOTASANTANA(R)0-3L-1807.5 unU450530
7/24/2015TROPEANO(R)TEXASLEWIS(R)2-4L-1408 unU651840
7/25/2015SANTIAGO(L)TEXASGALLARDO(R)6-7L-1507.5 evO1181980
7/26/2015HEANEY(L)TEXASMARTINEZ(R)13-7W-1857.5 unO15801293
7/28/2015WILSON(L)@ HOUSTONMCHUGH(R)5-10L1307.5 unO9811460
7/29/2015RICHARDS(R)@ HOUSTONMCCULLERS(R)3-6L1207.5 unO9601160
7/30/2015SHOEMAKER(R)@ HOUSTONKAZMIR(L)0-3L1207.5 ovU361660
7/31/2015SANTIAGO(L)@ LA DODGERSGREINKE(R)3-5L1706 ovO6401070
8/1/2015HEANEY(L)@ LA DODGERSKERSHAW(L)1-3L1876 ovU440770
8/2/2015RASMUS(R)@ LA DODGERSLATOS(R)3-5L1257.5 ovO860971
8/3/2015RICHARDS(R)CLEVELANDKLUBER(R) 
8/4/2015SHOEMAKER(R)CLEVELANDCARRASCO(R) 
8/5/2015SANTIAGO(L)CLEVELANDSALAZAR(R) 
8/7/2015HEANEY(L)BALTIMORETILLMAN(R) 
8/8/2015RICHARDS(R)BALTIMOREGAUSMAN(R) 
8/9/2015SHOEMAKER(R)BALTIMOREJIMENEZ(R) 
8/10/2015 @ CHI WHITE SOX  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.
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.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (CLEVELAND-LA ANGELS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(DELETES duplicate score reference in last graf.)

*Indians-Angels Preview* ========================

By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer

Cleveland (48-55) at Los Angeles (55-48), 10:05 p.m. EDT

The Cleveland Indians are the bottom of the AL Central, and David Murphy was one of several veterans shipped out prior to the trade deadline.

Corey Kluber, though, isn't giving up.

Last year's AL Cy Young Award winner will try to build on one of his best performances of the season Monday night when the Indians face Murphy and the sliding Los Angeles Angels for the first time since the deal.

Cleveland (48-56) dealt Murphy, Brandon Moss and reliever Marc Rzepczynski away in separate trades before Friday's deadline - moves signaling the Indians were preparing for the future.

Kluber (6-11, 3.44 ERA) doesn't see it that way with Cleveland six games back of Minnesota for the AL's second wild-card spot.

"It's not over yet. We're not eliminated from anything," Kluber told MLB's official website. "So, I think while the front office does their job, we can't really worry about anything but the 25 guys in here trying to come each day and win. Hopefully, we can win enough of them that we get to play in the postseason."

That will require major improvement from the offense, which is hitting .236 and averaging 2.6 runs during a 3-8 stretch. Cleveland had a .202 average and totaled seven runs while settling for a four-game split with Oakland after a 2-1, 10-inning loss Sunday.

"We have to do a better job at manufacturing runs or scoring runs," manager Terry Francona said. "We're getting good pitching but we have to win those games."

Kluber finally got some support Wednesday, tossing a five-hitter in a 12-1 win over Kansas City. That increased his average run support from a major league-low 2.61 to 3.15.

Another strong offensive showing will be tough with All-Star Jason Kipnis - the team leader with a .326 average - expected to go on the disabled list with a sore shoulder.

Murphy, who was hitting .296 with the Indians, is just 2 for 11 in four games with Los Angeles (55-49). However, the team is hitting .194 and has totaled 15 runs during a six-game slide that's part of a 1-9 stretch.

The Angels, who hold the AL's first wild-card spot and are four games behind West-leading Houston, haven't lost seven in a row since April 30-May 6, 2010.

They lost 5-3 in 10 innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, finishing their first winless trip of six or more games since 1999.

"We're the same team that was winning baseball games a week ago," catcher Chris Iannetta said. "It's a rough stretch. We're not pleased with it, we're not happy about it. But there is nothing we can do about the last 10 days. All we've got to do is focus on (Monday) and try to get a win.

"One win turns into two, and then we're back in it. We're still in this race. It's a long way from over."

Garrett Richards (10-8, 3.37) is facing the Indians for the first time, and he's seeking to avoid losing a career-high third straight start. The right-hander has given up seven runs and three homers in 14 1-3 innings over his last two games following Wednesday's 6-3 loss at Houston.

"I have to keep us in the game. I have to give us a chance to win," said Richards, who is 6-2 with a 2.08 ERA in nine home starts.

Kluber struggled there and was charged with a 6-4 loss in his only meeting with the Angels on April 29, 2014. He was tagged for four runs and eight hits with four walks while hitting a batter in 4 2-3 innings.


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