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MLB : ATS Matchup
Friday 7/3/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
LA ANGELS  RICHARDS )
 
TEXAS  GONZALEZ CHI )
-1.5  +110

+1.5  -130
-135

+125

9.5ev
 
8
Final
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LA ANGELS (41 - 38) at TEXAS (41 - 39)
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Friday, 7/3/2015 8:05 PM
GARRETT RICHARDS (R) vs. CHI CHI GONZALEZ (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
921LA ANGELS-130Ov 9,-110-130Ov 8.5,-120
922TEXAS+120Un 9,-110+120Un 8.5,+100
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
LA ANGELS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games41-38-0.533-433.80.2410.3000.3810.6813.90.2400.2960.3790.675
Road Games16-20-3.616-184.10.2370.2950.3730.6694.20.2560.3080.4170.725
vs Right-handed Starters30-30-2.929-293.90.2450.3030.3840.6874.00.2460.3010.3860.687
Past 7 Games5-2+2.90-72.40.2250.3010.3550.6561.90.2130.2680.3220.591
Grass Games37-35-1.729-403.70.2380.2990.3740.6733.80.2390.2950.3770.672
Night Games33-24+6.426-284.20.2520.3090.4030.7123.80.2320.2900.3700.660
Division22-16+516-203.80.2380.3000.3540.6543.70.2270.2870.3620.649
LA ANGELS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.80.2410.3007926136291135810.3812882225712549370445250
Road Games4.10.2370.295361213287553350.3731421012561122033172222
Righty Starters3.90.2450.303602006491894610.3842221684302138253334344
LA ANGELS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.221.192220.78679192167120413-7231167.6%
Road Games3.121.31686.7333081733833-29375%

TEXAS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games41-39+15.933-424.30.2490.3090.4000.7094.20.2550.3170.4070.724
Home Games15-19-3.315-154.60.2690.3320.4220.7544.70.2620.3250.4130.738
vs Right-handed Starters27-23+11.720-254.60.2580.3170.4170.7354.10.2490.3090.4050.714
Past 7 Games4-3+22-44.00.2610.3090.4690.7793.70.2200.2860.3900.676
Grass Games38-35+15.529-394.50.2500.3110.4050.7164.20.2570.3180.4060.724
Night Games31-25+16.824-304.20.2510.3080.4080.7164.00.2470.3080.3930.701
Division11-20-5.214-143.70.2280.2900.3580.6484.80.2690.3350.4120.747
TEXAS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.30.2490.30980273267913012870.4003242386545255065657739
Home Games4.60.2690.332341169314656340.4221471112551825432293723
Righty Starters4.60.2580.317501685435829560.4172151463834032548413724
TEXAS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.251.338249.7121118239349520413-12201066.7%
Home Games4.201.33312058561191641765-63442.9%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
LA ANGELS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/19/2015SHOEMAKER(R)@ OAKLANDGRAY(R)12-7W1457 unO12701164
6/20/2015WEAVER(R)@ OAKLANDHAHN(R)1-4L1208 ovU57111101
6/21/2015RICHARDS(R)@ OAKLANDKAZMIR(L)2-3L1007.5 unU880861
6/22/2015SANTIAGO(L)HOUSTONOBERHOLTZER(L)4-3W-1257.5 ovU7100542
6/23/2015WILSON(L)HOUSTONMCHUGH(R)3-13L-1157.5 ovO11821690
6/24/2015HEANEY(L)HOUSTONMCCULLERS(R)2-1W-1057.5 unU9141760
6/26/2015SHOEMAKER(R)SEATTLEWALKER(R)1-3L-1157.5 ovU980960
6/27/2015RICHARDS(R)SEATTLEHAPP(L)4-2W-1407.5 unU641870
6/28/2015SANTIAGO(L)SEATTLEHERNANDEZ(R)3-2W+1057 ovU780541
6/29/2015WILSON(L)NY YANKEESSABATHIA(L)4-1W-1308 ovU640890
6/30/2015HEANEY(L)NY YANKEESNOVA(R)2-1W-1307.5 ovU991220
7/1/2015SHOEMAKER(R)NY YANKEESEOVALDI(R)1-3L+1008 ovU68012100
7/3/2015RICHARDS(R)@ TEXASGONZALEZ(R) 
7/4/2015SANTIAGO(L)@ TEXASRODRIGUEZ(L) 
7/5/2015WILSON(L)@ TEXASLEWIS(R) 
7/7/2015HEANEY(L)@ COLORADOBETTIS(R) 
7/8/2015SHOEMAKER(R)@ COLORADORUSIN(L) 
7/9/2015RICHARDS(R)@ SEATTLEHERNANDEZ(R) 
7/10/2015 @ SEATTLE  

TEXAS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/19/2015LEWIS(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXSALE(L)2-1W1807 unU4419100
6/20/2015MARTINEZ(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXRODON(L)2-3L1458.5 unU432690
6/21/2015GALLARDO(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXQUINTANA(L)2-3L1208 unU810012101
6/23/2015GONZALEZ(R)OAKLANDCHAVEZ(R)6-8L+1159 unO11901151
6/24/2015RODRIGUEZ(L)OAKLANDGRAVEMAN(R)2-8L-1208.5 ovO97214110
6/25/2015LEWIS(R)OAKLANDGRAY(R)3-6L+1309 unP10801070
6/26/2015MARTINEZ(R)@ TORONTOBUEHRLE(L)2-12L1609 unO7611350
6/27/2015GALLARDO(R)@ TORONTOBOYD(L)4-0W1508.5 ovU1170331
6/28/2015GONZALEZ(R)@ TORONTOHUTCHISON(R)2-3L1609 evU9120442
6/29/2015RODRIGUEZ(L)@ BALTIMORENORRIS(R)8-1W1209 unP1470991
6/30/2015LEWIS(R)@ BALTIMOREGONZALEZ(R)8-6W1308.5 ovO1241730
7/1/2015MARTINEZ(R)@ BALTIMORECHEN(L)2-4L1658.5 unU431950
7/2/2015GALLARDO(R)@ BALTIMOREGAUSMAN(R)2-0W1008.5 unU791342
7/3/2015GONZALEZ(R)LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R) 
7/4/2015RODRIGUEZ(L)LA ANGELSSANTIAGO(L) 
7/5/2015LEWIS(R)LA ANGELSWILSON(L) 
7/7/2015MARTINEZ(R)ARIZONARAY(L) 
7/8/2015GALLARDO(R)ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R) 
7/10/2015 SAN DIEGO  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.
TEXAS: When Yu Darvish pitched only one inning this spring before season-ending elbow surgery, the Texas Rangers were already off to an ominous start.
The Rangers lost their ace even before what they are still hoping will be a comeback season.
''There is no way to spin that, other than it's a tough deal for us. He's one of the best pitchers in the game,'' general manager Jon Daniels said this spring. ''That being said, it's one guy. It's not 17. Good teams and good organizations have had similar news at similar times before and found a way. That's got to be our mentality.''
Texas had 22 different players spend time on the disabled list last season, including Darvish missing the final seven weeks with elbow inflammation before needing Tommy John ligament-replacement surgery this spring.
The aching result for the Rangers was the American League's worst record (67-95) and their most losses since 1985, ending an impressive four-year run of 90-win seasons with their only two World Series appearances (2010-11).
Darvish was 10-7 and an All-Star again before getting sidelined last season.
As for the top of the rotation without him, the January trade to get local pitcher Yovani Gallardo proved even more important. Gallardo, who can be a free agent after this season, started the last five season openers for Milwaukee.
Derek Holland, who didn't pitch until September last season after knee surgery, had a strong finish. Shoulder soreness slowed the left-hander this spring, but that likely set him up to start the home opener April 10 against Houston, in the fifth game of the season.
Also among the injured in 2014 were slugger Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo, the big offensive additions before last season.
Fielder had missed only one game the previous five seasons with Detroit and Milwaukee before being limited to only 42 games and three home runs in his Rangers debut because a herniated disk in his neck that required surgery. Choo played 123 games, but his on-base percentage dipped from .423 in 2013 for Cincinnati to .340 before operations late last season for a bone spur in his left elbow and torn cartilage in his left ankle.
''There's no telling what this ballclub can do,'' new manager Jeff Banister said. ''They've yet to have an opportunity to play together. Let's hope they get a really strong shot of playing together for 162-plus (games).''
Here are a few things to know about the Rangers, who open the season April 6 at Oakland:
CLOSING TIME: Neftali Feliz is back in his World Series role for the Rangers as their closer after an ill-fated and injury-plagued attempt to be a starter. The right-hander was 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games (seven starts) in 2012 before Tommy John surgery. Feliz was 2-1 with 13 saves in 14 chances with a 1.99 ERA in 30 relief appearances after rejoining the Rangers last July, just before Joakim Soria was traded.
BELTRE'S IMPACT: Third baseman Adrian Beltre is going into his 17th major league season, his fifth with the Rangers and signed through next season. ''He's the heart and soul of this club,'' Banister said. ''A shining light in the storm, that's what he was last year. ... Do yourself a favor and watch that last at-bat he put together in 2014.'' Determined not to be the final out of the season, Beltre went from an 0-2 count to getting a single on the third straight slider thrown after that.
LEFT OF CENTER: With pretty much every other defensive position set, Jake Smolinski and Ryan Ruo entered spring as candidates in left field. Both showed promising glimpses in short stints in their major league debuts the second half of last season. Ryan Ludwick, who made his major league debut with Texas in 2002 and played for five other teams the past decade, was a non-roster invitee who could play left. Michael Choice, who got 35 of his 55 outfield starts in left last year, was the early man out when optioned to the minors in mid-March. Choo moves from left to right after Alex Rios departed in free agency.
MISSING WORK: The 26 different DL stints for the Rangers last season amounted to 2,281 days lost. That was 833 more than Arizona, who had the second most, and more than double any other American League team.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (LA ANGELS-TEXAS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Angels-Rangers Preview* ========================

Los Angeles (41-38) at Texas (40-39), 8:05 p.m. EDT

(AP) - Although the Los Angeles Angels' season hasn't been particularly good, it has been interesting in a lot of bad ways.

Two days after general manager Jerry Dipoto walked out on the Angels, they'll visit Arlington on Friday to face the Rangers and Josh Hamilton for the first time since Los Angeles paid him an astonishing amount to go away.

Weird tension and curious decisions have become normal for the Angels during mercurial owner Arte Moreno's tenure, but the dramas of the current season have been uncommonly disruptive, according to manager Mike Scioscia and his players.

Hamilton's prolonged departure and Dipoto's abrupt resignation have been major distractions, yet Scioscia takes comfort in the fact that the Angels are still 41-38 and just five games back in second place in the AL West.

"The one thing about this game is it doesn't stop," Scioscia said. "Every day, you have to go out there and perform. You learn how to filter out distractions, whatever they may be. Our guys are pretty good at that. So whatever distractions or drama creeps up, we're going to go out there and get ready to play a ballgame."

While the Angels flew to Texas to begin a nine-game road trip heading into the All-Star break, interim general manager Bill Stoneman started work Thursday in pace of Dipoto, who apparently quit in response to a pair of team meetings going poorly last weekend.

The team was likely grateful to get out of town even if it means they're running into Hamilton, who remains friends with several of his teammates from two lousy years in Anaheim.

"Obviously we bonded here and had a good friendship," AL MVP Mike Trout said. "He's a great guy. Just hopefully he doesn't get hits against us."

Moreno probably isn't his friend: He shipped Hamilton back to Texas (41-39) in late April, angrily agreeing to pay most of the remainder of Hamilton's $125 million free-agent deal after Hamilton self-reported a relapse in his sobriety.

Scioscia also criticized Hamilton on the way out the door, saying the slugger lacked "accountability" to his teammates. The manager is eager to see Hamilton's reaction to the Angels' arrival.

"Hopefully he'll publicly take an opportunity to thank the teammates that supported him," Scioscia said. "And again, I really think that he should reach out to Arte and let Arte know that maybe some of the things he did weren't what he signed up to do. We'll leave it at that."

Despite these distractions and a largely inept offense behind Trout and Albert Pujols, the Angels are playing some of their best baseball of the season, winning four in a row and six of eight before wrapping up a nine-game homestand with a 3-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

Trout and Pujols each hit three homers on the homestand while Erick Aybar went 10 for 27.

The Angels' starting staff has been even more impressive. Matt Shoemaker suffered the loss Wednesday, but still pitched 5 2-3 solid innings to cap off a seven-game stretch in which the rotation combined to allow just 10 runs in 45 1-3 innings - a 1.99 ERA.

Garrett Richards (8-5, 3.54 ERA) will be tasked with continuing that run on the road, where the Angels have dropped nine of 13 since May 23. They've posted a team ERA of 5.00 in those contests compared with a 3.11 ERA in 24 home games during that same span.

Richards allowed two runs over 7 2-3 innings in a 4-2 win over Seattle on Monday, but he has a 5.17 ERA away from Anaheim even after a pair of quality outings in his last two on the road.

He has won his last five starts against the Rangers behind a 2.16 ERA after allowing only three hits over seven innings in a 3-2 win against the Rangers on April 24.

Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-3, 2.59) takes the mound for a Texas team that beat Baltimore 2-0 on Thursday but was swept in its last home stay, losing three straight to Oakland from June 23-25. The rookie began that skid by allowing six runs over 5 2-3 innings and followed with his third consecutive defeat Sunday after giving up three runs over six innings at Toronto.

The Angels took two of three in both series with Texas this season and are 11-2 at the Globe Life Park in Arlington since July 10.

Hamilton is 3 for 8 with a run since returning to the Rangers' lineup on Tuesday.


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