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Game Preview: LAA @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, June 28, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Angels, 36-43, 36-43 3rd, 10 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jerome Williams (31, RHP, 5-3, 3.36)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-3) 77.2 72 33 29 20 50 9 3.36
2012 (6-8) 137.2 139 73 70 35 98 17 4.58
2011 (4-0) 44.0 45 20 18 15 28 6 3.68
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.2 45 17 16 11 29 6 3.15 55
2013-06-22 PIT L 6.0 8 5 4 2 3 2 97 39
2013-06-12 @BAL W 6.0 9 4 4 1 4 2 90 41
2013-06-01 HOU L 7.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 105 66
2013-05-26 @KCR W 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 90 52
2013-05-21 SEA W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 107 74
2013-05-16 CHW ND 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 74 57
2013-05-11 @CHW W 6.2 7 2 2 1 3 0 92 54
Last 5 v.HOU 1-3 33.0 29 15 15 14 19 4 4.09 52
2013-06-01 HOU L 7.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 105 66
2005-10-01 @HOU L 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 91 54
2005-09-25 HOU W 7.0 4 2 2 6 3 0 108 58
2004-04-07 @HOU L 6.0 6 5 5 2 4 2 92 42
2003-09-22 @HOU ND 6.0 10 3 3 1 3 0 89 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-23   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  26-32   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 12-20 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Thu, Jun 27  @DET  W   3-1 (10)  36-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 26  @DET  W   7-4       35-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 25  @DET  W  14-8       34-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 23   PIT  L   9-10(10)  33-43  4th 11.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 22   PIT  L   1-6       33-42  3rd 10.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 21   PIT  L   2-5       33-41  3rd 10.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 20   SEA  W  10-9       33-40  3rd  9.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 19   SEA  W   1-0       32-40  3rd 10.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 18   SEA  L   2-3 (10)  31-40  4th 11.0 gb
 70 Mon, Jun 17   SEA  W  11-3       31-39  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Astros, 30-49, 30-49 5th, 16 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 5-7, 3.60)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-7) 95.0 104 44 38 31 66 7 3.60
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-3 45.0 45 15 14 13 33 2 2.80 56
2013-06-22 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 2 3 5 1 97 52
2013-06-17 CHW L 6.0 8 4 4 0 4 0 99 44
2013-06-11 @SEA L 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 94 60
2013-06-06 BAL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 106 53
2013-06-01 @LAA W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 100 67
2013-05-27 COL ND 7.0 8 2 2 3 3 0 110 53
2013-05-21 KCR ND 6.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 88 62
Last 5 v.LAA 3-0 21.0 16 1 1 6 13 1 0.43 67
2013-06-01 @LAA W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 100 67
2013-05-08 LAA W 8.0 9 1 1 1 2 1 84 61
2013-04-12 @LAA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 96 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-26   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  21-38   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 13-21 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Wed, Jun 26   STL  W   4-3       30-49  5th 15.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 25   STL  L   5-13      29-49  5th 15.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 23  @CHC  L   6-14      29-48  5th 15.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 22  @CHC  W   4-3       29-47  5th 14.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 21  @CHC  L   1-3       28-47  5th 15.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 20   MIL  W   7-4 (10)  28-46  5th 14.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 19   MIL  L   1-3       27-46  5th 15.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 18   MIL  W  10-1       27-45  5th 15.5 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 17   CHW  L   2-4       26-45  5th 15.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 16   CHW  W   5-4       26-44  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 03, 2013 HOU  2 @LAA  1        W:Erik Bedard (1-2), L: Joe Blanton (1-9), S: Jose Veras (11)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 HOU  5 @LAA  4        W:Jordan Lyles (3-1), L: C.J. Wilson (4-4), S: Hector Ambriz (2)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 HOU  2 @LAA  0        W:Bud Norris (5-4), L: Jerome Williams (4-2), S: Jose Veras (10)
Fri, May 31, 2013 HOU  6 @LAA  3        W:Dallas Keuchel (2-2), L: Tommy Hanson (2-2), S: Jose Veras (9)
Thu, May 09, 2013 LAA  6 @HOU  5        W:Garrett Richards (2-3), L: Hector Ambriz (0-2), S: Ernesto Frieri (5)
Wed, May 08, 2013 HOU  3  LAA  1        W:Bud Norris (4-3), L: Joe Blanton (0-6), S: Jose Veras (4)
Tue, May 07, 2013 HOU  7  LAA  6        W:Jordan Lyles (1-0), L: C.J. Wilson (3-1), S: Jose Veras (3)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 LAA  4  HOU  1        W:C.J. Wilson (1-0), L: Philip Humber (0-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (2)
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 LAA  5  HOU  4        W:Michael Roth (1-0), L: Jose Veras (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 HOU  5 @LAA  0        W:Bud Norris (2-1), L: Tommy Hanson (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 7-3; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 10-6

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2013 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.15

ATL  4.13

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.43

MIA  4.29

HOU  5.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

M. Brantley  .271

B. Upton  .174

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .458

C. Pena  .331

Y. Betancourt  .234

 SLG

C. Davis  .712

K. Morales  .432

E. Andrus  .283

 OPS

C. Davis  1.120

K. Morales  .764

Y. Betancourt  .577

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

J. Hefner  3.72

D. Haren  6.15

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.06

Y. Gallardo  7.29

J. Guthrie  4.38

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Angels Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 245/172 .277/.295/.377/.671 .612/.697 .625 101/.695 4/3 3/8
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/109 .331/.386/.457/.842 .676/.900 .764 48/.871 4/0 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 5/1.733 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 240/165 .273/.338/.378/.716 .641/.748 .711 98/.740 0/1 4/8
16.Conger# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 102/87 .253/.304/.421/.725 .277/.797 .906 34/.763 0/1 4/5
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/.778 3/.000 15/.533 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 4/2.500 317/227 .215/.268/.378/.647 .347/.767 .592 90/.583 2/0 10/5
20.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 108/69 .214/.264/.347/.611 .190/.838 .732 17/.301 0/1 3/3
10.Hawpe* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 18/18 .308/.500/.308/.808 /.808 .597 18/.808 0/0 0/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 7/.572 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 226/148 .213/.363/.343/.706 .814/.650 .786 61/.512 0/0 5/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 325/244 .317/.361/.460/.821 .977/.771 .683 98/.890 6/1 8/9
5.Pujols G/S/vP 38/.619 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 2/3.500 349/261 .256/.330/.443/.772 .675/.804 .748 113/.854 0/1 13/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 172/123 .303/.357/.382/.739 .802/.714 .832 58/.832 2/2 0/1
27.Trout G/S/vP 10/1.100 5/.200 6/1.133 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 370/272 .316/.389/.548/.937 .968/.926 .952 117/.976 19/3 13/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 9/.583 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 342/255 .248/.322/.467/.789 .818/.779 .733 99/.641 2/2 17/3
IP 95.0 31.0 24.2 33.2 38.2 8.1 34.0 27.2 TOTAL .267/.331/.419/.750 .683/.776 .728 .760 40/16 83/58
ERA-K/9 3.60/6.3 4.94/7.0 4.74/8.0 2.14/8.0 4.42/7.0 4.32/7.6 3.71/10.1 4.55/7.8 4.74/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (15-7-1)
 Iannetta (49-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 406/.281 139/.307 106/.239 142/.256 163/.236 34/.242 138/.200 125/.310 .281  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Hawpe
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Harris
43/0/5/3
0/0/65/3
0/37/0/1
8/0/16/1
1/0/2/0
36/48/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .746 .825 .820 .682 .795 .689 .649 .814 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.856 53/.917 49/.586 61/.715 68/.838 8/.625 65/.685 64/.781 .849
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.617 86/.769 57/1.042 81/.657 95/.765 26/.709 73/.618 61/.844 .787
Home 241/.710 76/.820 68/1.055 95/.760 74/.861 22/.636 90/.662 61/.770
Last 28d days 134/.675 30/.971 20/1.122 48/.680 23/.923 32/.733 42/.678 27/.813
HR/SB/CS 7/6/4 5/4/0 6/0/1 2/3/1 10/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 2/5/0 101/47/12
Usage ·····X·· ··o····X ··X···o· ·X···X·X ······o· ·oo·o·o· ·o···o·X ·o··X·oX
Astros Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Williams
G/S/vB		 31.Buckner
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 51.Roth*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 324/240 .295/.327/.377/.705 .800/.671 .700 95/.643 17/4 3/7
2.Barnes G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/118 .259/.315/.367/.682 .959/.530 .753 90/.595 6/5 3/1
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.800 1/.000 292/214 .231/.318/.463/.781 .792/.777 .591 86/.909 0/0 15/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 279/227 .273/.330/.478/.808 .638/.848 .905 89/.765 2/1 10/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 127/75 .250/.279/.345/.624 .924/.415 .698 43/.410 2/0 1/10
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 105/50 .290/.365/.484/.849 .757/.959 .706 36/.752 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 286/211 .239/.268/.414/.682 .704/.674 .897 86/.696 0/0 11/9
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .267/.267/.333/.600 1.000/.538 .000 4/.000 0/1 0/0
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .143/.143/.286/.429 .000/.500 3.000 7/.429 0/0 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 215/156 .241/.266/.399/.665 .723/.644 .587 87/.481 2/0 7/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 108/79 .235/.306/.367/.673 .863/.601 .702 25/.646 2/1 1/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 2/1.000 23/.803 3/.000 4/2.750 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 288/228 .220/.331/.378/.709 .867/.669 .619 81/.670 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 34/23 .094/.147/.156/.303 .182/.364 .354 8/.750 0/0 0/0
IP 77.2 11.1 35.1 22.1 34.2 17.2 23.0 55.0 14.0 TOTAL .239/.296/.385/.681 .760/.654 .686 .625 44/24 78/61
ERA-K/9 3.36/5.8 3.18/3.2 3.31/8.2 1.61/6.9 3.12/12.7 4.58/9.7 1.96/9.0 5.40/5.7 9.00/9.0 4.34/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (36-9-5)
 Corporan (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 320/.242 47/.263 145/.238 94/.244 147/.184 74/.212 93/.150 240/.271 64/.350 .261  Barnes
 Maxwell
 Martinez
 Krauss
 Carter
 Elmore
8/41/13/4
0/22/6/3
39/0/11/2
0/0/1/0
29/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .687 .870 .583 .619 .615 .657 .581 .693 .764 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.704 27/.679 66/.527 42/.414 75/.511 37/.806 34/.515 120/.668 27/.519 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.670 20/1.106 79/.634 52/.801 72/.719 37/.515 59/.617 120/.719 37/.957 .738
Road 144/.724 38/1.005 49/.330 41/.919 63/.528 33/.408 47/.454 123/.740 16/.757
Last 28d days 106/.826 28/1.060 34/.478 27/.509 42/.414 51/.532 34/.558 60/.761 /
HR/SB/CS 9/5/3 2/1/1 1/2/1 0/1/0 5/2/1 2/3/0 2/0/1 4/2/2 0/1/0 82/64/13
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo···X· ·X··Xo·X oo··o··o oX··X··o oo··X··X ooo··Xo· ··X····X ········

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.