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Game Preview: LAA @ HOU, 4:10pm, Saturday, June 29, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Angels, 37-43, 37-43 3rd, 10 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (32, RHP, 1-10, 5.26)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-10) 90.2 123 58 53 16 75 16 5.26
2012 (10-13) 191.0 207 106 100 34 166 29 4.71
2011 (1-2) 41.1 52 23 23 9 35 5 5.01
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.2 48 23 20 5 46 8 4.03 53
2013-06-23 PIT ND 7.1 6 3 1 0 6 1 98 64
2013-06-18 SEA ND 6.2 6 2 2 2 11 2 118 63
2013-06-09 @BOS L 5.0 8 7 6 1 6 3 95 30
2013-06-03 HOU L 8.0 3 2 2 0 11 1 112 79
2013-05-28 @LAD L 7.0 7 3 3 0 5 1 107 56
2013-05-23 @KCR W 6.1 7 2 2 0 1 0 87 52
2013-05-18 CHW ND 4.1 11 4 4 2 6 0 96 29
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 34.2 29 10 10 2 38 4 2.60 64
2013-06-03 HOU L 8.0 3 2 2 0 11 1 112 79
2013-05-08 @HOU L 6.2 8 3 3 0 6 1 86 52
2012-05-14 HOU W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 1 106 67
2010-08-23 HOU ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 9 0 100 70
2009-09-05 @HOU ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 100 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-23   Road:   17-20   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  27-32   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 13-20 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jun 28  @HOU  W   4-2       37-43  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Astros, 30-50, 30-50 5th, 17 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (22, RHP, 4-2, 3.68)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-2) 63.2 69 30 26 17 49 5 3.68
2012 (5-12) 141.1 159 97 80 42 99 20 5.09
2011 (2-8) 94.0 107 61 56 26 67 14 5.36
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.2 44 15 12 9 32 2 2.42 57
2013-06-23 @CHC L 5.0 10 8 5 1 3 0 91 23
2013-06-18 MIL W 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 100 64
2013-06-12 @SEA ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 10 0 107 79
2013-06-07 @KCR ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 100 59
2013-06-02 @LAA W 5.2 6 2 2 1 5 1 102 53
2013-05-28 COL ND 7.0 6 1 1 3 3 0 110 61
2013-05-22 KCR W 6.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 101 58
Last 5 v.LAA 2-0 10.2 10 5 5 3 11 2 4.22 52
2013-06-02 @LAA W 5.2 6 2 2 1 5 1 102 53
2013-05-07 LAA W 5.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 82 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-27   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  21-39   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 13-22 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jun 28   LAA  L   2-4       30-50  5th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 28, 2013 LAA  4 @HOU  2        W:Dane De La Rosa (3-1), L: Paul Clemens (4-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (20)
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
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 7-4; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 10-7

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  5.17

MIN  4.14

MIA  3.15

 RA/G

ATL  3.39

SDP  4.39

HOU  5.15

 BA

M. Cabrera  .377

A. Rios  .272

B. Upton  .180

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .464

J. Altuve  .332

Y. Betancourt  .234

 SLG

C. Davis  .704

S. Smith  .429

E. Andrus  .283

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.146

J. Lucroy  .765

Y. Betancourt  .577

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

J. Hefner  3.72

D. Haren  6.15

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.06

K. Slowey  7.27

J. Guthrie  4.38

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

Angels Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Lyles
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 6/.500 3/.666 5/1.000 1/2.000 2/5.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 249/176 .282/.302/.380/.682 .612/.712 .651 100/.717 4/3 3/8
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/110 .328/.383/.453/.836 .676/.891 .748 49/.853 4/0 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 6/1.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 244/168 .268/.332/.371/.703 .632/.734 .684 98/.718 0/1 4/8
16.Conger# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 105/90 .255/.305/.429/.733 .277/.805 .912 37/.783 0/1 4/6
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 14/.940 3/.000 16/.583 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 4/2.500 321/230 .220/.274/.385/.659 .357/.779 .617 90/.634 2/0 10/5
20.Harris G/S/vP ··· 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 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 18/18 .308/.500/.308/.808 /.808 .597 18/.808 0/0 0/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 227/149 .213/.366/.343/.708 .814/.654 .793 58/.523 0/0 5/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.666 ··· 329/248 .313/.357/.454/.811 .977/.758 .664 98/.875 6/1 8/9
5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 2/3.500 353/265 .252/.326/.437/.763 .675/.791 .729 113/.840 0/1 13/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 176/127 .295/.349/.372/.721 .802/.690 .789 58/.806 2/2 0/1
27.Trout G/S/vP 6/1.100 6/.167 6/1.133 1/.000 3/.667 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 375/277 .316/.392/.546/.938 .968/.927 .953 117/.966 20/3 13/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 6/1.666 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 346/259 .248/.321/.465/.785 .818/.774 .727 99/.648 2/2 17/3
IP 63.2 31.1 25.0 33.2 40.0 8.1 34.0 27.2 TOTAL .266/.331/.417/.748 .683/.773 .725 .761 41/16 83/59
ERA-K/9 3.68/6.9 4.88/7.2 5.04/7.9 2.14/8.0 4.50/6.8 4.32/7.6 3.71/10.1 4.55/7.8 4.71/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (15-9-1)
 Iannetta (50-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.268 143/.308 108/.236 142/.256 170/.242 34/.242 138/.200 125/.310 .280  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Harris
 Hawpe
44/0/5/4
0/0/66/3
0/38/0/1
8/0/16/1
37/49/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .743 .826 .818 .682 .810 .689 .649 .814 .811
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.667 54/.938 50/.601 61/.715 71/.869 8/.625 65/.685 64/.781 .849
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.808 89/.758 58/1.021 81/.657 99/.769 26/.709 73/.618 61/.844 .783
Home 150/.789 80/.822 70/1.046 95/.760 81/.887 22/.636 90/.662 61/.770
Last 28d days 136/.670 34/.960 22/1.093 39/.738 30/.982 32/.733 37/.681 27/.813
HR/SB/CS 5/2/2 5/4/0 6/0/1 2/3/1 10/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 2/5/0 101/48/12
Usage ·····X·· X··o···· o··X···o ··X···X· X······o ··oo·o·o ··o···o· ··o··X·o
Astros Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
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		 57.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.533 328/244 .296/.332/.378/.711 .800/.679 .711 95/.671 18/5 3/7
2.Barnes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 188/121 .254/.310/.361/.671 .959/.516 .728 89/.587 6/5 3/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 6/1.666 ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 5/1.800 1/.000 6/1.133 296/218 .229/.318/.457/.775 .792/.768 .583 86/.862 0/0 15/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.133 283/231 .273/.332/.488/.820 .638/.863 .926 89/.820 2/1 11/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 130/78 .246/.280/.339/.619 .924/.414 .687 43/.442 2/1 1/11
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 106/51 .287/.362/.479/.841 .757/.938 .695 37/.730 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 290/215 .236/.264/.410/.673 .704/.663 .875 86/.701 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .125/.125/.250/.375 .000/.429 1.500 8/.375 0/0 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 6/1.000 219/160 .251/.275/.411/.686 .723/.672 .632 87/.541 2/0 7/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 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 18/.764 ··· 2/1.000 23/.803 4/.250 4/2.750 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 10/.633 292/232 .221/.333/.378/.711 .867/.671 .625 81/.655 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 38/27 .111/.158/.167/.325 .182/.385 .374 12/.667 0/0 0/0
IP 90.2 11.1 36.0 22.1 35.2 18.2 23.0 55.0 14.0 84.0 TOTAL .240/.297/.385/.682 .760/.656 .688 .633 45/26 79/63
ERA-K/9 5.26/7.4 3.18/3.2 3.25/8.2 1.61/6.9 3.28/12.9 4.34/9.1 1.96/9.0 5.40/5.7 9.00/9.0 3.21/5.7 4.31/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (37-9-5)
 Corporan (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.316 47/.263 147/.235 94/.244 152/.188 79/.214 93/.150 240/.271 64/.350 344/.242 .261  Barnes
 Maxwell
 Martinez
 Krauss
 Carter
 Elmore
8/42/13/4
0/22/7/3
40/0/12/2
0/0/1/0
30/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .871 .870 .575 .619 .626 .657 .581 .693 .764 .693 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.832 27/.679 66/.527 42/.414 78/.506 39/.816 34/.515 120/.668 27/.519 169/.717 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.917 20/1.106 81/.617 52/.801 74/.749 40/.506 59/.617 120/.719 37/.957 175/.670 .737
Road 183/.936 38/1.005 51/.316 41/.919 68/.559 38/.439 47/.454 123/.740 16/.757 168/.731
Last 28d days 109/.731 28/1.060 36/.451 27/.509 47/.467 51/.515 34/.558 60/.761 / 104/.888
HR/SB/CS 16/10/0 2/1/1 1/2/1 0/1/0 5/2/1 2/4/0 2/0/1 4/2/2 0/1/0 10/5/5 83/65/15
Usage ·····X·· ··Xo···X o·X··Xo· ·oo··o·· XoX··X·· Xoo··X·· ·ooo··Xo ···X···· ········ 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.