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Game Preview: LAA @ HOU, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 30, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Angels, 38-43, 38-43 3rd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: C.J. Wilson (32, LHP, 7-5, 3.88)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-5) 99.2 96 50 43 42 89 9 3.88
2012 (13-10) 202.1 181 102 86 91 173 19 3.83
2011 (16-7) 223.1 191 89 73 74 206 16 2.94
Last 7 GS 4-2 44.0 43 21 20 12 39 3 4.09 53
2013-06-25 @DET W 5.0 7 5 5 2 4 1 107 35
2013-06-19 SEA W 7.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 113 74
2013-06-14 NYY W 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 113 60
2013-06-08 @BOS L 5.0 8 4 3 3 5 0 104 39
2013-06-02 HOU L 7.1 6 3 3 0 9 2 104 63
2013-05-27 @LAD ND 4.2 9 6 6 0 4 0 92 26
2013-05-22 SEA W 8.0 6 1 1 2 10 0 109 74
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 33.1 36 17 12 8 31 4 3.24 53
2013-06-02 HOU L 7.1 6 3 3 0 9 2 104 63
2013-05-07 @HOU L 6.1 7 7 2 2 12 2 114 51
2013-04-14 HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 4 3 0 115 57
2011-06-28 @HOU W 7.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 104 56
2011-06-21 HOU ND 6.2 11 4 4 0 4 0 107 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-23   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  28-32   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 14-20 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jun 29  @HOU  W   7-2       38-43  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Astros, 30-51, 30-51 5th, 17 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (28, RHP, 5-8, 4.84)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-8) 93.0 103 56 50 45 57 11 4.84
2012 (11-11) 193.2 185 90 81 78 140 13 3.76
2011 (0-2) 18.0 23 12 9 8 15 0 4.50
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 40 26 21 15 25 3 5.15 45
2013-06-25 STL L 3.1 7 7 7 4 5 0 91 19
2013-06-20 MIL ND 5.1 5 4 1 0 3 1 98 51
2013-06-15 CHW W 6.2 7 3 3 1 7 1 106 54
2013-06-09 @KCR ND 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 0 99 71
2013-06-04 BAL L 7.0 5 2 1 0 6 1 108 67
2013-05-30 @COL W 5.2 8 4 3 4 2 0 119 37
2013-05-25 OAK L 1.2 6 6 6 3 1 0 61 17
Last 5 v.LAA 0-0 10.2 10 3 2 7 6 2 1.69 53
2013-05-09 LAA ND 5.0 4 2 1 6 1 1 106 48
2013-04-13 @LAA ND 5.2 6 1 1 1 5 1 96 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-28   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  21-40   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 13-23 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jun 29   LAA  L   2-7       30-51  5th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 29, 2013 LAA  7 @HOU  2        W:Joe Blanton (2-10), L: Jordan Lyles (4-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 7-5; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 10-8

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  5.13

SDP  4.15

MIA  3.20

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

COL  4.38

HOU  5.17

 BA

M. Cabrera  .375

M. Brantley  .271

B. Upton  .178

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .463

B. Belt  .331

Y. Betancourt  .235

 SLG

C. Davis  .724

M. Reynolds  .428

P. Polanco  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.139

J. Hardy  .757

A. Hechavarria  .542

 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 (4.68 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
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 3/.000 4/.500 5/1.000 1/2.000 2/5.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 254/180 .285/.304/.381/.685 .603/.718 .657 100/.758 4/3 3/8
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/112 .326/.385/.450/.834 .676/.888 .747 51/.847 4/0 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 7/1.429 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 248/171 .272/.335/.373/.708 .651/.733 .695 98/.732 0/1 4/8
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 105/90 .255/.305/.429/.733 .277/.805 .912 33/.722 0/1 4/5
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/1.985 3/.000 17/.548 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 4/2.500 325/233 .221/.277/.388/.665 .352/.789 .628 90/.685 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 18/18 .308/.500/.308/.808 /.808 .597 18/.808 0/0 0/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 7/1.214 2/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 231/152 .214/.364/.357/.721 .880/.640 .817 62/.584 0/0 6/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/1.100 3/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 6/.666 1/.000 334/251 .312/.357/.461/.818 .952/.776 .685 99/.893 6/1 9/9
5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.167 3/2.334 358/269 .249/.324/.431/.755 .667/.784 .714 114/.798 0/1 13/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 6/.333 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 178/128 .297/.351/.373/.724 .828/.684 .794 56/.838 2/3 0/1
27.Trout G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.619 6/1.133 1/.000 3/.667 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 380/281 .315/.392/.545/.938 .974/.925 .952 117/.990 20/3 13/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 351/263 .251/.322/.463/.785 .832/.770 .729 100/.614 2/2 17/3
IP 93.0 32.1 26.0 33.2 40.0 10.1 34.0 28.2 TOTAL .267/.332/.419/.751 .690/.773 .730 .770 41/17 85/58
ERA-K/9 4.84/5.5 4.73/7.0 5.54/8.0 2.14/8.0 4.50/6.8 4.35/6.1 3.71/10.1 4.40/7.5 4.74/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 417/.284 147/.306 113/.255 142/.256 170/.242 41/.225 138/.200 130/.308 .280  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Harris
 Hawpe
45/0/5/4
0/0/67/3
0/39/0/1
8/0/16/1
38/50/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .799 .824 .868 .682 .810 .694 .649 .809 .813
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.746 55/.920 52/.617 61/.715 71/.869 11/.455 65/.685 64/.781 .850
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.860 92/.767 61/1.100 81/.657 99/.769 30/.784 73/.618 66/.832 .785
Home 264/.867 84/.819 75/1.104 95/.760 81/.887 29/.655 90/.662 66/.762
Last 28d days 122/.641 35/1.022 24/1.405 39/.738 30/.982 39/.730 37/.681 32/.792
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 5/4/0 7/0/2 2/3/1 10/1/0 2/0/0 4/3/0 2/5/0 103/48/13
Usage ····X··· oX··o··· Xo··X··· ···X···X ·X······ X··oo·o· ···o···o X··o··X·
Astros Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Wilson*
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 11/1.064 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.533 332/248 .295/.331/.380/.711 .800/.681 .712 94/.679 18/5 3/7
2.Barnes G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 191/124 .256/.310/.360/.671 .959/.520 .726 87/.564 6/5 3/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 14/1.096 ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 6/1.834 1/.000 6/1.133 300/222 .231/.323/.458/.781 .792/.777 .598 86/.900 0/0 15/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.133 287/235 .269/.328/.481/.808 .638/.847 .900 93/.782 2/1 11/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 11/.697 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 130/78 .246/.280/.339/.619 .924/.414 .687 39/.479 2/1 1/11
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 15/.800 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 106/51 .287/.362/.479/.841 .757/.938 .695 33/.657 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 293/218 .234/.261/.405/.666 .704/.653 .857 85/.685 0/0 11/9
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/18 .211/.211/.263/.474 1.000/.412 .000 8/.000 0/1 0/2
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .091/.091/.182/.273 .000/.300 .600 11/.273 0/0 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 6/1.000 223/164 .246/.270/.403/.673 .723/.655 .608 87/.517 2/0 7/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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/.774 ··· 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 77/.589 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 42/31 .125/.167/.250/.417 .182/.504 .480 16/.813 0/0 1/0
IP 99.2 11.1 37.0 22.1 35.2 18.2 23.0 56.0 14.0 84.0 TOTAL .238/.296/.383/.679 .760/.653 .682 .620 45/26 80/65
ERA-K/9 3.88/8.0 3.18/3.2 3.16/8.5 1.61/6.9 3.28/12.9 4.34/9.1 1.96/9.0 5.30/5.9 9.00/9.0 3.21/5.7 4.29/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (37-10-5)
 Corporan (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 436/.249 47/.263 150/.230 94/.244 152/.188 79/.214 93/.150 244/.271 64/.350 344/.242 .260  Barnes
 Martinez
 Maxwell
 Elmore
 Krauss
 Carter
8/43/13/4
40/0/13/3
0/22/7/3
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
31/0/2/0
OPS .712 .870 .563 .619 .626 .657 .581 .690 .764 .693 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.663 27/.679 66/.527 42/.414 78/.506 39/.816 34/.515 122/.657 27/.519 169/.717 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 348/.725 20/1.106 84/.593 52/.801 74/.749 40/.506 59/.617 122/.724 37/.957 175/.670 .733
Road 215/.835 38/1.005 54/.297 41/.919 68/.559 38/.439 47/.454 127/.732 16/.757 168/.731
Last 28d days 103/.653 28/1.060 38/.427 27/.509 47/.467 51/.515 32/.595 58/.703 / 104/.888
HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 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 84/65/15
Usage ····X··· ···Xo··· oo·X··Xo ··oo··o· ·XoX··X· ·Xoo··X· ··ooo··X o···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.