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Game Preview: LAA @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, September 13, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Angels, 70-76, 70-76 3rd, 15 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (30, LHP, 8-6, 3.76)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-6) 124.1 135 52 52 41 91 14 3.76
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
2011 (10-13) 201.0 205 105 95 59 131 22 4.25
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.0 45 17 17 12 38 6 3.83 51
2013-09-08 TEX ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 112 59
2013-09-03 TBR L 4.0 10 5 5 2 3 1 80 23
2013-08-29 @TBR W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 114 77
2013-08-24 @SEA W 6.1 8 1 1 1 5 0 100 57
2013-08-18 HOU ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 1 95 42
2013-08-13 @NYY L 4.1 8 4 4 1 3 2 77 33
2013-06-17 SEA W 7.0 4 2 2 1 9 1 109 69
Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 16.0 21 11 11 7 14 3 6.19 42
2013-08-18 HOU ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 1 95 42
2013-05-09 @HOU ND 5.2 10 5 5 2 7 0 89 34
2005-09-15 @HOU L 5.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 80 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-40   Road:   35-36   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  54-53   vsLHP:  16-23   1-Run:  20-25
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 24-36 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Thu, Sep 12  @TOR  W   4-3       70-76  3rd 15.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 11  @TOR  W   5-4       69-76  3rd 15.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 10  @TOR  W  12-6       68-76  3rd 15.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep  9  @MIN  L   3-6       67-76  3rd 16.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  8   TEX  L   3-4       67-75  3rd 15.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  7   TEX  W   8-3       67-74  3rd 14.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  6   TEX  W   6-5       66-74  3rd 14.5 gb
139 Thu, Sep  5   TBR  W   6-2       65-74  3rd 15.0 gb
138 Wed, Sep  4   TBR  L   1-3       64-74  3rd 15.5 gb
137 Tue, Sep  3   TBR  L   1-7       64-73  3rd 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:17-13
Astros, 50-96, 50-96 5th, 35 GB, 31½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (25, LHP, 5-9, 4.99)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-9) 135.1 161 82 75 46 102 18 4.99
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 1-3 43.1 49 25 24 16 33 4 4.98 47
2013-09-06 @OAK L 3.1 10 5 5 2 3 0 95 21
2013-08-31 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 2 8 0 109 63
2013-08-25 TOR ND 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 105 68
2013-08-17 @LAA ND 4.0 8 4 4 3 1 1 86 28
2013-08-11 TEX L 8.2 8 6 5 1 8 0 116 53
2013-07-27 @TOR W 7.1 10 6 6 1 6 3 100 39
2013-07-22 OAK ND 6.0 5 1 1 4 5 0 88 59
Last 5 v.LAA 1-0 11.0 14 6 6 3 5 1 4.91 45
2013-08-17 @LAA ND 4.0 8 4 4 3 1 1 86 28
2013-05-31 @LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 90 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-49   Road:   27-47   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  38-68   vsLHP:  12-28   1-Run:  18-29
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl: 9-20   vsWest: 24-46 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Wed, Sep 11  @SEA  W   6-1       50-96  5th 34.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 10  @SEA  W  13-2       49-96  5th 34.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  9  @SEA  W   6-4       48-96  5th 35.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  8  @OAK  L   2-7       47-96  5th 36.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  7  @OAK  L   1-2       47-95  5th 35.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  6  @OAK  L   5-7       47-94  5th 34.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  5  @OAK  W   3-2       47-93  5th 33.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4   MIN  W   6-5       46-93  5th 34.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  3   MIN  L   6-9 (12)  45-93  5th 35.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2   MIN  L   6-10      45-92  5th 34.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 18, 2013 HOU  7 @LAA  5        W:Brett Oberholtzer (3-1), L: J.C. Gutierrez (0-4), S: Kevin Chapman (1)
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 LAA  6  HOU  5 (10)   W:Ernesto Frieri (1-4), L: Josh Fields (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 HOU  8 @LAA  2        W:Brad Peacock (2-4), L: Jerome Williams (5-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 30, 2013 LAA  3 @HOU  1        W:C.J. Wilson (8-5), L: Jose Cisnero (2-1), S: Ernesto Frieri (21)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 9-7; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 12-10

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  5.20

LAD  4.08

MIA  3.26

 RA/G

ATL  3.39

CHC  4.23

HOU  5.22

 BA

M. Cabrera  .349

A. Ethier  .272

D. Uggla  .180

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Headley  .334

J. Arencibia  .241

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .657

J. Segura  .428

A. Hechavarria  .299

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.099

M. Machado  .763

A. Escobar  .562

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.92

J. Masterson  3.52

E. Volquez  5.99

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Lester  7.45

J. Guthrie  4.81

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

Angels Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 67.De Leon
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 21.Humber
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 54.Martinez
G/S/vB		 65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 523/375 .267/.300/.380/.680 .710/.668 .613 115/.631 11/7 6/13
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.375 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .661 46/.337 6/0 3/1
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 153/124 .303/.373/.523/.895 1.175/.828 .866 82/1.070 1/1 7/6
16.Conger# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.500 ··· 229/199 .258/.319/.431/.749 .603/.770 .766 53/.853 0/1 7/6
19.Cowgill G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 139/50 .211/.234/.331/.564 .633/.446 .462 34/.462 0/0 3/0
10.Green G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 136/90 .252/.309/.325/.634 .324/.783 .659 84/.594 0/0 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 2/2.500 5/1.600 ··· ··· 3/3.000 4/.000 ··· 578/403 .245/.304/.431/.736 .583/.804 .784 95/.998 3/0 20/8
22.Hester G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 364/222 .224/.363/.364/.727 .779/.694 .776 49/.945 0/1 9/5
18.Jimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/80 .260/.291/.317/.608 .577/.620 .542 38/.742 0/2 0/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/5.000 10/.522 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 451/338 .301/.341/.437/.778 .853/.753 .698 / 6/2 11/10
7.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 65/52 .211/.262/.263/.525 .462/.542 .433 36/.658 1/0 0/2
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 425/323 .294/.327/.373/.700 .744/.687 .723 90/.701 6/4 2/2
27.Trout G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 9/2.238 ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/.250 1/2.000 648/477 .335/.437/.567/1.003 .989/1.008 .996 96/1.022 32/7 23/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 5/2.400 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.473 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 614/457 .244/.300/.474/.774 .945/.715 .723 100/.882 5/2 33/9
IP 135.1 14.0 56.1 60.0 16.1 4.2 32.0 49.0 15.0 5.1 54.1 71.2 19.1 TOTAL .266/.331/.419/.750 .745/.752 .740 .771 74/32 152/101
ERA-K/9 4.99/6.8 1.93/5.8 5.91/6.2 1.95/5.0 3.86/3.9 5.79/5.7 5.91/9.0 8.27/5.7 5.40/7.2 5.06/3.4 2.65/5.8 5.27/8.2 5.12/6.1 4.80/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (40-14-1)
 Iannetta (80-16-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 599/.296 59/.167 250/.280 246/.220 74/.323 26/.364 134/.235 235/.319 67/.232 21/.333 219/.243 314/.237 88/.282 .273  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Cowgill
 Bourjos
 Calhoun
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
86/0/9/6
17/3/83/3
21/23/16/3
0/53/0/2
0/0/38/2
8/0/19/1
47/99/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .811 .581 .891 .631 .905 .923 .837 .950 .683 .722 .660 .789 .792 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.808 27/.322 109/.893 148/.489 37/.798 17/.840 58/.949 128/1.274 37/.555 5/.500 64/.852 192/.892 41/.586 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.812 32/.798 141/.890 98/.849 37/1.013 9/1.069 76/.750 107/.565 30/.840 16/.786 155/.581 122/.632 47/.962 .791
Home 353/.778 30/.838 111/.971 73/.879 30/1.008 14/1.095 85/.768 84/1.174 30/.775 / 107/.615 116/.895 42/.736
Last 28d days 95/.794 48/.577 42/.921 93/.771 7/.143 17/.840 29/.686 49/.667 38/.861 21/.722 106/.695 98/.685 55/.787
HR/SB/CS 18/5/4 1/0/0 15/5/1 3/5/3 2/0/1 0/0/0 8/1/2 9/6/0 2/0/1 0/1/0 6/1/4 14/10/1 3/3/1 181/84/35
Usage ······X· ·X·X···o ········ ···X···· ··X····· ··X·X··o ···X···X ······X· ···o·oo· ········ ·····X·· ·X·····X ·X·X·X··
Astros Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 54.Boshers*
G/S/vB		 62.Brasier
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 38.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 46.Rasmus
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 4/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 603/431 .279/.312/.358/.669 .713/.652 .705 111/.621 35/9 4/9
2.Barnes G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 407/272 .242/.294/.349/.643 .825/.553 .779 79/.681 11/11 7/3
23.Carter G/S/vP 18/.410 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 9/1.556 526/368 .222/.321/.454/.775 .806/.762 .629 91/.886 2/0 27/4
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 7/.000 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 59/1.073 2/1 18/5
39.Clark G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/12 .000/.040/.000/.040 .071/.000 .000 26/.040 0/0 0/0
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 174/93 .241/.306/.399/.705 .622/.783 .728 14/.298 0/0 7/5
8.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 128/96 .235/.289/.328/.617 .634/.608 .585 50/.688 5/1 1/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/1.600 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 3/2.334 1/2.000 ··· 6/.666 527/380 .242/.282/.408/.690 .656/.703 .692 94/.884 0/0 19/13
10.Elmore G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 132/81 .250/.323/.336/.659 .742/.605 .633 22/.725 1/5 2/8
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 216/178 .217/.250/.318/.568 .591/.563 .549 28/.417 6/2 4/10
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 288/212 .268/.332/.370/.702 .785/.669 .677 78/.738 6/7 4/3
28.Hoes G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 148/99 .268/.318/.355/.673 .654/.682 .583 92/.662 7/1 1/4
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/92 .198/.243/.344/.586 .182/.637 .276 21/.802 2/0 3/1
4.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/25 .209/.261/.488/.749 1.013/.535 .782 9/1.083 0/0 3/0
44.Pagnozzi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .143/.143/.143/.286 1.000/.167 .000 14/.286 0/0 0/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 122/85 .196/.240/.259/.499 .314/.578 .531 8/.804 4/4 1/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 168/125 .281/.352/.384/.735 .771/.723 1.006 84/.801 17/6 1/10
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 259/199 .228/.293/.443/.736 .450/.824 .705 69/.871 1/1 12/4
IP 124.1 11.1 6.0 67.1 61.2 48.1 49.2 14.2 129.0 TOTAL .242/.301/.383/.684 .701/.678 .679 .736 108/53 138/108
ERA-K/9 3.76/6.6 3.97/5.6 3.00/6.0 3.07/8.0 3.79/12.8 4.28/6.9 3.26/8.7 6.14/7.3 3.91/6.4 4.30/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-10)
 Clark (3-6-2)
 Corporan (22-10-1)
 Elmore (0-0-0)
 Pagnozzi (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 539/.275 44/.167 23/.190 273/.225 264/.214 207/.269 210/.189 72/.290 544/.263 .262  Barnes
 Grossman
 Crowe
 Paredes
 Hoes
 Elmore
 Carter
 Krauss
8/104/13/7
45/29/2/2
17/8/22/2
0/0/34/0
1/2/34/0
7/1/1/0
47/0/2/0
11/0/9/0
OPS .761 .513 .594 .590 .666 .716 .663 1.004 .680 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.829 24/.564 11/.717 129/.502 145/.575 111/.795 105/.492 34/1.400 308/.736 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.734 20/.421 12/.500 144/.673 119/.775 96/.629 105/.835 38/.638 236/.608 .750
Road 239/.763 24/.482 6/.000 115/.461 121/.628 93/.811 101/.675 40/.844 268/.717
Last 28d days 127/.760 34/.405 14/.368 49/.481 47/.440 37/.738 48/.523 41/.890 154/.751
HR/SB/CS 14/10/2 0/0/2 1/0/0 3/5/3 8/5/1 5/8/2 6/0/2 5/0/0 10/10/5 154/120/30
Usage ····X··· ··oXo··o ··X····· XX··o·o· XX····Xo ···XX··· o·o·Xo·o ···X·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.