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Game Preview: HOU @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, May 19, 2014 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Astros, 16-28, 16-28 5th, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (26, LHP, 4-2, 3.06)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-2) 53.0 48 18 18 11 47 4 3.06
2013 (6-10) 153.2 184 96 88 52 123 20 5.15
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.0 40 14 14 9 42 3 2.63 61
2014-05-13 TEX W 9.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 108 80
2014-05-08 @DET W 7.2 6 2 2 0 7 1 106 66
2014-05-03 SEA L 6.0 4 4 4 3 3 0 91 48
2014-04-26 OAK ND 6.1 6 3 3 2 6 0 97 53
2014-04-21 @SEA W 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 0 113 59
2014-04-16 KCR ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 97 56
2014-04-10 @TOR W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 101 67
Last 5 v.LAA 2-1 21.2 32 16 16 7 19 3 6.65 40
2014-04-05 LAA L 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 90 38
2013-09-13 LAA W 5.2 10 6 6 2 9 1 105 32
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:   10-15   Road:    6-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  11-18   vsLHP:   5-10   1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 3-7    vsWest:  9-14 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 18   CHW  W   8-2       16-28  5th 12.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17   CHW  W   6-5       15-28  5th 12.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 16   CHW  L   2-7       14-28  5th 12.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 14   TEX  W   5-4       14-27  5th 11.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 13   TEX  W   8-0       13-27  5th 12.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 12   TEX  L   0-4       12-27  5th 12.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 11  @BAL  W   5-2       12-26  5th 11.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 10  @BAL  L   4-5 (10)  11-26  5th 11.0 gb
 36 Fri, May  9  @BAL  L   3-4       11-25  5th 10.0 gb
 35 Thu, May  8  @DET  W   6-2       11-24  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Angels, 24-19, 24-19 2nd, 3½ GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Garrett Richards (26, RHP, 4-0, 2.42)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-0) 52.0 35 14 14 20 54 1 2.42
2013 (7-8) 145.0 151 73 67 44 101 12 4.16
2012 (4-3) 71.0 77 46 37 34 47 7 4.69
Last 7 GS 3-0 47.0 32 13 13 15 47 1 2.49 64
2014-05-14 @PHI W 7.0 5 0 0 0 8 0 106 75
2014-05-09 @TOR ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 95 63
2014-05-03 TEX W 6.0 9 3 3 2 9 0 111 49
2014-04-27 @NYY ND 7.0 3 2 2 2 7 1 112 68
2014-04-21 @WSN ND 6.0 1 1 1 4 6 0 99 68
2014-04-15 OAK ND 7.0 8 5 5 2 5 0 91 44
2014-04-09 @SEA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 6 0 104 78
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 17.1 18 10 10 8 15 2 5.19 48
2014-04-04 @HOU W 5.0 3 1 1 5 7 0 100 59
2013-08-17 HOU ND 6.0 12 5 5 0 7 1 91 35
2013-04-13 HOU ND 6.1 3 4 4 3 1 1 86 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-11   Road:   13-8    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-12   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 18   TBR  W   6-2       24-19  2nd  3.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 17   TBR  W   6-0       23-19  2nd  3.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 16   TBR  L   0-3       22-19  2nd  3.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 15   TBR  W   6-5       22-18  2nd  2.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 14  @PHI  W   3-0       21-18  2nd  3.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 13  @PHI  W   4-3       20-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 37 Mon, May 12  @TOR  L   3-7       19-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 36 Sun, May 11  @TOR  W   9-3       19-17  2nd  3.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 10  @TOR  W   5-3       18-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Fri, May  9  @TOR  W   4-3       17-17  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 LAA  9 @HOU  1        W:C.J. Wilson (1-1), L: Jarred Cosart (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 HOU  7  LAA  4        W:Scott Feldman (2-0), L: Jered Weaver (0-2), S: Chad Qualls (1)
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 LAA  5 @HOU  1        W:Tyler Skaggs (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 LAA 11 @HOU  1        W:Garrett Richards (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 15, 2013 LAA  2 @HOU  1        W:Jerome Williams (8-10), L: Paul Clemens (4-5), S: Ernesto Frieri (34)
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 LAA  6 @HOU  2        W:Jered Weaver (10-8), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 HOU  9  LAA  7        W:Dallas Keuchel (6-9), L: Jason Vargas (8-7), S: Josh Fields (5)
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
Season Series: 2014 - LAA over 3-1; 2013 - HOU won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - LAA leads 15-14

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 2014 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

COL  5.53

WSN  4.00

SDP  3.09

 RA/G

OAK  3.18

NYM  4.23

ARI  5.28

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .393

M. Kemp  .267

C. Santana  .152

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .494

A. Escobar  .331

J. Gyorko  .211

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .764

B. Gardner  .419

N. Schierholtz  .252

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.259

R. Howard  .749

B. Miller  .480

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.25

P. Hughes  3.61

J. Danks  5.64

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

M. Cain  7.41

C. Young  3.62

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

Astros Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 64.Morin
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 52.Shoemaker
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.786 6/.800 5/.733 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.000 202/148 .301/.347/.409/.755 1.021/.655 .681 114/.799 15/3 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 11/1.445 2/.000 6/.533 2/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/1.700 156/102 .196/.282/.413/.695 .734/.675 .628 88/.862 0/0 6/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 7/.000 5/.000 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 153/112 .216/.307/.396/.703 .556/.760 .685 85/.695 0/0 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 52/22 .149/.196/.404/.600 .395/.877 .445 26/.591 0/0 4/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 8/.661 5/.450 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 170/118 .258/.318/.445/.763 .937/.683 .831 99/.831 0/1 7/3
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.300 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 176/130 .267/.375/.393/.768 .813/.752 .562 108/.881 5/3 3/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 46/40 .262/.311/.381/.692 1.000/.643 .973 25/.697 0/1 1/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 89/32 .220/.281/.329/.610 .529/.758 .410 51/.596 1/0 2/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 71/25 .226/.300/.371/.671 .835/.382 .665 35/.757 0/0 2/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 98/95 .190/.306/.333/.639 1.667/.602 .843 52/.699 0/0 3/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 107/97 .223/.243/.350/.593 1.300/.518 .547 60/.594 1/0 3/0
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/90 .235/.313/.365/.678 .619/.701 .677 101/.720 1/2 3/6
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 146/100 .233/.287/.429/.715 .776/.687 .463 80/.777 11/1 5/5
IP 52.0 18.1 14.1 19.2 9.2 17.0 17.2 18.0 TOTAL .233/.305/.390/.695 .744/.673 .654 .759 35/11 48/26
ERA-K/9 2.42/9.3 4.91/11.3 5.02/13.2 1.37/10.1 0.93/7.4 3.18/10.1 3.06/7.1 2.50/9.0 3.76/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (25-9-1)
 Corporan (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.186 73/.235 63/.189 80/.108 33/.188 74/.219 70/.175 72/.224 .224  Presley
 Hoes
 Springer
 Fowler
 Gonzalez
 Krauss
 Guzman
20/5/8/3
16/0/7/2
0/0/29/2
0/40/0/0
3/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .513 .802 .657 .460 .525 .717 .564 .546 .656
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.499 51/.702 32/.751 43/.514 17/.706 43/.552 45/.670 43/.627 .635
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.540 22/1.030 31/.560 37/.399 16/.321 31/.930 25/.377 29/.427 .674
Home 57/.765 36/.889 41/.828 43/.478 29/.599 47/.541 42/.546 38/.607
Last 28d days 110/.543 36/.586 32/.472 39/.290 33/.525 33/.690 42/.425 33/.515
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 6/0/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 40/24/11
Usage ····X··· o···oX·· ···X··o· ··o··X·o o·oo··oo ··oo·X·X X····X·· o···oo··
Angels Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 12/1.000 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 3/2.667 4/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 175/128 .265/.299/.401/.700 .574/.747 .556 102/.811 2/2 2/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 65/60 .293/.359/.517/.877 .933/.866 .802 40/.998 0/0 3/2
7.Cowgill G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 110/59 .301/.398/.409/.807 .844/.774 .738 89/.742 1/0 2/2
20.Cron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/21 .317/.333/.537/.870 1.000/.736 .763 42/.870 0/0 2/0
10.Green G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 41/21 .368/.390/.500/.890 .976/.807 1.006 41/.890 1/2 1/0
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 10/1.178 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 110/64 .244/.373/.411/.784 .908/.689 .810 55/.778 2/0 3/0
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 7/.953 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 5/.200 3/.000 16/.913 2/.000 127/100 .148/.268/.269/.536 .235/.618 .553 60/.491 2/0 3/0
13.Jimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/9 .182/.250/.227/.477 .552/.347 .490 26/.477 0/0 0/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 10/1.200 1/.000 6/.200 2/3.500 2/no AB 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 188/131 .299/.374/.419/.793 .800/.791 .575 100/.824 9/2 2/3
8.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 9/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 32/14 .250/.344/.286/.629 .722/.516 1.071 18/.411 1/0 0/2
19.Navarro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/17 .368/.455/.579/1.033 .600/1.172 1.100 22/1.033 0/0 0/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 28/1.193 2/.000 20/1.450 ··· 16/.938 ··· 192/134 .269/.328/.537/.865 .856/.869 .842 104/.853 2/0 12/2
27.Trout G/S/vP 12/.717 2/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 197/137 .263/.360/.515/.875 1.021/.813 1.013 109/.785 5/0 8/1
IP 53.0 4.0 17.2 14.1 13.2 6.2 24.0 6.2 TOTAL .255/.326/.423/.749 .779/.735 .713 .749 32/6 49/22
ERA-K/9 3.06/8.0 0.00/9.0 4.08/5.1 10.05/12.6 3.29/10.5 0.00/14.8 6.00/6.4 4.05/10.7 4.64/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (12-5-0)
 Iannetta (12-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.244 15/.143 77/.299 69/.311 60/.321 20/.000 109/.306 28/.308 .265  Cowgill
 Trout
 Navarro
 Green
 Ibanez
5/4/28/1
0/42/0/1
3/0/2/0
9/0/0/0
9/0/0/0
OPS .666 .343 .841 .818 .795 .000 .861 .934 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.743 10/.311 34/.978 33/.991 30/1.096 11/.000 64/.954 10/1.267 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.638 5/.400 43/.731 36/.651 30/.508 9/.000 45/.731 18/.752 .758
Road 81/.614 1/.000 31/.624 33/1.041 32/.758 7/.000 33/.830 17/1.000
Last 28d days 112/.576 15/.343 41/1.045 37/1.150 29/.498 20/.000 50/.720 17/.820
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 1/4/1 0/0/0 4/1/0 2/1/0 45/29/10
Usage ·····X·· ·oo·o·o· ·X····o· XX······ ·o··o··o ·o··X··X o······· ··X···o·

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.