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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. Houston Astros, at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, July 3, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Start Time:
7:05pt (local), 10:05et
Venue:
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
87
On This Date:
20-26
Angels
Manager:
Mike Scioscia
Game #:
86
On This Date:
22-28
Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 LAA 11 @HOU  1     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 LAA  5 @HOU  1     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 HOU  7  LAA  4     
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 LAA  9 @HOU  1     
Mon, May 19, 2014 HOU  5 @LAA  2     
Tue, May 20, 2014 LAA  9  HOU  3     
Wed, May 21, 2014 LAA  2  HOU  1     
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 HOU  7  LAA  2     
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 LAA  4 @HOU  0     
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 HOU  8  LAA  5     

Thu, Jul 03, 2014 HOU    @LAA 10:05pm
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 HOU    @LAA  9:05pm
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 HOU    @LAA 10:05pm
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 HOU    @LAA  3:35pm
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 LAA    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 LAA    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 HOU    @LAA 10:05pm
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 HOU    @LAA  9:05pm
Sun, Sep 14, 2014 HOU    @LAA  3:35pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
36-50, 5th, 16 GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-26   Road:   16-24   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  24-33   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 14-22 IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Wed, Jul  2   SEA  L   2-5       36-50  5th 16.0 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   SEA  L   2-13      36-49  5th 16.0 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   SEA  L   4-10      36-48  5th 16.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29   DET  W   6-4       36-47  5th 16.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28   DET  L   3-4       35-47  5th 16.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27   DET  W   4-3 (11)  35-46  5th 15.0 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 26   ATL  W   6-1       34-46  5th 15.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25   ATL  L   0-4       33-46  5th 15.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24   ATL  L   2-3       33-45  5th 14.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @TBR  L   2-5       33-44  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
47-36, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-14   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-22   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:16-8    vsWest: 16-18 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  2  @CHW  L   2-3       47-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  1  @CHW  W   7-5       47-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  1  @CHW  W   8-4       46-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 29  @KCR  L   4-5       45-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 28  @KCR  W   6-2       45-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @KCR  L   6-8       44-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 26   MIN  W   6-4       44-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 25   MIN  W   6-2       43-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 24   MIN  W   8-6       42-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22   TEX  W   5-2       41-33  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 HOU  8  LAA  5        W:Brad Peacock (2-4), L: Tyler Skaggs (4-4), S: Chad Qualls (6)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 LAA  4 @HOU  0        W:Garrett Richards (5-2), L: Jarred Cosart (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 HOU  7  LAA  2        W:Collin McHugh (4-3), L: C.J. Wilson (6-5), S: none
Wed, May 21, 2014 LAA  2  HOU  1        W:Jered Weaver (5-3), L: Collin McHugh (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2014 LAA  9  HOU  3        W:Tyler Skaggs (4-1), L: Scott Feldman (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 19, 2014 HOU  5 @LAA  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (5-2), L: Garrett Richards (4-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 - LAA over 6-4; 2013 - HOU won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - LAA leads 18-17

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (24, LHP, 2-6, 4.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-6) 57.1 64 29 28 14 44 5 4.40
2013 (4-5) 71.2 66 26 22 13 45 7 2.76
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.1 51 22 21 10 29 4 4.81 46
2014-06-28 DET ND 6.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 88 61
2014-05-30 BAL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 81 66
2014-05-24 @SEA W 6.0 6 3 2 1 8 0 97 57
2014-05-06 @DET L 6.0 9 4 4 1 4 1 105 41
2014-04-30 WSN L 4.2 11 6 6 2 5 1 90 21
2014-04-24 OAK L 3.2 8 6 6 2 4 2 93 23
2014-04-19 @OAK ND 5.2 8 1 1 2 3 0 94 50
Last 5 v.LAA 1-1 12.0 13 7 7 3 8 2 5.25 48
2013-09-14 LAA L 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 1 93 46
2013-08-18 @LAA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 97 49

SP: Matt Shoemaker (27, RHP, 5-2, 4.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-2) 54.0 58 29 27 12 53 8 4.50
2013 (0-0) 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.0 47 22 20 8 42 4 4.39 50
2014-06-27 @KCR L 4.0 11 8 8 1 2 1 79 9
2014-06-22 TEX W 7.2 8 1 1 2 6 0 112 63
2014-06-17 @CLE W 8.0 5 2 2 1 10 1 94 73
2014-06-07 CHW ND 5.0 9 4 3 0 6 1 96 41
2014-05-29 @SEA W 5.1 4 3 3 0 6 1 73 54
2014-05-24 KCR ND 5.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 91 46
2014-05-18 TBR W 6.0 2 1 1 3 6 0 89 67
Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

Astros Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Shoemaker
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 51.Hill*
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 64.Morin
G/S/vB		 46.Rasmus
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 5/.733 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 371/271 .343/.383/.445/.828 1.012/.757 .837 93/.968 37/3 2/3
23.Carter G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 6/1.700 266/167 .181/.263/.399/.662 .648/.671 .617 63/.487 0/1 13/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 287/217 .216/.296/.357/.653 .708/.634 .629 77/.567 0/0 7/3
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/45 .230/.289/.425/.714 .697/.736 .583 26/.885 0/0 5/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 343/238 .236/.289/.382/.671 .793/.617 .647 101/.598 0/1 11/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 119/99 .284/.339/.431/.770 .563/.814 .833 42/.872 1/3 4/2
14.Guzman G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 147/56 .211/.286/.286/.571 .526/.648 .436 34/.515 2/0 2/1
6.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .600/.600/1.400/2.000 /2.000 5/2.000 0/0 1/0
Hoes G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 95/42 .190/.255/.310/.565 .817/.271 .581 18/.288 0/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 207/186 .245/.286/.333/.620 .874/.592 .580 53/.620 3/0 4/0
13.Santana G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 113/77 .184/.283/.347/.630 .989/.469 .614 101/.620 1/2 4/4
4.Springer G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/212 .240/.346/.469/.814 .736/.840 .994 101/.808 3/2 16/7
IP 54.0 22.2 0.0 33.0 29.1 12.2 35.2 TOTAL .235/.309/.379/.687 .748/.662 .673 .668 70/19 89/53
ERA-K/9 4.50/8.8 4.37/9.1 /0.0 2.45/11.2 2.15/8.0 3.55/7.1 2.78/10.1 3.89/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (42-15-5)
 Corporan (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.275 103/.261 4/1.000 132/.184 120/.231 54/.286 144/.223 .235  Springer
 Presley
 Hoes
 Santana
 Gonzalez
 Sipp
 Guzman
0/0/67/6
37/15/12/3
23/0/7/3
2/0/0/1
4/0/1/0
1/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .774 .795 2.000 .586 .615 .701 .620 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.791 39/.521 2/ 67/.720 64/.747 27/.656 81/.735 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.751 64/.952 2/2.000 65/.443 56/.456 27/.745 63/.472 .657
Home 120/.743 43/1.015 / 71/.780 69/.620 32/.657 76/.690
Last 28d days 106/.872 44/.984 4/2.000 54/.648 59/.649 41/.635 48/.686
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 4/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/1 3/2/0 75/53/23
Usage ·····X·· ·o·oo··X ·X······ ·o·XX··X Xo··X··o ···X·oX· ·o··o·o·
Angels Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 55.Veras
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 2/no AB 4/2.000 4/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 341/239 .277/.316/.417/.733 .638/.774 .623 98/.715 8/5 6/5
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 195/153 .284/.345/.494/.840 .704/.877 .786 81/1.064 3/0 8/0
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 146/129 .238/.317/.369/.686 .721/.678 .832 52/.584 0/0 3/2
7.Cowgill G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 187/95 .287/.357/.425/.782 .886/.675 .724 38/.737 1/0 5/3
20.Cron G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 144/81 .283/.313/.529/.841 .802/.872 .812 58/.839 0/0 8/0
6.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.667 ··· 8/.875 ··· 243/176 .240/.313/.318/.631 .834/.557 .535 86/.672 1/1 3/1
10.Green G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 78/41 .324/.333/.419/.752 .905/.610 .832 14/.297 1/3 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/3.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/2.500 4/.750 ··· 153/108 .313/.399/.485/.884 1.111/.782 .900 108/.807 3/0 5/4
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 5/1.850 6/.333 ··· 8/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 185/102 .265/.378/.419/.798 .901/.708 .756 43/.669 3/0 5/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.800 2/.000 2/no AB 3/1.666 6/.666 2/2.000 355/249 .272/.336/.375/.711 .742/.698 .647 97/.632 10/4 4/7
8.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 50/27 .238/.313/.262/.574 .679/.487 .468 14/.413 1/1 0/2
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 21/1.376 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 360/254 .254/.308/.462/.770 .696/.802 .811 103/.704 3/0 17/2
27.Trout G/S/vP 6/1.417 4/1.750 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 358/248 .311/.405/.609/1.014 1.034/1.005 1.025 110/1.194 10/0 19/2
IP 57.1 19.2 19.2 29.1 23.1 15.1 16.0 TOTAL .261/.328/.421/.749 .776/.737 .732 .777 51/18 91/42
ERA-K/9 4.40/6.9 4.58/2.7 4.12/6.9 1.84/8.3 1.54/12.0 8.22/8.2 5.63/7.3 4.24/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (29-13-1)
 Iannetta (24-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.281 85/.253 82/.267 117/.230 87/.146 75/.250 68/.317 .257  Calhoun
 Cowgill
 Trout
 Hamilton
 Green
0/0/46/5
13/10/41/3
0/76/0/2
31/2/0/1
15/0/0/0
OPS .739 .724 .703 .584 .433 .840 .977 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.561 45/.608 44/.708 50/.892 44/.335 30/.869 23/1.470 .705
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.792 40/.850 38/.695 67/.361 43/.531 45/.819 45/.726 .736
Road 128/.672 31/.715 34/.740 55/.600 40/.502 32/.531 26/1.317
Last 28d days 26/.519 8/.875 41/.877 38/.500 53/.522 11/.808 38/.951
HR/SB/CS 5/5/1 3/1/0 0/1/1 2/5/1 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/1/0 74/55/18
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X·X·o·o o···oo·· X··o·XX· ···X·Xo· ·oX·X·o·

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

OAK  5.06

PIT  4.08

SDP  2.99

 RA/G

SEA  3.40

TBR  4.16

COL  5.20

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .351

A. Gordon  .267

C. Carter  .181

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .443

J. Rollins  .332

E. Cabrera  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .624

P. Alvarez  .411

E. Cabrera  .290

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.056

A. Ramirez  .748

E. Cabrera  .546

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.89

J. Lackey  3.62

R. Nolasco  5.49

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.05

C. Morton  7.54

K. Correia  4.49

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.