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Game Preview: LAA @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, April 4, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Angels, 0-3, 0-3 5th, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Richards (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
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
2011 (0-2) 14.0 16 11 9 7 9 4 5.79
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.0 45 24 20 17 26 4 4.74 45
2013-09-28 @TEX L 4.1 6 6 3 1 2 0 76 34
2013-09-23 OAK L 4.2 8 7 7 2 1 2 93 19
2013-09-17 @OAK ND 7.0 7 1 1 2 6 0 100 63
2013-09-12 @TOR W 6.2 9 3 3 1 4 1 100 47
2013-09-07 TEX W 7.0 6 2 1 1 5 0 110 63
2013-09-02 TBR W 5.0 2 1 1 7 6 1 103 58
2013-08-28 @TBR L 3.1 7 4 4 3 2 0 84 29
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 12.1 15 9 9 3 8 2 6.57 42
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:    0-3    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  2   SEA  L   2-8        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1   SEA  L   3-8        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   SEA  L   3-10       0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-3    Last 20: 0-3    Last 30: 0-3
Astros, 2-1, 2-1 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-17) 153.2 174 111 100 88 89 20 5.86
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 0-5 30.0 39 41 34 22 25 7 10.20 32
2013-09-08 @OAK L 3.0 7 7 7 2 2 1 72 17
2013-08-19 @TEX L 2.1 7 9 7 3 2 0 62 10
2013-07-30 @BAL L 5.1 2 4 4 5 3 1 101 46
2013-07-05 @TEX L 3.2 5 9 7 6 3 3 103 16
2013-06-30 LAA ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 110 66
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
Last 5 v.LAA 0-0 17.2 16 4 3 9 13 3 1.53 57
2013-06-30 LAA ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 110 66
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:    2-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Thu, Apr  3   NYY  L   2-4        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   NYY  W   3-1        2-0   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1   NYY  W   6-2        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - HOU won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 13-12

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (2.67 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (2.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.334 7/1.857 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/1.200 6/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 589/415 .271/.301/.382/.683 .723/.666 .644 10/.200 12/7 6/15
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 222/168 .282/.347/.462/.808 .889/.782 .787 12/.417 2/2 8/8
16.Conger# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/2.500 ··· ··· 255/223 .249/.310/.403/.713 .629/.724 .733 4/1.000 0/1 7/7
Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.900 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 162/57 .211/.245/.349/.594 .669/.456 .433 / 1/0 4/1
6.Freese G/S/vP 15/1.366 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 6/1.600 1/.000 521/385 .262/.340/.381/.721 .811/.689 .792 12/.267 1/2 9/11
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 12/1.833 15/.767 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 9/.444 3/3.000 4/.000 2/.000 11/1.677 636/443 .250/.307/.432/.739 .596/.802 .781 12/.817 4/0 21/8
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 7/1.214 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 8/1.250 5/1.850 ··· 7/.286 ··· 399/242 .225/.358/.372/.731 .835/.663 .794 7/.000 0/1 11/5
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 7/.953 ··· 9/.708 5/.200 14/1.049 496/356 .242/.306/.487/.793 .802/.790 .817 11/.636 0/0 29/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/1.482 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/5.000 7/1.286 3/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 513/380 .297/.335/.439/.775 .862/.745 .678 11/.091 6/3 13/10
18.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 77/52 .116/.197/.174/.371 .160/.466 .458 / 0/0 1/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/.444 6/.167 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 19/1.533 14/.928 443/342 .258/.330/.437/.767 .690/.790 .758 12/.500 1/1 17/3
44.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.404 ··· / /// / / / /
27.Trout G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 2/1.000 9/.730 6/1.417 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· 716/523 .323/.432/.557/.988 .954/1.000 1.000 12/1.500 33/7 27/2
IP 153.2 63.0 42.0 20.1 38.0 153.2 71.2 83.1 62.0 169.1 TOTAL .177/.223/.313/.536 .358/.606 .536 1/0 2/2
ERA-K/9 5.86/5.2 3.14/5.0 5.36/6.6 1.77/6.7 4.97/9.5 5.15/7.2 2.76/5.6 5.18/8.3 2.61/7.1 4.57/5.7 2.33/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (47-15-1)
 Iannetta (84-20-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 707/.289 262/.242 193/.297 87/.183 160/.220 682/.297 293/.237 365/.241 252/.251 728/.272 .206  Ibanez
 Calhoun
 Hamilton
 Cowgill
 McDonald
 Trout
 Kendrick
99/0/1/6
0/0/54/4
19/6/83/4
32/24/17/3
1/0/0/0
47/111/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .836 .621 .829 .585 .783 .812 .654 .779 .658 .772 .538
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 380/.776 114/.683 90/.881 42/.463 71/.884 162/.750 85/.745 211/.919 103/.600 402/.818 .638
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.905 148/.573 103/.785 45/.706 89/.706 520/.832 208/.617 154/.594 149/.698 326/.716 .367
Home 384/.842 141/.558 69/.586 50/.697 106/.729 381/.801 154/.649 143/.864 131/.631 361/.763
Last 28d days / 9/.667 / 6/1.000 3/.000 / 22/.573 15/.583 5/1.200 5/.650
HR/SB/CS 20/14/4 2/2/3 4/2/2 1/1/0 8/2/2 20/7/4 7/1/4 15/12/1 4/5/1 23/9/7 0/1/0
Usage ·Xo····· ·Xo····· ·o······ X······· X······· ··o····· ·X······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (8.67 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		 63.Maronde*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 52.Shoemaker
G/S/vB		 45.Skaggs*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.629 5/1.000 5/.733 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 12/.717 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/1.556 2/.000 6/.533 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.100 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 11/.282 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP 7/.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 11/.489 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .655 2/.000 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.450 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 11/.582 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.300 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 12/1.583 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .566 / 6/2 4/10
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 288/212 .268/.332/.370/.702 .785/.669 .677 12/.733 6/7 4/3
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/1.229 ··· 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .457 4/1.250 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .651 3/2.667 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 7/.143 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 7/.286 1/4 3/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 10/.633 18/8 1/16
IP 145.0 68.2 36.0 53.0 5.1 28.0 5.0 38.2 63.0 TOTAL .211/.304/.422/.726 .882/.646 .726 .726 3/0 4/0
ERA-K/9 4.16/6.3 3.80/12.8 4.50/9.0 3.74/8.8 6.75/8.5 4.50/7.1 0.00/9.0 5.12/8.4 2.29/7.7 8.33/10.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.269 292/.216 164/.283 231/.212 28/.200 118/.255 19/.118 170/.252 259/.235 .309  Krauss
 Fowler
 Presley
 Grossman
 Carter
 Guzman
 Hoes
18/0/9/3
0/110/0/3
12/28/12/2
45/29/2/2
49/0/2/0
35/0/5/0
3/2/44/0
OPS .699 .684 .769 .711 .829 .715 .328 .780 .643 .980
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 360/.751 164/.572 79/.865 121/.589 16/.892 44/.829 13/.490 35/.710 128/.698 1.019
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.626 128/.826 85/.679 110/.847 12/.750 74/.645 6/.000 135/.799 131/.592 .916
Road 320/.715 136/.656 75/.564 113/.750 10/1.457 68/.701 / 23/.943 139/.636
Last 28d days / 5/2.000 7/2.114 9/.905 7/1.095 10/1.500 8/.250 / 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 12/10/5 11/5/1 3/5/0 7/0/2 1/1/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 7/2/1 5/1/2 6/2/2
Usage ·X······ ···X···· ··XX···· ·X·o···· ·X·o···· ··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.