The five best and five worst things that happened to the Angels during the first half of the season.
Angels star Mike Trout has struck out in seven straight at-bats during a tough series in Houston. Trout was 0 for 4 on Saturday after going 0 for 3 on Friday night against the Astros, fanning every time. The AL West-leading Astros will try for a sweep when lefty Framber Valdez (8-3, 2.65 ERA) faces Angels left-hander José Suárez (1-2, 4.36).
HOUSTON (AP) — Martín Maldonado homered twice and Jose Altuve, Kyle Tucker and Chas McCormick added a home run each as the Houston Astros built a big lead early and didn’t let up in a 9-1 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. Houston was up 5-0 after two innings. “That’s what was eluding us early in the season. We weren’t scoring early," manager Dusty Baker said. “When you score early it relaxes the pitcher and it relaxes our offense." The Astros followed up their 8-1 win in the opener wit
No | Player | Pos |
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51 | P | |
23 | P | |
47 | P | |
56 | P | |
46 | P | |
32 | P | |
33 | RP | |
25 | P | |
28 | P | |
17 | P | |
62 | P | |
59 | P | |
65 | P | |
73 | P | |
43 | P | |
63 | P | |
54 | P | |
34 | P | |
52 | P | |
60 | P | |
61 | P |
No | Player | Pos |
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33 | C | |
24 | C |
No | Player | Pos |
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5 | 3B | |
22 | 3B | |
39 | 1B | |
6 | 3B | |
2 | SS | |
76 | 2B | |
4 | 3B | |
19 | 2B | |
20 | 1B |
No | Player | Pos |
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13 | CF | |
16 | RF | |
27 | CF | |
3 | RF |