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RAYS (14-14) @ ANGELS (13-17) RHP MATT ANDRIESE (2016 Debut) VS. RHP NICK TROPEANO (1-1, 3.42 ERA) ANGEL STADIUM – 12:35 PM PDT TV – FSW RADIO – KLAA AM 830 SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 GAME #31 (13-17) ANAHEIM, CA HOME GAME #15 (6-8) LEADING OFF: Happy Mother’s Day!!….Today the Halos GRICH TO PINCH-HIT: In additional broadcast news, THIS DATE IN ANGELS HISTORY play the third game (0-2) of six-game homestand vs. Angels Hall of Famer Bobby Grich is providing color May 8 Tampa Bay (May 6-8; 0-2) and St. Louis (May 10- commentary alongside Terry Smith in the radio booth (2011) Mike Scioscia gets the 12)…Angels are off tomorrow…Halos have dropped six of this weekend vs. Rays. 1,000th win of his career in the last eight overall contests to fall a season-high four Angels’ 6-5 win over th games under .500…LAA is 2-6-2 in 10 series decided in VS. TAMPA BAY: Halos have dropped last four home Cleveland…He becomes the 56 2016…Club is 2-4 this month. meetings vs. TB…Clubs split 2015 series 3-3 (each team 2- manager in MLB history to reach the milestone; (2004) Shane 1 on road)…LAA claimed 2014 series 5-2…Halos have not th PINK BATS ARE BACK! Hundreds of MLB players will dropped a season series to Rays since 2012 (1-9). Halter connects for the 5 pinch- swing custom bright-pink Louisville Slugger bats on hit grand slam in club history (also his first HR with Angels) as the Mother’s Day (May 8) to raise awareness and funds for RUN WITH THIS: Trout has scored 457 runs over the last club defeats the Devil Rays 7-2 at the “Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer” program…Since four years (2012-15), no other player has more than 384 Angel Stadium. 2006 Louisville Slugger has donated more than 3,000 in the span (STATS). custom hot-pink bats, valued at approximately $300,000, 2016 ANGELS AT A GLANCE for MLB players to swing in Mother’s Day games. BALLS IN PLAY: Through 30 games this season, Halo Current record .................. 13-17 When Angels… Out-hit opponent .................................... 7-0 Together, Louisville Slugger, MLB and its other Mother’s batters lead Majors in fewest team strikeouts (161)…By Home record ......................... 6-8 Day partners have raised north of a million dollars for comparison, the Astros have punched-out 298 times to Road record .......................... 7-9 breast-cancer charities. lead baseball. Current streak ................... Lost 2 Score first .....................................................3-5 Out-hit by opponent ............................... 1-9 Pre-ASB record ................. 13-17 Score second or shutout ...............................5-6 Opponent has equal hits ......................... 1-1 BULLPEN BITS: Over the last 16 appearances (since 4/20), ALBERT ASCENDING: Albert Pujols reached the 5,000- Post-ASB record ......................... th Angels’ bullpen has fashioned a 1.69 ERA (58.2 IP – 11 ER) total base last Monday in Milwaukee - he is only the 20 Current home stand ............. 0-2 to lead all of baseball in the span and a .202 (40/198) player in history to reach that milestone…With the 566th Last home stand ................... 4-2 Lead after 7 innings ...................................... 7-2 Collect a home run .................................. 7-6 batting average against. HR of his career Saturday night, Albert Pujols moved Last road trip ........................ 2-4 ....................................... Score 3 runs-or-fewer 1-5 .................................................................... Allow 10-or-more hits 1-9 th Last 5 games ......................... 1-4 Tied after 7 innings .......................................1-1 Commit an error ...................................... 6-6 three home runs closer to 12 all-time (Rafael Palmeiro; Last 10 games ....................... 4-6 ROSTER MOVES: On Friday, the Angels placed RHP 569 home runs). Number of Days Garrett Richards on 15-day disabled list with a right In first place ............................. 3 Tied after 8 innings ....................................... 0-1 May ........................................ (15-13 in ’08) BATTER BITS: 11 hits last 27 at-bats (.407) for Kole elbow UCL injury…Additionally, the Club activated OF In second place ........................ 4 Extra Innings ................................................. 0-1 June ........................................ (16-10 in ’08) Daniel Nava from the disabled list…In corresponding Calhoun…C.J. Cron is 13 for 25 (.520) his past nine In third place ............................ 8 moves, the Club selected the contract of RHP Javy Guerra games…He is 10 for 21 with runners in scoring position In fourth place ....................... 15 from Triple-A Salt Lake and optioned OF Rafael Ortega to this season to lead Halos…After opening the season 0-for- In fifth place ........................... 2 Salt Lake…LHP Andrew Heaney was transferred to the 60- 3 in first two games, Geo Soto has gone 12-for-37 (.324) When Angels day disabled list. with three home runs and seven RBI since…Yunel Escobar Score first ............................. 6-6 leads the Angels with 11 multi-hit games…He has hits in Score second or shutout ..... 7-11 CARDS ON DECK: Angels and Cards last met in 2013 at six of seven and eight of last 10 games. Score 3 runs or fewer ......... 2-12 Angel Stadium with LAA taking two of three…All-time Score 4 runs or more .......... 11-5 series knotted at 6-6…In 11 seasons with St. Louis, Albert INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR: Angels’ roster features players Lead after 7 innings ............ 10-1 Pujols batted .328 (2073/6312) with 1,291 runs, 455 2Bs, from eight different countries and territories this season: Trail after 7 innings ............. 2-12 445 HRs and 1,329 RBI (1.037 OPS)…If Pujols homers USA, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Tied after 7 innings ............... 1-4 Lead after 8 innings ............ 11-0 against the Cardinals, he will be one of seven active Rico, South Korea and Venezuela. Trail after 8 innings ............. 1-14 players to homer against all 30 current MLB teams. Tied after 8 innings ............... 1-3 THE MANAGER: Mike Scioscia is the longest tenured Extra innings ......................... 0-2 manager in the Majors (17th season) and the only active UPSTREAM: Mike Trout has safely in 14 of his last 16 Come-from-behind wins .......... 8 games and 17 of last 20…He is 24-for-62 (.387) with six manager to collect over 1,000 victories with a single Win/lose in final at-bat ......... 2-5 home runs and 19 RBI his last 16 games…Trout has club…His 17 years with the Angels are tied with Sparky Vs. LHS .................................. 6-6 created 25 runs this season, most in A.L. Anderson (17 straight years with Detroit, 1979-95) for Vs. RHS ............................... 7-11 second longest tenure with an A.L. team (trailing only Out-hit opponent ................ 10-3 SELF HELP: On Friday night, Angels fans set a Guinness Connie Mack’s 50 seasons with Philadelphia A’s) (STATS Out-hit by opponent ........... 2-14 th World Record for the largest gathering of people taking LLC)…Scioscia’s 1,429 wins rank 24 on the all-time win Opponent has equal hits ....... 1-0 rd selfies (5th inning – 41,253 attendance). 2016 marks the list (Earl Weaver is 23 ; 1,481). Collect 10-or-more hits ......... 7-2 seventh-straight year the Angels attempt to set a world Allow 10-or-more hits ........... 3-9 record. The selfie sticks were presented by Farmer John. CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARDS Collect home run ................ 10-7 ALL-TIME SAVES ALL-TIME HOME RUNS Allow home run .................. 9-15 KLAUKE TO THE SHOW: When the Halos head to Seattle 16. Roberto Hernandez 326 10. Mark McGwire 583 Commit an error ................... 5-8 Monthly Record next weekend (May 13-15), Salt Lake Bees Broadcaster 17. Jose Mesa 321 11. Harmon Killebrew 573 18. HUSTON STREET 320 12. Rafael Palmeiro 569 April ............ 11-13 (11-11 in ’15) Steve Klauke will join the Club as fill-in radio play-by-play 19. Todd Jones 319 13. ALBERT PUJOLS 566 May ................ 2-4 (16-13 in ’15) announcer…Will mark his first MLB broadcast June ..................... (14-13 in ’15) assignment since calling two Toronto Blue Jays games in July ...................... (14-10 in ’15) 2004…Klauke is in his 24th season as radio & TV voice of August ................. (10-19 in ‘15) the Bees and has called 3,240 of the franchise's 3,253 Sept/Oct .............. (20-11 in ’15) games. 2016 SERIES RECORD 2-6-2 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS & BROADCAST LISTINGS DAY DATE OPPONENT OPPOSING PITCHER ANGELS PITCHER TIME (PDT) Monday May 9 OFF DAY - - - Tuesday May 10 vs. St. Louis RHP Mike Leake (0-3, 6.03) LHP Hector Santiago (2-1, 3.58) 7:05 p.m. FSW Wednesday May 11 vs. St. Louis LHP Jaime Garcia (2-2, 3.05) TBD 7:05 p.m. FSW Thursday May 12 vs. St. Louis RHP Carlos Martinez (4-2, 2.61) RHP Jered Weaver (3-1, 4.72) 7:05 p.m. FSW Radio flagships of the Angels are KLAA AM 830 & KWKW 1330 AM TV Broadcast Partners are FOX Sports West / FS Espanol TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – RHP NICK TROPEANO TROPEANO’S BREAKDOWN AT A GLANCE 1-1, 3.42 ERA CAREER___________________________________ W L IP ER SO ERA Has allowed two-or-fewer runs in four of five starts this season TOTALS 5 6 85.2 37 77 3.89 HOME 2 3 43 19 43 3.98 ROAD 3 3 42.2 18 34 3.80 Making sixth start of the regular season today and third at home…Acquired by Angels from Astros on Nov. 5, 2014 with MAR/APR 2 0 27.2 5 25 1.65 Carlos Perez in exchange for current Rays catcher Hank Conger.