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ANGELS (26-21) @ BLUE JAYS (22-25) RHP GARRETT RICHARDS (4-2, 3.47 ERA) vs. LHP J.A. HAPP (5-3, 4.15 ERA) ROGERS CENTRE – 4:07 PM PDT TV – FSW & NHK RADIO – KLAA AM 830 TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2018 GAME #48 (26-21) TORONTO, ONTARIO ROAD GAME #19 (14-4) THIS DATE IN ANGELS HISTORY LEADING OFF: Angels open a 10-game road trip to Toronto FAST AND FAR: With two stolen bases Sunday, Mike Trout May 22 (May 22-24), New York Yankees (May 25-27) & Detroit (May reached 175 for his career...He becomes one of six players to (1972) Mickey Rivers stole home 28-31)...LAA holds an MLB-best .778 road winning pct. (14-4), tally 200 HRs & 175 SBs in their first eight seasons joining Willie vs. Oakland to become the ninth team’s top 18-game away start in club history...Club is 5-0-1 in Mays, Barry/Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry and Rafael Angel player to accomplish a six road series...LAA went 4-7 on homestand vs. Minnesota (2- Soriano)...Trout is the lone player to accomplish prior to age-27 straight steal of home; (2003) Arte 2), Houston (1-2) and Tampa Bay (1-3)...Sunday’s 5-2 win season. Moreno takes reigns as the third broke a season-high five-game skid...LAA is 10-9 this month owner in Angels’ franchise history. but 13-18 since a club-record 13-3 start…LAA has dropped MOVIN’ ON UP-TON: Justin Upton had his career-best RBI May 23 seven of 10 games to fall a season-high 3.5 games back of streak May 8-15...Tied for MLB lead with 21 RBI this month... (1999) Chuck Finley posted his division-leading Houston...Angels are 8-5-2 in 15 series Has homered in six of his last 14 games (7 HRs last 19 G)...First 2,000th career strikeout in a 4-0, completed. LAA left fielder with 11 HRs in a season since Vernon Wells in win over Tampa Bay…Finley 2012. became the second Angel (Nolan QUALITY DOESN’T COUNT: LAA has logged quality starts in Ryan, 2,416) to reach the nine of last 11 games but posted just two wins in the nine MORE THAN GLOVE: Andrelton Simmons has hit safely in 20 of milestone (1995) Finley spins a efforts...Angels’ club record of 17 straight starting pitchers his last 23 games (.364, 32/88; 10 XBH, 17 RBI)...Reached base complete game, two-hit shutout allow three-or-fewer runs ended Friday (previously 16 game safely in 26 of last 27 G (ended at 24 straight Saturday)...Leads with 15 strikeouts as the Angels streaks in 1964 and 1989)...Halos went 8-9 in those 17 games. MLB in PA per SO with 18.70 (187 PA/10 K) and ranks fifth in blank New York 10-0. The starting A.L. batting .329 pitcher for the Yankees was WHERE THE ‘O’ GO? Halos plated five runs Sunday after being Mariano Rivera who was making held to three runs or fewer in eight consecutive games...Club TWO-WAY SHOHEI: Ohtani leads A.L. rookies in strikeouts (52) his MLB debut. limited to total of 33 runs across 11 games of home stand (3.0 and ranks second in wins (4)…He has a hit in 18-of-21 games as WINS & LOSSES per)...Halos hit .207 (72/347) with a .346 SLG, including a .152 a hitter…His six HRs are tied for most in A.L. amongst rookies (all Current record ..................... 26-21 (10/66) mark with RISP for the 11 games. six hit at home)...Quality starts in five of seven outings on the Home record ........................ 12-17 mound...Named A.L. Rookie of Month for April...Became just Road record ........................... 14-4 TALE OF TWO CITIES fourth player in modern era with 25+ pitching strikeouts and Pre-ASB record ..................... 26-21 HOME ROAD four+ batting home runs in a month – first since Fergie Jenkins Post-ASB record ............................ W-L 12-17 14-4 in Sept. 1971. Current streak ..................... Won 1 TEAM ERA 4.25 2.93 (162.2 IP – 53 ER) Current road trip ........................... RUNS PER GAME 3.8 6.0 (108 R – 18 G) 3,000!!! With a fifth inning single to right field May 4th at Last road trip ............................ 3-2 AVG .220 .291 (195 H/671 AB) SAFECO Field, Albert Pujols... Last home stand ....................... 3-7 OBP .304 .345 Became 32nd player all-time to reach 3,000 hits - second in as Last 5 games ............................ 0-5 SLG .385 .474 many seasons (Adrián Beltré; July 30, 2017 vs. Baltimore).dd Last 10 games .......................... 3-7 Number of Days Matched Stan Musial and Alex Rodriguez as only players with In first place .............................. 22 I KNOW THAT DUDE: Mike Scioscia is four victories shy from 3+ MVP Awards and 3,000 hits. 1,600th of career...He will pass former manager Tommy In second place ......................... 23 Fourth player in MLB history with at least 3,000 knocks and In third place ............................... 7 Lasorda (1,599) for sole possession of 20th all-time. 600 HRs (Hank Aaron, Willie Mays & Alex Rodriguez). In fourth place............................. 1 In fifth place ............................... ALL-TIME MANAGERIAL WINS When Angels 19. Fred Clarke 1,602 PUJOLS POINTS: Pujols ranks ninth all-time with 1,939 career RBI...Next up on the list is Ty Cobb with 1,944 RBI (source Score first .............................. 20-4 20. Tommy Lasorda 1,599 Score second or shutout ........ 6-17 Baseball Reference)...Pujols sits at 628 career two-baggers (11th 21. Mike Scioscia 1,596 1-run games ............................. 8-5 all-time) to move within four of Top 10 (David Ortiz, 632). Score 3 runs or fewer ............. 6-18 SHO-KKKKKKK: With nine strikeouts Sunday, Shohei Ohtani Score 4 runs or more .............. 20-3 extended his club record for most Ks through first seven games PITCHING POINTS: LAA pitchers have 24 games this season with Lead after 7 innings ................ 23-4 (52)...Fourth Japanese pitcher with 50+ strikeouts through first 10+ Ks (franchise record through first 47 games of season)... Trail after 7 innings ................ 1-15 seven games, joining Masahiro Tanaka (58), Hideo Nomo (55) Halos have issued 176 free passes, second-most in A.L…Angels’ Tied after 7 innings .................. 2-2 and Yu Darvish (51)…First A.L. player ever to have 11+ K in bullpen has tossed 182.1 IP to lead A.L. Lead after 8 innings ................ 24-2 two of first six career games. Trail after 8 innings ................ 0-17 Tied after 8 innings .................. 2-2 THIS N’ THAT: Halo outfielders lead MLB with 13 OF assists Extra innings ............................ 1-4 on Thursday May 24th at Rogers Centre will air exclusively on (next closest team has 9)...Pujols sits at 3,011 career hits – just th Come-from-behind wins .......... 9-5 Facebook Watch. For 2018, MLB and Facebook agreed to a passed Wade Boggs for 29th all-time (Rafael Palmeiro is 28 at Win/lose in final at-bat ............ 3-5 partnership which will distribute one weekday afternoon game per 3,020)...Halos’ average home attendance (37,543) ranks second Walk-off games ........................ 3-2 week exclusively on Facebook Watch...MLB continues in A.L…Club boasts seven sellouts thru 29 home games…LAA has Vs. LHS ..................................... 5-5 experimenting through additional means of delivering baseball 22 errors thru 47 games (fourth-fewest in A.L.) and rank fourth Vs. RHS ................................. 21-16 broadcasts to a large and diverse audience; as well as utilizing new in circuit with a .987 fielding pct...Garrett Richards celebrates Out-hit opponent ................... 17-6 creative broadcast production elements to learn how fans want to th t his 30 birthday on May 27 season series 4-3. Out-hit by opponent .............. 8-13 consume and interact with games on a social platform...MLB’s Opponent has equal hits .......... 1-2 partnership with Facebook was approved by a unanimous vote of @ TORONTO: Angels hold the slightest lead in all-time series Collect 10-or-more hits .......... 14-3 all 30 MLB Clubs. at 207-206…Halos won 2017 series 4-3 and have dropped only Allow 10-or-more hits ............ 4-10 one season series since 2008 (2-5 in 2015)...LAA is 13-5 in last 18 Collect home run.................. 19-15 MUY BIEN! Martín Maldonado is hitting .390 (16/41) this matchups at Rogers Centre but 4-7 in last 11 home games... Allow home run ................... 12-18 month after a .156 clip in March/April...Already has five 3-hit Trout has hit at least one HR vs. Toronto each season since Commit an error .................... 5-12 contests in 2018 - first Angels’ catcher with five such efforts 2012...In his last 10 games here, Trout is hitting .436 (17/39) Monthly Record in a season since Mike Napoli’s seven in 2009. March/April ... 16-12 (14-13 in ’17) May .................. 10-9 (14-15 in ’17) June ........................ (14-14 in ’17) July ............................ (9-13 in ’17) August ..................... (18-10 in ‘17) Sept/Oct .................. (11-17 in ’17) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS & BROADCAST LISTINGS DAY DATE OPPONENT OPPOSING PITCHER ANGELS PITCHER TIME (PDT) Wednesday May 23 @Toronto RHP Aaron Sanchez (2-4, 4.47) LHP Tyler Skaggs (3-3, 2.88) 4:07 PM FSW, NHK Thursday May 24 @Toronto RHP Marco Estrada (2-4, 5.15) RHP Nick Tropeano (1-3, 4.45) 9:37 AM FB WATCH, NHK 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 GARRETT RICHARDS RICHARDS’ BREAKDOWN AT A GLANCE 4-2, 3.47 ERA CAREER___________________________________ W L IP ER SO ERA SV Pitching to a 1.42 ERA (19 IP – 3 ER) in last three starts TOTALS 44 36 715 280 611 3.52 2 HOME 24 16 363 139 312 3.45 0 ROAD 20 20 352 141 299 3.61 2 Making 10th start of the season and fifth on the road.