ANGELS (75-80; 4th in A.L. WEST) @ ASTROS (97-67; 1st in A.L. WEST) LHP TYLER SKAGGS (8-8, 3.69 ERA) vs. RHP CHARLIE MORTON (15-3, 3.15 ERA) MINUTE MAID PARK – 11:10 AM PDT TV – FSW, NHK RADIO – KLAA AM 830, KWKW SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 GAME #156 (75-80) HOUSTON, TX ROAD GAME #81 (38-42) LEADING OFF: Today the Angels play the final game of last road trip HEAN MACHINE: Andrew Heaney has set career highs in wins (9), THIS DATE IN ANGELS HISTORY (1-4) of 2018, a six-game trip to Oakland (1-2) & Houston (0-2)…LAA starts (29), strikeouts (170) and innings pitched (173.0)…First Halo to September 23 has dropped four straight (outscored 52-11) and seven of last nine reach 170+ Ks since 2015 (Garrett Richards; 176) and has four 10+ (2007) Angels clinch their third A.L. games…LAA is 9-11 this month & 26-32 since break…Angels have strikeout games this season…2018 Nick Adenhart Award recipient West title in four years with a 7-4 win spent last 86 days in 4th place…Club is 21-23-7 thru 51 series… (top LAA pitcher as voted by teammates) and Angels’ Roberto over Seattle in the Club’s final home Following this series, Halos return home to close out the season vs. Clemente Award honoree. game of the season; (1973) Nolan Texas (Sept. 24-26) & Oakland (Sept. 28-30). Ryan became the fourth Angel to win FISH FACTS: Mike Trout has now posted 35+ HRs three times passing 20 games in a complete game victory THIS N’ THAT: Angels have allowed 10+ runs in four straight games Troy Glaus (twice) for most in team annals…He is just second A.L. over the Twins in Minnesota…Six for first time in club history…Mike Trout has homered in three player with seven seasons of 60+ extra-base hits by age 26 season- days later, teammate Bill Singer th straight for sixth time of career (3rd time this season) and has five HRs or-younger (Alex Rodriguez)…Has tied team record reaching base 4+ earned his 20 victory; (1978) Lyman his last six games - his 38 HRs are second-most in a season (41 in times on 16 occasions this season to equal mark set by Brian Bostock is shot and killed in Gary, IN 2015)…Andrelton Simmons’ 15 RBI vs. Houston this season are most Downing in 1987 (STATS LLC)…Trout & Willie Mays are only players in a case of mistaken identity…One of by any opposing player…Trout’s .361 (22/61) clip this month ranks with three seasons of 30 HR/20 SB prior to their age-27 campaign… the most likeable and promising Halo fourth in MLB (min. 50 AB)…Angels’ 203 HRs hit are second-most in Vying to be fifth player all-time (first in A.L.) with 120 walks, 30 HRs players was gone. The Club honored team history (236 HRs in 2000)…99 HRs on road are third-most in and 25 stolen bases: Barry Bonds (6 seasons), Jeff Bagwell (2 Bostock with a black armband for the team annals (club record is 106 in 2000)…On Thursday at Oakland, seasons), Chipper Jones (1999) and Bobby Abreu (2004). remainder of the season. Francisco Arcia became the first player in MLB history to catch September 24 (innings 1-7), pitch (innings 8-9) & homer (9th inning) in same game. PUJOLS SURGERIES: Albert Pujols underwent a procedure to remove (2008) Francisco Rodriguez converts a bone spur from his right elbow Sept. 12th…Also had an arthroscopic his final save of the 2008 season at FOLLOW THE LEADER: Mike Trout leads all of baseball in on-base debridement of his left knee August 30th…Pujols ranks 23rd all-time Seattle to set MLB single-season percentage (.460), slugging pct. (.636), OPS (1.096), adjusted OPS with 3,082 hits and sixth all-time with 633 HRs…One of four players record at 62 (1998) Gary DiSarcina (199), walks (115) and runs created (148). with 3,000 hits & 600 HR (Mays, Aaron & ARod). posted a 5-for-5 performance at Oakland to become the first Angels GOLDFISH? Mike Trout is in contention for his first career Rawlings CLOSING IN: Trout is one stolen base shy of second career 30 HR/25 player to post two five-for-five games Gold Glove®…He is the only MLB centerfielder with a 1.000 fielding SB campaign (also, 2012)…Would be only player in franchise history in one season (also accomplished pct. (min. 120 G), leads A.L. CF’ers with eight defensive runs saved, a with multiple 30/25 seasons (Bobby Bonds in 1977)…Leads MLB with June 13 at Texas); (2000) Halo hitters .938 zone rating and four double plays…Trout’s seven outfield assists 115 walks, one shy of matching his club record set in 2016. match a club record with 14 walks in ranks third in junior circuit among centerfielders. 9-2 win at Texas. GOLD STANDARD: Three-time Gold Glover Andrelton Simmons WINS & LOSSES UP-RISING: Justin Upton has set the franchise record for HRs by a leads MLB shortstops with 223 putouts…Leads MLB with a 17.9 Current record ..................... 75-80 left fielder (30), breaking Garret Anderson's (29) previous mark… Ultimate Zone Rating in 2018 (UZR) – FanGraphs…Since 2015, his 95 Home record ........................ 37-38 Upton is the first Halo outfielder (other than Mike Trout) with a 30- defensive runs saved (DRS) also lead MLB…Thru 922 career games, Road record ......................... 38-42 homer campaign since Vlad Guerrero in 2006 (33 HR). Simmons’ defensive WAR is 23.0 – best by any shortstop in MLB Pre-ASB record ..................... 49-48 history...Simmons’ 111 double plays lead MLB shortstops and his Post-ASB record ................... 26-32 BEING EXTRA: Mike Trout’s 506 career extra-base hits rank sixth in 4.16 range factor per game ranks second among A.L. shortstops. Current streak ...................... Lost 4 MLB for a player by age-26 season (Alex Rodriguez has most - 569)… Current road trip ...................... 1-4 Joe Medwick is fifth (509 XBH). GLOVE STORY: With 73 errors this season, Angels are on pace to Last road trip ............................ 7-3 break club record for fewest miscues in a full campaign (80 set last Last home stand ....................... 4-2 ON THE RUN: Mike Trout needs two more runs for sixth 100-run season)…Fewest in a strike-shortened season is 76 in 1994…Club Last five games ......................... 1-4 season of career…Would be just the seventh player all-time (3rd ranks tied for third in A.L. with .987 fielding pct...Halos lead MLB Last 10 games........................... 3-7 Series ................................ 21-23-7 in A.L. history) with 6, 100-run campaigns prior to their age-27 turning 167 double plays (team record is 203 in 1985)…Catchers own a 40.3 caught stealing pct. (31 of 76), tops in A.L…Mike Trout is Number of Days season: Alex Rodriguez (7 seasons), Albert Pujols (6), Hank In first place .............................. 22 Aaron (6), Mickey Mantle (6), Mel Ott (6), Bill Dahlen (6). only CF in MLB (min. 100 G) with a 1.000 fielding pct…Kole Calhoun’s 27 OF assists since 2016 rank third in A.L. In second place ......................... 23 In third place ............................. 42 HEY BABE: Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth (1919) are only players in th In fourth place ........................... 90 MLB history with 10 pitching appearances and 20 HRs in a season. LEADING MEN: Mike Scioscia is in his 19 consecutive season with the Angels…Of the four major sports, only Greg Popovich (entering In fifth place ............................... rd When Angels HI, MY NAME IS… 60 players (35 pitchers-16 starters) have appeared his 23 season) has more uninterrupted tenure with current team… th Score first ............................ 51-15 in 2018 to set the Club’s single-season franchise mark (MLB record Scioscia (1,645 wins) ranks 18 on all-time managerial wins list (Jim Leyland 17th; 1,769). Score second or shutout ...... 24-65 for players used is 64 by 2014 Texas Rangers)…16 players have made 1-run games .................... 23-15 MLB debuts in 2018 breaking team record of 12 (1996 & 1975)…37 BULLPEN BITS: Halo relievers ranks second in MLB in inherited Score 3 runs or fewer ........... 16-62 players on LAA’s active roster…LAA had a club-record 15 players on Score 4 runs or more ............ 59-18 runners scored pct. allowing just 24.6% to score (63 of 256)… D.L. simultaneously twice this season…Halos sent 25 different Lead after 7 innings .............. 66-10 players to D.L., most in MLB this season. Bullpen has logged 600.1 IP, second in A.L. to TB…Since 2016, Jose Alvarez’s 202 games pitched rank second in A.L. (167 IP)…Over last Trail after 7 innings ................ 4-67 Tied after 7 innings................... 5-3 RISING SON: With 20 HRs, Shohei Ohtani passed Kenji Johjima (18 two seasons (2017-18), Alvarez is tied for A.L. leads with 138 games pitched (B. Parker ranks fifth in span; 137 G). Lead after 8 innings ................ 68-4 HR w/ Seattle in 144 games in 2006) for most rookie HRs by a Trail after 8 innings ................ 2-70 Japanese native…Ohtani & Hideki Matsui (5 times) are only HOT HALOS: Justin Upton has four HRs and a triples his last 10 Tied after 8 innings................... 5-6 Japanese players with 20+ HRs in a season…Seventh Japanese rookie Extra innings............................