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Houston Astros (41-31) at Los Angeles Angels (36-35), Jun 23, 2015 9:05 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Pitching matchup
RHP Collin McHugh (7-3, 5.04 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) vs. LHP C.J. Wilson (5-5, 3.39 ERA, 1.12 WHIP)
Preview
Pujols must have some deep seeded hate of the Astros we don't know about. He always seems to find a way to blow up the Astros at every turn. Pujols appears to have found his old form once again, Pujols is batting .330 (38x115) with 15 home runs, 32 RBI, 11 walks, and just seven strikeouts in his last 30 games.
Pujols will face Collin McHugh tonight on the mound for the Astros. Collin McHugh is struggling, he seems to not know what kind of stuff he has at the start of his past few outings. But he finds a way to make it work after the first inning or two. He has eight quality starts out of 14 outings this season.
| LOS ANGELES ANGELS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLLIN MCHUGH | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Kole Calhoun | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.400 | 0.733 |
| Albert Pujols | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.308 | 0.357 | 0.538 | 0.896 |
| Matt Joyce | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.429 | 0.500 | 0.857 | 1.357 |
| David Freese | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.154 | 0.267 | 0.154 | 0.421 |
| Efren Navarro | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Erick Aybar | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.083 | 0.154 | 0.083 | 0.237 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |
| Daniel Robertson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Mike Trout | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.125 | 0.222 | 0.500 | 0.722 |
| Collin Cowgill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| C.J. Cron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Chris Iannetta | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.125 | 0.000 | 0.125 |
C.J. Wilson starts for the Angels. Wilson has been strong in his last two outings, just one earned runs over his last 15 innings. Wilson is 7-6 with a 4.05 ERA in 24 (14 starts) appearances against the Astros.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. C.J. WILSON | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.310 | 0.333 | 0.552 | 0.885 |
| Chris Carter | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.346 | 0.469 | 0.654 | 1.123 |
| Robbie Grossman | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.313 | 0.563 |
| Jed Lowrie | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.222 | 0.333 | 0.278 | 0.611 |
| Jake Marisnick | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.625 | 1.125 |
| Jason Castro | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.167 | 0.154 | 0.167 | 0.321 |
| Colby Rasmus | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.167 | 0.333 | 0.250 | 0.583 |
| George Springer | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.400 | 0.625 | 1.600 | 2.225 |
| Luis Valbuena | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 |
| Evan Gattis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.667 | 0.833 |
| Jon Singleton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.143 | 0.333 | 0.571 | 0.905 |
| Jonathan Villar | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.111 | 0.200 | 0.111 | 0.311 |
| Hank Conger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| L.J. Hoes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| Domingo Santana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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