Boxscore Breakdown #10: The Mike Trout Show – Angels 6, Astros 3

No big whoop, Mike Trout is just out there making history and putting on a show.

Two homers and 5 RBIs? Yeah, seen it.

Youngest player ever to have 100 homers and 100 steals? Pfft. What else you got for me?

10 games into the season and sporting a .444/.500/.750 slash line? Meh, fine. I guess he’s good.

It is the Mike Trout Show everyone. Just sit back, relax and enjoy.

Angels 6, Astros 3

Run Expectancy Rundown
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1YMRas1F4ir7tn97xJ-4bQp2n4ppryWlpnO_qBQK9_rg/pubchart” query=”oid=1976391661&format=interactive” width=”623″ height=”389″ /] This was Mike Trout’s “I say fuck you, Jobu. I do it myself.” moment. The Angels offense has been pretty limp all season long, so Trouty just went out and smacked two dingers to drive in five runs. He had some help setting the table by Kole Calhoun, who showed with his triple to center that his leg is just fine, but Trout did all the heavy lifting.

[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1YMRas1F4ir7tn97xJ-4bQp2n4ppryWlpnO_qBQK9_rg/pubchart” query=”oid=1154832181&format=interactive” width=”620″ height=”341″ /] The tiny terror that is Jose Altuve gave the Angels fits like he always does. Other than that, the offense was scattered around the Houston lineup save for Jed Lowrie who was an offense killer.

Starting Pitcher Scores
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1YMRas1F4ir7tn97xJ-4bQp2n4ppryWlpnO_qBQK9_rg/pubchart” query=”oid=161400381&format=interactive” width=”584″ height=”293″ /] According to game score, Jered Weaver got outpitched by Robert Hernandez, but I think we can all live with that because Weaver wasn’t awful. He wasn’t good either as he fanned only three Astros, which I didn’t even think was possible. He also saw his average velocity dip ever so slightly from his last outing. That’s not a good thing if you were like me and hoping he was just waiting to build arm strength.

Bullpen Battle
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Game Flow
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Halo Hero

Tune in again tomorrow. Same Trout time. Same Trout channel.