Boxscore Breakdown #32: Mother’s Day – Angels 3, Astros 1

These Mother’s Day games are always weird to watch. I’m all for the breast cancer awareness pink undershirts, bats, gloves and what not, but you have to admit, it makes for a weird aesthetic. The pink is so prevalent that it throws off both team’s color schemes. It isn’t like the dumb Fourth of July hats where things just look slightly off, this is just wholesale weird because the pink is everywhere. I kind of wonder if they shouldn’t just have each team where pink hats only instead. Those they could at least sell afterwards and donate the profits to charity.

Angels 3, Astros 1

Run Expectancy Rundown
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1b58gnS03P3MXCT5HGiBbRe0cVXs3tv6KMr2mh-NhY6s/pubchart” query=”oid=1976391661&format=interactive” width=”623″ height=”389″ /] Chris Iannetta actually led the Angels in RE24 for once. Remember kids, it isn’t always about how pretty it looks, it is about the results. It really wasn’t a pretty day for any Angel hitters as David Freese mustered the lone extra base hit and Mike Trout got caught stealing for the first time.

[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1b58gnS03P3MXCT5HGiBbRe0cVXs3tv6KMr2mh-NhY6s/pubchart” query=”oid=1154832181&format=interactive” width=”620″ height=”341″ /] Preston Tucker had a pretty good day for a guy that didn’t actually get a hit. He did get hit by Garrett Richards, which probably felt like Tucker was having a pretty bad day.

Starting Pitcher Scores
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1b58gnS03P3MXCT5HGiBbRe0cVXs3tv6KMr2mh-NhY6s/pubchart” query=”oid=161400381&format=interactive” width=”584″ height=”293″ /] Once again the Halos didn’t make the starting pitcher use a whole lot of pitches. The Astros made Richards use a bunch, but that was because of all the striking out they were doing.

Bullpen Battle
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1b58gnS03P3MXCT5HGiBbRe0cVXs3tv6KMr2mh-NhY6s/pubchart” query=”oid=1141913419&format=interactive” width=”620″ height=”315″ /] Hey, look! Joe Smith and Huston Street both pitched well in the same game. It has been awhile since we’ve seen that.

Game Flow
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1b58gnS03P3MXCT5HGiBbRe0cVXs3tv6KMr2mh-NhY6s/pubchart” query=”oid=451609002&format=interactive” width=”619″ height=”316″ /] I’m running out of ways to describe Angels games where neither side really scored very much and the losing team never really made much of a comeback effort. Just look at the pretty graph, OK?

Halo Hero

I think it is safe to say that Richards is all the way back.