The Angels’ strange struggles against left-handed starters continued Tuesday night. Martin Perez held the Halos offense to just five hits—all singles—and no runs in six innings, striking out six. His gem was already the 10th quality start (out of 16 chances) a southpaw has tossed against Angels this season, and it lowered the lineup’s OPS vs LHPs to a paltry .667.
That’s almost 50 points worse than their OPS vs RHPs, which is super weird for a team that regularly puts eight right-handed batters in the lineup. Eventually you’d expect those two numbers to flip, but for now the Angels will continue to possess one of the league’s oddest platoon splits.
Run Expectancy Rundown
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Starting Pitcher Scores
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Martin Perez looked as good as he ever has on Tuesday. His fastball was lively, he was able to hit his spots, and he was incredibly efficient in all but his last inning.
Bullpen Battle
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The Halos made a little noise against Matt Bush in the eighth, plating their one run, but otherwise went quietly vs the Rangers bullpen.
Game Flow
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Angel Antagonist
If you’re gonna bat in the five spot, you’ve gotta produce. Sorry, Johnny.
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