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The Angels (12-23) dropped a game on Monday night, allowing Houston, who was destroyed by the Yankees in a four-game season-opening series at Minute Maid Park, to avoid the American League West basement.
At this point, the Astros are behind Seattle by 6½ games. The Astros play their first of 29 games over the course of 30 days, starting today.
Jonathan Singleton has three home runs and eight RBIs in his last six games after failing to score any runs in his previous sixteen games.
Joey Loperfido hit.267 (4-for-15) in his debut major league week, with two RBIs.
After earning his promotion with a minor league-best 13 home runs in 25 games for Class AAA Sugar Land, he’s still waiting for his first extra-base hit.
Included in Alex Bregman’s ugly .His on-base percentage exceeds his slugging percentage of 202/.284/.269, which is his slash line.
Bregman has averaged 99 walks over his last four 150-game seasons, drawing at least 87 of them. He is expected to score 67 this year.
Verlander is 12 strikeouts short of active leader Max Scherzer, whose most recent rehab start for the Rangers was delayed due to painful thumbs. Scherzer has had 3,355 strikeouts in his career.
To catch Greg Maddux, whose 3,371 strikeouts rank 10th all-time, Verlander needs 16 strikeouts.
Yankees (23-13) update: After the Guardians and Mariners, New York just misses being the Astros’ third straight first-place opponent. Before winning a three-game home series against Baltimore last week, the Yanks dropped three of four games there.
In the AL East, Detroit is currently one game behind the Orioles.
New York tops the AL in walks (148) and on-base percentage (.331) and leads the MLB in pitches per plate appearance. With respect to pitching, the Yankees rank third in the majors with a 2.99 ERA.
The first season for Juan Soto with the pinstripes is going great. With eight home runs and a slash line of.316/.421/.559, he has reached base in 32 of 36 games.
With 28, he leads the AL in RBIs. Despite only hitting.220, Aaron Judge has seven home runs and 26 walks, which ties him for second place in the majors with Soto.
Judge is hitting.190 (4-for-21) in his career at-bats against Verlander, including two solo home runs. The perfect example of a lockdown closer has been Clay Holmes.
With 11 saves, he is tied for the most in the MLB, and his 16⅓ innings pitched without giving up an earned run lead the major leagues.
