Six Pack of Stats: Angels 4, White Sox 3

FanGraphs That spike toward the home team foretells catastrophe.The Starts

On an Opening Day that saw a lot of big offense and ugly play around baseball, both starters acquitted themselves well.

Lucas Giolito ran out a 60 game score, a far cry better than his previous Opening Day start, last year’s debacle vs. the Twins (a 14). Giolito threw 87 pitches over 5 1⁄3 innings, mixing four-seam fastballs (44%, averaging 95 mpg), changeups (33%, 83.1 mph) and sliders (23%, 87.4 mph). The ace gave up six hard-hit balls (exit velocity 95 mph+).

Dylan Bundy outdueled Giolito, however, with a 64 game score. His mix consisted of four-seam fastballs (27%, averaging 91.7 mpg), curveballs (24%, 74.7 mph),…