RHP Ricky Nolasco tied his career high with his 33rd start of the season Saturday night. Nolasco (6-15, 4.92 ERA) went 5 1/3 innings against the Seattle Mariners, allowing one run and seven hits with two strikeouts and a walk. He was in position to win the game until the bullpen allowed five runs in the eighth inning of the 6-4 loss. Nolasco's 33 starts is the most by a Los Angeles pitcher since Jered Weaver started 34 games in 2014.

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start Saturday against the Mariners. While Nolasco leads the club in starts (32) and innings pitched (175 2/3), he also is among the American League leaders in categories he'd prefer to avoid. He is 6-15 with a 5.02 ERA, the 15 losses second most behind Boston's Rick Porcello (17). He's also fourth in home runs allowed (34), sixth in hits allowed (198) and sixth in earned runs allowed (98). Nolasco, though, will be facing a Mariners team that was his opponent in his best game of the season. He threw a three-hit shutout, with seven strikeouts and no walks, on July 1 in a 4-0 win. In all, he has faced the Mariners a total of five times this year, going 1-1 with a 4.82 ERA.

RHP Ricky Nolasco (6-15) allowed four runs on seven hits over 5-plus innings while striking out four and walking one while taking the loss against the White Sox. Nolasco has now dropped a career-high 15 games and is 0-3 with a 4.50 ERA over his last six starts and 1-5 with a 5.77 ERA over nine career starts against the White Sox.

RHP Ricky Nolasco allowed two runs on five hits and three walks (one intentional) in five innings Wednesday, getting a no-decision against the Indians. He gave up an RBI double to CF Jason Kipnis in the second inning and an RBI double to Giovanny Urshela in the fourth inning, but he was finished after five because he had made 92 pitches.

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start Wednesday against the Indians. Nolasco finally seemed to at least give his team a chance in his last game, when he threw a quality start (two runs in six innings) against the Astros, though the Angels eventually lost the game. It ended a streak of seven consecutive starts in which Nolasco failed to give the Angels a quality start going back to Aug. 1. Nolasco, 6-14 with a 5.11 ERA, pitched fairly well in his only start against the Indians this season, giving up three runs in 6 2/3 innings of what became a 10-4 loss on July 26.

RHP Ricky Nolasco reached 1,500 strikeouts faster than anyone by striking out six Texas batters Saturday. Nolasco is the 23rd active pitcher to reach 1,500. He has struck out at least six in nine starts this year.

RHP Ricky Nolasco did not receive the win after pitching 4 2/3 innings in a 10-1 victory against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, but the Angels have won four of his past five starts after winning just five of his first 21.

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start Tuesday against the Rangers. It will be Nolasco's team-leading 26th start of the season, though he's been wildly inconsistent. Nolasco pitched his best game of the season on July 1 against Seattle, throwing a complete-game, three-hit shutout. In his very next start six days later on July 7, the Rangers rocked Nolasco for eight runs in just 1 2/3 innings. It's been that kind of season for the right-hander, filled with ups and downs. Mostly downs, considering his record of 6-12 and his 5.16 ERA. His 31 home runs allowed is the most by any pitcher in the majors. And the Rangers have been hard on him - he's 0-2 with a 17.55 ERA in two starts against them this year and 1-3 with an 8.68 ERA in four career starts.

RHP Ricky Nolasco allowed his league-high 31st homer in the first inning Wednesday to Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals. It was the fourth homer for Zimmerman against the Angels veteran. The right-hander entered Wednesday with a 5.24 ERA, had allowed five earned runs in each of his last two starts and hadn't won on the road in nearly two months. But Nolasco got credit for the win as he survived cramps in his calves on a humid day in the nation's capital as the Angels defeated the first-place Washington Nationals 3-2. His victory gave the Angels seven wins in eight games going into a series Friday in Baltimore against another team with Wild Card aspirations. "Every five days I give the team everything I have," said the serious-minded Nolasco, 34, standing by his locker. "It takes 25 guys to do what we have to do. We have to keep it going." The starter is 2-0 in his last four starts while allowing 13 runs.

WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Angels right-hander Ricky Nolasco left Wednesday afternoon's game against the Washington Nationals in the sixth inning in the midst of pitching to Jose Lobaton.The Angels were nursing a 3-2 lead and Nolasco had a 2-2 count on Lobaton before leaving the game. There was no immediate word on the reason for his exit or condition, according to the Angels.Nolasco allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. He threw 112 pitches, with 66 going for strikes.Nolasco, who was replaced by Jesse Chavez, entered the game with a 5-12 mark and 5.24 ERA. He had not won on the road since June 26 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Chavez fanned Lobaton to end the inning.

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start in Washington on Wednesday afternoon in the series finale. He is 4-2 in eight starts in his career against the Nationals with a 2.44 ERA at Nationals Park.

RHP Ricky Nolasco (4-12, 5.07 ERA) will be looking for his first win since shutting out the Seattle Mariners July 1 at Angel Stadium, when he starts the opener of a three-game home series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. The Angels have lost each of his past four starts. He is 0-3 with an 8.38 ERA in those starts, allowing an opponents batting average of .342 and an opponents on-base percentage of .388. He was charged with the loss Wednesday at Cleveland after allowing nine hits, three walks and three earned runs in 6 2/3 innings. In 23 career games (20 starts) against the Phillies, he is 8-7 with a 3.83 ERA. His last win against the Phillies was July 1, 2012, when he was with the Miami Marlins.

RHP Ricky Nolasco, who needed a good start, had one, even though he took the loss. Nolasco pitched into the seventh inning, allowing three runs. "He worked around some early command issues, but once he settled in he had a good run and gave us a chance to win," manager Mike Scioscia said. One of the nine hits allowed by Nolasco was a home run by the first batter he faced, OF Bradley Zimmer, in the first inning. Nolasco has allowed home runs in 15 of his 21 starts. His 27 homers allowed overall leads all American League pitchers.

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start Wednesday vs. Cleveland. It has been a rough year for Nolasco, who at one point in May and June lost seven consecutive starts. In 20 starts this year, Nolasco is 4-11 with a 5.13 ERA. In his last three starts, he's 0-2 with a 10.66 ERA. In seven career appearances against the Indians, he is 0-2 with a 5.54 ERA.

RHP Ricky Nolasco gave up six runs and nine hits in four innings, getting tagged with the loss in the Angels' 6-2 setback to the Red Sox on Friday. Nolasco dug himself a hole early when he allowed five runs in the first inning. Six of the first seven Red Sox hitters of the game had a hit. "Those guys stayed on Ricky and used the whole field and bunched together a bunch of hits in the first inning," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That set the tone for the game."

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start Friday against the Red Sox. He is coming off a no-decision in his last start, during which he gave up one run and two hits in seven innings against Tampa Bay. He is the only pitcher on the Angels' staff to throw a complete-game shutout this season, but he has allowed 26 home runs, most in the majors. Nolasco is 3-2 with a 5.68 ERA in seven career starts against Boston, but he has never faced the Red Sox as a member of the Angels.

RHP Ricky Nolasco gave up only one run and two hits over seven innings Friday against Tampa Bay, but came away with a no-decision. The only two hits he allowed Friday came from Rays 3B Evan Longoria, who homered and doubled. The home run was the 26th yielded by Nolasco this season, most in the majors.

RHP Ricky Nolasco had his shortest outing of the season, lasting just 1 2/3 innings and getting charged with eight runs and seven hits on Friday. Nolasco, who hadn't allowed a run in his last two starts, hadn't given up more than five runs in a start this season. His shortest outing before Friday was 2 2/3 innings on May 29 against Atlanta. The eight runs he allowed are the most he has given up since Aug. 31, 2014, when he also allowed eight while pitching for Minnesota. "It's just one start," said Nolasco, who is the first Angels pitcher to have 10 losses before the All-Star break since Joe Blanton in 2013. "You say it's just one of those days. Shake it off and keep going forward."

RHP Ricky Nolasco will start Saturday against the Mariners. He had lost seven consecutive starts, and the Angels had lost 10 in a row in games started by Nolasco. With that weight on his shoulders, he had to face a hot Dodgers club last Monday that had won 10 in a row. But Nolasco flipped the script, throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings to end the losing streak. He is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA in seven career starts against Seattle.

RHP Ricky Nolasco Monday won his first game since April 27, allowing five hits in 6 1/3 shutout innings in a 4-0 win over the Dodgers. He snapped the Dodgers' 10-game win streak and also two personal streaks. He had lost his last seven starts, tying a franchise record, and the Angels had lost his last 10.