Angels' Richards to make season debut Sunday vs. Astros

The Los Angeles Angels are set to receive a huge morale boost Sunday.

Right-hander Garrett Richards will make his much-anticipated return from knee surgery for the series finale with the Houston Astros.

"When teams play us, they wonder if they're going to miss G-Rich or not," Angels third baseman David Freese recently told MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez. "He's that type of pitcher. He's big to our rotation. What he did last year, hopefully he can build on that. From the looks of it, he's ready to go."

Richards went 13-4 with an impressive 2.61 ERA over 26 starts before suffering the season-ending injury last August.