Angels vs Astros Betting Preview
An American League West series continues Saturday night when the Los Angeles Angels (60-78, 29-38 away) visit the Houston Astros (89-49, 46-21 home). Los Angeles stinks, but Houston does not. The Astros currently have the best record in the American League by 6.5 games over the Yankees. This game will air live on FOX.
Shohei Ohtani is getting it done for the Angels as he leads the team with a .267 batting average and 86 RBIs. Mike Trout has gotten hot, and he leads the way, tied with Shohei, with 33 home runs. Los Angeles is hitting .228 and the pitchers have posted a 3.78 ERA and 1.25 WHIP.
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Yordan Alvarez should be a top five MVP finisher this season as he leads Houston with a .290 batting average and 31 home runs. Kyle Tucker has a team high 88 RBIs. The Astros are batting .244 and the pitching staff has combined for a 2.94 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
Angels vs Astros Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Houston got this series started with a 4-3-win Friday night. This game was scoreless through five innings, and then Mike Trout hit a two-run home run in the top of the fifth to give the Angels a 2-0 lead. The Astros chipped away with a Jeremy Pena solo shot in the bottom of the fifth and then took a 3-2 lead in the seventh with a Chas McCormick two-run shot. Each team scored one more run in the final two innings to finish off an entertaining game. Houston outhit Los Angeles 6-5 in this one.
Mike Trout went 1-4 with that two-run home run and one run scored in the loss. Taylor Ward added one RBI and one run scored, thanks a solo shot in the ninth inning, for Los Angeles. Chas McCormick went 2-3 with one home run, one walk, three RBIs and one run scored in the win. Jeremy Pena went 2-4 with one home run, one RBI and two runs scored for Houston. Lance McCullers Jr. improved to 3-1, Andrew Wantz fell to 2-1, and Ryan Pressly saved his 26th game of the season.
Pitching Matchup: Shohei Ohtani (11-8, 2.58 ERA, 1.04 WHIP) vs Jose Urquidy (13-5, 3.51 ERA, 1.12 WHIP)
Tonights Pick:
Los Angeles has gone 5-5 in their past 10 games overall but are just 3-7 in their last 10 games on the road. Against Houston, the Angels are 2-8 in their past 10 games and are 1-4 in their last five games at Minute Maid Park. Houston is 8-2 in their past 10 games overall and 11-2 in their last 13 games against American League West opponents. I think Los Angeles takes advantage of having their best pitcher on the mound and pulls off the upset.
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MLB
Los Angeles Angels
Houston Astros
Team Records
LAA | Team Records | HOU |
---|---|---|
2-4 | Home | 4-9 |
7-6 | Road | 2-5 |
7-10 | vRHP | 4-9 |
2-0 | vLHP | 2-5 |
6-10 | vs>.500 | 6-14 |
3-0 | vs<.500 | 0-0 |
4-6 | Last10 | 3-7 |
9-10 | Last20 | 6-14 |
9-10 | Last30 | 6-14 |
Team Stats
LAA | Team Stats | HOU |
---|---|---|
4.58 | ERA | 3.79 |
.247 | Batting Avg Against | .237 |
1.39 | WHIP | 1.26 |
.301 | BABIP | .289 |
9.9% | BB% | 8.7% |
23.6% | K% | 24.0% |
71.2% | LOB% | 75.3% |
.251 | Batting Avg | .251 |
.437 | SLG | .417 |
.761 | OPS | .740 |
.324 | OBP | .324 |
Pitchers
S. Ohtani | J. Urquidy | |
---|---|---|
130.2 | Innings | N/A |
22 | GS | N/A |
10-5 | W-L | N/A |
3.17 | ERA | N/A |
11.36 | K/9 | N/A |
3.72 | BB/9 | N/A |
1.24 | HR/9 | N/A |
80.1% | LOB% | N/A |
16.8% | HR/FB% | N/A |
4.03 | FIP | N/A |
3.58 | xFIP | N/A |
.184 | AVG | N/A |
31.4% | K% | N/A |
10.3% | BB% | N/A |
3.64 | SIERA | N/A |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/20 HOU | Odorizzi ML N/A | W6-0 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 55-81 |
4/14 TEX | Dunning ML N/A | L5-10 TOTAL N/A | 3.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 42-70 |
4/7 HOU | Valdez ML N/A | L1-3 TOTAL N/A | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 51-80 |
9/26 SEA | Gonzales ML N/A | L1-5 TOTAL N/A | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 74-112 |
9/19 OAK | Montas ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 72-108 |
No J. Urquidy History
Betting Trends
LAA | Betting Trends | HOU |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 0-3-0 |
4 | Avg Score | 3.67 |
4.33 | Avg Opp Score | 3.33 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
3-0-0 | ATS W/L/P | 0-3-0 |
4.33 | Avg Score | 3.67 |
2.33 | Avg Opp Score | 3.33 |
LAA | Betting Trends | HOU |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 4-1-0 |
2-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-4-0 |
4.6 | Avg Score | 4.2 |
4.4 | Avg Opp Score | 2.2 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 4-1-0 |
4-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-4-0 |
5.6 | Avg Score | 3 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 2.2 |
LAA | Betting Trends | HOU |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 8-2-0 |
4-6-0 | ATS W/L/P | 6-4-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 3.8 |
3.9 | Avg Opp Score | 2.1 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-7-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 7-3-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-6-0 |
3.6 | Avg Score | 3.1 |
4 | Avg Opp Score | 2.4 |