Sunday baseball and I will have a Free Pick in the game between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels, which will be played at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. First pitch is scheduled for a 3:35 PM (Eastern) start time and the game will be televised locally.
Betting Odds
Rangers +139
Angels -149
Over/ Under: 8 0 -120
This is game 3 of a 3 game series between these AL West rivals and the Angles will be going for the sweep after taking the first 2 in the series. The Angels have now won 4 of their last 5 games and have fought back to .500 on the year at 9-9. Texas has now lost 8 of their last 11 and are now 6-11 on the year.
The Rangers come in ranked 20th in scoring (3.88 rpg), 30th in hitting (.211) and 25th in homers (12), while on the mound they are 25th in ERA (4.45) and 30th in WHIP (1.50). Texas has gone 8-3 in their last 11 after scoring 2 runs or less in their previous game, but just 7-20 in their last 27 road games vs. a team with a losing home record and 4-17 the last 21 games in the series.
The Angels come in ranked 16th in scoring (3.94 rpg), 27th in hitting (.219) and 13th in homers (16), while on the mound they are 15th in ERA (3.82) and 14th in WHIP (1.27). The Halos have gone 34-11 in their last 45 home games vs. a team with a losing road record and 5-0 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400, but just 1-6 in their last 7 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.
Getting the ball tonight for the Rangers will be Nick Martinez, who is 2-0 with an 0.45 ERA in 3 starts this year.Nick face the Halos once this year and allowed 0 ERs in 7 innings of an 8-2 win. Nick is now 1-2 with a solid 2.77 ERA in 4 career starts vs the Halos.
Getting the ball for the Angels tonight will be Hector Santiago, who is 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA on the year. Hector did face the Rangers once this year and he allowed just 1 ER in 7 innings of a 10-2 Halos win. Overall Hector is 4-2 with a 4.00 ERA in 11 games (8 starts) vs Texas.
Pick: I will be looking at the Under in this game, as both starters come in in good form, while the offenses are struggling some. The Rangers have scored just 3 runs total in the first 2 games of this series, while the Halo have averaged just 2.8 rpg in their l;ast 4 games and they have score 3 runs or less in 6 of their last 8 games. This is an afternoon game in LA, which means the shadows should come into play, giving the Pitchers an even better edge. The first 2 games put up just 5 runs in each game and this may be the best pitching matchup of the 3 games. I see 5 runs at most again.
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