Saturday night baseball and we will see the Houston Astros travel to Angel Stadium to take on the Los Angeles Angels in game 3 of their 4 game series. Free Pick to follow. First pitch is scheduled for a 9:05 PM (Eastern) start time and the game will be televised locally.
Betting Odds
Astros -101
Angels -109
Over/ Under: 7.5 U -120
The Houston Astros have been the surprise of this season so far as they lead the AL West Division by 5 games with a 19-11 record. They have cooled off though as they have won just 1 of their last 5 games. The Angels come in at 2nd place in the AL West with a 14-16 mark, but hey have started to play better as they have won 3 of their last 4 games. Houston ranks 12th in the league in scoring (4.43 rpg), while on the mound they are 8th in the league in ERA (3.40). The Angels come in ranked 24th in scoring (3.67 rpg), while on the mound they are 11th in ERA (3.67)
Trends of note for this game include: Houston has gone 10-1 in their last 11 road games and 8-1 in their last 9 games vs. a right-handed starter, plus 13-3 in Keuchel's last 16 starts vs. the AL West, but just 37-76 in their last 113 road games vs. a team with a losing home record. The Angels have gone 21-7 in their last 28 home games vs. a left-handed starter and 11-2 in Shoemaker's last 13 starts vs. tyhe AL West, but just 2-5 in their last 7 games vs. a starter with a WHIP less than 1.15.
Getting the ball tonight for Houston will be Dallas Keuchel, who is 3-0 with a vs slim 0.80 ERA on the year so far. Dallas has faced the Halos 9 times in his career, with 8 of them being starts and he is 5-1 with a 4.53 ERA in those games, while at Angel Stadium he is 3-0 with a 3.90 ERA in 5 starts.
Getting the ball for the Angels tonight will be Matt Shoemaker, who is 2-2 with a 5.40 ERA in 5 starts so far this year. Last year he was the ace of this staff, going 16-4 with a 3.04 ERA, but he's really struggling right now as he is 0-2 with a 6.19 in his last 3 starts. He faced the Astros as a starter once last year and he won that game 5-2, allowing just 2 ERs on 7 hits in 6 innings of work.
Pick: Gonna go with the Under here. The Houston offense is not as strong on the road as they are at home and Matt Shoemaker is really due for a good showing. He has always pitched at home, so I do look for him to get back on track tonight. Dallas Keuchel has been on track all season and the Angels are not a good hitting team. I see this one as a pitcher's duel tonight.
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