Detroit Tigers at L.A. Angels Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Tigers -125 / Angels +105 O/U 8.5 runs
Time: 10:05 PM EST Thursday April 22, 2010
Tonight in the last game of a 4 game AL series the L.A. Angels host the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers beat the Angels last night, which snapped L.A.'s 5-game winning streak. The Tigers are coming off a win, are 4-6 in their last 10 games, and are in 2nd place in the AL Central 3 games back of the Minnesota Twins. The Angels lost their last game, are 6-4 in their last 10 games, and are in 2nd place in the AL West only 1 game back of the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A's.
This season the Angels are 4-6 at home and the Tigers are 4-5 on the road.
In last night's game between these 2 teams the Tigers beat the Angels 4-3.
Tonight's pitching match up is between Detroit's Justin Verlander and Los Angeles' Joe Saunders, who have combined for 63 wins in the past 2 seasons, and each is struggling to begin this season, especially Verlander, who is still looking for his 1st win.
Verlander (0-1 6.88 ERA) was decent in his last start going 7 innings and giving up 3 earned runs, but he did not get any support in a loss. Saunders (1-2 4.26 ERA) had his first solid outing of the season in his last start going 8 innings and giving up 0 earned runs in getting his 1st win.
Dating back to last season the Tigers are 5-1 in Verlander's last 6 starts and the Angels are 1-4 in Saunders' last 5 starts.
In their careers Saunders is 1-1 with a 5.18 ERA in 7 starts against the Tigers and Verlander is 1-2 with a 4.82 ERA in 6 starts against the Angels.
Detroit's offense has been decent so far this season, but their pitching has been letting them down allowing the 5th most runs in the American League. The same goes for the Angles, who have given up the 4th most runs in the AL.
One player that Saunders really has to worry about is Miguel Cabrera, who ranks 4th in the AL in batting average (.364) and 1st in RBI's (17). He hit a game tying HR in the 9th inning last night and is swinging a very hot bat.
Big L.A. off-season acquisition Hideki Matsui (.293 3 HR 10 RBI) has been solid this season for his new team, but he only has 1 hit in the first 3 games of this series.
Betting Trends
Detroit is 2-5 in their last 7 games and has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 games.
L.A. is 5-1 in their last 6 games and has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 home games against teams with a losing road record.
Our Selection : Verlander appeared to regain his form allowing 3 runs over 7 innings in his last start.. Angels starter J. Saunders is coming off 8 shoutout innings. Mr. Under Jerry Meals will behind home plate. Add them all together and it appears that the under is the smart play tonight. Take under 8.5 runs at 5Dimes.
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