L.A. Angels at Texas Rangers Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Angels +110/ Rangers -120 O/U 8 runs
Game Time: 8:05 PM EST Wednesday April 20, 2011
First place in the AL West is at stake in this game and it is a match up of a couple of red-hot pitchers that have yet to lose this season. L.A. is hot and coming off a win and is 8-2 in their last 10 games while the Rangers are coming off a loss and are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
The Angels’ offense came alive in last night’s 15-4 win over the Rangers racking up 3 HR and 15 hits in handing Texas their first home loss of the season.
This season the Rangers are 7-1 at home and the Angels are 4-5 on the road. On the season the Angels have an O/U record of 5-11-1 and a run line W/L record of 9-8 and the Rangers have an O/U record of 7-9-1 and a run line W/L record of 12-5.
Tonight’s AL West match up is all about pitching vs. hitting, as the Rangers have scored the 4th most runs in the Majors while the Angles have the 2nd best team ERA.
Taking the hill tonight for the Rangers is Matt Harrison (3-0 1.23 ERA), who was stellar in his last outing against the Yankees going 8 innings and giving up only 1 earned run. Jared Weaver (4-0 1.30 ERA) is on the hill for the Angels looking to become the Majors’ first 5-game winner and in his last outing he gave up 2 earned runs in 7 innings of work against the White Sox.
Weaver leads the Majors in strikeouts (31) and last season he was 3-1 with a 3.52 ERA in 6 starts against the Rangers, but was 0-1 with a 6.11 ERA in 3 starts at Arlington Ballpark. The Angels are 5-0 in Weaver’s last 5 road starts, but they are only 1-7 in his last 8 road starts against Texas.
Harrison went 1-1 with a 2.16 ERA in 5 relief appearances against L.A. last season and in his career is 1-0 with an 8.10 ERA in 2 starts against them. The Rangers are 1-4 in Harrison’s last 5 home starts against teams with a winning record.
Even though the Rangers lost last season’s MVP Josh Hamilton to an injury they have still been scoring runs with DH Michael Young (.348), LH David Murphy (.361), and 1B Mitch Moreland (.311) picking up the slack. Key off-season acquisition Adrian Beltre is only hitting .254, but ranks 2nd in the AL in HR (5) and first in RBI (16).
Harrison may want to pitch around Angels 1B Mark Trumbo, who went deep last night with 4 RBI and he has been swinging a hot back lately hitting .350 with 2 HR and 6 RBI in his last 5 games.
In some betting trends for this AL West match up:
L.A. is 6-1 in their last 7 road games, 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog, and has an Under record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 road games.
Texas is 7-1 in their last 8 home games, 5-1 in their last 6 home games against a right-handed starter, and has an Under record of 6-2-1 in their last 9 games.
Our Selection : The Angels have been hitting lefties well and J. Weaver now has 11 straight quality starts dating back to last season.
Take Los Angeles +104 at 5Dimes using their reduced MLB betting lines.
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