Oakland A’s at Los Angeles Angels Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: A's +150 / Angels -170 O/U 7.5 runs
Game Time: 7:05 PM EST Wednesday April 27, 2011 on ESPN
Tonight in La La Land the Angels look to complete a sweep over the Oakland A’s. The Angels are in 2nd place in the AL West only .5 games back of the Texas Rangers and they have won 2 straight and are 5-5 in their last 10 games. The A’s are in 3rd place in the division 3.5 games back of the Rangers, have lost 2 straight, and also 5-5 in their last 10 games. The A’s offense has struggled in this series so far only scoring 3 runs in 2 games and they may need a good pitching performance tonight since their offense only ranks 25th in the Majors in runs scored.
In last night’s game the Angels beat the A’s 8-3.
This season Oakland has an O/U record of 11-12-1 and a runline WL record of 14-10 and L.A. has an O/U record of 6-16-2 and a runline WL record of 13-11.
The Angles are 6-6 at home this season and the A’s are 7-8 on the road.
The Angels have won 8 straight home games over the A’s.
Taking the mound for the Angels tonight is RHP Dan Haren (4-1 1.46 ERA), who has the 2nd lowest ERA in the AL and in his last outing gave up 2 earned runs in 6 innings taking his first loss of the season against Boston. On the hill for the A’s is RHP Tyson Ross (1-2 4.82 ERA), who in his last outing gave up 3 earned runs in 4 innings in a loss to Seattle.
Haren is 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA in 3 career starts against the A’s and the Angels are 5-2 in his last 7 starts.
Ross is a relief pitcher, who has been in the rotation with starter Dallas Braden injured and in only 3 career starts he is 0-3 with a 6.74 ERA. In 7 2/3 innings against the Angels last season he was 0-1 with an ERA of 4.70.
After getting blanked in their last 2 games before this season the Angles’ offense has come alive in this series scoring 13 runs in 2 games.
Angles 2B Howard Kendrick (.292 6 HR 11 RBI) is a player Ross may want to pitch around, as in his 7-game hitting streak against the A’s he is hitting .433.
In some betting trends for this AL West match up:
Oakland is 1-4 in their last 5 games as a road underdog, e 1-5 in their last 6 road games against a right-handed starter, and has an Under record of 7-3 in their last 10 games facing a right-handed starter.
L.A. is 5-1 in their last 6 games as a favorite, 3-7 in their last 10 home games against a right-handed starter, and has an Under record of 5-0-1 in Haren’s last 6 home starts.
Oakland has lost 6 straight games to the Angels.
Our Selection : The Angels bats woke last night racking up 8 runs against the A’s. They have ace starter Dan Haren on the mound who has been outstanding this season with every a start of the quality variety. While we would never lay over -130 on a moneyline bet, we will take a shot on the runline today. Take the Angels -1.5 +125 at Bodog.
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