Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, Pick and Preview, September 10 (9/10): MLB

Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, Pick and Preview, September 10 (9/10): MLB

 

Odds

Time 8:10 p.m. EST
Angels money line +108
Angels run line +1.5 (-185)
Astros money line -130
Astros run line -1.5 (+160)
Over / under 7

 

Key stats

  Los Angeles Angels  Houston Astros
Record 60-78 89-49
Road / home record 29-38 46-21
Last 10 record 6-4 7-3
Streak L2 W2
Over / under record 62-67-9 50-80-8
Runs / game 3.82 4.50
Runs allowed / game 4.17 3.25

 

Preview

The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels will play the 2nd game of the series at the Minute Maid Park on Saturday. The Astros took the win 4-3 in the first game of the series. Jeremy Peña hit a solo homer and McCormick's shot in the seventh to put the Astros up and win the game.

 

Los Angeles Angels

The Angels get here with a 60-78 record and have lost 3 their last 5 games. The team is averaging 3.82 runs per game. They're batting for .227 AVG, 524 runs scored in 1046 hits and 161 home runs, ranking #25 in offense in the league tied with the Kansas City Royals. Shohei Ohtani leads the team with a .265 avg, 33 home runs and 86 RBI. 

Defensively they are allowing 4.17 runs per game and rank #12 in the league. Shohei Ohtani leads the pitching staff with a 2.58 ERA, 181 strikeouts and 11 wins recorded.

Probable Pitcher:  Shohei Ohtani (11-8, 2.48 ERA)

Ohtani will be on the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Angels. He pitched 8 strong innings in his last start vs Astros, allowing only 1 run on 6 hits striking out 5 in the 2-1 Angels win. Ohtani has an ERA of 3.65 versus the Astros in his career.

Houston Astros

The Astros get here with a 89-49 record and have won 8 of their last 10 games. They're averaging 4.50 runs and batting for .246 AVG, 615 runs scored in 1118 hits and 176 home runs, ranking #10 in offense in the league behind the Boston Red Sox. Yordan Alvarez leads the team batting for .303 avg with 31 home runs and 82 RBI. 

Defensively they are allowing 3.25 runs per game and ranking #2 in the league. Justin Verlander leads the pitching staff with a 1.84 ERA, 154 strikeouts and 16 wins recorded for the Astros.

Probable Pitcher: Jose Urquidy (13-5, 3.51 ERA)

Urquidy will be on the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Astros. Urquidy earned the win during Sunday's 9-1 victory over the Angels, allowing four hits and one walk while recording eight strikeouts in seven scoreless innings. He has a record of 5-0 with an ERA of 3.00 and 37 strikeouts in 9 appearances against the Angels in his career.

 

BETTING TRENDS

LA Angels are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games against Houston.

LA Angels are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games on the road.

LA Angels are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston.

Houston are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games against LA Angels.

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 7 games at home.

 

Prediction

The Angels have found a little bit if success lately but were stopped by McCullers who held them to only 2 runs for 7 innings. Shohei Ohtani will take the mound for Los Angeles who has been solid this season and absolutely dominated the Astros the last week pitching 8 scoreless innings. Jose Urquidy will start for the Astros who has been very effective this season and also dominated the Angels the last time. With the under cashing big time for these teams and this pitching matchup the under is definitely the best way to go.

PICK: Under 7 (-110)

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