Los Angeles Angels vs New York Yankees Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 31 (8/31): MLB

Los Angeles Angels vs New York Yankees Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 31 (8/31): MLB

Credit: photo by  Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 9:38 p.m. EST
Yankees money line -200
Yankees run line -1.5 (-115)
Angels money line +165
Angels run line +1.5 (-105)
Over / under 7.5

 

Key stats

  New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels
Record 79-51 56-74
Road / home record 34-31 27-37
Last 10 record 6-4 4-6
Streak W1 L1
Over / under record 59-66-5 59-62-9
Runs / game 5.01 3.79
Runs allowed / game 3.49 4.20

 

Preview

The New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels will play the 3rd game of the series at the Los Angeles-Alameda County Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Yankees bounced back and beat the Angels 7-4 to tie the series. Judge hit a three-run shot in the fourth inning for his 51st homer of the season. 

 

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 79-50 record and have lost 3 of their last 4 games. The team is averaging 5.03 runs per game. They're batting for .241 AVG, 640 runs scored in 1033 hits and 200 home runs, ranking #2 in offense in the league, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Aaron Judge leads the team and is batting for .297 with 49 home runs and 109 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3.49 runs per game and rank #3 in the league. All-Star Nestor Cortes leads the pitching staff with a 2.68 ERA, 133 strikeouts and 9 wins recorded with the Yanks.

Probable Pitcher:

Gerrit Cole (10-6, 3.31 ERA) will be on the mound for the Yankees in the 3rd game of the series. Cole allowed a run on three hits and two walks while striking out 11 over 7.1 innings to earn the win over the Athletics on Friday. He has a record of 8-1 with an ERA of 2.47 and 99 strikeouts in 11 appearances versus the Angels in his career.

 

Los Angeles Angels

The Angels get here with a 55-74 record and have won 4 their last 5 games. The team is averaging 3.79 runs per game. They're batting for .227 AVG, 489 runs scored in 973 hits and 145 home runs, ranking #25 in offense in the league tied with the Kansas City Royals. Shohei Ohtani leads the team with a .265 avg, 28 home runs and 77 RBI. 

Defensively they are allowing 4.20 runs per game and rank #15 in the league. Shohei Ohtani leads the pitching staff with a 2.67 ERA, 176 strikeouts and 11 wins recorded.

Probable Pitcher:   Patrick Sandoval (4-9, 3.05 ERA)

Sandoval will be on the mound in the 3rd game of the series for the Angels. Sandoval allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk while striking out five across six innings to take the loss Thursday against the Rays. He hasn't pitched against the Yankees in his career.

 

BETTING TRENDS

NY Yankees are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games.

NY Yankees are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against LA Angels.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees' last 5 games on the road.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels' last 5 games at home.

The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Angels' last 8 games when playing at home against NY Yankees.

 

Prediction

The Yankees offense finally exploded and scored 7 runs to beat the Angels in the second game of the series. To try to win this series they'll send Gerrit Cole to the mound who is coming from a solid start and has dominated the Angels in his career. Patrick Sandoval will start for the Angels who has also been solid this season but the Angels have lost in 8 f his last 10 starts. This is going to be a great pitching matchup so expect a close game and I think the best play is the under.

PICK: Under 7.5 (-110)

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