Angels vs. Astros Pick
Will the Houston Astros have a big day at the plate when they take on the Los Angeles Angels today at 2:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Astros are favored at home, as they are getting odds of -180 to win. The Angels are listed with a money line of +160 to prevail today, while the over/under total for the game has been set at 9.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup for this game has Jesse Chavez (5-6, 4.56 ERA) on the mound for the Angels to face David Paulino (0-0, 4.66) of the Astros. Chavez has had back-to-back strong outings, allowing 3 earned runs over 12.2 innings of work. For the season, he has 54 strikeouts with 20 walks and a WHIP of 1.28. Paulino has just two starts, allowing 5 earned runs over 9.2 innings with two walks and 12 strikeouts. His WHIP is 1.55.
These two have split the first two games in this series, with the Angels picking up a 9-4 win over the Astros on Friday. Houston answered with a 3-1 win on Saturday. The Astros are 44-19 overall, 21-11 at home and 31-26 with the over. Los Angeles is 32-33 overall, 14-21 on the road and 35-27 with the under.
Saturday’s game saw the Astros get a great pitching effort from Mike Fiers. He went 7.1 innings, allowing just one run on two hits with eight strikeouts to earn his fourth win of the season. Ken Giles added a perfect ninth to get his 16th save of the season. Houston racked up 10 hits at the plate, but scored just three runs. Brian McCann hit his ninth home run of the season to lead Houston while Andrelton Simmons drove in the lone Los Angeles run.
I think the over will be the play today. Both teams send pitchers to the mound that have ERA’s over 4.00 and both teams have shown the ability to hit the ball in this series. Houston didn’t put up many runs yesterday, but had a lot of hits. The Angels lit up the Astros’ bullpen on Friday. I think we see a combo of both today as the Astros will get the hits, but also drive in the runs while the Angels get to the inexperienced Paulino.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: ANGELS/ASTROS OVER 9.5