Texas Rangers (1-4) vs Los Angeles Angels (3-3)
Game Info: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 8:05 pm (Globe Life Field)
Dane Dunning (0-0) (5.40) vs Shohei Ohtani (0-1) (1.93)
Betting Odds: Texas Rangers +105 / Los Angeles Angels -141 --- Over/Under: 9 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Los Angeles Angels will play the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Thursday night.
The Los Angeles Angels 3-3 this season after sweeping the Marlins in a two game series and losing 3 of 4 to the Astros in their opening series. The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 4.00 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and a .196 opponent batting average. The Angels offense has scored 20 runs with a .217 batting average and a .282 on base percentage. Jared Walsh leads the Angels with a .300 batting average, while Brandon Marsh leads with 4 RBI’s. The projected starter for the Angels is Shohei Ohtani, who is 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 1.07 WHIP this season.
The Texas Rangers are 1-4 this season after being swept in a two games series by Colorado and losing 2 of the 3 against the Blue Jays in their first series of the year. The Rangers pitching staff has a 5.52 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, and a .285 opponent batting average. The Texas offense has scored 28 runs with a .236 batting average and a .327 on base percentage. Brad Miller has led the Texas offense with two home runs and 5 RBI. The projected starter for the Rangers is Dane Dunning, who is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA and 1.40 WHIP on the year.
The under is 4-0 in Los Angeles’ last 4 games and the under is 4-0 in their last 4 game 1’s of a series. Texas is 1-6 in their last 7 games started by Dunning with the total set between 9 and 10.5. The over is 5-1 in Texas’ last 6 games as an underdog and the over is 5-1 in Texas’ last 6 start by Dunning after scoring two runs or less in their previous game. The under is 6-2-1 in these two teams last 9 head to head meetings.
I think we are getting the Angels at a very nice price here with their ace on the mound. The Texas pitching staff has struggled this season and the Angels have scored 4 or more in half of their games this year. I like the Angels to win.