Los Angeles Angels at Tampa Bay Rays - 8/24/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

Tampa Bay Rays (66-55) vs Los Angeles Angels (52-70)

Game Info: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 7:10 pm (Tropicana Field)

Shane McClanahan (11-5) (2.29) vs Mike Mayers (1-0) (5.22)

Betting Odds: Tampa Bay Rays -294 / Los Angeles Angels +205 --- Over/Under: 7 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays face off on Wednesday in an MLB showdown at Tropicana Field. The Rays have won the first games in this series including on Tuesday 11-1. 

The Rays come into this game with a 67-55 record overall and on Tuesday the offense was quite impressive scoring 11 runs on Tuesday. The Rays offense has been inconsistent all season and they are currently averaging 4.11 runs per game which is 23rd in the league. The Rays have leaned on their pitching giving up 3.81 runs per game. Randy Arzorarena has hit 17 home runs and driven in 66 RBIs. 

On the other side of this matchup is the Angels who sit with a 52-71 record overall and so far in this series they have scored only two runs total. Even with Mike Trout back the Angels offense has been a big issue, and they need to find a way to get the offense going here. The Angels are averaging only 3.77 runs per game. Shohei Ohtani has hit 27 home runs and driven in 72 RBIs so far this year. 

On the mound for the Angels is Mike Mayers who sits with a 1-0 record but a high ERA of 5.52. In his last start against the Seattle Mariners, he went 5.1 innings giving up six hits and five runs. 

On the mound for the Rays will be Shane McClanahan and he sits with a 13-5 record and an ERA of 2.29. In his last start against the Royals, he went seven innings giving up two this and two runs. 

The Rays are 7-1 in their last eight games on astroturf. The Rays are 1-4 in McClannan’s The under is 4-1 in the Rays last five games overall. The under is 4-1 in the Rays last five home games. 

The Astros bats have been ice cold coming into this game, and it’s not going to get any easier in this game going against McClanahan. This is game where the Angels are going to struggle to even score one run, and this will be a really easy win for the Rays and they will cash on the run line. 

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.

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