New York Yankees (11-7) vs Los Angeles Angels (9-9)
Game Info: Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 4:05 pm (Yankee Stadium)
Nestor Cortes (2-0) (2.60) vs Patrick Sandoval (1-0) (1.23)
Betting Odds: New York Yankees -160 / Los Angeles Angels +130 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Los Angeles Angels will play the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their series on Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Angels Preview
The Los Angeles Angels are 9-9 this season and they have lost four of their last six games. Los Angeles won Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-2 on Tuesday. The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 3.52 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .230 opponent batting average this year. The Angels offense has scored 88 runs with a .239 batting average and a .330 on base percentage. Hunter Renfroe is batting .265 with four home runs and 16 RBI’s for the Angels. The projected starting pitcher for Los Angeles is Patrick Sandoval, who is 1-0 with a 1.23 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP over 14.2 innings pitched this season.
Yankees Preview
The New York Yankees are 11-7 this season and they have won three of their last four games. New York won Game 2 of this series by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday night. The New York pitching staff has a 3.02 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP, and a .213 opponent batting average. The Yankees offense has scored 79 runs with a .229 batting average and a .308 on base percentage this season. Aaron Judge is batting .274 with six home runs and 11 RBI’s for the Yankees. The projected starting pitcher for New York is Nestor Cortes, who is 2-0 with a 2.60 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP over 17.1 innings pitched this year.
Trends
Los Angeles is 1-7 in their last 8 Thursday games and 9-26 in their last 35 games against the AL East. The under is 9-3 in Los Angeles’ last 12 Thursday game. New York is 5-0 in their last 5 game three’s of a series and 1-7 in their last 8 games against the AL West. The under is 21-8 in New York’s last 29 games. The under is 6-1 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams will be looking for the series win in this game after New York was able to win Game 2 on Wednesday. The Yankees will turn to Nestor Cortes, who has allowed five earned runs over 17.1 innings pitched this year. The Angles will start Patrick Sandoval, who been very good this year, allowing only two earned runs over 14.2 innings pitched. I think we are going to see another low scoring game here and I like the under.
David’s Pick Under 8.5
AUTHOR: David Racey
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