LA Angels (30-46) vs Oakland Athletics (29-50)
Game Info: Monday, June 24, 2024 at 9:38 pm (Angel Stadium of Anaheim)
The Line: Betting Odds: LA Angels -118 / Oakland Athletics +100 — Over/Under: 8.5
The Oakland A’s and the Los Angeles Angels square off Monday in MLB action from Angel Stadium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Oakland Athletics vs LA Angels Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Oakland A’s will send out Luis Medina for the start here and Medina is 1-2 with a 4.71 ERA and 13 strikeouts this season. This will be Medina’s second career start against the Angels. The Los Angeles Angels will send out Griffin Canning and Canning is 2-8 with a 5.02 ERA and 54 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against the A’s, Canning is 1-2 with a 5.11 ERA and 21 strikeouts.
Oakland A’s Recap
The Oakland A’s come into this series looking to bounce back after a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins in Sunday’s rubber match, failing to build on their series victory over the Kansas City Royals from last week.
A’s Back To Struggling Offensively
Brent Rooker leads the A’s with 44 RBIs along with 13 home runs this season while Abraham Toro has a team-high 72 hits and 24 RBIs. JJ Bleday has a team-high 22 doubles, 3 triples, 72 hits and 28 RBIs and Toro has a .260 batting average. Rooker also has the unfortunate title of leading strikeout bat with 96 K’s at the dish this season. Shea Langeliers has also chipped in 14 home runs and 39 RBIs.
Why the Oakland Athletics will win
- The Angels have lost eight of their last nine night games against American League opponents.
- The Athletics have won each of their last four night games against American League opponents following a home loss.
- The Angels have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven home games against American League opponents following a road loss.
- The Athletics have covered the run line in 10 of their last 11 night games against American League opponents.
Los Angeles Angels Recap
The Los Angeles Angels will try to bounce back after having to settle for a split with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in their two-game set thanks to a 7-2 loss in Saturday’s series finale, failing to bounce back from their series loss to the Brewers last week.
Angels Stumbling At The Dish In Their Own Right
Taylor Ward has 65 hits along with 13 doubles, 12 home runs and a team-high 38 RBIs. Mike Trout also has 10 home runs along with a pair of triples and 6 stolen bases, but remains out indefinitely with injury while Zach Neto has 16 doubles, 65 strikeouts and 9 stolen bases. Luis Rengifo also has a team-high 66 hits and 20 stolen bases while Jo Adell has 12 home runs, 33 RBIs and 9 stolen bases as well.
Why the Los Angeles Angels will win
- The Athletics have lost 17 of their last 18 road games after playing the previous day.
- The home team has won eight of the last nine games between the Athletics and Angels.
- The Angels have covered the run line in each of their last five night games following a road loss.
- The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in five of their last six games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim against teams that held a losing record.
Oakland Athletics vs LA Angels Prediction
I’m on the under here. I just don’t trust either one of these teams offensively. If I had to take a side I’d lean towards Oakland, but just when you’re ready to trust the A’s, they put up a dud offensively and struggle to drum up any sort of offense. The Angels just continue to struggle in their own right and I think this is a 3-2 kind of game whichever way it ends up going. Give me the under here.