LA Angels (52-67) vs Toronto Blue Jays (55-64)
Game Info: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 9:38 pm (Angel Stadium of Anaheim)
The Line: Betting Odds: LA Angels -109 / Toronto Blue Jays -110 — Over/Under: 9
The Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Angels meet Wednesday 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 a Toronto Blue Jays vs LA Angels Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Toronto Blue Jays will start Jose Berrios here and Berrios is 10-9 with a 3.97 ERA and 111 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against the Angels, Berrios is 0-3 with a 6.46 ERA and 19 strikeouts. Tyler Anderson will start for the Angels here and is 9-10 with a 2.99 ERA and and 109 strikeouts this season. In his career, Anderson is 0-1 with a 4.24 ERA and 12 strikeouts against Toronto.
Toronto Blue Jays Recap
The Toronto Blue Jays come into this one looking to complete the sweep of the Angels after picking up a 6-1 win in Tuesday’s matchup. The win puts the Blue Jays in a good spot to rebound from their series loss to the Oakland A’s this past weekend.
Blue Jays Trying To Get Back To .500
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 147 hits including 31 doubles, 24 home runs and 77 RBIs along with a .320 batting average and a .391 OBP. Daulton Varsho’s chipped in 14 home runs and 48 RBIs in addition to 17 doubles. Davis Schneider has 18 doubles while George Springer has a team-high 13 stolen bases. Varsho also has a team-high 109 strikeouts and 10 stolen bases as well this season. Bo Bichette and Ernie Clement also have 16 doubles this season.
Why the Toronto Blue Jays will win
- The Angels have lost each of their last 10 games against AL East opponents that held a losing record.
- The Blue Jays have won six of their last seven games as underdogs against the Angels.
- The Blue Jays have covered the run line each of their last seven road games against teams that held a losing record.
- The Angels have failed to cover the run line each of their last seven home games against AL East opponents that held a losing record.
Los Angeles Angels Recap
The Los Angeles Angels come into this one looking to salvage something from this series after falling flat in the set so far after Tuesday’s defeat. The series loss gives the Angels back-to-back series losses after being taken out by the Nationals this past weekend.
Angels Looking To Find Positives Down The Stretch
Taylor Ward has 99 hits along with 20 doubles, 16 home runs and 55 RBIs while Zach Neto has 26 doubles, 98 strikeouts and 22 stolen bases. Luis Rengifo also has 85 hits and 24 stolen bases while Jo Adell has 18 home runs, 54 RBIs and 14 stolen bases as well. Logan O’Hoppe has 94 hits and Neto has a team-high 107 hits as well with O’Hoppe adding 16 homers and 46 RBIs.
Why the Los Angeles Angels will win
- The Blue Jays have lost 12 of their last 15 night games following a win.
- The Angels have won nine of their last 12 night games against AL East opponents following a loss.
- The Blue Jays have failed to cover the run line each of their last 10 Wednesday games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
Toronto Blue Jays vs LA Angels Prediction
I’m looking at the under here. Berrios has some ugly road numbers this season, but I don’t think that will be an issue against an Angels team that’s just stunk it up at the plate so far in this series. On the other side, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop with Tyler Anderson, and it just doesn’t happen, plain and simple. He keeps pitching well and the Blue Jays have been brutal for the most part against left-handed pitching in the last little while as well. I think this ends up being a low-scoring battle once again, so give me the under here.