The Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Angels meet Wednesday in MLB action at Angel Stadium. Here’s an Angels vs Rockies Prediction. This article will include an Angels vs Rockies Pick.
Colorado Rockies Betting Preview
The Colorado Rockies are 24-38 on the year and play the Brewers and Cubs next. The Colorado Rockies are batting .247 on the season and have a .317 OBP and a .391 slugging percentage. The Colorado Rockies’ pitching staff has a 5.36 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP. Troy Johnston leads the Colorado Rockies with 61 hits and 25 RBI, while TJ Rumfield and Hunter Goodman have combined for 111 hits and 57 RBI.
Michael Lorenzen gets the ball for the Colorado Rockies, and he is 2-7 with a 7.22 ERA and 43 strikeouts this season. Lorenzen is 3-4 with a 3.80 ERA and 45 strikeouts in his career against the Los Angeles Angels.
Los Angeles Angels Betting Preview
The Los Angeles Angels are 23-39 on the year and play the Dodgers and Astros next. The Los Angeles Angels are batting. 231 on the season, have a .314 OBP, and have a .386 slugging percentage. The Los Angeles Angels’ pitching staff has a 4.83 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP. Jo Adell leads the Los Angeles Angels with 56 hits and 34 RBI, while Zach Neto and Mike Trout have combined for 106 hits and 58 RBI.
Walbert Urena gets the ball for the Los Angeles Angels, and he is 2-4 with a 2.44 ERA and 41 strikeouts this season. This will be Urena’s first career game against the Colorado Rockies.
Why the Los Angeles Angels will win
- The Rockies have lost each of their last nine Wednesday night games against American League opponents.
- The Rockies have failed to cover the run line in each of their last nine Wednesday night games against American League opponents.
- The Rockies have lost the first inning in each of their last five Wednesday night games against AL West opponents.
- The Rockies have trailed after 3 innings in seven of their last eight road games.
- The Angels have led after 5 innings in five of their last six games as favorites against National League opponents.
Why the Colorado Rockies will win
- The Angels have lost each of their last seven games as favorites following a loss.
- The Rockies have won each of their last four games as road underdogs against the Angels.
- The Angels have failed to cover the run line in each of their last nine games as favorites.
- The underdogs have covered the run line in each of the Angels’ last nine games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
- The Rockies have won the first inning in three of their last four games as underdogs against American League opponents.
- The Angels have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last seven Wednesday night games as favorites.
- The Angels have trailed after 5 innings in five of their last six games against National League opponents.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the last eight games between the Rockies and Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Four of the Rockies’ last five games have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rockies’ last eight Wednesday games against AL West opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Angels’ last six Wednesday games against NL West opponents.
Los Angeles Angels Player Prop Facts
- Jose Siri has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Nolan Schanuel has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 home appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Mike Trout ranks 3rd amongst qualified players for On Base Percentage (.411) this season.
Colorado Rockies Player Prop Facts
- Hunter Goodman has hit at least one home run in four of the Rockies’ last five road games against AL opponents.
- Michael Lorenzen has recorded five or more strikeouts in six of his last seven appearances against the Angels.
- Jake McCarthy has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine road appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Michael Lorenzen has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
- Troy Johnston ranks 4th amongst qualified players for Batting Average (.316) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Angels rank 30th in the league for strikeouts against this season (582).
- The Angels rank 30th in the league for walks allowed this season (300).
- The Rockies rank 30th in the league for ERA this season (5.36).
- The Rockies rank 30th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.284).
Angels vs Rockies Prediction
I’m not running to the window to back the Rockies or Lorenzen and his 7.22 ERA and 1.90 WHIP. However, as I’ve said in my first two write-ups in this series, what in the world have the Angels done to deserve to be favoured? I’ve backed the Rockies in the first two games of this series simply because they’ve been underdogs and it’s given us plus money to fade the Angels. Well, the Rockies won those games and have produced oodles of profit. Why stop now? I’ll get greedy and back the Rockies at the more favorable price.