The Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox square off Thursday in MLB action from Guaranteed Rate Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Chicago White Sox vs LA Angels Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Los Angeles Angels will send out Tyler Anderson for the start here and Anderson is 10-14 with a 3.70 ERA and 140 strikeouts this season. In his career, Anderson is 0-1 with an 8.56 ERA and 9 strikeouts against the White Sox. Chris Flexen will get the start for the White Sox here and is 2-15 with a 5.15 ERA and 116 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against the Angels, Flexen is 1-2 with a 4.39 ERA and 18 strikeouts.
Los Angeles Angels Recap
The Los Angeles Angels come into this one looking to avoid the sweep after dropping the first two games of the set thanks to a 4-3 loss in Wednesday’s matchup. The series loss made it back-to-back series losses for the Angels after falling flat against the Astros last weekend. The Angels will finish the season with a series against the Rangers.
Angels Playing Out The String
Taylor Ward has 142 hits along with 26 doubles, 25 home runs, and 74 RBIs while Zach Neto has 34 doubles, 23 home runs, 77 RBIs, 140 strikeouts, and 30 stolen bases. Luis Rengifo also has 85 hits and 24 stolen bases while Jo Adell has 20 home runs, 62 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases as well. Logan O’Hoppe has 111 hits and Neto has 134 hits as well with O’Hoppe adding 20 homers and 56 RBIs. Nolan Schanuel also has 130 hits with 19 doubles, 13 homers and 54 RBIs.
Why the Los Angeles Angels will win
- The White Sox have lost each of their last nine Thursday games against American League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Angels have won each of their last seven Thursday road games against AL Central opponents.
- The Angels have covered the run line in each of their last seven Thursday road games against AL Central opponents.
- The White Sox have failed to cover the run line in 21 of their last 26 home games after playing the previous day.
Chicago White Sox Recap
The Chicago White Sox come into this game looking to complete the sweep after taking out the Angels on Wednesday. The series win for the White Sox meant that the White Sox would rebound from series losses to the Padres and Angels over the last week.
White Sox Avoiding Wrong Kind Of History For Now
Gavin Sheets has a .234 batting average and a .305 OBP along with 24 doubles and 45 RBIs while Andrew Vaughn has 19 homers and 67 RBIs and Andrew Benintendi has 19 home runs and 62 RBIs with Vaughn logging 30 doubles as well as a team-high 135 hits.
Why the Chicago White Sox will win
- The Angels have lost each of their last 10 games as road favorites.
- The home team has won each of the White Sox’s last seven games.
- The Angels have failed to cover the run line in each of their last eight games as road favorites against American League opponents.
- The White Sox have covered the run line in each of their last seven games as underdogs against the Angels following a home win.
Chicago White Sox vs LA Angels Prediction
I’m on the Angels here. Granted, it hasn’t necessarily worked out too well for Chicago in the first couple of games in this series, but I still think the White Sox are just delaying the inevitable at this point. Statistically, the White Sox are the worst team in baseball against lefties this season so I don’t expect them to do all that well here against Tyler Anderson and the White Sox have won just 4 of Flexen’s 32 starts this season. I’ll side with the Angels here.