The Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels square off Sunday 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 LA Angels vs Detroit Tigers Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Detroit Tigers will send out Casey Mize for the start here and is 106 with a 4.54 ERA and 56 strikeouts this season. In his career, Mize is 0-0 with a 5.00 ERA and 8 strikeouts against the Angels. The Los Angeles Angels will start Tyler Anderson here and Anderson is 7-7 with a 2.63 ERA and 65 strikeouts this season. In his career, Anderson is 2-0 with a 4.20 ERA and 17 strikeouts against Detroit.
Detroit Tigers Recap
The Detroit Tigers come into this one looking to salvage something from this series after a 6-5 loss in Saturday’s matchup. The series loss for the Tigers gives them back-to-back series losses after losing their series with the Philadelphia Phillies to start the week.
Tigers Looking For Answers
Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 77 hits including 15 home runs and 41 RBIs along with 16 doubles, a .257 batting average and a .354 OBP in addition to a team-high 91 strikeouts this season. Mark Canha has 13 doubles, 6 home runs and 31 RBI and Javier Baez has a team-high 6 stolen bases. Matt Vierling also has 67 hits as well as 5 triples while Wenceel Perez has 5 triples and Kerry Carpenter has 10 doubles and 4 triples of his own with 29 RBIs.
Why the Detroit Tigers will win
- The Angels have lost eight of their last nine day games against American League opponents following a win.
- The Tigers have won eight of their last nine road games after going to extra innings.
- The Tigers have covered the run line in six of their last seven day games following a loss.
- The Angels have failed to cover the run line in four of their last five day games against the Tigers at Angel Stadium of Anaheim following a home win.
Los Angeles Angels Recap
The Los Angeles Angels come into this one looking to complete the sweep of the Tigers after their win in Saturday’s matchup. The win brought the Angels’ win streak to six and gives them the chance at back-to-back sweeps after a sweep of the A’s to start the week.
Angels On A Roll
Taylor Ward has 72 hits along with 16 doubles, 14 home runs and a team-high 43 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 19 doubles, 73 strikeouts and 11 stolen bases. Luis Rengifo also has a team-high 76 hits and 21 stolen bases while Jo Adell has 12 home runs, 34 RBIs and 9 stolen bases as well.
Why the Los Angeles Angels will win
- The Angels have won seven of their last eight games as underdogs against AL Central opponents following a home win.
- The Tigers have lost each of their last seven road games.
- The Tigers have failed to cover the run line in each of their last nine games as road favorites against American League opponents.
- The Angels have covered the run line each of their last seven home games against teams that held a losing record.
LA Angels vs Detroit Tigers Prediction
I’m on the Angels here. The Angels have been hitting fairly well over the course of this win streak and now face Mize, who isn’t be striking out the same amount of batters he has been in years past. On the other side, I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop on Tyler Anderson and it simply hasn’t happened and I think that he keeps it going here. Give me the Angels.