The St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angels meet Monday in MLB action from Angel Stadium. Here’s a LA Angels vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
The Cardinals had some trouble with the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend. St. Louis lost the first three games of that series, falling 7-1, 11-2 and 5-3. In the Sunday game four finale, the Cardinals were able to stave off the sweep with a 4-3 win. Starter Miles Mikolas finished with 6.0 innings, three earned, six hits and three walks.
On Monday for the starting pitcher role, the Cardinals are going with Matthew Liberatore. This year Liberatore is 1-1 with a 3.54 ERA in 14 games (one start). Over his career Liberatore is 6-9 with a 5.17 ERA in 45 games (19 starts).
Los Angeles Angels Betting Preview
Over on the Angels’ side, they took on the Kansas City Royals over the weekend. Los Angeles took a tough loss 2-1 on Friday, but then came back for a 9-3 Saturday win. In the Sunday rubber match the Angels took a 4-2 loss, giving up 11 hits. Patrick Sandoval gave up all four earned and all 11 hits in 6.0 frames with no walks and three Ks.
As starter for Monday’s matchup it’ll be the Angels’ Jose Soriano. This year Soriano is 1-4 with a 4.32 ERA in eight games (six starts). Soriano has a 2-7 career record with a 3.94 ERA in 46 games (six starts).
Cardinals vs Angels Injury Notes
Cardinals RP Keynan Middleton (forearm) threw off the mound Friday and is set to begin a rehab assignment this week. RP Riley O’Brien was moved to the 60-day Injured List on Friday.
Angels 3B Ehire Adrianza was out of the lineup for Sunday’s game versus the Guardians.
Why the Los Angeles Angels will win
- The Cardinals have lost eight of their last nine games after playing the previous day.
- The Angels have won each of their last four games against the Cardinals.
- The Cardinals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven road games against AL West opponents following a win.
- The Angels have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 games against National League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Angels have led after 3 innings in each of their last five night games against the Cardinals.
- The Cardinals have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last five road games against American League opponents.
Why the St. Louis Cardinals will win
- The Angels have lost each of their last four games as favorites.
- The underdogs have won six of the Cardinals’ last eight games.
- The Angels have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight games as favorites after playing the previous day.
- The road team has covered the run line in each of the last four games between the Cardinals and Angels.
- The Angels have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last five games as favorites.
- The Angels have trailed after 3 innings in four of their last five games as favorites.
- The Cardinals have won the first inning in each of their last three Monday games as road underdogs.
LA Angels vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll probably stay with the Angels. Also probably not touching this one, though. St Louis had a tough series over the weekend but they should be in relatively good hands with Liberatore on the mound. Thing is, Liberatore probably won’t stay out there for very long. Over his last three outings he’s given up three earned in 5.0 combined innings on six hits and no walks.
As for Los Angeles, on Sunday they didn’t play spectacularly but really only had one bad inning. Willie Calhoun did most of the work on offense, notching a homer, two RBI and three of the team’s six hits. LA is going to need a more well-rounded effort on Monday but they should be in okay shape.