Oakland Athletics (16-24) vs. Los Angeles Angels (24-16)
May 21, 2022 9:07 pm EDT
The Line: Los Angeles Angels -132 / Oakland Athletics +110; Over/Under: -7.5
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The Oakland A’s and the Los Angeles Angels meet in MLB action from Angel Stadium on Saturday night.
The Oakland A’s will look to pick off a win from the division leading Angels in Saturday’s matchup. Sheldon Neuse has a team-high 34 hits with 14 RBIs and a .272 batting average while Sean Murphy has 25 hits with a team-high 10 doubles and 4 home runs with 20 RBIs. Seth Brown’s got 19 RBIs with 6 doubles and Elvis Andrus also has 7 doubles as well this season. Frankie Montas is expected to get the start for the A’s here and is 2-4 with a 3.67 ERA and 53 strikeouts this season.
The Los Angeles Angels will try to keep the momentum going that has them at the top of the AL West up to this point in the year. Mike Trout has 39 hits, 10 doubles and 11 home runs while Jared Walsh has 26 RBIs and Brandon Marsh has 22 RBIs. Shohei Ohtani has 40 hits while adding 8 doubles, 8 home runs and a team-high 27 RBIs. Taylor Ward also has a .375 batting average as well this season. Michael Lorenzen is slated to get the start in this one and is 4-2 with a 3.57 ERA and 24 strikeouts this season.
Oakland is 4-0 in their last 4 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games against the AL West. Los Angeles is 9-2 in their last 11 home games and 13-6 in their last 19 games as a favorite while the over is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games overall.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m looking at the under in this one. These are two pitchers in Montas and Lorenzen that I don’t trust at all, but there’s no denying that both are pitching pretty well up to this point in the season and I think this could be a bit of a pitcher’s duel here. Give me the under.
