Oakland Athletics (17-24) vs. Los Angeles Angels (24-17)
May 22, 2022 4:07 pm EDT
The Line: Los Angeles Angels -208 / Oakland Athletics +167; Over/Under: -7.5
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The Oakland A’s and the Los Angeles Angels meet in an AL West division matchup in MLB action from Angel Stadium on Sunday.
The Oakland A’s will look to win the rubber match of the series after a 5-3 loss to the Angels in Saturday’s matchup. Sheldon Neuse has a team-high 36 hits with 15 RBIs and a .269 batting average while Sean Murphy has 28 hits with a team-high 10 doubles and 4 home runs with 20 RBIs. Seth Brown’s got 21 RBIs with 6 doubles and Elvis Andrus also has 7 doubles as well this season. The A’s did not have a starting pitcher announced at the time that this article was posted.
The Los Angeles Angels will look to build on Saturday’s win to take the series. Mike Trout has 40 hits, 11 doubles and 11 home runs while Jared Walsh has 26 RBIs and Brandon Marsh has 23 RBIs. Shohei Ohtani has 42 hits while adding 8 doubles, 8 home runs and a team-high 27 RBIs. Taylor Ward also has a .370 batting average as well this season. Patrick Sandoval will start here and is 2-1 with a 1.91 ERA and 31 strikeouts this season.
Oakland is 2-5 in their last 7 games overall and 1-4 in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games against a team with a left-handed starter. Los Angeles is 10-3 in their last 13 home games and 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 division games.
I get the case to be made for either side in this one, but for a free play, I’m looking at the under here. Patrick Sandoval’s pitched really well so far this season and I can see him holding down an Oakland lineup that’s had a hard time hitting lefties this season. On the flipside, the Angels haven’t been lighting the world on fire in this series and I think the A’s can battle enough to keep this one low-scoring so give me the under here.
