The Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays meet Sunday in MLB action at Tropicana Field. The Angels need a win to snap a five-game losing streak. The Rays look to build on their four-game winning streak.
The Los Angeles Angels have scored nine runs in their last three games and three or less runs in five straight games. The Angels have lost five straight games when scoring three or less runs. David Fletcher leads the Angels with 79 hits and 24 RBI while Jared Walsh and Shohei Ohtani have combined for 145 hits and 108 RBI. Patrick Sandoval gets the ball, and he is 2-2 with a 3.69 ERA and 40 strikeouts this season. Sandoval is 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA and eight strikeouts in his career against the Rays.
The Tampa Bay Rays have scored 18 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last seven games. The Rays have won seven of their last 11 games when scoring four or more runs. Randy Arozarena leads the Rays with 75 hits and 38 RBI while Austin Meadows and Joey Wendle have combined for 130 hits and 87 RBI. Ryan Yarbrough gets the ball, and he is 4-3 with a 4.59 ERA and 66 strikeouts this season. Yarbrough is 3-2 with a 6.49 ERA and 18 strikeouts in his career against the Angels.
The Angels are 6-1 in their last 7 during game 3 of a series and 5-2 in their last 7 Sunday games. The Rays are 41-15 in their last 56 Sunday games and 68-30 in their last 98 home games. The over is 7-1 in Angels last 8 road games. The over is 3-1-2 in Rays last 6 Sunday games. The Angels are 2-8 in the last 10 meetings in Tampa Bay and 7-19 in the last 26 meetings.
You can make a case for the Angels here with Sandoval on the mound, but their offense has fallen off a cliff this week and they’re going up against a Rays team that’s broken out of their slump. Also, the Rays and cheap prices has been the most disrespectful and most profitable thing over the years. The Rays can win and win, and they’ll never be priced like the Yankees or Dodgers. Anyway, give me the Rays.