Texas Rangers vs LA Angels Prediction 5-17-24 Picks

The Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers meet Friday in MLB action from Globe Life Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs LA Angels Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Los Angeles Angels will send out Tyler Anderson for the start here and Anderson is 3-4 with a 2.92 ERA and 36 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against Texas, Anderson is 1-0 with a 3.90 ERA and 24 strikeouts. Andrew Heaney will get the start for Texas here and is 0-4 with a 4.39 ERA and 39 strikeouts this season. This will be Heaney’s second career start against the Angels.

Los Angeles Angels Recap

The Los Angeles Angels come into this series looking to turn their fortunes around after a tough stretch of baseball, avoiding the sweep at the hands of St. Louis with a 7-2 win in Wednesday’s series finale, but the Halos have still been cold with a series loss to Kansas City the series prior.

Angels Still Trying To Break Through

Taylor Ward leads the Angels with 45 hits along with 8 home runs and a team-high 26 RBIs. Mike Trout has a team-high 10 home runs along with a pair of triples and 6 stolen bases, but remains out indefinitely with injury while Zach Neto has a team-high 43 strikeouts and 6 stolen bases. Luis Rengifo also has a team-high 9 stolen bases while Jo Adell has 7 home runs, 18 RBIs and 7 stolen bases as well.

Why the Los Angeles Angels will win

• The Rangers have lost four of their last five games as home favorites following a home win.
• The underdogs have won four of the Rangers’ last six games.
• The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight games.
• The underdogs have covered the run line in five of the Angels’ last six games.
• The Rangers have trailed after 3 innings in three of their last four games as home favorites against American League opponents.
• The Angels have led after 5 innings in four of their last five games as underdogs.
• The Rangers have lost the first inning in each of their last three home games against AL West opponents.

Texas Rangers Recap

The Texas Rangers will also be looking to start the series on the right foot after back-to-back series losses despite a 4-0 loss in Wednesday’s series finale against the Cleveland Guardians. The series loss to Cleveland followed a three-game sweep at Coors Field last weekend.

Rangers Starting To Cook At The Dish

Marcus Semien leads the Rangers with 53 hits along with 10 doubles, 8 home runs and 31 RBIs while Adolis Garcia has a team-high 10 home runs and 34 RBIs with 9 doubles as well as 4 stolen bases. Evan Carter also has 5 home runs with 15 RBIs while Jonah Heim has 4 homers and 26 RBIs and Josh Smith has a team-high 11 doubles.

Why the Texas Rangers will win

• The Angels have lost each of their last 16 games against American League opponents following a win.
• The Rangers have won four of their last five night games against AL West opponents.
• The Angels have failed to cover the run line in 14 of their last 16 night games against American League opponents following a win.
• The Rangers have covered the run line in four of their last five night games against AL West opponents.
• The Angels have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last three night games against AL West opponents.

Texas Rangers vs LA Angels Prediction

I’m on the over in this one. I just don’t trust either one of these starting pitchers, as Tyler Anderson is pitching above his pay grade for what we’ve come to expect from him year after year and Andrew Heaney is a pitcher I’ve made more money fading year after year than anyone else. Both starters are due for some regression and I think there’s enough here on both sides to think that the offenses come through in this one. Give me the over here.