American League West teams, the Los Angeles Angels (45-57) and the Oakland Athletics (41-63), will meet on Thursday evening at 9.38 p.m. ET to kick off a fresh four-game series between the two rivals. One team comes into the contest off the back of a win, the other after a heavy defeat.
Before we tell you where each team is at right now, let’s look at what the oddsmakers are thinking ahead of this game. As most will expect, there’s a feeling this is going to be a very close contest, which is reflected in the moneyline set-up. The Angels are slight favourites at -110, with the Athletics available at -109. The Angels will have Kenny Rosenberg starting for them, while it will be Ross Stripling (1-9) for the Athletics.
Last time out, the Angels defeated the Mariners 2-1. Hans Crouse earned the win after throwing a single inning with no earned runs given up on one hit, and he managed to strike out two in the process. Nolan Schanuel went two for three yesterday, which saw him lead the Angels offensively.
It was a different story for the Athletics after an 8-1 loss at the hands of the Astros. Seth Brown went three for three against the Astros and it was JP Sears who, after six innings, with seven earned runs given up from nine hits and three struck out, who took the loss for the Athletics.
Betting Insights
- The Angels have only been favoured thirteen times so far this season, but they’ve managed to win five of those thirteen contests, which is a win rate of 38.5%.
- There have been eleven occasions where the moneyline has been -111 or more in favour of the Angels, and their record is 5-6, which is a 45.5% success rate.
- According to the moneyline, the implied probability of an Angels win is 52.6%.
- The Athletics have been the underdogs ninety-one times this term and have been successful as underdogs thirty-one times, which is 34.1%.
- In ninety of the above contests, the moneyline was -108 or longer, but as underdogs, the Athletics won thirty.
- The moneyline suggests the likelihood of seeing the Athletics win against the Angels is 51.9%.
The Prediction
There’s no doubt that everyone, including oddsmakers, believes game one of this four-game series between the Angels and the Athletics will be tight and close to call. And we’re in total agreement. You could make an argument for both teams. However, we’re going to call on an Angels win at the Angel Stadium. The scales are balanced, but they do ever so slightly tip in the Angel’s direction, at least this time.
A slight concern for us is the Angels converting their status as favourites, which has only happened five times out of thirteen, but we think they’ll win, and we’re tipping a 4-3 scoreline. Two of their last three home wins have been by one run. Under eight runs should also be a goer.
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