The Los Angeles Angels are on the road at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. This is the first of the series between these city rivals. The Angels are 29-45 on the season, and fourth in the American League West. They come into the game following a 2-0 loss at home to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Angels are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
For the Los Angeles Dodgers, they are 47-30 on the season. The Dodgers are in first place in the National League West. The Dodgers are coming off a 5-3 win in Denver on Thursday. The Dodgers have won 6 out of their last 10 games on the season.
The Dodgers are -198 over the Angels on Friday.
Road Team Angels
The Angels are going to go with Patrick Sandoval in this game. Sandoval is 2-8 on the season with a 5.24 earned run average. Sandoval has thrown 77.1 innings this season, and struck out 80 batters, and walked 31.
The Angels are scoring 4.1 runs per game. They are hitting .239 as a team. The Angels have clubbed 81 homeruns on the season. The pitching for Los Angeles has not been great. The Angels are allowing 5.1 runs per game, and teams are hitting .245 on the season.
The top offensive threats for the Angels have beeLuis Rengifo and Jo Adell. Rengifo is hitting .313, while Adell is tied with Taylor Ward, with 12 homeruns on the season. The Angels will host the Oakland Athletics in a three game series starting on Monday, and the Tigers for four on Thursday.
Home Team Dodgers
The Dodgers are one of the top scoring teams in all of Major League Baseball. They are scoring 5.1 runs per game. The Dodgers have one of the best batting averages in all of baseball as well, with a .257 average. The Dodgers have the best on base percentage, at .338 on the season.
Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers offense with a .317 batting average. Mookie Betts is at .304, and Freddie Freeman is all the way up to .300. The power supply sees five guys for the Dodgers with double digit homeruns. Ohtani has clubbed 20 of them, while Teoscar Hernandez is at 18.
Landon Knack is going to start for the Dodgers. He has thrown just 20.2 innings this season, and struck out 16 and walked 6. He is 1-1 on the season. A little bit of an odd schedule, as both these teams will take Sunday off. After this, the Dodgers are on the road at the Chicago White Sox for a three game series. After taking Thursday off, the Dodgers are on the road at the San Francisco Giants.
Dodgers Top Angels
We like the Dodgers here. The Dodgers offense is ready to get after Sandoval in this game. They can hit, and keep hitting. When we go to bet on this game, we are going to take the Dodgers -198 over the Angels. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all your Major League Baseball betting!
