{"id":37442,"date":"2011-04-21T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=37442"},"modified":"2011-04-22T08:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T15:39:41","slug":"odds-red-sox-vs-angels-gambling-prediction-preview-22411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/odds-red-sox-vs-angels-gambling-prediction-preview-22411\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting \u2013 Boston vs. L.A. Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday MLB Baseball Picks: Red Sox vs Angels<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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MLB Betting \u2013 Red Sox vs Angels Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Friday, April 22, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>NESN, FSW
\nBoston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels Betting Lines from Betus.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong> Angels -105
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong> 7 -110
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Boston Red Sox (6-11 through April 20)<\/strong>
\nJon Lester (1-1, 3.20)<\/p>\n

The Boston Red Sox have certainly improved after their 2-10 start, winning four of five, but they\u2019re far from out of the woods. They\u2019ve still won just a single road game all season. They\u2019re getting inspired offensive performances from role players like Jed Lowrie (.462? Really?) but their hyped new imports, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford, haven\u2019t contributed much yet. Crawford in particular has been awful, hitting a pathetic .149 through his first 16 games.<\/p>\n

So it remains to be seen if Jon Lester will get the run support he needs Friday in Anaheim. Traditionally, Lester is a slow starter, but he\u2019s been surprisingly effective this April. Over his last three outings, Lester has allowed just four earned runs with no homers in 20 innings. Traditionally, however, he\u2019s been horrible against the Angels, sporting a 5.86 ERA and 1.77 WHIP over five career starts.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Angels (12-6 through April 20)<\/strong>
\nDan Haren (4-0, 1.16)<\/p>\n

The Angels have their detractors this season but they\u2019re off to a sizzling start because their top two pitchers, Jered Weaver and Dan Haren, have been better than anyone in baseball. They\u2019re a combined 9-0. Weaver is the first pitcher ever to win five games by April 20. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Poor Haren would be the talk of baseball if it weren\u2019t for Weaver. He has just two walks and an unbelievable 0.65 WHIP through five outings. Haren has a solid 3.21 ERA against Boston in his career but is just 2-5. Where\u2019s the run support?<\/p>\n

MLB Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOS are 2-10 in their last 12 road games.
\nOver is 16-5-3 in BOS last 24 Fri. games.
\nOver is 6-2-1 in BOS last 9 games following a win.
\nOver is 7-1-1 in LAA last 9 games following a loss.
\nLAA are 7-2 in their last 9 overall.
\nLAA are 7-2 in their last 9 games on grass.
\nBOS are 10-1 in the last 11 meetings.<\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As dominant as Haren has been, the Red Sox have a few players who specialize in pounding him. David Ortiz is a .412 lifetime hitter with three homers in 17 at-bats against Haren. Adrian Gonzalez slugs .500 with a pair of homers off Haren.<\/p>\n

Though Lester has struggled against guys like Torii Hunter (.500) and Howie Kendrick (.375) traditionally, they don\u2019t hit for power off him. Vernon Wells is the only Angels regular with a homer off Lester \u2013 and Wells is a .179 hitter against him for his career.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough to bet against Haren but some team has to touch him up eventually. I think the Red Sox will do just enough to slip past the Angels on Friday night. Look for Big Papi to lead the way.<\/p>\n

Red Sox vs Angels prediction: <\/strong>Red Sox 4, Angels 2<\/p>\n

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Shea weighs in with his MLB Free Pick for tonight. It\u2019s the Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels matching up at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The Angels are currently 105-moneyline favorites\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":22150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[47732,47733,47618,111,13510,112,48562,48563,48564,48565,48566,27271,2058,678,683,686,48567,48568],"class_list":["post-37442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2011-major-league-baseball","tag-2011-mlb-betting","tag-2011-mlb-picks","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-prediction","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-boston-los-angeles-betting","tag-boston-los-angeles-odds","tag-boston-red-sox-vs-los-angeles-angels","tag-boston-red-sox-vs-los-angeles-angels-gambling","tag-boston-red-sox-vs-los-angeles-angels-pick","tag-major-league-baseball-betting-odds","tag-mlb-baseball-betting","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-mlb-pick","tag-red-sox-angels-lines","tag-red-sox-angels-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37442"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37485,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37442\/revisions\/37485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}