{"id":42492,"date":"2011-08-28T09:02:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T16:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=42492"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:40:07","slug":"odds-la-angels-vs-texas-rangers-gambling-prediction-preview-28811","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/odds-la-angels-vs-texas-rangers-gambling-prediction-preview-28811\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday MLB Betting \u2013 L.A. vs. Texas Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday Night Baseball Betting \u2013 Angels vs Rangers Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Sunday, August 28, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>ESPN
\nLos Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers Betting Lines from Sportsbook.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: Texas -115 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under: 8.5<\/strong>
\n CLICK here for INDEPTH MLB ATS Stats for this matchup —><\/strong><\/a>
\n Bet now at BETONLINE —><\/strong><\/a>
\n Chat about this game in our MLB Forums<\/strong><\/p>\n

Los Angeles Angels (71-59 through August 25)<\/strong>
\nJered Weaver (15-6, 2.03)<\/p>\n

Talk about a perfect matchup for Sunday Night Baseball<\/em>. Riding a six-game winning streak through Thursday night\u2019s action, Angels climbed right back into the American League West hunt behind the Texas Rangers. The three-game weekend set between the two squads could make or break the season.<\/p>\n

Jered Weaver will get the nod Sunday night at Texas. While he\u2019s had the odd blip on the radar, he\u2019s been a Cy Young contender all season long. He\u2019s allowed one or zero earned runs in seven of his last 10 starts, so the dog days of August clearly aren\u2019t slowing him down.<\/p>\n

Weaver has already faced Texas four times this season, going 2-1 with a 1.86 ERA. He\u2019s done a fine job against most of the Rangers\u2019 top hitters in 2011, holding Nelson Cruz to a .200 average, Ian Kinsler to .133, Adrian Beltre to .200 and keeping Josh Hamilton hitless.<\/p>\n

But boy, does Elvis Andrus ever own Weaver. He\u2019s a whopping 10 for 14 (.714) against the Halos\u2019 ace this year.<\/p>\n

Texas Rangers (71-59 through August 25)<\/strong>
\nColby Lewis (11-9, 4.07)<\/p>\n

Eek. The Rangers picked a bad time to drop three straight against Boston and five of six overall. They\u2019ve let the Angels off the mat. Though Boston shut them out on Thursday, pitching has been their prime problem of late. In three of their last four defeats, they\u2019ve allowed 10 or more runs. That void left by Cliff Lee\u2019s offseason departure stands out. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n

Colby Lewis will start for Texas on Sunday night. He\u2019s almost matched his resurgent 2010 numbers, as his walks, strikeouts and WHIP are right in line with last year. But Lewis\u2019 game has regressed in one noteworthy area: homers.<\/p>\n

He can\u2019t stop serving up gopher balls. Lewis has been taken deep a whopping 30 times in 165.2 innings (26 starts). Only Bronson Arroyo has allowed more long balls this season.<\/p>\n

MLB Trends:<\/h3>\n

Over is 8-1 in LAA last 9 games following a win.
\nLAA are 7-1 in their last 8 overall.
\nLAA are 7-1 in their last 8 games on grass.
\nOver is 7-2 in TEX last 9 vs. American League West.
\nOver is 10-3 in Lewis’ last 13 home starts.
\nUnder is 15-5-1 in Weavers last 21 starts vs. TEX.<\/p>\n

Free MLB pick:<\/h3>\n

Weaver has been lights-out against Texas this season. Yeah, Andrus has his number, but that won\u2019t matter if none of Texas\u2019 other hitters can drive him in.<\/p>\n

On the flipside, Lewis has really struggled at home in 2011, posting a 5.56 ERA. His homer rate at Rangers Ballpark is especially high; he\u2019s allowed 20 in just 79.1 innings. Almost every stat points to an Angels win on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Sunday Night Baseball Prediction: <\/strong>Angels 5, Rangers 2<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO GRAB OUR Expert MLB Picks for 2011 MLB Betting! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shea weighs in with his MLB Free Pick for Sunday night baseball. It\u2019s the L.A. Angels vs. Texas Rangers matching up at The Ballpark In Arlington. Odds favor the Cardinals opening at -128.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":35497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[28750,31060,112,13492,49122,49120,49121,22527,678,11783,683,688,48628],"class_list":["post-42492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-28750","tag-angels","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-espn-sunday-night-baseball","tag-l-a-angels-vs-texas-rangers","tag-l-a-texas-betting","tag-l-a-texas-odds","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-betting-odds","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-mlb-picks","tag-sunday-night-baseball-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42492","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=42492"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108411,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42492\/revisions\/108411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}