Game Time: 4:07 pm ET, Saturday, September 4th  2022 

Venue: Angels Stadium, ANAHEIM, California (they are LA like NJ is NY)

Where to Watch:  MLB.tv 

 

DraftKings: Astros -169, Angels +145; O/U 9.5

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Astros: 85-47, 1st place AL West

Angels: 57-75, 4th place AL West

Another game of this Astros/Angels series.  The Astros popped the Angels in the mouth for a 4-2 win in Friday night’s game.  That trend will keep rolling.  Let’s check the numbers and laugh in the face of the betting lines.

A National League West matchup between the best team and the almost worst team.  In fact if the Athletics would do everyone a favor and disband… the Angels would have no easy wins anywhere.  The Astros are diehard cheaters… everyone knows it… everyone has seen it… don’t stop booing kids!.  However the Astros also have a good roster.  The Astros have a firm place in the playoff standings and race for the postseason.  The Angels have two Hall Of Fame Superstars… both have been nodded at as the best player in baseball (Ohtani and Trout)... and the Angels management and ownership have flushed all of it down the toilet.  They failed to build anything around these great players.  Great players who will not sign Angel extensions ever again.  Both guys would rather move to a contender for less money (this is confirmed from inside information), both guys would rather be traded yesterday, both guys would rather burn their uniforms than play another day for the geriatric incompetents that have ruined the Los Angeles AREA from having two great teams and ever seeing a freeway World Series.  The Angels have announced they are for sale… anyone buying would be better than who is in charge now!  Yuck.  Also the Astros are favored but not heavily… So to find the Great Betting Opportunity we have to really look at the pitchers.

The Houston Astros have won 7 of their last 10 games and come into this series on a 3-game winning streak.  We know the names… Yordan Alvarez, Justin Verlander, Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman… and this is yet another quality season for the daft cheaters.  The city of Houston is wonderfully vibrant with world class cuisine in every neighborhood.  Too bad they have to watch the Grand Ol’ Pastime while hiding their identities behind sunglasses, caps, and veils.  Shame Houston.  However they went 2-0 against the Texas Rangers, 1-2 against the Baltimore Orioles, 3-0 against the Minnesota Twins, and 1-1 against the Atlanta Braves.  

The Los Angeles Angels have won 5 of their last 10 games in a magical 10 game stretch for this club… In fact they are 5-1 in their last six games every core starting pitcher has gotten a win over the last six games,,, The Loss came from Mike Mayers who is best described as an “ERA disaster”... They went 2-1 against the drastically swooning New York Yankees… August has been unkind to NYY, They went 3-0 against the Toronto Blue Jays in a magical SWEEP, and got SWEPT 0-4 against the Tampa Bay Rays.  It has been a roller coaster of feelings.  This team is surely hateable… but they can win the occasional game… so let’s check the numbers.

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HOU: 84-47, 1076 ML, 50-76-5 O/U, 41-27 in road games.

LAA: 57-74, -2537 ML. 54-65-12 O/U, 28-37 in home games.

The Astros are 11th in scoring with 4.53 runs per game, 13th in batting average with .246, 9th in OBP with .319.

The Angels are 25th in scoring with 3.82 runs per game, 28th in batting average with .228, and 26th in OBP with .294.

The Astros pitching is 2nd in team ERA with 3.03, 3rd in WHIP with 1.11, and their fielders are 6th in errors with 60 on the season so far,

The Angels pitching is 9th in ERA with a team average of 3.79, 14th in WHIP with 1.25, and their fielders are 14th in errors with 67 on the season so far.

 

Our prediction for Sunday, September 4th is… Astros 5 - Angels 2

 

Another Astros win.  The Angels are out of pitchers (they always are) and the Astros will keep scoring.  Bet on the Astros on the moneyline and take the small profit like you did (or should have done) on Friday.

 

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The Astros are 35-14 when the money line is -100 to -150 this season.

The Angels are 19-40 as an underdog of +100 or higher this season.

Astros: DH Y Alvarez OUT , C M Maldonado OUT, SS A Diaz OUT, LF M Brantley OUT, C J Castro OUT, 

Angels: 1B J Walsh OUT, CF M Moniak OUT, 3B A Rendon OUT,

Astros: RHP Jose Uriquidy, 12-5, 3.69 ERA, 109 strikeouts in 139 innings pitched, 1.14 WHIP.  This 24 year old is on a roll.  He has real talent and will soon be an ACE in this league.

Angels: LHP Tucker Davidson, 2-4, 5.77 ERA, 21 strikeouts in 34 innings pitched, 1.78 WHIP.  This 26 year old is a far cry from Shohei Ohtani.  His numbers are not real since they represent almost nothing in the experience category.  Tucker will lose hard.

Astros: 2B Jose Altuve, SS Jeremy Pena, 3B Alex Bregman, RF Kyle Tucker, LF Trey Mancini, 1B Yuli Gurriel, C Christain Vazquez, DH David Hensley, CF Mauricio Dubon

Angels: SS David Fletcher, CF Mike Trout, DH Shohei Ohtani, 2B Luis Refugio, RF Taylor Ward, 1B Mike Ford, 3B Matt Duffy, LF Jo Adell, C Max Stussi 

 

Astros: Dusty “keep on baking” Baker

Angels: Phil “who am I?... I guess I have a lot to ponder?” Nevin

Sunny!  102* (that is DEGREES) Humidity 34%, California Weather Bureau Excessive Heat Warning.  The game is at night but it will not cool down that much!  Wind 10mph will feel like light sandpaper on your skin.