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The Los Angeles Angels (36-49) hope to avoid an upset as -111 favorites when they take on Brent Rooker (with homers in two straight contests) and the Oakland Athletics (32-56). First pitch is at 4:07 PM ET Thursday, live from Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and airing on BSW.
Roansy Contreras starts for Los Angeles while JP Sears is Oakland’s starter for the contest.
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Angels and Athletics Betting Trends
The Angels have won 36.4% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (4-7).
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -111 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 4-4 record (winning 50% of its games).
This season, the Athletics have won 25 out of the 78 games, or 32.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Oakland has entered 76 games this season as the underdog by -106 or more and is 23-53 in those contests.
The Angels have had an over/under set by bookmakers 85 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 44 of those games (44-39-2).
So far this season, the Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 37 of their 87 games with a total.
Angels Stats & Insights
The Angels rank 22nd in runs scored with 351, 4.1 per game.
Los Angeles averages 1.1 home runs per game to rank 13th in MLB action with 93 total home runs.
The Angels have the 17th-ranked batting average in the league (.239).
Los Angeles strikes out 8.4 times per game to rank 16th in MLB.
The Angels pitching staff is 27th in the majors with a collective 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
Los Angeles has a 4.65 team ERA that ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Athletics Stats & Insights
The Athletics have scored the 28th-most runs in the league this season with just 318 (3.6 per game).
Oakland ranks seventh in Major League Baseball with 101 home runs.
The Athletics have a team batting average of just .222 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
Oakland ranks 29th in strikeouts per game (9.7) among MLB offenses.
The Athletics have a 7.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
Oakland pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.37 ERA this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
Angels Key Players to Watch
Contreras (1-0) gets the starting nod for the Angels, his second this season.
Taylor Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs with 14 and runs batted in with 43.
Luis Rengifo is batting .315 to lead Los Angeles, while adding six homers and 25 runs batted in this season.
Zachary Neto has 70 hits this season and a slash line of .246/.297/.430.
Logan O’Hoppe has 70 hits and an OBP of .332 to go with a slugging percentage of .480 this season.
Athletics Key Players to Watch
Sears (4-7) will take to the mound for the Athletics and make his 18th start of the season.
JJ Bleday is hitting .239 with 22 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 36 walks.
Rooker’s 17 home runs, 49 runs batted in and .269 batting average all lead his team.
Shea Langeliers has eight doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 16 walks while batting .204.
Max Schuemann is batting .228 with seven doubles, four home runs and 23 walks.
Angels and Athletics Injuries
Angels: Mike Trout: 10 Day IL (Meniscus), Andrew Wantz: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Adam Cimber: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Kelvin Caceres: 60 Day IL (Lat), Anthony Rendon: 60 Day IL (Hamstring), Patrick Sandoval: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Robert William Stephenson: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), José Cisnero: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), José Quijada: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Luis Rengifo: day-to-day (Hand)
Athletics: Abraham Toro: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Esteury Ruiz: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Kyle Muller: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Dany Jimenez: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Ross Stripling: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Wood: 60 Day IL (Rotator cuff), Ken Waldichuk: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Gott: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Paul Blackburn: 60 Day IL (Foot), Darell Hernaiz: 60 Day IL (Ankle)
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