I like Ervin Santana to continue what he did last time out which was throw a complete game shutout. For on the Dodgers are 30th in the league in June OPS with a .614 mark while the Angels are on a tear 21-7 in their last 28 games and are 2nd with a .815 OPS in the month of June. It also helps that Santana has dominated the Dodgers holding them to a .594 OPS combined in 139 AB with a .223 average. He's on 6 days rest so the complete game where he only threw 102 pitches will not be a factor. I see him dominating these Dodgers hitters today.
On the flip side the Angels 26 runs in their last 3 games alone go up against a lefty in Chris Capuano. Angels have soared in their rankings vs. LHP and are now 12th overall with a .731 OPS. Over their last 10 games they have a .347 average and are scoring 8.45 runs per 9 vs. LHP. Pujols leads the club vs. Capuano as he's19-36 with 5 HR to combine with the rest of the team which has a total of 91 AB and a .462 average and 1.364 OPS. Capuano has had a nice start to the season, but he will digress and have inconsistent starts for a while and this is one I"m banking on him struggling in.
Dodgers are now 16-48 in their last 64 inter league road games while the also going 8-22 in their last 30 trips to play the Angels. While the Angels are 46-17 in their last 63 games vs. the NL West and 40-17 in their last 57 inter league games vs. LH starter.
