Going with the Angels on the road here with the run line they have just been on fire and it has a lot to do with the performance of Lackey who has been the ace he was last year as of late. He has a 3.63 road ERA but in his last 4 road starts he's got a 1.16 ERA. The Angels are lighting up the scoreboard against RHP and LHP where they have a .300 avg and are scoring more than 7 runs per game in their last 5. On the road this year they are hitting .292 scoring 5.76 runs per 9 vs. RHP which they will face here today. They are 8-3 in their last 11 vs. RH starter and 21-8 in their last 29 as a road favorite. They will face Masterson who was acquired by the Indians from the Red Sox.

Masterson had a rough go at it in his last start in Minnesota where he went 3.1 IP gave up 5BB 6H and 6ER. He does have a start vs. Angels with Boston where he went 6IP gave up 4BB and 5H allowing only 2ER because the Angels did something that is uncharecteristic of them. They left 10 runners on base and were 1-9 with runners in scoring position. When Masterson left the game the Red Sox bullpen went 3 innings giving up 0ER 1H and 1BB. I don't think he can be that confident with his bp now that is ranked 28th in the league. Cleveland is 0-4 in their last 4 vs. RH starter.

I like for the Angels to continue hitting and it's an error by the oddsmakers making this +money on the run line because the Indians have lost 82.3% of their home losses by more than 1 run and have lost 13 of their last 15 home losses by more than 1 run. Likewise the Angels have won 11 of their last 12 road games by more than 1 run and 75.7% of their road wins have come by more than 1 run.

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