Los Angeles is well below .500 at 52-78, worse than a Texas team that sits under .500 itself at 64-66, and the price today reflects that gap. But the Angels just walked into this same ballpark and shut the Rangers out 3-0 yesterday, evening this series after dropping the opener, and that kind of form does not disappear overnight. Yusei Kikuchi takes the ball for Los Angeles with a rough 5.81 ERA, so this is not a case built on the Angels starter outpitching anyone. It is built on the number. Cal Quantrill goes for Texas at a much sharper 3.13 ERA, but the Angels lineup got to this same Rangers pitching staff for three runs and a shutout less than twenty-four hours ago, and a staff that got worked in one game is not guaranteed to look sharper the very next day. At plus money, Los Angeles does not need to be the better team today, just competitive enough to steal one in a series that has gone back and forth. This clears at a shade under 41 percent, well within reach for a team that just did exactly that. Side with the Angels this afternoon.
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Who was the public on? 65% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 4.2 to 3.0 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Los Angeles at Texas
2:35 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 67% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 64% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 4.1 to 3.7 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 57% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 54% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Texas would win by a score of 4.2 to 4.2 with Texas winning on the moneyline, Los Angeles winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Los Angeles at Texas
8:15 PM Eastern
I was on Washington against this Rangers pitching staff Tuesday, and it did not work out for me. Texas blew them out 5-0 to open that series. Reid Detmers takes the mound for the Angels tonight, fresh off the best start of his season: eight shutout innings and eleven strikeouts against Kansas City, and his ERA sits near 3.80 with a WHIP barely over 1.0 on the year. MacKenzie Gore has won four of his last five starts for Texas, including one against these same Angels on August 10, when he held Los Angeles to a single run across five-plus innings. Both offenses have gone cold at the wrong time. The Angels have dropped eight of their last ten games while averaging barely four runs a night as a team, and Texas has managed just four wins in that same stretch. Two clubs are playing out the string behind two starters who have owned recent lineups. The UNDER is the right side tonight.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 57% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 57% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Texas would win by a score of 4.1 to 3.4 with Texas winning on the moneyline, Los Angeles winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 69% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 63% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 4.2 to 4.0 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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