The Angels took the first game of a three game series against the Mariners on Friday night, 5-4, can the Halos stay in the AL Wild Card race?
The Mariners have underwhelmed to date, 30-32 on the year and looking up at a crowded AL West, including the 35-30 Angles, who will start left hander Patrick Sandoval on Saturday night. Can Los Angeles continue to hang with the top of the division, or will Seattle pull closer after dropping the first game of three?
Here are the odds for Saturday's matchup out west.
Mariners vs. Angels odds, run line and total
Mariners vs. Angels prediction and pick
The Mariners offense hasn't built on last season's success, the team is hitting just .226 this season, bottom five in the big leagues, and struggle in a smaller sample against lefties, hitting .229, also bottom five in the bigs.
The team will face a lefty in Patrick Sandoval, who has had middling numbers this season, but the Mariners inability to string together hits is going to make this a grind of a game. Sandoval walks nearly four batters per nine innings, but that's not as much of an issue against a Mariners team that is one of four teams in Major League Baseball that has an on-base percentage below .300.
On the other side, the Angels offense is as elite as advertised, top 10 in OBP and metrics such as wRC+, which quantifies the quality of run scoring chances generated. It's tough to gauge to much from Mariners' starter Bryan Woo's first big league appearance that lasted two innings in which he allowed six earned runs. However, he may not be ready to deal with an elite hitting lineup like the Halos.
I'll take the Angels with favorable matchups all over to get it done on Saturday night.
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