LA ANGELS vs. HOUSTON 8/30/2018 MLB Odds, Pick & Preview

The LA ANGELS and the HOUSTON will both be gunning for a victory on 8/30/2018 at 8:10 PM when they meet in a game matchup.

GAME: Los Angeles Angels (64-69) at Houston Astros (82-51)
DATE/TIME: Thursday, August 30 – 8:10 PM EST
WHERE: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

ROT TEAM PS OU RL
965 LA ANGELS 8 (-225)
(-220)
8 (-110) 200
-220
966 HOUSTON

TV: 8:10 PM
LINE: -220
PREDICTION: HOUSTON , LA ANGELS

Oddsmakers currently have the HOUSTON listed as -220 point favorites versus the LA ANGELS, while the game’s total is sitting at 8.

Houston Astros right-hander Justin Verlander has fallen off the pace in the American League Cy Young race but will try to remain perfect against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Verlander has won each of his four starts while compiling a minuscule 1.61 ERA against the Angels this season.

Houston opened its 10-game homestand by taking two of three from hard-charging Oakland, winning Wednesday’s rubber match on Tyler White’s walk-off homer in the ninth inning. “It felt like kind of a heavyweight battle,” said Astros manager A.J. Hinch after his team opened a 2 1/2-game lead over the Athletics atop the American League West and improved to 7-1 in its last eight games. Houston also has won seven of the past eight meetings against the Angels, who will arrive at Minute Maid Park having lost nine of 11 – including a three-game sweep by the Astros last weekend. Albert Pujols, who is 10-for-36 lifetime against Verlander, is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery on Wednesday.

TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, FS West (Los Angeles), AT&T SportsNet Southwest (Houston)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Angels LH Andrew Heaney (7-8, 4.25 ERA) vs. Astros RH Justin Verlander (13-8, 2.72)

Heaney has labored through five starts in August, posting a 1-2 record and 6.67 ERA after he was knocked around for five runs and eight hits over six innings in a loss to Houston on Friday. It’s a marked decline from last month when he was 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA in five starts and beat the Astros with six innings of one-run ball. Alex Bregman and Yuli Gurriel are both 1-for-9 against Heaney.

Verlander was 9-2 through the middle of June but is 4-6 over his last dozen starts despite winning his last two, including six innings of three-run ball against the Angels on Saturday. The long ball continues to be a thorny issue for the 35-year-old, who has yielded 15 home runs over his last eight turns. Angels center fielder Mike Trout has struggled in his career versus Verlander, going 4-for-32.

WALK-OFFS

1. Bregman is 19-for-40 during a 10-game hitting streak.

2. Angels INF David Fletcher has hit safely in three straight and 11 of his last 13 games.

3. Astros 2B Jose Altuve struck out four times in a game for the first time in his career Wednesday and has whiffed in six of his last nine at-bats.

PREDICTION: Astros 5, Angels 2

STATS AND RECORDS

TEAM COMPARISON

W/L Strk Home Away East Central West IL
LA Angels 64-69 L1 34-34 30-35 11-21 19-12 24-26 10-10
Houston 82-51 W1 35-30 47-21 12-12 19-7 40-26 11-6

LAST MEETING

LA Angels Houston
Date Away Home Avg HR OPS Avg HR OPS
8/26/18 HOU 3 LAA 1 .133 0 .369 .212 0 .469

PLAYER STATS

SEASON SERIES
Batting Player Avg Hits OPS
LAA A. Simmons .300 12 .833
HOU M. Gonzalez .351 13 1.063
Offense Player HR Runs RBI
LAA M. Trout 2 7 3
HOU M. Gonzalez 2 9 9
Pitching ERA Avg K
LAA 3.95 .197 87
HOU 3.23 .242 111
SEASON
Batting Player Avg Hits OPS
LAA M. Trout .311 121 1.085
HOU J. Altuve .327 144 .855
Offense Player HR Runs RBI
LAA M. Trout 31 87 62
HOU A. Bregman 25 89 86
Pitching ERA Avg K
LAA 4.10 .247 1146
HOU 3.13 .257 1387

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