MLB Preview Toronto Blue Jays (34-41) at LA Angels (41-35) by entity wagering investment company mki
MLB Preview Toronto Blue Jays (34-41) at LA Angels (41-35) by entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc. Saturday, June 23 – First Pitch 9:07 PM EST. Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
The LA Angels look for their 5th straight win over the Toronto Blue Jays tonight after taking yesterday’s game by a score of 2-1. The month of June has seen the Angels a streaky team going 7-1 in their first 8 games of June to only turn around and go 1-7 the next 8 games. They have returned home for a 6 game home stand and are 3-1 with a 3-game winning streak. The Angels have two more home games against Toronto before heading out on a 10-game road trip. This year the Angels are 20-19 at home and 21-16 on the road. The Toronto Blue Jays are playing more consistent ball these days and had recent surprise sweep of the Washington Nationals, on the road no less, beating two of the Nats best starters in Gino Gonzalez and Max Scherzer. The Blue Jays are 20-20 at home and 14-21 on the road. The road has not been kind to Toronto of late and are just 1-10 in their last 11 road games.
Toronto send Marcus Stroman to the mound who is 0-5 overall with an ERA of 7.71. Stroman will be making his first start dating back to May 8th as he has been on the sidelines with a shoulder issue. Stroman has pitched 36.1 innings allowing 34 runs on 46 hits, 18 walks and 5 home runs. On the road Stroman is 0-3 with an ERA of 6.95. In 7 starts this season Stroman has allow less than 4 runs just once, however, he has pitched well against LA facing them once in 2016 and once last year 2017 holding LA to 2 runs in each game.
The LA Angels counter with Jaime Barria who is 5-3 with an ERA of 3.57 overall and has gone 45.1 innings allowing 19 runs on 43 hits while striking out 37. Barria is coming off a rough outing against Arizona where he gave up 6 runs in 4 innings. Over his last 10 starts, and before giving up 6 runs in his last start, Barria has allowed more than 3 runs just once and allowed 2 runs or less 6 times. This will be Barria’s first career start against the Blue Jays.
Inside the numbers with entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc:
Toronto is 1-10 in their last 11 road games and 0-4 the last 4 times they faced a team in the AL West. Toronto is 0-4 in Stroman’s last 4 starts.
LA is 7-1 in their last 8 games played at home and 6-0 the last 6 times they faced a team with a losing record.
Head-to-Head
LA is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings and are 4-1 the last 4 times these teams have play in Anaheim.
Curent Line: LA Angels -1.30, Toronto Blue Jay +1.20, the total has been set at 8.5
Prediction: LAA 6, Toronto 4
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