PREMIUM
Stephen Nover's Total of the Year
(MLB) Texas vs. LA Angels,
Total: 8.50 | 115.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 8.50 | 115.00 Under
Result: Loss
As the season finally draws to a merciful end for the Rangers and Angels those two teams have put on a recent power display. The Rangers have smacked 11 homers in their last 11 games, while the Angels have hit 18 homers in their past 11 games.
I see no earthly reason why each of these teams can't score at least four runs apiece given their homer production, bad starting pitching matchup and depleted bullpens.
We begin with the Rangers, who are going with Yovani Gallardo. He is well past his prime and clearly has hit the wall going 1-5 with a 7.39 ERA in his last seven starts. Opponents are batting .328 off him during this span. Gallardo has been especially brutal during his past three starts with a 10.22 ERA. Gallardo's road ERA this season is 7.29 and his night ERA is 6.98. He has made two starts against the Angels and is 0-1 with an 8.00 ERA.
Gallardo is not pitching deep into games as you might guess. He hasn't reached the sixth inning during any of his last six outings. The Rangers' bullpen doesn't have a single reliable reliever.
The Angels are starting Matt Shoemaker, who has an 8.03 ERA in his last three starts. Shoemaker's home ERA this season is 5.79. The Over is 8-2-1 in Shoemaker's past 11 home starts. His career ERA versus Texas is 4.91 in 36 2/3 innings. Shoemaker doesn't pitch deep into games either having failed to go more than five innings during his last five starts. The Angels do not have a strong bullpen either. Both team's bullpens are very much depleted, too, at this late juncture of the season.
Weather shouldn't factor with just a slight wind that will be blowing out.
Pat Hoberg is slated to be behind the plate. The Over has cashed 55 percent of the time he has been the home plate during the last two years spanning 58 games.
I see no earthly reason why each of these teams can't score at least four runs apiece given their homer production, bad starting pitching matchup and depleted bullpens.
We begin with the Rangers, who are going with Yovani Gallardo. He is well past his prime and clearly has hit the wall going 1-5 with a 7.39 ERA in his last seven starts. Opponents are batting .328 off him during this span. Gallardo has been especially brutal during his past three starts with a 10.22 ERA. Gallardo's road ERA this season is 7.29 and his night ERA is 6.98. He has made two starts against the Angels and is 0-1 with an 8.00 ERA.
Gallardo is not pitching deep into games as you might guess. He hasn't reached the sixth inning during any of his last six outings. The Rangers' bullpen doesn't have a single reliable reliever.
The Angels are starting Matt Shoemaker, who has an 8.03 ERA in his last three starts. Shoemaker's home ERA this season is 5.79. The Over is 8-2-1 in Shoemaker's past 11 home starts. His career ERA versus Texas is 4.91 in 36 2/3 innings. Shoemaker doesn't pitch deep into games either having failed to go more than five innings during his last five starts. The Angels do not have a strong bullpen either. Both team's bullpens are very much depleted, too, at this late juncture of the season.
Weather shouldn't factor with just a slight wind that will be blowing out.
Pat Hoberg is slated to be behind the plate. The Over has cashed 55 percent of the time he has been the home plate during the last two years spanning 58 games.
