The Los Angeles Angels return home from a successful 7-2 road trip, but they're just 1-4 in their last five home games following a road trip of seven or more days and I think they'll run into trouble here against the Texas Rangers.

Cole Hamels (8-1, 3.48 ERA) takes the ball for the visitors. The 33 year old southpaw is 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA in seven career starts against the Angels, and he's allowed just one run on seven hits in 14 2/3 frames vs. LAA on the season. He has the current Halos roster limited to a combined .217 AVG over 226 at bats.

The Angels turn to Tyler Skaggs (1-3, 3.63 ERA) who missed his last start as he was placed on the bereavement list. Skaggs is 2-1 despite a somewhat bloated 5.46 ERA in six career starts against Texas, and he's been tagged with six runs on 12 hits in 10 innings on the season. The current Rangers are batting a combined .292 over 72 at bats against the left-hander.

The Halos are hot, but the Rangers have also played pretty well of late, winning eight of their last 11. The price is right to back the Rangers in this matchup.

My selection is a 10* play on Texas Rangers ML.