ASA TOP PLAY 10* ON Money Line: Los Angeles Angels over Oakland A's, Monday at 9:40 PM ET

One of the most common betting strategies in baseball is to ride streaks. In that case we are most definitely bucking the trend here but this is not a normal MLB season either. Yes the A's are the hottest team in baseball but there is a reason they are priced as a rather small favorite in this spot. It is simply an awful spot for Oakland. The Athletics just wrapped up a series sweep of the hated division rival Astros which included a benches clearing brawl in yesterday's game. Suffice to say emotions ran very high throughout that series and this is absolutely a flat spot for Oakland now as the A's are on the road to face the Angels. Oakland has a great record on the season and has won 9 straight games but they've also had an edge in that they have only played 4 road games. By the way, the A's hit just .198 in those 4 games away from home and now face a pitcher, Julio Teheran, whom they are not familiar with as he had spent his career in the National League. Teheran enters this game having held opponents to a .235 batting average while compiling a 3.67 ERA - those are his career numbers! He is a solid starting pitcher and certainly gets the nod in this game over the A's Sean Manaea as he had a lot of early season struggles. The left-hander is 0-2 with an 8.03 ERA in his first 3 starts and has not been able to make it through 5 innings in any of those starts! Los Angeles has a .433 slugging percentage in home games this season which ranks them 3rd in the American League. Per our computer math model, this game has upset written all over it. Bet the Angels on the money line in late night action Monday