Anibal Sanchez wasn't good last year with a 4.99 ERA and he's even worse this season with a 6.04 ERA. That's the highest ERA of his career and is evidence of a continued downward cycle. The one good thing Sanchez does is help get games to go over the total. The over is 33-14-5 for 70 percent during his past 52 starts, including 9-1 over on his last 10 starts.

The right-handed Sanchez can expect little, if any, help from a Detroit bullpen that ranks 29th with a 4.59 ERA. The over has cashed 12 of the last 16 times the Angels have gone against a righty starter.

Angels starter Hector Santiago was pitching above his head earlier this season. But now a regression to the norm is taking place as Santiago has a 16.20 ERA in his last two starts with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 15-to-12 this month.

Brian Knight is slated to be the home plate umpire. The over is 23-18 (56%) the past two years when Knight has been behind the plate.