PREMIUM
Stephen Nover's Saturday Totals Destroyer
(MLB) Oakland vs. LA Angels,
Total: 9.00 | -101.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 9.00 | -101.00 Under
Result: Loss
These teams easily exceeded nine runs on Friday with the Angels winning, 8-6. I see more of the same today.
Oakland is averaging 5.2 runs in its last seven games. The Angels are averaging 7.2 runs during their last seven games.
The bullpens are bad and the starting pitching matchup is Paul Blackburn versus Tyler Skaggs.
Blackburn gave up five runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Giants during his last outing this past Monday. The Giants have scored the second-fewest runs in baseball and are last in homers. Now Blackburn is going to have to deal with a much better offensive team, a DH and a red-hot Mike Trout, who is 13-for-30 riding a seven-game hitting streak.
Not much is being expected from Skaggs, who last started on April 29. He's been out with an oblique strain. He's 0-2 lifetime versus the A's with a 6.75 ERA in three starts.
These two teams have gone Over 73 percent of the time during their past 26 games in Los Angeles.
Oakland is averaging 5.2 runs in its last seven games. The Angels are averaging 7.2 runs during their last seven games.
The bullpens are bad and the starting pitching matchup is Paul Blackburn versus Tyler Skaggs.
Blackburn gave up five runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Giants during his last outing this past Monday. The Giants have scored the second-fewest runs in baseball and are last in homers. Now Blackburn is going to have to deal with a much better offensive team, a DH and a red-hot Mike Trout, who is 13-for-30 riding a seven-game hitting streak.
Not much is being expected from Skaggs, who last started on April 29. He's been out with an oblique strain. He's 0-2 lifetime versus the A's with a 6.75 ERA in three starts.
These two teams have gone Over 73 percent of the time during their past 26 games in Los Angeles.
