PREMIUM
Stephen Nover's American League Total of the Year
(MLB) Chi White Sox vs. LA Angels,
Total: 8.50 | -105.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 8.50 | -105.00 Under
Result: Win
Don't expect the Angels to score 25 runs on Monday like they did against the Rockies on Saturday. Don't even expect the Angels to score four runs against Dylan Cease and the White Sox.
Cease has been showing signs of regaining his dominance with a 2.60 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 26 strikeouts in his last three starts spanning 17 1/3 innings.
The Angels go from playing at Coors Field - the premier hitter's park in the majors - to their pitcher-friendly Angels Stadium.
If you toss out that freakish 25-1 Angels victory two days ago at Coors, the Angels have scored only seven runs in their last four games. That's a 1.7 average.
The White Sox have scored four or fewer runs in eight of their last 10 games. I don't expect them to reach four runs either facing a below-the-radar Reid Detmers and a rested Angels bullpen.
Don't look at Detmers' season record of 1-5 and 4.02 ERA. Detmers is pitching the best of his three-year big league career. He just shut out the Dodgers - a top-five offense - on two hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in seven innings this past Tuesday at Angel Stadium. Detmers is 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA and 0.86 WHIP with 24 strikeouts in his past three starts spanning 18 2/3 innings.
The White Sox have never faced Detmers, another plus for Detmers. He might also catch the White Sox missing Tim Anderson and Yasmani Grandal. Anderson has a sore shoulder while Grandal left Sunday's game with a bruised jaw.
Cease has been showing signs of regaining his dominance with a 2.60 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 26 strikeouts in his last three starts spanning 17 1/3 innings.
The Angels go from playing at Coors Field - the premier hitter's park in the majors - to their pitcher-friendly Angels Stadium.
If you toss out that freakish 25-1 Angels victory two days ago at Coors, the Angels have scored only seven runs in their last four games. That's a 1.7 average.
The White Sox have scored four or fewer runs in eight of their last 10 games. I don't expect them to reach four runs either facing a below-the-radar Reid Detmers and a rested Angels bullpen.
Don't look at Detmers' season record of 1-5 and 4.02 ERA. Detmers is pitching the best of his three-year big league career. He just shut out the Dodgers - a top-five offense - on two hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in seven innings this past Tuesday at Angel Stadium. Detmers is 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA and 0.86 WHIP with 24 strikeouts in his past three starts spanning 18 2/3 innings.
The White Sox have never faced Detmers, another plus for Detmers. He might also catch the White Sox missing Tim Anderson and Yasmani Grandal. Anderson has a sore shoulder while Grandal left Sunday's game with a bruised jaw.
