LAA -120
You might look at Ervin Santana's 5-6 record and 6.38 ERA and say "How do you take the Angels with Santana? Well, Santana is going for his 3rd straight win following a three-hit shutout against Tampa just last week and the Angels try to continue a streak that has seen them win 7 of 10 overall (hitting .322 during that stretch) and 19-6 on the road since June 15th. They'll be trying to take 3 out of 4 against the O's who will start rookie RHP David Hernandez. Two things that aren't good for the O's here is Hernandez is a rookie and he'll be facing the team with a Major League best .295 average against RHP. Hernandez is also 1-2 with a 5.79 ERA in his last three starts.
I like the Angels here because I just don't like to back bad teams and let's be honest in saying that Baltimore is a bad team. They also got worse today by losing another left-handed bat when they traded Aubrey Huff to the Tigers. LAA plays great on the road going 34-23 on the year while Baltimore is only 2-7 in their last 9 home games.
Only 3 teams in all of baseball are worse than the O's and it's just the right play here to back the team with MLB's second best record and a team that is playing great against a team that flat out stinks laying a very small number.
Good luck.
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You might look at Ervin Santana's 5-6 record and 6.38 ERA and say "How do you take the Angels with Santana? Well, Santana is going for his 3rd straight win following a three-hit shutout against Tampa just last week and the Angels try to continue a streak that has seen them win 7 of 10 overall (hitting .322 during that stretch) and 19-6 on the road since June 15th. They'll be trying to take 3 out of 4 against the O's who will start rookie RHP David Hernandez. Two things that aren't good for the O's here is Hernandez is a rookie and he'll be facing the team with a Major League best .295 average against RHP. Hernandez is also 1-2 with a 5.79 ERA in his last three starts.
I like the Angels here because I just don't like to back bad teams and let's be honest in saying that Baltimore is a bad team. They also got worse today by losing another left-handed bat when they traded Aubrey Huff to the Tigers. LAA plays great on the road going 34-23 on the year while Baltimore is only 2-7 in their last 9 home games.
Only 3 teams in all of baseball are worse than the O's and it's just the right play here to back the team with MLB's second best record and a team that is playing great against a team that flat out stinks laying a very small number.
Good luck.
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