MLB Free Premium Play 08/21: Los Angeles Angels @ Boston Red Sox

LA Angels  at Boston

MLB - 921 Los Angeles Angels @ 922 Boston Red Sox (Starting Pitchers: E. Santana vs A. Cook) Santana will start for the Angels today and he is coming from a bounce back game against Cleveland, where in 7.0 IP, he allowed just four hits and one run, while having a 4/1 K/BB ratio. Still, this inning was just against the Indians, who are probably the worst offense in the league right now. So, it would be possible that Boston would put Santana in a lot of problems, however the Red Sox will be playing tonight without their three batters that usually cause more problems to Santana: Crawford (.313 BA), Ortiz (.292 BA and 1.039 OPS) and Sweeney (.545 BA). With these three players out, I believe Santana will be able to at least be better than walking disaster that Cook is right now. Boston will start Cook and he is just 1-5 on his last seven starts. He had been put on trade waivers, so even his own team doesn't trust him anymore. He has been horrible and when it looked he was going to have a good outing in Baltimore, he imploded with a 3.38 ERA, 4.41 FIP and 4.96 xFIP. The Angels' roster has been hitting well and they are coming from a series against Tampa Bay, where they hit .294, .366 and .212 BA. They barely know Cook, as he has been a NL pitcher almost his whole career, but Pujols has a .353 BA against him and the Angels have definitely too much hitting skills to not put Cook once again in a very struggling position. Even though Santana isn't in great form, he is still much better than Cook right now plus the Angels have also more options on offense than the banged up Red Sox. The Angels are coming from a series against the Rays where they were swept, so this is a great bounce back spot for them to crush Cook and get a good win tonight. I'm taking the Angels tonight. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 921 Los Angeles Angels ML (w/ E. Santana) @ -110 / 1.91 on Betonline