MLB - 919 Cleveland Indians @ 920 Los Angeles Angels
(Starting Pitchers: J. Masterson vs C. Wilson)
The Angels are coming from a poor series against Seattle this weekend, with two losses on their last two games, so this is a bounce back game for them tonight. The Angels have been struggling with injuries and they have two SP's clearly struggling in Santana and Haren, so they put Wilson on a lot of pressure with huge pitch counts and he couldn't take such heavy workload. In the sequence of three outings, he threw 119, 118 and 121 pitches! He played in Texas with just 4 days of rest and 121 pitches thrown in the previous game against the Rays and he got crushed. Then, with just four days to rest, he played in Oakland and got crushed again. But now with 5 days to rest, he will have a good matchup. Wilson is great against LH batters (a career record of .199 BA vs LH, with .222 BA this season!) and Cleveland knows that as they are .186 BA against them, a result of most of the Indian hitters being left handed.
Speaking of Cleveland, they are now struggling heavily and they finished their series against Boston hitting .067, .207 and .156! They'll start Masterson tonight and he has been very inconsistent with ERA's of 5.55 and 7.36 over the last two months. He had a good season last year due to his good command, but this season he has been a disaster with 18 walks in the last 5 starts. Even against Minnesota on his last start, he had an ERA of 2.57 but a much worse FIP (4.67). This is a good spot for the Angels and I believe they will comfortably beat the Indians today, so I'll take them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 920 Los Angeles Angels RL -1 (w/ C. Wilson) @ -140 / 1.71 on 5Dimes
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