Rays-Angels Who Will Cover?

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Angel Stadium. Righthander Edwin Jackson will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Jackson is 3-5 this season with a 3.95 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be Joe Saunders who starts for the Angels. Lefthander Saunders is 9-2 with a 2.63 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 142-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rays lost to Texas 6-3 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (11). B.J. Upton hit a two-run home run for Tampa Bay and Matt Garza was tagged for three runs in four innings to take the loss. The Angels lost to Oakland 7-3 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5). Vladimir Guerrero hit a solo home run for Los Angeles and Ervin Santana pitched six 1-3 innings, allowing two runs while striking out nine. Team records: Tampa Bay: 37-26 SU Los Angeles: 39-25 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing LA Angels are 6-4 After playing Texas are 4-6 After a loss are 7-3 Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7 After playing Oakland are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Tampa Bay's last 11 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing LA Angels The total has gone OVER in 10 of Tampa Bay's last 13 games when playing on the road against LA Angels LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay LA Angels are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 6 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay Next up: LA Angels home to Tampa Bay, Tuesday, June 10