Orioles-Angels Who Will Cover?

The Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Angel Stadium. Righthander Dennis Sarfate will take the mound for the Orioles to start this game. Sarfate is 0-1 this season with a 6.75 ERA. Sarfate's opponent in this one will be Joe Saunders. The Angels lefthander has a 3.09 ERA to go along with a 14-5 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Orioles lost to Seattle 8-4 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5). Brian Roberts was 2-5 with a solo home run for Baltimore and Daniel Cabrera was roughed up for six earned runs on six innings to take the loss. The Angels lost to the Yankees 14-9 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The 23 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5). Erick Aybar was 2-3 with three RBI for the Angels and Mark Teixeira hit a grand slam home run in the loss. Current streak: Los Angeles has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Baltimore: 53-57 SU Los Angeles: 69-42 SU Baltimore most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing LA Angels are 2-8 After playing Seattle are 9-1 After a loss are 4-6 Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Monday are 7-3 Before playing Baltimore are 6-4 After playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games Baltimore is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Angels LA Angels are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games at home LA Angels are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Baltimore LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Baltimore The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games at home Next up: LA Angels home to Baltimore, Tuesday, August 5