Baseball Betting: Angels vs Rangers

The Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers will meet on the field at Rangers Ballpark on Monday in a battle of division rivals. Lefthander Scott Kazmir will take the mound for the Angels to start this game. Kazmir is 2-3 this season with a 6.82 ERA. The Rangers will counter Kazmir with Derek Holland. Lefthander Holland has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Angels, while the game's total is sitting at 10. Joel Pineiro tossed a complete-game shutout on Sunday as the Angels got past the Athletics 4-0. The Angels were winners as -158 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day's posted total (9). The Rangers fell 5-2 to the Blue Jays last time out, as -120 favorites. That game's seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Colby Lewis surrendered five earned runs off three hits in his 5 2-3 innings for the Rangers. Current streak: Los Angeles has won 3 straight games. Texas has lost 3 straight games. Team records: Los Angeles: 18-21 SU Texas: 20-18 SU Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Texas are 8-2 After playing Oakland are 8-2 After a win are 4-6 Texas most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing LA Angels are 3-7 After playing Toronto are 6-4 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Texas LA Angels are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Angels's last 9 games when playing Texas The total has gone UNDER in 15 of LA Angels's last 23 games on the road Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 9 of Texas's last 13 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas's last 9 games when playing LA Angels Texas is 6-3 SU in their last 9 games when playing at home against LA Angels Next up: Texas home to LA Angels, Tuesday, May 18