Angels: Jered Weaver had his best performance in his last four starts in his most recent outing against Cleveland but came up on the short end of the stick, despite only allowing two runs. In his three starts prior to that one, Weaver had allowed 14 runs in 16.2 innings of work. Weaver has been a beast in his career against the Rays. He’s a perfect 2-0 versus Tampa with a stellar 1.93 ERA. Weaver’s last start went UNDER, ending a streak of three straight OVERS with him on the mound.
PROJECTED SCORE: 3
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Angels are 2-6 in Weaver's last 8 Wednesday starts.
The OVER is 7-3 in LA's last 10 games vs. AL East.
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3B Maicer Izturis (.269; thumb) is OUT for the season.
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Rays (-125, O/U 8.5): Matt Garza is coming off pitching a gem versus the Rangers. In the win over Texas, Garza pitched a complete game, two-hit shutout, striking out nine. It’s the second time in four starts that Garza has pitched a complete game. He’s been tough at home this season, going 6-2 with an ERA of 2.47. Garza has one career start versus the Angels but it didn’t go well. He took the loss after allowing four runs in 5.1 innings. The UNDER is 4-1 in Garza’s last five starts.
PROJECTED SCORE: 5 (Side Play of the Day)
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Rays are 43-10 in their last 52 home games.
The UNDER is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings. |
3B Evan Longoria (.278; wrist) is on the 15-day DL.
OF Carl Crawford (.273; hand) is OUT for the season. |
