Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 6/9/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+125) Los Angeles (-145)

The Boston Red Sox (29-27) are traveling to Angel Stadium on Thursday where they will play the Los Angeles Angels (27-30). The moneyline on this contest has the Red Sox at +125 and the Angels are priced at -145. The total is 7.5. The men taking the mound will be Nick Pivetta and Shohei Ohtani.

As a team, the Boston Red Sox are compiling 4.8 runs per contest, which is 6th in the league. They have a total of 269 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318. The Red Sox have accrued 141 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 52 balls out of the park. They have earned 263 RBI's and 506 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .260. Boston has a slugging % of .417 and have been rung up 450 times, while taking a walk on 157 occasions.

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Red Sox pitchers have allowed 63 home runs and also 229 runs in total (15th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 163 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.97 as a team for the year. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.94 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.17. The Red Sox are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.68 this season (9th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 479 hitters.

The Red Sox have dispatched 206 relievers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 96 base runners on the campaign with 31.3% of them ended up scoring. They have accumulated 9 saves on the campaign and have blown 12 of 21 save chances. The Red Sox relievers have recorded a save percentage of 42.9% and has entered the game in 54 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 33 holds over the course of the season (15th in the league). Red Sox bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 68 times and also have had 67 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Boston Red Sox have 1,505 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 474 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which puts them in 16th in pro baseball, and they have turned 45 double plays. The Red Sox have converted 71.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 4,515 innings on the field, which has them sitting 7th in pro baseball.

Pivetta (35-42 record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.42 and he has faced 2,680 hitters in the majors. He has given up 612 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 239 walks. His earned run average is 5.00 (346 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.366. Pivetta has taken the mound for 623 innings and is sitting with 667 strikeouts in his MLB career.

The Angels have a slugging percentage of .403 and they are earning 4.42 runs per contest (13th in MLB). They have tallied 88 doubles, while getting a free base 182 times as well as putting up 252 runs. Los Angeles has knocked in 69 home runs on the year and 243 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 522 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have accounted for 460 base knocks. The Los Angeles Angels have accumulated a team OBP of .313 and a team batting average of .242 over the course of the season.

The Angels hold a team WHIP of 1.216 with a FIP of 4.13 as a team on the season. They come in at 13th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 435. The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 243 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.99 (223 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.52 (446 strikeouts against 177 walks). They have allowed 62 long balls and they relinquish 4.35 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB).

With 61 save situations, the Angels have 33 holds in addition to 13 blown saves. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers take the mound in 27 save chances and they have earned 14 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 62 times in high leverage situations in addition to 68 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score rate of 42.1% out of their 107 inherited runners. They rank 29th in the league holding a save percentage of 51.9%, and they have dispatched 180 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Los Angeles Angels have turned 48 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in professional baseball). The Angels have recorded 506 assists, 31 errors and have accounted for 1,510 putouts on the campaign. In their 4,530 innings played, the Angels have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.8% (8th in MLB).

Ohtani (16-9 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.62 ERA and has allowed 7.1 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.38 and he has gone up against 957 opposing batters so far in his career. He has conceded 93 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.160 and having a FIP of 3.6. In his pro baseball career, Ohtani has surrendered 183 base hits and he has 287 K's in 231 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-145)

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