Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros Prediction, 7/1/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros

Date: Friday, July 1, 2022

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

The Houston Astros (47-27) will play the Los Angeles Angels (37-41) at Minute Maid Park on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound are Michael Lorenzen and Cristian Javier.

Los Angeles has a slugging % of .403 and have been called out on strikes 725 times, while drawing a walk on 239 occasions. They have 313 RBI's as well as 614 hits for the season, and their team batting average is .239. The Angels have tallied 112 doubles as a team and have hit 95 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 323 runs and have an OBP of .308. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.2 runs per outing, which is 21st in the league.

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Angels pitchers have relinquished 83 long balls and 322 runs in total (18th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 241 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.06 as a squad for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.61 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.23. The Angels have a team ERA of 3.87 so far this season (13th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 628 batters.

The Angels have dispatched 241 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 133 runners on the year and 39.8% of those players ended up scoring. They have tallied 20 saves this season and have blown 15 of their 35 save opportunities. The Angels relievers have earned a save percentage of 57.1% and stepped onto the hill in 74 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 37 holds on the year (19th in MLB). Angels relief pitchers have entered the game with players on base 87 times and also have had 79 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Los Angeles Angels have a tally of 2,050 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 671 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .985 which has them sitting 15th in MLB, and have accumulated 65 double plays. The Angels have transformed 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 6,150 innings, ranking them 7th in MLB.

Lorenzen (29-28 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.23 and he has gone up against 2,322 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 510 base hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 225 free passes. His ERA is 4.09 (246 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.358. Lorenzen has pitched in 541 innings and has 458 strikeouts thus far in his career.

The Astros have a team slugging percentage of .420 and they earn 4.36 runs per outing (18th in the league). They have tallied 118 doubles, while taking a walk 259 times and scoring 318 runs. Houston has accumulated 102 long balls for the season and 310 RBIs. They have been rung up on 546 instances (29th in MLB) and have notched a total of 578 hits. The Houston Astros hold a team on-base percentage of .318 and a batting average of .239 on the season.

The Astros have a team WHIP of 1.127 and have a FIP of 3.62 as a squad for the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.94 (620 strikeouts against 211 free passes). They come in at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 516. They have surrendered 63 homers and they surrender 3.46 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Houston pitching staff have yielded 248 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.03 (217 earned runs allowed).

Houston bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 27.0% out of 74 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 70 times in high leverage situations in addition to 50 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 74 save situations, the Astros have 47 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. They sit at 3rd in MLB holding a save percentage of 77.8%, and they have sent 223 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Houston has had relief pitchers take the mound in 27 save chances and they have tallied 21 saves.

In 5,811 innings played, the Astros have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 72.3% (2nd in baseball). The Houston Astros have gotten 53 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in professional baseball). The Astros have accrued 586 assists, 36 errors and have earned a total of 1,937 putouts on the campaign.

Javier (14-6 career record) is the owner of a 3.30 earned run average while surrendering 6.0 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.79 and he has faced 893 batters in his career. He has allowed 80 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.099 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. In his career, Javier has allowed 145 hits and he has 265 K's in 218 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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