Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros Prediction, 6/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros

Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+155) Houston (-180)

The Houston Astros (33-23) will play the Los Angeles Angels (30-28) at Minute Maid Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Los Angeles at +155 while Houston is priced at -180. The total is 9.5. The expected starting pitchers are Patrick Sandoval and J.P. France.

Los Angeles is slugging .429 and have struck out 508 times, while taking a walk on 187 occasions. They have tallied 278 RBI's as well as 510 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .258. The Angels have tallied 89 doubles as a squad and have hit 79 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 282 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .330. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.9 runs per game, which has them at 8th in the league.

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The Angels have an ERA of 4.25 on the year (16th in the league), and their staff has rung up 501 hitters. Angels pitchers have conceded 62 home runs and 273 runs in total (23rd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 202 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.28 as a squad this season. Los Angeles has conceded 478 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 242 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.48 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.33.

Angels bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 52 times in addition to having 61 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have tallied 40 holds on the campaign (3rd in baseball). The Angels relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 61.3% and has come into the game in 71 save situations. They have 19 saves on the campaign and have blown 12 out of their 31 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 85 base runners so far this season and 43.5% of those runners ended up scoring. The Angels have sent 168 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Angels have converted 68.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 4,614 innings on the field, which ranks them 19th in MLB. The Los Angeles Angels have accumulated 1,538 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 498 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them sitting 23rd in pro baseball, and they have turned 49 double plays.

Sandoval (13-28 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.93 while he has gone up against 1,568 batters in the majors. He has allowed 329 base hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 149 free passes. His ERA is 3.65 (149 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.302. Sandoval has taken the hill for 367 innings and has tallied 356 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The Houston Astros have recorded an OBP of .315 and a batting average of .244 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 450 occasions (24th in the league) and have totaled 456 hits. Houston has knocked in 58 long balls so far this year to go along with 240 RBIs. The Astros have a team SLG% of .391 and they average 4.48 runs per game (17th in MLB). They have put up 93 doubles, while getting a free base 173 times as well as scoring 251 runs.

The Astros are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.210 and have a FIP of 3.68 as a unit for the year. They rank 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 441. The Houston pitching staff have given up 199 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.23 (179 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.90 (551 strikeouts vs 162 bases on balls). They have relinquished 57 HR's and they surrender 3.59 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

Houston relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 27.1% out of 48 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 46 times in high leverage situations and also on 28 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 53 save situations, the Astros have amassed 30 holds and 6 blown saves. They are ranked 6th in baseball with a save rate of 72.7%, and they have dispatched 175 relievers onto the diamond for the year. Houston has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 22 save opportunities and they have come away with 16 saves.

The Houston Astros have gotten 46 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .989 (5th in pro baseball). The Astros have 454 assists, 21 errors and are sitting with 1,496 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 4,488 innings on the field, the Astros have a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (17th in baseball).

During his MLB career, France has allowed 27 hits while he has accumulated 26 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched. France (1-1 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.00 ERA while giving up 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 12 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.296 and a FIP of 5.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.25 and he has gone up against 117 hitters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston (-180)

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