Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 6/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Houston (-190) Los Angeles (+160)

The Houston Astros (28-35) are en route to Angel Stadium on Sunday where they will attempt to beat the Los Angeles Angels (24-38). The moneyline on this contest has the Astros at -190 and the Angels are at +160. The total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Justin Verlander and Patrick Sandoval.

The Astros have tallied 93 doubles as a squad and have hit 80 balls out of the stadium. Houston owns a slugging percentage of .416 and have been called out on strikes 430 times, while being walked on 186 occasions. As a unit, the Houston Astros are notching 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 13th in baseball. They have amassed 266 runs batted in as well as 554 hits on the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .257. They have 277 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .320.

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The Astros have an ERA of 4.27 for the season (21st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 531 hitters. Astros pitchers have yielded 73 long balls and also 280 runs in total (17th in the league). They have walked 239 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.38 as a team this year. Houston has allowed 505 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 265 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.22 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The Astros have dispatched 199 relievers to the hill for the season. The relievers have inherited 52 runners this season and 28.8% of them ended up scoring. They have earned 12 saves on the campaign and have blown 10 of their 22 save chances. The Astros relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 54.5% and has come into the game in 52 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 30 holds on the year (21st in baseball). Astros pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 34 times as well as having 56 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Houston Astros have a tally of 1,676 putouts thus far, as well as 544 assists and 28 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which has them ranked 7th in baseball, and they have turned 55 double plays. The Astros have converted 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,028 innings on the field, which ranks them 10th in baseball.

Verlander has taken the mound for 3,377 frames and has accounted for 3,390 punch outs so far in his career. Verlander (260-143 career mark) has a FIP of 3.20 while he has faced 13,765 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 3.25 (1,218 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.119. He has surrendered 2,838 base knocks (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 942 walks.

Los Angeles has 70 home runs so far this year to go along with 234 runs batted in. They have hit 88 doubles, while taking a walk 172 times as well as recording 252 runs. The Los Angeles Angels hold an on-base percentage of .298 as well as a team batting average of .236 this year. The Angels have a slugging percentage of .386 and they earn 4.06 runs per contest (22nd in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 528 occasions (14th in MLB) and have totaled 492 base hits.

The Angels are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.317 and have a FIP of 4.45 as a squad on the year. They have a ranking of 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 487. The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 303 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.49 (275 earned runs allowed). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.20 (503 strikeouts against 239 walks). They have yielded 71 long balls and they surrender 4.95 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball).

With 52 save situations, the Angels have earned 28 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on relievers to take the mound in 24 save chances and they have come away with 15 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 52 times in high leverage situations in addition to 52 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.9% out of their 83 inherited runners. They rank 15th in the league with a save percentage of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 190 relievers to the mound for the year.

The Los Angeles Angels have turned 48 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in MLB). The Angels have accrued 540 assists, 34 errors and have amassed 1,654 putouts so far this year. Out of their 4,962 innings played, the Angels have earned a efficiency on defense of 71.1% (6th in pro baseball).

Sandoval (19-45 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.99 ERA and has surrendered 8.5 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.27 and he has gone up against 2,274 opposing hitters during his career. He has surrendered a total of 231 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.382 and a FIP of 3.9. So far in his MLB career, Sandoval has given up 492 hits while he has accumulated 519 punch outs in 522 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+160)

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