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The Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers meet Saturday in MLB action at Globe Life Field. The Los Angeles Angels look to get a game above a .500 record. The Texas Rangers need a win to rebound from a 2-5 start.
The Los Angeles Angels have scored 18 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four straight games. The Angels are 3-2 this season when scoring four or more runs. Jared Walsh leads the Angels with 9 hits and 6 RBI, while Shohei Ohtani and Brandon marsh have combined for 13 hits and 10 RBI. Noah Syndergaard gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and one strikeout this season. This will be Syndergaard’s first career game against the Rangers.
The Texas Rangers have scored 17 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their first seven games. The Rangers are 2-3 this season when scoring four or more runs. Corey Seager leads the Rangers with 10 hits and 6 RBI, while Nathaniel Lowe and Mitch Garver have combined for 15 hits and 9 RBI. Taylor Hearn gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA and six strikeouts this season. Hearn is 1-1 with a 4.87 ERA and 16 strikeouts in his career against the Angels.
The Angels are 5-2 in their last 7 Saturday games and 5-11 in their last 16 overall. The Rangers are 7-3 in their last 10 games as an underdog and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The under is 4-1 in Angels last 5 overall. The over is 3-1-1 in Rangers last 5 overall. The Angels are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings.
The Texas Rangers pitching staff is off to a rough start, and it’s hard to get behind them in this form or when going up against respectable offenses. The Los Angeles Angels offense is starting to pick up and the crazy things is they’re just tapping into their potential given their big names haven’t gone crazy yet. We’re also not used to seeing Syndergaard priced this reasonable, and he looked good in his debut against the Astros. The Angels should get the job done here.