The Los Angeles Angels (54-77) will try to end their five-game losing streak when they visit the Detroit Tigers (66-66) on Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. ET on BSW. Bookmakers consider the Tigers to be -139 favorites for the contest, while the Angels are +119 underdogs looking for the upset. Detroit’s Keider Montero gets the start, and he’ll go against Los Angeles’ Griffin Canning.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $34.39
Tigers to win vs Angels -139
Tigers vs. Angels Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-139)
- Underdog: Angels (+119)
- Over/under: 9
Tigers vs. Angels Betting Insights
- The Tigers have been favorites in 52 games this season and have come away with the win 29 times (55.8%) in those contests.
- This season Detroit has been victorious 16 times in 24 chances when named as a favorite of at least -139 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 58.2% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Angels are 47-59 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 44.3% of those games).
- Los Angeles has a record of 33-39 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +119 or longer (45.8%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Angels’ implied win probability is 45.7%.
Tigers vs. Angels Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs with 18 and runs batted in with 55.
- Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Greene is 64th in home runs and 85th in RBI.
- Matt Vierling has collected 110 hits this season and has an OBP of .305. He’s slugging .442 on the year.
- Zachary Neto paces the Angels in home runs (19), runs batted in (64) and has put up a team-high batting average of .256.
- Neto ranks 53rd in home runs and 48th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Nolan Schanuel is batting .253 with 16 doubles, 12 home runs and 57 walks.
Tigers vs. Angels Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- The Tigers have pitched to a 3.84 ERA this season, which ranks 10th in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.200 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- The Angels pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Los Angeles has a 4.59 team ERA that ranks 27th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Angels average MLB’s 25th-ranked WHIP (1.326).