Sunday, July 23's MLB schedule features the final game of an inter-league series between the Pittsburgh Pirates (43-55) and Los Angeles Angels (50-49).
- Pirates vs Angels Game Info
- Pirates vs Angels Odds & Spread
- Pirates vs Angels Betting Trends
- Pirates vs Angels Prediction & Pick
- Pirates vs Angels Best Bet
Pirates vs Angels Game Info
- Date:'Sunday, July 23, 2023
- Time:'4:07 p.m. ET
- Venue:'Angel Stadium — Anaheim, California
- Coverage:'Fox Sports West, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
This will be the rubber game of this three-game set between Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.
The Angels took game 1, but Pittsburgh evened things up on Saturday by shutting out the Angels in a 3-0 win.
Pirates vs Angels Odds & Spread
- Moneyline:'PIT: (+104) | LAA: (-122)
- Spread:'PIT: +1.5 (-188) | LAA: -1.5 (+155)
- Total:'9 — Over: (-118) | Under: (-104)
T he Angels enter this contest as home favorites on the moneyline and spread per FanDuel Sportsbook's odds. This 4:07 p.m. ET contest also features an over/under of 9 runs with the Over being favored at -118 odds.
Pirates vs Angels Betting Trends
- Pittsburgh is 3-10 straight up (SU) in its last 13 games.
- The Angels are 4-1 SU in their last five games.
- The total has hit the Over in five of Pittsburgh's last six games.
- The total has hit the Over in eight of the Angels' last nine games against Pittsburgh.
Pirates vs Angels Prediction & Pick
Despite being on the road in this one, and the underdogs, I love the Pirates pitching advantage in this one. Mitch Keller is in the midst of a breakouts season, pitching to a 9-5 record and 3.73 ERA thus far.
Sure, Keller is coming off arguably his worst start of the season in his last outing, but in his four starts prior to that, he surrendered just one or zero earned runs in three of them. I'm going with his last start being more of a blip on the radar than anything to be super concerned about.
On the other side, the Angels have lost four consecutive games when Tyler Anderson starts an d Anderson himself has a 4.76 ERA at home this year. With the Angels' bats being completely shut down yesterday, we could see more of that in this one with Keller on the hill.
Final Score Prediction:'Pirates: 5 | Angels: 3
Pirates vs Angels Best Bet
Mitch Keller was a strikeout machine to start the season, hitting the over on his 6.5 strikeout total on Sunday in 10 of his first 12 starts. And while that has cooled since the start of June, only hitting seven or more strikeouts three times in his last eight starts.
Although, on Sunday, he gets the Angels, who rank No. 22 in the MLB in strikeouts per game, registered more than 9 per game on average. I think the LA lineup is exactly the recipe Keller needs to get back on track and hit this over once again.