Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Angels prediction, MLB picks for 06/09/2024, best bets and odds

Game: Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Angels

Date: Sunday June 9, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/point spread: Houston (-190) Los Angeles (+160)

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

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The Astros hit 93 doubles as a team and hit 80 balls out of the stadium. Houston owns a .416 slugging percentage and has been called on strikes 430 times, while being walked 186 times. As a unit, the Houston Astros score 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 13th in baseball. They have accumulated 266 RBIs along with 554 hits during the season, while their plate average stands at .257. They have 277 points while holding a team on-base percentage of .320.

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

The Astros sent 199 relievers to the hill for the season. Relievers inherited 52 runners this season and 28.8% of them ended up scoring. They made 12 saves during the campaign and missed 10 of their 22 save opportunities. Astros relievers accumulated a 54.5% save percentage and came into play in 52 save situations. The bullpen has collected 30 catches this year (21st in baseball). Astros pitchers competed with runners on base 34 times and made 56 appearances in high-leverage situations.

The Houston Astros have 1,676 outs so far, along with 544 assists and 28 errors. Their fielding percentage remains at .988, which ranks 7th in baseball, and they have made 55 double plays. The Astros have converted 70.4 percent of balls in play into outs over their 5,028 innings on the field, which ranks 10th in baseball.

Verlander has taken the mound for 3,377 frames and has made 3,390 punch outs thus far in his career. Verlander (260-143 career) has a 3.20 FIP while facing 13,765 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.25 (1,218 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.119. He allowed 2,838 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) and drew 942 walks.

Los Angeles has 70 home runs so far this year, to go along with 234 RBIs. They hit 88 doubles, while walking 172 times and 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 .386 slugging percentage and earn 4.06 runs per game (22nd in MLB). They were called 528 times (14th in MLB) and totaled 492 hits.

The Angels have a team WHIP of 1.317 and a team FIP of 4.45 this year. They rank 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 487. The Los Angeles pitching staff has allowed 303 runs this season and comes in with a team ERA of 4 .49 (275 earned runs allowed). They had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 8.20 (503 strikeouts to 239 walks). They have given up 71 long balls and are giving up 4.95 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball).

With 52 save situations, the Angels had 28 catches in addition to 9 blown saves. Los Angeles asked relievers to take the mound on 24 save opportunities and they came away with 15 saves. Their bullpen pitchers took the mound 52 times in high-leverage situations, in addition to 52 times with runners on base. Los Angeles’ relief pitchers have an inherited scoring rate of 34.9% on their 83 inherited runners. They rank 15th in the league with a 62.5% save percentage and have sent 190 relievers to the mound for the year.

The Los Angeles Angels have made 48 double plays and have a defensive percentage of 0.985 (14th in MLB). The Angels have racked up 540 assists, 34 errors and have racked up 1,654 putouts so far this year. Over their 4,962 innings played, the Angels achieved a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (6th in professional baseball).

Sandoval (19-45 career wins-loss) had a 3.99 ERA and allowed 8.5 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.27 and has faced 2,274 opposing batters in his career. He has given up a total of 231 ER while earning a WHIP of 1.382 and a FIP of 3.9. So far in his MLB career, Sandoval has allowed 492 hits while he has accumulated 519 punchouts in 522 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald’s choice: take Los Angeles (+160)

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