The Los Angeles Angels couldn’t have asked for a worse matchup to kick off the week than a trip to Chavez Ravine to run up against the NL West leading Los Angeles Dodgers. Especially with new manager Phil Nevin looking to throw rookie left-hander Reid Detmers to the wolves against Freddie Freeman and Co. who’ve done nothing but bash left-hander pitching to this point of the regular season. Making the task at hand for the Halos all the more tough is the fact that they’ll be running up against Tony Gonsolin who’s been nothing short of a godsend with all the injuries Dave Roberts has been forced to deal with in the starting rotation. The NL reps from Los Angeles are going to be installed hefty home favorites to come out on top of this one at online sportsbooks, and I have no choice but to eat the chalk and back them in a matchup they’ll own a huge advantage in on the starting bump.
First pitch for the series opener between the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Take it in live on TBS at 10:10 p.m. ET from Dodger Stadium. Bet on MLB odds and player props at BookMaker.eu every day of the season.
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Odds Analysis
The Angels recent slide has turned them into a loser for baseball bettors after getting out to a solid start to the campaign. In dropping 13 straight games to fall 9.5-games out in the AL West pennant race, Los Angeles is now $846 in the red for MLB bettors with $372 of that deficit incurred on the road where they’ve only managed 12 wins through 27 tries. The team has split its eight prior interleague matchups. The Dodgers were at one point one of the better bets in the game which came off as being very impressive with it being favored by oddsmakers in nearly every game. But then it went out and got swept at home by the Pittsburgh Pirates to wipe away all its profits. After evening the series up with the White Sox Wednesday night, the Dodgers are $25 back in the black. It’s won 17 of 27 in front of the hometown faithful -$129 as well as five of seven against the American League.
Probable Pitchers
Reid Detmers L: The book on the rookie is to back him at home and fade him on the road. One only has to look at his home/away splits for confirmation. Through five home starts, the south paw stands 2-2 with a 3.10 ERA, 0.66 WHIP, and .133 batting average against. On the road, he’s yet to earn a decision but his ERA swells to 6.19 and his WHIP to 1.63. Opponents are ripping him to the tune of a .286 BAA through four road starts. He’s failed to see the fifth inning in any of those turns, and the odds of him doing so in this outing will be long with the Dodgers ripping left-handed pitching for a .726 OPS No. 13 while averaging 5.1 runs per game No. 8. His lone outing against LA last season saw him get ripped for seven hits 1 HR and 5 ER through 5 IP.
Tony Gonsolin R: The right-hander moved his record to a perfect 7-0 in Chicago on hump Day night after tossing six strong innings of 1 ER ball while tallying five K and only issuing one free pass. Nearly 62 percent of his 84 pitches went for strikes which allowed him to log yet another quality start; each of his last five have been of the variety. Absolutely nothing is fluky to the start Gonsolin has gotten out to. He’s allowing fewer than five hits per nine innings and owns a respectable 8.6 K/9. Worrisome however could be his penchant for serving up walks having allowed 3.0 per nine innings. Negative regression could be headed his way soon if that’s not shored up, but the Angels only take free passes nine percent of the time against righties No. 17.
Angels vs. Dodgers Prediction
I’m a huge proponent of riding streaks. If something regardless of what it is continues to happen, why bet against it? Gonsolin is simply running too well right now for me to entertain the thought of fading him in this spot against a struggling bunch of Angels. Detmers getting the start away from his home bump also has my shying away from taking back a big number with the visitors. That being said, I’m not one to lay huge chalk regardless of the sport so I’ll look to hit the Dodgers on the -1 run-line or hit them on both the moneyline and run-line instead. The overall payout will direct me on which way to go. Feel free to use the Dodgers as a parlay leg. Either way, look for Gonsolin to procure yet another quality outing and be in a position to win his eight game of the year!
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