{"id":14946,"date":"2011-04-15T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T20:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14946"},"modified":"2011-04-15T15:04:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T20:04:50","slug":"al-betting-preview-l-a-angels-at-chicago-white-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/al-betting-preview-l-a-angels-at-chicago-white-sox-14946\/","title":{"rendered":"AL Betting Preview: L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Angels (7-5) AT Chicago White Sox (7-5_<\/strong>
\nApril 15, 2011 at 8:10 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Runline:\u00a0 LAA -1.5 +130, CWS +1.5 -150<\/strong>
\nCurrent Runline:\u00a0 LAA -1.5 +120, CWS +1.5 -140<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 LAA -135, CWS +115<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 LAA -129, CWS +119<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 8<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

SP:\u00a0 LAA- Jared Weaver, CWS- Phillip Humber<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Weaver has been ON FIRE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jared Weaver has been very good.\u00a0 He’s 3-0 with an ERA under 1 (0.87).\u00a0 He’s one of the hottest pitchers in baseball right now and the White Sox are already struggling.\u00a0 It’s the main reason the Angels are favorites in tonight’s game, in fact.<\/p>\n

The White Sox’s relievers have been costing the team badly.\u00a0 They have faltered in late innings, three times last week, and they blew a three run leading going into the ninth, as Chris Sale gave up 3 runs and closer Matt Thornton gave up 3 more.\u00a0 Thornton has blown 4 of his 5 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to even describe it right now. Frustration is pretty high,\u201d Thornton said. \u201cConfidence isn\u2019t the problem. It\u2019s my frustration right now. It\u2019s the most frustrated I\u2019ve been in a long time. I can\u2019t remember a run of games like this where I haven\u2019t gotten the job done that many times in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ozzie Guillen has admitted he has no idea what to do with the problem the pen is having.\u00a0 He knows he lacks a closer…”I don’t have any closer.\u00a0 I don’t,” Guillen said.\u00a0 \u201cYou are just scratching your head and second-guess yourself what you are doing wrong, bringing people to the mound with three-run lead and we can\u2019t hold the lead. That\u2019s not a good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given the way Weaver is pitching, it may not even come down to the final innings before the game has been decided.\u00a0 Weaver’s chances of pitching a shutout are good, or even if he allows 1 run, the Angels should manage to score at least 3 to propel the team to victory.<\/p>\n

The White Sox will send Phillip Humber to the mound.\u00a0 Humber had a nice first start subbing in for injured Jake Peavy, as he allowed only 1 run in 6 innings as the White Sox beat the Rays 4-2.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just about relaxing, allowing yourself to get out of the way,\u201d Humber said. \u201cA lot of the times I\u2019ve put too much pressure on myself. Now I feel a lot more relaxed and let my ability work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of the Angels’ last 7 games and the Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.\u00a0 The Angels are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games against the White Sox and the total ahs gone UNDER in 5 of the Angels’ last 6 games against the White Sox.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the Angels’ last 6 games on the road against the White Sox and the Angeles are 1-4 SU in their last 5 road games against the White Sox.<\/p>\n

Chicago is 16-7 SU over their last 23 games and the total has gone OVER in 15 of their last 22 games at home.\u00a0 The White Sox are 9-4 SU in their last 13 home games and the total has gone UNDER In 5 of the White Sox’s last 6 games against the Angels.\u00a0 The White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games against the Angels and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of the White Sox’ last 6 games against the Angels.\u00a0 The White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 at home against the Angels.<\/p>\n

Jared Weaver is really all you need to know at this point.\u00a0 He’s going to come out, dominate, and lead the Angels to a win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Angels (7-5) AT Chicago White Sox (7-5_ April 15, 2011 at 8:10 PM EST Opening Runline:\u00a0 LAA -1.5 +130, CWS +1.5 -150 Current Runline:\u00a0 LAA -1.5 +120, CWS +1.5 -140 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 LAA -135, CWS +115 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 LAA -129, CWS +119 Opening Total:\u00a0 8 Current Total:\u00a0 8 SP:\u00a0 LAA- Jared Weaver, CWS- […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[171,4863,4862],"class_list":["post-14946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-jared-weaver","tag-l-a-angels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14947,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946\/revisions\/14947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}