{"id":16351,"date":"2011-07-05T11:04:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T16:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=16351"},"modified":"2011-07-05T11:04:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T16:04:59","slug":"haren-vs-verlander-high-profile-pitching-matchup-at-angel-stadium-mlb-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/haren-vs-verlander-high-profile-pitching-matchup-at-angel-stadium-mlb-betting-preview-16351\/","title":{"rendered":"Haren vs Verlander: High-Profile Pitching Matchup at Angel Stadium MLB Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels will provide quite the pitching matchup to fans in their second game of a three-game series Tuesday night at Angel Stadium<\/p>\n

Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Detroit Tigers have won 10 of Justin Verlander's last 11 starts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit was unable to get much going offensively in a 5-1 series-opening loss to the Angels last night and now will look to provide support for its ace.\u00a0 The Tigers have still managed wins in 33 of their last 57 games and came into Monday\u2019s contest hitting .296 over the last 30 contests.\u00a0 The club has actually dropped five of seven and six of eight on the road.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to imagine that the squad will capture a series victory come Wednesday, posting a 28-51 mark against the Angels since 2002.\u00a0 Detroit is 29-30 versus right-handed starters this year.<\/p>\n

Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander was just named to the American League All-Star team and brings in a dominating 11-3 record and 2.32 ERA in 18 starts.\u00a0 The right-hander has won nine straight decisions, while the club has proven victorious in his last eight starts.\u00a0 Verlander finished June with a perfect 6-0 record and 0.92 ERA, issuing just six walks and registering 54 strikeouts in 49 innings.\u00a0 In nine career starts versus the Angels, he is an even 3-3 with a 4.53 ERA.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles tallied its 15th win in the past 21 games and retained a share of the American League West lead with Texas heading into tonight.\u00a0 The pitching staff has been a major bright spot for the club recently, posting a 2.74 team ERA over the last 19 games.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a well-rounded game,\u201d Angels outfielder Peter Bourjos commented.\u00a0 \u201cI felt good offensively and defensively.\u201d\u00a0 Bourjos was definitely in highlight-reel mode last night in the outfield, making numerous Gold Glove caliber plays.\u00a0 \u201cThey made every play you can make,\u201d said Tigers manager Jim Leyland.\u00a0 \u201cWe hit some balls right on the money, didn\u2019t find any holes.\u201d\u00a0 Los Angeles is 30-25 versus right-handed starters this year.<\/p>\n

Angels starting pitcher Dan Haren is 8-5 with a 2.85 ERA in 18 appearances (17 starts) this season and comes in on a two-game winning streak.\u00a0 He has allowed just three runs and 12 hits over his last 13 1\/3 innings versus the Dodgers and Nationals.\u00a0 The right-hander is an even 3-3 with a 2.12 ERA in eight home outings (seven starts), as opponents are hitting just .178 against him.\u00a0 In seven lifetime starts versus the Tigers, Haren has posted a losing 2-4 mark and 4.93 ERA.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Tigers due to their 10-1 record in Verlander\u2019s last 11 starts, while the Angels are 0-4 as a home underdog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels will provide quite the pitching matchup to fans in their second game of a three-game series Tuesday night at Angel Stadium Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels Detroit was unable to get much going offensively in a 5-1 series-opening loss to the Angels last night and now will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[1642,92,48,104,479],"class_list":["post-16351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-angel-stadium","tag-dan-haren","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-justin-verlander","tag-los-angeles-angels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16352,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351\/revisions\/16352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}