{"id":16357,"date":"2011-07-06T10:32:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=16357"},"modified":"2011-07-06T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T15:32:58","slug":"detroit-tigers-at-los-angeles-angels-pro-baseball-handicapping-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/detroit-tigers-at-los-angeles-angels-pro-baseball-handicapping-preview-16357\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels Pro Baseball Handicapping Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Angels aim to complete a three-game home sweep of the Detroit Tigers Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium<\/p>\n

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

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Los Angeles Angels SP Tyler Chatwood is 4-1 with a 2.70 ERA in daytime outings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit suffered a 1-0 loss to the Angels last night and have dropped both games of this series heading into today\u2019s action.\u00a0 The Tigers are now just three games over .500 after dropping six of their last eight games overall.\u00a0 One player that hasn\u2019t had a problem moving past the club\u2019s struggles in designated hitter Victor Martinez, who is batting .358 with two home runs and 21 RBI over his last 37 games.\u00a0 He ranks third among all AL players in average over that span.\u00a0 Detroit now has a losing 10-12 mark versus AL West opponents and 21-12 in day games.<\/p>\n

Tigers starting pitcher Brad Penny has tallied a 5-6 record and 4.43 ERA in 17 starts and has registered three straight quality starts coming into today.\u00a0 Despite his recent numbers on the mound, Penny has still managed to capture just one win over his last eight outings, while compiling a 4.82 ERA during that stretch.\u00a0 The right-hander has struggled mightily on the road, posting a 2-4 mark and 6.69 ERA in seven starts.\u00a0 He will be making his sixth lifetime start at Angel Stadium, going 2-2 with a 5.46 ERA.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won 10 of its last 12 games and remain in a first place tie with Texas in the American League West standings.\u00a0 The Angels have also continued their domination of the Tigers, posting a 53-28 overall mark against them since the 2002 season.\u00a0 The club also pushed its home record above .500 with last night\u2019s 1-0 win, which also moved its record to 7-1 on the current homestand.\u00a0 Over the last four games, the pitching staff has limited opponents to a .145 batting average.\u00a0 Los Angeles has been historically one of the better daytime teams over the past three years, recording a dominating 80-47 record.<\/p>\n

Angels starting pitcher Tyler Chatwood is an even 5-5 with a 3.83 ERA in 16 starts this season and is coming off a 5-0 home loss to the Dodgers.\u00a0 In that particular start, the right-hander allowed four runs and 12 hits over five frames, while managing to strike out just one batter.\u00a0 Chatwood has struggled at times during his starts at Angel Stadium, posting a 2-4 record and 4.22 ERA, issuing 29 walks in 53 1\/3 frames.\u00a0 The rookie has enjoyed pitching under the sun, entering with a 4-1 mark and 2.70 ERA, as opponents are hitting just .240 against him.\u00a0 Today will be his first career appearance versus the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in backing the Angels due to their 7-1 record versus right-handed starters, while the Tigers are 1-6 as an underdog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Angels aim to complete a three-game home sweep of the Detroit Tigers Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels Detroit suffered a 1-0 loss to the Angels last night and have dropped both games of this series heading into today\u2019s action.\u00a0 The Tigers are now just three games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[1642,4799,48,479,4883,1030],"class_list":["post-16357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-angel-stadium","tag-brad-penny","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-tyler-chatwood","tag-victor-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16357","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=16357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16358,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16357\/revisions\/16358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}