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<\/a>Los Angeles scored just three combined in dropping its last two games against the Detroit Tigers over the weekend, including a 2-1 setback as +131 road underdogs Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 The Angels own a 8-4 all-time edge over the Nationals, but they\u2019ll need outfielder Mike Trout to get back on track at the plate, as he\u2019s failed to get a hit in his last two contests.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 22-21 as road underdogs of +100 to +125 the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n
Angels starting pitcher Garrett Richards (2-0, 2.84 ERA) didn\u2019t earn a decision in a 10-9 home defeat to the Oakland Athletics last time out, as he surrendered five runs and eight hits over seven frames.\u00a0 The right-hander has allowed just one earned run in winning his first two road outings of the year, with opposing hitters batting just .100 against him.\u00a0 In 10 career interleague games (three starts), Richards has compiled a 1-0 record and 1.27 ERA.<\/p>\n
Washington has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games, while the OVER has gone 5-2-1 in that span.\u00a0 Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper will have the spotlight placed on him due to Trout coming to town, as he looks to get back on track after going 2 for 15 at the plate in his last four affairs since putting together an eight-game hitting streak.\u00a0 Washington is 21-20 at home with a money line of -100 to -125 since the start of the 2012 campaign.<\/p>\n
Nationals starting pitcher Tanner Roark (1-0, 5.29 ERA) will take the mound at home for the first time this season, while he\u2019s failed to earn a decision in his last two outings, including a 6-3 road win over the Miami Marlins last time out.\u00a0 The right-hander has tallied a perfect 3-0 record and 0.47 ERA in seven career games (three starts) at this ballpark, as he prepares to face the Angels for the first time.Sports bettors will likely back the Nationals due to their 47-19 record in their last 66 interleague games as a favorite.<\/p>\n
Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Los Angeles Angels (8-10) and Washington Nationals (11-8) will open up a MLB interleague series Monday night, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET at Nationals Park Los Angeles Angels vs. Washington Nationals Los Angeles scored just three combined in dropping its last two games against the Detroit Tigers over the weekend, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[6690,479,2202,25,2104,850],"class_list":["post-33886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-bryce-harper","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mike-trout","tag-mlb","tag-nationals-park","tag-washington-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33886","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=33886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33887,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33886\/revisions\/33887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}