Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Angels odds, tips and betting trends | August 28
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At Rogers Centre on Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays (68-56) face the Los Angeles Angels (53-73), with first pitch at 1:37 PM ET.
The favored Blue Jays (-230 on the moneyline) host the Angels (+191). The scheduled starters are Ross Stripling (6-3) for the Toronto Blue Jays, and Tucker Davidson (2-4) for the Los Angeles Angels.
The Angels defeated the Blue Jays 2-0 yesterday, with Shohei Ohtani getting the win (7.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 9 K) and Andrew Velazquez leading the way offensively (going 1-for-4 with a home run and an RBI). Alek Manoah (7.0 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 8 K) took the loss for the Blue Jays.
Get ready for the Blue Jays vs. Angels with everything you need to know before Sunday’s game, including viewing options.
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Angels Odds and Betting Lines
Major League Baseball odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 8:03 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Blue Jays (-230, bet $230 to win $100)
Underdog: Angels (+191, bet $100 to win $191)
Over/under: 9
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Blue Jays Stats and Trends Blue Jays Betting Records
This season, the Blue Jays have won 57 out of the 103 games, or 55.3%, in which they’ve been favored.
This season, Toronto has won 10 of its 20 games, or 50%, when favored by at least -230 on the moneyline.
The Blue Jays have a 69.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Games involving Toronto have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 65 of 124 chances this season.
The Blue Jays have an ATS record of 53-71-0 in 124 games with a spread this season.
Ross Stripling (Blue Jays Probable Starter)
The Blue Jays will hand the ball to Stripling (6-3) for his 18th start of the season.
The right-hander gave up one earned run and allowed six hits in 6 2/3 innings pitched against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old has an ERA of 2.84, a 5 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.042 in 25 games this season.
He’s going for his third straight quality start.
Stripling has two starts in a row of five innings or more.
The Angels rank 25th in MLB with 479 runs scored this season. They have a .227 batting average this campaign with 140 home runs (12th in the league).
The right-hander has allowed the Angels to go 2-for-8 with two doubles and an RBI in two innings this season.
Blue Jays Batting Stats
The Blue Jays have hit 152 homers this season, which ranks seventh in the league.
Fueled by 396 extra-base hits, the Blue Jays rank fourth in MLB with a .429 slugging percentage this season.
Toronto ranks third in MLB with a .262 team batting average.
The Blue Jays have scored 582 runs this season, which ranks seventh in MLB.
Toronto has an on-base percentage of .325 this season, which ranks fifth in the league.
The Blue Jays have shown patience at the plate this season with the fourth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.8) among MLB offenses.
Angels Stats and Trends Angels Betting Records
The Angels have been chosen as underdogs in 59 games this year and have walked away with the win 17 times (28.8%) in those games.
The Angels have won all of their three games in which they were named as at least a +191 moneyline underdog.
The Angels have an implied victory probability of 34.4% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
Los Angeles and their opponents have gone over in 56 of their 127 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
In 127 games with a line this season, the Angels have a mark of 59-68-0 against the spread.
Tucker Davidson (Angels Probable Starter)
The Angels are sending Davidson (2-4) to the mound for his seventh start of the season. He is 2-4 with a 6.23 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent outing on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays, the lefty tossed 5 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs while surrendering six hits.
The 26-year-old has a 6.23 ERA and 4.7 strikeouts per nine innings across seven games this season, while allowing a batting average of .263 to opposing batters.
Davidson has one quality start under his belt this year.
Davidson is trying for his third straight outing lasting five or more innings. He averages 4.1 innings per start.
He will take the hill against a Blue Jays offense that ranks fifth in the league with 1113 total hits (on a .262 batting average). The squad also slugs a collective .429 (fourth in the league) with 152 total home runs (seventh in MLB play).
Angels Batting Stats
The Angels rank 12th in MLB play with 140 total home runs.
So far this season, the Angels rank 23rd in the league, slugging .378.
Los Angeles’ .227 batting average ranks 27th in MLB.
The offense for the Angels is the No. 25 offense in MLB action scoring 3.8 runs per game (479 total runs).
Los Angeles ranks 27th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .295.
The Angels strike out 9.7 times per game, the worst mark in the league.
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