Tigers vs. Angels Prediction: Expert Tips, Odds, Stats & Best Bets – Thursday, August 29, 2024

The Los Angeles Angels (54-79) are looking to avoid victory at the Detroit Tigers (68-66) in the last game of a three-game series. The bookmakers have listed the Tigers as favorites at -161, while the Angels are considered underdogs at +136.

Keider Montero from Detroit and Jack Kochanowicz from Los Angeles were named as starters for this competition.

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The Tigers have a 28-21 record in games where they were listed as moneyline favorites (they won 57.1% of those games).

Detroit has gone 8-4 (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -161 or less.

The Angels have won 48, or 43.2%, of the 111 games they have played as underdogs this season.

Los Angeles has entered 42 games this season as an underdog of +136 or more and has a 15-27 record in those matchups.

The Tigers have played 133 games with a set over/under and have combined with their opponents to exceed the total 68 times (68-61-4).

The Angels and their opponents have exceeded the total in 63 of their 132 opportunities this season.

Tigers Stats & Insights

The Tigers have the No. 19 offense in baseball, scoring 4.3 runs per game (571 total runs).

Detroit averages one home run per game and ranks 21st in baseball with 140 total home runs.

The Tigers rank 24th in the Major Leagues with their batting average (.234).

Detroit strikes out 8.8 times per game, ranking 22nd in the MLB.

The Tigers pitching staff's 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings rank 14th in the major leagues.

Detroit ranks eighth highest in ERA among all MLB pitching teams (3.80).

Angels Stats & Insights

The Angels have scored 519 runs this season (just 3.9 per game), which ranks 27th in the MLB.

With only 129 home runs, Los Angeles ranks 26th as a team in Major League Baseball.

The Angels have a team batting average of just .231 this season, ranking 27th among MLB teams.

Los Angeles ranks 17th with an average of 8.6 strikeouts per game.

As a pitching team, the Angels average just 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings, ranking 27th in the Major Leagues.

Los Angeles ranks 27th in the Major Leagues this season with ERA (4.59).

Key Tigers players to keep an eye on

Montero (4-5) is making his 12th appearance this season for the Tigers. He has a 5.15 ERA in 64 2/3 innings pitched and 53 strikeouts.

Riley Greene leads Detroit this season in batting average (.262), home runs (19) and runs batted in (56).

Matt Vierling has 111 hits this season and an OBP of .304. His slugging average this year is .440.

Colt Keith is Detroit's best hitter this season with a batting average of .262.

Kerry Carpenter has 55 hits and an OBP of .347 and a slugging percentage of .589 this season.

Key Angels players to keep an eye on

The Angels will send Kochanowicz (1-3) to the mound for his sixth start of the season.

Zachary Neto has a team-high batting average of .254 and leads the Angels in home runs (19) and runs batted in (64).

Nolan Schanuel has a batting average of .251 with 16 doubles, 12 home runs and 58 walks.

Taylor Ward has 23 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 47 walks with a batting average of .238.

Jo Adell has a batting average of .211 with 15 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 33 walks.

Injuries at Tigers and Angels

Tigers: Wenceel Perez: 10 days IL (abdomen), Alex Faedo: 15 days IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 15 days IL (shoulder), Javier Báez: 60 days IL (hip), Brendan White: 60 days IL (elbow), Casey Mize: 60 days IL (hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 days IL (groin)

Angels: José Soriano: 15 days IL (arm), Jose Marte: 15 days IL (viral infection), Matt Moore: 15 days IL (elbow), Kelvin Caceres: 60 days IL (lat), Luis Rengifo: 60 days IL (wrist), Mike Trout: 60 days IL (meniscus), Andrew Wantz: 60 days IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60 days IL (elbow), Robert William Stephenson: 60 days IL (shoulder)

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