Sportsbooks give the Cleveland Guardians (2-4) the edge, -120 on the moneyline, to stop their three-game losing streak when they play the Los Angeles Angels (4-2), at +101, on Friday at 9:38 p.m. ET. Gavin Williams starts for Cleveland while Los Angeles will counter with Jose Soriano.
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Guardians to win vs Angels -120
Guardians vs. Angels betting lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-120)
- Underdog: Angels (+101)
- Over/under: 8
Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Guardians betting info
- The Guardians are playing as the moneyline favorite in their first game this season.
- Cleveland has not yet played a game with moneyline odds of -120 or shorter.
- The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.5% in this game.
- Cleveland has had an over/under set by oddsmakers six times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in three of those games (3-3-0).
- The Guardians have collected a 2-4-0 record ATS this season (covering just 33.3% of the time).
Guardians hitting info
- Kyle Manzardo paces the Guardians in home runs (two) and runs batted in (seven).
- Manzardo’s home runs rank 20th in MLB and he ranks 14th in RBI in MLB.
- Steven Kwan has a club-leading .348 batting average.
- Among all MLB hitters, Kwan ranks 53rd in home runs and 71st in RBI.
- Kwan has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .316 with a home run, two walks and two RBI.
- Carlos Santana is batting .261 with two doubles and two walks.
- Jose Ramirez has two doubles, a home run and a walk while batting .294.
Guardians pitching rankings
- The Guardians pitching staff is last in the majors with a collective 5.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Cleveland has the 19th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.41).
- Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the 25th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.471).
- Guardians pitchers combine to allow the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (five total, 0.8 per game).
- Cleveland its 5-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out five Padres batters while allowing 10 hits.
Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Angels betting info
- This season, the Angels have been the underdog three times and won two of those games.
- This season, Los Angeles has won two of its three games when it’s the underdog by at least +101 on the moneyline.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 49.8% chance of a victory for the Angels.
- Los Angeles and its opponents have gone over the total this season in four of its six opportunities.
- The Angels are 2-4-0 against the spread in their six chances this season.
Angels hitting info
- Kyren Paris has been key for Los Angeles with one home run, three RBI and a batting average of .444 this season.
- Paris’ home run total ranks 53rd in MLB, and he is 71st in RBI.
- Paris brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .444 with a triple, a home run, two walks and three RBI.
- Nolan Schanuel’s batting average of .292 leads all Los Angeles hitters this season.
- Schanuel ranks 145th overall in homers and 71st in RBI this year.
- Schanuel brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, a triple and three RBI.
- Mike Trout leads Los Angeles in runs batted in (five) this season. He has a .143 batting average and a .333 slugging percentage.
- Trout heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .158 with a double, a home run, a walk and five RBI.
- Logan O’Hoppe leads Los Angeles in home runs (two) and runs batted in (five) this season while batting .188.
Angels pitching rankings
- The Angels strike out 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- Los Angeles has pitched to a 4.58 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- Angels pitchers have a 1.382 WHIP this season, 20th in the majors.
- The Angels have allowed the 22nd-fewest home runs this season with 10, or 1.7 per game.
- Los Angeles pitchers struck out nine Cardinals hitters while allowing 12 base hits in a 12-5 loss its last time out.
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