The Los Angeles Angels (9-8) carry a three-game losing streak into a home contest against the Texas Rangers (11-7) on Thursday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored (-147) to hand the underdog Angels (+123) another loss. Kumar Rocker starts for Texas while Los Angeles will counter with Jack Kochanowicz.

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Rangers vs. Angels betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-147)
• Underdog: Angels (+123)
• Over/under: 9.5

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won six of the eight games they were favored on the moneyline this season (75%).
• Texas has played three times as moneyline favorites with odds of -147 or shorter, and earned a victory in each game.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rangers have an implied win probability of 59.5%.
• In the 18 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Texas, it has combined with opponents to go over the total seven times (7-11-0).
• The Rangers have a 9-9-0 record ATS this season (covering 50% of the time).

Rangers hitting info

• Adolis Garcia is hitting .220 with five doubles, two home runs and five walks.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Garcia’s home run total ranks 96th and his RBI tally ranks 180th.
• Corey Seager’s .288 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Seager ranks 52nd in home runs and 180th in RBI this year.
• Seager brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .444 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
• Josh Smith has three doubles, a home run and six walks while hitting .342.
• Smith has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .353 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
• Jonah Heim is batting .256 with a double, three home runs and two walks.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers pitching staff is 16th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Texas’ 3.46 team ERA ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rangers have the fourth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.122).
• Rangers pitchers combine to surrender the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (14 total, 0.8 per game).
• Texas struck out nine Angels batters while allowing six hits in a 3-1 win in its last game.

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

• This season, the Angels have won seven out of the 13 games, or 53.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Los Angeles has entered five games this season as the underdog by +123 or more and is 4-1 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Angels, based on the moneyline, is 44.8%.
• Games involving Los Angeles have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 10 of 17 chances this season.
• The Angels are 8-9-0 against the spread this season.

Angels hitting info

• Kyren Paris is batting .349 with five home runs and eight RBI for Los Angeles this season.
• Among all batters in the majors, Paris ranks 15th in homers and 91st in RBI.
• Mike Trout leads Los Angeles in home runs with six and runs batted in with 14.
• Trout is fourth among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 16th in RBI.
• Nolan Schanuel’s batting average of .281 leads all Los Angeles hitters this season.
• Taylor Ward is batting .236 with an OBP of .273 and a slugging percentage of .472 this season.
• Ward brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .238 with a double, two home runs, a walk and two RBI.

Angels pitching rankings

• The Angels strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• Los Angeles has pitched to a 4.71 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• Angels pitchers have a 1.396 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The Angels have allowed the 25th-fewest home runs this season with 24, or 1.4 per game.
• Los Angeles suffered a 3-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Rangers batters while allowing 11 hits.