MLB Betting Odds: Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels Series
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Frequent playoff rivals will collide on the MLB betting board this week when the Boston Red Sox visit the Los Angeles Angels. They kick off a four-game series on Thursday night.
Boston got off to a miserable start this season, losing its first six games. The Sox haven’t exactly been on fire since then, but they’ve at least stopped the bleeding.
Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka and John Lackey are expected to take the mound for Boston this week. Beckett (2-1, 1.80 ERA) has bounced back from last year’s awful campaign in a big way; he was great against the Jays last week, allowing just a single run through seven innings while striking out nine.
Lester (1-1, 3.20 ERA) has also carried his weight since getting lit up in the season opener, including an 8-1 victory over Toronto in his last start (Lester allowed a single run through six innings). The real problem has been Matsuzaka (1-2, 6.43 ERA) and Lackey (1-2, 9.82 ERA).
Both were horrendous in their first two starts of the season but, on the bright side, they’re both coming off fine outings. Dice-K threw seven shutout innings against the Jays, while Lackey took a loss to Oakland despite allowing just one run through six innings.
Los Angeles is playing a bit better than anyone might have expected this season. The pitching staff deserves credit for the hot start, as Los Angeles has one of the lowest ERAs in the American League.
Tyler Chatwood, Dan Haren, Ervin Santana and Matt Palmer are slated to start against Boston. Haren (4-0, 1.16 ERA) has been nothing short of incredible. The righty already has four victories this season, and he had his “worst” game of the year last week—when he allowed two runs in 6.1 innings during a win over the White Sox. His strikeout to walk ratio is absolutely absurd at 27:2.
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