LA Angels Continue Series With Texas Rangers
The Los Angeles Angels will try to inch closer to first place in the American League West when they host the Texas Rangers in the second game of a key four-game series on Tuesday. Game time is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. (PT).
The Angels returned home from a disappointing six-game road trip on Monday that saw them lose four of the last five games to fall four games behind the division-leading Rangers.
Texas had won three straight and six of seven heading into Monday’s series opener following a three-game sweep at Oakland to start a 10-game road trip. The Rangers wrap up the trip with a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox this weekend.
Derek Holland (10-4, 4.30 ERA) gets the call to face Los Angeles for the third time this year and hopes the third time is a charm after Texas lost twice previously with him on the mound in the season series. He is 3-3 lifetime against the Angels with a 5.81 ERA and surrendered seven runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 9-8 loss the last time he faced them on July 20.
Holland did not get a decision though in either of his two starts vs. LA this year, and he has pitched better on the road this season with a 5-2 record and 3.42 ERA. The southpaw has not lost a decision since July 2 against Florida as a 160 favorite, going 4-0 in his last seven outings.
Three of his last four starts have come at home, and his last one on the road resulted in a 3-0 complete-game shutout at Toronto on July 30.
The Angels will counter with rookie Tyler Chatwood (6-8, 4.07), who has won only once in his past seven outings. His team is 1-6 in those games, including a 7-0 home loss to Texas on July 19. He gave up three runs and seven hits to the Rangers in five innings and has pitched a full seven innings just one time during that stretch, resulting in the lone victory.
Chatwood has struggled mightily at home this year, going 2-6 in 12 starts there with a 4.24 ERA. Three of his last four starts have come on the road, including a 6-5 loss at New York last time out on Thursday in which he walked away with a no-decision after allowing two runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
He dropped his last start at home against Seattle on August 6 as a 145 favorite, giving up all five runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings of a 5-1 loss. The ‘over’ is 3-1 in his past four outings.
Los Angeles led the season series 5-4 going into Monday, and the teams play two series following this one. The Angels will head to Texas for a three-game set the last weekend of August before hosting the Rangers in the final three games of the regular season.
Tuesday’s game-time weather forecast for Anaheim calls for a temperature of 76 degrees under partly cloudy skies, cooling to the upper-60s as the game progresses.
The Los Angeles Angels will try to inch closer to first place in the American League West when they host the Texas Rangers in the second game of a key four-game series on Tuesday. Game time is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. (PT).
The Angels returned home from a disappointing six-game road trip on Monday that saw them lose four of the last five games to fall four games behind the division-leading Rangers.
Texas had won three straight and six of seven heading into Monday’s series opener following a three-game sweep at Oakland to start a 10-game road trip. The Rangers wrap up the trip with a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox this weekend.
Derek Holland (10-4, 4.30 ERA) gets the call to face Los Angeles for the third time this year and hopes the third time is a charm after Texas lost twice previously with him on the mound in the season series. He is 3-3 lifetime against the Angels with a 5.81 ERA and surrendered seven runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 9-8 loss the last time he faced them on July 20.
Holland did not get a decision though in either of his two starts vs. LA this year, and he has pitched better on the road this season with a 5-2 record and 3.42 ERA. The southpaw has not lost a decision since July 2 against Florida as a 160 favorite, going 4-0 in his last seven outings.
Three of his last four starts have come at home, and his last one on the road resulted in a 3-0 complete-game shutout at Toronto on July 30.
The Angels will counter with rookie Tyler Chatwood (6-8, 4.07), who has won only once in his past seven outings. His team is 1-6 in those games, including a 7-0 home loss to Texas on July 19. He gave up three runs and seven hits to the Rangers in five innings and has pitched a full seven innings just one time during that stretch, resulting in the lone victory.
Chatwood has struggled mightily at home this year, going 2-6 in 12 starts there with a 4.24 ERA. Three of his last four starts have come on the road, including a 6-5 loss at New York last time out on Thursday in which he walked away with a no-decision after allowing two runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
He dropped his last start at home against Seattle on August 6 as a 145 favorite, giving up all five runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings of a 5-1 loss. The ‘over’ is 3-1 in his past four outings.
Los Angeles led the season series 5-4 going into Monday, and the teams play two series following this one. The Angels will head to Texas for a three-game set the last weekend of August before hosting the Rangers in the final three games of the regular season.
Tuesday’s game-time weather forecast for Anaheim calls for a temperature of 76 degrees under partly cloudy skies, cooling to the upper-60s as the game progresses.
