Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 15-18 Baltimore Orioles host the 18-17 Los Angeles Angels tonight in MLB action on the grass of Camden Yard, May 16, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Orioles -109/ Angels -101
O/U Total: 9

Pitching Matchup
Matt Shoemaker (R) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.34 ERA 6.61
Ubaldo Jimenez (R) W/L 3-2 WHIP 1.01 ERA 2.41

Los Angeles took the first game in the series 3-1 yesterday. They are 1-0 on their current road trip and 7-2 in their last 9 games overall. Baltimore is 2-2 on their current homestand and 3-7 in their last 10 games.

The Angels have a 1-0 lead in the season series but the Orioles have a 6-4 edge in the past 10 games.

Shoemaker was a 6-5 loser to Houston in his last start. He went 3 innings and allowed 6 runs, his worst start of the season. He has 3 Q starts on the year.

Jimenez was a 5-2 winner over Toronto in his last start. He went 7 innings and allowed 2 runs, his 3rd Q start of 2015.

SS Erick Aybar is hitting .455 against Jimenez with 1 HR and 2 RBIs. 1B Albert Pujols is hitting .316 off of the veteran right-hander with 1 HR and 8 RBIs. Aybar and Pujols have the only HRs and SBs (1 each) off of Jimenez as none of their teammates have more than 6 ABs vs. him.

No one on Baltimore has more than 3 ABs vs. Shoemaker. OF Adam Jones is 2-3 (.666) with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs off of the right-hander. The other 5 Orioles hitters with ABs against Shoemaker are a combined 2-11 (.182).

Los Angeles at Baltimore Betting Trends

The Angels are 3-6 straight up in their last 9 road games.
Los Angeles is 4-8 straight up in their last 12 games against Baltimore.
The game total has gone under in 5 of L.A.’s last 7 games on the road in Baltimore
The Orioles are 7-3 straight up in their last 10 home games.
Baltimore is 8-4 straight up in their last 12 games against Los Angeles.

Injury Report

LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Cory Rasmus P 60-Day Disabled List
Tyler Skaggs P 60-Day Disabled List

BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Evreth Cabrera SS 15-Day Disabled List
Ryan Flaherty 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Kevin Gausman P 15-Day Disabled List
Bud Norris P Day-to-Day (illness)
Jonathan Schoop 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Wieters C 60-Day Disabled List
Wesley Wright P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Los Angeles: 35%
Baltimore: 65%

Free MLB Pick

Angels’ starter Matt Shoemaker has been adequate on the road with a 2-0 record with an ERA of 4.50 in 3 starts. He has one lifetime start against the Orioles and it was once again adequate going 5 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs on 5 hits. Ubaldo Jimenez is having his best season since 2010 and he’s been especially good at home with a super impressive 0.86 ERA in 3 starts. Our first instinct was to look at taking the home team, but Jimenez’ historical stats against the Los Angeles lineup are poor with the batters hitting .356 with and on base percentage of .446 and an OPS of .954. Shoemaker’s career numbers aren’t bad against the Baltimore roster with a team batting average of .250 in limited at bats but he hasn’t put in a top effort this season allowing 3 or more runs in all 6 starts.

Take the OVER 9‏