Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 19-22 Boston Red Sox play host to the 21-20 Los Angeles Angels tonight in MLB action on the grass of Fenway Park, May 22, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Red Sox -122/Angels +112
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Garrett Richards (R) W/L 3-2 WHIP 1.02 ERA 2.29
Rick Porcello (R) W/L 4-2 WHIP 1.28 ERA 4.26

Los Angeles was an 8-4 loser at Toronto last night and are 4-3 on their current road trip and 7-3 in their last 10 games overall. Boston was a 3-1 loser to Texas at home yesterday and is 1-2 in their homestand, 2-4 in their past 6 outings.

This is the first matchup between these two teams in 2015. The Angles won the series 5-2 last year and have a 7-2 edge in the last 9 encounters.

Richards was a 3-0 loser at Baltimore in his last start. He went 7.2 innings, allowed 2 runs and struck out 7. It was his 5th-straight Q start.

Porcello was a 4-2 winner at Seattle last week. He surrendered 2 runs in 6.2 innings and fanned 6. He also has 5 Q starts in 2015.

Angels OF Mike Trout is hitting .333 vs. Porcello and has hit a HR, stolen a base and knocked in 6. 1B Albert Pujols is hitting .308 with 2 RBIs while C Chris Iannetta is 3-7 (.429) with an RBI vs. the veteran right-hander. The trio of 3B David Freese, SS Erick Aybar and OF Matt Joyce are a combined 8-46 (.173) vs. Porcello.

No one in Boston’s lineup has more than 7 ABs vs. Richards. 1B Mike Napoli is 4-7 (.571) with a homer and 3 RBIs vs. the young right-hander. He has the only HR and no one has stolen a base off of Richards.

Los Angeles at Boston Betting Trends

The Angels are 7-3 straight up in their last 10 games.
Los Angeles is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games against Boston
The game total has gone under in 4 of Los Angeles’s last 5 games against Boston
Boston is 2-7 straight up in their last 9 games at home.
The Red Sox are 2-10 straight up in their last 12 games at home against the Angels.

Injury Report

LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Albert Pujols 1B Day-to-Day (hand)
Cory Rasmus P 60-Day Disabled List
Tyler Skaggs P 60-Day Disabled List

BOSTON RED SOX
Edwin Escobar P 15-Day Disabled List
Ryan Hanigan C 60-Day Disabled List
Justin Masterson P 15-Day Disabled List
Pablo Sandoval 3B Day-to-Day (knee)
Christian Vazquez C 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Workman P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Los Angeles: 50%
Boston: 50%

Free MLB Pick

Garrett Richardson has allowed a season high of three runs and that came in his first start of 2015.Since then he has strung together five Q starts holding the opposition to two or less runs in each game. It would be difficult to forecast Boston doing any better with their current form which has seen them exceed two runs just twice in their last nine games. We’ll take our chances on the Angels scoring enough on Red Sox starter Rick Porcello who hasn’t been at his best this season with a 4.26 ERA.

Take the Los Angeles Angels -101‏