Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 41-39 Texas Rangers play host to the 41-38 Los Angeles Angels tonight in MLB action on the grass of Globe Life Park, July 3, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Angels -133/Rangers +123
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Garrett Richards (R) W/L 8-5 WHIP 1.24 ERA 3.54
Chi Chi Gonzalez (R) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.13 ERA 2.59

Los Angeles was off on Thursday. They are coming off a 6-3 homestand. Texas defeated Baltimore 2-0 yesterday to conclude a 4-3 road trip.

The Angels have a 4-2 edge in the season series and a 6-4 advantage in the last 10 encounters between these two AL West rivals.

Richards was a 4-2 winner over Seattle in his last start. He went 7.2 innings, allowed both runs and struck out 6 for his 11th Q start of the year.

Gonzalez was a 3-2 loser at Toronto in his last outing. He pitched 6 innings and yielded all 3 runs. He has 4 Q starts in his 6 starts this season.

This will be the first time the Angels hitters will face Gonzalez.

Several Rangers hitters have had success against Richards in the past. 1B Prince Fielder is 5-12 (.417) with an RBI while C Carlos Corporan is 2-6 (.333) with an RBI. 3B Adrian Beltre is 8-28 (.286) with a HR and 3 RBIs vs. the veteran right hander. OF Leonys Martin is 5-17 (.294) with an RBI and 6 stolen bases while SS Elvis Andrus is 9-30 (.300) with 3 RBIs and 5 SBs. The quintet of 2B Rougned Odor, IF Adam Rosales, 1B Mitch Moreland and OFs Josh Hamilton and Shin-Soo Choo have had their struggles with Richards and are a combined 8-48 (.167) against him.

Los Angeles at Texas Betting Trends

The Angels are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Los Angeles is 4-9 straight up in their last 13 road games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of L.A.’s last 6 games on the road in Texas.
The Rangers are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Texas is 2-11 straight up in their last 13 home games against the Angels.

Injury Report

LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Collin Cowgill OF 15-Day Disabled List
Cory Rasmus P 60-Day Disabled List
Tyler Skaggs P 60-Day Disabled List
Jered Weaver P 15-Day Disabled List

TEXAS RANGERS
Kyle Blanks 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Delino DeShields 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Harrison P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Ross Ohlendorf P 15-Day Disabled List
Martin Perez P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Los Angeles: 48%
Texas: 52%

Free MLB Pick

Angels’ starter Garrett Richards has owned the Rangers since last season with five consecutive Q starts and five wins for Los Angeles. Chi Chi Gonzalez has pitched well in his rookie season with a nice 2.59 ERA, but he hasn’t been as sharp in his last two. The Angels have won four of six this season including two of three in their last trip to Texas. We think the road team has enough of an advantage in this set up to justify the laying on the high line.

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