Angels - Rangers Over 8 Runs

[stevenash]

3-5 nineteen hits.

Tell me about it, right? Fourteen total men left on base too.
Langford and Seager each were two for three.
That middle of the Ranger order hammers crappy LHP.

Kikuchi is trash; he's a 35-year-old hamburger.
The only reason he's in the show is that the Angels are desperate for a starter and he's a southpaw, a crappy one at that.
In eight starts, he's been hammered seven times and has seen the sixth inning just once.

M's manager Scott Servais couldn't get Kikuchi out of Seattle fast enough after that 2021 season.
I loved Servais; he was a dirt dog of a catcher, and the only Mariner manager to have a .500 record, besides Sweet Lou.
Speaking of Seattle, the Cubbies absolutely waylaid the M's, 19-2, on 17 hits earlier.

Oh well.
Sometimes you have to settle for a no-action push on the total.
I liked the Rangers that game too, but I don't like to lay anything above -160.
That's baseball.

[brock]

3-5 nineteen hits.

[stevenash]

Kikuchi (LAA) is making his first start since April, when he went down with a shoulder injury.
He was lit up in six of the seven starts he made back in March and April.
The Rangers' offense hits LHP hard, especially at the top of the lineup (Langford and Seager especially)

This is the analysis from the good folks over at RotoWire.

ANALYSIS
The left-hander has been sidelined since late April due to shoulder inflammation, and he's been deemed ready to rejoin the Halos' rotation after four minor-league rehab starts. Kikuchi scuffled to a 5.81 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in seven outings prior to the injury, and he certainly didn't look his best during the rehab stint with 22 earned runs allows over 12.2 frames.

On the other side, Texas starts Cal Quantrill.
Quantrill was pitching out of the 'pen all season and was forced into the rotation when Eovaldi went down.
He was solid in his last start vs. Washington; he's the type of pitcher the Angels (Trout, and Neto) can exploit.

This feels like a bullpen game, and I don't trust both teams' relief corps.

Texas - LAA over 8 Runs.