9:40 pm
June 14

Angels @ Athletics

Who will WIN this matchup?

Los Angeles Angels (33-32)

@ Oakland Athletics (40-27)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Bundy (LAA): 1-6; 6.16 ERA

Manaea (OAK) 5-2; 3.09 ERA

 

Current odds:

Los Angeles Angels: (+135)

Oakland Athletics: (-145)

 

• The Angels are 8-2 over the past 10 games and have won 11 of 14 to climb into third place in the AL West. They enter the game six games behind Oakland, which has a two-game lead on the Houston Astros. The Angels flew into Oakland Sunday night after completing a three-game road sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks, finally getting an easy one, 10-3, in the finale after 6-5 and 8-7 nail-biters in the first two games of the series.

• Bundy benefited from eight of those runs in an 8-3 win over the Royals in his most recent start on June 7. The win not only was Bundy’s first of the season but was arguably his best outing of the year, one in which he allowed a season-low-tying two runs, plus no walks for the first time in 2021. The 28-year-old faced just 13 batters and allowed four runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings when he went up against the A’s last month in Anaheim. The Angels rallied from a 4-0 deficit to win the game 6-5.

• Manaea hasn’t had that same level of success against the Angels, posting a 2-4 record with a 4.45 ERA in 12 career starts. He was pulled five innings into the earlier head-to-head with Bundy, having allowed just one run, only to see the Oakland bullpen lose the lead.

• Coincidentally, that May 23 meeting also saw Justin Upton bat leadoff for the Angels for the first time in his career. He contributed two hits, an RBI and a run to the win, and hasn’t stopped hitting since. The veteran had three hits in Sunday’s win at Arizona, making him 22-for-66 (.333) over the past three weeks.

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