LA Angels Weekly Predictions: Week Four

Friday, April 28 @ Rangers

Probables- Nick Martinez vs. Tyler Skaggs

The Angels begin a road trip by heading to the Lone Star State to take on the Texas Rangers. The Rangers beat the Angels 2-1 in their series earlier this season, winning two in a row after losing Game 1 on a walk-off bunt by Carlos Perez. The Rangers will look to avoid that by sending out Nick Martinez in the first game of this series. Martinez made his first appearance last week. He started against the Kansas City Royals and threw seven innings. He allowed one run on four hits one walk while striking out three. He has dominated much of the Angels lineup throughout his career, but two batters have done quite well against Martinez. Kole Calhoun is 8-14 with a homerun, two doubles, and three RBI’s against Martinez while C.J Cron is 6-12, hitting two long balls, one double, and two RBI’s.

The Angels will send out Tyler Skaggs to shut down this Rangers lineup. After getting roughed up in his first two starts of the season, it seems Skaggs has found his groove. He has thrown seven innings in each of his last two starts, giving up zero runs against the Royals and two against the Blue Jays. He has 13 strikeouts and four walks over these two starts, and is looking to build on these numbers against Texas. However, that might be a problem for Skaggs as he was hit hard by the Rangers earlier this season. He gave up five runs on eight hits (two home runs) in five innings. Hopefully, Skaggs performs as well as he has been in the last two starts than in his first two.

Prediction- Angels 6, Rangers 2