Red Sox Vs Angels: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – June 8, 2022

The Boston Red Sox (29-27) take a six-game win streak into a road contest against the Los Angeles Angels (27-30) on Wednesday at 9:38 PM ET. Nathan Eovaldi starts for Boston (-166 to win) while Los Angeles (+142) will counter with Reid Detmers.

The betting insights in the following article use the latest odds as of June 8, 2022 at 9:24 PM ET.

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Red Sox vs Angels Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Red Sox Probable Starter Nathan Eovaldi

• Eovaldi (3-2) gets the starting nod for the Red Sox in his 12th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.41 ERA in 63 1/3 innings pitched, with 67 strikeouts.
• The righty last appeared on Saturday against the Oakland Athletics, when he went 6 2/3 scoreless innings while giving up four hits.
• The 32-year-old has an ERA of 3.41, with 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings, in 11 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .240 batting average against him.
• Eovaldi is seeking his fourth quality start in a row.
• He will take the mound against an Angels squad that is hitting .241 as a unit (16th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .403 (10th in MLB) with 69 total home runs (sixth in MLB).
• The 32-year-old’s 3.41 ERA ranks 31st, 1.089 WHIP ranks 24th, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 19th among qualifying pitchers this season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 8, 2022 at 9:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Angels Stats vs Eovaldi

Angels Probable Starter Reid Detmers

• The Angels’ Detmers (2-2) will make his 10th start of the season.
• The left-hander did not allow a run in 4 2/3 innings pitched on Thursday in his last outing, a matchup with the New York Yankees.
• The 22-year-old has pitched in nine games this season with an ERA of 4.20 and 6.2 strikeouts per nine innings, with an opponent batting average of .191.
• He has earned a quality start one time in nine starts this season.
• The Red Sox rank fifth in MLB with 269 runs scored this season. They have a .260 batting average this campaign with 52 home runs (22nd in the league).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 8, 2022 at 9:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Red Sox Stats vs Detmers

Red Sox Betting Trends

• The Red Sox have won 58.1% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (18-13).
• When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -166 or shorter, Boston has a 4-5 record (winning 44.4% of its games).
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 62.4% in this contest.
• Boston has combined with opponents to go over the total 22 times this season for a 22-30-4 record against the over/under.
• The Red Sox have covered 55.4% of their games this season, going 31-25-0 against the spread.

Angels Betting Trends

• The Angels have been underdogs in 17 games this season and won four (23.5%) of those contests.
• Los Angeles has played as an underdog of +142 or more twice this season and split those games.
• The implied probability of a win by the Angels, based on the moneyline, is 41.3%.
• Los Angeles and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 28 of their 57 opportunities.
• The Angels are 27-30-0 against the spread this season.

Red Sox Players to Watch

• Rafael Devers has 80 hits with a .603 slugging percentage, both team-high numbers for the Red Sox. He’s batting .342 with 23 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 12 walks.
• Among qualifying batters in MLB play, Devers ranks fourth in batting average, 18th in on-base percentage, and sixth in slugging.
• Devers has safely hit in seven straight games. During his last 10 games he is batting .282 with four doubles, two home runs, three walks and six RBI.
• Xander Bogaerts has 15 doubles, six home runs and 21 walks while batting .320.
• Bogaerts’ batting average ranks eighth among qualified players, his on-base percentage ranks 10th, and he is 23rd in the league in slugging.
• J.D. Martinez has put up an on-base percentage of .422, a team-high for the Red Sox. He is batting .359 with 20 doubles, five home runs and 19 walks.
• Martinez enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with three doubles and two walks.
• Trevor Story is batting .229 with 14 doubles, nine home runs and 23 walks.

Red Sox Batting Stats (2022)

Angels Players to Watch

• Mike Trout has 52 hits and an OBP of .388 to go with a slugging percentage of .601. All three of those stats are best among Los Angeles hitters this season.
• Among all the qualifying batters in the majors, Trout ranks 31st in batting average, 10th in on-base percentage, and seventh in slugging percentage.
• Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles in slugging percentage (.447) thanks to 22 extra-base hits.
• Among all qualified hittersplayers, Ohtani ranks 101st in batting average, 77th in on-base percentage and 45th in slugging percentage.
• Jared Walsh has collected 49 base hits, an OBP of .300 and a slugging percentage of .449 this season.
• Brandon Marsh is batting .246 with a .295 OBP and 27 RBI for Los Angeles this season.

Angels Batting Stats (2022)

Red Sox vs Angels Player Props

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