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The Rangers are making a push to stay relevant before the trade deadline, and come off a three-game sweep in which they outscored Tampa Bay 20-5. Corey Seager is healthy and has a 1.239 OPS this month. While Jon Gray has struggled, he has a strong history versus the Angels. And these Halos aren't hitting -- shut out three times in the past five games. They own an MLB-worst .493 OPS over the past seven days. Look for Texas to win its fourth straight as it sends the Angels to their seventh loss in eight games.
The Angels have lost their last two series both on the road losing five of the six games. But in May they beat the Rangers two games to one. Texas just woke up from taking a beating against the Padres and the Orioles to sweep the Rays in Texas over the weekend. Jon Gray has lost his last two starts and did not look good. But just before that he looked great with 6-innings of shut out ball against the Royals. Davis Daniel gets his third start of the season and last one didn't go well is he allowed five runs to the A's in a 5-0 loss. Rangers to win.
Monday, the Texas Rangers travel to Los Angeles to take on the Angels. It’s their second trip to Los Angeles in recent weeks, as they won two of three games over the LA Dodgers. Texas has proven to be very streaky and currently they are on a three game winning streak, which included thirteen runs yesterday. Take the Rangers against the inexperienced Angels starting pitcher Davis Daniel.
Jon Gray has really struggled on the mound since June 1st and owns an ERA over 8.00 over his last six starts. He has failed to throw five strikeouts in eight consecutive games. While Gray's decrease in strikeout production can be partially contributed to some tough matchups, Gray is also been extremely unlucky and is a major positive regression candidate. Gray sports a healthy 11.8% SwStr% which is even higher than his career average of 11.4%. Despite healthy metrics, he is sporting a 20.6% K Rate, the second lowest mark of his 10 year career.
The case for an Angels "Under" is a compelling one, especially the past five games, as the stalled Halo attack has been blanked three times, and scoring just once in the other, prompting a five-game "Under" streak into tonight. Jon Gray hasn't been especially sharp lately on the Texas side, but he might not have to be with the current popgun state of the Angels offense. Rangers pitching (though not involving Gray) has allowed just eight runs of its own across the past four games, and Davis Daniel did spin eight shutout innings for the Halos in his last Big A start vs. Detroit on June 27.