{"id":2960,"date":"2018-06-21T13:38:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T13:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:09","slug":"thursday-night-baseball-blue-jays-at-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/thursday-night-baseball-blue-jays-at-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Night Baseball: Blue Jays at Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Los Angeles Angels<\/strong> continue their homestand Thursday night when they begin a four-game series against the <strong>Toronto Blue Jays<\/strong>. The Angels took two out of three against the Blue Jays in Toronto last month and are -155 favorites to win Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>After such a promising start to the season, injuries have caused the Angels to spiral out of control. The Halos are just 2-7 in their last nine games. After keeping things close with the Astros and Mariners for much of the season, <strong>Los Angeles is now just four games over .500 and 10 games out of first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Things haven\u2019t been any better for Toronto this season. The <strong>Blue<\/strong> <strong>Jays<\/strong> had hopes of finding a way to compete in the top-heavy AL East, but they are currently five games under .500, 16 games behind the first-place Yankees, and 11.5 games out of a wild-card spot. Toronto could be looking at a fire sale this summer.\u00a0\u00a0<b><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Los Angeles Angels are -155 over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-few-the-proud\">The Few, The Proud<\/h2>\n<p>Lefty<strong> Tyler Skaggs<\/strong> starts for the <strong>Angels<\/strong> Thursday night. He\u2019s been the team\u2019s only starting pitcher who has managed to stay healthy all season. Fortunately for the Halos, he\u2019s also been their best starter, going 6-4 with a 2.81 ERA in 14 starts. He\u2019s been particularly dominant since the calendar flipped to June. In his last three starts, Skaggs has allowed three runs (one earned) over 20 innings, striking out 22 in that span.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <strong>Skaggs<\/strong> will have the luxury of facing a Toronto lineup that\u2019s still without Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki. The Blue Jays to watch closely are Teoscar Hernandez, Yangervis Solarte, and Curtis Granderson, who are a combined 5 for 12 against Skaggs. Devon Travis and Randall Grichuk have also started to heat up lately and could cause trouble for the Los Angeles lefty.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wheres-the-magic\">Where\u2019s the Magic?<\/h2>\n<p>Opposing <strong>Skaggs<\/strong> on Thursday will be <strong>Aaron<\/strong> <strong>Sanchez<\/strong>. The Blue Jays were hoping Sanchez would return to being their ace the way he was during his breakout campaign in 2016. Last season, injuries were a problem for Sanchez, but he\u2019s been healthy this year and still hasn\u2019t returned to form. Through 14 starts, Sanchez is 3-5 with a modest 4.35 ERA. He also has just one win in his last eight starts. However, he did toss five scoreless innings against the Angels in what has been his best start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of <strong>Zach Cozart<\/strong> and <strong>Shohei Ohtani<\/strong>, the <strong>Angels<\/strong> should be able to play their best lineup against Sanchez. Mike Trout, of course, is the guy to watch. He has an eight-game hitting streak and is 16 for 23 during that span. Justin Upton is also 5 for 10 with two doubles in his career against Sanchez. Also, despite poor career numbers against Sanchez, Ian Kinsler has started to heat up for the Angels.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"unhappy-homecoming\">Unhappy Homecoming<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sanchez<\/strong> grew up just over 100 miles from <strong>Anaheim<\/strong>, so Thursday\u2019s game is a homecoming for him. However, it may not be a happy one for him. Skaggs is red hot right now, and Toronto\u2019s lineup may not have the hitters who can cool him down. There\u2019s also no cooling down Trout, who just needs a little support from his teammates.\u00a0<b><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Take the Los Angeles Angeles -155 on Thursday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on Major League Baseball at MyBookie.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays will mix it up Thursday Night in an American League affair.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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