{"id":3198,"date":"2018-08-03T14:08:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:08:54","slug":"american-league-battle-cleveland-indians-vs-los-angeles-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/american-league-battle-cleveland-indians-vs-los-angeles-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"American League Battle: Cleveland Indians vs. Los Angeles Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Cleveland Indians <\/strong>and<strong> Los Angeles Angels<\/strong> will open up a three-game series at Progressive Field on Friday night. There isn\u2019t much riding on this series, as the Indians are pretty much a lock to reach the playoffs, while the Angels really don\u2019t have a chance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><em style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Cleveland Indians are -170 over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"jose-ramirez-making-mvp-case\"><b>Jose Ramirez Making MVP Case<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indians third baseman, <strong>Jose Ramirez,<\/strong> is quickly emerging as one of the best all-around players in Major League Baseball. Ramirez leads the Indians in almost every offensive category and is near the top of the <strong>American<\/strong> <strong>League<\/strong> as well. He has blasted 32 homers in 2018, while also sporting a healthy .408 on-base percentage. A huge final two months could propel Ramirez to the top of the MVP race in the American League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Clevinger<\/strong>, 27, is having a solid season as a member of the Indians rotation. The righty is 7-7, but has a solid earned run average of 3.43. Clevinger has struggled at home this season and faces a tough Angels team on Friday night. The Indians will need to score plenty of runs in support of Clevinger if they will earn a series-opening wins, which is something that <strong>Cleveland<\/strong> is very capable of doing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"angels-trying-to-end-skid\"><b>Angels Trying To End Skid<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<strong> Los Angeles Angels<\/strong> head to Cleveland suffering through a four-game losing streak. The recent skid has the Angels 9.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race, with little hope remaining this season. <strong>Mike<\/strong> <strong>Trout<\/strong> is putting together the best year of his already amazing career, but the Angels have struggled to surround him with top talent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rookie <strong>Jaime<\/strong> <strong>Barria<\/strong> is set to start for the Angels on Friday night. Barria has been solid in his first season in the big leagues but has lost six of his last seven starts. The young righty did pitch six solid innings in his last outing against the <strong>Mariners<\/strong>. He will have to deal with a deep and talented Indians lineup in this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"trouts-big-night-isnt-enough\"><b>Trout\u2019s Big Night Isn\u2019t Enough<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Mike Trout<\/strong> is just 1-8 against <strong>Clevinger<\/strong> in his career, but that trend should change on Friday night. Trout is too good, and will eventually figure out the Cleveland pitcher. Clevinger has had good results against many of the players in the Los Angeles lineup, but Trout will have a huge night on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Jaime Barria<\/strong> got off to a great start in his career but has struggled in the last few months. The Cleveland Indians are tough on the best pitchers in baseball and should give Barria a few headaches on Friday night. Jose Ramirez will have a big night in the series opener in helping to lead the Indians to a win.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Take the Cleveland Indians -170 over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><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 Cleveland Indians will take on the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3198","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American League Battle: Cleveland Indians vs. Los Angeles Angels - 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