MLB Preview: Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox (Friday, April 29)
When: Friday, April 29, 2022, 7:10 pm ET
Where: U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago
TV: No National Broadcast
Radio: KLAA 830 AM Los Angeles / WMVP 1000 AM Chicago
Live Stream: Sling TV
MLB Odds: Los Angeles Angels +110 / Chicago White Sox -130
Projected Starting Pitchers: Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 2.12 ERA) (LA) vs Lucas Giolito (0-0, 1.13 ERA) (CHI)
Why should you bet on the Angels?
Noah Syndergaard started the 2022 season with 5 ⅓ innings of shutout ball against Houston, scattering a pair of hits in a 2-0 win, although his strikeout total that game was unusually low (just one). Since then, he got the win against Texas, throwing six innings of five-hit, two-run ball, striking out four without issuing a single walk. His numbers in his last start, against Baltimore, were just about as good (5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) but the bullpen gave up his lead, and he took a no-decision in a 5-4 loss.
As a team, the Angels have won four in a row, including a 9-5 spanking of the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday. They face Cleveland one more time before heading to Chicago for the weekend series. In Thursday’s win, Taylor Ward clobbered a grand slam and was just a single away from hitting for the cycle. HIs grand slam came in the second inning off Zach Plesac and followed his double to lead off the first, while preceding his triple in the sixth. Shohei Ohtani won his second start in a row and also had three base hits, driving in a run.
Why should you put your money on the White Sox?
Lucas Giolito has started 2022 under some fairly tight pitch counts, and his bullpen has failed him in both cases. In his season debut, he threw four shutout innings, permitting just one hit, but Detroit came back to win, 5-4. In his next start, 16 days later, he permitted just one run on four hits, getting nine of his 12 outs via the K over four innings. However, the Twins came back to win, 6-4, in ten innings.The White Sox ended a seven-game losing streak with a 7-3 home win over Kansas City on Wednesday, but they followed that up with a 5-2, 10-inning, loss to the Royals on Thursday. In that afternoon setback, the teams went into the tenth inning tied at two before the Royals exploded for three runs in the top and then set down the White Sox to take the win. Clearly, timely hitting and pitching out of the bullpen are still issues for Chicago, who had been favored to win the AL Central at the start of the season.
Final Score and Prediction
The Angels are rolling right now, and they are starting a pitcher who has thrown dominant ball through three starts. The White Sox are using a starter who has pitched well but faces limits on his counts, and the bullpen has been a dumpster fire to this point for Chicago. I predict a final score of Los Angeles 6, Chicago 3.
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