Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels Prediction: Will Dane Dunning, Rangers Bounce Back?
The Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels play the final game of their series. Will Dane Dunning and the Rangers bounce back tonight? Matt McCuen provides his pick for the game.
Matt McCuen - September 27, 2023, 10:47 AM EDT
7 minTexas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels Prediction: Will Dane Dunning, Rangers Bounce Back?
The Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels will duel things out from the city of Angels tonight.
Rangers vs. Angels Date, Time, and Where to Watch
- Date: September 27, 2023
- Game Time: 9:38 pm ET
- Where to Watch: MLB.TV
Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels Prediction
Texas enters this game with a 2.5-game lead over the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West.
It would take a collapse for the Rangers not to win the division with just four games left, but crazier things have happened.
Texas lost game two last night and will attempt to bounce back with a win tonight.
Corey Seager has been the best bat in this Texas lineup. The shortstop is batting .332 on the season while blasting 33 home runs and driving in 96 runs. Seager has played in just 114 games this year.
Marcus Semien has swung an excellent bat this year while playing stellar defense. Semien is batting .277 with 28 home runs and 98 runs batted in.
Adolis Garcia has been the best power source for Texas, hitting a team-high 37 home runs.
The Rangers have seven players with 15 or more home runs in their lineup.
Veteran Dane Dunning will toe the rubber tonight for Texas. Dunning is 11-6 with an ERA of 3.88.
Los Angeles enters play with a record of 71-87 overall.
No team in baseball disappointed more than Los Angeles this season.
Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani are arguably the two best players in baseball, and this team can not even make the postseason.
The story of the off-season will be where Ohtani decides to play. Ohtani was shut down a couple of weeks ago once Los Angeles was out of playoff contention.
Ohtani ends the year batting .304 while blasting 44 home runs and driving in 95 runs.
Trout played in just 82 games, hitting .263 with 18 home runs.
The Angels will send Griffin Canning to the rubber. Canning is 7-7 with an ERA of 4.39.
Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels Pick
At this point in the season, we want to only bet on teams that have something to play for.
Texas can essentially lock up the AL West with a victory tonight, and this is a must-win for the Rangers.
Dunning has pitched better on the road this season, with an ERA of 3.38 on the road compared to 4.44 at home.
Canning has been worse at home, with an ERA of 4.85.
Texas will bounce back tonight.
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