Phillies at Angels
O/U 8 · RL Phillies -1.5 · Angel Stadium
Angels ML+108
CONF 56%
LLostFinal 5-3
The read
Friday night in Anaheim brings a sharp contrast between the season-long picture and the matchup on the mound. Philadelphia owns the better year, but Reid Detmers is the reason I’m taking the home underdog.
Detmers has allowed one earned run across his last 20 innings, with 22 strikeouts and five walks. He also owns a 3.49 ERA over 85 home innings and has been nearly identical against left-handed and right-handed hitters, holding them to .622 and .618 OPS marks. That fits well against a Philadelphia lineup with four left-handed and five right-handed batters. The Phillies have also produced a lower OPS against lefties, .697, than against righties, .723.
Andrew Painter deserves credit for improving: his last three starts produced a 4.15 ERA, capped by seven innings of one-run work. But his larger body of work still carries a 6.04 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 9.00 first-inning ERA. Left-handed hitters have produced an .843 OPS against him, while Zach Neto enters with a .996 OPS over the last 15 days at the top of the Angels’ order.
The Los Angeles bullpen is the concern after allowing eight earned runs over 13.1 innings against Cleveland. Both clubs had Thursday off, however, and Detmers has completed six, eight and six innings in his last three starts. His team being 1-5 across his last six starts keeps this at measured confidence, but at +108 I’m backing the substantial starting-pitcher advantage and taking the Angels outright.
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Props on this game
2Bryce HarperOVER 0.5 Walks Walks-105
Not yet graded
Harper has drawn at least one walk in 12 of his last 15 games, and his plate discipline has driven a .509 on-base percentage in August. He has 28 walks this month alone. The left-on-left matchup limits his contact outlook against Reid Detmers, but I only need Harper to win one plate appearance without swinging his way aboard. At nearly even money, I’m backing the most dependable part of his current approach.
Andrew PainterUNDER 16.5 Pitcher Outs Pitcher Outs-109
LActual 18
The over requires Painter to record at least 17 outs, a mark he has reached in only five of his 17 major-league starts and two of his last eight. His recent improvement is real, but the full profile still includes a 1.48 WHIP and more than one walk in six of those last eight starts. This Angels lineup drew eight walks Wednesday and has enough patient hitters near the top to extend innings. I’m betting Painter is removed before completing the sixth.
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