Los Angeles Angels - Tampa Bay Rays - MLB

Wager: $150.  Los Angeles Angels will play Tampa Bay Rays at 7:10 ET today:  The Rays and the Angels will continue their 4-game series at Tropicana Field tonight with Game 2 and a matchup between right-handers A. Cobb and M. Shoemaker. Cobb appears to be in good shape, as he is 4-3 with a 3.67 ERA through 9 starts this season. Opponents are just 4-for-27 against Cobb's curve ball in May. He seems the solid favorite tonight, with one small detail: A. Cobb's record against the top Angels hitters is lousy; vs. Mike Trout (4-for-6, HR) and vs. Albert Pujols (5-for-5, HR). In 4 career starts against the Halos, Cobb is 1-1 with extremely bad 7.08 ERA. Shoemaker is 3-2 with a 4.47 ERA in 9 starts for the L.A. Angels this season. He earned a win in his last start. Shoemaker is a perfect 3-0 with a 2.60 ERA in 3 career starts against the Rays. He has won each of his last two starts at Tropicana Field, going 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA. So, our choice is clear here: With that said, we pick the Los Angeles Angels (-210) @ Bet365, with the spread of (+1.5) runs. Unless otherwise stated, our Bet is $100.

UPDATE, May 24, 2017: Los Angeles Angels 4-0 Tampa Bay Rays.  Angels shut down the Rays and beat them by 4 runs: The Halos have now won 8 of their last 11 games to improve to 25-23 on the season. Meanwhile, the Rays have lost three in a row after a 4-game winning streak, and have lost 5 consecutive games to the Angels. Mike Trout homered to left, putting the Angels' 2nd run of the game, confirming our analysis above. Shoemaker allowed no runs in 6 1/3 innings to pick up his 4th win of the season. Our Bet wins: $150 investment returns $218, $68 Net Profit, 45% ROI.