Analyst Backs Angels Through 5 Innings Behind 3.44 ERA Reid Detmers
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Analyst Backs Angels Through 5 Innings Behind 3.44 ERA Reid Detmers
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Summary
Five innings are the focus of the pick, with Los Angeles favored to hold an early edge over Boston because Reid Detmers is seen as the stronger starter.
Detmers has a 3.44 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 182 strikeouts, and since Aug. 1 he has allowed six earned runs over 37 innings despite a rough earlier outing against Boston.
Patrick Sandoval gives Boston the weaker starting profile at 1-4 with a 4.41 ERA and 1.73 WHIP, after surrendering 17 earned runs across his last 30 innings.
Boston has won five straight and sits 15 games over .500 in the second AL wild-card spot, one win shy of matching the franchise-record 15-game streak from 1946.
The call stops short of backing the Angels for the full game, reflecting Los Angeles' 24-46 road mark and a season trending toward 100 losses.