The New York Yankees are 14-4 in their last 18 home games against the Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees are hoping that a four-game series against the Angels can help them break out of their recent slump starting with a win this Monday night in New York.
- Date/Time: June 28, 7:05 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Yankee Stadium
- TV Coverage: YES
- Sportsbook Odds: Yankees -138 | O/U 9.5 runs (Line History)
- Angels vs. Yankees (Matchup Report)
Sportsbook Odds Analysis
The Yankees opened as a -138 favorite and have received enough betting action to push the line up to New York -155. Los Angeles is a +140 road underdog and the total is up to 10.5 runs since Sportsbook at 9.5 runs. The OVER is 16-4 in Los Angeles’s last 20 games.
Starting Pitchers Analysis
Dylan Bundy emerged as a surprising ace for the Angels with the best season of his career in 2020 recording a 3.29 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP in 11 starts. One season later, Bundy is having the worst season of his career with a 1-7 record, a 6.68 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. Bundy owns a 6.52 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP in 58 career innings pitched against the Yankees.
Michael King has struggled in the starting role in four June starts with a 5.50 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP as he continues to hold Corey Kluber’s spot in the rotation. King has a 4.05 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP on the season and has averaged just under four innings per appearance. The Yankees are 2-0 in King’s last two starts after going 0-6 in the previous six games he appeared in.
Los Angeles News & Notes
Shohei Ohtani had another incredible game on Sunday going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs and three RBI. The home run was Ohtani’s 25th of the season; he enters Monday tied for second in the majors in home runs with Fernando Tatis Jr. and just one home run behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the league lead with 26. Not bad company to keep, especially for a pitcher who owns a 2.58 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP in 59.1 innings pitched this season.
Ohtani’s heroics helped lead the Angels to a 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays to snap the team out of a five-game losing streak. The Angels clawed to above .500 at 33-32 after winning six straight games earlier this month before going just 3-8 over their next 11 games.
New York News & Notes
The Yankees carried some nice momentum into their three-game road series against the Boston Red Sox over the weekend as they were 7-2 over their previous nine games heading into Friday. But in that series, New York’s bats went cold to produce only seven total runs across three straight losses.
New York now sits 6.5 games behind the Red Sox for first place in the American League East and six games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for second place in the division. It continues to baffle fans and experts alike that this Yankees offense can rank 23rd in the majors in runs per game (with 3.99 per game), yet here we are just a few games before the halfway point of the 2021 season.
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Dylan Bundy’s struggles this season and his difficulties with the Yankees throughout his career suggest that he should be just what the doctor ordered to turn these slumping Yankees’ bats around.
- Los Angeles is 1-5 over its last 6 games.
- New York is 4-1 in its last 5 home games.
- The OVER is 9-1 in Los Angeles’s last 10 road games.
