IL Total of the Month MLB 10*
(MLB) Angels (LAA) vs. Giants (SFG),
Total: 8.00 | -120.00 Over
Result: Win
#925/926 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 8 Runs – Los Angeles Angels @ San Francisco Giants, Sunday at 4 PM ET - Yesterday's game barely stayed under the total.  The reason?  The teams combined for an unsightly 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position.  The scoring chances were certainly there but they were constantly wasted!  In this case now, we get a low number again today and we have a favorable pitching situation for an over also.  The Angels are going with a bullpen game and they have one of the worst bullpens in baseball.  Ben Joyce is merely expected to be an opener here.  Next in line for the bulk of the work Sunday could be guys like Carson Fulmer and Jose Suarez.  Fulmer has allowed 2 earned runs in each of his last 3 appearances even though those 3 outings averaged only 2 innings apiece!  Joyce has struggled in recent outings, all short ones!  Suarez is off another rough outing and that one was as a starter.  Getting an early call from the pen here will likely not go well for him.  The Giants start Kyle Harrison here and he is off a rare quality start versus Houston.  Prior to this he allowed at least 3 earned runs in 5 straight starts and gave up 17 earned runs in 26 innings.  Harrison has a 5.25 ERA in day games this season and opponents are hitting. 299 against him in San Francisco.  The Angels will get to him as they have been scoring better for an extended stretch.  Entering yesterday's crazy game (which should have had much more than 7 runs) the Angels had 5 straight games total at least 11 runs.  The Angels have scored an average of 6 runs last 6 games!  The Giants have scored 4.3 runs last 10 games.  Given the pitching match-up and the more favorable weather in San Francisco for hitting in the afternoon compared to a chilly evening, we are expecting each team gets to the 4-run mark here and we see at least 9 runs as a result in this one.  Our computer math model shows a range of 10 to 11 as the most likely occurrence with the final run tally here and many simulations show a final run tally in the range of a dozen runs here.  Over is the call in this one Sunday late afternoon.