#919 ASA PLAY ON Texas Rangers -125 over Los Angeles Angels, Wednesday at 9:38 PM ET - The Rangers have now won 5 straight games by a combined score of 34 to 13! Unfortunately they let us down with our big run line play yesterday as Texas won the game by just one run but they are very reasonably priced on the money line tonight. That said, we love the small price on Texas to extend their win streak to 6 straight games. They entered this series with B2B high-scoring wins under their belt and as they have now won 5 straight games, Texas is quickly building up confidence at the plate. For the downtrodden Angels, the opposite is true! Los Angeles has lost 8 of 9 games! Also, in the 6 most recent losses in this stretch, LA has been outscored by a combined score of 34 to 9! You can definitely see these two teams have been going in opposite directions over the past week. Though the bullpen is not a strength for either team this season, the Angels bullpen ERA is the second highest in the AL with only the White Sox worse off. Also, with Griffin Canning on the mound in this one, that struggling bullpen is likely to be called upon early in this one! Canning had a great start versus a bad A's team recently but has allowed 19 earned runs in his other 5 starts since early June. He averaged about 5.1 innings in those 5 starts so we look for the Angels bullpen to again play a role in another loss for LA tonight. As for the expected Rangers starter here, Michael Lorenzen has had one tough recent start but it was at Baltimore against a great Orioles team. The Angels are certainly not the top hitting team in the league like the Orioles and other than his start versus Balimore, Lorenzen's other 4 starts since mid-June have been strong. He has allowed only 6 earned runs in 23 innings in those 4 starts. In fact, Lorenzen has given up 2 earned runs or less in 8 of 10 starts since mid-May! We look for another solid outing from him here as the Angels struggles at the plate continue. The Angels have scored a total of only 9 runs in their last 6 losses! As Texas surges, the Angels continue to falter as this team is just nowhere near the lineup it once was without Ohtani (now with Dodgers) and Trout (still injured) and their pitching has also been a big concern all season long. Look for the Rangers to stay red hot here and make it 6 straight wins! A very fair price here on Texas because they are on the road. We'll take it as the Angels have one of the worst home records in the majors this season. The road team is the bet here. Lay it!