The Los Angeles Angels are coming into this contest as owners of the second Wild Card in the American League but might aim for more than that sitting just half a game behind the Astros for the division title. They'll visit a Chicago White Sox team that has won only one of its last seven games and I like the Halos chances of recording an upset.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Pitching - The White Sox hand the ball to their ace Chris Sale (9-7, 3.52 ERA) who has enjoyed success against the Angels in past match-ups going 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA. He's not pitched anywhere near his usual standards of late though compiling a 7.61 ERA in his last four starts overall, allowing 14 runs on 18 hits in 10 1/3 innings in his last two outings alone. The Angels can counter with the red hot Matt Shoemaker (5-7, 4.01 ERA) who's tossed a total of 19 shutout innings over his last three outings. He's really in the zone and has retired 27 batters over that span and this should be a good spot for him to better his numbers against the White Sox.

2. Home Woes - The White Sox have lost six of their last seven games as a home favorite and the Angels have won seven of the last eight meetings at U.S. Cellular Field.

3. X-Factor - The Halos have won seven of their last eight against left-handed starters.

Selection: This is a play on the Los Angeles Angels +1.5 (8*)