Oakland Athletics vsLos Angeles Angels Prediction
The Los Angeles Angels are 34-40 at home this season and are solid favorites to beat the Oakland Athletics who are 30-45 on the road this season. The Angels have a better than 55% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Angels' starter Shohei Ohtani (p) is forecasted to have a better game than Athletics' starter Cole Irvin. Shohei Ohtani (p) has a 63% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Cole Irvin has a 45% chance of a QS. If Shohei Ohtani (p) has a quality start the Angels has a 78% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 6.2 and he has a 41% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Angels win 66%. In Cole Irvin quality starts the Athletics win 46%. He has a 27% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 46% of simulations. In simulations we tracked the batter for each team that was most productive based his average hits, walks and RBI per simulation. The most productive batter for the Los Angeles Angels is Mike Trout who averaged 2.36 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 40% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Angels have a 76% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Oakland Athletics is Sean Murphy who averaged 1.84 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 28% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Athletics have a 54% chance of winning.