Angels at Astros 4/24/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Angels are 1.5 games behind the Astros and continue a series in Houston on Tuesday. Being on the road has been good the Angeles, who are 9-1 away from home. The Angels just finished a home stand where they went 1-5, and they are 14-8 overall.

The Astros are 16-7 and are coming off a 6-1 road trip. Houston is 6-3 as the home team and is 7-3 over the last 10 games.

Tuesday the Angels will start Shohei Ohtani (2-1, 3.60) and the Astros will start Charlie Morton (3-0, 0.72).

Oshanti hit cleanup in his last game and will start on the mound against the Astros. Oshanti was roughed up in his last game, giving up three runs on four hits. In the game before that, he struck out 12 and gave up one hit in seven innings.

Morton has 20 strikeouts in his last two games, against nine hits and two runs. He has given up 16 hit and two earned runs in 25 innings on the mound so far this season. Both teams have potent offenses. The Astros are third in the AL in scoring with 115 runs and the Angels are fifth with 113 runs. Houston has outscored its opponents by 58 runs and the Angels have outscored theirs by 16. Houston also leads the league in era at 2.22.

Mike Trout leads the Angels with a .306 average, nine home runs and 17 rbi. The Angels have 32 home runs and have given up 34.

Carols Correa leads Houston with a .351 average and 19 rbi. Josh Reddick has six home runs.