LA Angels at Cleveland Indians 8/22/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Sunday night baseball on ESPN, the Los Angeles Angels will square off against the Cleveland Indians in the Little League Classic. The Angels (62-63) are four games below .500 on the road and are nine games back in the AL Wild Card race. On Saturday, Los Angeles managed just three hits and struck out nine times during a 5-1 road loss against Cleveland.

Twenty-three year old Jose Suarez (5-6 3.88 ERA) will make his eighth start of the season for the Angels. Los Angeles has dropped four of Syarez’s last five starts and he has given up 21 runs (17 ER) over his last 25 innings of work.

The Cleveland Indians are four games above .500 at home and trail Chicago by 10.5 games for first place in the AL Central Division standings. During yesterday’s victory, Amed Rosario and Jose Ramriez each went deep to power the Cleveland offense. SP Triston McKenzie (3-5) allowed two hits across seven frames to earn the win for the Indians (60-61).

The Indians will give the nod to twenty-six year old righty Cal Quantrill (3-2 3.24 ERA) in the series finale. Cleveland has lost four of Quantrill’s last five starts and he has allowed just seven runs over his last 30 innings.