Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers 5/18/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 05/17/2022 at 10:41 PM ET

The Los Angeles Angels will close a 3 game series in Arlington, TX Wednesday night against the Texas Rangers. Los Angeles comes into Wednesday 10 games above .500 following a 7-4 loss against the Rangers in game one of this series that ended a two game win streak. Noah Syndegaard it was terrible on the mound for Los Angeles giving up six runs on four hits after recording only two outs leading to the loss.

Mike Trout leads the Los Angeles offense with a .310 batting average to go along with a team high nine home runs. Reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani leads Los Angeles with 38 hits and posts a team leading 27 RBI’s this year.

The Texas Rangers will continue a long homestand Wednesday night four games below .500 riding their current two game win streak. Jon Gray got the win for Texas against Los Angeles in game one after giving up four runs on eight hits across 5.2 innings of work.

Offensively Los Angeles hit the ball well compiling eight hits as a team including 3-5 with runners in scoring position. Jonah Heim and Eli White led the way for the Texas offense driving in two runs each.

Los Angeles will have the reigning MVP on the mound Wednesday night and that will be the difference in this game period look for Shohei Ohtani to control things from the job leading to an easy win for his team. Take Los Angeles to close the series Wednesday night in Texas with a victory. Final Score Prediction, LAA wins 6-2.

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