It is an interleague series to start the week as the Los Angeles Angels visit the Pittsburgh Pirates. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with an Angels-Pirates prediction, pick, and how to watch.

The Angels enter the series at 12-22 on the year, which is good for last place in the AL West. They have lost each of their last three series as well, going just 2-7 in their last nine games. The Pirates come into the series at 16-19 on the year and just won two of three over the Rockies. Still, they are in fourth in their division. The Angels and Pirates will also meet on Monday night. Tyler Anderson will be on the mound for the Angels. He is 2-3 on the year with a 2.33 ERA. Mitch Keller is going to them out for the Pirates. He is 2-3 on the year with a 5.18 ERA.

Here are the MLB Odds, courtesy of FanDuel. 

MLB Odds: Angels-Pirates Odds

Los Angeles Angels: +1.5 (-194)

Moneyline: +104

Pittsburgh Pirates: -1.5 (+160)

Moneyline: -122

Over: 8.5 (-115)

Under: 8.5 (-105)

How to Watch Angels vs. Pirates

Time: 6:40 PM ET/3:40 PM PT

TV: BSW/SNP

Stream: fuboTV (Click for free trial)

Why The Angels Will Cover The Spread/Win

The Angels are 20th in the majors in runs scored, while sitting 14th in batting average, 20th in on-base percentage, and 16th in slugging. Taylor Ward leads the team in RBIs this year. He is hitting .279 on the year with a .310 on-base percentage. Ward has seven doubles and seven home runs, driving in 24 on the year. He has also scored 19 times this year. Joe Adell is tied for second on the team among active players, in RBIS with Mike Trout out. He has 12 RBIs on the year with the help of three doubles a triple and four home runs. He is hitting .261 with a .321 on-base percentage while scoring 12 times.

Mickey Moniak comes in off a solid week. He has a .250 batting average in his last five games. He has a home run and four RIBS with a run scored. Meanwhile, Luis Rengifo comes in hitting .533 in the last week. He has a double and a home run in the last four games with three RBIs. In the last week, the Angelas are hitting .256 with Rengifo and Cole Tucker leading the way. Tucker is hitting .417 in the last week.

The Angels are 27th in team ERA, 24th in WHIP, and 19th in opponent batting average. IT will be Patrick Sandoval on the mound in this one. He is 1-5 with a 5.91 ERA and a 1.69 WHIP on the year. Last time out, he gave up two runs in five innings of work. Pirates have nine at-bats against Sandoval, with two hits.

Why The Pirates Will Cover The Spread/Win

The Pirates are 25th in the majors in runs scored, while sitting 24th in batting average, 19th in on-base percentage, and 28th in slugging percentage. Jared Triolo has been solid this year. He is hitting .225 on the year with a .310 on-base percentage. He has two doubles and a home run with 11 RBIs. This has also led to six runs scored. Bryan Reynolds leads the team in RBIs. He is hitting .243 on the year with a .344 on-base percentage. He has seven doubles, a triple, and four home runs. Reynolds has 17 RBIS and 13 runs scored this year.

Connor Joe is second on the team in RBIs. He is hitting .290 on the year with a .372 on-base percentage. He has eight doubles and three home runs, with 14 RBIs. Further, he leads the team with 19 runs scored this year. Oneil Cruz is hitting .242 with a .292 on-base percentage in the last week. He has five home runs and 12 RBIs this year. He has also scored ten runs this year.

The Pirates are tenth in the major in runs scored, ninth in WHIP, and tenth in opponent batting average. Quinn Priester will be on the mound in this one. He is 0-2 with a 3.31 ER and a 1.29 WHIP. Last time out, he gave up three runs, and two earned, in six innings. No members of the Angels have faced Priester in his career.

Final Angels-Pirates Prediction & Pick

The Angels offense has struggled heavily this year, but for all the offensive struggles, the pitching work has been worse. The Pirates have not been great on offense, but the pitching has been solid. Quinn Priester has not been great this year, but not bad either. The major issue for the Priester has been run support. In three starts the Pirates have scored just one run with Pirester starting. They will change in this one, take the Pirates in this one.

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Final Angels-Pirates Prediction & Pick: Pirates ML (-122)