MLB Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels at St. Louis Cardinals with Probable Starting Pitching 3/31-4/2

MLB Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels at St. Louis Cardinals with Probable Starting Pitching

Los Angeles Angels (2-1) at St. Louis Cardinals (3-0)

Game 1:

Date: Monday, March 31st
Time: 6:45 pm CDT
Broadcast: FanDuel Sports West/FanDuel Sports Midwest

Game 2:

Date: Tuesday, April 1st
Time: 6:45 PM
Broadcast: FanDuel Sports So Cal/FanDuel Sports Midwest

Game 3:

Date: Wednesday, April 2nd
Time: 12:15 PM
Broadcast: FanDuel Sports West/FanDuel Sports Midwest


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Probable Starting Pitchers

Game 1: Tyler Anderson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Mike Mikolas (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Anderson gets the series started for the Angels. He went 10-15 last season with a 3.81 ERA, a 4.6 FIP, a 1.288 WHIP, and a 7.1 K/9. Mikolas gets the ball for the Cardinals. Last season, he went 10-11 with a 5.35 ERA, a 4.24 FIP, a 1.276 WHIP, and a 6.4 K/9.

Game 2: Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Matthew Liberatore (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Hendricks gets the second game for the Angels. Last season with the Cubs, he went 4-12 with a 5.92 ERA, a 4.98 FIP, a 1.454 WHIP, and a 6.0 K/9. Liberatore will get the ball for the Cardinals. Last season, he went 3-4 with a 4.40 ERA, a 4.11 FIP, a 1.267 WHIP, and an 8.0 K/9.

Game 3: Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. Sonny Gray (1-0, 3.60 ERA)

Kikuchi will take the hill for the series finale. Last start against the White Sox, he went six innings, taking the loss, with a 3.21 FIP, a 0.833 WHIP, and a 7.5 K/9. Gray goes for the Cardinals. He got the win in his first start against the Twins. Gray pitched five innings, allowing four hits, two earned runs, a 4.11 FIP, a 1.200 WHIP, and a 10.8 K/9.

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Player To Watch:

Los Angeles Angels

Taylor Ward is hitting .333 so far this year with one run scored, four hits, one double, and a .750 OPS. In three games last year against the Cardinals, he had a .300 batting average with three hits, a home run, two RBI, and three runs scored.

St. Louis Cardinals

Lars Nootbaar has three runs scored, four hits, one home run, four RBI, a .400 batting average, and a 1.271 OPS on the year. In three games last year against the Angels, he had a .250 batting average with two hits and a run scored.

Next Up:

Los Angeles: April 4th -April 6th vs Cleveland Guardians
St. Louis: April 4th – April 6th at Boston Red Sox

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