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The Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> (40-25) and Los Angeles Angels<\/a> (27-42) meet Friday in Anaheim, California, to begin a 3-game series at Angel Stadium. The Friday first pitch is slated for 9:38 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze MLB odds around the Rays vs. Angels odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions<\/a> for the best bets.<\/p>\n Season series: Tampa leads 2-1<\/p>\n After a Monday-Wednesday home sweep of the Boston Red Sox<\/a> and a Thursday off day, the Rays are opening a 6-game Tinseltown trip. They will play 3 at the LA Dodgers after this series. Tampa Bay will be looking to reverse a trend of recent struggles away from home: the Rays are 1-6 over their last 7 on the road.<\/p>\n The Angels also played Monday-Wednesday (took 2 of 3 from the Houston Astros<\/a>) before being idle Thursday. The Halos and Rays met in a 3-game set in Tampa May 29-31: Los Angeles dropped games 1 (8-5) and 3 (5-2) in that series and clobbered the Rays 14-3 in between.<\/p>\n Watch MLB on Fubo!<\/a>Rays at Angels projected starters<\/p>\n LHP Shane McClanahan vs. LHP Sam Aldegheri<\/p>\n McClanahan (6-3, 2.85 ERA) is making his 13th start. He has a 1.10 WHIP, 3.2 BB\/9 and 8.9 K\/9 in 60 innings.<\/p>\n Last start: Loss, 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 6 K in 4-3 loss at Miami Marlins SaturdayCareer vs. Angels (regular season): 2-0, 1.29 ERA (28 IP, 4 ER), 17 H, 6 BB, 35 K in 5 startsHas gone 6 innings or more just once this season<\/p>\n Aldegheri (1-1, 2.25 ERA) is making his second start this season and fifth appearance. He has a 1.33 WHIP, 3.8 BB\/9 and 6.0 K\/9 in 12 innings.<\/p>\n Last outing: Loss, 1 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K in 5-4 loss vs. Houston Astros MondayLast start: No-decision, 4 IP, 4 H, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K) in 4-3 win at Chicago White Sox May 5Has pitched 11 games in his career — 6 of those have been as a starter (5.47 ERA)Has never faced the RaysRays at Angels odds<\/p>\n Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub<\/a> for a full list. Lines last updated at 1:36 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n Moneyline (ML): Rays -170 (bet $170 to win $100) | Angels +140 (bet $100 to win $140)Run line (RL)\/Against the spread (ATS): Rays -1.5 (-105) | Angels +1.5 (-115)Over\/Under (O\/U): 8.5 (O: -130 | U: +100)<\/p>\n Slide into: BaseballHQ.com<\/a> for your fantasy baseball news. For decades, BHQ has been helping players just like you win! BHQ offers full-season subscriptions. Sign up today<\/a>!<\/p>\n Rays at Angels picks and predictionsPrediction<\/p>\n Angels 6, Rays 4<\/p>\n Tampa Bay has logged just a .670 OPS over its last 8 games.<\/p>\n McClanahan has run into more bats of late, and for the season his ERA has been tamped down by a .259 batting average on balls in play.<\/p>\n A lefty starting for the Angels swings the Rays over to the lesser side of their platoon splits. And look for both bullpens to be heavily involved. Neither has been good this season, but the Angels have things trending the right way in recent weeks at least.<\/p>\n The traveled-across-country Rays are in a fade spot here. BACK THE ANGELS (+140).<\/p>\n No interest; PASS.<\/p>\n The Over has cashed in 8 of the Angels’ last 12 games and in 4 of their last 6 at home.<\/p>\n This one has some fade-the-pitching lean all around. And peg the Los Angeles offense as being capable of more than the 4.46 runs per game posted to date.<\/p>\n Lackluster relief pitching and a forecast for an outward-blowing breeze play into a strong lean on the OVER 8.5 (-130).<\/p>\n Betting odds calculator<\/a><\/p>\n For more sports betting picks and tips, check out SportsbookWire.com<\/a> and BetFTW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Follow SportsbookWire on Twitter\/X<\/a> and like us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our editors independently choose our recommendations. Some content is produced with paid support from a third party, however our editorial decisions remain independent. If you buy through our links, the USA TODAY Network may earn a commission. Prices and availability may change.<\/p>\n Gambling involves risk. 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