Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB Previews and Odds - 06/03/2024

by Big Al Staff

Monday, Jun 03, 2024
The Monday sports card features MLB action. Eight games are on its schedule.

The Philadelphia Phillies host the Milwaukee Brewers at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Phillies were on a three-game winning streak before their 5-4 loss at home in ten innings to St. Louis on Sunday Night Baseball last night. The Brewers are on a five-game winning streak after their 6-3 victory against the Chicago White Sox yesterday. Philadelphia taps Zack Wheeler to face a White Sox starting pitcher yet to be named. 

The Washington Nationals play at home against the New York Mets at 6:45 p.m. ET. The Nationals ended their two-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory at Cleveland on Sunday. The Mets lost their second straight yesterday in a 5-4 loss at Arizona. MacKenzie Gore gets the ball for Washington to pitch against Tylor Megill for New York. The Nationals are a -125 money-line favorite with the total set at 8 (all odds from DraftKings unless indicated otherwise). 

The Baltimore Orioles travel to Toronto to play the Blue Jays at 7:07 p.m. ET. The Orioles’ three-game winning streak ended with a 4-3 loss against Tampa Bay yesterday. The Blue Jays won for the fifth time in their last six games in a 5-4 victory against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Baltimore sends out Grayson Rodriguez to battle against Toronto’s Kevin Gausman. Baltimore is a -122 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8. 

The Detroit Tigers play in Texas against the Rangers at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Tigers ended a two-game losing streak with an 8-4 win at Boston on Sunday. The Rangers won for the fifth time in their last six games with a 6-0 victory at Miami yesterday. Tarik Skubal takes the hill for Detroit to pitch against Nathan Eovaldi for Texas. The Tigers are a -115 money-line road favorite with a total of 7.5. 

The Houston Astros are at home against the St. Louis Cardinals at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Astros lost for the fifth time in their last seven games in a 4-3 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The Cardinals ended a two-game losing streak with their victory against the Phillies yesterday. Houston turns to Justin Verlander to duel against St. Louis’ Kyle Gibson. The Astros are a -175 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8. 

The Cincinnati Reds are in Colorado to play the Rockies at 8:40 p.m. ET. The Reds won for the second time in their last three games in a 5-2 win in Chicago against the Cubs yesterday. The Rockies are on a two-game losing streak after a 4-0 loss in Los Angeles against the Dodgers on Sunday. Andrew Abbott gets the ball for Cincinnati to go against Ryan Feltner for Colorado. The Reds are a -125 money-line road favorite with a total of 10.5.

The San Diego Padres visit Los Angeles to play the Angels at 9:38 p.m. ET. The Padres were on a two-game winning streak before their 4-3 loss at Kansas City on Sunday. The Angeles are on a five-game losing streak after their 5-1 loss at Seattle yesterday. San Diego sends out Matt Waldron to battle the Los Angeles’ Tyler Anderson. The Padres are a -135 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8.5. 

The Arizona Diamondbacks host the San Francisco Giants on FS1 at 9:40 p.m. ET. The Diamondbacks are on a two-game winning streak after their win against the Mets yesterday. The Giants are on a four-game losing streak after a 7-5 loss against the New York Yankees on Sunday. Ryne Nelson gets tapped to start for Arizona to face a starting pitcher yet to be determined for San Francisco.

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