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#930 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* LA Angels +100 over Minnesota Twins, Saturday at 9:05 PM ET – The Twins took the opener last night 3-0 but the pitching match up today is heavily in favor of the host Angels. Left hander Detmers is on the mound for LA and he’s been fantastic as of late. The Angels feel he is a top of the rotation pitcher after taking him 10th overall in the 2020 draft and he showing glimpses of that ability. He threw a no hitter early in the year but struggled some after that and LA sent him down to the minors to work on a few things. Since being recalled, Detmers has made 5 starts allowing just 4 ER’s in 31 innings for an ERA of 1.16. Minnesota averages nearly a full RPG less vs lefties and they’ve never faced Detmers giving LA an edge here. Bundy, who pitched for the Angels last year, gets the start for Minnesota. He’s been up and down at best this year with an ERA of over 5.00. He’s been worse on the road where his ERA is 6.33 and Bundy has allowed 85 baserunners in just 59 innings pitched away from home this season. The bullpens are about dead even in this one but big advantage on the hill for the majority of the game as Detmers has thrown at least 90 pitches in each of his last 5 starts and we expect him to go at least 6 innings here. We don’t love LA’s offense obviously but they have been playing much better as of late winning 5 of their last 8 games. Minnesota is slightly above .500 on the season but they haven’t played great over the last month or so winning just 13 of their last 30 games. At basically even money we like the Angels tonight.

ASA top play on 10* UNDER 33.5 New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans, Saturday 8 PM ET – We will start with the all-important QB positions for both teams. The Saints are without starter Jameis Winston so Andy Dalton will get a series or two under center followed by Ian Book and newly signed KJ Costello. Houston only has two QB’s currently available so Davis Mills will play longer than expected followed by 6-year vet Jeff Driskel. Reports out of the Texans camp is that the offense has looked horrible. QB Davis has been indecisive and hasn’t been good throwing the ball downfield. The best running back in camp thus far has been rookie Dameon Pierce who was drafted in the 4th round. The Texans were one of the least explosive offenses in the NFL a season ago averaging just 4.7 Yards Per Play which ranked them 30th. Houston managed just 1-point for every 16.9 yards gained which was also 30th out of 32 team’s last season. New Orleans is loaded on offense this season but don’t expect to see many of their Super Stars on the field Saturday. As we mention starting QB Winston is out, RB Kamara is facing a suspension so why jeopardize him in a meaningless preseason game and Michael Thomas is coming off a serious ankle injury. New Orleans was well below average in Yards Per Play a season ago at 4.9 and scored just 21.4PPG which was significantly lower than what they averaged the previous season at 29.1PPG. Both teams’ defenses are ahead of the offenses at this point, and we expect a very low scoring game. Bet UNDER.