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The Los Angeles is 5-5 over the same period. Cleveland has been smashing the ball with alarming regularity and possesses one of baseball’s most potent lineups.

The Angels have had to battle injuries and poor pitching in the early going and need someone other than Vladimir Guerrero to get hot at the plate.

Here are tonight’s key trends:

Key Indians Trends

The Indians are 6-1 in their last 7 vs. American League West.

The Indians are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. a team with a winning record.

The Indians are 5-1 in their last 6 during game 1 of a series.

The Indians are 4-1 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning record.

Key Angels Trends

The Angels are 7-2 in their last 9 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.

The Angels are 12-4 in their last 16 games vs. a starter with a WHIP greater than 1.30.

The Angels are 19-7 in their last 26 home games vs. a right-handed starter.

The Angels are 8-3 in their last 11 games vs. a right-handed starter.

Key Totals Trends

The Over is 5-0 in Indians last 5 games vs. a right-handed starter.

The Over is 4-0-1 in Indians last 5 road games vs. a right-handed starter.

The Over is 6-1 in Indians last 7 overall.

The Under is 4-1 in Angels last 5 Wednesday games.

The Over is 4-1 in Angels last 5 home games vs. a right-handed starter.

Head-to-Head Trends

The Over is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in Los Angeles.

The Indians are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Over is 8-3-1 in the last 12 meetings.

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The Pitchers: Indians starter Paul Byrd is 2-1 in four starts covering 24.2 innings. He has struck out 13 batters and walked three and has a 2.92 ERA.

Angels starter Jered Weaver is 1-3 in four starts covering a 19.1 innings. He has struck out 20 batters and walked 7 and has an ERA of 5.12. Weaver has struggled so far and is facing the wrong lineup tonight to have his pitching woes end now.

Byrd doesn’t throw hard, but is a consummate veteran pitcher who knows how to induce groundballs.

Take the Indians to win easily.

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