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The Angels are a team carried by quality starting and relief pitching and soft on hitting. They sit near the bottom of Major League Baseball scoring an average of just 4.2 runs per game. The Halos lost 4 of their last 6 games hosting National League teams in the Braves and Mets in their just concluded homestand. Jered Weaver has been good at home and bad on the road. The right-hander sits with an ERA of just under 6 in 7 road starts. He has gotten pounded giving up 17 earned runs over his last 4 starts pitching 24 1/3rd innings. Lefty Cole Hamels has pitched well on the season sporting an ERA of 3.23 and a very low WHIP of 1.04 on the season WHIP measures walks and hits to innings pitched and low WHIP means you don’t give up many baserunners. He has faced two good hitting teams in a row and gave up just 4 earned runs total in those starts versus Florida and Boston. Teams are only batting .155 against Hamels in three starts in June. The play here is on the Phillies at –130.