Can the Halos avoid a letdown after that rousing home sweep over the Dodgers (the second time the Angels have brought out the broom on the Blue this season)? They are also 7-0 in previous games vs. the A's, four of those wins in Sacto right after the earlier sweep of the Dodgers in mid-May. Though he hasn't been especially sharp lately, Yusei Kikuchi has seen the Halos win in his last three starts, and we'll see how A's rookie Jack Perkins handles the big Angels bats that scored 46 runs across those earlier seven wins this season. Play Angels on the Run Line.

Zachary Neto and the Angels are riding high after a sweep of the Dodgers, which should give them a confidence boost. Despite being a right-handed hitter, Neto has been much better against RHPs, hitting .286 with 14 of his 19 HRs this season against them. He faces A's rookie Jack Perkins, who's been more hittable in Sacramento's hitter-friendly environment. We set Neto's line at +380 to homer.

Jack Perkins has some incredible strikeout stuff and ran up the numbers at AAA level. The success hasn't been the same in MLB just yet but he's still performed very well and in his second start last time out he covered six innings while striking out five. Using that sweeper/slider with a 130 Stuff+ rating should be able to do damage against this whiff heavy Angels lineup. In this matchup I think we can get him at slightly better than a strikeout per inning and if not, we saw Mark Kotsay allow him to go six innings last time so I don't think being a heavy underdog to enter the 6th inning is truly indicative of his potential to work deeper moving forward. Ladder 6,7,8.