Angels vs. Indians prediction: Bet against Shohei Ohtani in this spot

The Los Angeles Angels have gotten a ton out of two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani this season, but some of those things — walks — might prove to be costly against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

In five starts, Ohtani has a 2.10 ERA and is registering 14 strikeouts with only 3.9 hits per nine innings given up. But he is walking seven batters per nine innings, which is a big reason why he has pitched more than five innings just once this season. The lack of length presses a relief staff that has the fifth-worst bullpen ERA in the league into duty and puts pressure on the offense to get to Indians starter Aaron Civale.

Civale has a 5-1 record in eight starts this season and for his career in road starts is allowing one home run per nine innings with a 3.66 ERA and 1.129 WHIP.

With the Indians backing up Civale with a bullpen that entered Tuesday the best in the majors in ERA and an offense that is eighth in the league in at-bats that result in a home run, the Indians should be able to take care of an Angels team that has MLB’s worst team ERA. The Angels will also be without star outfielder Mike Trout after he was placed on the IL for an estimated six-to-eight weeks with a calf strain.

The play: Indians, moneyline.

This post first appeared on Nypost.com

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