Kansas City Royals is (5-17) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (12-11)
The 2023 Major League Baseball Season starts the fifth week with this interleague battle between the Kansas City Royals and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Monday, April 24, 2023. The teams enter at equal odds with the total set at 9.5.
These teams met four times last year with Arizona winning three of the four contests. They split a two-game series with the Royals in Kansas City. Kansas City is 6-4 in the last 10 meetings.
The Kansas City Royals dropped the final contest of a three-game set to the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, 4-3. Kansas City lost two of the three games in the series and is 1-8 in their last nine. That has the Royals in last place in the AL Central, and they are 4-5 on the road.
The Royals had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth, but Los Angeles scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning before holding onto the one-run victory. Jordan Lyles had pitched very well, but things unraveled in the sixth as he gave up all four runs in six innings of work. Now it will be Brad Keller (2-2, 3.00) who will look to help Kansas City earn the victory. The right-hander allowed three runs in 4.0 innings in his last start but had been very good through his first three outings, allo wing four earned runs in 17.0 innings.
Bobby blast No. 4 brings us within a run!#WelcomeToTheCity pic.twitter.com/FzFzHrrMYt
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 23, 2023
Kansas City scored all three of their runs in the contest off home runs, including the fourth of the year for both Vinnie Pasquantino and Bobby Witt. Pasquantino is hitting .267 overall but is hitting .357 with two home runs on the road. The Royals are 28th in runs scored (73) and have a .606 OPS, second-worst in baseball. They have averaged 4.05 runs per game over their last 10.