The Los Angeles Angels continue their road trip on Monday with a visit to the Kansas City Royals to play the first game of a three-game series. Los Angeles is 39-55 following a 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Los Angeles has lost each of the first two games of its series with Atlanta and each of the last five overall. Los Angeles is fourth in the American League West, 23 .5 games behind the first-place Houston Astros.
Taylor Ward is batting .285 to lead Los Angeles. With Mike Trout out injured, the leader in home runs is Shohei Ohtani with 20 and the designated hitter is also the leader in RBIs with 57 and hits with 88. Ward Is the leader in on-base percentage .376. The Los Angeles Angels have not announced their starting pitcher for Monday's opening game of a three-game set against Kansas City.
Kansas City improved to 37-57 following its 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Brady Singer had 12 strikeouts to set a new career high while Bobby Witt Jr and Michael A. Taylor each homered in the eighth inning when Kansas City scored three times. Kansas City is last in the American League Central, 13 .5 games behind the first place Minnesota Twins.
Andrew Beninendi is batting .318 to lead Kansas City and has team highs in hits with 105 and on-base percentage at .389. Bobby Witt Jr is the leader in home runs with 14 and RBIs with 50. Benintendi is second in RBIs with 39. Kansas City has not announced its starting pitcher for Monday's opening game of a three-game series at home against the Los Angeles Angels. Discover all of the MLB picks we have.
Recent Betting Trends
- Los Angeles is 15-41 in its last 56
- The OVER has cashed in 5 of the Angels last 7
- Kansas City is 6-4 in its last 10'
- The OVER has cashed in 5 of the Royals last 8
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Kansas City Royals -110