Angels-Royals Lines Preview

The Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Lefthander Joe Saunders will take the mound for the Angels to start this game. Saunders is 8-6 this season with a 4.72 ERA.

It’ll be Brian Bannister toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander Bannister is 6-7 with a 3.57 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 133-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

Erick Aybar was 4-for-5 with three runs batted in, as the Angels ripped the Royals 10-2 in Game 2 of their doubleheader on Tuesday night.

Los Angeles cashed as -155 road favorites as the teams played OVER the 10-run total listed by sportsbooks.

Sean O’Sullivan gave up two runs over 5 1-3 innings to get the win for the Angels, who won Game 1 of the twinbill 8-5 as -135 road favorites earlier in the day.

Jose Guillen and Yuniesky Betancourt drove in runs for Kansas City, while Bruce Chen took the loss after allowing three runs over five innings for the Royals.

Current streak:
Los Angeles has won 4 straight games.
Kansas City has lost 8 straight games.

Team records:
Los Angeles: 54-38 SU
Kansas City: 37-56 SU

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Minnesota are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 7-3
After a win are 8-2

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing LA Angels are 2-8
After a loss are 2-8

A few trends to consider:
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Kansas City
LA Angels are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games
LA Angels are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games on the road
LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Angels
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games

Next up:
LA Angels home to Minnesota, Thursday, July 23
Kansas City home to Texas, Friday, July 24