Angels-Royals Odds Preview

The Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday afternoon when they meet at Kauffman Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader.
Righthander Ervin Santana will take the mound for the Angels to start this game. Santana is 2-5 this season with a 6.70 ERA.
Santana’s opponent in this one will be Sidney Ponson. The Royals righthander has a 5.92 ERA to go along with a 1-4 record this season.
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Angels defeated Oakland 1-0 in extra innings as a -115 favorite on Sunday. The one run score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Bobby Abreu hit a solo home run in the tenth inning for the Angels and John Lackey pitched nine shutout innings with six strikeouts in the win.
The Royals lost to Tampa Bay 4-3 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).
Alberto Callaspo was 3-4 with two RBI for Kansas City and Billy Butler was 4-5.
Current streak:
Los Angeles has won 2 straight games.
Kansas City has lost 6 straight games.
Team records:
Los Angeles: 52-38 SU
Kansas City: 37-54 SU
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Oakland are 6-4
After a win are 6-4

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 1-9
Before playing LA Angels are 5-5
After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8
After a loss are 2-8

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Angels’s last 9 games when playing Kansas City
LA Angels are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games
LA Angels are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of LA Angels’s last 11 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Kansas City’s last 9 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Kansas City’s last 11 games when playing at home against LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Kansas City’s last 20 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City’s last 10 games at home
Next up:
Kansas City home to LA Angels, Tuesday, July 21

 

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