subject: Bet on Baseball: Royals at Angels - 8:15pm EST on ESPN [print this page] Bet on Baseball: Royals at Angels - 8:15pm EST on ESPN
The Kansas City Royals will look to make it four straight wins tonight when they face the Los Angeles Angels at 8:15pm EST from Angel Stadium in a game that can be seen on ESPN. Online sportsbooks have the Angels -170 favorites at home in MLB betting odds vs the Royals +160 while predictions have the over/under total sitting at 9 UNDER (-115). The Royals have won every game of the series in Los Angeles with a 2-1 victory on Friday and 4-2 win on Saturday as +154 underdogs in MLB predictions. The Angels will send righthander Joel Pineiro to the mound tonight with an 8-6 record this year and 4.23 ERA while the Royals will counter with righthander Anthony Lerew who has gone 1-1 with a 3.64 ERA this season in MLB odds.
Saturday's game got off to a slow start with no runs coming until the eighth inning. Jose Guillen hit a single started the scoring with a single that scored Jason Kendall and David DeJesus to put Kansas City up by two runs but Jeff Mathis ripped a 424-ft homer to left center in the bottom of the inning to close the gap. The Royals drove in two more runs in the ninth to secure the victory and give Angles pitcher Ervin Santana the loss. Santana gave up seven hits and four runs over 8 and 1/3 worth of work while the Royals Bruce Chen received the win and moved to 5-2 on the season. Bet the Angeles -170 as favorites at home in MLB betting odds vs the Royals with up to 260% in total bonuses and a 200% poker bonus.
Heading into tonight's game on ESPN, the Royals have gone 36-45 for the season in MLB predictions, 6-4 when playing on Sunday and 5-5 after a win. Kansas City is 2-4 in their last 6 games when playing on the road against the Angels and 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. The Angels have lost two straight games, have gone 45-38 on the season, 8-2 when playing on Sunday and 7-3 after a loss. Los Angeles has gone 12-4 in their last 16 games when playing Kansas City and 4-2 in their last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City.
