Los Angeles Angels vs. Kansas City Royals (8:10 pm ET, FS-W)
With the series tied at 1-1, both teams, Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City Royals will try to outscore one another in Game 3 (8:10 pm ET, FS-W) at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri. Angels have 26-28 home, 10-15 away record whereas Royals have 22-31 away, 10-15 home record.
The Angels send struggling Scott Kazmir to the mound Wednesday night when they continue their four-game series with the Royals in Kansas City, after letting a chance to return to .500 go by the boards.
To escape a season-long rut, three-time reigning West champion Los Angeles (26-28) is struggling. When they suffered the second loss of a season-high seven-game skid, the Angels have had a losing record since May. They had a chance to win a fourth straight game and climb back to .500 on Tuesday, after winning Monday’s series opener 7-1.
To take a lead they would never relinquish thanks to 3 2/3 perfect innings from the bullpen in a 6-3 victory, instead the Royals plated four runs off starter Joel Pineiro in the fifth inning. Kansas City reliever Robinson Tejeda got Juan Rivera to fly out and struck out Mike Napoli to end Los Angeles’ final threat of the night, after the Angels put runners on second and third in the sixth. Over Tejeda’s last 18 1/3 innings, he has given up one earned run.
Kazmir (3-5, 6.34 ERA) is failing to live up to expectations much to the baseball betting world’s disapointment. In Los Angeles, in his first full season and has given up four runs or more in five of nine starts and is 1-4 with a 6.91 ERA over his last five outings. Kazmir surrendered eight hits in 5 1/3 innings and six runs too in Friday’s 8-3 loss to Seattle.
Recently, Kansas City (22-31) has performed in a curious pattern. Since May 19, the team has had alternating three-game winning streaks with three-game losing skids. They need to be consistent. Against Los Angeles last season, Kyle Davies made two starts, scattered five hits and six walks over five innings and limited the Angels to one run each time and earning a 6-3 home win. He gave up five runs in five innings and was mostly ineffective on Friday at Boston.
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