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Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels Preview & Picks – Angels' Poor Home Form To Continue In MLB

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09 May 2024
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Leigh Copson 09 May 2024
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  • Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels picks for Thursday, May 9
  • MLB matchup is taking place at Angel Stadium
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    Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels Preview & Picks
  • Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels Preview & Picks
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Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels Preview & Picks

Kansas City are backed to win this series-opening matchup.

The Royals are off to a better start this season, while the Angels have been stacking up losses at home.

  • Los Angeles Angels are 4-11 at home this season
  • Kansas City Royals are 5-3 in their last 8 games
  • The 2 starting pitchers have a combined 9.74 ERA
  • The Over has hit in 3 of LA starter Reid Detmer's last 4 games

Head To Head

  • This is the first meeting between the two teams this season

Kansas City Royals Form

Kansas City enter this series on the back of a win, but in hit-or-miss form with five wins in their last 11 games.

The Royals began this sequence with a 6-5 defeat in Detroit that brought an end to a four-game win streak.

They then lost 4-1 to the Tigers and 6-5 in Toronto, before rallying to beat the Blue Jays 4-1 and 6-1 to wrap up that road trip.

Kansas City made it three-on-a-row with a 7-1 home win over Texas, only to then suffer 15-4 and 3-2 defeats at the hands of the Rangers.

The Chiefs avoided a third straight defeat as they beat Milwaukee 3-2, and they then bounced back from a 6-5 defeat with a 6-4 victory.

Los Angeles Angels Form

Los Angeles come into this series on the back of a win, but in poor form having lost 14 of their previous 19 games.

The Angels’ rough run started with a five-game skid that was finally ended by a 7-4 victory at home to Baltimore.

They failed to build on that though, losing their next four games before briefly stopping the rot with a 6-5 win at home to Philadelphia.

Los Angeles lost the next two games against the Phillies, 7-5 and 2-1, and then failed to back up a 6-0 win in Cleveland as they were beaten 7-1 and 4-1 by the Guardians.

The Angels dropped the series opener in Pittsburgh too, losing 4-1, but they did respond to that with 9-0  and 5-4 wins over the Pirates.

Verdict

Los Angeles have been in terrible form at home this season, so we like the Royals in what could be a high-scoring game.

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