Thursday, April 17, 2008

Royals-Angels Pointers

The Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Angel Stadium.
Righthander Brett Tomko will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Tomko is 1-1 this season with a 1.64 ERA.
The Angels will counter Tomko with Jon Garland. Righthander Garland has a 5.50 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Royals banged out 13 hits and earned a 3-2 win over the Angels in the first game of a two-game set on Wednesday, as +140 underdogs. The five runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (8.5).
Mark Teahen was 3-for-4 at the plate with one run scored for the Royals. Gil Meche scattered six hits and two runs over six innings for the win.
Casey Kotchman drove in two runs for the Angels, who were -155 favorites in the game. Jered Weaver gave up three runs off 10 hits over six innings in the loss.
Team records:
Kansas City: 9-6 SU
Los Angeles: 9-7 SU
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 7-3
After playing LA Angels are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Seattle are 6-4
After playing Kansas City are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4
A few trends to consider:
Kansas City is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Angels
Kansas City is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
Kansas City is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
LA Angels are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City
LA Angels are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Next up:
Kansas City at Oakland, Friday, April 18
LA Angels home to Seattle, Friday, April 18
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