Royals-Orioles Lines Preview

The Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Camden Yards. Lefthander Bruce Chen will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Chen is 0-4 this season with a 7.20 ERA. The Orioles will counter Chen with Rich Hill. Lefthander Hill has a 7.36 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Orioles listed as 154-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Royals lost to Texas 7-2 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Alex Gordon drove in a run for Kansas City and Sidney Ponson pitched six shutout innings in the loss. The Orioles defeated Boston 6-2 as a +165 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Nick Markakis homered and drove in three runs David Hernandez allowed one run on five hits in seven innings in the win. Team records: Kansas City: 38-59 SU Baltimore: 42-55 SU Kansas City most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Baltimore are 2-8 After playing Texas are 3-7 After a loss are 1-9 Baltimore most recently: When playing on Monday are 7-3 Before playing Kansas City are 6-4 After playing Boston are 3-7 After a win are 3-7 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing Baltimore The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Kansas City's last 14 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing on the road against Baltimore Kansas City is 5-16 SU in its last 21 games when playing Baltimore The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games Baltimore is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Kansas City The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games when playing Kansas City Baltimore is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing Kansas City Next up: Baltimore home to Kansas City, Tuesday, July 28