The Los Angeles Angels are starting to turn things around and so is Mike Trout. Trout homered yesterday for the fifth time in their 5-game series with the Seattle Mariners, with the Angels winning 4 of the 5. Tonight they head south to open a 3-game set with the 23-42 Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium. Noah Syndergaard will be toeing the rubber for the Halos. Thor has pitched better than his 4-5 record reflects. He has an ERA of 3.53, a 1.18 WHIP, and owns a 2-1 lifetime record against KC with an ERA of 2.50. The Royals are expected to counter with the young lefty Kris Bubic and he has struggled. Bubic is 0-4 with an 8.36 ERA, a 1.89 WHIP, and if you couple that with the Royals being just 1-8 in their last 9 in Anaheim; you have to take the Angels.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES ANGELS