Friday, August 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM EDT

MLB

Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Angels

KC @ LAA

KC7

LAA6

Final

Moneyline

42%

58%

LAA

+134-149

ML Edge

KC+6.8%

LAA-6.8%

Total (O/U)

8.5

BetUS

Over-9.5%

Under+9.5%

Venue

Park Factor

0.97

Neutral

Away Starter

Team:Kansas City Royals (KC)

Pitcher:Seth Lugo(RHP)

Record:5-7

ERA:4.71

Home Starter

Team:Los Angeles Angels (LAA)

Pitcher:Grayson Rodriguez(RHP)

Record:4-5

ERA:6.41

Betting Insights

Key takeaways for this matchup

LAA ML has a 6.8% edge — the market may be undervaluing them.

The Under has a 9.5% edge.

Pitching matchup: Seth Lugo (4.71 ERA) vs Grayson Rodriguez (6.41 ERA).

Player Props

Player props for this game

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Box Score

Final game statistics

Kansas City Royals (KC)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
Carter JensenC	4	1	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	3	2	1	0	2	1	0
Jac Caglianone1B	4	2	3	5	0	0	1
Nick Loftin3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0
Michael Massey2B	4	1	3	2	0	1	1
Isaac CollinsLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
John RaveRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josh RojasDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kyle IsbelCF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Jose Cuas	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	9
Nate Pearson	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12
Seth Lugo	4.2	7	5	5	0	4	86
Alex Lange	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	14
Steven Cruz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12
John Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	17

Los Angeles Angels (LAA)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
Wade MecklerLF	5	1	1	0	0	3	0
Mike TroutCF	5	0	1	0	0	2	0
Nolan Schanuel1B	4	1	2	4	0	0	0
Zach NetoSS	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
Moisés BallesterosDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaughn Grissom2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
Josh LoweRF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1
Denzer Guzman3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler HeinemanC	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jose SiriPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Grayson Rodriguez	4.0	3	3	3	2	5	89
Tayler Saucedo	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	9
Luke Murphy	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	24
Sammy Peralta	2.0	4	2	2	1	3	39
Ryan Watson	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13

Pitcher Matchup Analysis

Platoon splits, recent form, and times through the order

Seth Lugo (KC)

2026 season

vs LAA

ERA

9.82

11.0

W-L

0-0

WHIP

2.00

AVG

.404

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	4.71	1.39	6.9	2.9	.278	145.1
Home	3.98	1.32	6.5	3.1	.261	81.1
Away	5.63	1.47	7.3	2.5	.298	64.0
Last 7 Days	7.50	1.50	4.5	0.0	.346	6.0
Last 30 Days	6.18	1.47	5.6	2.6	.294	27.2

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.287	.355	.448	.803	355	73
vs RHB	.261	.306	.443	.750	203	38

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.269	.322	.440	.762	216	46
2nd Time	.276	.344	.409	.752	203	39
3rd Time	.293	.354	.511	.865	133	26

Grayson Rodriguez (LAA)

2026 season

vs KC

ERA

6.75

4.0

W-L

0-0

WHIP

1.25

AVG

.200

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	6.41	1.53	8.3	4.1	.275	66.0
Home	8.82	1.90	8.9	4.9	.321	33.2
Away	3.90	1.18	7.9	3.4	.220	32.1
Last 7 Days	0.00	1.00	7.7	2.6	.200	7.0
Last 30 Days	3.33	1.15	10.3	3.7	.200	27.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.302	.387	.518	.904	139	30
vs RHB	.244	.319	.445	.764	119	31

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.305	.406	.552	.959	105	23
2nd Time	.240	.319	.404	.723	104	27
3rd Time	.286	.314	.510	.824	49	11

Last 5 Games

Not available yet

Season Series

This Series (3 games)

KC wins series 2-1

Season (6 games)

KC leads series 4-0

Weather

Not available yet

Recent Odds

Latest betting lines from various books

Moneyline

Book	Away	Home	Time
BetUS	+134	-149	2:42 PM
BetRivers	+128	-149	2:42 PM
BetMGM	+135	-161	2:42 PM
Caesars	+140	-149	2:42 PM
Bovada	+133	-159	2:42 PM

Totals

Book	Total	Over	Under	Time
BetUS	8.5	-125	+105	2:42 PM
BetRivers	8.0	-108	-110	2:42 PM
BetMGM	8.0	-102	-118	2:42 PM
Caesars	8.5	-125	+105	2:42 PM
Bovada	8.0	-110	-110	2:42 PM