LA Dodgers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction 6-16-24 Picks

In this article we will formulate a LA Dodgers vs Kansas City Royals prediction for this MLB game on Sunday, June 16th at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Let’s take a look at the prediction for game three in the series. 

Dodgers are Having Some Struggles 

The Los Angeles Dodgers are 43-29 this year and they have lost four of their last six games. Los Angeles won game one in this series by a score of 4-3 on Friday, but they lost game two on Saturday. Prior to this series, the Dodgers lost two out of three against the Rangers, won two out of three against the Yankees, and lost two out of three against the Pirates. Los Angeles is 5-6 in their last 11 games and they are leading the NL West standings. 

The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 3.31 ERA, a 1.13 WHIP, and a .218 opponent batting average. The Dodgers offense has scored 355 runs with a .256 batting average and a .335 on base percentage. Mookie Betts is batting .307 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI’s for the Dodgers this season. Los Angeles is third in the MLB in runs scored this year, but they have scored three runs or fewer in three of their last four games. 

Royals Could Use a Series Win 

The Kansas City Royals are 41-31 this season and they have lost five of their last seven games. Kansas City dropped game one in this series on Friday, but they won game two by a score of 7-2 on Saturday night. Prior to this series, the Royals lost three out of four against the Yankees, won two out of three against the Mariners, and split two games with the Guardians. Kansas City is 6-9 in their last 15 games and they are second in the AL Central behind Cleveland. 

The Kansas City pitching staff has a 3.80 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average. The Royals offense has scored 351 runs with a .251 batting average and a .315 on base percentage. Bobby Witt is batting .326 with 11 home runs and 51 RBI’s for the Royals this season. Kansas City is 10th in team ERA this year, but they have allowed at least four runs in seven of their last nine games. 

Starting Pitchers

The projected starting pitcher for Los Angeles is Tyler Glasnow, who is 6-5 with a 3.24 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP over 86.0 innings pitched this year. Glasnow has allowed at least three earned runs in three of his last five starts and allowed five earned runs and eight hits over six innings against the Yankees in his last start. The projected starting pitcher for Kansas City is Brady Singer, who is 4-3 with a 3.30 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP over 71.0 innings pitched this season. Singer has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three of his last four starts, but did allow six earned runs and seven hits over 5.2 innings against the Yankees in his last start. 

Why the Los Angeles Dodgers will win

The Dodgers have won each of their last seven home games against AL Central opponents following a loss.
The Royals have lost each of their last seven games against National League opponents following a win.
The Dodgers have covered the run line in four of their last five day games against AL Central opponents following a loss.
The Royals have failed to cover the run line in three of their last four day games against NL West opponents that held a winning record.
The Dodgers have led after 3 innings in each of their last five day games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
The Dodgers have led after 5 innings in each of their last seven day games at Dodger Stadium against AL Central opponents.

Why the Kansas City Royals will win

The Dodgers have lost four of their last five games as favorites after playing the previous day.
The Royals have won three of their last four games as underdogs against the Dodgers.
The Dodgers have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six games as favorites after playing the previous day.
The underdogs have covered the run line in seven of the Dodgers’ last eight games.

Total Runs Facts

Nine of the Dodgers’ last 10 day games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
Five of the Royals’ last six games as underdogs against NL West opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last four games as underdogs against NL West opponents.
The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Dodgers’ last three games as home favorites against AL Central opponents.

LA Dodgers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction 

Kansas City was able to pick up a nice win in game two of this series on Saturday, but they are just 16-17 on the road this season. The Dodgers are 23-15 at home this year, but they have not played very well on this current home stand. LA will turn to Tyler Glasnow in this matchup, but he has had a couple of very average outings recently. KC is going with Brady Singer, who was rocked by the Yankees last time out. I like how this Kansas City team hits the ball and I think both offenses will get it going here. My LA Dodgers vs Kansas City Royals prediction is for this game to go over the total.