The Royals are coming into this game with a 40-30 record this season but they have been much worse on the road at 15-16. They have not been playing well in their recent games either. They are coming off of a win against the Yankees in their last game, but they lost 3 of their 4 games to the Yankees in that series and they have lost 4 of their last 5 games in general as well. They are going up against a Dodgers team that is 42-28 this season and they are going to be hungry to bounce back in this home game. They beat the Rangers 15-2 in the 1st game of their last series, but they have lost their last 2 straight games now which actually lost them the series at home against the Rangers. They will be hungry to bounce back and should be able to take advantage of the Royals here as they have to travel to the West coast and have been struggling on the road all season. Cole Ragans is starting for the Royals here and he is 4-4 with a 3.08 ERA this season. He has been good in his recent starts as he has not been allowing many runs, but he has actually struggled a lot more on the road recently. He has allowed a combined 10 runs total in his last 2 road starts and now he is going to face one of the better lineups in the league who have been heating up recently. Gavin Stone is starting for the Dodgers in this game and he is 7-2 with a 2.93 ERA this season. He has been very good and consistent in his starts as he has allowed just 2 earned runs total in his last 3 starts, pitching at least 5 innings in each of those, and he has also allowed just 1 earned run or less in 6 of his last 8 starts. The Dodgers have also been scoring runs for him as they have won their last 3 straight games with him starting, scoring 18 runs total in those 3 games. This is a good bounce back spot for the Dodgers at home against a team that has struggled on the road, the Dodgers will win this game at home.