Kansas City Welcomes Back The A`s!

The Month of May is over and your Royals are still only 7 games out of first. The Royals have won 4 of their last 6 games heading into this series, as they look to keep on rollin against the A`s. Tonights game will be a game of come backs, with the anticipation of Manny Ramirez`s Return from suspension, Yoenis Cespedes' return from the DL, and for the Royals as Injured Betancourt Comes off the DL to play second and bat second as well. This looks to be a series of thrills, so lets get to the match ups.

Tonight at 7:10pm, we have Kansas City`s Filipe Paulino playing host to the A`s Bartolo Colon. Paulino is 2-1 this season with an ERA of 2.03, giving up just 3 runs in his last outing, as for Colon, he's looking to rebound off his recent loss too the Yankees. A game in which he gave up 6 runs in 6 innings.Colon is 4-5 this season with an ERA of 4.52. look for a close game here as Paulino looks to keep it rollin at home, where he is 1-0, and colon looks to capitalize after losing 4 of his last 5 starts.

Tomorrow June 2, 2012, @ 1:10 pm, the Royals Luke Hochevar looks to take on the A`s, Pitcher to be announced. Hoch comes in at 3-9 with an ERA of 6.19. Hoch went 4 2/3 innings in his last outing, as he threw 104 pitches, 67 of which were Strikes, as the Royals lost that one. Look for a good game here as well, as Hoch looks to grab win number 4 against the A`s at home.

For the final game of the series on Sunday June 3,2012 at 1:10pm as well. The Royals, Pitcher to be announced, will face the A`s Tommy Milone. Milone is 6-4 with an ERA of 3.64, looks to rebound after losing his fourth game in his last outing. Look for an in and out battle in this game As the Royals have played well in the field this season.

Lets take a quick look at where your Royals are ranked in the league. As of now, these are their rankings On offense, they are 23rd overall in Runs Scored with 200, 9th in overall batting average with a team average of .261, they are 17th overall in in on base percentage with a percentage of .317,and 14th overall in Slugging percentage at .404. As for pitching, they are ranked in the mid to upper 20`s overall. I have the Royals winning this series 2 games to 1 and keep the series winning streak alive. As the young Royals look to Stay alive in the AL Central.