The 38-43 Royals welcome the NL West-leading (and tied for MLB lead) 51-31 Los Angeles Dodgers to town for a weekend series in Kansas City. While the weather has gotten blistering hot here in KC, the bats have cooled off miserably this past week. The Royals are on a five-game losing streak, getting swept by the Rays in the process. They haven’t scored a run since Tuesday in a 5-1 loss. They’ve scored only four runs total in this five-game losing streak.
The Dodgers, however, just swept the lowly Rockies and are on a four-game winning streak. They’ve scored 13, 9, 8, and 3 runs in those four wins.