Tonight at 8:10 p.m. ET, the Los Angeles Dodgers (42-36) and Kansas City Royals (40-36) play the middle contest of a three-game interleague series live from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The game can be live streamed for free here. Los Angeles fans can hear all of the action on Fox Sports 570 while Kansas City fans can do the same on KCSP 610.
Los Angeles continues a six-game road trip it is 2-2 on while Kansas City continues a nine-game homestand that it currently has a 1-3 mark on. The Royals halted a four-game skid with a 5-3 win over the Dodgers in the opening game of this series Monday night.
Los Angeles enters play in second place in the National League West, four games behind the first place San Francisco Giants while second place Kansas City is two games behind the Detroit Tigers in the American League Central.
Fresh off of a 15-strikeout no-hitter, Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.52 ERA) toes the rubber for the Dodgers while the Royals counter with Danny Duffy, who is 4-6 with a 2.80 ERA. Kershaw has never faced the Royals while Duffy has never sparred with the Dodgers.
Los Angeles is still talking about Kershaw's historic feat last Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies.
"15 strikeouts, no walks, 107 pitches," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said to MLB.com. "It tells you how dominant he was."
The Royals are hopeful Kershaw won't have such a historic night at Kauffman Stadium as he seeks to become the first pitcher to twirl back-to-back no-hitters since 1938.
"He's coming off a no-hitter, so what are the odds of him doing that twice in a row?" said Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, according to MLB.com.
Hosmer is hitting .248 with four homers and 35 RBI thus far, and he has never faced Kershaw.
Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig is fifth in the National League in batting average (.312), on-base percentage (.404) and OPS (.928) while second baseman Dee Gordon leads the MLB with 39 stolen bases and eight triples.
Los Angeles first baseman Adrian Gonzalez leads the team with 13 homers and 46 RBI (tied).
Lorenzo Cain leads Kansas City with a .314 batting average while Alex Gordon paces the team in homers (nine) and RBI (40).
The Dodgers and Royals continue their interleague series with the middle contest of a three-game set live tonight from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.
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