Well folks, no more Royals off days until the biggest off day hits: the offseason. Your Kansas City Royals start off a six-game stretch out on the West Coast this evening, with three against the Los Angeles Angels and three against the homeless wonders, the Athletics. Kansas City enters tonight at an even .500 (78-78) and are still mathematically in the playoff hunt. Their tragic number hovers at 1, with either a loss or a win by the Houston Astros or Cleveland Guardians sufficient to eliminate Kansas City entirely.

Tonight’s series opener against the Angels is Kansas City’s first game against a team below .500 since Sept. 7, when they played against the Minnesota Twins. The Angels had Kansas City’s number when the Angels traveled to Kauffman Stadium earlier this season, taking two out of

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