Blue Jays vs. Kauffman Stadium Brawlers

Skydome is now no longer an awkward teenager, and is now all grown up. And since the Brewers aren't in the AL anymore, the Royals will do the honour of being the visitors for the anniversary series.

Whoop dee doo.

Coming in: The Jays are 3-7 in their last 10 games. They rebounded from the losing streak of death with a job taking two of three from the Red Sox. They then dropped two of three to the Angels this week. Currently, Toronto sits third in the AL East, three games out.

The opposition Royals have gone 2-8 in their last 10 and are on just as much of a slide as the Jays. They are now sitting in fourth in the Central, five-and-a-half games back of the Detroit Tigers.

Both teams are struggling and somebody's going to have to step up their game and not suck enough to take this series.

Offense: Both offenses are pretty cold and over their last 10 games, the Jays are driving in 3.9 runs a game, compared to Kansas City's 2.6. The once top-ranked Toronto offense now sits sixth in the league. Something's got to happen here for the Jays. Rios has five strikeouts to make up for and people have to start coming through.

Pitching: Before I get to the starting match-ups, what happened to the bullpen? I don't have any faith in the pen anymore, no wonder Roy went nine innings the other night.

Tonight: Zack Grienke (8-1, 1.10 ERA) vs. Ricky Romero (2-2, 4.15)
Both guys have had less-than-great performances lately. Grienke drew a no-decision, only getting seven strikeouts over seven innings giving up four earned runs, making him appear to be human in his last start. Romero's lost two in a row, giving up 10 runs in 9.1 innings, so here's hoping Ricky bounces back and Grienke struggles a little more.

Tomorrow: Luke Hochevar (0-2, 10.80) vs. Scott Richmond (4-2, 3.50)
Hochevar's only started three games, getting shelled out in his first start (2 IP, 8 ER), and just being ordinary in his last start (6 IP, 4 ER). The Jays need to capitalize on any mistakes that a seemingly mistake-prone guy like Hochevar will make. Richmond was skipped in the rotation on the weekend, and he comes back like he's got something to prove, despite being solid in his last few outings.

Sunday: Kyle Davies (2-5, 5.20) vs. Roy Halladay (9-1, 2.77)
Doc's coming off the game of the year as he had a complete-game with 14 strikeouts. Now he looks to win No. 10 to rub it in Grienke's feel-good-story face. Davies has lost four straight decisions, despite not being extremely bad in anything despite, an eight earned run disaster-piece in Detroit on May 27. You know what to bet on this one.

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