Below are two free plays for Sunday afternoon:
ARIZONA (-) (Miley/Adcock) - 2:10 pm ET #971
A series victory is at stake Sunday when the Royals host the Diamondbacks. Wade Miley has pitched well for Arizona this season. He's 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA in five starts. The southpaw has shown good control walking only eight in 30.2 innings. Miley won in Los Angeles against the Dodgers last time out giving up just one run in just over six innings. He'll face a Royals team that is 2-7 against left-handed starters, scoring just three runs per game. The Royals are 5-16 at home as a team.
Overnight pitching change for Kansas City as Nathan Adcock is back in the majors after just recently being sent down to Omaha. Adcock last pitched Wednesday throwing five innings against the Orioles. He went 0-1 with a 2.51 ERA in four games with KC out of the bullpen. The amount of pitches he'll be able to throw is in question as he's used to shorter stints. Last year he started a few times with just a little bit of success. Last August he gave up two runs and six hits in 5.1 innings against the Tigers. Because of this, a bullpen that has been awful at home will be used. The unit is 1-6 with three blown saves out of six chances there. Arizona meanwhile is adding Justin Upton to the lineup and now seems to be the potent unit that it was supposed to be. Granted it didn't happen on Saturday, but they should feast on the mediocre pitching of Kansas City today.
OVER (Athletics/Giants) - 4:05 pm ET #977
It's a matchup of a pair of struggling pitchers as the Giants host the Athletics. Tim Lincecum is 2-3 with a 5.77 ERA in eight starts with six of those going Over the total. He's allowed 11 runs and 17 hits over his last 17 innings. Lincecum is coming off a no-decision at home against Colorado where he gave up four runs and seven hits. The righty faced the A's twice last season and went 1-1 giving up three runs and eight hits in those meetings. The A's offense leaves a lot to be desired hitting around .220 on the road. The lineup got shutout on Saturday after scoring 11 runs the two games before that.
Diminished velocity has been a problem for Bartolo Colon who cannot follow up a hot start to the season. The righty has allowed 15 runs and 29 hits in his last 14 innings losing to the Angels and Tigers. He hasn't seen the Giants since 2003 when he got shelled for seven runs and seven hits. Only four San Fran hitters have faced Colon with Melky Cabrera (2-5) and Aubrey Huff (11-32) seeing him the most. The Giants have scored 19 runs in their last three games and are hitting around .280 in their last eight games. They are scoring almost five runs per game in the daytime. Ironically for two light hitting teams, the over has hit in four of their last seven in San Francisco. That trend should continue Sunday afternoon.