The Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at PNCPark.
The Royals will trot ace GilMeche out to the mound in this one. RighthanderMeche has a 4-6 record and a 4.11 ERA this season.
The Pirates will counter Meche with VirgilVasquez. RighthanderVasquez has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season.
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.
The Royals lost to Houston 5-4 as a +100 underdog on Thursday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9).
MarkTeahen was 2-4 with two RBI for Kansas City and BrianBannister allowed five runs on six hits in six innings.
AndrewMcCutchen hit a walk-off single for his second RBI of the game, as the Pirates defeated the Indians 3-2 last time out. The Pirates won the game as +135 underdogs, while the five runs went UNDER the night’s posted over/under (8.5).
Freddy Sanchez drove in the other run, while MattCapps pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the victory in relief.
Current streak: Pittsburgh has won 2 straight games.
Team records: Kansas City: 31-40 SU Pittsburgh: 33-39 SU
Kansas City most recently: When playing on Friday are 4-6 Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4 After playing Houston are 4-6 After a loss are 4-6
Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing Kansas City are 3-7 After playing Cleveland are 6-4 After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh The total has gone OVER in 7 of Kansas City’s last 9 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Kansas City’s last 15 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing Kansas City Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 7 of Pittsburgh’s last 9 games when playing at home against Kansas City Pittsburgh is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
Next up: Pittsburgh home to Kansas City, Saturday, June 27
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