The Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Tropicana Field.
The Royals will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander BruceChen in this game. Chen has a 0-4 record and a 6.84 ERA this season.
The Rays will counter Chen with JeffNiemann. RighthanderNiemann has a 3.66 ERA to go along with a 9-5 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 270-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
CarlosPena belted a three-run homer as the Rays pounded the Royals 8-2 on Friday, as -250 favorites. That game’s 10 runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (10).
Dioner Navarro also homered in the win for TampaBay. DavidPrice improved to 4-4 with the win, allowing just five hits and one run over seven innings.
AlexGordon and BrayanPena drove in one run each for the Royals, who were +220 underdogs. SidneyPonson gave up eight hits and seven runs over 4 1-3 innings in the loss.
Current streak: Kansas City has lost 3 straight games.
Team records: Kansas City: 40-62 SU TampaBay: 56-47 SU
Kansas City most recently: When playing on Saturday are 3-7 Before playing Tampa Bay are 1-9 After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8 After a loss are 2-8
Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Kansas City are 6-4 After playing Kansas City are 7-3 After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Kansas City’s last 11 games when playing Tampa Bay Kansas City is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road Kansas City is 3-14 SU in its last 17 games Kansas City is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City Tampa Bay is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Kansas City The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay’s last 13 games Tampa Bay is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games at home
Next up: Tampa Bay home to Kansas City, Sunday, August 2
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