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Pittsburgh Pirates (58-73) vs. Kansas City Royals (41-91)
The 2023 MLB betting action continues Tuesday, August 29, with the Pittsburgh Pirates squaring off against the Kansas City Royals in the interleague showdown at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and the first pitch is set for 8:10 PM ET.
Pittsburgh and KC lock horns in the middle contest of a three-game series, and Monday’s opener has been excluded from this preview.
The Pittsburgh Pirates fell to 58-73 on the season following Sunday’s 10-1 defeat to the Chicago Cubs. It was the Bucs’ second loss in a row and the fourth in five games. Pittsburgh has only won one of its previous six series, and the Pirates were 11 games behind the final wild-card spot in the National League on Monday morning.
The Bucs are slashing an underwhelming .226/.327/.358 with 32 extra-base hits and just eight home runs in the last two weeks and 433 at-bats. Their pitching staff has struggled too, compiling a 4.97 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, and .253 batting average against through 114 innings during that span.
The Pirates haven’t announced who’ll get the starting call Tuesday in Kansas City. We should see Andre Jackson, who tossed six frames of a two-run, six-hit ball in a no-decision against the Cubs this past Thursday. Jackson is 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, and 36/8 K/BB ratio across 36.2 innings of work between the LA Dodgers and Pirates in 2023. The 27-year-old right-hander has recorded a 3.32 ERA, 3.48 FIP, and .630 opposing OPS since joining Pittsburgh (19 innings pitched).
Luis Ortiz is another option for the Pirates, but the 24-year-old righty has struggled a lot as of late. Ortiz has allowed 15 earned runs on 22 hits and nine walks over his previous three starts and 11.1 innings of work. Last Wednesday, Ortiz was charged with a loss in a 6-4 defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals, yielding five earned runs on seven hits and a whopping five walks through 3.1 innings. It was his first outing in the majors in more than a month.& #xA0;
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