The Boston Red Sox play the second game of a four-game series on the road Friday against the Kansas City Royals. Boston is 53-52 following its 6-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Find out how all of our free MLB picks did and all the upcoming picks as well.''The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Boston. The Red Sox are last in the American League East, 17 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
Third baseman Rafael Devers is batting .322 to lead Boston and has a team-high 23 home runs. Second baseman Trevor Story is the leader in RBIs with 58, while shortstop Xander Bogaerts is the leader in hits with 116 and on-base percentage at .397. Boston has not announced its starting pitcher for Friday's matchup on the road against Kansas City.
Kansas City dropped to 41-64 following its 4-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Kansas City was held to four hits. Starting pitcher Brady Singer suffered the loss and dropped to 4-4 after allowing four runs in four runs on 11 hits over six innings. Kansas City is last in the American League Central, 14 .5 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.
Center fielder Michael A. Taylor is batting .275 to lead Kansas City, while catcher MJ Melendez is the leader in on-base percentage at .312.' Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr is the leader in home runs with 15 and RBIs with 52. On Friday, the Kansas City Royals will send Zack Greinke to the mound. The right-hander is 3-6 with a 4.41 ERA, 50 Ks and 18 BBs.
Recent Betting Trends
- Boston is 6-14 in its last 20'
- The UNDER has cashed in each of the Red Sox last 4
- Kansas City is 2-7 in its last 9
- The UNDER has cashed in each of the Royals last 5 at home
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