The Kansas City Royals will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of their series at Progressive Field on Saturday night.
The Kansas City Royals are 63-94 this season and have lost four games in a row. Kansas City lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-3 on Friday night. The Kansas City pitching staff has a 4.70 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .271 opponent batting average this season. The Royals offense has scored 618 runs with a .244 batting average and a .307 on base percentage. Bobby Witt is batting .256 with 20 home runs and 80 RBI’s for the Royals this season. The projected starter for Kansas City is Kris Bubic, who is 2-13 with a 5.81 ERA and a 1.72 WHIP over 124 innings pitched this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 89-68 this season and have won ten of their last eleven games. Prior to winning the first game in this series, Cleveland won two out of three games against the Rays. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.48 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP, and a .230 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 674 runs with a .253 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .274 with 29 home runs and 122 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Zach Plesac, who is 3-11 with a 4.39 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP over 127 innings pitched this season.
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