The Kansas City Royals will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of their series at Progressive Field on Friday night.
The Kansas City Royals are 63-93 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Kansas City is coming off of a series loss against Detroit, where they lost all three games played in the series. The Kansas City pitching staff has a 4.71 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .271 opponent batting average this season. The Royals offense has scored 615 runs with a .245 batting average and a .308 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 Brady Singer, who is 10-4 with a 2.99 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP over 147.2 innings pitched this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 88-68 this season and have won nine of their last ten games. Cleveland is coming off of a series win against Tampa Bay, where they won two out of the three games played. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.49 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP, and a .230 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 668 runs with a .252 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .274 with 28 home runs and 119 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Aaron Civale, who is 3-6 with a 5.19 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 85 innings pitched this season.
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