The San Diego Padres will play the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 of their series at Kauffman Stadium on Friday night.
The San Diego Padres are 68-58 this season and have lost four of their last six games. San Diego is coming off of a series loss against Cleveland, where they lost both games played in the series. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.76 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .235 opponent batting average this season. The Padres offense has scored 546 runs with a .240 batting average and a .319 on base percentage. Manny Machado is batting .297 with 22 home runs and 76 RBI’s for the Padres this season. The projected starter for San Diego is Joe Musgrove, who is 8-6 with a 2.91 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP over 139 innings pitched this season.
The Kansas City Royals are 51-75 this season and have lost seven of their last ten games. Kansas City is coming off of a series split with Arizona, where they won one game and lost one game in the series. The Kansas City pitching staff has a 4.65 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .268 opponent batting average. The Royals offense has scored 481 runs with a .242 batting average and a .305 on base percentage this year. Bobby Witt is batting .252 with 18 home runs and 64 RBI’s for the Royals this season. The projected starter for Kansas City is Kris Bubic, who is 2-8 with a 5.29 ERA and a 1.65 WHIP over 95.1 innings pitched this season.
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