GAME: #969 Indians @ #970 Royals
DATE: 9/2/2020 – 8:05 pm EST
ODDS: Indians -150 / Royals +140
O/U: 9
The Kansas City Royals (14-22) host the Cleveland Indians (22-14) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals won 2-0 on Monday and the Indians won 10-1 on Tuesday evening. Cleveland leads the series 3-2 on the 2020 season.
The Indians have right-handed Triston McKenzie as the probable listed pitcher. McKenzie is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA and 0.90 WHIP. McKenzie has had 2 appearances this season and has pitched in 10 innings giving up only 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 home runs, and 4 walks. The Indians offense has had a lot of success against the Royals, Junis with a career team batting average of .360 with the current roster. Lindor has 16 hits, 4 home runs, and a .500 batting average. Carlos Santana adds a .500 average and Jose Ramirez has a .276 to the arsenal.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
The Royals have righty Jakob Junis as the listed pitcher for Wednesday’s game. Junis is 0-0 with a 4.26 ERA and 1.58 WHIP. Junis has made 3 appearances this season pitching in 12.2 innings and giving up 15 hits, 6 runs, 2 home runs, 5 walks, and has 10 strikeouts. The Royals have never faced the Indians, McKenzie but they have a .230 batting average against righties and the Royals are only hitting .212 against right-handed pitching in the last 5 meetings.
BATTER VS PITCHER (dailybaseballdata.com)
TRENDS (covers.com)
INDIANS
- Indians are 7-1 in their last 8 after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game.
- Indians are 11-2 in their last 13 road games.
ROYALS
- Over is 4-0 in Junis’ last 4 starts during game 3 of a series.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Kansas City.
- Indians are 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in Kansas City.
- Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.
- Indians are 47-23 in the last 70 meetings.
INDIANS VS ROYALS PREDICTION
The Indians and the White Sox are now tied for first place in the American League Central division. The White Sox have a tough game this evening and the Indians will be looking to regain sole possession of first place. The Indians have pounded Junis in the past and coming off a big offensive night the bats should continue to roll. The Bookie is taking the Indians to win by 2 or more. The public has been split around 60% on Indians and 40% on the Royals. That is mainly because the public is not aware that McKenzie is a top-notch pitcher just starting his career. The Sharps are on the Indians in this spot.
The Bookie: Indians -1½ (+100)
Fade the Public: Royals
Sharp Action: Indians
2 Unit to win 2 Units on: (#969) Indians -1½ (+100)
ADDITIONAL WAGERS
3:10 pm EST
(#952) Rockies -1½ (+135)
2 Units to win 2.7 Units on the Rockies to win by 2 or more.