At Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals (four consecutive defeats) meet the Pittsburgh Pirates at 8:10 PM ET. The Royals will hand the ball to Cole Ragans (5-4), and the Pirates will counter with Colin Selby (1-0).
How to Live Stream Royals vs. Pirates
- Game Day: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- TV: MLB.tv
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Royals and Pirates Stats
- The Royals have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.17 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals’ 127 home runs rank 26th in MLB this season.
- Fueled by 378 extra-base hits, Kansas City ranks 23rd in MLB with a .391 slugging percentage this season.
- The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.7 K/9, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- Pittsburgh has a 4.56 team ERA that ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Pirates have hit the fifth-fewest home runs in MLB play this season (127).
- This season, Pittsburgh’s .386 slugging percentage is the fifth-lowest percentage in the majors.
Royals vs. Pirates Key Players
- Bobby Witt Jr. is the bat to watch in the Royals lineup, leading the team in batting average (.276), home runs (26), and RBI (81).
- Salvador Perez is batting .246 with 19 doubles, 19 home runs and 18 walks.
- Maikel Garcia is batting .279 with 17 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 27 walks.
- Bryan Reynolds has recorded a team-high 64 runs batted in.
- Andrew McCutchen is hitting .251 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 70 walks.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has accumulated a team-high batting average of .269.
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Royals vs. Pirates Betting Odds and Trends
Royals vs. Pirates Moneyline and Over/Under
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royals | -152 | +129 | 8.5 | -118 | -102 |
Royals vs. Pirates Betting Trends
- The Royals have entered the game as favorites 17 times this season and won five, or 29.4%, of those games.
- The Royals have played as favorites of -152 or more once this season and lost that game.
- The Royals’ games have gone over the total in 65 of their 132 chances.
- The Pirates have come away with 44 wins in the 106 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This season, the Pirates have been victorious 24 times in 55 chances when named as an underdog of at least +129 or longer on the moneyline.
- Contests with the Pirates have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 71 of 132 chances this season.
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