Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Betting Pick & Prediction 9/15/24
Brady Singer will start for the Royals on Sunday, as they look to keep their two-game winning streak alive. They are 82-67 this season and their money line odds are -108. The Pirates are 70-78 and they will have Jared Jones on the mound. Pittsburgh is the slight money line favorite, with their odds sitting at -110. The over/under line is currently at 8 runs.
BSKC will be televising Sunday’s interleague matchup, which gets underway at 1:35 PM ET from PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA. The Pirates are looking to avoid a sweep, as they have lost two straight.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS VS PITTSBURGH PIRATES BETTING PICK
The Pick: Kansas City Royals Moneyline -108
This game will be played at PNC Park at 1:35 ET on Sunday, September 15th.
HOW TO BET THE ROYALS VS PIRATES:
- We have the Royals winning by a score of 5 to 4
- However, if you’re looking for a run line pick, we like the Pirates to cover
- As for an over/under pick, we have this game finishing with 9 runs and like the over
Thanks to a two-run 5th inning for the Royals’ offense, they cruised to a 5-1 win over the Pirates in the most recent game of this series. Heading into the game, the Royals were favored at -118 on the money line.
The starting pitching matchup for this game featured Michael Wacha for the Royals, and he went just five innings while giving up one run and picked up the win. Mitch Keller got the start for the Pirates, going six innings and giving up three earned runs.
Kansas City got a huge performance from Bobby Witt Jr., as he went 2/3 with a home run and three RBIs. Both Jarrod Dyson and Hunter Dozier each drove in two runs for the Royals’ offense.
Royals Records & Stats
Kansas City is 82-67 overall and is three games behind the Guardians for the AL Central lead. The Royals have gone 33-16 against other teams in the AL Central. They have won two straight games, and they are 7-3 over their last 10 games overall. This season, the Royals are 45-30 at home and an even 37-37 on the road.
As the road favorite, the Royals have gone 17-9 this year, and they are 47-26 when favored overall. Kansas City’s longest win streak as the favorite is four games, and they have won two straight as the road favorite. In this series, the Royals are 2-0, and their overall series record is 21-24-2 this year.
The Royals have been a solid bet on the run line this season, going 84-65 overall. They are 41-33 against the run line on the road, and they have covered in four straight games. Overall, they have an average run margin of +0.7 runs per game, and they have been a better bet against the run line as an underdog this season, going 45-31.
The Kansas City Royals are on the road today against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the over/under line set at 8 runs. The combined run average for Royals games this season is 8.8 runs, and their over/under record is 66-78. The average over/under line for their games is 8 runs, and when the line is set at 8 runs, their record is 14-15-3. Overall, 61.7% of their games have had over/under lines set at over 8 runs, while 16.8% have had lines set at under 8 runs.
Brady Singer gets the start for the Royals today as he faces the Pirates on the road. He has made 29 starts this season and has a record of 9-10 with an ERA of 3.42. Singer’s WHIP for the season is currently 1.25. Looking at his overall numbers, Singer has turned in 12 quality starts, and his ERA at home is 3.1 compared to 4.53 on the road. In his last outing, Singer finished with a no-decision, giving up three earned runs in five innings of work. Before that, he had given up two earned runs in three straight starts.
Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr. have been two of the Royals’ top power threats this season, as they have combined for 58 home runs and are both among the league leaders in RBIs. Witt Jr. has been on a tear of late, going 9/28 with two homers in his last eight games, while Perez has also gone deep twice in this stretch while hitting .321.
For the season, the Royals are averaging 4.7 runs per game, which is 10th in the league. They have been a better offensive team at home, averaging 5 runs per contest. Overall, they are batting .253 as a team and have the 6th best team batting average in the league.
Pirates Records & Stats
Pittsburgh is 70-78 overall and trails the Reds by two games for 4th place in the NL Central. The Pirates are 16 games behind the Brewers in the division and have dropped two straight games heading into today’s matchup vs. the Royals. At home, the Pirates are 37-40 this season.
As the underdog, the Pirates are 37-51 this season compared to 33-27 as the favorite. Pittsburgh has dropped two straight games as the underdog. The Pirates’ overall series record is 20-21-6, and they are down 0-2 in this series vs. the Royals.
The Pirates are 38-39 against the run line at home this season, and their average run differential is -0.5 runs per game. They have lost two straight games against the run line at home and are 24-36 against the run line as the favorite this season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are playing at home against the Kansas City Royals today. The over/under line for the game is set at 8 runs, which is right around their season average of 8.8 runs per game. The Pirates have played to the over in 50.7% of their games this season, and their over/under record is 73-73 overall.
Jared Jones is getting the start for the Pirates today and will be looking to build off his last outing, where he picked up the win. Against the Nationals on September 8th, he went seven innings, giving up just two earned runs. Looking at his overall numbers, Jones has made 19 starts, and his ERA for the season is 3.82. Opponents are batting .219 off the right-hander this year. Jones has turned in 11 quality starts and has a record of 6-7. Per nine innings, he is averaging 9.55 strikeouts and 2.58 walks.
Heading into today’s game, the Pirates are averaging 4.2 runs per game, which is 21st in the league. They have been a bit better at home, averaging 4.3 runs per game. As a team, the Pirates are batting just .236 and have the 23rd ranked home run total in the league. However, they do have two of the league’s top home run hitters in Bryan Reynolds and Andrew McCutchen.
Reynolds comes into the game with a team-high 22 home runs, while McCutchen has gone deep 20 times. Reynolds has also been swinging a hot bat of late, going 9/19 in his last five games. Jared Triolo is also on a six-game hitting streak and has gone 7/15 in his last five games.