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Coming off an impressive sweep of the Rangers, who had just swept Toronto in a four-game series up north, the Guardians head out for their final series against KC. The Guardians lead the series 7-3. The Royals are 48-102 overall, but have won four of five. They are 19 games under .500 at home and 35 under away, so they're just bad at home, not awful.
The Royals have scored just 26 runs in 10 games against the Guardians. You do the math. As a team they're hitting .204/.583 against Guardian pitching. Freddy Fermin is 8-for-17 and Michael Massey is 6-for-17 but otherwise nobody on their team has done much damage. However, Fermin is on the injured list.
The Guardians have scored 52 runs so they have doubled up the Royals in that category. The Royals' staff has a 5.44 ERA against the Guardians. To make matters worse, the Royals have FIVE left-handed pitchers on the IL. They have only three pitchers who have started more than 10 games this year; Singer, Greinke, and Lyles, who pitched yesterday.
Post All-Star the Royals are averaging 4.8 runs per game so their offense has picked up. They were 39 games under .500 going into the break and since then are 15 games under, so they are playing better.
The Royals will start Brady Singer this afternoon and Zach Greinke on Wednesday. They haven't named a starter for Tuesday.
Singer is 8-11, 5.51 ERA. In his last four starts he has been rocked for 20 runs in 18 innings. Opponents hit .414 against him in those 18 innings. He looks to be out of gas after 28 starts and 153 innings. In his last start against the Guardians he went 5 innings allowing 13 hits and 6 runs. For the season opponents are hitting .375 with RISP and .429 with RISP and two out.
Cal Quantrill gets the start for the Guardians. In his three starts since returning from injury Cal has pitched 18 innings allowing only 3 runs for a 1.50 ERA. Looks like some rest did him good.
Logan Allen is 7-7, 3.60. He'll go tomorrow, probably against the Royals' bullpen.
Lucas Giolito is coming off possibly the most impressive start of any Guardians' pitching this year considering he went 7 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 12 against the highest scoring team in the A.L. coming off a four-game sweep of Toronto in which they smashed the Jays 35-9.
Zach Greinke, who will oppose Giolito on Wednesday, is running on fumes. He'll be 40 years old next month. Zach is 1-15, 5.39 ERA for the season. In his last six starts his longest was 4 innings and he has not thrown over 76 pitches. He's given up 20 hits and 9 runs in his last 14 innings. He hasn't last four innings in any of his last three starts. It looks like they just want to get three decent innings out of him.
On paper the Guardians should sweep, but in the last series it looked like Texas would dominate having destroyed the Blue Jays in the previous four games. So you never know. The Royals are a very bad team, however, ranking 25th in scoring, 26th in home runs, 28th in OBP, and 22nd in slugging percentage. The Guardians' staff has owned them, allowing 2.6 runs per game. The Royals rank 28th in ERA so their pitching is even worse than their hitting.
The Royals have scored just 26 runs in 10 games against the Guardians. You do the math. As a team they're hitting .204/.583 against Guardian pitching. Freddy Fermin is 8-for-17 and Michael Massey is 6-for-17 but otherwise nobody on their team has done much damage. However, Fermin is on the injured list.
The Guardians have scored 52 runs so they have doubled up the Royals in that category. The Royals' staff has a 5.44 ERA against the Guardians. To make matters worse, the Royals have FIVE left-handed pitchers on the IL. They have only three pitchers who have started more than 10 games this year; Singer, Greinke, and Lyles, who pitched yesterday.
Post All-Star the Royals are averaging 4.8 runs per game so their offense has picked up. They were 39 games under .500 going into the break and since then are 15 games under, so they are playing better.
The Royals will start Brady Singer this afternoon and Zach Greinke on Wednesday. They haven't named a starter for Tuesday.
Singer is 8-11, 5.51 ERA. In his last four starts he has been rocked for 20 runs in 18 innings. Opponents hit .414 against him in those 18 innings. He looks to be out of gas after 28 starts and 153 innings. In his last start against the Guardians he went 5 innings allowing 13 hits and 6 runs. For the season opponents are hitting .375 with RISP and .429 with RISP and two out.
Cal Quantrill gets the start for the Guardians. In his three starts since returning from injury Cal has pitched 18 innings allowing only 3 runs for a 1.50 ERA. Looks like some rest did him good.
Logan Allen is 7-7, 3.60. He'll go tomorrow, probably against the Royals' bullpen.
Lucas Giolito is coming off possibly the most impressive start of any Guardians' pitching this year considering he went 7 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 12 against the highest scoring team in the A.L. coming off a four-game sweep of Toronto in which they smashed the Jays 35-9.
Zach Greinke, who will oppose Giolito on Wednesday, is running on fumes. He'll be 40 years old next month. Zach is 1-15, 5.39 ERA for the season. In his last six starts his longest was 4 innings and he has not thrown over 76 pitches. He's given up 20 hits and 9 runs in his last 14 innings. He hasn't last four innings in any of his last three starts. It looks like they just want to get three decent innings out of him.
On paper the Guardians should sweep, but in the last series it looked like Texas would dominate having destroyed the Blue Jays in the previous four games. So you never know. The Royals are a very bad team, however, ranking 25th in scoring, 26th in home runs, 28th in OBP, and 22nd in slugging percentage. The Guardians' staff has owned them, allowing 2.6 runs per game. The Royals rank 28th in ERA so their pitching is even worse than their hitting.
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