The Kansas City Royals (86-71) need a win on Wednesday night to keep their postseason hopes alive but they won’t have it easy against a Cleveland Indians (82-76) team still fighting for the playoffs as well.
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Cleveland will host Kansas City at Progressive Field on Wednesday in a 7:10 PM ET game that will be televised live on ESPN.
Kansas City will have veteran left-hander Jason Vargas (11-10, 1.26 WHIP, 3.59 ERA) on the mound for this one and he’s fallen apart of late. Vargas has allowed 14 earned runs over his last 3 starts while lasting just 14 innings and has allowed 4 earned runs or more in 4 of his last 5 starts. One of those recent starts came against the Indians where Cleveland managed 10 hits and 4 earned runs over 6 innings in a 1-6 Royals loss.
Cleveland will send right-hander Trevor Bauer (5-8, 1.35 WHIP, 4.06 ERA) to the bump on Wednesday and he’s been the much more reliable option between these 2 starting pitchers. Bauer has allowed 3 or fewer earned runs in 7 of his last 10 starts and has given up only 3 earned runs off 11 hits and 6 walks over 11 innings pitched against the Royals this year.
The road team has won 6 straight head-to-head meetings between these American League Central rivals and around 55% of tracked MLB bettors are taking the Royals to win on Wednesday at -110 odds. The total sits at over or under 7 runs with the under winning in 4 straight matchups before Kansas City won 7-1 last night with the total set at 6.5. The Royals have won 5 of their last 9 against the Indians including 2 straight at Progressive Field.
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