Royals vs. Phillies Pick
The Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies settle weekend series today when they meet at 1:35PM ET.
Kansas City has Yordano Ventura on the mound today to face Vince Velasquez of the Phillies. According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Philadelphia is favored at home, as the Phillies are getting odds of -120 to win, while the Royals are getting a money line of +110 to win. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 7.5 runs.
Kansas City is 43-37 on the season, 16-26 on the road and 41-34-5 with the under. Philadelphia is 36-46 overall, 17-23 at home and 40-40-2 with the over/under total. These two have split the first two games in the series, with Philly getting a 4-3 win on Friday and the Royals picking up a 6-2 win on Saturday.
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The Phillies have a strong arm in Velasquez on the mound today. He has a 1.86 ERA in his last three outings, but that spans just 9.2 innings. Still, he is 6-2 on the year with a 3.38 ERA for the season. He should be able to work through an average KC lineup today while the Phillies find a way to score some runs on Ventura, who has a 5.00 ERA for the season.
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