Pirates vs Royals Odds: Moneyline, Over/Under, Props - August 28, 2023

PIT @ KC

12:10 am • BSKC

Pittsburgh Pirates

71-78

5 - 0

Kansas City Royals

82-68

pitcher		team	era	w-l
Z. Greinke			5.06	2-15
J.Oviedo			4.31	9-14

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 71-78	-1.5+158	o9-120	+100
Royals 82-68	+1.5-192	u9-102	-120

Tuesday 12:10 a.m.

August 29, 2023

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

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Royals have won just 31% of their games that have been decided by one run or less this season -- second-worst in MLB. Pirates have won 56% of their games that have been decided by one run or less this season -- sixth-best in MLB.

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Pirates Right Handed Hitters have struck out just 21% against LHP since last season -- eighth-lowest in MLB. RoyalsRPs have a strikeout rate of just 23% vs right-handed batters since last season -- tied for eighth-lowest in MLB.

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The Royals are just 4-7 (.364) when tied entering the 7th inning this season -- 4th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .500.

58% of MJ Melendez fastball strikeouts are located away this season -- 13th highest in MLB-- 89th Percentile. 62% of Johan Oviedo fastball strikeouts are located away this season -- third highest among qualified SPs-- 96th Percentile.

MJ Melendez is batting just .160 on breaking pitches from RHP since last season -- second worst in MLB-- second Percentile. Johan Oviedo has thrown a breaking pitch 52% of the time since last season -- eighth highest among starting pitchers with at least 116 total IP-- 95th Percentile.

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date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 27th	@SEA	L 2-3	+1.5 W	U 8	SEA +260
Aug 26th	@SEA	L 2-15	+1.5 L	O 8.5	SEA +210
Aug 26th	@SEA	L 5-7	+1.5 L	O 8	SEA +164
Aug 23rd	@OAK	W 4-0	-1.5 W	U 9	KC -155
Aug 23rd	@OAK	L 4-5	-1.5 L	O 8.5	OAK -115

Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 40-35 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 36 of Royals' 75 last games at home

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Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	83-67	43-32	40-35	38-32	44-35
Pirates	83-66	42-36	41-30	29-33	54-32

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	66-79-5	36-38-1	30-41-4	29-41	36-38-5
Pirates	72-73-4	39-36-3	33-37-1	31-29-2	41-43-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	82-68	45-30	37-38	46-24	35-44
Pirates	71-78	38-40	33-38	35-27	36-50

Michael Lorenzen
P
Lorenzen is out with hamstring
Out
Kyle Wright
P
Wright is out for season with shoulder
Out for Season
Vinnie Pasquantino
IF
Pasquantino is out with thumb
Out

Marco Gonzales
P
Gonzales is out with arm
Out
Ke'Bryan Hayes
IF
Hayes is out with back
Out
Johan Oviedo
P
Oviedo is out for season with elbow
Out for Season
Endy Rodriguez
C
Rodriguez is out for season with elbow
Out for Season

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PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Oviedo, P		112	9	5	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1J.Bae, CF	2-5	1	0
2K.Hayes, 3B	4-4	1	1
3A.McCutchen, DH	1-5	0	1
4J.Palacios, LF	1-3	0	1
5E.Rodriguez, C	1-4	1	0
6J.Suwinski, RF	1-3	1	0
7L.Peguero, 2B	0-3	0	0
8A.Rivas, 1B	2-4	0	1
9A.Williams, SS	0-4	1	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RZ. Greinke, P	76	4.2	2	2
LT. Davidson, P	21	1.1	2	0
LT. Hearn, P	20	1	0	2
RJ.Kowar, P	16	1	1	1
RC.Hernandez, P	10	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Melendez, LF	1-3	0	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	0-3	0	0	0
3S.Perez, C	0-4	0	0	0
4M.Massey, 2B	0-3	0	0	0
5N.Velazquez, RF	0-3	0	0	0
6D.Waters, DH	1-3	0	0	0
7M. Beaty, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
8M. Duffy, 3B	0-3	0	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	0-3	0	0	0