Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals Picks & Odds

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Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

Houston Astros logo
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Kansas City Royals logo

Houston Astros
10

Kansas City Royals
8

Best Odds

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Weather Forecast

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Projected Winner

Houston Astrosto win
Confidence
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Confidence is the model's estimated chance that its projected winner wins the game.
53.87%(Slight edge)
Rating edge
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Rating edge describes the gap between the teams based on the model's rating inputs, including pitching, bullpen, offense and defense.
Clear edge
Houston Astros logo

Houston Astros

53.9%

BN Fair Odds

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-117

Starting Pitcher

Tatsuya Imai

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Kansas City Royals

46.1%

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+117

Starting Pitcher

Luinder Avila

Team Ratings

HOU (Away)vsKC (Home)

Weak15

Pitcher

Weak0
Below Avg36

Bullpen

Average49
Strong74

Defense

Above Avg63
Average52

Offense

Below Avg32
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

HOU

HOU

KC

KC

32 - 39(22nd)

16 - 20

Wins

Away/Home

(29th)26 - 42

15 - 20

34 - 37 - 0(18th)

17 - 19 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(28th)28 - 40 - 0

17 - 18 - 0

40 - 26 - 5(10th)

17 - 15 - 4

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(20th)33 - 27 - 8

18 - 13 - 4

Batting Stats

HOU

HOU

KC

KC
4.64
Runs / Game
4.15
0.330
Stolen Bases / Game
0.770
1.340
Home Runs / Game
1.010
0.245
Batting Average
0.244
0.733
On Base %
0.706
0.413
Slugging %
0.395
1.150
OBPS
1.100

Fielding Stats

HOU

HOU

KC

KC
0.42
Errors / Game
0.46
0.988
Fielding %
0.987

Pitching Stats

HOU

HOU

KC

KC
0.238
Batting Average Against
0.261
0.406
Slugging % Against
0.440
0.982
On Base % Against
0.983
0.263
Strike Out %
0.220
0.624
Strike %
0.627
0.376
Ball %
0.373

Last 5 Games

HOUHOU

Result

ATS

Total

@ KC

W10 - 8

W0

-

@ LAA

L2 - 3

W+1.5

P5

@ LAA

L1 - 10

L-1.5

9

@ LAA

W5 - 4

W0

-

vs ATH

L5 - 0

L+1.5

9

KCKC

Result

ATS

Total

vs HOU

L10 - 8

L0

-

vs TEX

L4 - 2

L+1.5

9

vs TEX

L6 - 4

L+1.5

11

vs TEX

W3 - 5

W+1.5

9

@ MIN

W6 - 5

L-1.5

9

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