Pittsburgh Pirates at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 55-36 Kansas City Royals play host to the 54-38 Pittsburgh Pirates tonight in MLB action on the grass of Kauffman Stadium, July 21, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.

Betting Lines
Moneyline: Pirates -116/Royals +106
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Gerrit Cole (R) W/L 13-3 WHIP 1.12 ERA 2.30
Jason Vargas (L) W/L 5-2 WHIP 1.34 ERA 4.10

Pittsburgh defeated Kansas City 10-7 last night. They are 1-3 on their road trip and 6-4 in their last 10 games. The Royals are 0-1 on their homestand and 7-3 in their past 10 games. They are 30-17 at home in 2015.

The Pirates have a 6-1 edge in the series dating back to 2009.

Cole was a 5-2 winner over St. Louis in his last start. He went 7 innings and allowed both runs for his 15th Q start on the season. In his 18 starts, he has allowed more than 3 ERs once (5).

Vargas is being activated off the DL (hip) for this game. In his last outing (June 8th), he was a 3-1 winner at Minnesota. He threw 6 shutout innings for his 4th Q start in 8 games this year.

Only 3 Pittsburgh hitters have faced Vargas before. C Francisco Cervelli is 1-4 (.250) with an RBI while IF Sean Rodriguez is 3-21 (.143) with 2 RBIs and a stolen base. 3B Brent Morel is 0-6 vs. the veteran left-hander.

The only KC hitter to have faced Cole before is OF Alex Rios and he is 2-3 (.667) with a stolen base.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City Betting Trends

Pittsburgh is 12-5 straight up in their last 17 games.
The Pirates are 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games against Kansas City.
The game total has gone under in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games against Kansas City.
The Royals are 10-3 straight up in their last 13 games.
Kansas City is 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games against Pittsburgh.

Injury Report

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Harrison 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Gorkys Hernandez 15-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Jordy Mercer SS 15-Day Disabled List
Rob Scahill P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Sellers 2B 60-Day Disabled List

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Gordon OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Betting (ATS)
Pittsburgh: 49%
Kansas City: 51%

Free MLB Pick

Pirates’ starter Gerrit Cole has been effective all season, but with the way the Royals are hitting I think there will be some runs put on the board tonight. Royals’ Jason Vargas has been sharp in recent starts, however his home ERA is a bloated 4.58 in three outings at Kauffman Stadium. The total number is a low 7 and we feel that both teams should be able to put up at least a few runs today making the OVER a solid spot for our money to land.

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