Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 51-51 Toronto Blue Jays play host to the 61-39 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the turf of the Rogers Center, July 30, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:07PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals +127/Blue Jays -137
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
Danny Duffy (L) W/L 4-4 WHIP 1.41 ERA 4.03
Marco Estrada (R) W/L 7-6 WHIP 1.18 ERA 3.55
Kansas City was a 12-1 loser at Cleveland on Wednesday. They are 2-1 on their road trip and 6-3 in their last 9 games. Toronto defeated Philadelphia 8-2 yesterday. They are 1-1 on their homestand and 5-4 in their past 9 games.
The Royals have a 2-1 edge in the season series and a 6-4 lead in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.
Duffy received a no decision in his last start, a 2-1 win over Houston. He went 6 innings and allowed 1 run. He has 6 Q starts on the season and hasn’t allowed more than 1 ER in any of his last 3 starts.
Estrada was a 5-2 loser at Seattle in his last outing. He surrendered all 5 runs in 4 innings of work and has 7 Q starts on the year.
No Royals hitter has more than 7 ABs vs. Estrada. 1B Eric Hosmer is 3-3 while SS Alcides Escobar is 2-4 with an RBI. OF Alex Rios is 2-5 (.400) against the right-hander with an RBI and a stolen base. The 7 other hitters to have faced Estrada before are 2-26 (.077) with an RBI and a stolen base.
Blue Jays SS Troy Tulowitzki is 1-3 (.333) against Duffy with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Jose Bautista is 4-6 (.667) with an RBI and 4 walks. C Russell Martin is 3-6 (.500) vs. the left-hander while the 9 other hitters to have faced Duffy before are 3-32 (.094) with a stolen base.
Kansas City at Toronto Betting Trends
The Royals are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Kansas City is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 road games.
The game total has gone under in 5 of Kansas City’s last 7 road games against Toronto.
The Blue Jays are 15-8 straight up in their last 23 home games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games.
Injury Report
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
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Michael Saunders 15-Day Disabled List
Marcus Stroman P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting ATS
Kansas City: 48%
Toronto: 52%
Free MLB Pick
The Royals’ starter Danny Duffy comes into this game on a roll with four consecutive Q starts and he looked good in his lone start since 2012 against the Jays earlier this month. That said Toronto normally kills lefties and while he may pitch okay tonight we believe that his stat line at the end of the day won’t be as good as his early outing against Toronto. The home squad send out Marco Estrada to the mound and while he has been a pleasant surprise this season his last start was a poor one and note that his average climbs to 4.09 in night starts.
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