Kansas City Royals at Cincinnati Reds Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 51-65 Cincinnati Reds play host to the 71-46 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Great American Ball Park, August 18, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals -125/Reds +115
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Edinson Volquez (R) W/L 11-7 WHIP 1.26 ERA 3.27
Raisel Iglesias (R) W/L 3-4 WHIP 1.25 ERA 4.70
Kansas City had Monday off. They are coming off an 8-2 homestand and are 9-2 in their last 11 games. Cincinnati also had yesterday off and is coming off a 3-7 road trip. They are 3-9 in their past 12 games.
The Royals lead the season series 2-0 and have a commanding 7-1 advantage since 2009.
Volquez was a 7-4 loser to Detroit in his last start. He allowed 5 runs over 7 innings and has 13 Q starts on the year.
Iglesias was a 7-3 winner at San Diego in his last outing. He lasted 6 innings, surrendered all 3 runs and struck out 8 for his 4th Q start of the season.
Only 6 KC hitters have faced Iglesias before and five of them have only 1 AB against him. DH Kendrys Morales is 1-1 with an RBI and 3B Mike Moustakas is also 1-1. Three other hitters are 0-1 and the 6th drew a walk against the right-hander.
Cincy OF Jay Bruce is 7-14 (.500) against Volquez with a HR and 2 RBIs while IF Skip Schumaker is 5-13 (.278) with 4 RBIs. C Brayan Pena is 1-3 (.333) with an RBI against the veteran right-hander. The 7 other hitters to have faced Volquez before are a combined 13-69 (.188) with 0 HRs, 2 RBIs and 3 SBs.
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Kansas City at Cincinnati Betting Trends
Kansas City is 8-2 straight up in their last 10 games overall.
The Royals are 7-1 straight up in their last 8 games against Cincinnati.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Kansas City’s 6 road games against Cincinnati.
The Reds are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 home games.
Cincinnati is 1-7 straight up in their last 8 games against Kansas City.
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
CINCINNATI REDS
Nate Adcock P 15-Day Disabled List
Homer Bailey P 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Cozart SS 60-Day Disabled List
Sean Marshall P 60-Day Disabled List
Devin Mesoraco C 60-Day Disabled List
Jon Moscot P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks Moneyline
Kansas City: 79%
Cincinnati: 21%
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The Reds haven’t been lighting up the scoreboard with only 7 runs scored in their last three, however keep in mind that was against the very good pitching of the Dodgers. They face a quality pitcher tonight, in Edinson Volquez, but he is coming off a poor performance against the Tigers who got to him for 6 runs (5 ER) in seven innings. Volquez also doesn’t have the best historical stats against the Reds who have a .368 on base percentage against him in 125 plate appearances. The Royals continue to be a strong offensive club ranked 10th in runs scored in 2015 and a strong 6.16 runs per game in their last six. The Reds send out Raisel Iglesias to take on the Royals and while he is pitching well right now with three consecutive Q starts his overall ERA of 4.70 and home ERA of 3.82 do not impress. We think that the runs will be there tonight for the taking and with such a low total we feel confident backing the OVER.
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