Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 75-48 Kansas City Royals play host to the 62-61 Baltimore Orioles in MLB action on the grass of Kauffman Stadium, August 24, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Orioles +121/Royals -131
O/U Total: 8
Pitching Matchup
Ubaldo Jimenez (R) W/L 9-7 WHIP 1.33 3.97
Kris Medlen (R) W/L 1-0 WHIP 1.05 ERA 2.51
Baltimore was a 4-3 loser to Minnesota on Sunday to complete a 4-game sweep. They finished their homestand 5-5 and are 5-7 in their last 12 games. The Orioles are 23-35 on the road in 2015. Kansas City was an 8-6 winner at Boston yesterday afternoon. They finished their road trip with a 4-2 record and are 7-2 in their past 9 games. The Royals are 42-20 at home in 2015.
This will be the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. KC won the last 6 encounters in 2014.
Jimenez received his 8th no decision in his last start, a 5-4 win over the Mets. He allowed 3 runs in 5 innings and has 10 Q starts on the year.
This will be Medlen’s first start of the year. He has made 7 relief appearances this year after sitting out 2014 due to Tommy John surgery.
No Orioles hitter has more than 3 ABs against Medlen. OF Adam Jones is 1-1 while SS J.J. Hardy is 1-2 (.500). As a team, Baltimore is hitting .364 against the right-hander with 1 RBI.
KC OF Lorenzo Cain is 6-14 (.429) against Jimenez with 1 HR, 5 RBIs and 1 SB while 1B Eric Hosmer is 9-26 (.346) with 2 HRs, 6 RBIs and a steal. DH Kendrys Morales is 4-16 (.250) against the veteran right-hander with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs while 0F Jarrod Dyson is 3-9 (.333) with a stolen base. The 7 other hitters who have faced Jimenez before are a combined 19-126 (.151) with 0 HRs, 11 RBIs and 5 SBs.
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Baltimore at Kansas City Betting Trends
Baltimore is 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
The Orioles are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games against Kansas City.
The game total has gone under in 8 of Baltimore’s last 9 road games against Kansas City.
The Royals are 7-2 straight up in their last 9 games overall.
Kansas City 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games against Baltimore.
Injury Report
BALTIMORE ORIOLES
J.J. Hardy SS 15-Day Disabled List
Steve Pearce OF 15-Day Disabled List
Chaz Roe P 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Wright P 15-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
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Baltimore: 19%
Kansas City: 81%
Free MLB Pick
The Orioles haven’t been scoring with three or fewer runs in four of their last five games and that may continue tonight. The Royals send out Kris Medlen to make his first start since 2013 and he was good back then going 15-12 with a 3.11 ERA. He missed last season after Tommy John surgery and has been brought along slowly in the pen this season where he’s been very good pitching 11 straight scoreless innings and has an overall 2.51 ERA in 14 1/3 innings. Baltimore sends out Ubaldo Jimenez and he’s tailed off since earlier this season but he has held the Royals active roster a lifetime .215 in 217 plate appearances and we’re banking on him pitching to those numbers at Kauffman tonight.
Take the UNDER 7.5 -110 at GTBets
