Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays Prediction and Betting Odds. The100-69 Kansas City Royals are set to take on the 96-73 Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario tonight October 19, 2015, first pitch is scheduled 8:07 PM
Betting Odds
Moneylines: Royals -+155 / Blue Jays -175
O/U: 8 runs
Pitching Match Up
Kansas City: Johnny Cueto (11-13, 3.44 ERA)
Toronto: Marcus Stroman (4-0, 1.67 ERA)
In their last games: In Game 2 of this ALCS the Royals beat the Blue Jays 6-3.
The Royals lead this best of 7 series 2-0.
The Royals head into Toronto for the 3rd game of this 7 game ALCS. The 11-13 Johnny Cueto goes for the Royals and the 4-0 Marcus Stroman goes for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays open at -175 with a line sitting at 8 runs. The Royals have won 4 straight including the first 2 games of this series. They have totaled 11 runs in the first 2 games of this series and overall they rank 7th in the Majors in runs scored. Kanas City ranks 10th in team ERA. The Blue Jays offense has been stymied so far in this series scoring 3 total runs in 2 games even though they had the highest scoring team in baseball during the regular season. They rank 12th in team ERA, but their pitching has let them down so far in this series. Toronto was down 0-2 in the ALDS and came back to win that series against the Texas Rangers.
Kansas City at Toronto Key Betting Trends
Kansas City is 4-0 in their last 4 overall.
The Royals are 6-1 in their last 7 road games.
Kansas City has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 road games.
Toronto is 43-19 in their last 62 home games.
The Blue Jays are 35-16 in their last 51 home games vs. a team with a winning record.
Toronto has an Over record of 9-2-2 in their last 13 home games.
Key Player Injuries
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 60-Day Disabled List
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Brett Cecil P Out For Season (calf)
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Michael Saunders 60-Day Disabled List
Devon Travis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (ATS)
Kansas City: 25%
Toronto: 75%
Free MLB Pick
Johnny Cueto goes for the Royals tonight and they have won both of their playoff games with him on the hill. He got the start in Game 5 of the ALDS against the Houston Astros in his last outing and went 8 innings and gave up 2 earned runs in the 7-2 series-clinching win. While the Royals are 4-1 in Cueto’s last 5 starts overall they have only won 1 of their last 7 road games with him on the hill. Kansas City is 0-4 in their last 4 games with Cueto getting the start facing a team from the AL East. Marcus Stroman also was on the mound for the series-clinching game for the Blue Jays in their last series where he went 6 innings and gave up 2 earned runs in the 6-3 win over the Rangers. The Blue Jays lost their first playoff game with him on the hill before winning the last one. The Blue Jays are 6-1 in Stroman’s last 7 starts overall and 5 -1 in their last 6 home games with him on the mound.
The Blue Jays were down the last series 2-0, losing those games at home, and they came back to take the series and they will get back in this series with a home win tonight.
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