Boston Red Sox (42-27) vs. Kansas City Royals (30-37)
June 18, 2021 8:10 pm EDT
The Line: Kansas City Royals / Boston Red Sox ; Over/Under: -
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The Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals meet Friday in MLB action at Kauffman Stadium. The Red Sox look for a win after winning 10 of their last 14 games. The Royals need a win after losing 11 of their last 12 games.
The Boston Red Sox have scored 22 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last seven games. The Red Sox have won 11 of their last 12 games when scoring four or more runs. Xander Bogaerts leads the Red Sox with 78 hits and 41 RBI while JD Martinez and Rafael Devers have combined for 146 hits and 96 RBI. Nick Pivetta gets the ball, and he is 6-2 with a 4.28 ERA and 80 strikeouts this season. This will be Pivetta’s first career game against the Royals.
The Kansas City Royals have scored 11 runs in their last three games and three or less runs in seven of their last nine games. The Royals have lost 11 straight games when scoring three or less runs. Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 75 hits and 45 RBI while Whit Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi have combined for 133 hits and 68 RBI. Jackson Kowar gets the ball, and he is 0-2 with a 36.00 ERA and one strikeout this season. This will be Kowar’s first career game against the Red Sox.
The Red Sox are 6-0 in their last 6 road games and 8-0 in their last 8 Friday games. The Royals are 0-5 in their last 5 home games and 1-11 in their last 12 overall. The over is 6-2 in Red Sox last 8 overall. The over is 4-1 in Royals last 5 overall. The Red Sox are 6-0 in the last 6 meetings in Kansas City and 9-1 in the last 10 meetings.
The Red Sox remain one of the hotter teams in the league and their offense should be drooling at the fact they get to face Kowar. While he has just two big league innings under his belt, Kowar has walked five and given up eight hits. If that’s an indication of things to come, the Red Sox should have a field day. Give me the Red Sox.
