Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 9/21/2021

The Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians meet Tuesday in MLB action at Progressive Field. The Royals look for a win after splitting their last 10 games. The Indians look for a win after splitting their last eight games.

The Kansas City Royals have scored 12 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Royals have won seven of their last eight games when scoring four or more runs. Whit Merrifield leads the Royals with 172 hits and 70 RBI while Salvador Perez and Nicky Lopez have combined for 299 hits and 156 RBI. Daniel Lynch gets the ball, and he is 4-5 with a 5.34 ERA and 48 strikeouts this season. This will be Lynch’s second career game against the Indians.

The Cleveland Indians have scored 15 runs in their last three games and three or less runs in six of their last nine games. The Indians have lost 10 of their last 11 games when scoring three or less runs. Amed Rosario leads the Indians with 144 hits and 51 RBI while Jose Ramirez and Franmil Reyes have combined for 232 hits and 146 RBI. Cal Quantrill gets the ball, and he is 6-3 with a 2.89 ERA and 110 strikeouts this season. Quantrill is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA and five strikeouts in his career against the Royals.

The Royals are 1-4 in their last 5 games as an underdog and 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog. The Indians are 7-2 in their last 9 during game 3 of a series and 3-8 in their last 11 Tuesday games. The under is 3-1-1 in Royals last 5 overall. The over is 5-1 in Indians last 6 overall. The Royals are 16-35 in the last 51 meetings in Cleveland.

Lynch has allowed 14 hits and 11 earned runs in his last 10.2 innings. Quantrill has allowed 13 hits and six earned runs in his last 20.1 innings. Quantrill also has a 2.27 ERA and .217 allowed batting average at home. The Indians have a clear pitching edge in this contest. Give me the Indians and reasonable price.