The Houston Astros and the Kansas City Royals meet Wednesday in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals prediction.
Houston Astros Team Preview
The Houston Astros will look to bounce back after a 4-3 loss at the hands of the Royals in extra innings on Tuesday. Going into Tuesday’s game, Jose Altuve leads the Astros with 15 hits including 3 home runs and 4 doubles while Yordan Alvarez has a team-high 4 home runs and 9 RBIs. Jose Abreu leads the Astros with 11 strikeouts while Jeremy Pena, Kyle Tucker, Yainer Diaz and Chas McCormick each have a pair of homers. Spencer Arrighetti is getting the call up after spending the first part of this season in AAA and is making his major league debut in Wednesday’s matchup. The Astros will meet the Rangers after this series.
Houston Astros Team Facts
- The underdogs have won 19 of the Astros’ last 22 games.
- The Astros have covered the run line in each of their last 11 Wednesday night road games.
- The Astros have trailed after 3 innings in six of their last nine games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
- The Astros have led after 7 innings in each of their last eight Wednesday road games.
- The Astros have led after 5 innings in each of their last eight Wednesday road games.
Kansas City Royals Team Preview
The Kansas City Royals come into this one looking to build on their win over the Astros from Tuesday’s matchup. Entering Tuesday, Bobby Witt Jr. has 14 hits with a .350 batting average with 8 XBH including a pair of home runs and 5 doubles. MJ Melendez has 3 homers and 4 doubles while Maikel Garcia and Salvador Perez each have a team-high 9 RBIs with Garcia sharing the team lead with 3 home runs as well this season. Seth Lugo will get the start for the Royals here and is 1-0 with a 0.71 ERA and 7 strikeouts this season. The Royals will face the Mets following this series.
Kansas City Royals Team Facts
- The Royals have won each of their last eight home games against teams that held a losing record.
- The Royals have covered the run line in seven of their last eight games as underdogs against AL West opponents.
- The Royals have led after 5 innings in three of their last four games as underdogs against AL West opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last four games as underdogs against AL West opponents.
- The Royals have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last seven night games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
Astros vs. Royals Prediction
I’m on the Royals here. Seth Lugo has had some career issues with Houston admittedly, but he’s off to quite the start this season and Arrighetti draws a tough ask for his major league debut against a Royals team that’s crushing right-handed pitching often up to this point in the year. Houston is too good to continue struggling like this, but it’s going to take a while before they can be trusted laying juice on the road, when Kansas City’s been able to provide value early and often this season. Give me Kansas City here.