The Houston Astros will be taking their AL West division leadership to Kansas City for the weekend as they prepare to start a 3-game weekend series against the Royals starting today. While the Astros continue to show why they are not only the best team in their division but one of the best teams in all of MLB, for Kansas City the panorama is not as bright as any Royals fans would want to be living through. For the home team RHP Brady Singer will be looking to improve his record to 3-0 by scoring a win against the red-hot Astros, while for Houston it will be up to RHP Jose Urquidy to keep their most recent winning streak alive with a win against KC today.
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The Houston Astros have not looked back ever since taking over the lead in the AL West division. Even if the LA Angels and their horrific final stretch in May has played some part in allowing the Astros to sit comfortably in the lead of their division, let’s be honest here. The Astros have done plenty to show everyone in the league why they are one of the hottest teams and biggest threats coming out of the west this season. Their latest four-game winning streak including a sweep against the A’s prior to heading to Kansas City and the fact that they’ve won six of their last eight games should serve as enough proof that this team is playing in mid-season form even while the season is still relatively young.
Their batting department could always use a little more improvement, but with the production numbers that LF Yordan Alvarez brings to the table, alongside the rest of the lineup’s efforts has proven to be plenty for now, but it’s their pitching core, both starters and bullpen that have really lifted this team to the place it’s at. If you look at Houston’s numbers in their pitching departments, elite is one of the best words to use to describe it and that could easily be the key for Houston not only beating the Royals today but even having a clear chance to take the series as a whole.
The Kansas City Royals on the other hand are coming into this series at home carrying a four-game losing streak including a negative series sweep in the week against the divisional rivals Guardians. But for the Royals, who are coming into this series having lost eight of their last ten games, the horizon continues to get bleaker as time continues to go by, with their team numbers not looking any good at all. While starting pitcher Brady Singer could be a bright spot in today’s game against Houston, all signs continue to point to a Royals loss today.
Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals Game Information
- Date: 6/03/2022
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Location: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
- How to Watch Astros vs Royals: TNT
- Live Stream: NHL.TV
Astros vs Royals Betting Lines
Royals are +117 according to our Vegas NHL Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $117. On the other side, Astros is -127 according to the Vegas NHL Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $78.74.
The implied probability for these two teams attached to the betting lines have Royals at a 46.08% chance of winning the game, meanwhile Astros have 55.95% probability of finishing the game with the W.
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