This is a 1* FREE PLAY on the Royals.

The Guardians have lost seven of their last ten, including four in a row. They come to Kansas City off a three-game sweep in Detroit, falling 5-3, 11-4, and 8-2.

Royals fans can empathize. Kansas City has lost six of its last ten, including two of three at Houston earlier in the week, falling 9-7, winning 7-4, and losing 5-2 yesterday (note that the Royals held two-run leads in all four of their losses as well during their seven-game road swing.)

Ultimately though we feel this is a starting pitching matchup which highly favors the home side.

The Guardians Aaron Civale is just 2-5 with a 7.04 ERA and 1.54 WHIP, while the Royals Brady Singer is 3-3 with a 4.30 ERA and 1.21 WHIP.

Singer hasn't been perfect this season, but he'll be feeling confident here as he's 2-0 with 4.30 ERA in six career appearances vs. Cleveland.

Civale on the other hand is 0-1 with a 5.75 ERA in four career starts against the Royals.

This is a matchup that favors Singer and the home side. Consider Kansas City on Friday night.

Good luck, NP