This is a 10* play on CLEVELAND

Cleveland has been surging of late, winning 9 of the last 11 games including a 4-0 over Toronto last night. One edge the Indians have over the other Wild Card contenders in the American League is the number of games they'll get to play against the three "bad" teams in the Central Division, those being Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit. The Indians have taken full advantage of those three opponents this season, going a combined 24-13 against them. Starting tonight, the next four games are against the Royals, who they just took two of three from last week. They faced Mike Montgomery in his first start of the year and scored five times off him in only two innings. So all the Cleveland hitters have to be licking their chops here. The Royals have actually played better baseball in the second half as they just took two down in Atlanta. But Montgomery appears to be an albatross and we don't see them figuring out Indians starter Shane Bieber who has a 0.74 WHIP in his previous three starts. KC, who won 2-0 last night, is 4-14 off a shutout win the last three seasons. Play on CLEVELAND

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