The Royals have a 4.5-game lead over the Red Sox for the final Wildcard spot, but they're still 4.5 games behind the Guardians for the division lead. As of writing, Minnesota has jumped over the Royals into second in the division. They say that divisional contests are the most important and that they almost always mean the most to the home side and that's the case here in the finale of this three-game series on Wednesday (especially with the Twins coming to the town the following day, followed by a tough series at the Yanks!) Ben Lively (11-8, 3.92 ERA) gets the call for the visitors, and he was lucky to earn a no-decision for his effort vs. the Rockies last time out, getting crushed for six runs off nine hits over 4 innings. Overall Lively has been decent this year, but we still give a big nod to Royals' starter Seth Lugo (14-8, 3.12), who is off an unfortunate no-decision to the Astros on Friday, allowing one run over seven innings with nine K's. Lugo looked great and we say he's the correct call in this spot here at home; lay the price with confidence, the play is Kansas City!