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Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: September 14, 2024 at 1:05 PM ET

Venue: PNC Park — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Article updated Sep 13, 10:35 PM EDT

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

The Kansas City Royals are on the road playing the Pittsburgh Pirates at the PNC Park stadium on Saturday, 9/14/2024 @ 1:05pm EST. Michael Wacha (ERA: 3.29) will be the

Game outlook

The Kansas City Royals are on the road playing the Pittsburgh Pirates at the PNC Park stadium on Saturday, 9/14/2024 @ 1:05pm EST. Michael Wacha (ERA: 3.29) will be the starting pitcher for Royals and Mitch Keller (ERA: 3.87) will be starting for Pirates. Kansas City is the betting favorite opening at -106 and the current line is Kansas City -115.

Royals vs Pirates Prediction for Today's Game

Based on recent trends and stats, the Scorecaster predicts Pirates to win today's game by 2 points and the total to go under 8 points.

PREDICTED SCORE: Kansas City 3 to Pittsburgh 5

Scorecaster algorithmic predictions factor in up-to-date player injuries for both the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates, including recent team & player performances and defensive & offensive matchups from recent history.

Curated Picks & Predictions

52% of SportsJaw users predict Kansas City Royals to win.

Based on the moneyline, the implied probability that Kansas City will win straight-up is 53%.

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Kansas City Royals to win and the total score to be 8.

OddsShark 's prediction is Kansas City will win.

U: 1.5% picked Pittsburgh Pirates on Covers.com

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Kansas City Key Betting Stats

With a power ranking of 18, Kansas City is ranked #10 in offense (scoring an average of 4.71 per game), #8 in defense (allowing an average of 4.07 points to be scored against them per game) and are 81-67 this season.

Pittsburgh Key Betting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates has a power ranking of 28 and are #19 for offense (scoring an average of 4.24 per game), #20 for defense (giving up an average of 4.55 points per game) and 82-80 overall. Kansas City went 2-1 in their last 3 matchups against Pittsburgh.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as MLB Predictions

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SportsJaw Royals vs Pirates archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Royals vs Pirates matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Kansas City Royals-106 → -115Moved
  • Moneyline · Pittsburgh Pirates-104 → +104Moved
  • Spread · Kansas City Royals-1.5 (+157) → -1.5 (+145)Moved
  • Spread · Pittsburgh Pirates+1.5 (-175) → +1.5 (-165)Moved
  • Total · Over8 (-110) → 8 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under8 (-110) → 8 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Kansas City Royals
69-93 matchup record · 7-3-0 ATS · 2-7-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Pittsburgh Pirates
82-80 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2024-09-14T02:35:24.415Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

Scorecaster algorithmic predictions factor in up-to-date player injuries for both the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates, including recent team & player performances and defensive & offensive matchups from recent history.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2024-09-13Kansas City Royals 8 · Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Kansas City Royals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1

Kansas City Royals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on September 14, 2024, a 4-run decision in the series. Kansas City Royals' strongest period was the 1st inning, when it outscored its opponent 1-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Kansas City Royals -1.5 (+145) spread, Kansas City Royals covered, while the 6 combined runs finished under the recorded total of 8.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • AliencreationMoneyline · Kansas City Royals -106Win
  • CoversMoneyline · Kansas City Royals -104Win