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The
Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for
a victory on Thursday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium.
Zachary
Britton will be the starting pitcher for the Orioles on this day.
Lefthander Britton is 6-8 this season with a 4.56 ERA.
It'll
be Jeff Francis toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest.
Lefthander Francis is 4-11 with a 4.38 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers
currently have the Royals listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus
the Orioles, while the game's total is sitting at 9.
In
their last action, Baltimore was a 6-2 loser on the road against the
Royals. Bettors on Kansas City at -114 on the moneyline collected
their winnings from that game, while the total score (8) sent UNDER
bettors home happy as well.
Team
records:
Baltimore: 43-64 SU
Kansas City: 47-63 SU
Baltimore
most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing
Toronto are 3-7
After playing Kansas City are 4-6
After a loss
are 6-4
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Thursday
are 2-8
Before playing Detroit are 5-5
After playing Baltimore
are 5-5
After a win are 4-6
A
few trends to consider:
Baltimore is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 16 of
Baltimore's last 23 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4
of Baltimore's last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Baltimore is
2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Kansas
City
Kansas City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at
home against Baltimore
Kansas City is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
at home
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The
total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games
Next
up:
Baltimore home to Toronto, Friday, August 5
Kansas City
home to Detroit, Friday, August 5
