Cleveland @ Kansas City
By Tony George
Kansas City grabbed victory from the Jaws of defeat on Saturday night, down 5-0 to rally to 7 unanswered runs, and even Billy Butler go in the act with a 2 run homer as KC downed the tribe with solid late pitching last night to seal the deal.
Today southpaw Bruce Chen takes the hill for the Royals, and with Chen you never know what you are going to get, however the KEY in this game is the Tribes inability to hit southpaws well, just .118 as a team their last 5 games. Kansas City is dangerous when they have their bats going, and with high heat and humidity in KC today, I expect to see some long balls out of both teams and some scoring in this one. Salazar for Cleveland is 0-2 against KC his last 2 starts with almost a 7 ERA, and while his last start was a win, just his first start since May 15th, I think he will struggle today against a confident lineup.
Kansas City on a 5 game game winning streak and look for sweep the series here with a win, and put themselves just 4 games out of first place in the division, I like their chances at home today, they simply have the tribes number this season and the number is cheap.
Free Pro Pick on Kansas City -105