New York Yankees (94-68) vs Kansas City Royals (88-76)
Saturday, October 05, 2024 at 6:38 pm
Michael Wacha to start for KC. Wacha in 29 starts on the year delivers an ERA of 3.35 with WHIP of 1.19. The veteran strikes out 21.2% with 6.6% walks. Ground balls are 38.6% with 0.92 home runs per nine innings. Gerrit Cole to start for NY. Cole has 17 starts with an ERA of 3.41 with WHIP of 1.13. The righthander strikes out 25.4% with 7.4% walks. Grounders served at 38.7% with 1.04 home runs per nine innings. The Pick: Wacha has allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his past five starts. Cole has allowed one earned run or fewer in seven of his past nine starts. Both bullpens are in outstanding form over their past ten games. KC in their past seven games is batting .183 and scored a total of three runs in the Orioles series. NY over that period is batting .229. They are 10-5 to the under when favored at home by -175 to -250. Play KC and NY under 8.