{"id":774,"date":"2024-08-17T20:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:28:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:28:31","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-cincinnati-reds-on-august-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-cincinnati-reds-on-august-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals Clash with Cincinnati Reds on August 18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to battle the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on the afternoon of August 18, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:40 PM. Light rain is expected during the game.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Singer, with a 3.317 ERA, will take the mound for the Royals. Across the field, the Reds will counter with Andrew Abbott, who holds a 3.586 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division standings, the Royals are currently fifth, boasting a 66-55 record, which gives them a winning percentage of .550. They have a divisional record of 26-13, ranking third in the division. The Royals have been moderately successful recently, winning 4 of their last 10 games and are coming off a win. At home, they have 38 wins and 25 losses, while their away record stands at 28-30. They show a preferred performance during night games with 40 wins, as opposed to 26 in day games. The team&#8217;s run tally stands at 577 scored against 493 allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Reds occupy the 10th spot in the NL Central Division with a record of 60-61, translating to a .500 winning percentage. Their divisional performance shows 18 wins against 17 losses, also placing them third in their division. The Reds are in good form, having won 7 of their last 10 games, and they currently enjoy a four-game winning streak. Their home and away records are evenly matched at 31-31 and 29-30, respectively. The Reds have secured 22 wins in day games versus 38 in night games. They have accumulated 543 runs this season while conceding 488.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to battle the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on the afternoon of August 18, 2024, with the first pitch sch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betindianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}