Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction MLB Picks 9/13/24

The Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet Friday in MLB action from PNC Park. Here’s a Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Royals vs Pirates pick. We will examine:

The Kansas City Royals’ recent form and player performance

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Kansas City Royals

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Pittsburgh Pirates

Recent betting trends in games played between the Royals and Pirates

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Royals vs Pirates game

Kansas City Royals Betting Preview

Kansas City took on the New York Yankees in their last set. The Royals lost 10-4 in the opener but came back for a 5-0 win in game two. On Wednesday in the rubber match, Kansas City would fall 4-3 in 11 innings. Starter Cole Ragans gave up two earned in 6.0 innings. The pitching staff as a whole surrendered just six hits.

Alec Marsh will start for the Royals on Friday. Marsh is 7-8 with a 4.66 ERA and 105 Ks so far.

Pittsburgh Pirates Betting Preview

Over on the Pirates’ side, they played the Miami Marlins in their last series. Pittsburgh won 3-2 and 6-4 in the first pair. In the finale the Pirates bagged a 3-1 win, scoring all three runs in the first two innings.

It’ll be Luis Ortiz in the starter slot for the Pirates on Friday. So far Ortiz is 6-5 with a 3.26 ERA in 34 games (12 starts). Ortiz is 11-12 with a 3.94 ERA in 56 career games (31 starts).

Total Runs Facts

• Six of the Royals’ last seven games have gone UNDER the total run line.
• Each of the Pirates’ last three home games against American League opponents has gone OVER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Pirates’ last five home games.

Pittsburgh Pirates Player Prop Facts

• Yasmani Grandal has hit a home run in two of his last three appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
• Andrew McCutchen has recorded at least one RBI in seven of his last eight appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
• Bryan Reynolds has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Pirates’ last 10 games at PNC Park against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
• Yasmani Grandal has scored a run in seven of his last eight appearances at PNC Park.
• Bryan Reynolds has recorded at least one Double in three of the Pirates’ last four games against AL Central opponents at PNC Park.
• Bryan Reynolds has recorded at least one hit in each of the Pirates’ last 11 home games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
• Andrew McCutchen has recorded at least one Single in 12 of his last 13 home appearances against AL Central opponents.

Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts

• Bobby Witt Jr. has scored at least one run in each of the Royals’ last six road games against NL opponents.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one total base in each of his 15 previous road appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded a Double in each of the Royals’ last three night games against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one hit in each of his 15 previous road appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
• Hunter Renfroe has recorded a Single in each of his last eight road appearances against NL Central opponents.
• Salvador Perez has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Royals’ last five games against NL Central opponents.
• Salvador Perez has hit a home run in three of his last four Friday night appearances against NL Central teams that held a losing record.

Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction

I’m going to try the Pirates here. Ortiz was a little shaky in his last start versus the Nationals though, taking a loss with 5.2 innings and three earned on six hits and two walks. Prior to that, however, Ortiz was 1-0 with 12.0 innings and zero earned combined in a pair of outings.

In their Wednesday game, the Pirates got some early RBI and were able to hold on for the victory. Only Bryan Reynolds, Nick Gonzales, and Jared Triolo got hits (two each), however. Pittsburgh needs to get the bats going Friday.