{"id":709,"date":"2024-08-17T20:50:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:50:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:50:20","slug":"upcoming-mlb-matchup-kansas-city-royals-vs-cincinnati-reds-detailed-preview-for-august-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/upcoming-mlb-matchup-kansas-city-royals-vs-cincinnati-reds-detailed-preview-for-august-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming MLB Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds &#8211; Detailed Preview for August 18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scheduled for August 18, 2024, the Kansas City Royals are set to clash with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, starting promptly at 1:40 PM. Expect light rain as the weather condition for the game day.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Singer of the Kansas City Royals, with a promising ERA of 3.317, will take the pitcher&#8217;s mound. His counterpart from the Cincinnati Reds, Andrew Abbott, enters the game with an ERA of 3.586.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division, the Royals currently sit in the 5th position with a record of 66-55, translating into a winning percentage of 0.55. They have a strong divisional play record of 26-13, ranking them 3rd within the division. The team&#8217;s recent performance includes 4 wins out of their last 10 games, and they&#8217;re riding a win streak of one game. At home, the Royals have been particularly strong, boasting a 38-25 record, but they show a relatively balanced 28-30 record on the road. Their day game performance lists 26 wins, versus 40 at night, with the Royals scoring 577 and allowing 493 runs overall.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds, ranked 10th in the NL Central Division, hold a near-even record of 60-61, which puts their winning percentage at 0.50. Their divisional record stands at 18-17, also placing them 3rd in their division. Cincinnati has a momentum of 7 wins in their last 10 matches and are currently on a 4-game winning streak. Their home and road efforts are evenly split with a 31-31 at home and 29-30 away record. The Reds have captured 22 victories in day games versus 38 in night games. Offensively, they&#8217;ve scored 543 runs this season, while conceding 488 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scheduled for August 18, 2024, the Kansas City Royals are set to clash with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, starting promptly at 1:40<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}