{"id":719,"date":"2024-09-01T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T00:50:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-09-01T20:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T00:50:11","slug":"matchup-overview-cleveland-guardians-vs-kansas-city-royals-on-september-2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/matchup-overview-cleveland-guardians-vs-kansas-city-royals-on-september-2-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchup Overview: Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals on September 2, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 2, 2024, the Cleveland Guardians are set to clash with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, commencing at 4:10 PM under a clear sky. Gavin Williams, with an ERA of 4.987, will take the mound for the Guardians, while Michael Wacha, holding an ERA of 3.496, will pitch for the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division, the Guardians are currently third with a 77-59 record, translating to a .570 winning percentage. They stand first in the division with a 22-20 record against divisional opponents. The team has won 4 of their last 10 games, enduring a loss in their most recent game. On home soil, they have claimed 42 victories against 25 losses, and 35-34 on the road. They have performed better in night games, with 46 wins as opposed to 31 in day games, totaling 618 runs scored and 551 conceded.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Royals occupy the fourth spot in the same division with a 75-62 record, which shows a .550 winning percentage. They are second in division matchups with 29 wins to 14 losses. Like the Guardians, the Royals have also won 4 of their last 10 games, but are currently on a four-game losing streak. Their home record stands at 41-28, and they hold an identical 34-34 record on the road. The Royals have a stronger record in night games with 47 wins, compared to 28 daytime victories, having scored 661 runs while allowing 563.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 2, 2024, the Cleveland Guardians are set to clash with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, commencing at 4:10 PM under a clear sk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":720,"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\/719"}],"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=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmissourisports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}