Kansas City Royals at Cincinnati Reds 8/11/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the Kansas City Royals will invade the Great American Ball Park to face the Cincinnati Reds. The Royals (7-10) are riding a four-game winning streak and are looking to climb out of the cellar in the AL Central Division. On Sunday, Hunter Dozier delivered a two-run single in support of SP Brady Singer’s first victory by a 4-2 final score versus Minnesota.

Rookie left-hander Kris Bubic (0-2 3.60 ERA) will make his third career major league start for the Royals. Through his first ten innings, Bubic has allowed seven hits and struck out nine batters.

The Cincinnati Reds have lost nine of their first 16 games and have the talent to contend for the NL Central Division title this season. On Sunday, Cincinnati surrendered six runs during the sixth inning of a 9-3 road loss against Milwaukee. SP Sonny Gray (3-1) was charged with four runs in five plus innings.

The Reds will counter with twenty-five year old righty Tyler Mahle (0-0 1.80 ERA) in the series opener. Last time out, Mahle fanned six batters in six shutout innings during a 4-2 loss versus Cleveland.