Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians 9/21/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

AL Central Division foes will clash on Tuesday night, when the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians continue their series from Progressive Field. The Royals (69-82) are ten games below .500 on the road and have been eliminated from postseason contention. In the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader, All-Star C Salvador Perez hit his 46th home run of the season during a 7-2 road victory.

Rookie left-hander Daniel Lynch (4-5 5.34 ERA) will make his 14th career major league start. Through 59 innings of work, Lynch has struck out 48 batters and owns an ugly 1.61 WHIP.

The Cleveland Indians are two games below .500 at home and trail first place Chicago by 11.5 games. During the second game of Monday’s doubleheader, Cleveland managed just four hits and struck out 11 times during a 4-2 defeat. Bobby Bradley and Andres Gimenez each homered in a losing effort for the Indians (73-76).

The Indians will turn to twenty-six year old righty Cal Quantrill (6-3 2.89 ERA) on Tuesday. Last time out, Quantrill allowed three runs (0 ER) in six plus innings during a 12-3 road victory against Minnesota.