Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros 7/5/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 07/04/2022 at 10:09 PM ET

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros 7/5/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

This Tuesday afternoon July 5th the Kansas City Royals are in Houston TX to face the Houston Astros in Minute Maid Park. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The Kansas City Royals are batting at .222 with 236 runs 498 hits and 45 home runs. Batting leader for the Royals are Salvador Perez with a .229 BA with 16 RBIs and 6 home runs.

The Royals are pitching 4.92 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP and 560 strikeouts. Starting pitcher for the Royals will be Zack Greinke with a 4.38 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, and 32 strikeouts, allowing 67 hits thru 76.1 innings pitched.

The Houston Astros are pitching a 2.90 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP with 666 strikeouts. Starting pitcher for the Astros is Louis Garcia(6-5) with a 3.54 ERA, 1.06 WHIP with 80 strikeouts allowing 60 hits and 13 home runs thru 76.1 innings pitched. 

The Astros are batting at a .240 average for 611 hits and 339 runs and 111 home runs. Batting leaders for the Astros is Yordan Alvarez with a .254 average for 56 RBIs and 23 home runs. 

 

We are going to go with the home team Astros. The Astros are just better staffed than the Royals which are in a rebuild type period. The Royals are 15-23 on the road and the Astros are 25-11 at home. Out best bet is the Astros -1.5. Final score prediction the Houston Astros win covers the spread and the total stays under 8-1.