Royals at Red Sox 8/5/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

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Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 8:25 AM ET

Royals at Red Sox 8/5/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Royals are not the best team to take on the road this year. The Royals have ended up with a record that has them 21 games under the five hundred mark when playing on the road. However, the Royals have managed to get a record that is only 33 games under the five hundred mark overall. The Red Sox are a couple of games under the five hundred mark at home, but when playing overall the Red Sox have managed to find a way to get 5 games over the five hundred mark.

Jorge Soler is the hitter for the Royals when it comes to power with 29 homers and 75 RBI. Adalberto Mondesi has managed to hit at a clip of .266 on the year. Xander Bogaerts has been able to lead the Red Sox in power with 25 homers. Rafael Devers has ended up hitting at a clip of .323 on the year and brought home 86 runners on the year. Mike Montgomery is pitching on the mound for the Royals in this game. He has not done a lot this year with only 11.1 innings on the year and 5 strikeouts, but has walked 2 batters while allowing 18 hits on the season. He has posted an 0-2 record and a 7.94 ERA on the year.

The Red Sox are countering with Rick Porcello who has been able to post a 9-8 record and a 5.74 ERA. He has thrown a total of 122.1 innings on the year with 99 strikeouts, but has walked 34 batters and allowed a total of 145 hits on the year.

The Red Sox are playing at home and that will help them out even with a record that is under the five hundred mark at home. The Red Sox, are quite a bit better than the Royals and that will help them in this game quite a bit here. Porcello is able to come into the game and shutdown the Royals hitters and help secure the win, but the real heroes of the game are the Red Sox offense that will light Montgomery up. Final Score Prediction, Boston Red Sox win 9-2.

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