San Diego Padres at Kansas City Royals 8/26/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The San Diego Padres go back on the road Friday night to Kansas City, MO for game one of three against the Kansas City Royals and you can discover who else is playing and where at our baseball previews. San Diego comes into Friday night 10 games above .500 despite struggling as of late after losing three of the last five games played including two in a row following a 7-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Blake Snell took the mound for San Diego giving up six runs on eight hits across 3.1 innings of work leading to the loss. The San Diego bullpen pitched well allowing only one more run on five hits over to the final 5.2 innings of the game.

As a team this season the San Diego Padres have combined to post a .240 overall batting average, while scoring 546 runs on 1,018 hits. Manny Machado is the offensive leader for San Diego leading the team in every statistical category including a .297 batting average to go along with 22 home runs on the year.

The Kansas City Royals continue a homestand Friday night 24 games below .500 on the year following a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Brady Singer got the start for Kansas City giving up only one run on four hits across seven innings of work leading to the victory. The Kansas City bullpen faltered a bit allowing two runs on one hit but held on over the final two innings to secure the win.

Offensively Kansas City was mediocre from the plate with seven hits in 29 at bats as a team but went 2-6 with runners in scoring position to score five runs. Bobby Witt Jr. was the difference in the game for Kansas City with a three run home run in the seventh inning to secure the win.