Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals 7/24/22 - mlb Picks & Predictions

The Kansas City Royals will close out their home series with the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The Royals lost to the Rays 7-3 on Friday night. Kansas City has won four of their last ten games and entered the weekend riding a four game losing streak. The Royals are 19-28 on their home field. 

Kansas City is averaging 8.3 hits per game which ranks 12th in the league. Andrew Benintendi leads the Royals with 104 hits on the year. Kansas City has just two players who have over 10 home runs on the season. 

The Tampa Bay Rays entered the weekend riding a two game win streak. The Rays are 2nd in the AL East and have won seven of their last ten games. Tampa Bay carries  losing 21-23 road record. 

Jeffrey Springs will make the start on the hill for the Rays. Springs is 3-2 on the year with 64 innings pitched through 19 game appearances. Springs has 70 strikeouts and carries a 2.53 ERA. Springs pitched 4 innings in his last start allowing 3 runs on 5 hits.