Wild Card Game 1 Preview: Baltimore Orioles vs. Kansas City Royals 10/1

Wild Card Game 1 Preview: Baltimore Orioles vs. Kansas City Royals 10/1

The Baltimore Orioles will face the Kansas City Royals today in game one of their best-of-three wild card series.

Baltimore Orioles (91-71) vs. Kansas City Royals (86-76)

Game 1:

Date: Tuesday, October 1
Time: 4:00 pm EST
Broadcast: ESPN2
Field: Orioles Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
Line: Baltimore -155 / O/U 6.5

Probable Starting Pitchers

Corbin Burnes (15-9, 2.92 ERA) vs. Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.14 ERA)

Burnes goes for the Orioles, he is 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA, a 3.55 FIP, a 1.10 WHIP, a 2.2 BB/9, and an 8.4 K/9 in 194.1 innings. He faced the Royals twice this season going 1-0 with a 3.97 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and seven strikeouts in 11.1 innings. Ragans goes for the Royals he 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA, a 2.99 FIP, a 1.14 WHIP, a 3.2 BB/9, and a 10.8 K/9 in 186.1 innings. In two starts against the Orioles this year he went 0-1 with a 7.88 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP, and 11 strikeouts in eight innings.

2024 Head to Head

Orioles vs. Royals

4/1: Baltimore won 6-4
4/2: Kansas City won 4-1
4/3: Baltimore won 4-3
4/19: Kansas City won 9-4
4/20: Baltimore won 9-7
4/21: Baltimore won 5-0

Baltimore won the season series 4-2. Baltimore outscored Kansas City 30-26

Orioles vs. Royals Leaders

Orioles:

AVG – Gunnar Henderson – .281
HR – Anthony Santander – 44
RBI – Anthony Santander – 102
IP – Corbin Burnes – 194.1
ERA – Corbin Burnes – 2.92
K – Corbin Burnes – 181

Royals:

AVG – Bobby Witt Jr. – .332
HR – Bobby Witt Jr.– 32
RBI – Bobby Witt Jr.– 109
IP – Seth Lugo – 206.2
ERA – Seth Lugo – 3.00
K – Cole Ragans – 223

Orioles vs. Royals Numbers

Orioles

AVG: .250 (7)
OPS: .750 (4)
R: 786 (4)
HR: 235 (2)
ERA: 3.94 (15)
K: 1380 (13)
WHIP: 1.24 (11)

Royals

AVG: .248 (10)
OPS: .709 (14)
R: 735 (13)
HR: 170 (20)
ERA: 3.76 (8)
K: 1339 (22)
WHIP: 1.24 (13)

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