Kansas City Royals (3-6) vs. San Francisco Giants (3-5)
April 9, 2023 4:05 pm EDT
The Line: San Francisco Giants -196 / Kansas City Royals +150; Over/Under: +9
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The Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants meet Sunday in MLB action at Oracle Park. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Kansas City Royals have scored 12 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 6 of their 9 games. The Royals are 1-5 this season when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 8 hits and 4 RBI, while Vinnie Pasquantino and Matt Duffy have combined for 12 hits and 5 RBI. Kris Bubic gets the ball, and he is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA and 4 strikeouts this season. This will be Bubic’s second career game against the Giants.
The San Francisco Giants have scored 22 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 4 of their last 7 games. The Giants are 3-1 this season when scoring 4 or more runs. Thairo Estrada leads the Giants with 12 hits and 4 RBI, while JD Davis and Michael Conforto have combined for 16 hits and 10 RBI. Anthony DeSclafani gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 4 strikeouts this season. This will be DeSclafani’s first career game against the Royals.
The Royals are 16-35 in their last 51 road games and 2-8 in their last 10 overall. The Giants are 8-3 in their last 11 Sunday games and 5-2 in their last 7 home games. The over is 7-1 in Royals last 8 road games. The over is 11-4 in Giants last 15 overall. The Royals are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.
The Kansas City Royals are showing signs of life these last couple of games, but they have a larger sample size of struggling to string together offense. The San Francisco Giants have looked like the better team, they’re at home, and they have a decent edge on the mound with DeSclafani leading the way. Give me the Giants and the RL for max betting value.
