#973/974 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 8.5 Runs – Cleveland Guardians vs KC Royals, Friday at 8:10 PM ET - We really like the way KC’s offense is performing right now. They just scored 22 runs in a 4 game series (5.5 RPG) vs Houston who has the best pitching staff in MLB right now. Over their last 10 games the Royals are hitting nearly .270 vs right handed pitchers and their games have averaged 9.7 total runs during that stretch. They’ll face Civale for Cleveland who has an ERA of 7.40 and opposing hitters have a batting average of .296. He’s been really poor in his 5 road starts this season with an ERA of almost 10.00! In his 5 road starts, the opponents have scored a total of 42 runs which is an average of 8.4 RPG. The Guardians are coming off a 4 games series in which they were swept @ Detroit and their pitching staff as a whole allowed 28 runs in that series (7 RPG) to the light hitting Tigers. Cleveland should have success offensively vs KC starter Singer who started the season very well but has fallen off as of late. Since the start of June Singer has an ERA of 5.70 and he’s allowed 46 baserunners in those 33 innings. He's also allowed 8 HR’s in those 33 innings and his ERA at home is nearly 5.00 on the season which is much higher than his road ERA. In his 1 meeting with Cleveland this season, Singer pitched 3 innings and allowed 4 ER’s for an ERA of 12.00. Dating back to last season, these 2 A.L. Central foes have averaged 9.9 total RPG over their last 10 meetings. We see a similar outcome tonight and we like the OVER.